Is it Wenger's ego rather than his ability that has cost us?

[IBK]

Agreed. He seems to view himself as some sort of father figure with a responsibility for furthering the career of the player that outweighs his responsibility to the club. Maybe unfair but that's how it seems to me. When he loses the battle to keep the player (our board just stinks of shit) he then seems to become an agent for that player. Odd thing here is we're criticising him for doing the decent thing. But the decent thing just doesn't work in the shitty world of big business football.

...and it does somewhat go against the grain for the joint highest paid manager in the league to be earning what he does for doing the 'decent thing'. Arsenal are a big club, and to be making decisions based on footballing principles rather than what is going to win silverware smacks to me of ego. If Wenger truly wants to win things, then taking the risks he does (selling his best players; gambling on the likes of Diaby and persisting with under-performing players) suggests an attitude that says 'I know better than anyone else' - whatever the evidence to the contrary.