Didn’t bother to stay up for this and looks like it was a good decision. Have recorded it but can’t get myself to watch after reading some of the posts here.
Feel the same way my friend. Winning the EL will only set us back another year if not more and I cannot bear the thought of watching the mind numbing shit that is Artetaball for another year. Maybe Emery will do us a favour. Thing is though, Arteta might not get the sack even if he doesn’t win the EL, given the high levels of ambition the Kroenke’s have.
Has anyone said it was the answer to our problems though?
There is a menu of shit on the table right now. I think whatever keeps Arteta in the job longest is the worst thing on the shit menu. As that involves the club winning a European trophy it’s still something I want.
No guarantees he does go if we don’t win, I get that. The whole thing is a complete mind fuck.
That’s how the PR machine works. They’ve presented him as sooo exiting and the tactician of the future. This whole video is jerk off material for the elitist Arteta yay-sayer journalists.
At the end of the day people don’t like being wrong. I doubt any of the Arteta praisers would ever admit making a bad call.
It’s not, and I do wish we win, even if it’s just by fluke but the thought of this shit again next season and Arteta talking bollocks in every interview, and us stuck mid-table again is just very boring. Not to mention it pushes us further away from our target which should be to challenge for the league again. CL football next season means more money for us but do you trust Edu and Arteta to spend it wisely? If not winning the EL this season can get us to challenging for the league a couple of seasons sooner, then yes, I think I would forego a European trophy.
Having said that, until the whole structure at the club is replaced, we’ll probably end up with another bad manager if and when Arteta is sacked, which is a depressing thought. So when you think of it that way, maybe getting an EL trophy in the process can’t hurt, but the celebrations won’t last long.
Nah I don’t trust them to spend it wisely and I do share the same concerns as lots of you. I’d just rather see a European trophy in the process and still have that money to spend.
I just don’t buy into the theory that no European football and less money to spend will drive us forward.
