Originally Posted by
Boss
I don't see how the board can be blamed when they know nothing (relatively) about football. Despite our disappointment at not winning a trophy for the last x years, you can't say we haven't come close at least once or twice and you can't say Wenger hasn't done a relatively decent job in terms of keeping us at the top of the European game (at least in terms of qualifying for the champions league). You can say that Wenger fucks up on a major level when it comes to preparing the squad to win a trophy - no better shown than in last year's CC final but I can't see why the board would sack someone that consistently gets top four and ensures fans are willing to pay the highest ticket prices in the league, when it's clear that financially we can't compete with Chelsea and Manchester City (theoretically meaning the highest we could finish is 3rd).
Of course the game isn't played on paper, and the richest clubs don't always win, but I don't see how the board can take any more than 20% of the blame as long as Wenger maintains top four. Sure, they could quibble about us signing players to try and push for a title, but they (should) know fuck all about football comparing to Wenger and if he tells them the squad is good enough they can't really argue. Wenger is the person who decides which players to buy and which players to sell, the man who decides how and for how long to play said players and the man who is responsible for motivating and organizing those players into a cohesive unit that can win things.
I would hope that he will be sacked if he falls too far below his objectives, which is CL football and if he drops out of the top four he must go. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if the board gave him 'another chance' to see if he could win that place back, given that's happened with a few other managers at top clubs.
