Arteta or Silva?

[jceverton]

People saying Silva because he has experience, be interesting to see who they would vote for if the choice was Arteta or Fathead Sam? Arteta in this case having no experience of a manager isnt such a bad thing when he is up against someone who has shown zero signs of being able to manage a club of our level, least Arteta has worked at the top end of the table, unlike SIlva he seems to spend more time trying to find his next club then he does actually working

Exactly. Silva has shown little in the Premiership to justify appointing him. 13 wins and 80 goals conceded in 42 games!

Arteta smashed his coaching badges and was wanted by several top clubs as a coach. He’s being working with Pep for past two seasons. He knows the club inside out. I’d go for him ahead of Silva every day of the week.

 

[billyblue80]

Exactly. Silva has shown little in the Premiership to justify appointing him. 13 wins and 80 goals conceded in 42 games!

Arteta smashed his coaching badges and was wanted by several top clubs as a coach. He’s being working with Pep for past two seasons. He knows the club inside out. I’d go for him ahead of Silva every day of the week.

Might be true he hasn't managed one senior game

 

[YoboCopter]

Might be true he hasn't managed one senior game

Neither had pep though before barca?

I know he did the younger teams but you did say “senior”

Same with zidane aswell ?

 

[zzr45]

For me, we are in the same position we were when Walter Smith was fired. We’d had years of ‘proven’ managers and things hadn’t changed. The choice was Moyes, who was an up and comer at the time, or Megson who was a solid pair of hands.

The shift in the club that came with Moyes was astonishing, no matter what revisionist history might say. Would we of had the same with Gary Megson?

I get the ‘safe’ philosophy - but we’ve gone through safe managers like no ones business and got nowhere. Let’s actually try something different.

 

[COYBL25]

According to some on here, there`s a power base within the players, that includes senior pros like Baines and Jagielka.

They have " apparently " been instrumental in the demise of both Martinez and Koeman, by downing tools.

yet Arteta, having played and been mates with some of the senior players, would be expected to come in, at the tender age of 36 and start ripping the squad to bits.

Potentially binning long standing mates.

You could say the same about Aresenal too, but he never got that job.

Was never going to happen.

 

[dancing llama]

Good Ole Bill would appoint Arteta every day of the week if it was still his choice, so Silva for me.

 

[Mekias]

My brain is slightly pulling for Silva. My heart is 100% loving the idea of the little Spaniard coming back to us. I have no doubt it will be Silva in the end but I hope they at least consider Arteta. Even though he lacks the experience of being "the man", he actually has far more experience than Silva at the upper ends of the Premier League and has trained under Pep. He's going to get a shot at some point and I'm confident that he'll do well.

 

[Mikey O]

After putting up with Martinez (in the last season), Koeman and BFS I deserve a break - so give me what I want; some passion, some excitement and maybe a fairy tale of a prodigal son winning us some silverware.... Arteta for me.

 

[Gladystweet]

After putting up with Martinez (in the last season), Koeman and BFS I deserve a break - so give me what I want; some passion, some excitement and maybe a fairy tale of a prodigal son winning us some silverware.... Arteta for me.

Prodigal son?

 

[gaino92]

Neither had pep though before barca?

I know he did the younger teams but you did say “senior”

Same with zidane aswell ?

The B teams of Madrid and Barca play open age league football. When the respective managers were in charge I think both teams where in the Spanish 2nd division

 

[kenada_blue]

People really love the idea of playing in the championship under Mickey don't they?

 

[Frang]

unai emery was as big as 66/1 yesterday before being announced as Arsenal manager, and Arteta was the same odds as silva is now at 1/3 on..

lets hope our new man Brands plucks someone totally leftfield out of nowhere..

the longer this drags out the better for someone else coming in.

I can not believe for one second that we are not interviewing other candidates for this job.

 

[Cels]

If it's out of the two, then Arteta for me. But I have a feeling that the whole Silva thing is just a smokescreen and we'll appoint someone else during early June.

 

[carolinablue232]

People saying Silva because he has experience, be interesting to see who they would vote for if the choice was Arteta or Fathead Sam? Arteta in this case having no experience of a manager isnt such a bad thing when he is up against someone who has shown zero signs of being able to manage a club of our level, least Arteta has worked at the top end of the table, unlike SIlva he seems to spend more time trying to find his next club then he does actually working

It’s just a differentiator for Silva and Arteta. Not the only factor people are judging C.

Experience matters some, not all. Just like every industry.

 

[Frang]

SIlva has played for crap clubs and managed crap clubs, while Arteta has played at a very high level, has a lot of experience of the Premier League, worked under Pep.
Another issue we cant ignore about Silva is how he cant stay at a place for long, even as a player, for the first 10 years of his career he was at 9 clubs in his first 10 years?

In fact in 22 years as a player and a manager he went through 13 clubs but that includes 9 years at Estoril? Why so many in such a short period of time? Maybe he has a horrible attitude, the type a manager must have to down tools when another clubs shows interest.

Besides hasnt he shafted Watford himself, the club who paid his wages by giving info to Moshiri about things that happen between himself and Watford while he was at Hull? I might have that wrong as ive lost track a bit on that tapping up stuff, but what i do know is this guy is nothing but trouble, which is why he goes through so many clubs.

Arteta is the man

it seems me and you are of the same opinion of Silva.

I will happily eat lots of humble pie if he comes in and wins us a cup and genuinely challenges the top 6.

going on the facts available to us tho, it all points to a relegation battle, and I think he will be gone after a season.

his teams all seem to start of firing on all cyclinders before slipping in to relegation style form.

it wouldn't surprise me if we had an early burst of wins, followed up by some horrendous performances.

its like his teams run out of steam after giving 100% for the first part of his tenure.

our team is full of mercenaries, as we have all witnessed this season. they are known for downing tools.

we are not going to change all 11 players, probly just 3 or 4, so this team with this manager could be a disaster