Mikel Arteta’s work at Arsenal speaks for itself. Looking at his time at Arsenal, you can’t dismiss the massive progress at the Emirates.
The Spaniard has brought the Gunners back to being competitive. In the 2021–22 season, they nearly secured Champions League football but finished 5th. They are poised to finish second this season, although mathematically they can still win it.
Many feel Arsenal’s failure to win the league is down to them lacking enough quality options to cover for injuries, unlike their main title rivals, Manchester City, but is it so?
Simon Jordan believes Arsenal needs to consider replacing Arteta with another top coach. He argues that the Arsenal boss doesn’t have what it takes to help the Gunners lift the league.
“I am not sure he has this particular gear in those narrowing of the eyes that concentrates players’ minds to get them to the next level. Something was lost, and it wasn’t just [William] Saliba that didn’t get you past those games,” said Jordan on talk SPORT.
The PL pundit argues that Arteta doesn’t know how to ensure he ends the season in style. “Arsenal’s business end of the season was similar to the business end of the season last year for different reasons.
“Well done for finishing second in the league. Not so well done for snatching defeat from the joys of victory. Are they going to build on it? Is the next step to win the league? I don’t think it is.”
Would I be misquoting Jordan if I said he is an Arteta must-go fanatic? Or is he just one of those pundits that like to spout ridiculous statements to get themselves more attention, like Richard Keys?
But the fact is that Arteta’s progress at Arsenal can’t be denied; don’t be surprised if, come next season, the Boss lifts the league.
Darren N
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Am sure Dan will love this one. Food is ready
This is same subject Admin posted yesterday even quoting same stuff Jordon said.
Exactly – but with an ever so slightly different twist
All the brouhaha when Arteta was having some dodgy moments and I asked the question in an article, about who JA posters would choose. Not Pep or Klopp because they weren’t available and were doing brilliantly where they were. They weren’t coming to a team so very clearly in transition.
If memory serves me correctly, Nagelsman came out on top with Ten Hag close behind. Others in the frame included Rodgers and Potter, Ancelotti and Jose.
Looking at that lot, it hasn’t ended well for most of them so I wonder who is better than what we have? Who is oven ready to take over from Arteta?
But some pundits are shallow minded not putting into consideration that arteta is learning very fast being his first job with the big work on rebuilding
That’s my fault. I was sure I’d seen something siilar but couldn’t find it. It’s a different writer but i missed it.
Apologies GB…..
This is from a man whose club just avoided going into administration, aided and abetted by Jim White a first class sycophant
His talking rubbish we can win the league with Arteta if it was for city we would of won the league with games to spear he just needs to add to the team
@Russell utakate
Pure delusional rubbish. The presence of City had zero to do with our “capitulation” of the league trophy. Same as last season, we had “one” match a week for a good chunk of the season and folded. Many on here blaming that on lack of squad depth and or City being as good as they are. When it all boils down to Artetas lack of tactical versatility and team mismanagement. Plain and simple…
@NY_Gunner, you’ve got it all wrong.
I think we capitulated because City were so good.
No, I think it was because of Gary Neville.
Let’s even blame Wenger for signing deadwood Xhaka
Oh. I have a better idea. I think it was because Jesus wasn’t fully fit.
Maybe even better, we should blame Ten Hag. At least someone has to be blamed but never our manager. My word
dgr8xt, do I detect a hint of sarcasm there ?
Arteta has to be allowed to carry on, we were second dgr8xt ! At first I was seriously annoyed about the capitulation, feeling that we had the damn thing in our grip, only to let it go so easily right at the death. City are not gods who cannot be overcome. If there was a bit more canniness about us the title would have been ours THIS VERY SEASON ! We’ll see what happens next season.
@dgr8xt
RealTalk 😂
What real went wrong with Bukayo Saka he look like he lack of confident n moral for 6 last games he played
That’s what he is thinking, but to me Arteta is best coach in the world. Remember arsenal is his first club to manage and he has done a fantastic job in fact our aim was to finish in top 4.
Who is this person and how is he relevant?
PAT you have chosen to delete my post for merely pointing out the media used slanted comments and headlines, as all free thinkers will widely know. Why? Do you not want truth on JA? And if not, then why not?
Because once you start criticising the articles and writers again, you start back on the slippery slope of critising turning into insulting turning into problems.ç
Let’s stop it before it starts shall we?
Where in my post were any unfair comments? I say it was all truth. Care to answer and properly too PAT? Pointing out things that need to change is NOT unfair criticism at all but is how things start to change for the better, in football, as in in all areas of life.
MEDIA,. LIKE SO MUCH ELSE IN LIFE THAT IS RETROGRADE, BADLY NEEDS TO UPDATE,MODERNISE AND LIBERALISE ITS OWN THINKING AND HOW IT PERSONALLY BEHAVES.
Do you seriously deny that MOST media, in print and broadcasting, use unbalanced hype, exaggeration and distortion?
Because if you do, then you are either being untruthful OR living in a world of make believe and self fooling.
If you would rather only EVER have bland comments about team changes and player injuries, who we think will arrive or leave and such like – ALL of which ARE obviously valid, but not something I much indulge in – then you seem not to value other deep thinkers and fans too,of which there rare many on here, who choose to look BEYOND mere team matters.
And JA will be all the poorer for your lack of vision. My sincere thoughts Pat!
I don’t know why this Arteta bashing continues. We’ve made good progress for each season that he’s been in charge and will hopefully make another PL challenge on the next one, but if we fail once again it won’t be the fault of one of the best young manager/coaches in the business.
We’re lucky to have Arteta! Just look at Chelsea & Spurs
JAX the fair minded ones amongus know this(your post) to be true! But many on JA , as in all media, both print and broadcasting , chass anything BUT real fairnessThey prefer hype distortion and vastly polarised comment, in order to promote controversy,and heated debate, which attavts down market readers, and listeners, viewers etc.
I will always stand up for truth and fairness and as that often necessitates plain speaking, I am often disliked for being up front and saying what needs to be said.
THAT ITSELF IS unfair, but its the reality we fellow truth speakers have always recognised!
Just like rude comments,political comments,obscene words and other unacceptable forms of written comments…this headline/opinion should have been banned from JA for sheer stupidity…everyone and their dog now sees clearly why pep chose arteta out of al the candidates in world football…it is now crystal clear that mikel arteta is a very,very top class coach….why do you even give that headline credence…utter rubbish
Andrew, Though I am firmly against censorship, except for filth and obvious libel statements, I DO agree with your view aboiut Arteta.
I also believe the overriding majority of ordinary fair minded football fans, from other clubs too, besides our own,plus mainly those who avoid social media like the plague, would agree with us both.