squallman
Still Pining for Wenger
Emerys teams were unable to defend. He was never going to come and work hereSo then what makes you think new players would've a difference with Wenger?
Wenger is a better manager.
Emerys teams were unable to defend. He was never going to come and work hereSo then what makes you think new players would've a difference with Wenger?
This.With Wenger we would be around top 4 today, EASILY.
Some of you just can’t admit it,
The league is the poorest it’s been, give Wenger the 300M we have wasted and we would be top 4.
Some of you just won’t allow yourself to admit it :rofl:.
Laca and Auba were good signings. Perez was 16M and we got a lot of that back.Given that Wenger spent 200m on Xhaka, Mustafi, Laca, Perez and Auba there is no guarantee he wouldn’t have waste the next 300m.
Laca and Auba were good signings. Perez was 16M and we got a lot of that back.
With Wenger you can only talk about two expensive flops in 25 years.
With Wenger we would be around top 4 today, EASILY.
Some of you just can’t admit it,
Exactly, would we be better of with a manager who's been here for decades and has a system in place that the whole squad know and new players can slot easier into or the two new guys one who's flopped and the other who's never managed a single game and is flopping? Such a stupid question and it's had 6 pages of debate over it!No we would not be fighting relegation under Arsène Wenger, and there's no need for an entire debate on it.
To be fair, they bought him 2 50m strikers in his final year. Auba was bought to try and save his job. The issue wasn't lack of spending so much as poor spending. His last few windows were diabolical in terms of wasting money on awful players who then plummeted in value after not performing.It would be the same but with better football.
The board were already looking at the future so didn't support Wenger in his last seasons. He must have known the board had abandoned him.
Wenger should have resigned after the FA cup. Should have told the board to fcuk off.
If the board wanted Wenger to continue after two seasons, they should have supported him.
The way the players are performing suggests that coach and players are not aligned in their thinking at the moment. I get the impression that Arteta had a game plan this season, a game plan he thinks works as long as the players implement it "correctly". On the other hand, the players probably think they have implemented it but still been regularly beaten and no longer have faith in this system of Arteta's.Has Arteta lost the dressing room somehow? He seems preoccupied with leaks which makes me wonder. Sometimes the inflexibility and inexperience of youth can be counterproductive
For me, Santi's injury (and to some extent Wilshere's continual injury issues) killed Wenger. Wengerball doesn't work without a player of that type and it didn't matter how many strikers we brought in. It was a bit like the season after we lost Fabregas, we were all over the shop for a while until ironically it was Arteta who came in to stabilise the ship a bit before Santi arrived the following year.To be fair, they bought him 2 50m strikers in his final year. Auba was bought to try and save his job. The issue wasn't lack of spending so much as poor spending. His last few windows were diabolical in terms of wasting money on awful players who then plummeted in value after not performing.
No doubt those 2 being fit and healthy would have helped but then you say OK why do you buy players like Xhaka and Elnenny who clearly are unsuited to Wengerball? What killed Arsène more than anything was too much shopping for the best deals with no regard to fit. Whether that was on him or Gazidis or whomever is difficult to ascertain but what's clear is that a lot of the money spent under Wenger in the last 4-5 seasons was pissed away on players who didn't fit what he wanted to do technically and didn't fit together tactically.For me, Santi's injury (and to some extent Wilshere's continual injury issues) killed Wenger. Wengerball doesn't work without a player of that type and it didn't matter how many strikers we brought in. It was a bit like the season after we lost Fabregas, we were all over the shop for a while until ironically it was Arteta who came in to stabilise the ship a bit before Santi arrived the following year.
I would call it more as a token gesture rather than supporting Wenger.To be fair, they bought him 2 50m strikers in his final year. Auba was bought to try and save his job. The issue wasn't lack of spending so much as poor spending. His last few windows were diabolical in terms of wasting money on awful players who then plummeted in value after not performing.