Mikel Arteta: Semi-Charmed Life

[Rain Dance]

And errr Wenger also 1 of the pioneer manager to actively recruit foreign players to strengthen the team and set the trend in English league.

He also set the record of fielding all non English players on the field, on the bench and not forgetting himself also non Englishman in 1 match.

how many league trophy we lifted during that period?

 

[A_G]

 

[viktor]

 

[Diesel]

Yes but a game in hand and we playing them. The good thing is it’s not in Citys hand even if they beat us. But the next two home games playing Everton and Bournemouth will tell us a lot as I don’t expect city to win at Chelsea. If we win both home game and the way we playing I don’t think we will. Then we are 90% there

What's going at City man? Why they holding on for dear life against the ****ty Forrest side? They are so attacking and free flowing but get done at home with two different leads. Can peps head get any more shiny? Can one man rub his head that much without medical intervention?

 

[viktor]

supreme leader

 

[Synical]

 

[Rain Dance]

What's going at City man? Why they holding on for dear life against the ****ty Forrest side? They are so attacking and free flowing but get done at home with two different leads. Can peps head get any more shiny? Can one man rub his head that much without medical intervention?

relegation battle spirit is no joke, we tasted it against Wolves

 

[viktor]

 

[Return of The King]

Watching Freiburg and Leverkusen 3-2 about 50 minutes in. Fast break football, after watching 6 years of Mik’s football terrorism it is really refreshing. I mean when you have to watch mid-table German teams for enjoyable football when your club is in it for the quadruple; well it is a weird conundrum

 

[rich1990]

0/10 for the thread title

 

[Gooner Zig]

Martinelli and Jesus can't be at this club come next season.

 

[Rasmi]

This summer will shape our future as the attack will have to revamped. Our only hope is if Arteta has no say.

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

22/23 attack was outstanding for half a season because of Gabriel Jesus god-mode from August to early December. Afterwards we were nowhere near as fluid. Think this gets overlooked by many. We just don't have that force of nature player (Saka was close to it pre-hamstring injury) in our frontline.

We don't have a playmaker as good as Xhaka either. Teams also didn't park the bus often that season

 

[HattoriHanzo]

Boring Arsenal become the first Premier League team to reach 100 goals in all competitions this season

 

[HattoriHanzo]

This summer will shape our future as the attack will have to revamped. Our only hope is if Arteta has no say.

Exactly.
Links to Anthony Gordon are very worrying.

 

[MauveGunner]

Boring Arsenal become the first Premier League team to reach 100 goals in all competitions this season

But most of them are corners!

*insert more buzzwords here*

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Boring Arsenal become the first Premier League team to reach 100 goals in all competitions this season

2.2 goals per game, highest it's been under Arteta. Season isn't over of course so the goals per game isn't a direct comparison, but we only need 13 more goals match the total for the 2023/24 season.

 

[merciarsene]

is been good course correction from Mikel and I take some credit. the amount of whining and moaning i did during the midfield of meh period, when we couldnt score against pool/forest etc maybe helped create enough noise. That Ødegaard - Rice - Zubi thing was going rancid pretty fast. Rice isnt a 8, Zubi isnt a 6 and Ødegaard had just lost all physicality and sharpness.

it was a scary wobble. Good to see he changed and tried new things. Havertz, Saka, Eze all were given a chance at 10. Unimaginable a few months ago.

 

[Artisan]

This summer will shape our future as the attack will have to revamped. Our only hope is if Arteta has no say.

Big questions on if Berta is any better than Arteta though. Arteta's talent ID for forwards is awful, but unironically we would have been better off with Tesco.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Martinelli and Jesus can't be at this club come next season.

Yeah Jesus is done here and at the top level. Bring Alvarez to the carpet.