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Its been all over the papers and social media all weekend, not officially announced by the club yet as I presume they will wait until Pat finishes the season before announcing he is to be replaced by the big man.
Praying he brings some of that defensive knowledge and near post corner shizzle to the current squad.
From Arseblog this morning as well
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Hopefully that's something that Bouldie can bring to proceedings next season and there'll be a further addition to the coaching staff as Neil Banfield will move up from Reserve team manager to first team coach. For a long time people have said we needed to freshen up our coaching staff and, along with doing the Podolski business early, this is a further sign that our stubborn French leopard might just be changing his spots. I don't want to suggest that things have gone stale in that department, I don't know enough about the ins and outs of it plus I don't want to sound disrespectful to a man like Pat Rice who I admire greatly, but a couple of fresh faces and voices on the training ground every day might just be what we need
Hope he has been working on his cone placing ability.
both out with back injuries before season starts, Wenger having a number 2 in November...Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Number 2 :lol:
Bouldie :bow:
It's like a new signing.
He's got no hair :shrug:
Ahhh we dont careQuote:
Originally Posted by Letters
I am really, really hoping that Bouldy will be allowed to have a voice by Wenger the control freak - because I have come to the conclusion that this type of change is the only thing that is going to stop the rot at AFC. A decent transfer season (both in and out) would be nice, but having seen the way our season has gone, there is something broken in Wenger's teams. As Arseblog observed, Saturday's game was a microcosm of our season. We worked hard to get ourselves back into the game, only to throw the 3 points away right at the end.
We are the antithesis of Manure. IMHO our squads are similar in terms of talent. But what will probably leave SAF just short of another title is that his teams have a winning mentality. Wenger's don't. We are over-reliant on one or two key players. Take them out of the equation and we have too many hangers on who either don't have the ability; the attitude or the cool heads to get results. We may fluke third, and could just as easily finish 5th, but either way the number of points we have dropped this season is shocking.
I don't want to bitch about our manager, but I'm afraid that our inability to push on at crucial times; our tendency to screw up and our lack of consistency is something that has to come from him. It is a common thread running through all of his teams since 2005, the personnel does not really seem to matter. There is a lack of discipline, an apparent lack of a solid game plan, a failure to heed past mistakes and work properly off the ball that we se time and time again.
So I hope that Steve Bould is given the authority to address these issues - because frankly, under Wenger, it our only hope of doing so.
I hope it's a good and progressive move for the club to have a 2nd voice.
Although yeah he probably should be brushing up on his cone placing skills.