Wenger Referendum II - And this time it's personal

[Letters]

You serious?! I (and other posters) have given you multiple examples of similar runs.

None of them have been similar. This is the best run since The Invincibles, and the best run anyone has put together this season. And comes at the end of a run of 17 wins out of 20. Again, we haven't done anything close to that since The Invincibles. Long unbeaten runs with quite a few draws in really don't compare...unless it suits your agenda.

[Niall_Quinn]

None of them have been similar. This is the best run since The Invincibles, and the best run anyone has put together this season. And comes at the end of a run of 17 wins out of 20. Again, we haven't done anything close to that since The Invincibles. Long unbeaten runs with quite a few draws in really don't compare...unless it suits your agenda.

We haven't had a squad as strong as this since the Invincibles. It's the players, not the manager. They win despite him.

[Letters]

We haven't had a squad as strong as this since the Invincibles. It's the players, not the manager. They win despite him.

Then what were they playing at early season? And who buys and trains the players?
Wenger is responsible for results, good or bad.

[Niall_Quinn]

Then what were they playing at early season? And who buys and trains the players?
Wenger is responsible for results, good or bad.

Can't fault his activity in the transfer market recently. But Wenger's ability to use those players to the best advantage is deeply suspect. Injuries and luck (plus the desire of players like Coquelin) has helped Wenger out hugely. He still makes his silly subs though, still goes defensive when we should be on the front foot, still takes opponents for granted. All the flaws are still there, don't be fooled otherwise.

[Letters]

Oh yeah, the defensive 4-1 win vs Liverpool.
What a bumbling idiot

[Niall_Quinn]

Oh yeah, the defensive 4-1 win vs Liverpool.
What a bumbling idiot

Didn't say it was defensive, I said he took his foot off the gas when we were under zero threat and by doing so created the threat he was trying to avoid. Then you take the Monaco game where he admits the team wasn't prepared for the first leg, in other words the result was taken for granted. You could say it was a one off but look back over the seasons and you see it happening time and time again. He's a good manager, the best in some respects. But he's average and sometimes woeful tactically and he has a stubborn streak that prevents him learning key lessons. That said, his stubborn streak sometimes helps us too, like when he stuck with Ramsey when just about everyone was on the kid's back. An infuriating man that has a huge amount of resources at his disposal but remains 98% efficient at using them when it's the 100% effort that wins the big prizes.

[fakeyank]

None of them have been similar. This is the best run since The Invincibles, and the best run anyone has put together this season. And comes at the end of a run of 17 wins out of 20. Again, we haven't done anything close to that since The Invincibles. Long unbeaten runs with quite a few draws in really don't compare...unless it suits your agenda.

This is all PL stats below:

2007/08 season, in our first 15 games, this was our record before our first loss: P15 W11 D4

2008/09 season, after losing 5 games by the end of November, our record till the end of the season was P24 W13 D10 L1

2009/10 season, after our loss to chelsea at home 0-3, our record till our next loss was P10 W7 D3. We then lost 2 games in succession and then went on another run. This run was P8 W7 D1.

We always have unbeaten runs. 2009/10 had a lot of draws but look at the others (especially 07/08), what makes you think this is even close to the invincibles?! The above stats look even better when you pepper in random token wins in the FA Cup, Carling Cup and CL Group stages, but frankly I didnt want to put the time and effort to prove an already known point.

To say that this is the best run since the Invincibles is an absurd statement to make when we lost to Tottenham as recently as February!! You really are acting a WUM on this one and you know it. There is no point going further on this tbh..