Yes, good point forgot about Partey hes another one we would be fucked without...hes playing great at the momentnut flush gooner wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:37 amWe need a decent DM who will fill in for Partey when he's injured or if all the shenanigans that kicked off in the summer come home to roost, although its gone all quiet on that front hasn't it. And he's playing more like a man possessed than condemned IMO.Redarmy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:15 amAgreed we have well exceeded expectations, it is a remarkable turnaround, no doubt about it, and for that Arteta must take huge creditwilson2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:25 amUnited, Liverpool Spurs and Chelsea performances have nothing to do with why we are top. We have 34 points from of 39. If we were top with 20 points and most other teams have fallen ever, fair enough. But 11W 1D 1L is eliteDB10GOONER wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:41 amMate you really do jump the gun don't you ffs?wilson2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 9:33 amIf he was doing what he is doing now at another club, we would be asking why cant we have a manager like Mikel Arteta.
My initial opposition to him was I thought he would be a soft touch & would have been a yes man thankful for the job. But he is no soft touch, and clearly has ambitions that have been higher than what the club has previously had (Arteta wants to win the league with Arsenal). He is a diamond of a manager. He really is going to be one of the world's leading managers in the future.
He is a proper manager who knows his football. A tactician and coach, motivator, scout. Guy excels in so many areas. I honestly can't believe the job he has done.
He's proven none of that yet. He's had a good run of results and he got rid of a few malcontents that had no motivation to play for us and were happy to be paid to leave. He's also inherited three of the PL's best young talents in a generation. If you look at the career of nearly every manager there's been you'll see a similar period of success. He may go on to be all those hyperbolic things you've called him but he certainly isn't them yet.
The elephant in the room that everyone seems to want to avoid is the state of the top six in the PL. Mousers*, mancs, chavs and scum are all going through a terrible period of form this season, and without being churlish, that has to be taken under consideration when looking at our current run.
Things change quickly in football. Remember your hysterical love-in with Bellend? Couldn't be dropped? Best full back in the world? Extending his contract was our top priority? Remember that? Remember how that turned out?
I'm not knocking Martinez-Lite here. He's done well. But let's not get carried away.
Won 11 games and playing probably best football of any team in the premier
How the rest of the season will fare, who knows, definetly did not like what i saw at Southampton in that second half, to be honest they was well on top, but teams can have off days and we played the previous Thursday.
I think we can stay up there challenging, still have ESR to return who is quality, confidence is high and we have some hugely talented players, BIG worry is injuries....if Martinelli, Jesus, Saliba or Saka gets a long term injury we are fucked...City of course will hardly be affected in the same scenario
With regards to Jesus, I would be up for paying top wedge for Mudryk who can play right across the front line. He might not be an out-and-out striker, but him Saka and Martinelli in a side that's without Jesus would be pretty tasty as a front line.
Basically he needs to strengthen the squad in the next window and maybe let a few go....so many of our reserve players not good enough to step in without seriously weakening the team