We’ve had another disappointing weekend, but we’re on to the next. So far, we can be pleased with our progress. At this point last season, our ambition was to sneak into the top four; now (present day), all we have to do is maintain our lead at the top of the table.
The last two games, a loss to Everton and a draw with Brentford, have given rise to Arteta sceptics, but you can’t doubt the man; you just have to remember where he has taken us.
Arteta has done well so far this season, and hearing Jamie Carragher say that even Conte cannot achieve what he has at Arsenal says it all. Carragher told the overlap: “I don’t think Conte could do what Arteta has done or Klopp, almost build it every year and getting better. Conte, he wants to win right now; he’s impatient. That’s why he loses his head in press conferences.”
We have a big game against Manchester City in the middle of the week, followed by an early kickoff against Aston Villa next Saturday. Arteta will need to perfect his tactics in order to win this game. The attacking struggles are obvious; whether he trusts Trossard to play a key role remains to be seen, but collecting maximum points in the next two games could put us in the best position to win the Premier League on May 28th, as Spurs wonder what to do with Conte, who hasn’t really got them doing anything special this season.
Arsenal may have played badly recently, but at least we weren’t smashed by Leicester, like Conte’s wonderful team!
Daniel O
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The way people on here sometimes insult Conte, you would think he’s some obscure foul-mouthed nonentity who’s just trying to mix it up with the big boys. This is a multiple time Scudetto winner at Juventus, EPL winner in his first season with Chelsea and again delivered the Scudetto to Inter Milan after 10 years of waiting. Where Conte currently stands in the footballing world, Arteta is still only dreaming of. My point is that we should stop the constant jibes as they lack so much perspective. And don’t forget, he piped us to top four last season with his experience. Even the greatest active manager alive today, Ancelotti, failed at Everton. Show some respect
Oh just do one. Conte bashing is fair game for any gooner
Not sure I agree tbh. The Italian league is weak because there’s very few teams that can realistically win it.
Anything done with Juventus is, in my humble opinion, tainted. That club’s been cooking the books, match fixing… nothing they do is worth anything to my mind.
Ancelotti was only at Everton a short time before he trotted back to Spain. A disgraceful way to behave in my book.
Conti has a habit of demanding more spending then leaving under a cloud when the going gets tough. And his early years were not very successful – he eventually started doing well with large clubs in weak leagues.
What he achieved last season is a combination of our rearranged fixtures, a dubious sending off and penalty decision at Spurs… and a bit of luck – if we’d played Newcastle when we should, under Bruce, we’d be 2 ahead not 1 behind Spurs.
I’m with the author – not very impressed with Conte.
Conte had done nothing worth talking about at all…. Italian league is shite…. Chelsea title… Ok .. so maybe one thing.. and nothing at spurs
He looked terrible on the box tonight so still not fully recovered after his op
I do not see why Conte and his teams troubles are connected in any way to our team and Arteta.
Its an entirely separate subject and not one for Gooners but for Spuds I suggest. So why mention Conte at all, except to gloat?
Any writer can choose to mention and compare us to any team at all. But its not useful and not relevant.
The point of sports is to compete, to unite against others, how can you compete without comparing? if you have sports without comparison, what’s the point??? You compare your left back to the other left backs, you compare your coach to the other coaches, that’s how you can judge how well he is doing, otherwise you may end up living in a fantasy world, with unrealistic expectations…
I can remember how many here praised Conte to high heavens and thrashed Arteta – many still do though.