Alexis Sanchez (official).

[Power n Glory]

I get that. But Arsenal is the glaring exception. Ridiculously it's up to the fans and the players to put this club back on track now. Nobody else is going to do it or is capable of doing it. What a bloody mess it all is. Somehow, in a couple of seasons, we've gone from being stable compared to the mess Ferguson left Utd in, to being in an even worse situation. It shows that when you let something rot for so long it will fall apart very quickly once a critical point is reached. Two more years of this guy would be catastrophic.

Agreed. Definitely the exception.

In regards to how Wenger will leave us....if Stan and Ivan have no interest in the new managers ideas and he's not allowed to bring in his own coaching staff....we could be in trouble. But if they're receptive and we have a forward thinking manager, we could end up in good shape.

[Penguin]

Wenger said Alexis' training ground bust up was made up and nothing has happened. but he also said this:

"It's a team sport, our game is built on collective expression and not one individual. Sanchez played in all the games when we didn't perform away from home we lost as well and that is what I think is the most important, to perform as a team."

Wenger seems to be telling Sanchez he needs to wise up with his teamwork here...

"Players at that level are proven but football is not about one player, it's much bigger than that.

"There's not a lot to add. Everybody wants to win."

Clearly not everyone knows HOW to win though...

Wenger steps into interrupt a question put to Mertesacker about whether the players are behind Wenger.

"Look honestly I don't think it's adjusted to the press conference. It's not up to a player to choose a manager.

"If I ask you is everybody in the company behind you, I promise I will find somebody who would like to be in your position. I can understand when results are not there when I'm criticised but it is not up to players to decide their manager."

On Champions league hopes:
"In last four, five years we have always played Barcelona or Bayern Munich, always the best or second best team in Europe so it's a difficult period.

"If you look at recent years we have done well from March until May.

"I think short term happiness is much easier to get than long term..."

[Power n Glory]

"I think short term happiness is much easier to get than long term..."

How long has been since won the league?

[Marc Overmars]

Don't have much sympathy with the tough draw excuse, particularly after the way we choked against Monaco.
We should relish ties against the top teams but instead we're completely gripped by fear. That's why we're never capable of getting results as an underdog in the same way our rivals have done in the past.

What good is it playing well from March to May when you're not competing for anything? Should we take solace in that?

[Niall_Quinn]

Short term happiness

This guy.

[Niall_Quinn]

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Short term happiness

This guy.

If Wenger is honest with himself the last time he was truly happy was nuzzling into the bosom of his chocolate mistress Sonia Tatar

[Penguin]

Don't have much sympathy with the tough draw excuse, particularly after the way we choked against Monaco.
We should relish ties against the top teams but instead we're completely gripped by fear. That's why we're never capable of getting results as an underdog in the same way our rivals have done in the past.

What good is it playing well from March to May when you're not competing for anything? Should we take solace in that?

That part made me laugh. One of the reasons we keep drawing teams like Bayern and Barca is because we keep fucking up in the group stage. Then we play like a bunch of school kids against them and get demolished because the manager doesn't understand tactics.

Wenger doesn't even have the luxury of using that excuse when we get knocked out against the likes of Monaco and PSV. What was his excuse then?

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

That part made me laugh. One of the reasons we keep drawing teams like Bayern and Barca is because we keep fucking up in the group stage. Then we play like a bunch of school kids against them and get demolished because the manager doesn't understand tactics.

Wenger doesn't even have the luxury of using that excuse when we get knocked out against the likes of Monaco and PSV. What was his excuse then?

"We can only think we played the game we wanted to play but we didn't take our chances. It's cruel." - His excuse for PSV


Asked if Monaco deserved to progress, Wenger said: "I don't believe so.

"If you look at the number of shots on target they had you will be surprised. Every defeat hurts but we didn't lose." - His excuse for Monaco

[Niall_Quinn]

"It wasn't me!" - His excuse for everything.