Does he not realise he’s throwing his players under the bus? This guy would stab anyone in the back to save his own skin and artificial reputation.
I'd be more inclined to agree with his stance on the squad, if he didn't bring in Willian, Mari, Cedric, bring back Ceballos and bring Elneny back from the wilderness while constantly showing faith in Lacazette, Holding, Bellerin, etc.
Like others have pointed out if he was using the young lads all season then it could be a legitimate excuse, if he had Willock, Saliba, etc in there with Martinelli starting more than he has done. Balogun getting more chances, he could probably say the team is developing and needs time. But he's used guys clearly not good enough in their prime years or very experienced time and time again when anyone else could've told him they weren't good enough.
The squad does need changing and improving, but given his record Arteta can't really be trusted with bringing in the right players.
Due to circumstances, mainly the pandemic and ****ty owners, we were mostly forced into keeping players and signing players/resigning ceballos on loan etc.
Like I said before, Cedric and Ceballos wouldn't have been on top of Arteta's list. Back in November he said we need 5-6 signings as well.
could be a Mourinho quote
could be a Mourinho quote
I think his idea is that the pandemic affected Arteta's mind, maybe the Viruses ate up part of Arteta's brain.The pandemic forced Arteta to show continued faith in Ceballos and Elneny and not give someone like Ceballos a chance at all? The pandemic forced Arteta to back guys like Holding and Mari, then not give Saliba a chance before sending him on loan? The pandemic forced Arteta to start Willian for 20 games in a row before finally realising he wasn't going to do anything?
Maybe the pandemic affected our transfer plans, but anything after that is all on him. There are loads of decisions he made which have to be attributed to more than just the pandemic and he's got the majority of them completely wrong.
The bastard is already throwing players under the bus and talking about dumping the squad publicly to save his own skin. Despicable rat
That, would really really worry me. Ans a busy summer in transfer market will not change that, unless he replace 5-6 of the regular starting XI.He has lost the dressing room imo
Surprised none of the players have confronted him about it ffs. You would think we’re playing with a bunch of plumbers from San Marino the way this c*nt Mikels going on. Someone really needs to have a word.Does he not realise he’s throwing his players under the bus? This guy would stab anyone in the back to save his own skin and artificial reputation.
God that Ginger riled me up back in the day.You know his doing a bad job when ex rival players are begging for him to have more time. Why the hell would Scholes want us to do well?