Mikel Arteta | Lego Pep watch

jadajos said:
I can't stand Arteta but I think the unusual training sessions are smart. If you want to keep players on their toes in a long and draining season it's healthy to mix things up. Especially with things that are unexpected or a bit weird. It makes sure everyone's switched on.

Arteta completely lost my respect with how he handled the TP situation. But I can't really ridicule him for a bunch of seemingly odd, but pretty creative additions to team training. He coaches a bunch of 20-somethings and teenagers, so including tiktok and fun stuff is pretty smart.
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The way he does it never seems fun though, it's just sort of weird and tense. You get the impression Arteta has never had fun in his life. He probably cries after sex and then broods for hours.
 
jadajos said:
I can't stand Arteta but I think the unusual training sessions are smart. If you want to keep players on their toes in a long and draining season it's healthy to mix things up. Especially with things that are unexpected or a bit weird. It makes sure everyone's switched on.

Arteta completely lost my respect with how he handled the TP situation. But I can't really ridicule him for a bunch of seemingly odd, but pretty creative additions to team training. He coaches a bunch of 20-somethings and teenagers, so including tiktok and fun stuff is pretty smart.
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I've actually never thought about it like this before

It does pose an interesting question. Are managers/coaches with strong meme knowledge going to be more successful? Should this be a key criteria when hiring a new manager?
 
TwoSheds said:
The way he does it never seems fun though, it's just sort of weird and tense. You get the impression Arteta has never had fun in his life. He probably cries after sex and then broods for hours.
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I dunno, he is very cringe but the players always seem really happy and laughing in training so they must like it. Sky did a whole feature on some of the weird team building games they were playing last week.

It's all very silly to a man in his late thirties like myself, but if it keeps the "young'uns" engaged about the boring tactical stuff then it serves it's purpose.
 
findBenji said:
I dunno, he is very cringe but the players always seem really happy and laughing in training so they must like it. Sky did a whole feature on some of the weird team building games they were playing last week.

It's all very silly to a man in his late thirties like myself, but if it keeps the "young'uns" engaged about the boring tactical stuff then it serves it's purpose.
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Maybe he doesn't take training...
 
This Arsenal team plays in fear. That is coming from a micro manager in charge. If they end this season with nothing he absolutely has to go.
 
If paella Pulis doesn't win the league this season, does he get the sack??
 
They're playing god awful stuff but still think they have too many points in the bag to bottle it. Still relies on City having a very strong end to the season and I think they'll drop too many points themselves.

Still though it's funny that Scholes was slated for saying they could be the worst PL winners ever. The way it's going it looks that way, stumbling over the line with a possible point tally in the 70s, relying on winning most of their games with set-pieces.
 
acnumber9 said:
This Arsenal team plays in fear. That is coming from a micro manager in charge. If they end this season with nothing he absolutely has to go.
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Agree with this. Literally wrong throw in and he's bouncing round like a mad man.
 
Fortitude said:
He plays like an underdog. That knocks the confidence of his players, especially if they go a goal down because they’re not mentally braced or trained to open up.

They are very lucky the league is poor this season.
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Pretty obvious by now.
 
KeanoMagicHat said:
They're playing god awful stuff but still think they have too many points in the bag to bottle it. Still relies on City having a very strong end to the season and I think they'll drop too many points themselves.

Still though it's funny that Scholes was slated for saying they could be the worst PL winners ever. The way it's going it looks that way, stumbling over the line with a possible point tally in the 70s, relying on winning most of their games with set-pieces.
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If City can win tomorrow, then beat Arsenal at home next week it is properly a 5050.

Arsenal have 6 goals better GD at the mo, but if the above happened that'd be down to 3 at highest.
All very interesting. Arsenal's run in post City is very favourable but then Bournemouth H is one you'd say was an odds on win before hand
 
Arsenal lost to Bournemouth last season and they were lucky to come away with a win in the reverse fixture. Their attacking play has regressed under Arteta.

I still can see City dropping a few but if they win the title then Arteta is surely finished.
 
KeanoMagicHat said:
They're playing god awful stuff but still think they have too many points in the bag to bottle it. Still relies on City having a very strong end to the season and I think they'll drop too many points themselves.

Still though it's funny that Scholes was slated for saying they could be the worst PL winners ever. The way it's going it looks that way, stumbling over the line with a possible point tally in the 70s, relying on winning most of their games with set-pieces.
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Yep. I feel like you could argue that and not be hubristic, for once. Whoever wins the title will be ecstatic cos they all count, of course, but I don't think it's going too far to say that Arsenal - if they do win, which as you say they probably will - will genuinely be the worst PL winners ever, including Leicester. Shocking football, cheating and time wasting, a first 11 I wouldn't swap for ours (and that's not to say we are good, we aren't), a top goalscorer with 11 goals in Gyokeres, and a fanbase that seem to think they are Barca 2010

They're shocking.
 
