Arteta is Jesus (the real one, not the man city one) according to Balague

[Superden]

Guillem Balague: How Arteta has led Arsenal to brink of Champions League after six-year absence - BBC Sport

started reading this, and couldnt stop reading it till the end and not because its particularly well written. I dont think ive ever read a more patheticly sycophantic hagiography.

a flavour:

He is a non-stop, perpetually driven ball of energy - but also fundamentally a man of compassion, a caring person with a natural sense of justice and someone whose main aim is to seek happiness and harmony in the dressing room.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Six year absence during which he was manager for three years.

 

[mu4c_20le]

How does he write as if he was literally sitting there beside him during all those meetings with the board, and the players?

 

[horsechoker]

Arteta is the English Pep.

 

[V.O.]

"How Arteta has led Arsenal to brink of Champions League after six-year absence"

1) Be personally responsible for half of that absence
2) Spend more than any club in the world last summer (and have this literally never mentioned by any of your buddies in the media)
3) Have United and Spurs be total shite

 

[Pretzels81]

I doubt they will make it to the Round of 16 this December.

 

[Mogget]

"How Arteta has led Arsenal to brink of Champions League after six-year absence"

1) Be personally responsible for half of that absence
2) Spend more than any club in the world last summer (and have this literally never mentioned by any of your buddies in the media)
3) Have United and Spurs be total shite

Technically he was only responsible for us being out of the CL in 20/21 and this season.

Unless you think he should have somehow got us to qualify for the CL in 19/20 despite taking over in December 2019.

It's also funny that you mention him outspending everyone else last summer when the consensus pretty much everywhere was that we'd had a shit window and overspent on average players. I also definitely remember United being the summer transfer window "champions".

 

[GoonerBear]

Here we go again......

 

[Tarrou]

Here we go again......

Lets just see what to see what @Pogue Mahone has to say about it

keep an open mind

 

[GlasgowCeltic]

Remember when every second article of his was about the genius of Rafa Benitez

 

[SalfordRed18]

Feel like arsenal are about to have a false dawn like we did last season. Wouldn't be shocked if Arteta is gone by December.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Technically he was only responsible for us being out of the CL in 20/21 and this season.

Unless you think he should have somehow got us to qualify for the CL in 19/20 despite taking over in December 2019.

It's also funny that you mention him outspending everyone else last summer when the consensus pretty much everywhere was that we'd had a shit window and overspent on average players. I also definitely remember United being the summer transfer window "champions".

So 33.33 per cent then?

 

[Jibbs]

lets be honest, he is a far more competent manager than all of our ex players

 

[ShinjiNinja26]

Ballbag sucking off a fellow Spaniard? Shocker!

 

[mu4c_20le]

Feel like arsenal are about to have a false dawn like we did last season. Wouldn't be shocked if Arteta is gone by December.

Arsenal don't seem to be in the business of sacking their managers, at least not until they completely lose the dressing room and start getting mocked by the players like Emery.

 

[iammemphis]

He's alright Arteta. Its nice he's moved out half of the dross and big egos and replaced them with team players. No Europe has been a huge benefit too. I can honestly see a massive collapse in the league next year though when they have to start juggling all the competitions.

 

[Deery]

Saint Mikel of Emirates.

 

[horsechoker]

lets be honest, he is a far more competent manager than all of our ex players

Not sure what your argument is here

 

[Withnail]

Technically he was only responsible for us being out of the CL in 20/21 and this season.

Unless you think he should have somehow got us to qualify for the CL in 19/20 despite taking over in December 2019.

It's also funny that you mention him outspending everyone else last summer when the consensus pretty much everywhere was that we'd had a shit window and overspent on average players. I also definitely remember United being the summer transfer window "champions".

I don't really follow the logic.

Does the fact that some people thought you'd overspent on certain players mean you actually spent less than you did?

 

[awop]

I'll be a devout christian for a night if he gets us to the promised land

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

Technically he was only responsible for us being out of the CL in 20/21 and this season.

Unless you think he should have somehow got us to qualify for the CL in 19/20 despite taking over in December 2019.

It's also funny that you mention him outspending everyone else last summer when the consensus pretty much everywhere was that we'd had a shit window and overspent on average players. I also definitely remember United being the summer transfer window "champions".

