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Meh. 44 matchday squads he's not been available for in just two seasons. About 1 in 3 games he's been injured for.
Are you forgetting we paid £27m for an 18 year old William Saliba and punted him from pillar to post before giving him a chance?!
Hmm.. the reality is that Calafiori played more minutes than any of PSG's starting 11.
So yes he had his injury problems but that's true for a large chunk of our squad. I still think he's our best LB so I wouldn't sell. Just as I wouldn't sell Saliba, Gabriel or Timber.
To be fair we know Berta contacts multiple players for positions he's looking to fill. It's a weird strategy but I guess this way he gets some idea of price and the players intentions before bidding for anyone.
Seems like the Rogers interest is genuine.
I wonder the plan is to play him as a 10, on the left or as an 8?
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This would certainly be more attacking as a lineup.
I wonder the plan is to play him as a 10, on the left or as an 8?
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This would certainly be more attacking as a lineup.
Yoyo?
It's called changing views based on what happens.
We just won the league.
In terms of Arteta - I have been consistently in his camp since 2021, so don't know what you mean.
I'm guessing the opposite of 'Yoyo-ing' is never admitting to being wrong and refusing to change even in the face of evidence. (like a League Title)
What? From that post.
I do not trust any of these ITKs.
Even the ones that get things right occasionally do so purely because they throw a lot of mud at the wall and hope some of it sticks.
Romano is a complete fraud.
When I am wrong I say I am wrong. Im not wrong in this case. You have based your entire argument on winning the league is enough, nope, that doesn't erase all the bullshit he did and continued to do (24% possession in the biggest club tournament final in the world).
I want better, he got lucky this season. He can prove me wrong by winning the league again.
The possession in the CL final argument is just getting old already - it's just pure cope HH and you are usually a lot better than that.
We could easily have had more possession in the game by passing it around the midfield and defence, but Arteta decided to play a different way.
He is best positioned to determine how we need to play.
We won a title and were a pen shootout away from winning the CL.
Seriously mate - drop the Arteta silliness. He just won a title and ended all debate on whether he has the ability to get us over the line.
Going unbeaten for the entire CL tournament and only losing a final on pens also makes it clear he knows exactly what he is doing.
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The big irony here is that the fans who cant get past the dislike of Arteta are also the ones, usually, to moan about possession meaning nothing when we dont win a game after having dominated possession.
No - my Argument was always 'we've been at the top level for 3-4 Seasons now, the only argument against him is he hasn't won a trophy'.
Now he has.
Exactly.
There is no more argument other than will Arteta go down as a great manager for Arsenal or an elite legend.
He attains the latter if he wins another one or the CL.
Only 8 men have led Arsenal to a top flight title in our 140 years history
Herbert Chapman - 2
Joe Shaw - 1
George Allison - 2
Tom Whittaker - 2
Bertie Mee - 1
George Graham - 2
Arsene Wenger - 3
Mikel Arteta - 1
Only 5 men have done it more than once.
Only 13 men from ALL CLUBS have won a Premier League title. Arteta is now one of those 13.
He is also the 2nd youngest manager to win a PL title. Mourinho is the only man who was younger and he did with financial fraud support from the owner.
He is also the ONLY manager to win the PL title with a club he played for.
Arteta has a chance now to go on and become not just Arsenal's greatest ever manager , but one of the greatest managers of all time - because he has built a foundation that can genuinely win a lot of titles he's won the title so young.
We will likely be favourites to win it next year, which is a position we have not been in often. What is even more remarkable is how Arteta has changed the club culture from top to bottom and united the fans. It's a truly remarkable job he's done.
Right now he walks into any team in the world as their manager.
He could, for example, have the City job just by picking up the phone.
He is without doubt the number one signing for us this summer - in terms of extending his contract.
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Only to pathetic Arteta-ists! Thats 2 finals we didnt go to play football in, cowardly tactics by a cowardly manager, but but but.
In any case I already said Arteta did well in the CL up to the final and gave him his props, so dunno what you are complaining about. You would have to be some kind of blinkered extremist to ignore 24% possession in a major final as nothing !
Nah don't try it, we are complaining about the extremity of 24%, its not normal, its a record low. I don't recall fans this season complaining about possession at all so that's a strawman argument Jay!
Thats your argument NOW that I called it/you out.
Fine, if that's your view, of course winning the title puts Arteta in an elite club from that perspective. But that has never been the argument and you know it !!
You have had a bee in your bonnet because I still don't rate Arteta, and I don't, the Prem in a season of dire quality doesn't prove to me he is a good manager, just like I was unconvinced Slot was a good manager. And I know none of you rate slot but you are coming yo me being total hypocrites just because its Arsenal, gtfoh with that foolishness.
When he wins something again he will get ratings from me, simple.
He is not even the best manager of London clubs let alone walking into any manager job!
6 years and close to £1bn spent, thats high level chequebookery right there!