Arsenal fan lists all of Mikel Arteta's 'sackable offences' in thread
A few weeks ago, Arsenal looked nailed on to clinch that fourth place in the Premier League.
With Tottenham, Manchester United and West Ham all stumbling, Mikel Arteta’s side marched on with five consecutive victories in February and March. They were closing in on Chelsea in third.
However, three losses in their previous four matches has seen Spurs become favourites to qualify for next season’s Champions League. Antonio Conte’s side are now three points above Arsenal having played a game more. However, they have favourable fixtures and are now expected to finish above their north London rivals.
Following Arsenal’s latest defeat at home to Brighton on Saturday, some Gooners have had enough. Well, one fan, in particular.
The 2-1 loss saw @ClockEndJames compile an incredible thread that lists ‘every sackable offence committed by the fraud Mikel Arteta during his 2½ years as Arsenal manager.’
At the time of writing, the Arsenal fan has come up with a crazy 39 offences Areta has committed.
It really is quite remarkable.
Enjoy:
Thread of every sackable offence committed by the fraud Mikel Arteta during his 2½ years as Arsenal manager pic.twitter.com/WCBODREIok
Wow. It’s clear he really doesn’t want Arteta as Arsenal manager…
The Spaniard won’t care too much what one fan has to say about him. Instead, he’ll just be desperate that Arsenal can bounce back with a victory against Southampton next weekend.
After the damaging Brighton loss, Arteta admitted the performance simply wasn’t good enough.
“The first half was really poor again,” he said. “The reaction that we wanted to show and everything we talked about we didn’t make it happen on the pitch.
“We were sloppy with the ball, we were second best in a lot of situations, we