Originally Posted by
Power_n_Glory
It's being called into question right now. Like it or not. When his story is told, this is part of the chapter that will be told and won't be brushed over. He's never successfully defended a title or won a the Champions League and that's going to put him down as one of the good managers but not elite. When polls are done on the greatest managers, he may come outside of the top 10 and that's a real shame. It's not a bad thing to be where he is but I always considered him as one of the elites and bragged when talking to other fans about his skill. That's just not the case anymore.
Clough had that period where he fell off but he also took that team to win the highest honour and was pretty dominant in his time. Wenger hasn't been dominant over Fergie, he's never won back to back titles as said and while we have the Invincible season, he has the Treble. They were on par at a certain period where it was a debate over who was better, it's not even a debate anymore, Fergie has gone clear of Wenger and surpassed him. We never used to praise Fergie in this way before when we were going head to head with his team. We always thought we had the better manager. Now we're admitting defeat. No shame in Wenger's record when you look at it but if it all ends tomorrow you get a sense that he didn't quite reach the heights we expected. In fact, I'm sure when he's retired and reflects back, he'll have regrets about not winning Europe as his peers have done. It's got to sting his ego a bit.
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