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Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 9:13pm On Jun 26, 2025
Arsenal & Arterta have made the greatest mistake of their life...

Thomas Partey is not one of the players in Arsenal he is the Player..there are some people at a particular point in time that are indispensable at that moment. Thomas Partey no disrespect to any other arsenal midfielder is the heart of arsenal's midfield. What the heart is to the body is what Thomas is to Arsenals midfield and Arsenal in general. Letting thomas Partey go will cost arsenal and Arteta what they never dreamed of..

Thomas Partey according to Fabregas is the transition from Defence to Attack in Arsenal, He is the man that set the ball rolling, he is the link between the defence and attack in Arsenal, the one other players rely on to set the motion in play, the defenders believe in him to carry out that quick transition from defence going forward to attack. The degree of possession we had against top team in Europe and in the premier league he was highly instrumental to it, he was an ICON in midfield, one of the best defensive midfielder (DM ) in premier league and Europe in general, he destroyed Madrid's midfield the likes of calmavinga and Tchoumeni became second to every ball.

He only requested for an increase from £200K at least to £220K so he can furthermore commit himself to what he knows how to do, He is the chemistry in that midfield, finally we had got the chemistry we were looking for we only needed to boost our attacking prowess by signing a world class striker and a potent left winger to compliment saka, signing Zubimendi was not bad but he has to come and acclimatise first and watch partey do his thing but trying to replace partey with Norgarrd is absolutely unbelievable. Bertha and Arteta failed woefully in this as I dont see this as tactical decision but emotional one that will not only hurt them but the club in general. The midfield is the fulcrum of any team.

A club that is paying Haverts £280K a week cannot increase Partey's wages by £20K a utility player that sometimes plays right full back and sometimes center back, what a shame. If it was easy to just turn off your emotions from supporting a club like pulling of a T-shirt I would have done that because they are never tired of making mistake becoming second fiddle to every other club. Sincerely am just down hearing and seeing this news all over YouTube.

If there was a way fans can contribute to pay the £20k I would have a been a partaker of that contribution so that we can retain such a remarkable player that plays football with such fluidity and dynamism in the midfield.

Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by Truvelisback(m): 10:53pm On Jun 26, 2025
UniQue84:
Arsenal & Arterta have made the greatest mistake of their life...

Thomas Partey is not one of the players in Arsenal he is the Player..there are some people at a particular point in time that are indispensable at that moment. Thomas Partey no disrespect to any other arsenal midfielder is the heart of arsenal's midfield. What the heart is to the body is what Thomas is to Arsenals midfield and Arsenal in general. Letting thomas Partey go will cost arsenal and Arteta what they never dreamed of..

Thomas Partey according to Fabregas is the transition from Defence to Attack in Arsenal, He is the man that set the ball rolling, he is the link between the defence and attack in Arsenal, the one other players rely on to set the motion in play, the defenders believe in him to carry out that quick transition from defence going forward to attack. The degree of possession we had against top team in Europe and in the premier league he was highly instrumental to it, he was an ICON in midfield, one of the best defensive midfielder (DM ) in premier league and Europe in general, he destroyed Madrid's midfield the likes of calmavinga and Tchoumeni became second to every ball.

He only requested for an increase from £200K at least to £220K so he can furthermore commit himself to what he knows how to do, He is the chemistry in that midfield, finally we had got the chemistry we were looking for we only needed to boost our attacking prowess by signing a world class striker and a potent left winger to compliment saka, signing Zubimendi was not bad but he has to come and acclimatise first and watch partey do his thing but trying to replace partey with Norgarrd is absolutely unbelievable. Bertha and Arteta failed woefully in this as I dont see this as tactical decision but emotional one that will not only hurt them but the club in general. The midfield is the fulcrum of any team.

A club that is paying Haverts £280K a week cannot increase Partey's wages by £20K a utility player that sometimes plays right full back and sometimes center back, what a shame. If it was easy to just turn off your emotions from supporting a club like pulling of a T-shirt I would have done that because they are never tired of making mistake becoming second fiddle to every other club. Sincerely am just down hearing and seeing this news all over YouTube.

If there was a way fans can contribute to pay the £20k I would have a been a partaker of that contribution so that we can retain such a remarkable player that plays football with such fluidity and dynamism in the midfield.
He is a good player but he is an injury prone. Arsenal can get a defensive midfielder as a replacement for him.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by DarkJeddi(m): 8:18am On Jun 27, 2025
So, Arsenal should increase the salary of an aging injury prone player?

