Time + Arteta has made it to the media
Time + Arteta + lots of money spent on transfers = 1 major cup won in his 1st season.
If we had nothing to play for, I'd agree. However, we've miraculously made a final and, in my opinion, our best chance of winning it is getting an interim manager in. We can give ourselves the hope of ending another depressing season on a high if we act quickly, which we're not going to do, but I personally think we should.
We have been giving managers power because the ones in charge had no idea what they were doing and presumed the managers did regarding recruiting players. The culture of going behind managers backs to the likes of Woodward has been going on since SAF left and there have been a couple of really high profile managers during that time. We created a culture of letting players having power on if a manager stays or goes and that should never be their choice.
Agree there is no point. They now have to make sure they get the infrastructure in place and let them get on with their jobs regarding who a new managers is going to be if there is going to be one. I hope they have already made decisions on some of the players. If not they will just be wasting more precious time.
Nah. Would have been a big statement of intent that new management is here to set some standards. But no, let's plod on in the muck.
I didn't think Jim was the man, still don't, and he isn't proving me wrong the way he's handling ETH.
I'm firmly in the 'the problems are both players and manager' camp but i mean, it's pretty brain dead and ridiculous if a bunch of players can't realise when to take the sting out of the game or when to speed up the tempo. You don't need a manager to tell you that at 3-0 up against a championship side. It's so basic.
Do we not need a rebuild now anyway? And what would be the point in hiring all these technical positions around the manager (DOF, Technical director, etc) if we're just going to let Ten Hag or the next manager rebuild the squad in their image? The new recruitment team are going to do all the hiring and firing from this point on so the managers position should be scrutinised for the actual managing, not all these intangibles and what ifs.
A good manager finds a way to win games regardless of the selection issues. I've seen us beat Arsenal with a midfield filled with defenders. There's more than one way to play football but for some reason Ten Hag has convinced our fans that this is all that we're capable of and there's no other possible way to play, when the reality is that it's all that he's capable of because he's so one dimensional.
I doubt there would be a bigger payout when we're mathematically one Villa win away from no CL football. There are many interims available, McLaren, Keane, Ole etc. Any one of them would gladly take the job for a few weeks. And the players reacted absolutely fine to Ole when he came in as interim, its almost like they will play for people who don't tell the media they all need replacing every week in the media.
And I'm not saying yesterday wasn't on the players, but the manager has no idea how to address these collapses either. They made one change and scored 4 goals, Ten Hag had no answer to it.
He'd be a 2 year manager. Maybe the new sporting crew want someone a bit more long term. Plus we're never clearing the decks and starting from fresh with the squad in 1 window. I full expect numerous players just not getting the hint and sitting out their contracts, whilst causing issues in the dressing room. So Tuchel would have issues managing such an environment.
