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I was thinking about Wenger's achievement's at Arsenal, Japan and in France, specifically about the his seemingly unnatural ability to unearth talent from all corners of the world and then developing them into world class players. At the end of this analysis, I then caught myself thinking, "WOW, Wenger is a God!", but then, I stopped myself short.
Let's think of the logistics here: What kind of networking structure must be involved in searching the planet for talent? Plucking Toure and Weah from west Africa, Silvinho, Edu, Gilberto from Brazil, Overmars, RVP from the Netherlands, Cesc, Reyes from Spain, Vieira, Petit, etc from France, Senderos from Switzerland, etc etc the list goes on... This is not the work of one man. The development of the team-- the mundane tasks of actual practise and motivation, sitting in the scorching sun whilst watching pathetic games for the one player who might be a gem, etc etc... These are the works of scouts and trainers. Wenger has pretty much stayed with the same core of men who help in his vision.
I think that too far often we throw adulationa and credit at those on top-- look at politics for instance, and forget the middle men, or more to the point, the LITTLE men. Wenger is a great man with vision, but this cannot be implemented unless he has it has equally brilliant and dedicated professions sharing his vision and able to capture this vision.
Thus, I suggest that we all make an effort in thanking the shadow men who really make this Arsenal train work. I understand that being the leader, Wenger will inevitably get all the aclaim from the press and so forth, but we are Arsenal fans, we are gooners, we are dedicated to the course of Arsenal. These men must get the credit they deserve from us, if noone else outside the organization is willing to praise them.
Let's think of the logistics here: What kind of networking structure must be involved in searching the planet for talent? Plucking Toure and Weah from west Africa, Silvinho, Edu, Gilberto from Brazil, Overmars, RVP from the Netherlands, Cesc, Reyes from Spain, Vieira, Petit, etc from France, Senderos from Switzerland, etc etc the list goes on... This is not the work of one man. The development of the team-- the mundane tasks of actual practise and motivation, sitting in the scorching sun whilst watching pathetic games for the one player who might be a gem, etc etc... These are the works of scouts and trainers. Wenger has pretty much stayed with the same core of men who help in his vision.
I think that too far often we throw adulationa and credit at those on top-- look at politics for instance, and forget the middle men, or more to the point, the LITTLE men. Wenger is a great man with vision, but this cannot be implemented unless he has it has equally brilliant and dedicated professions sharing his vision and able to capture this vision.
Thus, I suggest that we all make an effort in thanking the shadow men who really make this Arsenal train work. I understand that being the leader, Wenger will inevitably get all the aclaim from the press and so forth, but we are Arsenal fans, we are gooners, we are dedicated to the course of Arsenal. These men must get the credit they deserve from us, if noone else outside the organization is willing to praise them.