The Special One

I am annoyed

I was hoping that José Mourinho would come to Arsenal.  Do not get me wrong, I think that Unai Emery is a great manager, and his record in Europe with his Europa cup wins shows that as well as the progression of Arsenal to its final last season.

But he has inherited a terrible defence.  Arsène Wenger was an amazing manager and in his last season at Arsenal, we had an astounding home form.  But he left a despairing legacy when it came to our team being able to defend.

Changing that it going to be a hard task.  The signing of players like Kieran Tierney will hopefully change that, but I do not know if he will be able to retain the confidence of players, especially with the way that some have reacted to the abuse that has been hurled at them.  (For the record, if a player is in an Arsenal shirt, then my view is that they should not be booed.). But the quick, but short term route (for he would only last a few seasons) would have been to hire a manager who has a great defensive record as well as one for imposing order and obedience amongst the players (until they rebel against him).

Anyway, while he is expected to succeed, José Mourinho is a manager who likes to be in control of transfers, and he is now working for a chairman who likes to be in charge of that as well.  It will be interesting to see how that works.