I am probably foremost amongst the Wenger out brigade and have been probably since 2004. Wehger has good qualities but many that are not compatible with high achievement. Foremost he is not a great motivator, secondly he sucks at tactics. both terrible flaws for a leader of men taking them to war which in essence is what football is. However his greatest single defect is misplaced pride. He thinks he knows best and no mass of evidence to the contrary will make him think otherwise. Repeated failure never makes him shake the belief that success is just around the corner and all that is needed is patience and perseverance. This is epitomised in our play where we do the same thing for 90 mins untill the ref blows and the other side has nicked it 1 nil. He cannot inspire players to be better than they are because they see no reason to. Just follow Arsenes instructions, they think to themselves, and no matter the result he then cannot blame you for the outcome. Hence the stasgnation of players like Walcott who has no lateral thinking. The non progrssion of Djourou who is a worse player than when he joined us about 10 yrs ago. The retrogression of Rosicky who once possessed Europes finest shot but is now a journeyman, all hustle and bustle but no end product. The lack of determination and desire in the team is so evident and once it doesnt work out for them in 60 mins you can see the resignation set in. We indulge our players shortcomings and they all believe like Wenger that each game is one with 3 possible outcomes, all with an equal probability.
Contrast this with the Spuds. I loathe them as much as anyone but you cannnot deny that they are always seeking to improve. They take risks, quickly reassess their mistakes and change strategy. How many 1st team players have been bought and sold by them in the last 10 years I would probably guess 100. whereas for us it is likely less than half that, They buy, test and quickly get rid and buy again, while we coddle our failures and keep hoping for the best. We have the worst collection of keepers in the EPL and if not for 1 we would still be playing any of Mannone, Almunia et al. Senderos who we all agreed was shit was so promising before he joined us and was ruined and in 18 months at Fulham is now better than he ever was. playing a blinder against us at the cottage.
The common denominator is the manager who seeks not to improve the players but coaches them into a fixed system. making then in autobots who repeat the same play regardless of the opposition. The club existed before Wenger and will do so and thrive without him. We should thank him and show him the door. Anyother top european club would certainly have done so.
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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
