Life after Wenger | Ornstein: Arsenal set to appoint Unai Emery

[Sanchez11]

Well here you go. Done and dusted. Balague says it's Rafa Benitez. Welcome Rafa!

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/f...is-will-go-updates-Mikel-Arteta-Balague-video

Id take Rafa as a coach with sven buying the players.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Rafa Benitez is a great manager I don't know why people at balking at that idea. He's much better than Arteta.

I actually wouldn't mind him at all. Said so much earlier in this thread. I'd take him every day and twice on Sunday over Arteta.

 

[Artisan]

Arteta needs 3 years assuming no disasters. So him not getting top 4 this year shouldn’t result in sacking

Three years for what? Three years to make sure he finished the job of firmly rooting us into lower midtable? Even Tottenham and Liverpool didn't tolerate their managers missing out on top 4 for more than a year despite being Europa league tier clubs.

 

[GDeep™]

Good point , if finishing outside the top 4 was allright , why did the board get rid of Wenger ? Answer is it's not okay .

Because we were miles off top 4?

Big ask if you want Arteta to break into the top 4 straight away. That should be his target but you give him a year to get his own team in place.

 

[GDeep™]

Benitez plays boring football.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Three years for what? Three years to make sure he finished the job of firmly rooting us into lower midtable? Even Tottenham and Liverpool didn't tolerate their managers missing out on top 4 for more than a year despite being Europa league tier clubs.

Three years to waste all that attacking talent the club has. That's just enough time for them to get a little past their primes.

 

[DanDare]

Three years for what? Three years to make sure he finished the job of firmly rooting us into lower midtable? Even Tottenham and Liverpool didn't tolerate their managers missing out on top 4 for more than a year despite being Europa league tier clubs.

Even if we had no manager and the players just went out and played they wouldn’t finish lower mid table ffs

What’s the point in this kind of appointment if you aren’t going to give him some time? How can he take responsibility for a squad that finished 6th last season? If he finishes 5th next season and is closer to the top in terms of points you’d be all for sacking him?

 

[Preacher]

Top 4 or EL trophy, otherwise good bye Ivan and Micky.

 

[Artisan]

Three years to waste all that attacking talent the club has. That's just enough time for them to get a little past their primes.

That's exactly right. Realistically, next year will be the last time we are in a touching distance of the rest of the 4 clubs above us in the league. The longer we stay out of top four the more we'll fall behind. Give Arteta three years and it won't matter who we appoint afterwards, we won't come back.

 

[GDeep™]

Bigger point margin and goal difference than they'd had the previous two years under Guardiola, so why didn't Pep do better in the one-team league? Nobody seems to think he was a failure there.

Tell me why Carlo had his team looking terrible in Europe and why his players questioned and mocked his coaching?

 

[celestis]

Because we were miles off top 4?

Big ask if you want Arteta to break into the top 4 straight away. That should be his target but you give him a year to get his own team in place.

Seriously with the team we have you'd want to break in straight away or at least get close.

 

[Artisan]

Even if we had no manager and the players just went out and played they wouldn’t finish lower mid table ffs

What’s the point in this kind of appointment if you aren’t going to give him some time? How can he take responsibility for a squad that finished 6th last season? If he finishes 5th next season and is closer to the top in terms of points you’d be all for sacking him?

Yes? The only way he should retain the job if he misses out on top four is if he goes far in the cup competitions. Ideally winning one. Just like Wenger.

Our star players will be approaching 30 next season, the longer we mess about the more you'll see us go down the table. Our immediate aim surely has to be only about getting back into Champions League before anything else. Not training Arteta.

 

[Vinci]

Do we think Arteta would wear a suit, smart casual or club trackies on the touchline?

Similar to Pep I think, so that would be smart casual?

 

[Penn_]

Didn't Mourinho finish 6th in his first season at Utd, after spending 200m and Ibra?

Provided we're making good progress then the manager should be given at least 1.5-2 years. This goes for anyone be it Arteta or Allegri.

 

[GDeep™]

Seriously with the team we have you'd want to break in straight away or at least get close.

What team? Poor GK, no good CBs.

All our rivals are better and will improve further. I think we’ll finish outside the top 5 next year again.

 

[tap-in]

Classy Alsatian to classy Basque? Sounds about right, couldn't be dealing with no majority ethnic group bs. After Arteta it's gotta be the Bavarian Nagelsmann (as long as he learns how to wear a suit) or maybe some guy from Cornwall.

I'll make a note in my diary for next summer

 

[Artisan]

Tell me why Carlo had his team looking terrible in Europe and why his players questioned and mocked his coaching?

Tell me why Pep had his team looking terrible in Europe? You are acting like his Bayern didn't get spanked by the Spanish clubs as well.

 

[GDeep™]

Tell me why Pep had his team looking terrible in Europe?

They weren’t terrible. Carlo genuinely had Bayern looking rubbish.

 

[Preacher]

Didn't Mourinho finish 6th in his first season at Utd, after spending 200m and Ibra?

Provided we're making good progress then the manager should be given at least 1.5-2 years. This goes for anyone be it Arteta or Allegri.

Jose won EL trophy in his first season.

 

[GDeep™]

Jose won EL trophy in his first season.

League is harder. Takes time to catch up on your rivals.

Potch, Klopp, Mourinho all needed time before their teams kicked on.