Sandikan said:
If City can win tomorrow, then beat Arsenal at home next week it is properly a 5050.

Arsenal have 6 goals better GD at the mo, but if the above happened that'd be down to 3 at highest.
All very interesting. Arsenal's run in post City is very favourable but then Bournemouth H is one you'd say was an odds on win before hand
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Yeah it's a big if though to win away to Chelsea and beat Arsenal, then win more than Arsenal in the last 6 games too. If it was vintage City then yeah, but they look flawed as well.
 
DixieDean said:
Lucky for them, City have been so inconstant. So, far.
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Commentator on my stream said April is historically Arsenals worst month under Arteta, but City's best month under Pep. Will be interesting to see what the league table says on May 1st.
 
Football is poor and results are bound to catch up. Interesting times ahead for them
 
Guy just spreads nervous energy. Everything seems to rattle him.
 
NinjaZombie said:
Guy just spreads nervous energy. Everything seems to rattle him.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...mikel-arteta-man-city-guardiola-b2923517.html: ''Those who know Arteta say he is the ultimate “probabilities guy”. He looks at every single detail – right down to the temperature of the ice baths and the steering wheel on the bus – and assesses what can be done to statistically improve the chances of success.''

Anybody else and I'd find the steering wheel bit too stupid to be true but with Arteta, it's believable.
 
TheReligion said:
If they don’t win the league surely has to be sacked
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Given the position they were in he surely has to be sacked if they blow it so late on. An Arsenal quadruple turning into a City treble would be as hilarious as it would be tragic
 
They should do their best to keep arteta. He has maintained the club in cl and competivness. Liverpool won 2 leagues and 2 cl in 40 years. United have struggled without ferguson. They are lucky to have found a great manager like arteta so soon after wenger. They are not madrid, barca, psg or Bayern who can experiment with and attract the best much more casually.
 
TwoSheds said:
The way he does it never seems fun though, it's just sort of weird and tense. You get the impression Arteta has never had fun in his life. He probably cries after sex and then broods for hours.
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I agree. I see shit like that and think "no wonder they never win anything".

So much wasted time and energy on silly gimmicks.
 
I think he has all the tools you could want to be an absolutely world class coach. Just seems like a he might struggle with a personality/mentality issue. Too cautious, maybe even too invested.
 
KeanoMagicHat said:
Yeah it's a big if though to win away to Chelsea and beat Arsenal, then win more than Arsenal in the last 6 games too. If it was vintage City then yeah, but they look flawed as well.
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Chelsea have a daft choice of manager though and do not look good.
City are building momentum.

A city domestic treble v a sole Arsenal title is a difficult argument though.
Although we know we can write off all City wins as "cheating" which helps.
 
Raul Madrid said:
They should do their best to keep arteta. He has maintained the club in cl and competivness. Liverpool won 2 leagues and 2 cl in 40 years. United have struggled without ferguson. They are lucky to have found a great manager like arteta so soon after wenger. They are not madrid, barca, psg or Bayern who can experiment with and attract the best much more casually.
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Yes and no...
He's been there an incredible 7 1/2 years now.
That's some patience from Arsenal.

One fa cup win and nearly men so far.
Huge pressure to end this season well as they're on the absolute borderline of blowing right now.
 
I will never understand why he evolved into such a risk averse coach. His fullbacks invert, his 8s are inverted, his wingers are inverted, everything is to feet and he instructs his striker to pin the CB on the far side of moves. Thats how with his equipment he ended up in a 50-50 scrap with Iraola and lost. Especially with the set piece proficiency of the side off the boil
 
KeanoMagicHat said:
Yeah it's a big if though to win away to Chelsea and beat Arsenal, then win more than Arsenal in the last 6 games too. If it was vintage City then yeah, but they look flawed as well.
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So much riding on their game against Chelsea tomorrow. If City win, they'll be going into the Arsenal game with all the momentum and no mid-week game, while Arsenal still have to put some resources towards finishing off Sporting. City are at home too, and have the confidence of having just beaten Arsenal in the cup final. But if they don't beat Chelsea, there is much less pressure on Arsenal to get a result.

It's one step at a time for City. Beat Chelsea and Arsenal, and it's truly game on for the title.
 
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