Mikel Arteta confirms that Ljungberg will stay as part of his backroom staff
Posted Dec 23, 2019, 3:37 PM UTC
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As he should, Freddie wants whats best for the club.
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OK but that is not a qualification
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Luckily one of his qualifications is that he’s already been on the back room staff and as a caretaker of this club.
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That's a much better reason. Otherwise let's get Jenkinson and Djourou on the staff as well.
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If Jenkinson and/or Djourou happen to be good coaches, then why not?
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Happy cake day, I guess
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No idea why you're getting downvoted. This is the exact trap United fans fell for with Ole.
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I could see him going in a year or two after further honing his craft like Arteta did at City. Kinda sucks for him that Arteta who is younger than him will essentially be his boss and has made an advance into managment sooner.
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Mikel will be younger than essentially all the backroom staff, so hopefully it isn't something that makes Freddie feel personally isolated.
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Yes but other staff will specifically be coaches whose ambitions aren't going into management soon. I'm not saying I want Freddie to leave, but I feel it's kind of inevitable.
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Might not matter if Mikel delegates to his staff and lean on their experiences. Good leaders know when to delegate and use their staff.
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Well Thats on Freddy really. Arteta retired pretty early and went into management straight away.
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It may be for his relationship with the youth players, he is really close with them and was great at his job as the kind of liason between the academy and the first team
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He might be thinking that it's worth sticking around for a season and learning what Arteta has to teach.
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Great news, so far as I’m concerned. He was fantastic with the u23 squad and the relationships he’s made with them are quite the asset.
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Freddie is a tough guy. His presence will be very useful for Arteta ! Freddie will not hold back on pointing someone out if that player isn't putting in his full effort in training. Also, he won't allow BS attitudes to come on to the training ground and in the dressing room.
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I hope that is the case, but wouldn't he already have been doing that under Emery?
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True. I just feel his short stint as an interim head coach may have helped him open up a little bit more. He did say he learned some things about himself during this period.
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Not necessarily. Wasn’t there a snippet that came out that Bould didn’t enjoy his role in the staff as Emery and his team would often communicate in Spanish leaving him somewhat isolated?
I imagine Ljungberg May have felt similarly isolated in this coaching team, or not empowered enough to have a say in player discipline
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Doesn’t make sense for him not too. Good decision
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It does, often difficult for young coaches that want to make the jump into management to go back to being an assistant once they've done the real thing. Or Arteta might have simply wanted his own team.
Not saying this is a bad decision or it won't work out but it wasn't so clear cut with it not making sense if they parted ways.
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Great to hear. I can't imagine he'll stay long but until he gets a good offer to manage a club he might as well keep working with AFC.
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Happy that Freddie is staying on - he knows the young players really well and was definitely trying to pull the club in the right direction
Underwhelmed by appointment of Steve Round though - his coaching career has been average on paper, and he was part of the coaching team that David Moyes took for his ill-fated attempt to manage Manchester United
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You don't really judge a coach on paper though, as fans we'll likely never know whether he is a good coach or not. But he is someone Mikel has played under and Mikel must have thought he was a good coach, it's up to the players to see if he is Arsenal quality though.
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True, from what I’ve learned about Mikel is that he is a good judge of character. I just want the right people to join Arsenal to turn this ship around
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Good news as he's a solid coach and knows the youth well from having coached the U23s. Even if he's only here until summer if he gets a manager offer then, he's good to have around to help with the transition.
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This makes me happy. Freddie obviously wants what is best for the club and the fact that he wants to sign on I think is a good omen.
I think he'll leave us eventually to do his own thing but the fact that he isn't instantly taking off makes me feel good.
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Glad this is happening, nice move from Mikel
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"We're gettin' the band back together"
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At this point Mikel could walk up to me and be like it's best for Arsenal if you are evicted from your home and I'd be like yeah sound he knows what he's doing
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Said who ?
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