Bayern 5-1 Arsenal (plus all other games for the rest of the season) Match Reaction

[Özim]

He's the one who has chosen to keep walking into fast moving traffic. It's on him to realise that the club is bigger than his personal ambitions and he lost sight of that fact a long time ago. He's facing the facts the fans have known for a long time now - at least I hope he's facing them. The absolute low point was the 6-0 drubbing on his thousandth game against a bitter rival. In isolation okay he could maybe brush that off, but it was the opposite, it was a crushing confirmation based on a stream of similar calamities that he was finished. He chose not to accept it and now he's ended up here, pulling the whole club down to joke status yet again. Can we really be sympathetic for somebody who has brought this on himself and on the club as a whole? Yes, there's the stadium, the trophies of the past, a whole stack of good times. But that's not how football works and because football is a cut-throat, results based business the rewards are huge. Obscene in fact. And he's enjoyed the rewards whist taking advantage of a unique position in which he's made himself answerable to only himself and has therefore evaded the consequences of repeated failure. He's had his cake and eaten it. This resulting pressure goes with the territory and if I'm honest I don't feel an ounce of sympathy for him. I have a very hard time feeling sympathetic for people who beg for predictable misfortune and then inevitably get it, especially when they drag thousands of other people into their mess.

Totally agree, should have hung up his hat years ago, as you say his 1000th match told you all you need to know. Unfortunately he's not one to take note or to learn, I don't feel any sympathy for the guy, he's been happy enough to point the finger at the fans when he's the one he should be looking at.

Like you say he's brought it on himself, he's had the warnings many times before and he had to do was take notice and either retire or change, unfortunately he decided to the the same thing over and over and over and over again, because as we knw he thinks he's always right.

[Niall_Quinn]

I've lost count of the amont of thrashings we've got in the last 10 years, most big clubs suffer big defeats once in a blue moon, we seem to have to endure them quite a lot, just embarassing.

Before Wenger came along the only big defeat I can remember was a 6-2 defeat to Man U in the league cup.

We got done 5-0 by Boro IIRC. Midweek game I think. Remember listening to it on the radio and thinking, damn, you rotten cunts.

[ Looked that one up and there it is, long time ago: http://www.worldfootball.net/report/...fc-arsenal-fc/ ]

[Özim]

People can say what they like about Wenger but he can only be regarded as a complete failure in Europe, perhaps even the biggest failure, so many opportunities to win and has failed to do so, he's been badly exposed in Europe, I think that has to impact on how great a manager he will be considered, failing to win a European trophy is a big black mark on his cv (to go alongside the 12 or so years of relative failure).

[Özim]

We got done 5-0 by Boro IIRC. Midweek game I think. Remember listening to it on the radio and thinking, damn, you rotten cunts.

[ Looked that one up and there it is, long time ago: http://www.worldfootball.net/report/...fc-arsenal-fc/ ]

You really had to search hard for that

In the last decade the list is however rather long.

[Maestro]

Beautiful just beautiful

No more chat an stop fucking analysing the game, he needs to go end off. Sutton do us a favour and kill him off! Wenger Out!!!!!!

[selassie]

He looks and sounds pretty beaten up.

Yeah I feel sorry for him, he looks visibly upset.

[redordead]

Totally agree, should have hung up his hat years ago, as you say his 1000th match told you all you need to know. Unfortunately he's not one to take note or to learn, I don't feel any sympathy for the guy, he's been happy enough to point the finger at the fans when he's the one he should be looking at.

Like you say he's brought it on himself, he's had the warnings many times before and he had to do was take notice and either retire or change, unfortunately he decided to the the same thing over and over and over and over again, because as we knw he thinks he's always right.

Couldn't agree more

[AFC Leveller]

The one positive (if you can call it that) was the performance of Ospina. He kept the score respectable and was unlucky with the 4th goal.
Since the season is done and dusted now he should be given a run in the starting eleven and build his confidence.

[Xhaka Can’t]

It's nights like last night that demonstrate why we need to finish outside the top 4.

[Marc Overmars]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.t...nightmare/amp/

Unsurprising.