Country: Scotland
Player:Gabriel
We where 8th last season and after a year of Edu/Arteta signings and extensions we're on course for a finish of anywhere between 9th/11th. That's as crystal clear a sign of progress as possible, right?
Thereās nothing rational about backing a manager whoās lost 13 league games and has us in 9th place ffs. Why are the standards so low?
How can you have decent XG if your midfield is broken? We have had a broken defence and midfield for a good few years now. Last summer we began the defensive rebuild and this year will be our midfield rebuild. Once we sort the midfield we will score and create more I assure u.
Brighton are 4th in xP but they're 15th in reality, their performance levels are incredible considering their squad. They genuinely have been unlucky, it's far more impressive than Arteta being 7th in xP but 10th in the real table.How does Brighton do in the eye test department? Because that's another team that is being called unlucky and that their expected points are more higher than what the league table would suggest. Caveat that it *seems* to me thst the narrative there is that they at least create chances?
We've got the right manager, so scratch that off the list.The team and club can turn it around, we just need the right owners, executives, players, coaches, managers, physios, refs and tea people.
That dude @teamsoutheast is really pissing me off. I've calm down though. I think he was probably trying to get a rise out of me by advocating for more time for Arteta and his 'let him build his team' bullocks
Transition under Emery:We're in transition. I expected there to be a bumpy ride once Wenger left but fans always want sucess immediately. Wenger spoilt you with Europe every season so now you just expect it every year. We'll be back there i'm sure but we just need to make the right additions to our midfield in the summer to get back to firing on all cylinders.
So we're not good enough to finish 6th?The fans dogged out our greatest ever manager because he wasn't good enough. Maybe your standards have been unrealistic for quite some time now based on the actual trajectory of our club. Our roster is not good enough, point blank. Until the fans here accept that then maybe they can stop emotionally reacting on here every minute of every day.
I also thought it would be rough after Wenger and said so on here when Wenger was leaving. But I also expected the club to carry forward on top of the foundations Wenger built, especially around playing style, etc. and improve over a few seasons with those aspects underpinning some new ideas.We're in transition. I expected there to be a bumpy ride once Wenger left but fans always want sucess immediately. Wenger spoilt you with Europe every season so now you just expect it every year. We'll be back there i'm sure but we just need to make the right additions to our midfield in the summer to get back to firing on all cylinders.
Who's asking for an incompetent manager?We still have "fans" who support him and say he deserves more time lol... Imagine having TH14 as profile pic and asking for an incompetent to manage the team.
The right manager for relegation?We've got the right manager, so scratch that off the list.
So we're not good enough to finish 6th?
I swear it's like Manberg has infected AM with some type of viral program.
Because he has one idea and won't move from that. He clearly has one idea to play football and its that way or no way. Not adaptable. He could have 4 defenders without legs lying on the pitch and he would still want them to play out from the back.Also if you can't experiment when you're midtable and everyone's given up hope already, then when can you?
Transition under Emery:
- 5th place (2 pts from 3rd)
- 70 points
- 22 game unbeaten run
- Actually beat Villarreal (lol) and reached EL final
- Spent less than Ā£70M
Transition under Arteta
- Ā£300M in new players (when you include 2019 window)
- First season: 8th place / 56 points / 10 points from 4th
- Currently 10th and on track to have less points than our disaster 2019/20 season
- We are 12 points from 4th
- We also flirted with relegation around Xmas time
So riddle me this. How is it that with MORE time, and more MONEY invested into the squad, Arteta manages to REGRESS from the lows of the 2019/20 season? Shouldnāt the time heās had with the squad and the new players mean that we should see some progress from last season? The bar is low ffs.
Because he has one idea and won't move from that. He clearly has one idea to play football and its that way or no way. Not adaptable. He could have 4 defenders without legs lying on the pitch and he would still want them to play out from the back.