Originally Posted by
Globalgunner
The eternal question on these blogs: Wenger the great or Wenger the wimp. He may be the second best manager in the league but in real terms Fergie is so far ahead of him that the space between them should be 1st to 5th, then comes Wenger. The sad thing about us Arsenal fans now is that we revel in glorious failure. We failed to make it past Milan, but we tell ourselves we did great by beating them at the emirates. Chelsea on the other hand faced a similar mountain and scaled through, yet we see ourselves as winners nonetheless. We have beeen long at it, When Barcelona eliminated us a few seasons ago. Wenger was back on the mic a few weeks later, chortling that we, Arsenal were one of the only 2 teams to beat them anywhere that year.
We are the kid who used to get straight A`s in high school but when at Uni, surrounded by other smart kids, starts to pat himself on the back for getting B`s. "At least i`m better than that Spud down the road who allways gets C".
So Wengers done great again eh?. A man whos list of lemon signings is at least 30 strong, talented dilettante chokers who get paid for not being able to put the ball in the net even with the goalie awol.
We like to hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest ( Sorry Simon and Garfunkel) even when it is pertinant. Sol Campbell wrote in the Guardian just yesterday that Wenger brooks no opposition to his methods especially amongst his backroom staff and also amongst the players. that is why we have no strong characters in our squad and why we make the same tactical and mental deficient mistakes each year . It is the Wenger way or no way. which is okay if you are a constant success like fergie but sheer hubris otherwise. This is probably the reason Steve Bould, Keown and other old players will not accept to be his RH stooge. Expect to see Pat Rice prevailed upon to stay another year, Hey, why break up a winning team
Wenger needs to change his ways and fast otherwise, this same discourse will continue on this forum until he leaves...........Or until Fergie finally gets tired of swanning the EPL each year with 25 titles that Pool will not be able to eclipse in a millennia,,,then Wenger can move up from 6th to 1st. OH happy days.....Hooray!!!!!!!!!