ninjamonkey
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Arteta getting manager of the season is predictably depressing. Manager that wins the league always gets it unless they're multiple league winners which is more impressive but somehow makes you less deserving of the award in the eyes of the award decider. It's not just the terrible football, they've spent well over a billion and failed multiple times before finally winning with huge help from officials in a season where everybody else was dogshit.
I'd understand in a year where there isn't much else happening, you give it to the winners as default but there are multiple more worthy winners this season.
Imo the manager of the year is Keith Andrews. What he did with brentford is remarkable when you consider what they lost last summer, the budget they have and the fact it's his first real managerial job. So many people had them down as prime relegation candidates myself included.
Then there is the Sunderland manager, getting a promoted side into Europe in the first season is phenomenal, they spent a lot in the summer but even that posed challenges, he built a brand new squad pretty much and got them to gel instantly.
Then there is iraola, bournemouth playing some great stuff, going toe-to-toe with the top teams, beating them, with a squad that lost their entire backline in the summer and their best player in January.
All those options absolutely shits all over anything Arteta has done, it's not even arguable.
Not artetas fault he's been given the award but what a farcical, lazy choice.
I'd understand in a year where there isn't much else happening, you give it to the winners as default but there are multiple more worthy winners this season.
Imo the manager of the year is Keith Andrews. What he did with brentford is remarkable when you consider what they lost last summer, the budget they have and the fact it's his first real managerial job. So many people had them down as prime relegation candidates myself included.
Then there is the Sunderland manager, getting a promoted side into Europe in the first season is phenomenal, they spent a lot in the summer but even that posed challenges, he built a brand new squad pretty much and got them to gel instantly.
Then there is iraola, bournemouth playing some great stuff, going toe-to-toe with the top teams, beating them, with a squad that lost their entire backline in the summer and their best player in January.
All those options absolutely shits all over anything Arteta has done, it's not even arguable.
Not artetas fault he's been given the award but what a farcical, lazy choice.
