No
His personal crusade of going against the money men with the doomed youth project made us in to a laughing stock and at any other club, he'd have been sacked but the board are just as bad as him
No
His personal crusade of going against the money men with the doomed youth project made us in to a laughing stock and at any other club, he'd have been sacked but the board are just as bad as him
Im against the money men. Anyone in their right mind would be too. Some Clubs have simply been reduced to being penis extensions of people with obscene amounts of money in the main obtained from criminality and through being part of an inner sanctum that subjugate their fellow citizens and cream off the profits of an entire country's mineral rights and resources.
Arsene made a huge mistake offering big contracts to unproven talent and I blame him for that. But if Wenger was stupid enough to offer the likes of The lesbian 200k a week, City would just offer him 300k a week and they'd do that with all the other great players they have because while money is all important along with ego to their owners, the obscene amounts we are talking about are piffiling to the cunts that own them.
Mind you, if we had offered the lesbian £200k per week, they'd only have to offer her 201k and shed be off like a ten dollar whore.
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yes, but only by using his nearly misses and previous record to keep fans from rioting and keeping bums on seats.
he has done exceptionally well to keep things steady given the resources, and the club have been able to break the back of the debt despite the credit crunch screwing up their financial projections.
that goodwill and capital is now well an trul spent, and wenger has no more room for manouever
Also - I read an article in the Independent today that said that last season AW crossed the line from innovation to narcissism. I would love to think that the chastening effect of bombing out last season; losing his best 'project players and being humiliated at old Trafford makes him realise that he needs input from others (players; directors; a proper No. 2). I'm not holding my breath, but remember that last season he came back from being whipped by Manure, the Chavs and Barca in 2009/10 - and even changed his approach. Our new signings represent a bit of humble pie. I hope Wenger isn't full yet...
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
Great thread.
I think Wenger has benefitted the club's stability in terms of achieving the goal of retaining CL football but from a Technical point of view with the squad/development of players he's done an average to poor job.
I feel whilst he can be commended for sticking to his policy of developing players he has to the detriment of the team continued in vein to develop players who should have been shown the door quite some time ago, I do not feel he has been pragmatic enough in this instance.
Funnily enough I actually think the squad of 07/08 was one of the best squads he has assembled, it had a good mix of youth & experience. I actually feel that if he would have managed to successfully retain the core of that squad we would have gone on to win major trophies. For me, the major issues with his squad building and penchant for developing youth really stood out after the season of 07/08. Instead of a smooth transistion post 07/08, we endured a turbulent season waiting for Projects like Denilson, Diaby & Song to develop into top quality PL/CL performers.
What we're currently seeing is a cull of the first batch of "youth projects", the likes of Senderos (gone), Eboue (gone), Clichy (gone), Denilson (loan, will probably go), Bendtner (loan, will probably go). Add the likes of Traore (gone), Vela (who seems to have stagnated) & you actually have a big list of players who were either purchased or developed who have failed.
Where I think Wenger got it wrong was the timing of the cull, many of these players should have been shown the door a few years ago and not given bumper contracts.
Financial constraints aside, I do believe a lot of these decisions have been purely of Wenger's making and he unlike most managers tends to give players quite a long time to flourish, take the Almunia situation as a case in point.
Has Wenger really benefitted AFC since 2006, yes and no!
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And that's the irony of the whole deal. The basis is good - some of his ideas and innovations have been great for the club, but there is a definite point where they have become obsessive and inflexible - to our detriment. This is where, by contrast, SAF stays so fresh. And where I start to wonder whether the great Wenger was great because he had a DD as a counterpoint.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter