Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - Arne Slot is a Bald Fraud

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Montez said:
I’ll blame the Kroenke’s for the lack of direction but he cuts checks and stays out the way. This isn’t a Jerry Jones or James Dolan situation where they step on their people’s work. Failure to hire the right people is ultimately on them but they aren’t football people, so cut the checks is all I ask. The club has operated with a CL budget without CL football for four years. None of these American owners are actively involved with their clubs, maybe only John Henry and that’s because he’s trying to break the back of English football

I can’t excuse Edu and Arteta at all. They have all the power and have given me Willian, Mari, Luiz on mind boggling money, refused to sell 3/4 players. Running Saka into the ground, poor handling of Saliba, binning Voldemort without a replacement. I’ll blame the board for Voldemort’s situation but Arteta hasn’t shown me anything that says he can manage Arsenal Football Club
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Look at all the non playing personnel upheaval, since 2018. Managers, CEO's, Department Heads all gone. And that not including whoever else who wore a suit who left pre Rona. Does that really look like a stable company to you? That kind of high ranking personnel turnover usually happens after a takeover not with a stable owner.

The poor communication with other clubs like ASSE & Atletico. The Kos fall out. Ramsey contract. I know I'm forgetting something else, where Arsenal either pissed off a club or a player.

Arteta has improved your defending. That game yesterday under Wenger last years or under Ebening you would of lost handily. We've all seen those away day beatings Arsenal have taken over the years to non top 6 teams. And also you aren't getting raped pillaged and plundered vs Liverpool and Citeh like you have been doing. Yeah the football is scrappy and un-entertaining but your squad is old and not good enough. We all know Iberian coaches are frauds and their football is very overrated.

Arsenal are basically on the same path as United post Fergie. Problem is Fergie got the shyt/past it players to perform. Those players who were at the club when Wenger was there didn't perform for him and those still at the club aren't performing now. Arteta might not be the answer, but it's a 3-4 year rebuild job regardless who takes over, it's no quick fix. Unless Big Stan falls bumps hits his head and goes on shopping spree like a Gulf Sheikh. Until you ship out majority of the under performers that you can, things aren't going to change. United hired 2 of the best coaches in the history of European Football and they couldn't change things around, yeah they won some silverware, but fans were still unhappy.

Arsenal football club is no longer that Arsenal with the Marble Halls. That's been stripped bare and auctioned off long time ago. That idea of the club is a distance memory.
 
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DapMeUp! said:
I know everyone is on a Arteta hate crusade right now, but he said what I have heard many managers say and what most would say for how Pepe got sent off.
"He let the team down and he knows that" has been said plenty of times for similiar incidents.

Your not going to ever mince your words when your player gets sent off for a stupid headbutt.
Jose throws his players under the bus for a lot less it's not really comparable.
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This

Saying a player let the team down for a sending off is standard procedure
 
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Kunty McPhuck said:
Look at all the non playing personnel upheaval, since 2018. Managers, CEO's, Department Heads all gone. And that not including whoever else who wore a suit who left pre Rona. Does that really look like a stable company to you? That kind of high ranking personnel turnover usually happens after a takeover not with a stable owner.

The poor communication with other clubs like ASSE & Atletico. The Kos fall out. Ramsey contract. I know I'm forgetting something else, where Arsenal either pissed off a club or a player.
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Not by any means but that's what happens when you go from someone like a Wenger or Fergie type who dominate the football side. I didn't expect Arsenal to flounder so badly given they saw what happened at United and I thought the football structure under Gazidis seemed sensible and could work with Raul and Sven under him but he dipped early.

Arsenal tried bringing in Marotta, Monchi to run the football side. Ultimately both backed out but I'll give the Kroenke's credit for at least trying to bring in the type of profile needed to run the club when you have an absent owner. The trusted the wrong people and got burned. While I wish they were smart like FSG most owners aren't. If Arteta and Edu were good at their jobs, they could exploit the current system imo. Raul did to some extent and he got canned because he was still money.

Doesn't help the Kroenkes Milan under Gazidis are top of Serie A and Villarreal are near the top of the table with Emery.


Kunty McPhuck said:
Arteta has improved your defending. That game yesterday under Wenger last years or under Ebening you would of lost handily. We've all seen those away day beatings Arsenal have taken over the years to non top 6 teams. And also you aren't getting raped pillaged and plundered vs Liverpool and Citeh like you have been doing. Yeah the football is scrappy and un-entertaining but your squad is old and not good enough. We all know Iberian coaches are frauds and their football is very overrated.
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With the players he has, I don't expect much but it's the other things Arteta does that worries me.
  • Micromanagement of players: He tells them every pass to make.
  • The lineups are horrible: I gave him a pass with the midfield because the talent aint there but his front 3s never work because they defy football logic. Yesterday was better but barely, Willian should never be in a front 3 at his age. It could work if he was deeper.
  • Misusing attackers (Willock, Pepe, Willian, Ozil): I'm not under the illusion Ozil can still be the player he was but his profile is needed to connect the midfield with the attackers and help retain the ball. All of Arsenal's attacks die after 3 or 4 passes because everyone is static and/or can't see runs, Saka is the only one with vision and fluidity and that's why he stands out.
  • His man management is suspect (Bellerin, Ceballos, Willian, AMN): Ainsley made a mistake against Sheffield and has hardly played since. Willian can go to Dubai with no punishment. Ceballos has fought two teammates and nothing. He applies his rules to the players he likes.
  • Handling of young players: Saka is going to tear his knee up with how he's being used. Saliba's situation is delicate but could be handled better if they were transparent and appeared to have a plan.
 
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