Mikel Arteta: Aston La Vista To The Title?

[Rimaal]

Yeah, for this season. It takes more than that to really break into the "big six".

Not much more, just one more season., But as we all know it is far easier to slide a slope in people's estimation than it is to climb. I'm sure you know that as well as I do.

But I'm tired of this argument now. If you're happy seeing us as a top 6, who am I to rain on your parade.

 

[Sanchez11]

When you actually look at the 1st 11 on paper it is decent bar another cm imo. But we have too many bums still at the club and Arteta telling them literally what todo on the pitch, needs to stop!!

 

[A_G]

Not much more, just one more season., But as we all know it is far easier to slide a slope in people's estimation than it is to climb. I'm sure you know that as well as I do.

But I'm tired of this argument now. If you're happy seeing us as a top 6, who am I to rain on your parade.

I never said the club was top 6, just that labelling Arsenal as a "midtable club is premature.

 

[Rimaal]

I never said the club was top 6, just that labelling Arsenal as a "midtable club is premature.

Because Arsenal are beyond labels? Or are they swimming in a no man's land, AKA transition.

Riding fences does not appeal to me, I prefer solid ground.

 

[kash2]

In spite of all that, Klopp and Ancelotti both wanted the job.

different level of fanbase, ownership.

 

[gamechannel]

We 11th now. #MYMANAGER

 

[dashsnow17]

The players and board back him, lots of people in the game think he's a good coach, we're seeing improvements in the style of play, fine, but how are we only 2 points above Crystal Palace? They're not even trying, they have a squad which 1) is worse than ours and 2) is going nowhere under Hodgson. How are we only 2 points better than that?

 

[dashsnow17]

We're objectively worse than Leeds right now, a team which plays like a 13 year old on Fifa.

 

[gamechannel]

different level of fanbase, ownership.

Not just that, they had won CL twice while we hadn't. Also every year they were spending money. Above all, they had the ****ing RedSox owners. They were all about Winning. Ffs, they were one Gerard slip away from winning the PL one season. We weren't in the same stratosphere. Our owner had never won anything of significance at his other franchises, we were known to be frugal. Different teams. But we had the allure of Wenger. Now, we have the same ****ty owner, no European pedigree and we have Mikel mfucking Arteta as our manager!

 

[kash2]

Not just that, they had won CL twice while we hadn't. Also every year they were spending money. Above all, they had the ****ing RedSox owners. They were all about Winning. Ffs, they were one Gerard slip away from winning the PL one season. We weren't in the same stratosphere. Our owner had never won anything of significance at his other franchises, we were known to be frugal. Different teams. But we had the allure of Wenger. Now, we have the same ****ty owner, no European pedigree and we have Mikel mfucking Arteta as our manager!

actually we were there or thereabouts, but we were hammered by the media and referee bias. Liverpool gets off easy

 

[North5]

Not one person on this forum or anywhere in the fan base is happy with our current league position. The recent stuff is far more encouraging though, but we can’t go back in time and get back those points that we have lost so all we can do is look at our more recent points haul and take the positives from that, which is what people are doing. Some people don’t want to look at that and some people do. So some people are not open to recognising improvement and some people are. I don’t see the point in not being open to persuasion in this game.

Come on. I know you know a bum when you see one

 

[Macho]

This season they proved they can be. Villa, I expect to see in the top 6 regularly.

Villa are rubbish, you must have your Martinez/Grealish blinkers on.

 

[Riou]

We are gonna be 13th by the end of this weekend, aren't we

 

[GDeep™]

We are gonna be 13th by the end of this weekend, aren't we

10, 11, 12, 13, 14 etc. Does it matter?

 

[Riou]

10, 11, 12, 13, 14 etc. Does it matter?

Not really...though anything below 12th, and Mikel sets the new record of our worst ever Premiership finish, in only his first full season in charge.

Probably doesn't want that on the CV

 

[GoonerJeeves]

Not really...though anything below 12th, and Mikel sets the new record of our worst ever Premiership finish, in only his first full season in charge.

 

[Rimaal]

Villa are rubbish, you must have your Martinez/Grealish blinkers on.

We'll see what happens next season.

Graelish is so yummy though..

 

[Rasmi]

I get it, you don’t like Arteta. Great. Change him. Then you can complain about the next imperfect manager and his shortcomings. I’ll just focus on the talent. I don’t watch matches to rate the manager.

Well that’s just dumb. The manager is the one who brings the best out of the players talent. Saying I don’t care if the manager is incompetent means you don’t care for the results

 

[MikelHadADream]

I get it, you don’t like Arteta. Great. Change him. Then you can complain about the next imperfect manager and his shortcomings. I’ll just focus on the talent. I don’t watch matches to rate the manager.

This is what the real big clubs do. They know managers come and go, but they really focus on making signings that fit their club and above all who have quality.

We haven't got the recruitment right in far too long now, the club has to get that right or else it doesn't matter who the manager is.

 

[MikelHadADream]

If we don't go through on Thursday it's going to be very hard to defend Arteta. This is the biggest game of his managerial career by far.