Well its a joint effort.
We should welcome Arsenal to OT like long lost brothers. Take your 0-3 lads. Enjoy.
Walk off the pitch when Ben White scores in the first minute?
Carry him off as well on your shoulders would be a nice touch.
I think that's an understatement he's beyond an excellent coach he's presently one of the best in Europe and a prestigious trophy will cement his position among Pep, Klopp etc as being world class.
Behave. One trophy so far. He's not even proven he's Conte level yet never mind Klopp and Pep. I am very impressed with Arsenal this year though, much more so than last. Turning Havertz into a half decent player again would be a feather in anyone's cap.
If he wins a UCL or premier league in his fifth season in management, breaking a 20 year void while observing what the team did last season, in what sense is he not world class? What was Conte doing in his fifth season as a coach by comparison.
Not sure Wiki is a good source as it states:
Ok so he won the league with Bari in his 3rd season as a coach and then won three on the bounce in his 6th, 7th, 8th seasons along with 2 cups...
We would prefer you guys over City and Liverpool, but sadly you will be bottling this.
the last time arsenal won at Utd was in 2020 by a single goal. Utd’s had the occasional game raise at home against the bigger clubs as Liverpool just experienced. We’ll have a better picture of who’s still in the running before that game.
Ah so it's not about if you'll win it, rather about where you'll win it!
What's also largely unremarked upon is that Arteta was given a very rare gift in football - that of being allowed time to fail.
Yes very true. The margins are fine.
He is just 41 year old. Except Pep and now Alonso which other manager has been able to transform the club the way he has at that age. We all remember where we were before he joined. He is one of the few coaches who is capable to building an identity for the club basically a project manager.
That's not really the point I'm making though. He's done very well.
This is why Arsenal fans rightly make sure to mention Edu as well when people are praising Arteta. It seems to me from the outside looking in that Arsenal are a club that is in complete sync from top to bottom. Yes Arteta has the personality to get players to buy in but as we've seen, an overhaul like that takes time and if he was at Chelsea, and probably even United (and Tottenham even?), he would probably have been sacked after his second season. The majority of Arsenal fans wanted him sacked. You have to credit Edu and the club for believing in the plan and sticking with it even when nobody else believed in it. I typically advocate for time for managers. My ideal situation is what Liverpool and Arsenal have. A long term manager that everyone believes in. Arteta does need to win for all this to be cemented but I'm pretty certain they will, sadly, if not this season then definitely in the next 2 seasons.
I think you can afford 1 draw, but not anymore than that. If City gets to the FA/CL finals again then they will slip up somewhere, their squad isn’t as good as last year.
Both deserved the credit they rightly deserved for rebuilding the team and also the cultural side of the dressing room. I don't understand how internal works in Arsenal but from the first couple episodes in the Amazon documentary, Josh had confidence in Arteta and backed him 100%. I don't know what Arteta did and convinced Josh he was the right man when the results were bad at the time. I am not sure if Edu is the man who has the authority to call the shot on the manager either at the time.
He wrote "could".
I said we could win it, not that we’re going to.
That's what Chelsea have tried to do. They've just gone about it completely wrong.
We're not favourites though. And I'd say this City side winning seven in a row is pretty manageable
Thats just one part though.
The best endorsement of Edu and Arteta is the sheer number of top quality young players that are signing new long term contracts.
You're not alone. I don't trust us either, I won't until it happens.
