Arsenal Banter Archive May 12 2018

12 May 2018 23:47:53
Unai Emery is apparently one of the people being considered. I would have been surprised if he wasn't.

13 May 2018 00:21:54
Emery lacks that one quality elite managers have:the ability to stay calm under pressure. He panics when things go south. How do you expect the players on the pitch to play with confidence, if the coach is panicking? For that reason alone, i don't think he will ever make it among the elites but i could be wrong and he may make it in future. I have my doubts though seeing he couldn't do much with a supremely talented PSG team in the champions league.

13 May 2018 02:20:18
So punani, you think all the trophies he won with seville, he won them by panicking. You do come out with some stories. He has done no worse at psg than anyone else. His record is fantastic.

13 May 2018 13:12:09
His highest finish in the league with sevilla was 5th i believe. He never finished in the top four there. The season after he left, sampaoli came in and finished fourth (even though they lost so many players like gameiro, krychowiak etc who were first teamers) and even took them further than emery did in the champions league. That PSG squad was one of the best in europe.

He couldn't even reach the semi-finals with them. Sevilla is not a pressure job at PSG there was too much pressure he couldn't handle it. if his record was fantastic at PSG, they would have given him another year. his contract had a clause that stipulated that he would automatically be given another year if he at least reaches the semi-finals of the champions league. He didn't and that is why they got rid of him.

13 May 2018 16:39:53
Tell me punani, how many europa leagues did he win and the reason they were able to go to higher places in the league was because he raised the club profile from mid table obscurity to euro league winners. You are very good at quoting failures of people you don't champion and miss out the failures of the ones you do. Strange.

13 May 2018 18:36:01
In management you are as good as your last job. Emery flopped big time at PSG and that is why i think no big team will take a punt on him.

13 May 2018 20:58:39
I just don't grab your idea of flop.

12 May 2018 22:06:04
Any chance nagelsmann is on the arsenal short list?

Finished third with a hoffenheim side depleted by injuries and devoid of quality compared to the other teams like dortumund, leipzig, leverkusen etc. He should be worthy of consideration in my opinion, if he is not it criminal on behalf of the board IMO.

13 May 2018 08:59:08
Oh no not the dreaded injury excuses! Keep him far away from us ;-)
It's a fresh start no more sad poor us tales of injuries naughty naughty stadium or the bigger boys have more money please.
Let's find a man that can not someone who explains why he can't.

12 May 2018 18:31:53
According to Davud Ornstein Allgeri and Artetta are the front runners at the moment but others are still being considered.
The club is in no hurry to make a quick decision they could easily come to regret just as fast.
I think the club are doing the right thing in taking thier time even if at an absoulute push it meant having to go into next season with an interim management system in place until the right candidate becomes available.
As for Artetta i would support him and give him the benefit of the doubt but the fact he was such a big part of and captain during our cosy club wilderness years would worry me about him a lot.
I know he's been working with Pep but many of the players he was so close to and cosy with at Arsenal are still at the club and it would be extremely difficult for him to come in and say " don't do as we did, do as I say ". I'm not sure he would command the respect needed to be able to install the discipline we so badly need if we are going to see change where it matters most, on the pitch.

12 May 2018 19:43:45
Gunner, if arteta is a candidate, it can't be as a no1 but if he is that well thought of (and i'm not sure he is) then surely as a no2, we have to be getting the best of both worlds, behind an allegri, ancelloti or benitez. With a view that after a period of time, if successful, then step up to no1. If he/ they are not, then, Next!

12 May 2018 20:20:17
Like I say Steve if it came to it I'd give him the benefit of the doubt but I'd be disappointed to say the least.
I want as much distance as we can get from the cosy club mentality and the future as is possible to get.
But I'm sure the club is aware that the fans and the media will want to see a virtually instant upturn in passion effort and displine displayed by the players as of next season and any signs of lack of passion will be poorly received the fans and heavily analysed by the pundits.
I'm sure not many people expect instant success but it will be all eyes on the effort put in from day one.

12 May 2018 22:14:30
if allegri comes, it means arsenal have ambition. There is no way allegri would come to arsenal unless they promise him a huge transfer kitty.

If a younger manager comes in, i have a feeling that means kroenke is not willing to splash the cash. I might be wrong but there is a bigger chance of arteta or viera accepting a reduced transfer budget than say allegri or enrique. Interesting times.

12 May 2018 22:43:44
both guardiola and pochettino rate him highly. I have a gut feeling that one day he will make a great coach but of course there is little evidence to support that because he has never coached. If he becomes a coach i suspect xabi alonso will be his assistant as they have been childhood friends and both have been inspired by guardiola.

13 May 2018 00:23:19
Arteta would be one of the biggest disappointments to me, of anyone, if he was entrusted with replacing wenger. For me it would show where the owners and board see this club. Not in the elite band. I would bw worried for our future. What draw for players would he be? Not for me at all.

13 May 2018 06:09:51
Steve, He hasn’t even been announced and we have stared criticising him. When Arsene came here the press invited him with a tag line of Arsene-who. Whoever will be announced as a manager, we should back him up completely.

13 May 2018 10:08:51
Sen, i am not criticising, i am stating. I don't want arteta and we got lucky with wenger and his ideas. We don't need to rely on luck again. My opinion and it is my opinion, with all that is available, why should we pick arteta, who wasnt even a club great and was very underwhelming for us as a player. Arsenal fc in the prem and europe is a very different animal to Afc 22 years ago. I don't want arteta.

{Ed025's Note - its too early for mikel imo steve, being a No2 is a different ball game to being the gaffer, i remember when colin harvey took over from kendall at everton and we were all happy with his appointment but he never quite made the transition, i say let him take on a lesser club and earn his spurs and then take a look at him for both parties sake..

13 May 2018 11:47:48
Agree Ed, i worry that this club is worrying more about money than success, if they take on the cheap option, with arteta. If he was that good anyway (which i don't see) why did we let him go to citeh. I agree no2 but that's it.

{Ed025's Note - very much so steve..

13 May 2018 13:23:31
Arteta's biggest problem seems to be that people are against his appointment even before he has gotten started!

Unless he hits the ground running i think he will be in for a tough time.

12 May 2018 14:00:02
If me auntie had bollocks she'd be me uncle . I fully understand that . But our recent away form from WBA on has yielded 1 out of 30 points . Yet only 10 and 12 behind Chelsea and Pool . It's why we have finished where we are . Players not good enough ( 2nd best home record) or weak mentally away from home? COYG.

12 May 2018 15:05:23
True and we are only 37 points off City

Can’t believe how poor our away form is - it’s like we have one team who plays at home and shite twins who play away.

12 May 2018 16:24:54
I think we've just about lived up to our capabilities this season given the obvious weaknesses we had before a ball was kicked, the defence and midfield were so short of any real quality and with no real displine and organisation to make up for that lack of real quality we were always going to be incapable of top 4 challenging this season.
Our away form has been slightly worse than expected but our home form slightly better but all in 60- 65 points and 5th to 7th position is about the right mark for this current Arsenal set up.
The gap between us Spurs and Chelsea is actually less than I expected simply because I thought they would both do slightly better and get 80 points or very close to again this season.
For me given the players/ managers at each club at the start of this season I'd say City and Liverpool have excelled
Chelsea and Spurs have both under achieved
while United and Arsenal are just about where they looked capable of being the day before the season started.

12 May 2018 06:59:45
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 12th May 2018