A player who has missed more than 60 matches in 5 years Arsenal because he had one great season?

A player Arsenal have supported throughout his incessant non match injuries?

The last two times Arsenal did that it backfired spectacularly.

Mesut Ozil and Aubamayang had the same issue and we all saw how it turned out.

Let Partey go!

The best season of Arteta"s career at Arsenal 23/24 was achieved without him playing much.

Arsenal is going to be fine without him.📌

Let him go to Saudi and make the money he desires,we don't need to pay his retirement benefits..
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 9:10am On Jun 27, 2025
Truvelisback:
He is a good player but he is an injury prone. Arsenal can get a defensive midfielder as a replacement for him.
why not give him the benefit of doubt this season at least given his last season performance at least you have bought Zubimendi...Arsenal still needs him knowing fully well he will not be playing every match ...you need his quality as a standby. This will be a huge mistake .

Its going to take time for Zubimendi, Rice and Odegaard to blend and that's the time we dont have , arsenal fans are eager for a trophy ..I mean a trophy in the calibre of UEFA champions league or premier league any other trophy is a No No. I se Arterta getting fired soon.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 9:21am On Jun 27, 2025
DarkJeddi:
So, Arsenal should increase the salary of an aging injury prone player?

A player who has missed more than 60 matches in 5 years Arsenal because he had one great season?

A player Arsenal have supported throughout his incessant non match injuries?

The last two times Arsenal did that it backfired spectacularly.

Mesut Ozil and Aubamayang had the same issue and we all saw how it turned out.

Let Partey go!

The best season of Arteta"s career at Arsenal 23/24 was achieved without him playing much.

Arsenal is going to be fine without him.📌

Let him go to Saudi and make the money he desires,we don't need to pay his retirement benefits..
There is what is known as chemistry in football, and the best place were that can play out is the midfield, the chemistry that existed in Barcelona midfield with the likes of Xavi, Busquet and iniesta that lasted over time is what gave Barcelona the force they had then no disrespect to messi...Zubi has never played in English top flight football, Norgaard have never played top flight football and both are just coming and you expect them to blend and just deliver in one season. Because no excuse for Arteta this season one of either UEFA champions league or the premier league or both or he is gone.

If he likes let go and take another second 4 in a row he is gone fans are tired and frustrated, last season it was lack of fire power in attack that cost or made us go trophyless not midfield even though odegaard was not at it's best we still muscled it out,. Arteta think he is too smart I see him fighting for champions league spot this time ..well I stand to be proven wrong.

Other fans are mocking us calling us next Season FC or Netflix season.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by DarkJeddi(m): 11:16am On Jun 27, 2025
UniQue84:
There is what is known as chemistry in football, and the best place were that can play out is the midfield, the chemistry that existed in Barcelona midfield with the likes of Xavi, Busquet and iniesta that lasted over time is what gave Barcelona the force they had then no disrespect to messi...Zubi has never played in English top flight football, Norgaard have never played top flight football and both are just coming and you expect them to blend and just deliver in one season. Because no excuse for Arteta this season one of either UEFA champions league or the premier league or both or he is gone.

If he likes let go and take another second 4 in a row he is gone fans are tired and frustrated, last season it was lack of fire power in attack that cost or made us go trophyless not midfield even though odegaard was not at it's best we still muscled it out,. Arteta think he is too smart I see him fighting for champions league spot this time ..well I stand to be proven wrong.

Other fans are mocking us calling us next Season FC or Netflix season.
Livrpool just won the league with a new DM in Gravenberch,we'll be just fine without Partey.

Without him in the squad we accumulated 17 more points in 23/24.

And how do you mean Norgaard hasn't played top flight football?

He's the Captain of Brentford FC ,an EPL Club and have been playing in the EPL for atleast 7 years.


The problem with many Arsenal Fans is impatience.

The Club has virtually sealed Kepa,Zubi and Norgaard deals.

Are in for Mosquera as cover for the right side of defence.

Whilst still actively looking for left wingers in Rodrygo and Eberechi Eze.

Eberechi Eze for one can play the Odegaard position too and would be a great addition to the team.

We need much more than Strikers and the Club is working to address that, if you care to be objective and not emotional in your assessment.

