Quote Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur View Post
What Pep said about the Top 4 was his attempt to deflect attention away from the poor season he had. He knows it and his owners know it too otherwise he’d be fired if he came 3rd or 4th this season. Nothing has been left to chance this season. Man City are flying.

I don’t know if Wenger believes half the crap he says. In most cases I believe he’s just putting up a defence to deflect blame away from his record, but boy oh boy, how he’s managed to convince people of his bullshit is quite remarkable. From fans like Letters, to the Board room. It’s unreal. This is a man that tried to blame Ramsey's injury record on the hairspray Ramsey used!

I really can't understand it either.
And what Letters quoted from Pep was Letters' attempt to deflect as well. Like he did earlier in this match thread when he dismissed another lousy season from Wenger with the excuse that nobody is catching the gypos anyway. Always an excuse in there somewhere. Losing is baked in.

It's a weird sporting form of Stockholm Syndrome.