The Official Arsenal Thread - Part 2

[The truth seeker]

Timing the Zubimendi signing for today seems particularly cynical given yesterday's news.

The Athletic letting them have both barrels



Gyokkers should be a success. How he will do with a manager as risk averse as Arteta remains to be seen.

Im surprised they've backed him tbh. They had the perfect excuse to show him the door with the Partey charges.

(One of his alleged victims has said she would have never have been sexually assaulted by him if the club had suspended him when the first accusations came to light)

 

[Handy Run]

Im surprised they've backed him tbh. They had the perfect excuse to show him the door with the Partey charges.

That depends on how high up the decision was made to back Partey

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

That depends on how high up the decision was made to back Partey

I'd say however high up it was Arteta has a big big say in it.

 

[Handy Run]

I'd say however high up it was Arteta has a big big say in it.

Hard to disagree given his influence in the club. Could be the end of his career as a manager in England.

All will come out in the trial, I don't think we'll hear too much more of substance until then.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

Hard to disagree given his influence in the club. Could be the end of his career as a manager in England.

All will come out in the trial, I don't think we'll hear too much more of substance until then.

I'm not sure of all the details tbh. I was surprised to see that 3 different women have made allegations against him.

What I'd like to know is when the club learned of the 2nd woman's allegations. Because whatever about innocent until proven guilty and all that, when you learn of a second woman and then a third woman making these allegations and still continue to play him, it looks desperate for the club and the management.

As OT said the other day, Artetas "what he's gone through" comment could be a sacking offence on its own given what we know now.

It's going to look worse still for the club if he's guilty of all these allegations and Arteta is still manager. Truth Seeker has a point there too. He should probably be on gardening leave at least

 

[Handy Run]

It's going to look worse still for the club if he's guilty of all these allegations and Arteta is still manager.

As I said earlier, in that scenario heads need to roll

 

[Philby]

I'd say however high up it was Arteta has a big big say in it.

A manager really shouldn't have much of a voice at all in the decision like this

(...unless he has such strong feelings about it that he'd walk out rather than play the player)

These decisions have wide-ranging a long-term implications for the club, well beyond what happens on the pitch. A manager is never more than 6 or 7 bad games from the chop.

Even so, his public comments about Partey were very ill-judged.

Chances are he'll no longer be the Arsenal manager by the time the Partey verdict lands.

 

[Philby]

On a footballing note, this is an upgrade. But perhaps not of the elite quality to be a difference-maker to get Arsenal over the line in the league.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1941821977238384933

 

[Jim Comic]

Even so, his public comments about Partey were very ill-judged.

what did he say?

 

[andtherestinjellys]

Something like he's been through alot when asked about a poor performance in a presser.