Duchene2MacKinnon
In the hands of Genius
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From an outsiders perspective the difference is ownership and directors of football.
There’s like six Avs fans here so they can comment on Kroenke, but it’s hard to defend him. He’s a two face owner, he’s so good with the Nuggets and Avs and just completely distant with Arsenal. And it’s not like he’s at our (Av) games either, he has his Rhode Island Ranch in Texas. But there is just a weird vibe with him when it comes to football.From an outsiders perspective the difference is ownership and directors of football.
There’s like six Avs fans here so they can comment on Kroenke, but it’s hard to defend him. He’s a two face owner, he’s so good with the Nuggets and Avs and just completely distant with Arsenal. And it’s not like he’s at our (Av) games either, he has his Rhode Island Ranch in Texas. But there is just a weird vibe with him when it comes to football.
From an outsiders perspective the difference is ownership and directors of football.
From an outsiders perspective the difference is ownership
Well, here's what happened that people don't seem to be aware of. Arsenal's transfer policy last summer was based on statistics the same way Liverpool's and City's plans were almost entirely based on statistics, this is what Mislintat wanted to do. Robertson, for example, was chosen by these stats. Even though City and Liverpool have targeted great players, these decisions are made by computer models, and Arsenal had their own model. That's why they signed Guendouzi and Torreira. That's also why they signed Lichtsteiner but that was because he was the best free right back their statistics could pick for them. Not much to choose from in the first place.
Then they hired someone from Barcelona and made him boss of Mislintat. Sanllehi apparently believes in the old school, eye test and scouting transfer policy. So, Mislintat quit and now they're back to doing what the team would have done ten years ago before analytics, which is why Edu was chosen to do that job. I don't know what to expect from a club that radically shifts their ideas over and over again in such a short span of time. It would seem to be difficult to create a cohesive team, and the point of using statistics to sign players was so that they can pick 11 players who all play in a way that works cohesively. So, Torreira and Guendouzi were signed to play with certain kinds of players that would be signed this summer and now that will not happen. I don't really know what to make of that.
I have no idea if their current boss is qualified or not, but they need to pick something and stick to it. Is he capable of signing players from other teams that aren't simply the most flashy name put down on paper? No clue.
Arsenal does use analytics for their signings. Look up StatDNA. The problem is that signings based on using that has failed.
The problem with Mislintat was that he was promised to be a technical director by the bald fraud but he wasn't seen as capable of being a technical director, which is different than a head recruiter. I mean he's pretty good at picking signings but is he someone that implements a vision and culture for a team? Why is it that he had to end up at Stuttgart when there are other teams that are looking for Technical Directors?
DT almost always cracks me up. "I've kept my calm all season" ... lol, somehow I really doubt that.
He actually has been decently positive this season....well up until the last 6 weeks of the season.
I cannot imagine what these guys will be like if Spurs go on to win Saturday, they may explode!
Their statistical model was completely wrong then. Merely having the stats does not mean someone has the capability to use them properly or to program into their model an ability to judge players playing in different countries or on different teams. There is a hell of a lot that goes into this and if someone is ignoring factors, like clearly Liverpool with Comolli and Arsenal with Wenger were, it's not going to go very well.
Almost everyone Mislintat picked is pretty good so I'm a little confused by this. The manager's job is to pick the style of play and the technical director is supposed to pick players who fit into that. He has picked more good players in his time than almost everyone in world football, so again I'm a little confused. As for Stuttgart, seems pretty clear that he decided to come back to Germany instead of staying abroad.
Since 2005 Chelsea have how many EPL CL EUROPA titles and how many for Arsenal?Garbage. **** this team. If spurs win final i think im gonna stop following for a while Lol.
Chelsea have eclipsed Arsenal as a bigger team.
I don't see the point in freaking out every step of the way. You guys fell behind the pack, and now your miles away.
That's just the reality of the situation.
Garbage. **** this team. If spurs win final i think im gonna stop following for a while Lol.
Chelsea have eclipsed Arsenal as a bigger team.
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Every 50/50 ball he loses. Every time he loses the ball he gives up. His body language is absolutely terrible out there.
One of the worst players who had some talent I've ever seen in any sport. I might boycott if he's still in an Arsenal kit next season. I can't believe people here have defended him in the past.
You can say that a million times. Being mediocre is worst than actually being truly bad.
Meh, Lacazette went down easy all game long too. He was looking for contact on the Kepa challenge and it would've been a free goal if he stayed on his feet.
You can thank Wenger and Ivan for that.