Career Arsenal F.C - My Philosophy

SSolas · April 10, 2021

CHOOSING THE CLUB

I chose to manage Arsenal FC for a few reasons such as a request from @gunnersaur, but also because my Dad support Arsenal FC as well as having fond memories of the way the club played around the start of the century. This career was sort of a fun, non serious one & just a tester for my philosophy so far on FMM21. My aim was obviously to evaluate the squad, buy my own players and aim to get the club back to where they were.

STADIUM & FACILITIES

As always, I asked the board to improve facilities & the stadium the 1st day on the job. The board improved the 1st team facilities but not the youth facilities at this time. The stadium also stayed as it was but honestly, it does not need improving, one of the most impressive stadiums in the world.

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STAFF, FINANCE & TRAINING

The Training was delegated to my Assistant Manager Steve Round. The Scouting & Physio's have both been improved to the highest badges. The finances are in a very healthy position due to selling a number of high profile players.

SQUAD

As you can see below, there have been many incoming & outgoing players, these were purely for tactical choices & my assessment of quality. Of the players in, Rodrigo was phenomenal along with Thauvin, grealish and Romeu. Of the players transfered, most, were used in exchange to buy players & the ones we did sell for big money were just used to buy out players always on loan such as Matt Ryan & Odegaard.

TACTIC

I used my tried & tested Attacking Tiki Taka Tactic for this career. In the premier league, I found the tactic much leakier and less effective, especially against bigger clubs like Liverpool & City. In contrast, in cup competitions & lower quality opposition, the team thrived!

THE RESULTS

My 1st season with Arsenal FC & more or less a total squad overhaul and it was highly successful. We won a treble of sorts with the Community Shield, Premier League & Europa League all coming back to the Emirates! 🏆🏆🏆🥳🥳🥳 This career was much harder than it appears though: The red card in the community shield, losing to some of the big clubs & winning the league by just 3x points all point to how difficult this was in reality! Fantastic team to manage though!