Arsenal

[Danners9]

Haha. I won't be going to Rwanda any time soon.

Clown college however...

 

[mark87]

He’ll have no say in who is bought apparently

Good, that'll only be bad for them.

 

[wirE]

Emery confirmed. Hope he fails ofc

 

[TorontoYid]

Emery almost certainly had nothing to do with purchases like Neymar.

He even complained about the problems he was having getting a clique of players to train properly or follow up tactical instructions.

That is the Managers job. All top teams have cliques and Arsenal will be no different so if he can't deal with that then he is in the wrong job.

 

[Indisguise]

I would like to heartily congratulate Arsenal on the appointment of their new manager. May he be the first of many more to come over the next year or two.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

That is the Managers job. All top teams have cliques and Arsenal will be no different so if he can't deal with that then he is in the wrong job.

Rubbish. If the hierarchy back players over a manager, he’s fucked. He might still do a job, but that job will always be compromised.

 

[mpickard2087]

He isn't the biggest of names, but a solid appointment who won't be a radical change in the style of play, and if he can add a bit of discipline and organisation that might just be what they need.

Hopefully sacked before Xmas though.....

 

[tototoner]

Uncanny

 

[garyhopkins]

If Arteta has the “unknown factor” what makes you think he has everything to be a top manager?

I thought throwing a job like Arsenal to a bloke who’s never managed a team was either fucking brave or fucking stupid IMO.

So, they've gone with a guy who did pretty well at a club just behind the big boys in Spain (a bit like Arsenal), who won the Europa League (which Arsenal are in), whose worked with DOFs (which Arsenal have turned to), has worked with French players (who Arsenal always seem to have a lot of) and did reasonably well at one of the richest, most dysfunctional, clique filled clubs in the world (sounds a bit familiar too).

Yet some people struggle to see why Arteta wasn't chosen?

 

[HailKingLevy]

They have announced 'Visit Rwanda' as their first sleeve sponsor.

Have to admit, I'd never considered Rwanda but it looks interesting. Lots of wildlife and spectacular landscape.

Not all arsenal supports have been to Rwanda.

 

[max cady]

This has all the hallmarks of a Juande Ramos/Jacques Santini appointment

 

[Gb160]

Christ his press conference was painful, his English is shite.
He made even early Poch sound like Steven Fry in comparison.

 

[riggi]

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

And I forgot, Emery doesn’t speak English

He must have been dubbed today then

 

[Dougal]

Personally I hope he does well. Nobody wants to see the social media backlash Wenger got catching on #dickout

 

[Dougal]

 

[tony0379]

Nearly choked on my coffee

 

[ikky]

 

[TorontoYid]

Rubbish. If the hierarchy back players over a manager, he’s fucked. He might still do a job, but that job will always be compromised.

So you have never managed a team in your job with different cliques? I have many many times in different industries

 

[Bus-Conductor]

So you have never managed a team in your job with different cliques? I have many many times in different industries

It's just not that simple. It's one thing managing a group with cliques, it's another when those cliques are far more valuable assets than you are and are given carte blanche to ignore and disrupt your methods, and are actively interfering in the collective working routine and the people above aren't backing you to deal with them how you need to to get your working methods in place. You will still manage but you won't be as effective as if everyone in the chain is doing what they should be doing.

Emry did manage them, and won a league title, but Neymar and his little clique were basically fucking about, disrupting training methods, arguing about who takes set pieces in games, having time off etc etc. And because he's there most valuable financial asset, not just "an employee" clearly subordinate to his manager it created a very difficult working environment.

We had the same problem here with Adebayor and his little clique, (as well as the Sherwood/Freund bollocks). AVB didn't get backed to deal with things how he wanted. Pochettino did.