28-08-2025, 11:59 AM
(28-08-2025, 10:37 AM)Sausage Roll Wrote: I see lots of Arsenal fans moaning about Edu on Twitter (not the most reliable place for informed opinions I know) so I thought I'd look at their league positions in the last few years. He joined them as Technical Director in 2019/20 and was made Sporting Director in November 2022. Their league positions in the last 10 seasons have been:
15/16 - 2nd
16/17 - 5th
17/18 - 6th
18/19 - 5th
19/20 - 8th
20/21 - 8th
21/22 - 5th
22/23 - 2nd
23/24 - 2nd
24/25 - 2nd
So in the two full seasons he was in the role they finished 2nd. Obviously that's not all down to him but his record there doesn't seem to warrant the scorn he gets.
Edu may be a legend in Arsenal but from my Forest perspective he's been in the job 5 minutes and already managed to piss off the most successful manager we've had in a generation. As far as I'm concerned I couldn't care less what he did at Arsenal, he's starting off with a blank slate here and his reputation needs to be earned.