Mikel Arteta | Lego Pep watch
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Em…bar…assing…
He's an utter wanker.
Are you guys falling for a Paddy Power "football banter" post?
Nope. Just think he’s a tit and was using his own refereeing rant to describe his team’s performance today.
No? He's just a wanker is all.
I think this year we are out of the title race. If we are serious about winning titles the owners would give him 1 more year to get his act together but he has to win or atleast give a 90+ pts season.
He is young and learning things but as Pep previously and Alonso now have shown, if you are good you are good.
He is young and learning things but as Pep previously and Alonso now have shown, if you are good you are good.
Ignoring how pony we are, imagine spending 100m on one midfielder, thinking that'll be what seals you the title this year.... then at the half way stage seeing yourself 2 points below Villa!
Out of the title race...2 points off top.
Couldn't happen to more anoying guy. One second place and he thinks he is second coming of Wenger.
At least he gave us good laugh today at tough shift in hospital.
At least he gave us good laugh today at tough shift in hospital.
Pep is a cheat and Alonso hasn't won it yet. "It" being the Bundesliga where you only need Bayern to have a bad year, not 4 or 5 teams.
The thing is now they can no longer pretend to be underdogs. They have spent crazy money and ultimately they have to be judged accordingly.
The other concerning thing is their footy is also not that amazing like it was in the first half of last year. Hopefully for his own sake he takes the FA cup tie against Liverpool seriously and not like last year.
The other concerning thing is their footy is also not that amazing like it was in the first half of last year. Hopefully for his own sake he takes the FA cup tie against Liverpool seriously and not like last year.
@TheReligion and I have been calling it since 2020. This Arsenal team will never win the title due to their fragile mentality and halfway house approach to fixtures.
I think they lack world class quality. They have a squad of very good players, maybe only Rice is WC. Arteta hasn’t improved their players from last season they’ve gone sideways.
Rice isn't world class, at least not yet.
It's obviously a subjective category, but he's at least a level below that for me.
Nah he’s definitely world class, he’d start for any team in the world.
He really wouldn't.
We’ve been calling it as we see it and we’ve been proven right time and time again. At this point it’s not just coincidence. We know exactly what we are talking about but the peasants don’t want to listen.
So he’d take Rodri’s place at City?
That's fair but you also have to consider the youth of our squad. We're the 2nd youngest team in the league (after Burnley). The likes of Martinelli and Saka (the former in particular not having a great season so far) are 22. We've gone the way of youth which means some inconsistency is to be expected.
He's absolutely not WC
Not take as Rodri is the best in the world, but imagine City bought Rice instead of Kovacic. I bet they wouldn't have lost those games where Rodri was unavailable. They would be walking the league.
Well, it wasn't exactly a groundbreaking prediction considering that they play in a league with a Guardiola coached Manchester City. That they are worse than City doesn't make them bottlers.
To compare Rice and Rodri screams you are looking at the fact they are both DMs and not bothering to think how they play.
Be like me saying Busquets could be replaced by Kante (not that Rice is anywhere near as good as Kante was at his role).
Yeah that was hilariousThough, remember last season when Jesus was being heralded as one of the best signings of all time
I think two main things explain this - we were a surprise package last year, surprised even oursevles. Now, teams know what we're about. Coupled with CL, it's a very different season with more challenges and greater workload.
The other big problem is we're not set in midfield. No one has taken the LCM role, Havertz has been disappointing overall. Arteta's preferred midfield probably involves Partey and Rice, and the former has been injured most of the season. Rice has probably been getting through the work of two players up until now, and the wheels are falling off a bit. If Arteta can sort out LCM, we'll look much much better.
I feel like people should think before they laugh.FFS Rice world class
I feel like people should pull their heads out of their anal cavity before they post.Happy new year !!
A challenge for 2024 is to think before you mock others. It makes you look bitter and cowardly. Fearful of the truth.
Happy new year !!
It's pathetic
3 more years on top of the 2 he's had would be another £500m-600m spent, that's a scary thought.
Always thought you should have gone for Maddison. I think you win the league if you had him.
Yeh I agree we'd probably be in a better position with him, though he has missed about half the season through injury so who knows.
It’s a few things.
First of all, Rice is absolutely not world class. He’s a decent PL player but he’s limited.
Arteta doesn’t have the skill set to win the league neither. Arsenal would be better, ironically, with Emery in charge.
They haven’t bought well in the last window. They wasted a lot of money on players that are worse or marginally better than what they had previously.