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We are looking at this all wrong.
The club is one step ahead of us all the time.
Just watch - the league narrative from the club in the coming weeks will slowly change to “we are fighting for a to 4 finish”
So in context tonight will be seen as a “good result” - a hard fought draw against top 4 rivals.
And don’t forget this is the bottom line aim.
Arteta is operating above his pay grade in competing for the title - he is only under pressure in making sure of a top 4 finish - hence 3 full backs subbed on in the 2nd half
Well I missed it. In bed with the worst fucking dose of flu I've had in years (bordering on the dreaded man-flu ).
Been asleep most of the evening but recorded it. Just woke up, checked the score and saw a truly grim stat that we had over 500 passes and only one shot on target.
Might just read through this thread and not bother watching it at all. Would I be right?
Well I missed it. In bed with the worst fucking dose of flu I've had in years (bordering on the dreaded man-flu ).
Been asleep most of the evening but recorded it. Just woke up, checked the score and saw a truly grim stat that we had over 500 passes and only one shot on target.
Might just read through this thread and not bother watching it at all. Would I be right?
You lucky bastard for missing that !
Don’t bother watching it - we hit the post once…and er that was it. We brought on 3 full backs and a waddling dwarf in the 2nd half so things if anything got worse.
We left a young striker on the bench for the 2nd consecutive game and guess what we didn’t score a goal !
I expected to lose and would’ve taken a point before the game if we hadn’t dropped so far behind Scousers. TBh we dominated and had at least 3good opportunities to score. Calafiori getting booked after 3mins didn’t help
We are looking at this all wrong.
The club is one step ahead of us all the time.
Just watch - the league narrative from the club in the coming weeks will slowly change to “we are fighting for a to 4 finish”
So in context tonight will be seen as a “good result” - a hard fought draw against top 4 rivals.
And don’t forget this is the bottom line aim.
Arteta is operating above his pay grade in competing for the title- he is only under pressure in making sure of a top 4 finish - hence 3 full backs subbed on in the 2nd half
Rob, the cone boy is the THIRD HIGHEST paid manager in world football, so while he might be getting overpaid going by his achievements and experience, he certainly isnt operating above his pay grade - it really highlights how dumb football people are that this fool is getting paid way more than serial trophy winner ancelotti
Surely the fat lady is singing now. The board would be mad to give him good money to throw after bad in the summer.
The board needs Arteta more than he needs them. You think they have the money or appetite to boot him and snatch a top manager from
their contract? Both endeavours will cost in excess of £20m, not to mention they’ll need to make significant funds available for new manager.
Surely the fat lady is singing now. The board would be mad to give him good money to throw after bad in the summer.
The board needs Arteta more than he needs them. You think they have the money or appetite to boot him and snatch a top manager from
their contract? Both endeavours will cost in excess of £20m, not to mention they’ll need to make significant funds available for new manager.
Are they not going to be under pressure to release significant funds this summer if the cone boy remains anyway ?? Every media person has shone the spotlight on our lack of striker signing in past two transfer windows, so regardless of who is manager that is something they will be under serious pressure to rectify this summer. Then the next question is who would you trust when it comes to spending that money - would you trust the guy who hand picked havertz and jesus for serious money ?? I certainly wouldnt. The guy has spent almost £800m and has wasted a lot of that money imo, so I dont believe he should get another penny to spend.
I would actually go further and say that appointing a new manager will buy the board more time - 6 seasons under this cock and almost a billion spent will mean that they will have to deliver a trophy next season, but if they appoint a new manager there might be less expectations on a trophy next season
Surely the fat lady is singing now. The board would be mad to give him good money to throw after bad in the summer.
The board needs Arteta more than he needs them. You think they have the money or appetite to boot him and snatch a top manager from
their contract? Both endeavours will cost in excess of £20m, not to mention they’ll need to make significant funds available for new manager.
Ok, money aside, if it were up to you, would you keep him as manager or make a change?
If you’d keep him, then how many more trophyless seasons would you tolerate?
Surely the fat lady is singing now. The board would be mad to give him good money to throw after bad in the summer.
The board needs Arteta more than he needs them. You think they have the money or appetite to boot him and snatch a top manager from
their contract? Both endeavours will cost in excess of £20m, not to mention they’ll need to make significant funds available for new manager.
Ok, money aside, if it were up to you, would you keep him as manager or make a change?
If you’d keep him, then how many more trophyless seasons would you tolerate?
I’ve always said that he gets another season to deliver a major trophy and if he doesn’t the sword will naturally fall on him.
This board cannot be trusted to bring in a top manager and then give him the funds he needs to win major trophies.
Ordinarily building a team from scratch with £800m wouldn’t get you in the CL let alone compete for the title.
The board are doing just enough to make their business lucrative (Champions League) and are not willing to truly push the boat out (win major trophies). The latter would mean a cash injection from the Kroenkes but this club pretty much spends what it earns.
The failure to acquire an attacker in Jan is a clear sign of their limited ambitious.
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