1 goal in the last 5 league games, 0 open play goal in the last 5 league games. It tells you how much they need top class creative player. You can't argue with fact mate. CB will not improve that creative department.
As I've already said, their failure in the last 5 league games is not a reflection of quality Arteta actually has in creative areas. We all know he has tools to do better in the creative space without needing to buy anyone just yet. Auba, Laca, Pepe, Ceballos, Saka are all capable of better than this and it comes down to the manager to balance the style of play better than the conservative approach he's taken.
The fact is, I said their priority areas are in defence and midfield, and they went out and spent exactly where they were expected to. And you are now just arguing rubbish for the sake of it.
I must have missed that, all I seem to recall is hearing about how many points off Liverpool we finished and how we owed everything to the Bruno signing.
That was around 18 months into Ole's job (compared to 1 year with Arteta) and even then you are cherry picking. Not a single pundit really came out and said Ole should be sacked and all that's happening with Arteta is the same pundits pointing to his FA Cup, pointing to improvements in the mentality and saying the same. That he needs time. Get over it, there's no conspiracy here.
They also got beat 4-1 by Palace.
What praise? Lampard was in contention for manager of season finishing 4th, can you show where this Ole praise was from the media?
We lost 3-1 to Palace. In fact we lost back to back with Palace under Ole. One after 6 months in charge, one after almost 2 years in charge. What's your point?
And if you're all set on trying to find praise for Arteta that's undeserved can you point to it? The best people find is Danny Murphy saying don't go over the top, it's going to be up and down for a new manager and he's improved a lot about the side.
People were all saying the same with Ole, that he needs time, he needs windows, he needs to embed the philosophy at the club - you can go back to similar MOTD or pundit analysis from Nov 2019 just to check if you really want to.
The FA Cup is a decent achievement in isolation but means jack all in the grand scheme of things, look at the list of manager's that have won domestic cups this millennium, full of average dross there.
Sure if you were to isolate my post as just an FA Cup then it means less. But as I said he's improved the aggressiveness and intent of the team, he's got players that improve the mentality of the squad and he's building from bottom up, which will take time. He's taken the scalp of some big teams whether its Chelsea, United or City and now he needs to look at utilizing his forwards better than he has.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying he's free from any criticism - he's actually too passive this season. But it's odd this thread is massively bumped after Leeds, where he played with 10 men + reacted in a bullish manner by continuing to try and create chances whilst leaving gaping chances at the other end. It's also 9 games in the new season where every team is off the boil going forward at times, so there's an element of you know, chilling the feck out before posters go labeling him as Tuny Pulis.
An exotic and better looking Tony Pulis.
Like this chap.