The only TIME you can objectively criticise Arteta and co is if we don't get deals done before the commencement of training.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by Truvelisback(m): 12:24pm On Jun 27, 2025
UniQue84:
why not give him the benefit of doubt this season at least given his last season performance at least you have bought Zubimendi...Arsenal still needs him knowing fully well he will not be playing every match ...you need his quality as a standby. This will be a huge mistake .

Its going to take time for Zubimendi, Rice and Odegaard to blend and that's the time we dont have , arsenal fans are eager for a trophy ..I mean a trophy in the calibre of UEFA champions league or premier league any other trophy is a No No. I se Arterta getting fired soon.
Benefit of doubt? grin Anyways, it is fine. However, they still need to get a replacement for him incase he gets injured as usual but that depends of the mgt. Clubs rarely keep injury prone players. As for Arteta, he is doing his best managing the average players he has. If the kind of money that was wasted on some Man utd players were given to Arteta to buy players, Arteta would have had the chance of winning the Champions league.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 2:20pm On Jun 27, 2025
DarkJeddi:
Livrpool just won the league with a new DM in Gravenberch,we'll be just fine without Partey.

Without him in the squad we accumulated 17 more points in 23/24.

And how do you mean Norgaard hasn't played top flight football?

He's the Captain of Brentford FC ,an EPL Club and have been playing in the EPL for atleast 7 years.


The problem with many Arsenal Fans is impatience.

The Club has virtually sealed Kepa,Zubi and Norgaard deals.

Are in for Mosquera as cover for the right side of defence.

Whilst still actively looking for left wingers in Rodrygo and Eberechi Eze.

Eberechi Eze for one can play the Odegaard position too and would be a great addition to the team.

We need much more than Strikers and the Club is working to address that, if you care to be objective and not emotional in your assessment.

The only TIME you can objectively criticise Arteta and co is if we don't get deals done before the commencement of training.
Well am an arsenal Fan and certainly want the best for arsenal but am tired of this Arterta give me time rebuilding thing.

And i certainly hope the patience you are talking about will bring trophy to our trophy cabinet this season. We are certainly not going into this season with trial and error mentality or testing mic mentality.

The expectation is high we need to start bringing in the trophies..trophies is what makes a club thick.This should be arterta 6/7th season in charge and we all know he is one of the oldest manager in english top flight football.

Guardiorla had already achieved great feat before his 7th season at man city. All we want is trophy if he knows he cannot deliver this season he should leave for another manager.

When Klopp left everybody including liverpool fans thought they were finished but the new coach came amd delivered the premierleague in his first season ...dont tell me has more money to buy players because i will direct your attention to la liga were Barca coach made madrid to go tropheless using kids.

Guardiola said last season was suppose to be our season cos they didnt turn up and had injury worries but said Arteta made many tactical and mental mistakes..just hoping he is not making another.

The bottom line is we need trophy this season a major one at that and that cannot be overemphasis...otherwise he should use the exit door am tired of fancy football without trophy.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 2:34pm On Jun 27, 2025
Truvelisback:
Benefit of doubt? grin Anyways, it is fine. However, they still need to get a replacement for him incase he gets injured as usual but that depends of the mgt. Clubs rarely keep injury prone players. As for Arteta, he is doing his best managing the average players he has. If the kind of money that was wasted on some Man utd players were given to Arteta to buy players, Arteta would have had the chance of winning the Champions league.
This is what i dont like to hear arsenal fans making excuses for arteta that he is doing his best managing with average players, how many players are /were world class known players in barcelona but see what Flick have made of them.

We keep making excuses for our coaches reason we dont move forward same excuses we made for Arsene wenger reason we got stuck for years .Arterta is one of the most highly payed coaches in England and europe in general and fans pay one of the highest in terms of match day ticket, so we deserve somthing at least... so he should do his Job properly.

If he is unable to get us over the line this time then he should leave for another manager, we cannot continue to nurse him as a baby. We just have to move forward enough is enough.

Its time we celebrate at the end of the season like every other big club with great fan base.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by Truvelisback(m): 3:59pm On Jun 27, 2025
UniQue84:
This is what i dont like to hear arsenal fans making excuses for arteta that he is doing his best managing with average players, how many players are /were world class known players in barcelona but see what Flick have made of them.

