How Good Is Wenger?

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Unlike Ferguson the core problem with Wenger is that he really hasn't adjusted well to the influx of money into the PL and rise of the billionaire clubs. He's too stuck in his old ways and isn't flexible enough.

He has his faults: teams with a shit defence (apart from this one), wage system that is a joke that rewards too many mediocre players and doesn't pay top talent enough, too stubborn, too reactive and not proactive, doesn't analyse opponents weaknesses, thinks games can be won simply by us doing our "thing", bringing through players with weak mentalitys that collapse when the slightest bit of pressure is on them, relying on injury prone players, not replacing players, etc etc etc

But despite all that he's done well considering the only teams we've finished behind are two teams artificially there due to heavy outside investment and one because they have the best manager in the world and are a giant of a global football club. This despite spending little to no money on transfers (wages are a different matter) and building and almost fully paying of a new stadium ensuring us a steady stream of revenue for the foreseeable future.

Now that it's almost confirmed that we have a shedload of money coming our way with the new sponsorship deals, there shouldn't be any excuse not to spend money and with the three teams above undergoing managerial changes it'd be very interesting to see whether we can finally push on and perhaps return to our previous glory days. I think he's capable of it - I mean he's a very intelligent man, he's just been too stubborn to change his ethos. But our team this season has been different, they've actually been quite good defensively and that's the foundation of any title winning team. Sure they've been dire up front, but that's more then easily rectified with a couple of quality attacking signings. So perhaps, finally he's realised it's not the worst thing in the world to try out different ideas?



Still, I wouldn't mind seeing a change but only and only if we can get someone clearly better or potentially as good. The last thing anyone wants is to replace Wenger with someone terrible .... like an Allardyce or heck I remember when people were suggesting Owen Coyle.