New manager

[AFC Leveller]

The board wont sack him, they dont have a clue whats going on and Gazidis will come out with his usual BS in the summer about the money being there and about the club going places etc.

Wenger IMO is finished at this club, he is a broken man and these 4 defeats have shown us that the players simply dont fight for him when it matters. It was all his own doing anyway because EVERYONE knows we needed a striker to come in and we needed some much needed pace but he got an injured over the hill DCM and brought in an unknown from Ligue 2! how can anyone not question his judgement when he does these things every time.

[AKBapologist]

It's not about fight. We just don't have the strength in depth, the power and the pace - we have an exceptionally unbalanced even before the injuries squad and everyone knows it. Speaking of injuries, that's also not an accident - you either change the way you manage and prepare the players or have a squad big enough to compensate. In every way we've failed this season, Wenger is to blame.


The board should fuck off too, and I wouldn't trust them on finding a replacement given the fact they don't have the balls or credentials to even question wenger - none of them have footballing backgrounds. Basically, we're fucked.

[Power n Glory]

http://le-grove.co.uk/2014/04/08/gue...ee/#more-19002

Worth a read.

[Letters]

I essentially think he is a man of his word but I honestly think if he was 100% committed to being here after the end of season he would have signed the contract that has been offered him, the contract has been waiting since January and he could have signed during a period where the results were good...but I think regardless it has always been his intention to wait till the end of the season and reflect on what he has achieved before signing. And if both 4th and the FA cup don't happen I don't believe he will sign the new contract and may step down

I agree but I think that's him being fairly reasonable though, isn't it? As we've discovered over the last few weeks, you can't sensibly assess a season till the end.
I think if he leaves he'll do so as much because he thinks it's for the best for the club as well as himself.

[I am invisible]

http://le-grove.co.uk/2014/04/08/gue...ee/#more-19002

Worth a read.

Read this earlier - some interesting (sobering) thoughts there, as always, but nothing to be daunted by, in my opinion. If anything, I think we should be genuinely excited about the amount of scope we still have for improvement, given where we currently sit, and what we have going for us as a club? Even though other clubs are getting more out of what they have right now, and are putting us to shame in certain departments, I feel it's going to be far easier for us to pull our socks up and modernise tour approach to things like fitness, coaching and scouting than it will be for the likes of Liverpool, s***s, Everton, etc to finance stadium moves, drastically increase their revenue potentials, and generally sustain what they're currently doing over the long-term...

[Munchies]

[Dein-machine]

Read this earlier - some interesting (sobering) thoughts there, as always, but nothing to be daunted by, in my opinion. If anything, I think we should be genuinely excited about the amount of scope we still have for improvement, given where we currently sit, and what we have going for us as a club? Even though other clubs are getting more out of what they have right now, and are putting us to shame in certain departments, I feel it's going to be far easier for us to pull our socks up and modernise tour approach to things like fitness, coaching and scouting than it will be for the likes of Liverpool, s***s, Everton, etc to finance stadium moves, drastically increase their revenue potentials, and generally sustain what they're currently doing over the long-term...

Good read but not quite sure what the guys actual message is. He suggests at the end that its a bit of a "defense" of the current situation but seems quite critical of Wenger throughout. At the end of the day the surprising thing for me is how far we seem to have fallen behind on issues where I thought Wenger would be strong. If the mistakes made by medical staff using the redzone method are true then its farcical that we are supposed to have "Le Prof" in charge. Bearing in mind how much our football & player quality has regressed since the Invincibles era, the very least is that you would expect him to have all the technical stuff in order. Gazidis needs to give more control over things like medical issues, diets/food to experts & take Wenger away from making decisions on things he new a little bit about 15 years ago.
Wenger should decide the kind of players we need in transfer window but then let others do the deals - he has constantly proved his dinosaur views on modern day transfers are costing us the chance to add quality to the squad.
Having read the article, it just makes more sense for the good of Arsenal Football club that AW says his goodbyes this year.
We sound like a club where nobody makes a move without Wengers say so, he is trying to be "Jack of all trades" & I'm afraid he has become "Master of non" ( or failure in Maureen's words ).

[Power n Glory]

Read this earlier - some interesting (sobering) thoughts there, as always, but nothing to be daunted by, in my opinion. If anything, I think we should be genuinely excited about the amount of scope we still have for improvement, given where we currently sit, and what we have going for us as a club? Even though other clubs are getting more out of what they have right now, and are putting us to shame in certain departments, I feel it's going to be far easier for us to pull our socks up and modernise tour approach to things like fitness, coaching and scouting than it will be for the likes of Liverpool, s***s, Everton, etc to finance stadium moves, drastically increase their revenue potentials, and generally sustain what they're currently doing over the long-term...

Yes, I'm not daunted at all. I think we're on the cusp of something big but just need a few adjustments.

[Power n Glory]

Good read but not quite sure what the guys actual message is. He suggests at the end that its a bit of a "defense" of the current situation but seems quite critical of Wenger throughout. At the end of the day the surprising thing for me is how far we seem to have fallen behind on issues where I thought Wenger would be strong. If the mistakes made by medical staff using the redzone method are true then its farcical that we are supposed to have "Le Prof" in charge. Bearing in mind how much our football & player quality has regressed since the Invincibles era, the very least is that you would expect him to have all the technical stuff in order. Gazidis needs to give more control over things like medical issues, diets/food to experts & take Wenger away from making decisions on things he new a little bit about 15 years ago.
Wenger should decide the kind of players we need in transfer window but then let others do the deals - he has constantly proved his dinosaur views on modern day transfers are costing us the chance to add quality to the squad.
Having read the article, it just makes more sense for the good of Arsenal Football club that AW says his goodbyes this year.
We sound like a club where nobody makes a move without Wengers say so, he is trying to be "Jack of all trades" & I'm afraid he has become "Master of non" ( or failure in Maureen's words ).

In essence, I think he's saying Wenger is holding the club back. He has too much control over too many areas and needs to freshen up the backroom staff or move on. He's overplaying players which leads to injuries and he's overtraining players, which also leads to injuries. We've got equipment which monitors fatigue levels but Wenger ignores the warning signs. Le Grove has been posting about the fitness of the payers a lot lately.

[selassie]

http://le-grove.co.uk/2014/04/08/gue...ee/#more-19002

Worth a read.

Thanks for sharing P'n'G, that was a good read and I do pretty much share the same opinion.