Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
The only evidence you have of Wenger being a dictator are things every other manager in the game does, where my example of the board being as culpable as Wenger for Wenger was clearly evidenced by Chips Keswick. There is no internal criticism, they either back him or turn the other way and whistle nonchalantly.
A dictator gives the wrong impression. He’s a control freak and there is enough evidence of that.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...senal-training

This is worth a read.
Gilberto Silva, the Brazilian who played for Arsenal as a defensive midfielder between 2002 and 2008, agrees. "The suggestion of outside help to coach players is made by people who don't know what happens at the club," he says. "Arsène never delegated things totally to his assistants. He was always watching things pitch-side, more than often coming in to talk about things to change. He never tried to reinvent the wheel or kept yapping at the players, because footballers don't like to be bossed around."
Despite Arsenal's now-perennially leaky defence Winterburn states that Wenger's philosophy is not to drill his back four separately. "No. Arsène Wenger's training is all about possession of the football, movement of the football and support of one another. Then he really expects you to be able, when you lose the ball, to organise yourself and dictate to players around you in what areas you want the opposition to go," he says.
This is where things get tricky. We have no real football people on the Board so I don’t know exactly what they can tell Wenger to do to improve results. If he’s stubborn and dismissive on ex players, I can’t imagine him taking to heart any suggestions from our men in suits upstairs. Also, do you really want a situation like what’s happened over at Spurs, Liverpool, Newcastle and even Chelsea? Interference from upstairs can be counterproductive. It should be the Boards job to support the manager with the resources he needs and then the manager takes it from there.