catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I would be very wary of Arteta, what happens if he were to struggle initially and the knives come out?
It would be surprising if Brands chose him when there is a whole world of managers out there.
The issue with our process is that there is no process.
Arteta is the sort of guy you appoint from a position of strength when you can afford a risk.
If Silva goes in the short term then we are a basket case club, that doesn't mean he deserves to stay come what may but how many times can we get it wrong again without dire consequences?
We need experience, toughness, nous, character and passion on the sideline.
The club has either been too big for the last few occupants or not big enough as was the case for Jughead.
I'm not quite sure we're quite basket case, as we seem more stable behind the scenes, but appointing a manager mid season is always difficult and we have not made a success of it.
The problem for Arteta would come is if he didn't get off to a flyer and we found ourselves in and around the bottom 3. That could quite conceivably happen too. I do think we are fortunate that Watford, Newcastle and Aston Villa all seem (in slightly different ways) hopeless to me and will likely go down (I think they could all get cut adrift too). I'd add Brighton Norwich and Southampton will struggle too. However getting sucked in remains a possibility.
If we made the move, however unpopular it would be, I'd say having Moyes involved in some capacity would make a lot of sense. Some experience would be required to help out.