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Too much personality

Mikel Arteta has never signed a French player.

They talk about Havertz 23/24 run in like we won the treble and he broke the PL scoring record 😭😭😭 You’d never know it’s his only good 3 months in his 6 year PL career.

Brighton 21/22

Fumbling WFH is one of the biggest losses of our time

I'm thinking out loud here but I wonder if there's method to the idea that I have - is it not just far more mentally exhausting to coach such rigidity & structured football [in-out possession] that it is to coach a more "free-flowing" attacking side. If you're overthinking everything tactically as an individual on both sides of the ball, surely burnout has to be thought about? I listened to Cherki & Guehi talk after the game and they seem so relaxed, almost like they've been on holiday. But it's a direct effect of how they [esp Cherki] play. They have licence to move, they have options around, a more simple role off the ball, they are allowed many mistakes because they get the ball to the best players so often. I'm just rambling here, but psychologically the burnout on such an overloaded [information-wise] idea is naturally far more draining. When it's executed you get the perfect idea of football - good value shots on the opposition's goal, next to no value shots on your own goal. But if it hits a bump and you're still trying to excuse everything all at once, I can imagine it's very easy to get stuck in a place where you become comfortably numb; pass, show, mark man... Idk.

“If you can’t win, don’t lose” but he’s never able to not lose when it matters most

Guardiola on the second half: "It is the mindset, not the tactics."

Leicester in 2016 went to the Etihad and won convincingly Chelsea in 2017 went to the Etihad and won convincingly Liverpool last season went to the Etihad and won convincingly But the Basque coward masquerading as a coach will set us up like a bottom half side and lose like one

Teta has completely avoided France who have the best talent pool of attackers by far. There has to be a reason. Its cultural.

Hate to say it but this signing has sabotaged the trajectory of Arteta’s tenure at Arsenal. He was signed to replace Granit Xhaka, he couldn’t hack it in midfield and he ended up as a CF where he isn’t good either. Declan Rice also had to switch from #6 to #8 because of this signing. It’s been three seasons and no one seems to know his best position but Arteta has to play him because he’s one of the highest paid players at the club.

He’s Pam the receptionist

What we wearing to the Arteta sacking parade then

@Emzyl_ What is there left to save? No trophies, every player mentally and physically cooked, laughing stock of the entire planet

This Nico O'Reilly dunk sesh on our heads brev

Another unrecognized $5.99 to Apple

The good news is it’s still in our hands. The bad news is it’s still in our hands.

That Pincus guy said Palestinian children deserve to get bombed and gets tunnel access at the Emirates

Worst thing about Arteta’s tenure isn’t even his lack of trophies, it’s how many bodies he’s destroyed. Ben White is done, Odegaard can’t stay fit, Gabriel can’t sprint, Saka is not the same, Havertz doesn’t look the same physically, Timber too, Rice on his way there. For what??