KentBlue
Well-Known Member
I agree with this. He (Arteta) went to the gooners with next to no managerial experience, but he had a head full of Pep's teachings and a desire to put them into practice. Along comes another Prem club in the shape of Arsenal and he is offered the job as coach: money, kudos, big-name players, a sizeable support base and a media urging him to stop us cleaning up - again. The London-biased media supporting him every inch of the way and celebrity fans (we all know who they are) using every bit of air time they've got to champion the cause of the 'plucky underdogs.'
It starts off relatively well, momentum on their sides. And even when cup competitions enter the scene things are going well on the good ship HMS Tarquin.
But then their steps begin to falter. One by one they are dumped from the various cup competitions, but they see it as a positive because now they can concentrate on the Grail itself - the Premiership.
And when that too begins to unravel and the world begins to see the diving, feigning injuries, the constant time-wasting and the general negativity Arteta has instilled in his side, the varnish begins to wear off. Fans and pundits alike start calling them out for their underhanded tactics, and by the business end of the season everyone sees them as the pretenders they always were.
Arteta tried to go toe-to-toe with the man himself but has now had to run home to mummy because he has a bloodied nose that needs looking at.
No, I don't see them challenging next season either.
