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Regardless of whether MA makes the grade or not, he is working with an awful squad. He has too much poison in there, senior players who should be helping him and the rest out of this, but seem incapable of doing so, or resistant to trying. Some have form with this at a previous > https://twitter.com/CraigMealy/status/1338397474336235524
club, so should be no surprise that they feel "player power" can see off the manager (again). They don't want anything interfering with the gravy train that is being a senior pro at AFC. Turn up for training, join in the smiles & banter for the cameras, put in a shift when it >
suits on the pitch, especially if the glory of a trophy cup is at stake. If we lose, put out the usual BS on SM to look like you care. Until we get rid of a fair few next Summer, through end of contract or fire sale, it is hard to see how any manager could get anything more >
than a temporary upturn in form out of them, before they then quickly revert to type. Sacking MA (& his backroom team) comes at huge cost, just over a year after doing the same for Emery. This then impacts our ability to bring in players, don't forget, Kroenke has never given >
Arsenal a single pound of his billions to bring players in, only releasing existing club funds, of which there is now fuck all.
A top class manager, who'd be the only possible chance at turning this around, would cost a fortune, have his own coaches to bring in & would want new >
A top class manager, who'd be the only possible chance at turning this around, would cost a fortune, have his own coaches to bring in & would want new >
players. In the midst of this global pandemic, where is all the money for that coming from?
Arteta is rapidly losing/lost the fans. He had a great start to his tenure, what with the FA Cup & his time as a player buys him leeway that Emery would never have got, even if he hardly >
Arteta is rapidly losing/lost the fans. He had a great start to his tenure, what with the FA Cup & his time as a player buys him leeway that Emery would never have got, even if he hardly >
ranks that highly as a player. He has been making bad mistakes, some of which are only to be expected in such a novice, but he doesn't seem to be learning from them & that is what is angering fans. The constant switch of formations, the defensive setups at home to lower(!) >
sides, the attempts at using players in different positions/styles. Frankly, the football is some of the poorest I've seen us play in decades. But the main issue, is his continued use of certain senior players, who are clearly out of form and whom obviously look to have downed >
tools & given up listening to him. I'm afraid that unless Mikel is as ruthless now as he was with Ozil, he may only have the next 4 games to survive to 2021. If 3 tough PL games & City in the LC produce less than 5 points and an exit from the LC, the pressure on Stan to act may >
become too much, especially with the January window coming up & a few managers out there kicking their heels. Regardless of it being right, he may feel he has been left with no choice. The inexperience at AFC is astounding, from the owner all the way down to the manager, there >
is no one with the experience required to help fix this, so they may just think that changing horses is the only action to take, as sad as they'll be to do so.
The club could show patience, release some funds from somewhere to let him get a creative player in, then try to ride >
The club could show patience, release some funds from somewhere to let him get a creative player in, then try to ride >
it out until the Summer, probably having written off CL qualification through the league & perhaps putting all their focus on winning the EL, unfortunately unlikely. Once there, they get some breathing space, but more importantly a huge wad of cash being freed up. I'd have said >
this was the most likely path we take, but that was before I saw how deep the problems are at AFC & how unlikely it is that the players he seems to keep picking are to turn this around. If he doesn't change tack now, bin off those letting him down & go for it with a few of the >
younger, hungrier players, who may not yet have been infected with the malaise and discontent that has affected the senior players, then I fear he will lose the fans completely, rapidly followed by his job.
