04 Aug 2021 19:06:40
I am optimistic for the coming season. We have a great bunch of talented young players,2 or 3 of them yet to make their mark. The big question or doubt for me is Auba, whether he will start scoring goals again.

The problem or downside if you like are the problem is the 3 other big wage earners, Willian, Lacca and Xhaxa. In my opinion I would take Romas offer whatever it was because a couple of good games in the Euros is not a reason to ignore the rubbish he has served up in the past.

Lacca, I just see him contributing zilch. As for Willian a stupid stupid signing.

That apart as I said earlier I am confident going into the season and has I already stated nothing less than top 3 . This might seem like dreaming to some people but the squad is not that far away.

As for Arteta I would just like to quote what 62 said in a earlier post. Sometimes it's not the car it's the driver that is the problem.


1.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 19:36:48
Tbh Bill i would prefer Laca over Pea, think he offers a lot more down the middle 🤷🏼‍♂️ But there is no shifting Pea now.


2.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 20:50:36
Hi Bill, I genuinely feel the car was much better than some of the 6 cars that finish ahead of it last season and for me there lays the problem.

Mikel struggles with personalies and does better with young players who don't ask questions or have opinions but just want to play at the highest level asap, the problem Mikel has there is the young players will mature, start to ask questions and have opinions of thier own after a couple of seasons at top level, which leaves Mikel and us back at square one.

Hopefully he will prove me wrong this season but I genuinely think he's out of his depth, I have been known to be wrong in the past of course 😎😎😎.


3.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 21:28:06
That and you need strong leaders and personalities to win. That means Arteta won’t want them or can’t manage them. So how do we progress as a club. That is only a smallish % of the issues I have with Arteta but a key one.


4.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 21:46:19
In Artetas plus box he has undoubtedly made us more difficult to score against and he has given youth a chance to flourish but unfortunately much of his defensive improvement is undone by his obsession with the players he has playing out from the back leading to very preventable goals being conceded.

I wonder how much difference it would make if Mikel could comprise at least for now by putting his ideals on hold and concentrating on what his current squad does best for now.