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

[Highbury_2006]

Dial Square is trying to save his reputation:

 

[DanDare]

That's the problem: no one, including the people in charge of running Arsenal know anything about his coaching ability. Which is okay (with managment) considering he's not being hired for his coaching ability, but rather because he's popular with the fanbase and is likely to lessen the flack they are going to catch when we're 9th in the table after Boxing Day.

That's the problem. Nobody knows much about his coaching ability because he's done so little of it. Just some youth work and a part-time gig with Belgium. I want coaches who are proven and experienced, especially if Arsenal is hiring a head coach who isn't proven and experienced.

Just because Henry was a great player and is a club legend doesn't make him more qualified than a thousand guys they could get.

Hmmm he did work at Arsenal in a coaching capacity

 

[El Duderino]

This looks done, come join us at Stage 5.

 

[KrissKringle]

Ffs, even West Ham is looking to get a more experienced manager in Pellegrini and we're going with the ex players who haven't trained fu*k all!

 

[field442]

Dial Square is trying to save his reputation:

So neeeerrrrrrr!!!

 

[Sammy1887]

Towards the end in the line?

Yeah pretty much!

1- Domenec Torrent (is with Pep since his Barca days)
2- Carles Planchart (is with Pep since his Barca days)
3- Rodolfo Borrell (coached Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas a touch better then Sterling..No?)
4-Brian Kidd/Mikel Arteta

and I am not even counting Lorenzo Buenaventura and Manel Estiarte who both are close friends of Pep and have been by his side since the beginning.

 

[Highbury_2006]

I will do this to the Arteta haters when we win PL:

 

[Highbury_2006]

Yeah pretty much!

1- Domenec Torrent (is with Pep since his Barca days)
2- Carles Planchart (is with Pep since his Barca days)
3- Rodolfo Borrell (coached Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas a touch better then Sterling..No?)
4-Brian Kidd/Mikel Arteta

and I am not even counting Lorenzo Buenaventura and Manel Estiarte who both are close friends of Pep and have been by his side since the beginning.

I trust your inside knowledge.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Come on man...We get it, you don't like Arteta but that is complete nonsense. Arteta being Pep no 2 is not even a debate.

I agree. Arteta being Pep's #2 is not up for debate because that's clearly Domenec Torrent. As the Daily Mail described it:

1. Domenec Torrent - Assistant coach

Torrent has worked with Guardiola since he started his coaching career with Barcelona B in Spain's third-tier Segunda Division B and is always sat next to him on the bench.

The 54-year-old Spaniard is consulted before any changes are made and is arguably Guardiola's most trusted lieutenant.

Also, I think quite highly of Arteta. I just don't believe he should be appointed as Arsenal's head coach with only two seasons as an assistant behind him. So I'm not going to try to make something out of him that he's not just to justify their decision, if he is given the job. I'll leave the spin to Gazidis.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Hmmm he did work at Arsenal in a coaching capacity

Youth work. I listed it.

 

[Halcyon Daze]

Anyone listen to TalkSPORT earlier? Cascarino was on (yeah, I know), but he called Arteta back in December in a newspaper article. Apparently bit of a secret in football that he has these star tactical / managerial qualities etc and widely known in football circles. Sterling reckons he’s the reason he’s banging in goals this season etc.

Make of it what you will, but surprised me and made me think.

Apologies if previously mentioned, just on catch up.

 

[Toby]

For anyone interested, I translated the first half of the article on xG, xGA and Lucien Favre's tactics and a data based analysis. It's quite long so I wrote it into a doc and uploaded it. You can fetch it here:

https://ufile.io/5azgh

I think it generally a very interesting read on data in football and tactics. But it's also an insight into how I would like Arsenal's future manager to work, not neccesarilly meaning the playing style, but the kind of work and dedication and obsesiveness. Thing is, with someone like Arteta there's no way to know any of these things.

The second half will follow, but I'm off to the Pub now!

 

[Slartibartfast]

Anyone listen to TalkSPORT earlier? Cascarino was on (yeah, I know), but he called Arteta back in December in a newspaper article. Apparently bit of a secret in football that he has these star tactical / managerial qualities etc and widely known in football circles. Sterling reckons he’s the reason he’s banging in goals this season etc.

Make of it what you will, but surprised me and made me think.

Apologies if previously mentioned, just on catch up.

Don't know anything about that, but Matt Law wrote about it in December.

 

[Jury]

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The second half will follow, but I'm off to the Pub now!

If you post the rest before the morning I'll be disgusted

 

[Sanchez11]

This looks done, come join us at Stage 5.

Never

 

[Kingslayer]

Apparently bit of a secret in football that he has these star tactical / managerial qualities etc and widely known in football circles. Sterling reckons he’s the reason he’s banging in goals this season etc.

Yeah, but Arsenal fans know better, y'know?

 

[Jury]

It's starting to all make total sense. Mikel is the ****ing chosen one. Brace yourself, because your favourite gutless chode is about to get the axe, son. I wonder where Magic Mikel's axe will first fall.... Exciting times.

 

[Halcyon Daze]

Don't know anything about that, but Matt Law wrote about it in December.

Didn’t Matt Law and Jack have a ding dong on social media today? Said Jack’s been misadvised etc. and Jack had a go at him about it.

 

[Hunta]

It's starting to all make total sense. Mikel is the ****ing chosen one. Brace yourself, because your favourite gutless chode is about to get the axe, son. I wonder where Magic Mikel's axe will first fall.... Exciting times.

His chubby friend, Santi. Hopefully he bins him day 1.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Didn’t Matt Law and Jack have a ding dong on social media today? Said Jack’s been misadvised etc. and Jack had a go at him about it.

Apparently so. The Twitter Wars never seem to find a truce.