Mikel Arteta | Lego Pep watch

ThatsGreat said:
Another way to look at it is that he bottled the 4th spot, but then got it comfortably next season. By that token we'll be winning the title comfortably next season.
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Bless you. That’s a lovely way of thinking of it xx
 
Arsenal 2022-2023 cup double winners of the ‘we pushed City til April Cup’ and the ‘Top 4 trophy Champions’.

Amazing season from them!

When is the open top bus parade?
 
GoonerGirly said:
I completely agree. The issue is the lack of depth and experience in the squad, which means Arteta really doesn't have great tools to tinker much. He has done very well to have us playing a distinct, high intensity and attractive style of football, and has brought in the right players to suit that style. We have come a long way from end of Wenger era to Emery days when we were disjointed with no clear playing style, pretty much just relying on our strikers to carry us (when Auba and Laca were good). We now have a very clear stye and when we go into the transfer market, we have a plan about the profile of players we're looking for. Part of how he's developed us is by keeping consistency and not changing his team unless necessary. He knows his best XI and sticks to it.

The downside is that we have become very rigid and have no plan B, but I think that will improve as the squad gets deeper and more experienced. The lack of tactical flexibility and ability to adapt IMO is mostly due to the squad's inexperience. The commentator said in the game that if Arsenal win the title, we'll be the only team to have done so with the youngest squad in the league. Goes to show that we've probably over-achieved, as you really need more experience to win titles.
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Yeah agree.

Be interesting to see if its simply more time/transfers needed to have a plan B or if this is just how Arteta views the game.
 
where were the obnoxious antics, could’ve been Steve Bruce against SAF the way he sat back and watched his old boss batter him again
 
As a Man Utd fan, I should be hoping Arsenal win the PL rather than City. However, I just can't stand Arteta. He complains all match long and on every small decisions. He is very irritating and has zero sportsmanship.

Somehow I feel happy Pep - City is winning it.
 
I think that's his only chance of winning a league title gone. This season was the perfect storm for him and Arsenal, I just don't see them ever being able to replicate that. The competition will continue to get stronger and Arteta won't be able to sack off the cup competitions at will next season.
 
He's an irritating man but he's had Arsenal playing well this season, nobody expected them to get to where they are/were. It was just inevitable they would run out of steam and the far more stacked team would swallow them up.
 
ThatsGreat said:
Another way to look at it is that he bottled the 4th spot, but then got it comfortably next season. By that token we'll be winning the title comfortably next season.
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Only 1 team wins the league and its City , every club can try the corrup club is winning it no matter what Gunners do what Utd what Liverpool do etc etc... its a prossesion until the FA kick them out.
 
I don't want City to win it, I don't want Gunners to win it. 1 of them are going to win it. City are on for a treble do UTD fans want That? I don't, we will have to do them in the FA Cup. And Real in CL because there not losing the league from here ??
 
CM10 said:
I think that's his only chance of winning a league title gone. This season was the perfect storm for him and Arsenal, I just don't see them ever being able to replicate that. The competition will continue to get stronger and Arteta won't be able to sack off the cup competitions at will next season.
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That probably will hold true, but never know. What surprised me is that Arsenal was able to sustain it for so long, but now they've had injuries to key players (finally) like Saliba, Partey, Xhaka. And without the old head guidance, they've lost the plot too frequently in the run in.

He's made the tactical adjustment of inverted fullbacks to help disguise the shortcomings of Xhaka and Partey. Ramsdale has regressed significantly recently and has shown shades of his Sheffield United days.

But as long as Arsenal have Odegaard, Saka, and Martinelli, they'll be very good. And fair play to them.
 
I wanted him to win it this year because I am sure we can be better than them next year... while it seems near impossible for us to be better than City next year.
 
 
For all the talk about how successful ETH is being in his first season, he’s now bottling the league after getting early exits in all cups.

It’s his fourth season with Arsenal, and Arteta is getting properly schooled by Brighton.

I’m pretty sure Arsenal won’t be nowhere near top of the league next season and Arteta will be gone by the end of it.
 
Might finish without the trophy he was looking forward to a week ago.
 
Couldn't have all happened to a nicer chap. Think this season was a massive opportunity for them. Not sure that this is repeatable next year for them. The insane celebrations after beating Fulham in week 5 look hilarious now.
 
People thought he will be kloppesque but I have a feeling we are seeing Brendan 2.0
 
AshRK said:
People thought he will be kloppesque but I have a feeling we are seeing Brendan 2.0
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I agree. Mourinho schooled Brendan when he got a bit too cocky and started dreaming about titles, and now Pep is doing the same to Arteta.
 
YikesSchmeics said:
Couldn't have all happened to a nicer chap. Think this season was a massive opportunity for them. Not sure that this is repeatable next year for them. The insane celebrations after beating Fulham in week 5 look hilarious now.
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Keeping the challenge going season after season is a very, very difficult thing to do, and in the last twenty years or so the only managers we’ve really seen who are able to do that properly are SAF, Pep and Mourinho. The odds are against Arteta in this regard.
 
Reality check, how the feck you bottled that much of a lead?

Arsenal having worse season than us unfortunately. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Reckon a lot his own players can’t stand him acting up on the touch line throughout the game. When they are chasing a result all it does is transmit nervous energy.
 
Zoo said:
Reckon a lot his own players can’t stand him acting up on the touch line throughout the game. When they are chasing a result all it does is transmit nervous energy.
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He tows an incredibly fine line. I wouldn't be surprised if it all comes crashing down Brenton style.
 
For me, he shat the bed as soon as he decided he was playing Rob Holding and/or Kiwior in every game for the run in.

Surely if your backup options are that shit, you move White to centre half, have Tierney LB and Zinchenko (or anybody else who can halfway play the position) tucking in from RB.
 
Arteta is a fecking wanker. Sucks that city will win the league and the treble is closer but happy that fecking arteta is getting a small dose of payback for his stupid behavior on the touchline. Especially the referee imitation and the group discussions with fake injuries.
 
Sums of his team's mentality :lol:

 
I have never seen a more irritating manager at the touchline in football ever than Arteta. He fully deserve this. Zero sportsmanship, crybabies, complained on every small decisions, arrogant.
 
I have never seen it before that a manager who has achieved as little as him just after a few months of being top of the league is being put at the level of two world class managers who have won it all.
I have read too often „look at Pep, Klopp, Arteta“. „He (some good manager) may not be as good as Pep, Klopp, Arteta yet, but …“

Utterly bizarre or just stupid recency bias.
 


The bloke is a living meme.
 
Samid said:


The bloke is a living meme.
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You know what, it sounds cringe on paper but I don't mind it? Im all about creativity and it does seem like something David Brent would do. But basically what im saying is, I want an office dog that I don't have to take care of.
 
I mean, having a dog to give good vibe is fine. It's actually might work, for people that like dog.

But to name it "Win". Damnn... that kinda ruin the "vibe" for me.
 
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