A single mail from a Mailbox stalwart has got everyone talking and Man Utd’s signing of Adrien Rabiot makes more sense than their pursuit of Frenkie de Jong.
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Mikel Arteta vs Stewie Griffin
Any person with a pulse watching All or Nothing: Arsenal would watch Arteta draw his heart-energy-clarity picture with at the very least a smirk, maybe even a smile. I imagine Stewie Griffin would be beet red, lambasting the poor drawing skills on display. Where to even start…
Comparing culture is ludicrous. They’re not even in the same postcode. One was a short term (literally one off-season) issue with one player while the other was deeply rooted after festering for almost 10 years. Fixing that takes time. Totally different challenges for Arteta and Conte.
As for Arteta’s “5 year plan” – yes, you won’t find that specific language being used around his appointment. If you could be bothered googling you will find plenty of interviews where Mikel has talked about short, medium, and long term plans going back more than 2 years. Who knows what Arteta talked about in his application and interview. Sadly I suspect because a narrative isn’t being fit, it might not make any difference to a person’s perspective.
Something a little more nebulous. I love that we had the same manager for 22 years. It made things feel a little more…family. I look at clubs that swap managers regularly and all I can think is “soulless”. Arteta was a former player. A former captain. We should always give someone like that time to prove they’re up for it before hiring the next mercenary mega-coach.
Insisting that a significant discrepancy in squad capability is not relevant for the sake of validating a toxic perspective is not discussing in good faith.
One last thing – Arteta won a major trophy in his first 6 months as Arsenal manager. Remind me what trophy Conte has won with Sp*rs?
Matt (I suspect Stewie is an F365 plant to generate discussion) Wright, Gunner in Aus.
Arteta/Arsenal’s five-year plan explained
Ok Stewie, normally I skip your mails but you called me out so I thought I would tell you what I think the 5 year plan is for Arsenal based solely on my external view of the club as I am not privy to their actual plans.
Year 1) Stabilise the rot. We had a bunch of overpaid millionaires who were phoning in performances, a bloated squad of players not good enough to deliver. Triage out those who don’t fit your…
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