Freddie, you are a club legend, but the little I've seen so far, you are out of your depth. Long term, we are better off waiting in the summer for Rodgers if, understandably, he won't leave Leicester mid season.
Arteta may be a great assistant but that doesn't mean he'd be a great manager. Pat Rice was a great assistant.

Freddie has too much handle to turn the ship right now. My personal opinion is work on team defense. I did see some of that. He had everyone tracking back. The way to win right now is more of the 1-0 to the Arsenal way if we can defend as a team. The Kevin Keegan style isn't going to work.

Can't say I'm too impressed by the idea of Arteta. Also, as far as I can recall, he won no trophies in his playing career and he never won an international cap - that sort of thing is important

Good point ..... sort of the same as Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson .

RIP Bob Willis.

A batsman could read a copy of War and Peace and eat a three course meal and he still wouldn't have finished his run up.

Amazing bowler.

I can see Liverpool going unbeaten this season. I would even see them winning every game here on in which would be quite amazing. I don't think they will but it's not unrealistic to think they will.

Hey AG, only 1 match in and you are able to analyze the full capabilities of Freddie? Fantastic

If Liverpool loses, my guess it will be during this time where its cold and they are playing more often. There will be an away match on a cold, muddy pitch, the players would rather stay in bed and they get a goal scored on them in a 0-0 match midway in the 2nd half.

or

They are unbeaten in March, the league already sewn up. It's when its more about the fear of losing. We drew a lot of matches in the last couple months of the unbeaten season because of fear of losing. That's when they'll be vulnerable. I don't think they will lose to a top 4 side away but a tough midtable side away.

I can see Liverpool going unbeaten this season. I would even see them winning every game here on in which would be quite amazing. I don't think they will but it's not unrealistic to think they will.

Morning KP.

AW had no sort of playing career but he had won French League with Monaco as a manager - and might well have won more if Marseilles hadn't fixed matches and bought their way to the top. AW was in demand all over Europe (notably Bayern M) before he left for Japan in protest at the corruption in French football. Ferguson never played international football - I think - but he'd been decent as a player with Rangers and he was enormously successful as a manager with Aberdeen, breaking the Old Firm's stranglehold on Scottish football and remarkably, winning a European trophy.
The comparison of both with Arteta in his current manifestation is pretty stark.

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-next-manager-diego-simeone-17362275

Pipe dream but if Simeone is getting itchy feet then is there a better 'available' manager in the world to fix our defence, our attitude, our work-rate, our off the ball positioning?

A manager with bags of personality who crafts teams in his own image. I feel that the Arsenal fans are dying to get on board with a charismatic firey manager, a bit of "us against the world".

One can but dream

Lacazette has been fouled from the first two corners.

Evening all.

Any links please?

COYG

Typical, we push, the referee sees it. They push and pull, the referee ignores it.

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