08 Jan 2024 10:13:45
When will questions be asked of Arteta?

Over 700 million spent with no end result. Arsenal spent 200 million plus this season and still got worse. How can you spend 200 million and get worse? The Havertz signing is bewildering while the Raya signing is a sideways move at best. Burnt through 98 million pounds and still got worse.

I am sorry Arteta got to go if he does not win a trophy at the end of the season. You can't spend all that money, refuse to promote academy players and still go trophy less

Over 4 years at the helm and not one single academy player promoted . No matter how you look at it, that is damning on Arteta and in my opinion, one of the reasons why he should be relieved of his duties if he does not win a trophy at the end of the season.

You can't just spend, spend and spend unless you are an oil club. For clubs like arsenal, spending exorbitant amounts of cash without winning any meaningful silverware comes at a steep price.


Sometimes the solutions are within. You don't have to buy new players all the time, yet Arteta refuses to take a gamble on the young players. Frustrating.

1.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 10:51:41
Punani we only seem to hear from you when we are in rough patch

Arteta is doing a good job In my opinion.

2.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 11:22:12
Really? Get rid of Arteta? I have my quibbles and express them on here, but getting rid would be self-harm on a grand scale.

3.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 11:56:06
Tell me Punami who is out there as a quality manager that could replace him.

4.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 12:26:10
and how is Arteta responsible for who is coming through the academy when he has only been at the club for 4 years.

What a silly statement it is to say take a gamble on the youngsters, they have to be good enough to compete at the top of the prem. we have had a bad start to the year, and personally, i think the cup should have been high on our priority this season, be he played a strong team and we went out to a strong Liverpool team who we really should have been out of sight of by half time.

The Fulham game aside you can see that the team is creating chances, certainly enough to have a higher goal return than we have in the last 5/ 6 games.

Arteta cannot finish the chances for the players on the pitch and the players have proven they can finish them previously, but clearly at this moment in time seem to have lost that composure, but you can see they are coached to get in the positions so I am confident that we will turn this patch around.

how quickly some (apparently fans) forget where we have been the last 10 years, we are still in the title race, and yes we need to continue to improve and Arteta needs to keep taking the team forward, but to suggest they have gone nowhere is just click bait.

5.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 13:15:21
Arteta isn't to blame for players who can't stick the ball in the net or make individual errors leading to goals.

The football we play now is some of the best we have seen since 2004 and the way the club is now run is heavily down to his leadership. Without Arteta we would take a gigantic step back.

He does infuriate me at times. I will never understand why he doesn't make subs early enough to make an impact. We'll be chasing a goal but continue to do the same thing in the 87th minute, and only then will he make a sub. Be bold and make the changes we need earlier. Also, giving some of the younger lads a chance is the only way they are going to make the step up. I understand he wants to protect them but there is no reason why some of them couldn't of featured yet.

Personally I hope we tie him down to another long term contract. Arteta will bring us success but he does need to recognise when he's wrong and tone it down a bit at times.

6.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 13:57:57
Totally agree with you Glenn on your points regarding subs and the youngsters. My main criticism of Mikel is his lack of tactical nous, mix it up a bit, but I also realize we have not got the players in the squad to do this.

7.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 14:07:04
malaga, I have always had my reservations about Arteta but I am not demanding that he is sacked now. I am only saying that he should be dismissed if he doesn't win a trophy at the end of the season.

Tactically though, I have always had my reservations about him. Arteta is not the prince that was promised. If you watched the game last night, you could see that Arteta could not respond to Klopp's tactical tweaks and that has been a recurring theme in his managerial stint at Arsenal; An inability to make tactical tweaks in-game.

we can all recall Arteta playing holding while having a high line toward the end of last season. He rectified that mistake only after the league was already gone. he is not proactive tactically and everything falls apart if he gets a couple of injuries. Compare that, with the likes of Klopp and Guardiola, who always adapt and innovate. You can tell that Arteta is a tier below them.

sadly though, there isn't an elite manager out there to replace him for now. Maybe some will become available in the summer.


should we just keep 'trusting the process' with no objectives at the end of it? Doesn't the club have targets?

almost 5 years into Arteta's tenure, millions were spent and we are yet to win a meaningful trophy. Klopp won the Champions League and the Premier League in his fourth full season while having spent half of what Arteta spent. To whom much is given, much is expected. Arteta has spent a lot and we expect him to deliver. I did not agree with Arsenal signing Havertz but I went along with it provided that Arsenal wins a trophy. Does it look like we will win anything?

