Merci Arsène

[vijay]

basically Özil and ramsey.
one being hounded, one running down his contract.

 

[Slartibartfast]

 

[carlito'sway]

Wenger's interviews are often enjoyable. Such a smart and sophisticated dude. He is the archetype of a renaissance man!

 

[Beany]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45248889

Such a shame, and he’d only just taken over at Arsenal...

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Glad he is having a good time! He deserved that!

That interview was too short.

 

[Slartibartfast]

 

[Tosker]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45248889

Such a shame, and he’d only just taken over at Arsenal...

no peace activists at the Emirates please - it's time we declared war on the rest of the PL

 

[Makingtrax]

Probably not an uncommon sentiment among fans who were children when Arséne took over or who may not have known Arsenal at all without him. He became synonymous with the club itself.

The first time I watched Arsenal the manager was Bertie Mee and the lineup included players such as Charlie George, Frank McLintock, George Armstrong, George Graham, Pat Rice and Bob Wilson. So, much as I miss Arséne, I always realized that time stops for nobody. Change was inevitable.

Yeah, change is the only constant. But this man is unique. Managers like him only come around once a blue moon.

Missing his pearls of wisdom already.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Reports that AW had a bodyguard for the final two years of his tenure. I find that so devastating..

 

[tap-in]

Yeah, change is the only constant. But this man is unique. Managers like him only come around once a blue moon.

Missing his pearls of wisdom already.

I saw someone on AM say "playing with the handbrake on" this weekend and it made me smile, a nice warm feeling smile

Good to see he's enjoying life and hasn't rushed into anything. It seems like he's surprised himself how quickly he's adapted to not managing a team.

 

[A_G]

Reports that AW had a bodyguard for the final two years of his tenure. I find that so devastating..

Arsenal have confirmed that Wenger had his own security detail when in public areas from halfway through 2016, due to the heightened threat from terrorist activity to all public figures around the globe.

Sounds like standard practice for public figures tbh...

 

[Mark Tobias]

Sounds like standard practice for public figures tbh...

Sorry I misread that. The article I read deeply insinuated this was due to threat of Arsenal fans lashing out... Which I found absurd. Although not impossible.

 

[A_G]

Sorry I misread that. The article I read deeply insinuated this was due to threat of Arsenal fans lashing out... Which I found absurd. Although not impossible.

Not that absurd in fairness, we saw the fan at Southampton that ran into the dugout and was stood a few feet from Wenger shouting at him. You never know what people are capable of.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Not that absurd in fairness, we saw the fan at Southampton that ran into the dugout and was stood a few feet from Wenger shouting at him. You never know what people are capable of.

Sorry, what I mean is, physical violence towards a football manager is absolutely absurd. Not the fact that he may have felt threatened, that I totally understand.

 

[Makingtrax]

Not that absurd in fairness, we saw the fan at Southampton that ran into the dugout and was stood a few feet from Wenger shouting at him. You never know what people are capable of.

I think we have a fair idea how low humans can stoop when they whip themselves up, just by reading the news everyday.

 

[Makingtrax]

Sorry, what I mean is, physical violence towards a football manager is absolutely absurd. Not the fact that he may have felt threatened, that I totally understand.

Some people can’t control their anger. If they can beat up their wives and loved ones, a football manager seems like a gimme. Amazed it hasn’t happened tbf.

 

[A_G]

Some people can’t control their anger. If they can beat up their wives and loved ones, a football manager seems like a gimme. Amazed it hasn’t happened tbf.

I think fans in the UK are pretty restrained but in Italy or Spain you could see their anger boiling over.

 

[celestis]

Some people can’t control their anger. If they can beat up their wives and loved ones, a football manager seems like a gimme. Amazed it hasn’t happened tbf.

This is a good point , it happens to often . Same blokes wouldn't attack Arsène though cause he'd hit back .

 

[Makingtrax]

I think fans in the UK are pretty restrained but in Italy or Spain you could see their anger boiling over.

There’s idiots everywhere bro, not sure nationality has much to do with it.

 

[Makingtrax]

This is a good point , it happens too often . Same blokes wouldn't attack Arséne though cause he'd hit back .

Like Mourinho found out