CONTE FEEDING THE ARSENAL PROPAGANDA MACHINE

This is an Anotonio Conte love piece today. What a guy. The man so many called the most elite human to ever have graced the planet has spent all week propping up my Arsenal propaganda machine and to be honest it has been a thing of beauty. Don’t like my opinion that having the youngest... Read more »

This is an Anotonio Conte love piece today.

What a guy.

The man so many called the most elite human to ever have graced the planet has spent all week propping up my Arsenal propaganda machine and to be honest it has been a thing of beauty.

Don’t like my opinion that having the youngest team in the league makes things harder at the top, ask Conte:

‘Tottenham are seeking young players they can develop and grow, not players who are ready. That is the issue.’

You think top 4 is a given because we’re Arsenal FC and that is all you need? Ask Conte:

“The quality in this league is very high. There is not much space for teams to become the top teams, every single team wants to improve. Not only Tottenham but Arsenal, Leicester and West Ham.

You think that 2 years to get Arsenal back on track was too long? You wanted a rockstar manager to fix it instantly? Ask Conte:

“We are doing a lot and I am realising, being inside the situation, that it will take time and patience. There are many young players, even at their first experience in the Premier League, who need to gain experience and increase their level.”

You think there are easy games in this league that are ‘should win’ games? Ask Conte:

“Even Aston Villa, Newcastle, teams like Brighton, like Wolverhampton. They want to improve and in this moment, we have to fight with these. But not with the top teams – but we need to have the desire to fight.”

Arteta said these things last year and everyone said he was making excuses, now the most winningest manager in the whole of the world is out here whining about the challenge of managing a Spurs squad most would say has better tools to fight for top 4 than Arsenal FC.

The Premier League is tough. A lot of very vocal fans haven’t caught up to that yet. There are no shortcuts in 2022.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Varane, and Jadon didn’t shortcut anything for United, they just highlighted how dim it is to buy off-strategy. Ben White, Odegaard, and Ramsdale were mocked in the summer, now they’re the target of ire from jealous rival fans.

Ralf Rangnick is a great talent, Arsenal fans feared the worst when he arrived, but no amount of genius can turn a toxic culture on its head and make players fit a system they weren’t bought for. Again, when Arteta was dealing with toxic characters, the story was ‘this is an Arteta issue’, United are on their 4th manager since Moyes and they still haven’t realised the problem is the character of their players.

Spurs had the most perfect manager they’ll ever sign in Poch, he told the club there would be a dip, but once they got over it, they’d get back to the top. Levy shit his pants, sacked at the first opp, hired in a shortcut manager, fans thought Jose would bring them the league, he crashed the club. Then they hired Nuno, he crashed. Now they’re onto Conte and he has no idea what to do without a massive chequebook.

… £20m a year and all he’s done is complain. Imagine how those players feel? Mwhahaha!

Back to it: It is very hard to shortcut success when the teams at the top are sustainably run by adults that get strategy, vision and philosophy.

I love it.

You can argue with a blogger all you like, but when that blogger is singing off the same hymnsheet as Anotonio Conte, you have to get in that comments section and apologise for the slander you’ve thrown at me this season.

Ok, that is me done, I’ll see you in the comments. x