...and NQ - AW has been excused a lot over the past few years for his principled way of going about things. And Mourinho's obvious spite stems from the fact that Wenger is still respected here despite his lack of success. We can justifiably point to the Citeh's and Chavs poisoning football. What hurts is that with fewer resources than us, Rogers; Martinez; and even the likes of Pochetino are showing that good management can breed success and a dynamic brand of football. Like it or not, the new breed of managers are playing more exciting football than us, even if they are also being tactically astute in setting teams up to play what is in front of them. It has been embarrassing seeing Arsenal so easily out-thought as well as out played.
Yes, some managers are certainly more enterprising and ambitious with their football than Wenger is now, wouldn't argue with that. I hate watching the shit we play. But there isn't a manager anywhere who has ever produced the type of football we used to play. Granted, it's much tougher to play like that now, mainly due to the cynical approach that has come about because it is now so vital to win or get fourth or stay up or whatever the financial goal happens to be. This is what I mean when I say people shouldn't be so quick to applaud the modern game. Yes it is modern and it gets results, but it's boring and one of the key ingredients of any form of entertainment should be, well, entertainment.