Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
But as far as I'm concerned as fed up as we are of Wenger, he'd have won the title with Man City in 2012 and in 2014 and probably more than that, not because he's a great manager but comparatively he is better than Mancini and Pellegrini.
Surely this is the whole point about Wenger? He'd have found a way to fuck it up. He's had several squads more than capable of winning a title and making a challenge in the PL. But each and every time he's done whatever it is he does that causes the squad to under perform at the critical moments. I think you could give him his pick of any 22 form any league and he still couldn't build a competitive team. Even the Invincibles under performed in the CL. He lacks the winner's instinct and the killer ambition of top managers. His focus is elsewhere, on some idealistic crusade for what he considers football ought to be. The whole sustainable crap thing is underpinned by that idealism and his willingness to make that a priority above all else. I reckon he'd have lost with those gypo squads, but he'd have made twice the profit. He wouldn't have bought half the players in the first place, remember he's the manager who almost signed every top player over the last 20 years. Almost. The only stumbling block was it would have cost money, and that's vulgar and unacceptable.