I can guarantee you that Arsenal will go trophyless at the end of the season. If you look at the underlying numbers, Arsenal is resolutely defensively but average going forward. That won't win you trophies.

let us see where we will be at the end of the season but the club must have targets and heads must roll if they aren't met. we stuck with Wenger for too long to the detriment of the club. It must not be repeated.

8.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 15:47:17
By your logic Punani we shouldn`t win either the EPL or UCL as City spent more than us in the Summer so should improve more than us plus all their recruits have played Timber hasn`t! Heard a manager say because we don`t have a Haaland type CF then there is no threat there so much easier for CB to help out the full backs plus any other help so completely smothering Saka and Martinelli. Waiting for midfield three of Partey Rice and Odegaard. Also by your logic he has to go as we apparently have no chance of winning a trophy. If the youngsters are good enough they would be given a chance trouble is to compete as we are we needed to buy quality and we did. Can`t buy average and put in youngsters regardless and expect to compete. With our squad giving Eddie and Nelson a new contract was a mistake. You mention the Oil money / Bohely money! Surely they should be winning everything - why should we have a divine right to win the Prem. We don`t yet you want him sacked. It gets a bit tough so sack him. I`ll say again MA ain`t perfect but he`s ours and one of us COYG Arteta In - did I have to say that!

9.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 19:33:05
Sussex mate, City spent a lot but they also sell well. They have a lower net spend than Arsenalthis season, and they paid less for doku than Arsenal did for Havertz. So how do you expect to compete with a team like City that sells and buys better than Arsenal while having a better manager at the same time? It is a tall order.

I also said that he should be sacked if he does not win a trophy. He has had almost five years and that is long enough to deliver a meaningful trophy. if he does not win anything this season, how much more time do you think he should be given?

10.) 08 Jan 2024
08 Jan 2024 21:03:25
I am missing something Punani! In your last post it is a tall order to win the league when City buy better and have a better coach yet if we don’t win the Prem he’s fired! You also said he should be sacked if he doesn’t win a trophy yet you GUARANTEE he won’t win one so therefore he goes. We went years without challenging for the title and we are still in it. From where we were to where we are now he deserves next season at least in my opinion. But I’m old and not a part of this modern knee jerk sign’em fire’em COYG.

11.) 09 Jan 2024
09 Jan 2024 01:36:58
If he doesn't win us the premiership for the first time since.2004, or the champions league for the first time ever, he's sacked? Lol.

12.) 09 Jan 2024
09 Jan 2024 12:28:27
Why are we trying to compare Arteta to Klopp or Pep?

Arteta is 4 and a half years into his managerial career! Klopp is 22 years into his.

In Klopp's 4th/ 5th season, he got Mainz relegated! Imagine if everyone had written him off then due to his early mistakes.

Arteta has a team competing at the top of the premier league and has an FA Cup to his name.

Arteta is no wear near an elite manager, but he is learning quickly and has improved the team and the club since he has been there, yes he makes mistakes and is frustrating at times, but this is the most excited I have been about our club in years and it's all under his watch.

let's not compare him to the very top in the game because he isn't, but he is definitely one of the very best young managers out there and he absolutely loves this club which is there for everyone to see, and I would rather that kind of manager than one who has no passion or Arsenal DNA in them.

13.) 09 Jan 2024
09 Jan 2024 17:07:09
A lot of the players seem to really support and speak glowingly of Arteta, fair enough if we really crumble, but if we get close and get rid of Arteta harshly, I think a lot of players would feel disillusioned and push to leave too. It would need to be a really top manager to come and replace him and who would that be.

14.) 09 Jan 2024
09 Jan 2024 17:16:05
Punani where you been? I thought you'd been captured by the bad uns of the deep state for sure.

Good to hear from you geeza even if I don't agree with all you say at all ???.

15.) 10 Jan 2024
10 Jan 2024 19:14:22
Harsh to say he should go if we don't win a trophy. It's clear we are going in the right direction. Last two games vs Liverpool, how do i say it - they did not win the game, we lost it. We had genuine chance. We fancied ourselves recently, before we were hoping for a draw.
Regarding youngsters, it's my biggest criticism of arteta. I always hoped at least one of them get 5-10 mins of game time. Although tbf, our 1st 11 are mostly youngsters too. A little rest for them and a taste of prem for those coming through shouldn't hurt right?