Wenger Referendum IV

[Niall_Quinn]

Gold!

The fans are the stupid passengers. Turning up each year, paying the exorbitant ticket price, sitting there waiting for something to happen, eventually buggering off with Captain Wenger waving, "See you next year!"

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger is in no hole really because he's under little to no pressure. Our spineless board are begging him to stay with the incentive of a 25% pay rise. Wenger is in a unique position in that he's one of the only managers out there in World Football who isn't judged on team performance.

Im not falling for him with this delaying of decision waiting to see where the team finish. He will extend regardless of what happens, we have been here before with him.

Morever our collapse in the title race last season was a complete disgrace, any manager of any other TOP team would have been fired for what happened at Arsenal last season.

Wenger is under no pressure really....he's not in a hole either as he pretty much dictates what he perceives is an acceptable season.

You sound like a very ungrateful person.

[Niall_Quinn]

Of course he is, it's just that the board's definition of acceptable team performance is different from the fans as they have different perspectives.

Agreed. It's the fans' fault.

[Letters]

Gold!

Poor analogy. Of course we'd be sailing, we just wouldn't be going at full pelt trying to get there as soon as possible to wow the press.
And we wouldn't have lost the binoculars which would have helped us avoid icebergs.

[Letters]

Agreed. It's the fans' fault.

Yep. That's what I said

[Niall_Quinn]

Poor analogy. Of course we'd be sailing, we just wouldn't be going at full pelt trying to get there as soon as possible to wow the press.
And we wouldn't have lost the binoculars which would have helped us avoid icebergs.

We'd be hitting every iceberg in the North Atlantic, sometimes twice.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yep. That's what I said

I know.

[selassie]

Of course he is, it's just that the board's definition of acceptable team performance is different from the fans as they have different perspectives.

He's in a unique position Letters...he wouldn't have lasted the distance anywhere else. He would have been shown the door at all of our rivals for last season which even by his low standards was an abomination.

He should have walked after last season out of principle...yet we are here discussing whether he feels like extending his contract or not...it's absolutely crazy.

[Letters]

We'd be hitting every iceberg in the North Atlantic, sometimes twice.

We'd probably hit the same few over and over again.

[Letters]

He's in a unique position Letters...he wouldn't have lasted the distance anywhere else. He would have been shown the door at all of our rivals for last season which even by his low standards was an abomination.

He should have walked after last season out of principle...yet we are here discussing whether he feels like extending his contract or not...it's absolutely crazy.

Well I agree with that but it's just not true to say he's under no pressure.
If we'd slipped in to mid table (as many on here predicted we would) then I think he'd have been long gone.
He's meeting his bosses expectations, just not the fans expectations but while we keep qualifying for the CL and the fans keep buying the tickets and the shirts there's no reason the board would want to change anything.