He has made us look more capable and prepared in big games than ive seen us for a long time. Give him a few more of the pieces he wants and lets see what happens

Gazza. We played the top 3 team in the past month. Two of those games were elimination matches. We won all 3. It’s been close to a decade since we could perform like that in big games. I’m beyond thrilled.

Claudius wrote:

Gazza. We played the top 3 team in the past month. Two of those games were elimination matches. We won all 3. It’s been close to a decade since we could perform like that in big games. I’m beyond thrilled.

This = along with The Cup this is a very strong end to the season despite the league position.

Arteta gets 8/10 from me too. He's a real manager, that much is obvious. We need to back him big time in the transfer market. The improvements he has made to us in big games is ridiculous. We are almost unrecognisable in the fact we are up for every challenge and up for winning. We have wasted 1.5 years under Emery, imagine if we didn't balls out and appointed Arteta from the get go.

There's no real identity to the team, kinda like zidane but if it gets us success I don't really care.

Today:10/10. Tomorrow, probably 7-8/10.

He’s already won more than Poch with a team worse than anything Poch managed. That counts for a lot.

Beat SU, City and Chelsea to do it too, we didn’t get lucky with the draw.

There’s lots of things he needs to work on but he’s got us looking competitive in games and that’s a really good foundation to build on.

Klaus, you willing to show him the money now?

This also gets the ghost of AW past off the team and removes the Pep-lite description from Arteta.

Claudius wrote:

Klaus, you willing to show him the money now?

I think he just made sure that there is any money at all. I don't want to think about what would've happened if we had lost this game.

Klaus wrote:

Claudius wrote:

Klaus, you willing to show him the money now?

I think he just made sure that there is any money at all. I don't want to think about what would've happened if we had lost this game.

He’s one of those eat what you kill guys. Remember Pochettino looking down on domestic cups? Absurd attitude. Our players can take a few weeks off now with a good feeling, and something to build on

Biggest game of our season and of his career and he gives us a win.

Well done sir.

This hopefully gives the club a bit of impetus to back his plans this summer.

Imagine Partey and roca in that midfield today next to Ceballos............we would have run them ragged.

One hell of a summer coming up!

Massive credit for his in game management today. We looked fucked after 20 minutes, and that water break (plus the penatly) really changed everything. Not sure how much he changed, but the team looked great from 20 minutes onward.

Seems he has an ability for getting the team up and well set for big matches. Fuck, after half a season he probably has many wins vs the "Top 4" as Wenger did in his last ten years.

The way he's got these players to play out from the back pretty damn confidently and consistently (compare it to under Emery FFS) is impressive.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert wrote:

The way he's got these players to play out from the back pretty damn confidently and consistently (compare it to under Emery FFS) is impressive.

I think a big part of that is down to Martinez and Luiz. Both of them extremely confident on the ball under pressure.

Leadership is so important and Arteta is a leader, the technical stuff will fall in place around that.

Mirth wrote:

Leadership is so important and Arteta is a leader, the technical stuff will fall in place around that.

Aye, and the players too. Look at how Auba's been raving about him for instance. The "My manager!!!!" tweet tonight felt like both a celebration and a comment on his preference for Arteta over Emery. It's easy to see why too. He was the sole professional at the club for so long while everyone else was just fucking around, from the manager down to his teammates, and then came Arteta and told them this is not acceptable. If Auba ends up extending it'll basically be solely down to him.