Backroom Additions

JazzG

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-mikel-arteta-brentford-coach-andreas-georgson-fbackroom-role-a4531346.html

Rumours we might be looking to add more coaches.

Claudius

Come on, Rory DeLap. Give us your best toss now.

Clrnc

QuincyAbeyie

Apparently Brentford improved quite a bit at defensive set-pieces after Georgson was hired. Not that it necessarily means anything, many other factors could've contributed.

Qwiss

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Apparently Brentford improved quite a bit at defensive set-pieces after Georgson was hired. Not that it necessarily means anything, many other factors could've contributed.

Well you'd hope us bringing in Saliba and Gabriel would help us there, plus better more focussed set piece training and hopefully we see serious improvement. We were a bit shit at corners in particular last season.

goon

Just mentioned in the Freddie thread that we need a set-piece coach. That's one area where we really regressed since Emery left.

Anyway, Orny says Andreas started with us yesterday, so it's a done deal.

He also says we're appointing a new analyst, which is reassuring to hear.

Sal Bibbo the assistant GK coach is gone.

flobaba

Qwiss! wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Apparently Brentford improved quite a bit at defensive set-pieces after Georgson was hired. Not that it necessarily means anything, many other factors could've contributed.

Well you'd hope us bringing in Saliba and Gabriel would help us there, plus better more focussed set piece training and hopefully we see serious improvement. We were a bit shit at corners in particular last season.

Yeah there’s room for improvement on the set piece front. Especially defensively. The mere physical size of the new pairing should help. Perhaps the new coach can also get our CBs attacking the ball more aggressively during free kicks in our favor. Pepe’s got a wicked delivery on him.

banduan

Wasn't Sal Bibbo a big part of improving our keeper performances?

KingslandBarge

You'd think having Bergkamp, Edu, Per in either the backroom or coaching staff gives Arsenal unique, opportunistic inroads into networks in Brazil, Holland and Germany.

Asterix

Yep rumours that Mikel is trying to get Dennis back on the coaching staff. That would be cool.

goon

Anyone know the details as to why Dennis was fired by Ajax?

banduan wrote:
Wasn't Sal Bibbo a big part of improving our keeper performances?

Nah, that would have been the guy Emery brought over. Since Arteta has taken over we brought in someone from Brentford too who's highly rated. Bibbo was just an assistant.

Rohit

goon wrote:
Anyone know the details as to why Dennis was fired by Ajax?

I remember reading he was extremely difficult to work with and had a fallout with Overmars.

mentalvortex

Rohit wrote:
goon wrote:
Anyone know the details as to why Dennis was fired by Ajax?

I remember reading he was extremely difficult to work with and had a fallout with Overmars.

Other reason that I have read that he was on the losing side in battle for control between the two most influential camps at Ajax.

The Cruyff loyalists won while then Van Gaal loyalists ended up leaving their posts.

Qwiss

mentalvortex wrote:
Rohit wrote:
I remember reading he was extremely difficult to work with and had a fallout with Overmars.

Other reason that I have read that he was on the losing side in battle for control between the two most influential camps at Ajax.

The Cruyff loyalists won while then Van Gaal loyalists ended up leaving their posts.

Thats exactly what I read too.

Klaus

I'd love Bergkamp back at the club obviously, but I think this is just The Sun trying to fill out their sports section. The article itself is not actually claiming that Arteta has been in touch with Bergkamp: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/12479693/mikel-arteta-arsenal-dennis-bergkamp-freddie-ljungberg-replacement/

It's just a bunch of vague insinuations. They seem to have come up with Bergkamp's name because of an interview he did with FourFourTwo the other month where he said he'd love to return to Arsenal one day.

Gazza M

All the articles ive read about dennis' time at ajax have been pretty scathing

Burnwinter

Dennis always comes across as bright but a little bit hamfisted in person, not sure he's got what it takes personality wise for man management.

goon

I think the story is bs too, but who knows.

I'd imagine he'd make a good individual coach if he were to come in. Get him to work with young players on technical aspects of their game. With Freddie gone we need someone to pay particular attention to the younger players and I can't imagine Dennis couldn't impart some wisdom on guys like Willock, ESR, Eddie, Martinelli and Saka and others making the step up to the first team.

flobaba

I mean, if we can’t sign Aouar...

Sicario

Some further new additions:

Youngest looking coaches ever.