Mikel Arteta: Aston La Vista To The Title?

[Taneruit]

on the challenge posed by Bournemouth:

It will be a really tough match. I’ve been there many, many times, I know how tough it is, and I know to expect the atmosphere to be hectic. It’s a team that is used to winning because last year they had a really successful season, and they’ve started well this season. I know Scott Parker very, very well and I know they’re going to make it a really difficult game for us.

Whole squad about to take a bath in cherries to prepare for Bournemouth away.

 

[Slug457]

Jeez some nonsense in here

Saying you don't want a Conte or other similar elite proven managers because of their "anti-football' whilst simultaneously glorifying Artetas style is bizarre considering Sp**s scored more than us last season (and that was with Conte coming in late to a team in shambles), and under Tets we've scored a mighty 56, 55 and 61 in 3 seasons, contrast that with the 3 seasons prior were Emery/Weng got 73, 74 and 77. We didn't score for 10 games in a row under this manager ffs, 98% of the football under Tets so far has been drivel, one good game against Leicester doesn't wipe away years of guff

As for saying that type of football does not go with the culture of the club, perhaps some are still unaware but the old Wenger/Arsenal culture has long ago been smashed down, every single scout and staff member forced out, even the mascot got the boot, all whilst the club runs PR about how Arteta is changing the **** Wenger culture for the better whilst inviting AFTV who made their name off defaming the club into press conferences. The fans have "got their Arsenal back", we can have a guy come in with skinny jeans and play Pulis ball and the fans will happily sing 1 - 0 to the Arsenal, Areta has proven that. No, the style means F all now, bring in a Conte and i'll watch counter attacking stuff if it means we are actually competitive at the top end of the table again.

 

[Farzad Stoned]

Jeez some nonsense in here

Saying you don't want a Conte or other similar elite proven managers because of their "anti-football' whilst simultaneously glorifying Artetas style is bizarre considering Sp**s scored more than us last season (and that was with Conte coming in late to a team in shambles), and under Tets we've scored a mighty 56, 55 and 61 in 3 seasons, contrast that with the 3 seasons prior were Emery/Weng got 73, 74 and 77. We didn't score for 10 games in a row under this manager ffs, 98% of the football under Tets so far has been drivel, one good game against Leicester doesn't wipe away years of guff

This is when it gets really crazy reading posts that claim Arteta is an attack oriented manager. On what basis? On one match after 2 and half years all of sudden they would take Arteta’s stylish football over Conte’s trophies? What stylish football? It is like every time Arsenal play a decent match he is a born again virgin and everything that happened for 2 and half years disappears.

Even before Wenger we had Ian Wright, one of if not the most famous back lines in English football history and Dennis Bergkamp. He has made Arsenal more boring, then the period where we were taunted by jealous rivals as Boring, Boring Arsenal and 1-0 to the Arsenal became a famous retort. Artetaball so far has been the most turgid anti football period I can remember in a quarter century I followed the club. This is what they want style points for?

 

[samspade]

F*cking contesexuals at it again. P*ss off to the Sp**s forums before I call the exterminator

 

[samspade]

Honestly @Trilly, I don't know why you insisted on dragging Conte into this polite Arteta exchange, would you at least keep your rabble under control?

 

[Trilly]

We didn't score for 10 games in a row under this manager

Can’t believe runs like this actually happened. When it got bad, it got really bad.

Wasn’t there one where we scored like 1 home goal in a month or something.

 

[samspade]

He was just trying to make his come back story more epic

 

[Macho]

Can’t believe runs like this actually happened. When it got bad, it got really bad.

Wasn’t there one where we scored like 1 home goal in a month or something.

I think that's just Arteta's thing. Like how Hasenhüttl just gets battered by double digit goals for no reasosn every now and then, Arteta might just go through dry spells that takes him a while to figure out.

 

[Slug457]

Can’t believe runs like this actually happened. When it got bad, it got really bad.

Wasn’t there one where we scored like 1 home goal in a month or something.

Honestly I just threw the 1 goal in 10 thing out there, must have been that though or a Tet lover would have corrected me by now Genuinely don't want to relive those days. Arteta has improved from that undoubtedly, the big spending helps but he was very much learning on the job back then, probably still is. I even have some sympathy for him during that period, to go from not even coaching a youth side to managing one of the biggest clubs in world football is unprecedented and there's a reason for it, unless you are a freak of a manager you're going to end doing poorly, likely nowhere near that poorly but still

 

[Trilly]

Honestly @Trilly, I don't know why you insisted on dragging Conte into this polite Arteta exchange, would you at least keep your rabble under control?

It wasn’t me, it was one of your guys! The worst thing you can do is sh*t on another manager (who isn’t actually sh*t) to big up Mikel. People are naturally going to want to call out that BS.

It’s happened with Wenger, Conte and Tuchel multiple times now but I bet you if someone tried to sh*t on Lampard to big up Arteta you wouldn’t get a response…what does that imply

 

[boonthegoon]

We didn't score for 10 games in a row under this manager ffs

This never happened

Wasn’t there one where we scored like 1 home goal in a month or something.

This happened but it's exaggerated. It was in Jan. It's 1 goal in 3 games. 1 goal vs city in that loss. Carabao semi final 2nd leg loss vs Liverpool. 0-0 vs burnley. It's bad but not like it can never happen.

 

[samspade]

Lampard to big up Arteta you wouldn’t get a response…what does that imply

That everyone knows Lumpard is bottom of the barrel

 

[Slug457]

This never happened

1 goal in 8 my apologies.

 

[Haphazard]

Klopp spent more than Arteta.

With regular CL football, a CL and PL trophy.

Arteta after spending all that money has yet to surpass Emery's league point tally.

Our fans are very gullible tbh, no standards required just a promise that it will work out and good vibes. Like they are living in a Teen comedy movie.

 

[samspade]

Adjust for inflation and I reckon Klopp spent about double what Arteta has at the same stage, besides, league's much tougher these days

 

[dka1]

Adjust for inflation and I reckon Klopp spent about double what Arteta has at the same stage, besides, league's much tougher these days

I mean that's just a massive arsepull. Plus I'm sure he was already making the CL before the biggest investments took place.

As for the league being harder, well back in the 16/17 season when they first made the CL they needed 76 points to do it.

Chelsea, City, Tottenham, Arsenal and even Utd all had very strong seasons with Arsenal finishing with 75 points and Utd finishing with a still respectable 69.

Not that I'm trying to downplay Arteta because Klopp was already an established manager by then but your claims don't really stand up to scrutiny.

 

[samspade]

I mean that's just a massive arsepull.

All sorts of little pearls of wisdom up there tbh

 

[dka1]

All sorts of little pearls of wisdom up there tbh

Yes quote my first sentence and then not all of what I've written after, you can't be serious

But it looks like you're now posting outrageous stuff for likes, so good luck with that.

 

[Xln]

We are title contenders this season, can you not whine about spending for once?

 

[Tir Na Nog]

More Conte talk???