Quote Originally Posted by Arsene Wenger View Post
Well you can agree or disagree all you like but it doesn't change the facts.
No, it doesn't. I gave the facts.
Quote Originally Posted by Arsene Wenger View Post
No top manager would swap their titles and European trophies for Wenger's 2 FA cups and 2nd in the league.
Why are you comparing those 2 things? A valid comparison to 2 FA cups and 2nd in the league would be how the Chelsea have done under Mourinho in the equivalent timeframe.
1 title, 1 league Cup, 1 embarrassing slide to a relegation battle. I guess Mourinho still edges it because of the title, but it's not a huge difference.

He hasn't won or even competed properly for a major honour since 2006.
That's not true anyway as we have been in the title mix on a couple of occasions, but the FA Cup is obviously a major honour. As there's no way of definitively deciding what is and isn't a major honour though, there's no point in going round and round that circle again.

Maureen said any normal club would have sacked a manager who had failed over such a protracted period
Wenger should arguably have been sacked during the 8 years, he was a safe pair of hands during the stadium move, keeping us top 4 in that era was pretty impressive but the lack of trophies is pretty damning. I don't think many clubs would have sacked their manager in the last couple of seasons though when the new money started rolling in and the new signings started to make a difference.

It would be nice to think we stuck by Wenger because we are the opposite of the chavs and have a bit of class. Well people can believe that or not - again, it doesn't change the facts. Money.
I think it's a bit of both. He was a safe pair of hands financially and he's probably been the best thing for the long term future of the club. If you have loads of money and want short term success and long term acrimony then Mourinho's your man. No thanks.