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Official: Mikel Arteta is the new Arsenal manager.

daredevil

Our quarter-final exit last season was par with the Invicible's, so definitely about standard for Arsenal actually.

We've won the Cup Winners Cup and Intercity Fairs Cup (predecessor to the Uefa Cup/Europa League). Not a lot to shout about.

JazzG

Great stuff, guy has played a massive role in turning around this club so important he stays longer and finishes the job now.

Qwiss

Nice to have a bit of good news this week. We needed this sorted as if we had let it go much longer a lot of speculation would've started kicking up. Good to have this settled.

HomeSteak

RocktheCasbah Well his EL League record for sure was bad. His CL you are right, was on par with the shit Wenger served for years.

He has earned this new contract, in my eyes(I would have gone for 2 years + option for one more but ok), but his next one should be subject to us winning us the league or CL. Cups are nice but thats not our ceiling, not that he seems to be interested in them.

Burnwinter

Good news. There aren't any serious people left who want Arteta sacked or disagree he's been doing good work.

I think even if we fell short again this season, it would take a truly dire outcome to get sentiment going against this man.

This gives Arsenal the platform to try to meet fan expectations, whatever they are.

Qwiss

Burnwinter this contract keeps him with us till 2027, thats 3 seasons. I think at the end of that if we haven't won a big trophy we can start asking questions. Right now he deserves more time.

JazzG

Mirth

Great news, when Arteta signed on his remit was to steady the ship and make hard decisions to put us on the right path - he met that objective. I suspect his second contract asked of him to make us a team capable of challenging for the title and routinely qualify for the CL - he's met that objective. Surely now this contract should be all about winning trophies.

Burnwinter

Qwiss

I agree. But it's very good news we're holding on to Arteta for now. I reflect on Klopp's time at Liverpool. Either we add up a very lucky and winning season, we grow far more confident in Europe, or City's level drops a little finally. That's what a major trophy will require.

In three years this playing group will be starting to split. At that point it might be best to think like a big club and flip Arteta just to freshen things up.

But for now it's match day four and we're the bookies' third favourites for the Champions League.

Mirth

Qwiss honestly if Pep could just fuck off I could see us winning back to back league titles

Clrnc

HomeSteak I am okay for him to stay as long as he wants as long as he don't drop out of top 4.

Qwiss

Mirth thats it. Hopefully the charges against them do enough for him to fuck off.

lorddulaarsenal

Chuffed he’s signed - best manager for us no doubt in my mind

Don Pacifico

One thing I'm reflecting on is the length of the contract - it's essentially a two year extension which isn't long (at least not in the new world of Boehly economics). Wonder if that was driven more by the club or by Arteta?

Claudius

Don Pacifico he’s already been here a while relative to the average manager. So it’s fine. Keeps him focused on immediate priorities.

Pepe LeFrits

Really enjoyed this video.

banduan

Mikel is a football hipster nerd. He'll not only be borrowing from all managers, he'll tell you which season the tactics were from and case examples of specific ways you handle a situation. "This is a bit like Matty Cash vs Salah when Villa won big against Liverpool. He played an uninverted full-back in defense but an inverted winger on the ball. This is something a little similar to what Dani Alves used to do when played against Espanol, except in that one situation in season 2013-2014 where they went down to 10 and he had to suffer."

daredevil

This guy doesn't get enough credit for just how tactically flexible and adaptable the team has become to playing in so many different ways. We can play a high press, a mid-block, a low block, play out the back, play long, set pieces, possession, all to an exceptionally high level in a single game. The only thing missing is an effective counter attack otherwise we would be complete. People were comparing us to Atletico and Chelsea, myself included but we aren't wedded to a particular style like they were in their pomp. It'd be a travesty if this group of players didn't win a major trophy.

Claudius

daredevil impressive. Even yesterday we played two different halves. And the variety of players we can deploy mean ls opposing torches must be at a bit of a loss

MistaT

daredevil — well said!

I do think we’ll never see consistent and impressive counter attacks from this team. Arteta asks too much of the wingers defensively for them to play with the freedom necessary for counter attacking.

Take for example Martinelli yesterday who broker free multiple times and didn’t have another player within thirty yards. That’s certainly not because they’re lazy, but the impact of starting positions and the ask to retain the ball once upfield.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

We still need to figure out those long spells in some games where we just cannot keep possession and are penned in our own half.

USArsenal

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Yes, but just about every team has these spells here and there. The important part is not to conceded when we don't have complete control.. We have done that pretty well so far.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

This could also be a tactic. Meaningless possession by the other side is fine.

I really do feel we still need an additional attacker in Jan if we are going to win the league. Just to absolutely cement it.

We have to continue to be the hungriest team in the league after what happened last two seasons. Never give in. Anytime complacency hits then remember how we felt when City won the title.

We have achieved nothing and done nothing so we must make sure no laziness creeps in.

Let’s keep going, game by game, grind this shit out.

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