And vice-versa.
A system can suppress genius, but it can also elevate ordinary players. Under Wenger’s freer style, players like Havertz or Madueke may never stand out. Arteta’s system gives them a platform to maximise their strengths too.
🚨🔴⚪️ ARTETA WOULD SACRIFICE GREATNESS FOR THE SYSTEM.
This is where Mikel Arteta’s football gets really interesting.
Put Thierry Henry into this Arsenal squad today alongside Kai Havertz and ask Arteta to choose his preferred option.
I honestly believe he’d find a way to make Havertz fit the system ahead of Henry.
Give him Robin van Persie or Havertz?
I can see Arteta choosing Kai again😭😭😭.
Give him Theo Walcott or Noni Madueke?
Again, I wouldn’t be shocked if Arteta went with Madueke because of what he wants from that position.
And that’s the criticism.
At some point, you have to ask whether Arteta’s obsession with tactical perfection can make him overlook extraordinary individual talent.
Football isn’t only about doing exactly what the coach draws on the tactics board.
Sometimes you need to give a genius the ball and say:
“Go and destroy them.”
Henry didn’t need a 15-point instruction sheet.
Van Persie didn’t need to be turned into a system player.
Walcott’s greatest weapon was simply letting him run.
Arteta has built an incredibly structured Arsenal.
But I sometimes wonder:
Would his system recognise a generational talent — or would he try to coach the genius out of them?
🔴⚪️ #AFC #Arsenal #Arteta #COYG
Weeks after the release of the Epstein files explicitly naming presidents & government officials, not a single large-scale protest has been witnessed in America, not even ONE!
Never again do we want to hear Americans lecture anyone about women’s rights, freedom, or human values.
Punditry will improve a lot once the current group of players retire.
Pundits who only speak from past experiences are left behind.
Pundits who speak from past experiences & adapt are elite.
Pundits who do speak from past experiences & do not have to adapt will be even better.
They told you Islam oppresses women.
While their drones made widows by the thousands.
They told you jihad is barbaric.
While their soldiers played God from 30,000 feet.
They said Islam was dangerous.
But it’s Western innocence that has killed more people than any faith in history.
Spain’s MEP, Irene Montero:
“Israel just assassinated Yemen’s Prime Minister — and nothing happens.”
“Israel is the only entity that can commit genocide, bomb five countries, kill a prime minister, and still claim to be the victim.”
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🚨 FA confirm an independent Regulatory Commission has upheld a claim of wrongful dismissal in relation to Myles Lewis-Skelly and removed his three-match suspension.
Back available immediately. 🟢👌🏻