Quote Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winter Wonderland View Post
eh?

coaching and managing players isnt the managers responsibility?

so what do we pay him £7m a year for, to sit in a dugout for 2 hours every saturday?

and what do you mean 'at his age'? he isnt a boxer he's a footballer. its never too late to learn. footballers can adapt to different styles and tactics week on week. if you coach vermaelen how to approach the opposition correctly and maximise the opportunity of winning the ball then he'll improve. you dont just give up on players if they make mistakes do you? you try and help them improve. try to correct their flaws. they learn new things everyday in training. its a continual learning process.

the problem at our club is that the learning process is nowhere to be seen because wenger focuses on attack. we saw an improvement in vermaelen and other defenders at the beginning of the season when the players admitted bould had a huge influence in training. now its gone back to shit. because wengers gone awol.
We'll have to agree to disagree. I don't think you can coach a 27yr old defender to suddenly start defending in a completely different way than what he's been doing for the best part of 10 years. And age is an issue. At 12 a player can be influenced a lot more than at 27.

Sure I guess there are exceptions to the rule. But it tends to be the really top players that can adapt and make big improvements - that's what makes them top players.

I don't have a problem with the coaching of Verm. I have a problem with Wenger thinking he's good enough.

If you think players can be so heavily influenced by coaching I guess you think that there's a coach out there that can turn Gervinho into Drogba????