Mate enjoy your 4th/5th place finish cause this has Ole written all over it.

 

[roonster09]

Technically he was only responsible for us being out of the CL in 20/21 and this season.

Unless you think he should have somehow got us to qualify for the CL in 19/20 despite taking over in December 2019.

It's also funny that you mention him outspending everyone else last summer when the consensus pretty much everywhere was that we'd had a shit window and overspent on average players. I also definitely remember United being the summer transfer window "champions".

Yeah agree. Hopefully Arteta stays for many years.

 

[Mogget]

I don't really follow the logic.

Does the fact that some people thought you'd overspent on certain players mean you actually spent less than you did?

I thought the logic was pretty simple but I can simplify it further for you if you need.

The poster said one of the reasons we're in our current position is because Arteta outspent everyone last summer. But it was widely agreed our transfer window last summer was not good. So I just found it a bit odd that's something people are now using as a reason for our current position.

 

[charlenefan]

I doubt they will make it to the Round of 16 this December.

They'll need a very favourable group to get past the first stage

 

[UDontMessWith24]

"How Arteta has led Arsenal to brink of Champions League after six-year absence"

1) Be personally responsible for half of that absence
2) Spend more than any club in the world last summer (and have this literally never mentioned by any of your buddies in the media)
3) Have United and Spurs be total shite

If Conte came to Spurs in the summer we're not even having this conversation.

 

[Powderfinger]

I'm an Arteta supporter but that article was really just too much.

No quotations, not even a lot of specific examples. It was like somebody just made up the most sycophantic, positive spin story from scratch.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Ballbag is an absolutely terrible "journalist". He's agenda driven like no other journo out there.

 

[footyfan019]

Ridiculous article, He has not even finsihed 4th till now. He will be red faced if Spurs win tonight.

 

[AshRK]

lets be honest, he is a far more competent manager than all of our ex players

He would have been sacked here multiple times or at any other ambitious club. He is lucky to be managing a club like Arsenal where there is no pressure for him from the board.

 

[AshRK]

I thought the logic was pretty simple but I can simplify it further for you if you need.

The poster said one of the reasons we're in our current position is because Arteta outspent everyone last summer. But it was widely agreed our transfer window last summer was not good. So I just found it a bit odd that's something people are now using as a reason for our current position.

But you did spend heavy. And combined that with no European football, definitely worked in his favor.

 

[V.O.]

I'm an Arteta supporter but that article was really just too much.

No quotations, not even a lot of specific examples. It was like somebody just made up the most sycophantic, positive spin story from scratch.

Ballbag is an absolutely terrible "journalist". He's agenda driven like no other journo out there.

Yep, ballbag's agendas are so obvious and shape absolutely everything he says or writes more clearly than anybody else who calls themselves a football journalist. Loves Barca and anybody associated with them. Loves Pep and anybody associated with him. Loves Liverpool and anyone associated with them. Doesn't have a single positive thing to say about basically anybody else in the world of football.

If (for example) Vieira had gone to Arsenal and done the exact same job, he wouldn't have a word to say on the matter, let alone fecking essay-length fluff pieces.

 

[adexkola]

Lets just see what to see what @Pogue Mahone has to say about it

keep an open mind

 

[Jibbs]

He would have been sacked here multiple times or at any other ambitious club. He is lucky to be managing a club like Arsenal where there is no pressure for him from the board.

we could say that about Sir Alex as well, why he survived initial 7 years.

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

I thought the logic was pretty simple but I can simplify it further for you if you need.

The poster said one of the reasons we're in our current position is because Arteta outspent everyone last summer. But it was widely agreed our transfer window last summer was not good. So I just found it a bit odd that's something people are now using as a reason for our current position.

You’ve totally missed the point.

 

[AshRK]

we could say that about Sir Alex as well, why he survived initial 7 years.

And sir alex had won trophies with Aberdeen. Very weird comparison to say the least.

 

[Red the Bear]

Did these glorious bastards jinx him already

 

[roonster09]

we could say that about Sir Alex as well, why he survived initial 7 years.

 

[mu4c_20le]

What a strange article to push out the night before a derby

 

[Amar__]

Balague is Spanish Piers Morgan.

 

[AshRK]

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