We keep making excuses for our coaches reason we dont move forward same excuses we made for Arsene wenger reason we got stuck for years .Arterta is one of the most highly payed coaches in England and europe in general and fans pay one of the highest in terms of match day ticket, so we deserve somthing at least... so he should do his Job properly.

If he is unable to get us over the line this time then he should leave for another manager, we cannot continue to nurse him as a baby. We just have to move forward enough is enough.

Its time we celebrate at the end of the season like every other big club with great fan base.
I'm not a fan of Arsenal but Arteta is doing his best considering Arsenal position in the EPL table since he became the coach. As far as i am concerned, Arsenal is doing well. You guys just have to give him time to win the trophies you desire. Epl is tougher than any league in the world. The last time Arsenal got to semi finals in Champions league was 2009 but Arteta broke the deadlock. Be patient with him.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 6:00pm On Jun 27, 2025
Truvelisback:
I'm not a fan of Arsenal but Arteta is doing his best considering Arsenal position in the EPL table since he became the coach. As far as i am concerned, Arsenal is doing well. You guys just have to give him time to win the trophies you desire. Epl is tougher than any league in the world. The last time Arsenal got to semi finals in Champions league was 2009 but Arteta broke the deadlock. Be patient with him.
And someone came and won it in his first season. He better sit up and he knows this is his last chance ...you check it if you son comes home from school at the end of the term all the time with 2nd position a time will you the father will get tired of it and ask him why is it so difficult to get over the line to get the Ist position. In 10years time nobody will remember 2nd position or that he tried by playing exciting football what will be remembered is who won the league that year how they did it not withstanding.

Arteta should sit up..we are tired of next season promises.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by Truvelisback(m): 6:30pm On Jun 27, 2025
UniQue84:
And someone came and won it in his first season. He better sit up and he knows this is his last chance ...you check it if you son comes home from school at the end of the term all the time with 2nd position a time will you the father will get tired of it and ask him why is it so difficult to get over the line to get the Ist position. In 10years time nobody will remember 2nd position or that he tried by playing exciting football what will be remembered is who won the league that year how they did it not withstanding.

Arteta should sit up..we are tired of next season promises.
You guys should get him the players he want. Arteta has a good style football and a better way of managing players(including average players) unlike Man utd which i am supporting. To win major trophies the like Epl and champions league, you must have 1st and 2nd eleven players that are good, a good style of play, good selection of players and subtitutes. That's why teams like Man city, RealMadrid, PSG are doing well. And that's why they always subtitute for players. Arteta is only lack 2nd eleven and subtitutes.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 7:32pm On Jun 27, 2025
Truvelisback:
You guys should get him the players he want. Arteta has a good style football and a better way of managing players(including average players) unlike Man utd which i am supporting. To win major trophies the like Epl and champions league, you must have 1st and 2nd eleven players that are good, a good style of play, good selection of players and subtitutes. That's why teams like Man city, RealMadrid, PSG are doing well. And that's why they always subtitute for players. Arteta is only lack 2nd eleven and subtitutes.
I totally get your point but in modern day football how many good players want to stay on the bench, the likes of Real Madrid are backing on their names and the fact that they afford to pay certain players above £200K and still keep them on the bench which most club cannot afford.

Be that as it may, what Hansi Flick did last season with Barcelona open the eyes of everybody that is not just about getting big players with money but getting the needed talents needed to fit into your game plan, and we can also look inward, this team won a remarkable treble with mostly average players his tactics and techniques were second to none if not that luck ran out of Barca in champions league he would have made history.

The likes of Nwaneri can rival Saka and Odegaard in that position he has it ...if he didnt give Myles Lewis Kelly a chance ( infact he had no choice given the players playing that position were all unavailable) we wont know what he Carries. Odegaard time most time on the pitch is too long even saka sometimes give this young lads some minutes to prove themselves they are hungry instead he will bring him in 3mins to the end. Am sorry I know he is good but he is stubborn and prideful.

What stops the club for going after the Nigerian sensational striker osihmen to solve your striking problem but no you are looking a Sesko who is 21 and have not really proven himself in big stage..Abeg I need trophy oo I nu fit shout .
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by Truvelisback(m): 6:46am On Jun 28, 2025
UniQue84:
I totally get your point but in modern day football how many good players want to stay on the bench, the likes of Real Madrid are backing on their names and the fact that they afford to pay certain players above £200K and still keep them on the bench which most club cannot afford.

