He won't go and he won't be sacked.
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He won't go and he won't be sacked.
Wenger: I refuse to accept criticism from a closet nonceQuote:
Originally Posted by Sterling Archer
Things are starting to happen now. It won't be long if the results remain poor.
Even Ian Wright has joined in saying enough is enough.
End of the season I reckon.
Only way I can see him going before 2017 is failure to finish fourth, which inevitably by hook or by crook we will so he will be allowed to limp on.
Other possibility albeit remote is if the coaching staff turn on him, but they won't want to rock the boat as I think they recognise that a failure to act before now would make it hard for them to get jobs elsewhere
I know it's only hearsay, but there is talk that the players are starting to get fed up with it all; add that there is a change in the staunchest of fans views....Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
I don't think 4th is enough to stop the disquiet now, as we know that there is money available to do better, and I think all fans agree we should be doing a lot better....even with the players we have.
This is now purely about the ability of the manager to do the job required. He has no excuses, and I think everyone, the board included, recognise that.
The board are essentially beholden to Enos the majority shareholder, he clearly doesn't care what the fans think and the revenues from finishing 4th are all that matter to him.
I think the atmosphere amongst fans, players and staff would have to get a hell of a lot more sour for him to bat an eyelid.
The sad thing is Wenger himself, we know he isn't stupid so he must know he cannot carry on but he's insulated himself so much from criticism that he probably cannot acknowledge that he's doing wrong.
I think for Wenger to be convinced, than someone he listens to would have to be convinced and that someone would be David Dein.
All Arsenal fans young and old greatly appreciate what he's done for the club during is tenure, but the time has come for him to annouce his departure end of the season. That way he will leave the club with the respect of the fans and it will give the club the opportunity to recruit a new manager. The club have to be challenging for the championship as Arsenal is a massive club, and that must be the remit of the manager 1st place. The players are all conditioned to 4th place and that mentalitiy is all wrong.
Wenger just lives in his own little world where everyone else is always wrong and doesn't know what they are talking about. Yet if you look back at recent years, some of the shocking results and of course our lack of success everything suggests he's taken the wrong approach, his failure to acknowledge that he's using the wrong tactics, approach and not dealing with glaring issues is a major hindrance to the club.
I can't really understand how someone can just be happy to make excuses and ignore big issues, he's seen our results this season and yet he remains in total denial.
I know some of you guys don't like Usmanov and what he stands for but he is right here IMO.
Of course he is saying this to get more support on his side but you can't deny what he isn't saying what a majority of us think....he does state the obvious in places and is maybe a little too simplistic but the general gist of the message is right.
http://www.football365.com/news/21554/9577789/-
Quote:
Usmanov admits Wenger mistakes
Arsenal's second biggest shareholder Alisher Usmanov says Arsene Wenger's principles may be holding Arsenal back, claiming the manager must admit his own mistakes.
Usmanov, an Uzbekistani businessman who owns a 30% stake in Arsenal, was speaking to CNBC following the defeat to Manchester United.
Arsenal have now lost 11 of their last 15 matches to United, winning just one. They have won just four of their 12 Premier League games this season.
"[The] potential of the team is there, but there is no critical evaluation of own mistakes and their admittance.," Usmanov said. "Because not a single genius can retain its level when he does not admit own mistakes. Only when you admit your mistakes you rid of them. I wish this to my club.
"We just repeat same results year by year. Quite high to secure the place in the Champions League. But we regularly lose in the first round of play-offs. As an investor I am not happy with that.
"I like Arsene for his principles. But principles are sort of restriction. And restrictions are always lost possibilities. That's why sometimes coaches even without principles became the coaches of great teams.
"My opinion, and I tell it openly, we need to strengthen every position to play on the level of such teams in UK as Chelsea and Manchester City, in Europe like Real, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Bavaria [Bayern Munich] and other clubs."
If I was a wooly minded Christian, my response would be even the Devil may appear as an angel of light