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  • Official: Mikel Arteta is the new Arsenal manager.

Burnwinter can't say I've heard about it, but could be true.

It's definitely true for Romano though. He's paid to hype up players, often by their agents.

    Maybe it's Romano I'm thinking of ...

    Burnwinter he said that during the summer, it was just reposted now. Not that it matters that much. But it's not controversial, 5 years in, 720 mil spent ... you should win something. And it's not like we are asking for much, the league and CL are out of the questions, but a FA Cup or the League Cup now that some big guns are out already should be enough...and then next year push again for the title.

      awooga83 I hear what you’re saying, but we are on a definite upward trajectory and although this season has had its issues we can still make it successful.

      I don’t feel Arteta has completed his squad yet - I’d judge him fully once he has been able to make an addition to the attack or two

          lorddulaarsenal

          So you want to wait 10 years till we win a trophy?

          Artera has been backed like no other Arsenal manager in history. 5 years and £800m later he needs to deliver. How do you know it wasn’t Artera’s idea to NOT sign an alternative to Havertz this past summer? His risk but he ultimately has to pay for it if we don’t win anything.

              awooga83 100%. 5 years in and Klopp had won it all at Liverpool. The 'process' must deliver something meaningful soon-ish.

                  It’s relative - others at the top have spent significantly over the years starting from a higher base.

                  I also don’t believe there is a better manager out there for us.

                  lorddulaarsenal he was always able to make an addition or two in attack, he choose not to do so. Since he has been here he got 2 strikers lol. Jesus and Havertz, who let's be real, he got him here to play CM, he was just shit at it at the same time Jesus retired from football, so he got moved to striker.
                  Give Arteta 100 mil next summer and he will get a keeper, 2 left backs and a center back. Maybe extend Sterling

                      Gazza M big shift in Ornsteins tone there. He's always been full on praise when it comes to Arteta. Something's up with him and the club. I noticed there was no round up of insider info on our transfer window from him after this summers window.

                        Don Pacifico yup agree. Their squad and first XI was definitely way worse.

                          Sicario2 - Tier 1 or sign havetz at all. it's turned out better than i thought, but it wasn't cheap, and imo he wasn't bought to be a 9. that wasn't the grand plan, and it has stymied us making real progress in the forward positions. there's been a casual profligacy with how we spend that gives the impression we have 10 years to get this right.

                              Don Pacifico yeah, I'm not enamoured with Arteta right now, but people do forget the absolute state our squad used to be in.

                              It was nowhere near even Brendan Rodgers' one.

                                Gazza M we haven’t been profligate at all. What exactly is your spend benchmark? Brighton?

                                    Don Pacifico they were in ordinary shape... Klopp (and extended team) turned things around there very quickly.

                                      Sicario2 - Tier 1

                                      So you want to wait 10 years till we win a trophy?

                                      Artera has been backed like no other Arsenal manager in history. 5 years and £800m later he needs to deliver. How do you know it wasn’t Artera’s idea to NOT sign an alternative to Havertz this past summer? His risk but he ultimately has to pay for it if we don’t win anything.

                                      How do you know it was Arteta idea not to sign a striker? How many strikers moved in the summer that would have improved on Havertz? We did try hard for Sesko early in the window and clearly that move wasn't possible.

                                      Within 5 years we've gone from hopeless to fighting for league titles against basically football's version of Lance Armstrong. We are getting there but our fans need to show some composure and hold our nerve, our fanbase has a nervous breakdown on every blip we have.

                                          Claudius profligate in terms how we prioritise spending. some things have to come before others. im probably in the minority but I've had this problem with our recruitment priorities since the signing of Ben White up to the present day.

                                              Gazza M people always say "we needed defenders" in comparison to "not signing defenders", but it should be in comparison to signing forwards instead. Nedding defenders in isolation isn't really an argument - nobody thinks we should spend less on defenders so that we can put the money in the bank.

                                              Although when I say this, the counter-argument is often that it's not about prioritization, and that we have money available but forwards simply aren't available.

                                              Although when I'm mad about not beating City, the argument is that they have so many more good players than us because of their money.