IMO if you want a manager that doesn't spend huge amounts and will get you 4th place, Wenger is your man. If you want a manager who wins and who's primary goal is to win and who will do what it takes to do so, he's not.
Kinda depends which side of the fence you're on, personally I don't get much pleasure from 4th place and CL qualification simply because IMO it's a bit of a farce to have 4 teams from one country in Europe's premier competition and because we don't even have an outside chance of success due to the mentality manager, so I'd take a chance and try something else.
[QUOTE=She Wore A Red Ribbon;376279]FA cup and 3rd would be a successful season.
I would settle for that right now.
I have noticed that since people have calmed down since the weekend, the poll is levelling out.
I was a bit harsh on Wenger over the weekend, but sometimes his team selection wears me down!
I for one would not like to see Wenger leave under a dark cloud. If we manage third and win the FA Cup, he could leave with his head held high. Everyone's a winner!![]()
Depends how much you value success I guess, putting your best team out in a tie that's all but gone in a competition you haven't a hope of winning could hardly be called a wise move.
Better to ask players if they would rather play and win the FA Cup game and then play the CL game and lose or not play and potentially lose the FA Cup game and then play and lose in the CL.
We're not gonna go through against Bayern and even if by some miracle Moses showed up parted their defence 3 times and earned us a 3 goal win, we still wouldn't win the competition, as there's several better sides still in it.
The FA Cup still has one better side in it, however in a one off game in a neutral venue I guess it's possible we could upset the odds (I doubt it very much looking at our big match mentality but hey) however unlikely.
We could get an unbiased ref. Bayern could have Robben sent off for all his diving and antics. Much could happen. It's way past time something went our way.
As for the FA Cup - it's utterly worthless. Not even a shadow of the competition it used to be. It'd be a 5 minute wonder if we won it,
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Even with that in mind, I can see us failing to convert, we've got a proven track record unfortunately, last 16 is our limit nowadays. The CL is a step too far for us, we're not good enough to win it, nor do we play the type of game where we could get "lucky".
I disagree, I think you've bought into the hype here, every team that wins the FA Cup looks elated to have won it, it's still a great competition, it's just you've forgotten as it's a long time since we've been serious contenders.