elkanofan wrote:I watched the 2nd half back from yesterdays game.
I wont ramble on with a famous essay and breakdown what went wrong in incramental details as i like to do.
For the 2nd game in a row Martinelli was playing LWB and later on LB off the ball after Tavares was subbed off who incidently wasant too bad yesterday compared to the rest of the shit on the pitch bar a few good saves from Ramsdale, some important blocks from Gabriel and Elneny being the only player keeping some form of discipline.
All i ask to all Arteta in people, do you now understand Xhaka's interview as to the truth on why players didnt follow the managers orders? If you given ridiculous instructions like Martinelli was given yesterday! What scares me the most and why i feel really quite upset now is my deepest fear of our star young players getting fed up and leaving are a very real possiblity we need to consider right now.
The body language of our team at the final whistle and nobody responding to Arteta shows hes lost these players, they dont believe in him and his ridgid tactics which revert to hackney marshes hoofball when we are losing.
I'm now 96% sure Arteta wont make it to 2023 as our manager. That was by far our worst match I have seen under Arteta.
The emperor or should I say mysteron is naked.
We hear this kind of thing every time we lose a game. A macro analysis painting a doomsday picture of the future of the club.
It’s not logical.
The issue yesterday was clear to me. Young players could not handle the level of pressure of a premier league run in. For many it was the first time under anything like that intense pressure.
Coupled with that was the fact the Newcastle played extremely well. It was a bloody tough game that was always going to be difficult to win.
Sometimes/mostly when you lose games there does not have to be a major underlying issue.
The club embarked on a strategy 12 months ago that is not close to be realised yet. Our squad is wafer thin. We don’t have the ability to deal with the injuries.
Yes, we can disagree with the approach to shedding so many of the old guard at once that left us short, but we took a conscious decision to rip the plaster off.
Our squad is young and packed full of talent. We will add to it. We’re not the finished article and this year we did remarkably well to be in a top 4 race given where we are.
I would calm down a bit and see where this all takes us. We will certainly have a clearer picture at the end of next season after we’ve added further to the squad and seen what they current young players can do with another years experience.
We have a lot of fans spoiled by 20yrs of top 4. We have no god given right to be there. In our history top 4 is not the norm and top 5 is actually one of our better seasons. This club is trying to build a new era of success and after 1 year from the start, I think we’re ahead of schedule.
My one big criticism of the club and Arteta is that it took them so long to rip that plaster off.