Match Reaction vs Swansea

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

And yes there is a difference between being a control freak and a dictator

First hand i actually find it very hard to delegate responsibility to other people at work, because what I do and the processes i go through to do it sometimes only can be understood in an explanatory sense by myself.

Of course the difference between myself and Wenger, is that i chose to get a third party involved to act as intermediary so people weren't getting confused at what i was asking them to do.

Speaking of work, i need to go to sleep now in order that i can perform said job tomorrow morning....it's been fun disagreeing with you :-)

[Power n Glory]

If they've known about it for years that the guy is a control freak who cannot delegate (which i suspect they have) perhaps it would have been prudent not to have given the guy a three year contract and making it abundantly clear they were happy with everything he was doing.

Dein, Edelman and Friar all left within a year of each other....Fiszman remained in name but was battling against ilness, Wenger grabbed power in the vaccum left by these individuals.

One, what power did Wenger grab in that vacuum that went beyond the technical side of football?

Second, you don't know the conditions placed on Wenger with that new deal as he certainly took a long time to sign it.

Yes, we'll leave this one. All be made clear soon enough. Wenger's time is up.

[Niall_Quinn]

I like Chambers, and I think his signing was a shrewd investment from Wenger in the summer.

But he’s not quick, and the defender was left exposed, alone, dealing with a winger who was having a brilliant game and rinsing his man for pace every time he got the ball.
Mathieu Flamini didn’t go across to help out, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain preferred to go forward, the speed demon Hector Bellerin stayed on the bench. What was the Arsenal manager actually doing?

Wenger’s grasp of the problems at Arsenal, which have led to the team losing a three-goal lead at home to Anderlecht, and then losing a game they were winning at Swansea, is virtually non-existent.

To back this up let me give you a selection of quotes from Wenger which were posted on the official Arsenal website after the Swansea defeat...
Wenger: 'We were quite solid defensively and didn’t look in the need to change.'

So he couldn’t see how exposed Chambers was?

Wenger: 'I think he (Flamini) had a decent game.' And then on Alexis Sanchez: 'He didn’t have the best game today.'

After those answers, do you trust his judgment of a player’s performance?

Wenger: 'We were struggling a bit on the right side but I have no experienced players on the bench. It was unfortunate. I don’t think there was a need to change.'

There was clearly a need to change. But bringing on Yaya Sanogo for Chambers in the final minute was laughable. And why were there no experienced players on the bench?

Because Wenger’s squad management and transfer policy are so excruciatingly pathetic. Letting Thomas Vermaelen go was bad, failing to replace him was shocking.

Wenger: 'The free kick is difficult to predict he would score from there. It’s not like we gave a great goal chance away. I feel the free-kick was a bit harsh.'

It was a free kick 25 yards out! Why is it difficult to predict Gylfi Sigurdsson could score from there? This is a player who has scored free kicks from that distance for club and country in the past (for Iceland away to Slovenia last year, for Swansea at Wigan in March 2012, for Reading against Swansea and at Ipswich).

So how come Wenger wasn’t aware? Given Sigurdsson’s quality, a free kick conceded 25 yards from goal was obviously a 'great goal chance'. And was it harsh? Kieran Gibbs was guilty of sliding in, nowhere near the ball, and bringing down a player as Swansea broke away.

And when asked why Chelsea have made such a good start, Wenger’s reply was: 'There is no obvious reason.'

The reasons are clear: Jose Mourinho identifying Chelsea’s weaknesses and solving them with two signings, one of whom was a player Arsenal could have signed but didn’t, allowing the Blues to take him.

The answers Wenger gives could possibly be twisted by his more deluded supporters into some sort of desperate attempt to protect his players.

The Arsenal manager needed to protect his teenage right back on Sunday, but failed to do so.

The irony is that despite the game being played in front of him, Wenger does not see it. Old habits die hard, I suppose.

He used to be brilliant. But he isn’t any more.

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It's a sad day - Durham is right

How can this have happened?

[Globalgunner]

It's a sad day - Durham is right

How can this have happened?

Your`e partly to blame NQ, along with your boy Robin, Letters. We all told you the old fuddy duddy was batshit Joker crazy. This time last year you wouldn't hear of it. I'm sending the bill for several wrecked TVs and furniture in my house straight to your door.

Only God can help us now.....i'm contemplating going back to Church,

[Power n Glory]

It's a sad day - Durham is right

How can this have happened?

Words correlate with action. If he had seen a problem he'd have changed things. He's lost.

[Niall_Quinn]

Your`e partly to blame NQ, along with your boy Robin, Letters. We all told you the old fuddy duddy was batshit Joker crazy. This time last year you wouldn't hear of it. I'm sending the bill for several wrecked TVs and furniture in my house straight to your door.

Only God can help us now.....i'm contemplating going back to Church,

No, you're missing the point. Forget Wenger and Arsenal, that's small potatoes. Focus on the main issue. How the fuck has Durham got something right? What's happening?

[Dein-machine]

No, you're missing the point. Forget Wenger and Arsenal, that's small potatoes. Focus on the main issue. How the fuck has Durham got something right? What's happening?

Durham could say he's been right on Wenger for quite a while whilst the reality has taken you & a few others quite a while to comprehend.

[Seymour Butts]

Precisely I think both Chambers and Jenkinson are good enough for Arsenal

I think if Chambers is played at centre back and we buy one more centre back we'd have a well balanced defence.

Well apart from Monreal, he is a poor left back let alone centre back

Had we not let Jenkinson go I think we would have been ok with Chambers at RB and Chambers at CB - certainly a lot more solid than we are at the moment that's for sure

[Seymour Butts]

Had we not let Jenkinson go I think we would have been ok with Chambers at RB and Chambers at CB - certainly a lot more solid than we are at the moment that's for sure

Jenkinson at RB I meant - Chambers has potential but not enough potential to cover both positions at the same time!

[Niall_Quinn]

Durham could say he's been right on Wenger for quite a while whilst the reality has taken you & a few others quite a while to comprehend.

Though in reality there's nobody here who hasn't highlighted Wenger's tactical weaknesses. It's all the other stuff that some of the fans won't get on board with. There's a difference between a problem and a catastrophe.