Match Reaction vs Swansea

[1_nilto the arsenal]

On Saturday the under 15's i coach were playing. Thier left winger was having a torrid time against my right back, as he was faster and stronger. 10 mins later thier coach moved his left winger out on the right hand side, as my left back was not as fast or stronger. 2 mins later I switched my right back to play left back and the left back on the right. We won the game 2-0. Simples. I dont have to be Ferguson to see how to protect my player from a much a better player. Then how does an idiot like Wenger not see that Chambers was getting the runa rounds from Montero all game long. £8 million a year, do me a favour.

[Ollie the Optimist]

i think i preferred it when we didn't spend money on players like ozil, sanchez, debuchy etc. At least then it was understandable why we were so shit.

Now we have those players and we are still shit.

Wenger has to go

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Hmm there was no like for like solution on the bench

However what I'd have done is take Cazorla off at 1-0, replacing him with Wilshere. Then moved Ramsey to the right hand side of midfield instruct him not to bomb forward and protect his full back, moved Ox to the centre to play with Flamini and Wilshere. And get them to stay behind the centre circle unless there is a tangible break on.

[Letters]

i think i preferred it when we didn't spend money on players like ozil, sanchez, debuchy etc. At least then it was understandable why we were so shit.

Now we have those players and we are still shit.

Wenger has to go

Ollie

[Munchies]

i think i preferred it when we didn't spend money on players like ozil, sanchez, debuchy etc. At least then it was understandable why we were so shit.

Now we have those players and we are still shit.

Wenger has to go

[selassie]

Hmm there was no like for like solution on the bench

However what I'd have done is take Cazorla off at 1-0, replacing him with Wilshere. Then moved Ramsey to the right hand side of midfield instruct him not to bomb forward and protect his full back, moved Ox to the centre to play with Flamini and Wilshere. And get them to stay behind the centre circle unless there is a tangible break on.

No like for like solution because Wenger has built an inbalanced squad.

Square pegs and round holes...he's made a right mess of the squad and he needs to fix it quick. God knows where we go from here...

[Power n Glory]

To be fair if I was a manager I'd be dismissive of ex professionals opinions as well, do I think Merson is right? Of course but at the same time this is a guy who has boasted about playing a drinking game with Gazza involving wine and sleeping tablets so he's quite easy for Wenger to dismiss.

The criticism needs to be coming internally, and it kind of makes an irony of the statements of support the board give him. If they were supportive of him, they'd be interfering more in the football aspects of the club. This nonsense that idiots like Stewart Robson perpetuates of Wenger being a dictator is facile because it goes against what anyone will tell you about Wenger, he is a man who hates confrontation and invariably is only in a position of unchecked and unquestioned authority because no one above him in the hierarchy is questioning him.
It's incredibly easy to think your doing well when nobody tells you otherwise
This is no defence of Wenger by the way, he's intelligent enough and being paid enough to identify what's wrong without being told. But the fact is his stubborn intransigence is not being questioned by those he might listen to

Yes, you can be dismissive of ex-players if you know what you’re doing. Merson’s life outside of football shouldn’t dismiss what he’s said about the squad because even with the wild lifestyle those guys had they still had enough brain cells to know when and how to protect a lead and lock up shop. How to stay organised and take instructions. If an ‘imbecile’ like Merson can see what’s going wrong on the pitch, what’s the current crops excuse? Wenger is dismissive regardless of whose breaking the news to him and that’s why he’s in this mess. Internal voices…..is he listening to Steve Bould? It doesn’t look like Bould’s appointment has made the change we’d all hoped to see.

As for Wenger not being a dictator…why is that farfetched? We’ve seen his petulant and tetchy side with the press, we’ve seen how aggressive he can be with that recent Mourinho touchline incident, he has a way of completely ostracising players that are either outspoken or he just doesn’t rate…you don’t have to be a snarling beast to be a dictator.

[Munchies]

Arsenal are doing worse now than in 2011-12 when #afc had Gervinho & Santos on the left. Humiliating.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Yes, you can be dismissive of ex-players if you know what you’re doing. Merson’s life outside of football shouldn’t dismiss what he’s said about the squad because even with the wild lifestyle those guys had they still had enough brain cells to know when and how to protect a lead and lock up shop. How to stay organised and take instructions. If an ‘imbecile’ like Merson can see what’s going wrong on the pitch, what’s the current crops excuse? Wenger is dismissive regardless of whose breaking the news to him and that’s why he’s in this mess. Internal voices…..is he listening to Steve Bould? It doesn’t look like Bould’s appointment has made the change we’d all hoped to see.

As for Wenger not being a dictator…why is that farfetched? We’ve seen his petulant and tetchy side with the press, we’ve seen how aggressive he can be with that recent Mourinho touchline incident, he has a way of completely ostracising players that are either outspoken or he just doesn’t rate…you don’t have to be a snarling beast to be a dictator.

Every manager gets petulant and touchy with the press, I've heard nothing about him ostracising players for being outspoken. Players like Podolski are on the sidelines because he doesn't rate them....picking Sanogo over him shows poor judgement nothing else.

And even if Wenger was a dictator it doesn't excuse the board or his staff for blindly following him. My point is if Wenger deserves to go he should be followed out the door by a lot of people at the club. If one man is responsible for all our troubles than the people backing him are just as culpable

Bould in my view is the only man who has stood up to Wenger but ultimately he is subordinate to the manager, and this is why the board are responsible. That's why I don't see things as getting better when Wenger goes because any new manager will be under no pressure to achieve big success and probably will end up just as entrenched as l'ouisseau. To see real change you need not only Wenger gone, but the Kroenke family (brought about by the strangely lionised David Dein) and Blue Chips Keswick too (oh and Jabba the Hut whilst we are at it).
This isn't going to happen, our club belongs to the robber baron who are happy to keep Ronald Reagan at the reigns.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

No like for like solution because Wenger has built an inbalanced squad.

Square pegs and round holes...he's made a right mess of the squad and he needs to fix it quick. God knows where we go from here...

Oh I agree, I was simply stating there was no like for like substitution as a point of fact. Plus the rest of my post indicates an alternative strategy we in my view should have undertaken