Mirth wrote:
Anzac wrote:
Both Arteta and Edu need a HUGE end to this transfer window in order to create any sort of optimism or reason for the supporters to get excited for this season ahead.
What now appears obvious is Arteta the coach & manager needs top flight players in order for his system to succeed, just as Guardiola has struggled at both Bayern and MC until he was able to sign players better suited to his style requirements.
As discussed earlier Arteta is looking to impart an elite level of play at a club that is decidedly mid-table in both resources and ambition/appetite to change, and the two do not match.
I don't see anything particularly elite in the way Arteta is trying to play to begin with. We could have PSG's squad and I'd still say his philosophy to football isn't particularly worth preserving.
Agreed. Arteta's football is too defensive and archaic. Reminds me of Jose back in the day, without the quick counter attacking football. Like the worst combination of Pep and Jose. I think who he reminds me of the most is van Gaal at United. Boring, safety first football with possession concentrated at the back and middle third. Horrid football.
I'm done with Arteta. I tried my hardest to get behind him and cut him a lot of slack in his first season but last season was the pits. No improvement, poverty football until Christmas, slightly better afterwards with results going more in our favour than it was before but all these narrow 1-0, 2-1 games going either way is not the way to build a top team.
You can't play football by reducing the margins so much that the game can go either way hoping the odd goal goes your way. That's what I'd expect from small teams hoping to cause an upset by keeping things right and hoping to nick one.
