Sicario2 - Tier 1 we need 2 more forwards that create their own space and generate overloads. gabby jesus circa 2022 type of stuff, at both the ST and LW positions. having that will offset the blander elements of tetball.
Official: Mikel Arteta is the new Arsenal manager.
We should have gone all in on Kvara.
9 days later
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-fc-calafiori-arteta-position-change-b1217515.html
As for Arteta, I was immediately struck by how much he cared about getting to know me. One day on the phone he sent me some photos of my family and asked me to say what each member of the family meant to me.
The boss is kind of nuts.
Qwiss Bloody hell, mad Mikel, sat in his office in the dead of night creeping around Calafiori's Instagram screenshotting photos of his family members... 
Bizarre
Mikel is a strange dude.
He's doing the villain thing. "Hey Riccy, how's your brother Leo? You know, the one who always stops by The Tolly every Saturday at presicely 8 p.m? I'd hate for something to happen to him if you don't play well today..."
Arteta aims to create a cult-like atmosphere and normalise crossing boundaries, create intimacy rapidly. Lots of stuff that's very dicey at work or a red flag if you're dating.
Even more normal things like those Colney induction sessions where the squad sits around and ultra-mildly clap-hazes the new pledge like they're all playing a parlour game on the bridge of a spaceship.
I'm curious to know where he gets his ideas from, stuff like the hired pickpocket thing. Bet there's some Gladwell level management manual that's behind it. He seems to want the players constantly ping-ponging between vigilance and stimulation.
Need this with our current defence
