And yeah, can you tell us why you hate women so much, that you tell other people to go out abuse women?
And why do you only say ok when called out on you BS.
Do you think it saves you?
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Shadydan still laughing at people's post coz you don't know jack shit.
And yeah, can you tell us why you hate women so much, that you tell other people to go out abuse women?
And why do you only say ok when called out on you BS.
Do you think it saves you?
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I can never quite tell if it's purely anti arse sentiment, or people are just plain dumb.
BUT.
There are plenty of metrics and tons of evidence that they were getting progressively better under Arteta. Plenty. PPG, goals for, goals against, league position etc etc etc. It all got better year on year.
That earns coaches more time. I would say more so than the FA Cup win tbh.
The same fans who can't/refuse to see them progressing, also couldn't/refused to see us regressing over 2 seasons under Ange.
Anyone demanding a coach should be given time needs to look at whether they have earned it.
Maddison, Kulusevski, Solanke unavailable and unlikely to return at their previous level.People are forever talking about how shit our squad is and how the players are a bunch of pussies. Objectively, our squad is not top 4 material, but I would submit that it is well capable of comfortably being top 5 or 6.
Forget about injuries for a moment. This squad is stronger than the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 squads. Yes, we’ve lost Sonny but he was a waning force last season. In the meantime we have added Kudus, Simons, Muani etc. We can argue about their quality, but they are an improvement on what was there last year. Also, the younger players that we had are now a year older and should be maturing and getting better (if they were given a chance to play).
So, we have a squad that, I think it could be argued, is better than the one that finished 5th in 2023/2024.
Last season was a weird one. I don’t know whether we binned the league after January, as suggested by the last manager. It seems unlikely, but is possible. After 12 games last season, iirc, we were doing slightly better in the league than we are now.
Regardless, there was a definite sense that, last season, the main focus was the Europa. Here’s the thing. You can argue all day about the quality of the opposition we faced, but we won the fucking thing. The biggest trophy we’ve won since Noah was a child. The players now being described as pussies showed a warrior spirit and winning mentality in that final. They have the capacity to deliver under extreme pressure, and they did it.
What has changed? Why have we looked rudderless and leaderless in so many games this season? I think Frank might well be a half decent coach, but I am increasingly of the view that he is a terrible manager. It is his job to send the players out with a winning mentality and a desire to give of their best every time they pull on the shirt. They are clearly not doing that. That is on the manager.
He should be given time, but we need to see a completely different mindset, and we need to see it soon.
Exactly.
The fact is, they looked better and better. Yes they had some spells of poor results,Shadydan pulling up a screesnhot of a table after 11 games doesn't mean much at all. They did have a couple of poor spells of results, but the underlying data and the eye test all showed they were heading in the right direction, there was evidence to give Arteta more time.
Frank will need to show that this season or he should be gone.
I said before the Chelsea game I'd be happy with a point from our next three games.
However, I am disappointed that we threw away points at ManU, and cowardly players who sat back against a 10 man united team.
I am still happy. Chelsea and Woolwich are going to finish top 4 easy.
Need to give the man time and windows, and if this time next year, things are not improving. Then questions need to be asked.
Where did I say I was or not happy with performances?Please tell me which performances, you’ve been happy with this season ?
What do you mean it doesn't mean much lmao, they were literally 15th in the same period you're judging Frank now - you can't have it both ways.
Woolwich's direction was down until the 2021/22 when they were competing for us for a CL place, they had the odd fleeting moment and the odd result but they generally had 0 consistency, playing poor football and dropping silly points, just like us.
This isn't an endorsement of Frank but you're using Arteta as an example but as I said it's an exceptional situation, there's 0 comparison, you're doing too much.
I'm not judging Frank now. It's still early, but he needs to show improvement in the style of play, data/underlying numbers and frankly the eye test.
Where did I say I was or not happy with performances.
Pochs performances were poor for his first season, right until the last 6 or so games. Then it just kinda clicked and the moment just kept going and into the next season.
And you completely missed the part where I said, if things haven't improved by this time next year, then questions need to be asked?
Is a pretty good indicator that I am not happy with how we are playing, but I am willing to give him some windows to upgrade the shit he has to pick from.
So using your grey matter, is clearly not your strong suit.
happy with 1 point from 3 games? Christ!I said before the Chelsea game I'd be happy with a point from our next three games.
However, I am disappointed that we threw away points at ManU, and cowardly players who sat back against a 10 man united team.
I am still happy. Chelsea and Woolwich are going to finish top 4 easy.
Need to give the man time and windows, and if this time next year, things are not improving. Then questions need to be asked.
This is where I sit.Need to give the man time and windows, and if this time next year, things are not improving. Then questions need to be asked.
Back 5 in my opinion is top 3-4
That's not to mention the fact that he publicly begged Aubameyang to sign a new long term deal.. He sanctioned David Luiz to sign an extension. And he campaigned for the signing of Willian. The "deadwood" that he had to get rid of, were mistakes of his doing because they were players that he initially wanted to build a team around... Arteta wandered around pretty aimlessly for his first two years and kind of stumbled upon the direction they ended up going in when he was under big pressure.The Arteta revisionism is killing me, he was doing fuck all and won them the cup playing in a style which Frank is playing now with the previous manager's team, the following season the fans wanted him gone mainly because they were inconsistent and weren't going anywhere - this was the table after the 1-0 loss to Burnley AT HOME:
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The only thing that bought Arteta time was the pandemic because if there were crowds in the stadium he would have been ousted.
One defining characteristic of Frank's cTbh, as catastrophically shite as we've been in recent weeks, I genuinely think we'll see improvement if we stick it out with Frank. If the board back the manager and the players realise he's going nowhere, we'll get better over time. He's gonna keep trying stuff and eventually he'll alight upon a system that works, especially with players returning and signings made. He's not like Ange who would keep banging his head against a brick wall doing the exact same thing and expecting different results - I reckon he'll start mixing things up and seeking solutions. I think this period right now is the worst it will ever be.
However, I think the bigger issue is that whatever solutions he comes up with will still probably only be upper-mid table quality at best. We'll improve but only from a level of abject shite to general competence, and still be an ugly watch no doubt. I think that probably won't be enough to earn him a 2nd season (unless we go on a genuinely great run in the final stretch the buys him time).
Kudus can retain the ball and advance it with pace. That doesn't matter much when the players around him aren't moving forward quickly and getting into good positions. I think Kudus will be a useful player but it is still an open question if he'll ever be a scorer. It's good to have a player like Kudus when he is keeping the ball from the opposition, less so when he's keeping the ball to himself in the final third.Kudus looks a poor buy
Looks like a 5 a side player… or a cracking U12 that gets completely lost and swamped when they step up to 11 a side at U13