Better than Stockholm syndrome, which is what much of the fanbase seems to be suffering. The mere idea of Wenger not being here terrifies them.Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
Changing the manager is part and parcel of football and all competitive sport. Performance keeps you in your job. Non-performance gets you booted. Arsenal has changed manager many times. Wenger only arrived here after Rioch left prematurely. These things happen and must happen for a club to stay competitive, these things are normal. ONE manager in recent times has managed to go past just a few years and remain competitive at the same club. Ferguson. He's the EXCEPTION, not the rule. Even Maureen couldn't keep his job in chavland despite pulling down some of the best successes that club has ever experienced.
But we've reached the stage at this club where the notion of a change of manager is seen as dangerous, damaging, unrealistic, and it's all based on the fact the bloke has been here so long. I don't think it's even his legacy. The frightened bunnies aren't playing that tune anymore, instead they are clinging to the fear card. They have nothing else left so they pretend there's nobody out there who could possibly replace the bloke. For them, Wenger has become so familiar, and he's indoctrinated them so thoroughly in the art of mediocrity, they are happy to hang on to this nothingness rather than throw the club back into the real fight. It's as if we are on an endless time-out, watching the rest of football carry on around us while we sit in a bubble.
And our football is the same. Boring. Average. Unremarkable. This when we know the players could get back in the fight - we've seen them do it from time to time which makes it all the more infuriating.
I think the pro-Wenger lot might be an even bigger problem than Wenger himself. Alexis and Ozil said they'd wait on the outcome of Wenger's contract negotiations to make their own decisions. Well it's pretty clear how they view Wenger and their solution is to piss off. That seems to be the offer to fans who want to see a bit of ambition. Accept what you have or fuck off. Stop going. Stop watching. Give your tickets to "real" fans who get behind the manager and the club - Wenger has effectively said this himself, with all his criticism of the troublesome fans who bother him with reality and facts.
Well why should the fans fuck off? It should be the pro Wenger lot who want Wenger more than Arsenal who fuck off. Why doesn't Wenger take them all off to some island and make their little cult official?
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