Be that as it may, what Hansi Flick did last season with Barcelona open the eyes of everybody that is not just about getting big players with money but getting the needed talents needed to fit into your game plan, and we can also look inward, this team won a remarkable treble with mostly average players his tactics and techniques were second to none if not that luck ran out of Barca in champions league he would have made history.

The likes of Nwaneri can rival Saka and Odegaard in that position he has it ...if he didnt give Myles Lewis Kelly a chance ( infact he had no choice given the players playing that position were all unavailable) we wont know what he Carries. Odegaard time most time on the pitch is too long even saka sometimes give this young lads some minutes to prove themselves they are hungry instead he will bring him in 3mins to the end. Am sorry I know he is good but he is stubborn and prideful.

What stops the club for going after the Nigerian sensational striker osihmen to solve your striking problem but no you are looking a Sesko who is 21 and have not really proven himself in big stage..Abeg I need trophy oo I nu fit shout .
The current state of Arsenal is good and good players are likely to come because they are in the top 4. If Arteta can rotate them or bring them in at 2nd half, there won't be any issue. In some games, he has to bring in his 2nd eleven and rest some of his 1st eleven e.g Carabao cup depending on the team he is playing. As for Osimhen, he is still sitting on the wall.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 7:36pm On Jun 29, 2025
@Truvelisback i really enjoyed unbiased analysis given you are not arsenal fan. Well lets see how it goes in 2005/26 Season in the Barclays premier league.

Am Just looking for trophy as a local man.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 7:38pm On Jun 29, 2025
Truvelisback:
The current state of Arsenal is good and good players are likely to come because they are in the top 4. If Arteta can rotate them or bring them in at 2nd half, there won't be any issue. In some games, he has to bring in his 2nd eleven and rest some of his 1st eleven e.g Carabao cup depending on the team he is playing. As for Osimhen, he is still sitting on the wall.
hmmm word...Arterta should bring something to the table this season is imperative.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by Truvelisback(m): 7:58am On Jun 30, 2025
UniQue84:
@Truvelisback i really enjoyed unbiased analysis given you are not arsenal fan. Well lets see how it goes in 2005/26 Season in the Barclays premier league.

Am Just looking for trophy as a local man.
Yes. I like Arsenal's style of play under Arteta. You can't learn at the feet of Pep Guardiola and not succeed.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 8:27am On Jul 29, 2025
Truvelisback:
Yes. I like Arsenal's style of play under Arteta. You can't learn at the feet of Pep Guardiola and not succeed.
I hope and believe you have watch the two preseason matches Arsenal have played and am not using it to Judge but you can see clearly the absence of Partey is visible even to the blind,. Zubimendi is not bad but loves going forward with the ball forgetting always that he is a DM leaving the defense line open.

Yes I know the best form of defence is attack but in English premierleague you will get punished with swift counter by the opposing team..somebody has to stay behind to block and stop those attacking runs...to me we are complete if the club sign Eze but still missing that chemistry in the midfield orchestrated by Partey. Norgarrd is average infact he is the one that even knows the exact role of a DM given he has been here for sometime with Brentford.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by Truvelisback(m): 10:30am On Jul 29, 2025
UniQue84:
I hope and believe you have watch the two preseason matches Arsenal have played and am not using it to Judge but you can see clearly the absence of Partey is visible even to the blind,. Zubimendi is not bad but loves going forward with the ball forgetting always that he is a DM leaving the defense line open.

Yes I know the best form of defence is attack but in English premierleague you will get punished with swift counter by the opposing team..somebody has to stay behind to block and stop those attacking runs...to me we are complete if the club sign Eze but still missing that chemistry in the midfield orchestrated by Partey. Norgarrd is average infact he is the one that even knows the exact role of a DM given he has been here for sometime with Brentford.
In that case, the coach has to caution him on his movement. Some DMs have strength and speed to attack and defend at the same time e.g Ngolo Kante.
Re: Arsenal & Arteta Have Made The Greatest Mistake by UniQue84(op): 3:14pm On Nov 12, 2025
Truvelisback:
In that case, the coach has to caution him on his movement. Some DMs have strength and speed to attack and defend at the same time e.g Ngolo Kante.
Now I know for sure that no one is indispensable...Partey was good no doubt but Zubimendi is something else, he brings fire to the midfield. His combination with Rice, Eze is electric.
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