Mikel Arteta

[blueboy1945]

Guardiola speaks very highly of Arteta, indeed would he have him as his second in command if he thought he wasn't capable of taking over if anything unforeseen happened.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Arsenal, 1 point of 5th, top of their European group with a manager who has won domestic and European trophies for fun and had the second highest win ratio at any club he's managed decide to sack him cos some bellends with A4 posters had had enough.


Absolute joke of a club.

 

[LocalNative]

I agree. Dodge the dinosaurs and take a risk for once. Playing it safe never gets us anywhere

Was Marco Silva a set bet? Not sure he was, nor Martinez who'd just been relegated. Would rather Emery.

 

[4737carlin]

He needs to come to Everton where he will be loved

 

[blueblue]

Guardiola speaks very highly of Arteta, indeed would he have him as his second in command if he thought he wasn't capable of taking over if anything unforeseen happened.

I don't follow that logic I am afraid, I would guess that very few top clubs would automatically give the job to the assistant manager if something were to happen to the man in charge.

I doubt that Arteta would be in such demand from Evertonians if he had never played for the club.

 

[everton1953]

The number 2 position is far different from the coach or manager. Arteta might have managerial qualities, nobody knows outside Citeh. It would be a whopping gamble to take him. On the other hand look at that magnificent Frank Lampard at Chelsea with minimal managerial experience. Who knows?

 

[davek]

I hope Arsenal are making the mistake of hiring him in order to give us half a chance of survival.

 

[Abraders]

Was Marco Silva a set bet? Not sure he was, nor Martinez who'd just been relegated. Would rather Emery.

Sorry, it probably came off not how I intended - I think they were safe choices in the sense they had prem experience over other potential candidates at the time.

Wouldn't go for Emery now after his stint with Arsenal

 

[Tomevans91]

He's not managed a single game, How are you hyping him up this much?

Where did I say he’s managed a single game?? pep even said himself arteta is the reason why sterling and sane were so good last season, he knows he modern game better than most others

 

[McMagicT]

I can't ever remember him being interviewed after a game, maybe he can't speak or he needs a ventriloquist a bit like Sooty. Just get Big Dunc in and
give Cobber Tim a go at 2nd in command or vice versa.

 

[Barry Rathbone]

I can't ever remember him being interviewed after a game, maybe he can't speak or he needs a ventriloquist a bit like Sooty. Just get Big Dunc in and
give Cobber Tim a go at 2nd in command or vice versa.

Killed me that bit, well in, mate

 

[Peter The Dog]

3 defeats in, we'll be fuming.

 

[Jonte]

Anyone remember Brian Kidd’s brief flirtation with Management?

 

[Zatara]

You know what, Moyes in for the rest of the season with Arteta as assistant and then taking over in the summer probably wouldn't be the worst scenario

Moyes can steady the ship and get Arteta ready to take the reins so he gets a fresh start and doesn't inherit this mess

It'll get all the players used to him and he can get nice and settled without having the pressure of keeping us up and rescuing this season around his neck

Moyes gets his last hurrah, the club gets stabilised and we can then look forward to a new journey with Arteta at the helm next season

There's worse ways of doing it tbh

No need to be so condescending about it mate

You used to be able to have actual polite discussions on here but its all insults and snide comments these days. Shame to see the forum has got that way. Silva is likely not going to survive the rest of the season, so I see no issue at all with musing as to who might replace him

I stand by my belief that such a scenario could work

I’m on the record as not wanting Moyes back but I could live with that

I’m not as sold as others seem to be on Areta, but I’d be willing to give him a chance. As it is I don’t think he would come here anyway, especially if Arsenal are interested

If we go for Arteta with Moyes then Arteta should be the manager from Day 1 with Moyes as assistant / advisor.

Im not sure its a great idea having an assistant manager become a manager within the same club...unless perhaps it was made clear to the players that Arteta would be manager come summer but then that would undermine Moyes.

....all of these blokes have ego, I just can’t see Moyes signing a contract for less than 2 seasons. He won’t want to be seen as an interim manager, I doubt anybody would.

I think that would depend on the role and also how it was presented to him.

If we presented an offer to Moyes and he saw it as an 'advisory' role to Arteta -- former player and helping him to adapt to managerial responsibility...

Perhaps he would go for it...

 

[Tel001]

If we were top half with a good squad I would agree but we are not far off a relelgation scrap, it's the wrong time to take a completely new manager.

Totally agree , if this was just after big Sam then we could take the risk. Potentially being in the bottom 3 by Xmas and hiring a man that’s never managed a game is a massive risk.