KeanoMagicHat
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He gets thrown around in the Ten Hag threads all the time as 'look at what you could have if you're patient!' which seems to be a manager who is barely better than Ole.
Patino wanted out. Even refused a new deal...What happened to Marquinhos? Also, what happened to Patino? I thought he was prodigiously talented?
Both of them got introduced into the 1st team by Emery iirc. Arteta got some credits for continue working with them but they haven’t had anybody else since.Really? Aren't Saka and Martinelli from the academy? I would have thought the Arsenal academy is one of the best in the world.
He has a better structure, and got lucky with two fairly cheap signings from city. If Ole got all the players he wanted, we'd probably be a bit closer to the title and a trophy.He gets thrown around in the Ten Hag threads all the time as 'look at what you could have if you're patient!' which seems to be a manager who is barely better than Ole.
Massive you'd think? He keeps talking up their title aspirations, spending loads of money, and each year they look further away from the title and don't even win a trophy on the way to finishing way off the top. There's only so long you can keep kidding people.Under a bit of pressure now surely.
I'd hardly say getting Jesus who isn't an out and out striker and never has been and Zinchenko who is average at best but forms group hugs when their 2-0 down and waves his hands around a lot was them getting lucky, more the other way round Pep was thinking thanks very much.He has a better structure, and got lucky with two fairly cheap signings from city. If Ole got all the players he wanted, we'd probably be a bit closer to the title and a trophy.
1 half really, as the projection for the second half of last season is more or less in line with his other full seasons.1 decent season in 5 then?
Yeh just can't score ATM. All of a sudden we've hit a brick wall. Amazing how our form has gone out the window in the space of 1-2 weeks. Created enough today to win but it wasn't to be.It’s just weird. I want to be angry, I want to fume, and that’s easier if it’s games like Fulham where the performance is bad.
Im just perplexed more than anything else just now. I’m watching us play well enough that we should be probably 3 goals up at half time vs a good Liverpool team, but the only goal we actually manage to score is in our own net.
He has got to get a couple of really good finishers in this team, otherwise this project could just end up petering out, because fans are now getting fed up of these hard luck stories. His answer today to a team that’s struggling to take chances is to bring in Havertz and Nelson, 2 players who struggle to finish their dinner. All the dominating xG means little if you can’t put the ball in the back of the net.
developed under Emery. What youth players has Arteta pushed through?Really? Aren't Saka and Martinelli from the academy? I would have thought the Arsenal academy is one of the best in the world.
Both of them got introduced into the 1st team by Emery iirc. Arteta got some credits for continue working with them but they haven’t had anybody else since.
I understand your point now. It was a comment about Arteta's use of the academy vs. a comment about the quality of the academy itself. Makes sense in that case. I think United fans would react similarly negatively if a manager started broadly neglecting academy talent.developed under Emery. What youth players has Arteta pushed through?
when arsenal was 6-0 up against RC lens we had Nwaneri & Lewis Skelly on the bench. Instead he puts on Nketiah and Jorginho. Why?
It was at that moment a lot of Arsenal fans got seriously pissed off and knew Arteta isn’t about development. He takes the safe, more experienced choice. Remember as Arsenal fans we have pride in our youth system, it’s practically integrated in the way I see football because of the Wenger days.
Kind of harsh wouldn't you say? His first three full seasons in charge were steady progress from 8th to 5th to 2nd with a decent title challenge last year with a young squad. This is the first season where they have clearly regressed under him, and it's largely down to not addressing the striker problem and wasting money on Havertz instead.Massive you'd think? He keeps talking up their title aspirations, spending loads of money, and each year they look further away from the title and don't even win a trophy on the way to finishing way off the top. There's only so long you can keep kidding people.
Just a fancy way of saying they need to be more clinical.Proper shit at subs, completely pointless and have no impact every time he makes them.
He said something really weird in the pre match about having to outperform xG. Maybe he only meant slightly, but felt like a really odd thing to expect from a team.
Except it's not, if you outperform you're xG, you're scoring chances you shouldn't usually score. To be clinical, you just need to be performing to your xG. Outperforming it is just unsustainable.Just a fancy way of saying they need to be more clinical.
You could say the same about us under our various failed managers, except we actually won stuff.Kind of harsh wouldn't you say? His first three full seasons in charge were steady progress from 8th to 5th to 2nd with a decent title challenge last year with a young squad. This is the first season where they have clearly regressed under him, and it's largely down to not addressing the striker problem and wasting money on Havertz instead.
I don't think he's all that as a manager, and he is unbelievably annoying, but to say they are further away each year is ridiculous. It's just that they have blown a real chance to push on from last year.
Should have been game over in the first halve. If Jesus plays instead of Havertz I think you win that game.Yeh just can't score ATM. All of a sudden we've hit a brick wall. Amazing how our form has gone out the window in the space of 1-2 weeks. Created enough today to win but it wasn't to be.
They all like to lick each other after losinghim calling Liverpool the best team in Europe after the game was pretty random
He's a weirdo.him calling Liverpool the best team in Europe after the game was pretty random
Well to be fair they should never have finished 8th twice to begin with and then to make it even more worse bottled 4th spot to Spurs. Till now he has 6 good months in his bank. If arsenal somehow bottles 4th spot this season, surely his whole stint would be considered a farceKind of harsh wouldn't you say? His first three full seasons in charge were steady progress from 8th to 5th to 2nd with a decent title challenge last year with a young squad. This is the first season where they have clearly regressed under him, and it's largely down to not addressing the striker problem and wasting money on Havertz instead.
I don't think he's all that as a manager, and he is unbelievably annoying, but to say they are further away each year is ridiculous. It's just that they have blown a real chance to push on from last year.
Maybe though Jesus hasn't been clinical either. Unfortunately he's injured again.Should have been game over in the first halve. If Jesus plays instead of Havertz I think you win that game.
He is Wenger he would've if not for SAF.Pep is winning everything. Klopp has 1 league and 1 CL, in many years at Liverpool. Not like he's cleaning shop.
Losing the league twice with over 90 points is basically winning it compared to any other manager besides pep.I'd be tempted to agree except klopp has won the PL, FA cup and League Cup once in 8 years.
The best runner ups!Losing the league twice with over 90 points is basically winning it compared to any other manager besides pep.
No other manager has been close to reaching 92 or 97 points, those are wonderful campaigns despite not winning.
He's a clown searching for excuses, though there's an argument to say the CL is spectacularly weak this year.him calling Liverpool the best team in Europe after the game was pretty random
Martinelli played 45 minutes for an Arsenal academy team and then fast tracked into the first team. He’s no more an academy product than Pellistri is at United.Really? Aren't Saka and Martinelli from the academy? I would have thought the Arsenal academy is one of the best in the world.
I might be wrong but did the BBC not show a graphic during the game that the league winners recently have all generally out performed their xGExcept it's not, if you outperform you're xG, you're scoring chances you shouldn't usually score. To be clinical, you just need to be performing to your xG. Outperforming it is just unsustainable.