Matt Scott
@Matt5cott • 22,199 subscribers
Footballing man’s thinker. Lifelong learner. Ex-newspaper sports hack (Guardian/Telegraph staffer), radioman (talkSPORT/talkSPORT 2) & TV pundit (Sky News/PLP).
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Fascinating insight into Mikel’s mind here. And he’s not giving his football philosophy at all. He’s talking to the Arsenal board: bring me Vini. He knows what he’s saying isn’t true. Of course positioning and passing matter. His juego de posición was light years ahead of most Premier League clubs and barely any will ever catch up. Where his Arsenal is lacking though is in players who can unlock the opposition defence when it is 11 men deep. As I’ve posted here before, the average spend on Arsenal’s forward players is in the mid-£30ms. Mikel Arteta can dominate world football. He has the tactical template. He has set pieces sewn up. Now he just needs the talent. Bring him Vini.
Matt Scott26,923 views • 3 days ago
The ancients teach us there are three types of people. It’s about how they react to adversity: victims, heroes and villains. Victims feel sorry for themselves. Heroes go out and change things for themselves and their families. Then you have villains. Gary is a villain. Villains suffer adversity and look for someone to blame. What makes Gary even more villainous is how he benefits from all the attention. Even though, as history also shows us, his “ideas” will not alleviate the adversity of those in Ilford and elsewhere. On the contrary, it will put more people into adversity. But Gary knows this very well, because lots of intelligent and successful people keep telling him what his “ideas” will lead to.
Matt Scott54,728 views • 19 days ago
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