sergio_giorgini
Dying on Mt.Neymar Hill
Wait did you just compare Arteta to Klopp??!
Klopp is often held up as a source of optimism to show what Arteta and Arsenal could be. Liverpool are regularly cited as the end game for all the non-oil/state backed clubs hence the comparison.Totally unfair comparison on Arteta because Klopp had almost 15 years of coaching experience in Germany before he even came to Liverpool.
Comparing manager credentials is a waste of time obviously, but if there is zero hope of attaining anything close to what Pool are doing because Mikel doesn't have the chops then what are we really doing here?
I get the comparison between the teams but I think its unfair to compare the managers the way they are. We've already got Klopp has more experience. Okay, so should we appoint Big Sam next if experience is the criteria?
Also unfair to say a manager that is green cannot be a success. All managers start somewhere and are inexperienced. Some take to it better than others. Zidane never managed a senior team before taking over Madrid. It worked out alright.
Counter to that is boards ans fans demand immediate success so its impossible to give managers time. A new manager comes in theyll want their own players. Current players get pushed aside anr young players get pushed further down the pecking order.Wreck it Ralf saying how United need 10 new players, despite spending the same amount as City in the last 10 years...sums up how mad managers/coaching has become recently.
Rarely any trying to actually improve what they have, all about just buying new ones now.
I wonder if Arteta being Pep's assistant, with Baldy being the ultimate just buy more players guy, made Mikel like this?
I wonder if he spent more time with Wenger as a coach, would that have made him better suited to what Arsenal need.
Arteta might be world class or a donkey in 14 years. Just because somebody is inexperienced doesnt mean they are rubbish. And just because someone is experienced doesnt mean they are brilliant.So what are you saying?
Well I've certainly never said experience is the be all and end all but I question what people expected from Mikel if they openly admit comparing him to Klopp is a complete waste of time.I get the comparison between the teams but I think its unfair to compare the managers the way they are. We've already got Klopp has more experience. Okay, so should we appoint Big Sam next if experience is the criteria?
Also unfair to say a manager that is green cannot be a success. All managers start somewhere and are inexperienced. Some take to it better than others. Zidane never managed a senior team before taking over Madrid. It worked out alright.
I dont think its a complete waste of time its more asking the right question. And the OP is flawed by referencing a fully completed 3rd season for Liverpool and having an incomplete season for us.Well I've certainly never said experience is the be all and end all but I question what people expected from Mikel if they openly admit comparing him to Klopp is a complete waste of time.
I've said this before but we're pretty much stuck with Mikel whether we get 4th or not purely because of the squad he's now built. Our reliance on him compounds further once he gets "his" forwards too.
Don't forget Alex Ferguson v Arteta. I've seen that one a few times on hereThere’s going to be a series of threads. Next one will be Ole vs Arteta or Lampard vs Arteta.
Our board are essentially banking on Mikel to be the next Michael Jordan/Lewis Hamilton. Someone who comes in as a complete rookie and just dominates from the jump. A fairy tale basically.I've no idea. It was total lottery stuff to think we could pick a rookie out and do what Liverpool have done though, if that was the intention. They could work their way through 100 rookie coaches and maybe get 1 or 2 who reach that kind of level.