Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[Cripps]

The youth project seems to coincide with the 10 year youth plan he had when he arrived, so this idea had been brewing a while.

He had it all at the time, quality players, leadership, pace, flair and success, then he decided he should dismantle the entire team quickly without adequate replacements line up, change the style of play and do the exact opposite of what brought him success, to this day he's not even tried to revert back to those successful methods, all very weird.

Didn't we have one of the highest wage bills with project youth? So not it's even like we saved a ton of money the way the club act they make it seem like we kept getting 4th with the 17th highest wage bill

Also what accountability was there for that shambles of a project? For treating us like a toy and completely eradicating our competitiveness? Any other manager would have been shipped out for taking the piss and ripping us apart but we kept giving Wenger new deals and still do

[GP]

[Niall_Quinn]

What's he getting from Santa?

A full 90 mins?

[Cripps]

[Cripps]

Serious question

What has mertesacker done to deserve being named the head of academy at one of the largest, most renowned institutions in the world?

[Özim]

Serious question

What has mertesacker done to deserve being named the head of academy at one of the largest, most renowned institutions in the world?

You don't need to do anything at this club to get a top job getting paid top whack, that's the problem, he'll be a perfect yes man to Wenger, he's not exactly a leader or outspoken.

[Marc Overmars]

He's definitely a Wenger yes man but in fairness to Merts he's clearly very highly thought of at the club. A bit like Arteta was too and he was deemed good enough to work with Pep.

I don't think it's as simple as great player = great coach, or average player = average coach.

[Cripps]

That's exactly my worry Zimm. An unqualified, inexperienced yes man. Instead of making a sound appointment to nurture the next generation of players coming through, and taking one of the best Head of Academy's off an elite club, we've appointed an unqualified, inexperienced individual with a weak mentality to manage the next generations.

IMO just another example of Wenger wanting someone that does not pose a threat or challenge him. Worrying.

[Özim]

Mertersacker won't change much, Wenger just picks yes men, none of them ever have an impact, what we really need is more outspoken people with new ideas, preferably not from inside the current club structure and the losers mentality seems to be ingrained into most of them.

The club may think highly of Mertersacker but it's pretty meaningless, look at the other people they think highly of, these people being cherry picked are clearly people who won't upset the status quo, pointless really because we really need someone to come in and make changes, even at youth level where out youth policy really hasn't worked despite the many millions invested.

There's simply no drive at this club and Mertersacker epitomises that.

[Letters]

Mertersacker won't change much, Wenger just picks yes men, none of them ever have an impact, what we really need is more outspoken people with new ideas, preferably not from inside the current club structure and the losers mentality seems to be ingrained into most of them.

The club may think highly of Mertersacker but it's pretty meaningless, look at the other people they think highly of, these people being cherry picked are clearly people who won't upset the status quo, pointless really because we really need someone to come in and make changes, even at youth level where out youth policy really hasn't worked despite the many millions invested.

There's simply no drive at this club and Mertersacker epitomises that.

If I didn't know better I'd say you're not entirely satisfied with the state and direction of the club.