6 points and an improvement of at least +5 on GD

Appointing Arteta was always a huge gamble. He had never managed a professional team before and whilst I am sure the experience of working alongside Guardiola was invaluable in preparing him for his first steps in management I can't help but feel that Arsenal was too big a job too soon. When he was appointed my heart told me it was an exciting appointment but my head told me that his lack of experience and any kind of track record was an issue and the chances were it wouldn't work.
I hope I am wrong but in my opinion the signs are that he is a little out of his depth, and understandably so.

Note to Season Ticket Holders who have credit in their accounts to cover the games missed - THE CASHBACK WINDOW IS OPEN. I think it closes at 17:00 today.

I got several calls from the Club on Monday so I did it yesterday. It's worth doing. I'm told this is the last opportunity to claim back this money.

Appointing Arteta was always a huge gamble. He had never managed a professional team before and whilst I am sure the experience of working alongside Guardiola was invaluable in preparing him for his first steps in management I can't help but feel that Arsenal was too big a job too soon.

When he was appointed my heart told me it was an exciting appointment but my head told me that his lack of experience and any kind of track record was an issue and the chances were it wouldn't work.

I hope I am wrong but in my opinion the signs are that he is a little out of his depth, and understandably so.

By rights anyone who takes on a big club management role should have some previous experience. Most successful managers start at lower league teams and build up their reputation and skillset. In recent times there seems to be a promote one of the old boys as they know about the club. Not sure it is the way to go.

Appointing Arteta was always a huge gamble. He had never managed a professional team before and whilst I am sure the experience of working alongside Guardiola was invaluable in preparing him for his first steps in management I can't help but feel that Arsenal was too big a job too soon.

When he was appointed my heart told me it was an exciting appointment but my head told me that his lack of experience and any kind of track record was an issue and the chances were it wouldn't work.

You say that but Liverpool always would promote from within back in the day. Same with Barca, Guardiola was a rookie manager. I believe Zindane's frist management role was the Real job.

Wenger (too old)
Emery ( bad English and too defensive)
Ljungberg (too inexperienced )
Arteta (too young)

I reckon if we sack Arteta and appoint Allegri we revert back to moaning about broken English again. Yessss

Wenger (too old)
Emery ( bad English and too defensive)
Ljungberg (too inexperienced )
Arteta (too young)

I reckon if we sack Arteta and appoint Allegri we revert back to moaning about broken English again. Yessss

I haven’t had any calls from Arsenal this week and no emails apart from one saying I didn’t get one in the ballot for the Burnley game. What is the cash back window? Never heard of it.

Interesting that after officially leaving to develop or enhance his managerial career, Ljungberg is still unemployed. As I said at the time, I was told he was sacked. If that’s right, at least Arteta has done something right.

Check Arsenal.com Bern. Log in and hit the 'My Account' tab (top right) then check under the Account Cashback tab.

In my case, I'd sold a few tickets through the Exchange plus there were rebates to cover the games we couldn't attend at the back end of last season. Came to over £3k for my four.

He only had the job temporarily though right he was never a realistic long term option. I just don’t see him as a manager personality wise the whole shebang.

The rumour was he had lost it with the senior players Mesut Özil in particular (funny that)

Ljungberg never seemed the eight fit

I just tried to get the remaining balance back on my season tickets but the message says it cant do it right now.

Like Bern, I was going to leave the the balance of the season ticket money but there was several hundred quid's worth of Exchange ticket sales that I'd rather have in my pocket than theirs. They told me I couldn't have one lot of ackers without the other. I always find the Arse.com website counter-intuitive so I just followed their advice - still took an age to complete the processes plus phone calls when the system gummed up.

You say that but Liverpool always would promote from within back in the day. Same with Barca, Guardiola was a rookie manager. I believe Zindane's frist management role was the Real job.

Barca and Real are exceptions.

Kenny Dalglish won trophies as a player manager clearly that never happened either so must be another exception

The current Bayern Munich manager's only previous management experience was in the third tier of German football, in the early 2000s. He won everything with Bayern last year.

Lampard had one moderately successful year at Derby before being given the Chelsea job. Gerrard had no experience before starting at Rangers and after a tricky start has them top of the league.

I think it's fair to say that experience can be of benefit to a manager taking on a role at a big club but it isn't essential. Emery had plenty of experience but couldn't get these players performing. Sacking Arteta would be a mistake, we can't replace him with and Allegri/Pochettino because Arsenal don't have the squad to compete now and aren't willing/able to spend enough to compete in their first season.

Liverpool were already a dominant force, Dalglish was surrounded by an experienced backroom/bootroom staff and had topclass players. I am not saying he wasn't a talented manager but you hardly needed to be a Brian Clough miracle worker to keep winning trophies with that side.

He won 3 league titles, and 2 fa cups!!

Wenger couldn't retain one league title after any title he won. What on Earth are you talking about

Lastly, I was very surprised at Mourinho's tactics. Not sure what percentage of it was respect for Arteta or managerial nous where he sussed us out fairly simply.

We need to add villas boas to the list of exceptions too as he won the Portuguese double and Europa league in his first season at Porto whilst being 5years younger than Arteta is now.