Arsenal Banter

08 May 2021 11:23:57
Ed, Mikel says that the club has been on a decline for 5 years and it didn't happen over 6 months. I guess he's washed his hands of responsibility and not looked at our investment or funnily how well Willock or AMN are doing without him while PEA, Willian, Partey struggle with him. 😂

It's this quote that interested me and wanted your thoughts

"It is not as if this process started six months ago. It started five years ago and you can see this trend. This year is not year one. I think a project has its phases and I am telling you we are in a much better position today to be where we want to be very soon if we do what we have to do. But we have to be ruthless. There is no time to waste and there is a lot to do. "

What do they mean by ruthless and will they decimate the squad and backroom staff

He really truly believes in this project even though we are worse now.

{Ed002's Note - Arteta wants the club to clear the decks and rebuild. His involvement in transfers his reasonably small but there is no evidence to say that he can achieve better with a different group of players. He knows that club still has a decent number of players who are unhappy but I remain of the opinion that it is him who needs to go - but the structure remains wrong. Arteta should not be bleating and making demands in public. He needs replacing but so do others.}

08 May 2021 13:43:55
Arteta has his own take on reality, before Thursdays game he was asked about the fans outside the stadium and he said it was brilliant to have them they're showing their support!

Doesn't sound like someone who is in touch with a sense reality that is shared by anyone but himself.

08 May 2021 14:32:38
I read they are getting rid of scouts and using data to scout new players.

{Ed002's Note - It was last summer that Arsenal fired many of the scouts. They are not just using scouting software though - they have a different set up now which saves them money. And they rely on Kia of course.}

08 May 2021 09:56:47
Ed, you said it stinks behind the scenes at our club - will Richard Garlick help?

{Ed014's Note - 😂😂😂

08 May 2021 10:59:07
🖒🖒🖒🖒.

08 May 2021 09:55:05
Was anyone else puzzled that when Granit got injured in the warm up that Elneny just didn't switch one 4 one or was Granit actually playing left back and leaving Partey swamped in midfield on his own?

Saka could have played left back but if Tierney was fit enough - why wasn't he in the starting 11.

That was a big decision that set the course for the game for me and you can't win if you win the midfield battle.

I was gobsmacked with that change at the time.

{Ed014's Note - way to many things Arteta has done has left me gobsmacked SY.

08 May 2021 10:39:43
I'm not sure what self help book Arteta read but it's filled his head with supreme self confidence in his abilty as a manager despite all conflicting evidence to the contrary.

I think he genuinely thinks the players have failed to execute his brilliant game plans properly all season and that's what's cost us, the players Just need time to catch up with his own genius and them Arsenal will rule the world.

08 May 2021 09:34:54
Surely it’s not true about arsenal sticking with arteta 😡😡.

08 May 2021 11:06:13
Arsenal fans are a stable source of hits for the journos right now mate, one day they tell you what you want to hear the next day they tell you what you dread most.

In truth they are all a load of Manuels, " they know nothing Mr Falty " 😁😂😃😀😎.

08 May 2021 09:16:00
Any truth in the rumours that Arteta has been sacked?

{Ed014's Note - I’m not sure why it hasn’t already happened to be honest.

08 May 2021 09:50:26
Unless his replacement is sitting there waiting already in don't suppose it matters if he goes now or when the season ends in a couple of weeks time.

{Ed014's Note - nothing seems to matter to the Kroenke family

08 May 2021 09:39:38
I heard in the contrary that he is being backed as manager even after EL exit.

08 May 2021 10:44:09
I think it's only money that matters to the Krankee's Ed014 mate, it's what they do.

Hi Fanatic, loads of rumours flying about both ways mate, they can't both be right 😃.

{Ed014's Note - maybe it’s a good time for Mr Kroenke to sell to Mr Ek and then Mr Kroenke can make an offer to Mr Glazer and buy himself a bigger cash cow!

08 May 2021 11:14:20
It will only be a matter of time, next season the income will get less the yanks will only put up with that for so long.

08 May 2021 12:42:46
I agree Banbury, they are not fools and if there breakaway plan is genuinely doomed they will sell at the right price.

The ball is in the consortiums court and they have to make the Krankee's an offer they don't want to refuse,

08 May 2021 10:56:44
Yeah sounds like a perfect plan to me Ed014 mate 🖒.

{Ed014's Note - perfect sense to me too and I’m thinking Mr Ek could then get Marco Bielsa to pop over to the Emirates and take the reigns.

08 May 2021 07:39:06
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Football Comparisons 9 - Mane v Hazard v Sterling

07 May 2021 21:00:30
This is was winds me up Gunner. A useless convenient signing this summer from MA

About Ceballos, he is 100 per cent coming back to Real Madrid. I think he will be sold or loaned to another club, but he won't stay at Arsenal because they are planning for a different type of midfielder. They want something different from Ceballos, they want experience and strength in the midfield, so something different to Ceballos, so Ceballos will be back at Real Madrid, " Romano said.

Why the F did we loan this player who is clearly lightweight and sub-par. bloody annoying. A convenient cheap signing from a club and manager who can't wipe their own elbow.

So many of these stupid decisions - sell Emi - left with Leno who couldn't catch a cold or organise a line up.

No left back cover

No number 10 - then celebrate getting Ozil off our books but fund 70% of his wages.

Sign Luiz

Play from back

This club pisses me right off as does the manager. Wanted him gone last season-same as the useless Emery. But no, he needs 25 years to settle in and change ever brick in the emirates because it's not his home. While others - Spurs, Chelsea are decisive

In train spotting he should have said it's rubbish being a Gooner not Scottish.

07 May 2021 22:15:01
So many things that haven't made sense from both board and Arteta SY, Arteta is a company man 100% they say jump Arteta says how high Edu Josh Stan and anyone else he needs to and in return he gets a job he's not up to without fear of being sacked as long as he does as he's told away from the pitch.

I don't care what industry your in no one respects a boss like that and his staff will never respect him or fight for him, and when the staff want the manager to fail, it's an unworkable situation, especially in an industry where the staff have the protection of an unbreakable contract and are guaranteed fortune in wages whether the company is successful or not.

A manager doesn't have to be best mates with his players but they do need the respect of those they rely on to make them look good.

07 May 2021 20:56:42
Heard some reports of Ramsey returning?

07 May 2021 22:40:56
Surely not?
First Szcznesy and now Ramsey ?

Maybe Jack and Theo can join them with Arsene on drums 😎

Lads were getting the old band back together 😂

They could specialise in covering West life's cover versions 😎😃😂😁.