Why the appointment of this man is a step in the right direction

Sometime last season, reports suggested Arsenal’s long serving no.2 and former club player Pat Rice was taking a forced bow from the backroom staff set up as he was struggling with a chronic knee condition. The reports also suggested he was to take his leave at the end of last season, but a plea and subsequent conviction from long time friend and boss Arsene Wenger made him delay his retirement for one more season.
Having begun his footballing career in 1964 as an apprentice with Arsenal, before going professional in 1966 and being a member of the double winning team in the ’71 season, Rice departed for Watford for a four-year spe...