Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
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.
That's pretty warped. Wenger didn't invent this style of football.

Swansea, Southampton, Liverpool and Everton are clear examples of teams that can play an attractive brand of football and don't have the same sort of problems we have breaking down more organised teams. It's no excuse. We're not even being hampered by teams parking the bus. They're just coming at us and getting points.