Again, I'm not calling for him to be sacked, but I was extremely disappointed that Arteta didn't appear to learn anything about his team last season. This season has been a joke, almost 90% because he makes the same mistakes he should have learned from last season.
With that in mind, I'm at the point where I love the guy but I dread the team sheet coming out before games. That's not good.

At this point of the club announced they were hiring Graham Potter I would actually be happy. That's how bad we are.
I am also sick the back teeth with the same players getting games when we could have used last season and this season to do what Ajax do and develop a real top quality core of young players into a team that grows together and becomes something special.
ESR and Saka have proved that youth is the way forward. We cannot get worse but we have it all to gain by bringing Azeez in, keeping Willock for the Xhaka role as well, committing to Nelson and Martinelli on the flanks with Pépé and Saka, and having one of Auba or Laca up front.
Freddie knew this and he saw the light. Even Emery saw the light. Arteta just makes the same retarded team selections every week and I can't defend it any more. How can you prioritise the same players every week when the same things happen every week?
The thing is every team needs to develop. It needs to play together week in week out, it needs to struggle, to lose games, to learn how to sharpen its teeth and improve over time. If you keep picking players who have disappointed for years, you will always be disappointed.
And if your entire season hinges on one youth player and one loan signing being fit, then your entire vision for your team is a mess.
Hand on heart I believe it's true that every fan would rather we had started Nelson every single game instead of Willian. What have we got to gain from Willian playing well? Nothing. Whereas we have a future to nurture in players like Nelson.
Nelson, ESR, Saka, AMN, Saliba, Martinelli and Willock - these are the players who can develop into an incredible midfield and attacking unit. But it's never going to happen when you divide them up and only use one or two from time to time.

Arteta has got it so wrong.
And my frustration is that I have defended him for so long. Believe me when I say I was so angry that we went into this season having learned nothing from last season. People wanted him out LAST season and I defended him. But I said he had to use last season to learn.
He should have used last season to learn who he wanted to focus on and invest time in so the future of this club could actually get underway. He didn't learn anything! Still has no idea who his best side is. Hasn't played the same team two games in a row since he's been here.
You can have a fantastic ethos - and that has been a game changer for the club. Credit where it's due. But that's just one part of the job. If you don't know where players are best playing, and if you can't put a side together, then you've got to go.
I'm not calling for his head but I'm certainly not defending this crap any more. He is ruining the core of incredible young players we've got. And I don't want to stand and watch that.
If another manager comes in, they're playing Martinelli Auba Saka without hesitation. ESR and Ødegaard rotate in. Auba and Laca do not play together and they only play CF. Willock is alongside Xhaka. Nelson is given all the minutes Willian had. Pépé gets a proper run.
These things are not complicated. Saliba and Mavropanos are brought back. Luiz is given a new deal, Mari and Gabriel are kept. That's our 5 CBs. Bellerin is sold for sale much as humanly possible and a decent RB is brought in or AMN is given another chance.
This stuff is so unbelievably basic yet we've got a manager who pretends it's the football equivalent of a rubix cube. Can't defend it any more. As I say - I'm not calling for his head, but if the club were to hypothetically announce he was sacked today I'd probably be happy. 👎
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