A very subjective look into AWFC

Being a manager is a very, very difficult job. You don’t need me to list all the things they have to deal with internally and externally. The pressure is insane and you have to have a very special type of brain to put yourself in that position, which is something that I respect, even though I certainly don’t envy.

Some managers are better than others at speaking to the press, they are more calculated than others, more eloquent, etc. Their charisma is also something huge and just overall it’s a very interesting dynamic for me to see. How they speak and how they say what they say, speaks volumes, pun intended.

Jonas is very good at saying the “right things” and giving the press and more importantly the fans, what they want to hear. It’s pretty impressive how sometimes he talks a lot and says absolutely nothing and people just love it. That takes some talent.

Him saying that Lotte Wubben Moy is Arsenal through and through… I mean… of course she is, she’s always been and will always be. This is about as obvious a comment as I’ve ever heard… totally a “no shit, Sherlock” moment. And even though I totally agree with everything he said about her, I honestly think those little nuggets he drops are for a reason.

Same with the statement that games like the one vs Bristol are the types of games we need to win. Insert eye roll emoji. Gee, thanks Jonas!! L O L.

In his defense, a lot of what he says calms people down, I would assume. He’s pretty good at damage control and even though there are managers I rate higher, and even if I don’t agree with how he says a lot of things, I think there is a method to his madness and as the intelligent person he is, I truly think he says exactly what he means to say.

I love Emma Hayes, and because I do I feel I can be critical of how she approached Jonas and even her own words… no remorse, no apology, nothing. That rubs me the wrong way, whereas with Jonas, what bothers me isn’t coming from a deep rooted place of what I perceive to be a negative thing… I just don’t agree with some of what he says.

For the people in the back… this is not a criticism, it’s an observation.

d ❤

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