starmandb wrote:jayramfootball wrote:starmandb wrote:Özim wrote:jayramfootball wrote:Özim wrote:You’re in the minority, most people think he’s been very good, even the people nominating and voting for awards.
I think their view is more meaningful personally since they clearly have seen him play a fair amount.
Personally I think Arteta's and Arsenal's coaches and management team view is more meaningful.
That's why he was sent to a lower league to get better.
I'll go with the coaches view over football journalists - notoriously hacks.
As for watching him. I have watched him play awful the last two games. He needs to get better. He should be dominating in the league he is playing in week in week out except against PSG. He's not.
That’s where we differ, I don’t trust them at all, they’ve got a record of not giving certain players chances and giving others countless chances.
They’ve also overseen our worst Arsenal period since the 70s/80s, I can’t fathom why anyone would trust this bunch.
We got 51 points in 94/95
Bloody inconvenient that season isn’t it
Really spoils the worst since stat they love to trot
Was that around the time we were blowing teams away 5-0 playing sexy football every week under George Graham before he left in Feb?
Worst home season I have seen at the club
I strongly believe that had George still been doing the business the club would have stood by him
It does make me laugh when I see people say wenger just inherited that defence
They were looking old and leaky
The difference was the club didn’t let the situation drift
I worry now that there is not enough holding to account taking place.
Everyone should be on notice always
Well, I do think Wenger inherited a brilliant defence.
The change was needed though - the players were letting themselves down (stories well documented in terms of what was going on).
I do remember that season well and I also wonder whether the timing of GG's bung was a bit suspicious - i.e. I think the club probably turned a blind eye to it until we started to lose games and wanted him out.