Arteta's book, is it a success study?

Reporter Xu Danlei reported that the coach has some words, which will be the most attractive when he says it is not said. Mikel Arteta says in the future he could write books about his first two years at the helm of Arsenal. The uncertainty is that only one FA Cup result cannot support much content. For the first time in five years, Arsenal will be ranked in the top four at Christmas, and there is no answer as to whether it was a successful start or a flash in the pan.

Rollercoaster-like two years

To be fair, putting aside the performance, espanyol, who officially led the team on December 20, 2019, has not suffered in the past two years. No wonder, after making a season documentary for Manchester City and Tottenham, Amazon planned to extend the camera lens to the corner of Arteta's office, and the side of Kearney's training ground. If Arteta's next year or just the second half of the season is as dramatic as it has been before, the film's selling points will be in place.

For Arteta, who led the team for the first time as an official manager and coached one of the Premier League giants, the gunners manager's job has made him undergo a profound baptism from the inside out. Especially considering that the two years he led the team coincided with the two years of the global epidemic of the new crown epidemic.

Arteta spent his second year in charge on Monday, but the new crown continues to cause problems for football and the outside world. With this in mind, the former Everton, Arsenal star and former Guardiola assistant from the Spanish Basque Country has not been easy in the two years at the Emirates Stadium.

Asked last week how to celebrate his coaching anniversary, Arteta replied: "I don't think there should be too many celebrations in this world today. I'm just deeply proud and grateful that I got the opportunity to lead Arsenal two years ago. "Arteta herself and her family have been infected with COVID-19. His mentor and friend, Guardiola's mother, died after contracting the virus. Restraint is the attitude that Ta Shuai must have.

"I can write a book about what happened, but not just about me, but about Arsenal over the last two years and the world around me. Because one day, I need to stop and think about what has happened, too much has happened. ”

The content that Arteta led the team for most of the two years, if presented in the book, would have a title with the word "miserable". Last season, espanyol's first full season, the Gunners also had a bleak start, breaking or setting an unwanted record after almost every week of the team's first half. By Christmas last year, the team was ranked 15 in the Premier League, just four points higher than the relegation zone. But a year later, the team made it to the top four.

This is a remarkable turning point in achievements, and it also reflects the turbulent side of The Tower Shuai's tenure so far. The rollercoaster of undulating achievements, covered with the shadow of the epidemic, has made the recession more bleak and made progress more valuable.

Last season delayed by the championship?

Arteta led the team for the first year, spanning two seasons, dealing with difficult problems including, but not limited to, busy schedules, no fan admission, and financial constraints that led the team to agree to a collective salary cut. It's a good thing to get through together, but not everyone wants it. Although Arteta has 5 years of Gunner DNA, he is still just a rookie in the Premier League coaches. What is rare is that in the environment where most teams in the Premier League refuse to take a pay cut, he can persuade the Gunners to take a pay cut.

The first half of Arteta's book also has an exciting chapter. He coached the team for half a season, and there was an unexpected fairy tale to win the FA Cup. However, the high open is followed by the low walk. Next, like all Second Year students in the Premier League, he was lost.

Because of the arrival of the championship, Arteta was given more trust and power by the top management, from head coach to manager, which is a measure to reduce the communication link of team building and accelerate reconstruction. Unfortunately, his first summer window was to pay tuition. Signing a player like William, who has lost his heart at such an old age, is a proof of failure. The Brazilian winger also complained in recent interviews that he had gone to the wrong place to go to Arsenal. The disgruntled reinforcements were enough for Arteta to analyze in depth when he wrote about this passage in the book.

Arsenal beat Chelsea last August to win the FA Cup, while next season's league starts just over a month later. Coupled with beating Liverpool to win the community shield before the start of the season, the residual temperature as a champion has not yet dissipated from the body, which has stimulated the expectation of quickly regaining the Champions League seat. However, the lesson for the team last season was that the Gunners are still too far from returning to the familiar Champions League zone.

Last season's failure, the internal cause was so ambitious, the steady 343 that helped the team win the championship quickly changed into the 4231, which was heavier offensive but actually exposed its own weaknesses; and, in order to sign a famous veteran in one go, he gave up his long-term plan.

But the light enemies and even frivolity of Arteta and even the management nearly 17 months ago are also worth understanding. Considering the previous quarter-long social distancing period, and the epidemic-related misfortune that haunts the ears all the time, when the team raises the trophy at Wembley and applauds, anyone has the feeling of escaping from the cage.

How to write the next episode, just look at the second half

If last season had not fallen so badly, there would be no progress since this season. The rapid fall from the high platform made Arteta quickly sober, and also allowed him to really press the restart button with the help of the club and start his own reconstruction.

The operation of this year's summer window, compared with last year, is completely opposite. This summer has cost a lot and many new recruits, but they all have a significant youthful label. Ramsdale is 23 years old, Ben White, who is worth half a billion yuan, is 24 years old, and Fuan Jianyang is 23 years old. Coupled with gabriel, who had been introduced earlier, the Gunners reshaped the defensive line. Coupled with the rookies cultivated by the family, the team suddenly has a team with young players as the backbone.

Even in the dark days of last season and the series of defeats at the start of the season, Arteta didn't forget to inject confidence and give opportunities to the youngsters. Saka and Smith Rowe are undoubtedly representatives of the new generation of gunmen. Now the popular one is Martinelli, who is twice as popular as Leeds. The recent performance of the 20-year-old Brazilian striker reminds Xiao Luo of Da Luo, who has just arrived in Europe. Martin Jr. showed signs that he could finally pick up the front line after more than two years in the team.

Against Leeds 4-1, Arsenal were present for the first time in a single league game in the Premier League era with three goalscorers aged 21 or under. More than half of the team's goals scored in the last half were scored by players aged 21 and under – the first time in the new millennium that a Premier League team has achieved this feat.

How Arteta continues to carefully polish around this team will be fascinating and worth paying attention to. The theme of what kind of future he will build for Arsenal may not be enough to write another book - but only if he can win the opportunity to keep writing.

This season, he has won a good opportunity. If arteta's first two years of coaching experience are divided into two episodes, the trend of the story so far has a faint taste of first suppressing and then rising - if you want to have a happy ending in the final chapter, Edu can't be idle, and Klenk Jr. has to help a lot. Arsenal fans, on the other hand, want Arteta to write a "success study" and the first two years are only the beginning.