Match Reaction v Soton (Home)

[Letters]

He'll fall on his own sword and nothing will change until the fans turn on him and he'll then turn on the fans and create a hostile environment. That's how I see his reign ending if he doesn't retire soon. It's going to be an ugly divisive end. For the sake of the club he should just walk. It's bad enough having Arsenal Fan TV going out everywhere and seeing that sideshow, Ty and Claude going at it each week.

It would be a shame if it ends bitterly. Hopefully when the dust has settled his legacy will be appreciated. I think Clough's is and he took them down in the end. All Wenger's done is taken us from 1st to 4th.
Hopefully the two FA Cups will help. He does need to move on but he'll leave us in good shape for whoever takes over.

[AFC Leveller]

Koeman says:

'Not in one and a half years managing Southampton has a team created what Arsenal created in opportunities today,' he said.
'You need to be lucky, first, and you need to have a goalkeeper who is saving everything.
'Arsenal are so good defensively with a lot of creativity and that's difficult then, of course, you need a keeper that's magic and he is magic tonight.
'He is with the national team and he is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League and maybe in Europe.'

[Globalgunner]

Saying that other names being bandied about are laughable is simply ignoring the fact that we are stagnating under this manager. If someone had suggested Ranieri last season. Letters would be saying, Who! That washed up old fool. If we had said Pochettino. He hasnt won anything.

We are slowly dying as a club under this self absorbed git. There are 19 other managers in the EPL. I would take at least 10 of them in a hearbeat.

[IBK]

Koeman says:

'Not in one and a half years managing Southampton has a team created what Arsenal created in opportunities today,' he said.
'You need to be lucky, first, and you need to have a goalkeeper who is saving everything.
'Arsenal are so good defensively with a lot of creativity and that's difficult then, of course, you need a keeper that's magic and he is magic tonight.
'He is with the national team and he is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League and maybe in Europe.'

TBH this exposes our lack of cutting edge/finishing all the more. The reality is that for a 'top team' we are woefully bereft of finishers at our club. You win games by scoring goals, and for the chances we create, we simply do not have the efficiency that is needed to win the league.

[Niall_Quinn]

We don't need to bring in a manager that's going to stay for the next two centuries like Wenger. Bringing in somebody to steady the ship and repair the crackpot's vandalism would be a great step forward. It would also give us time to look for a longer term replacement. This, "who is there", deterrent is no deterrent at all. Who cares provided it's not Wenger? Anyone who has managed for at least a couple of years in a top league would be an instant upgrade. They wouldn't even need to build a team because we already have almost everything we need. Pick a team, some rudimentary tactics, sane substitutions, swot up on the opposition between games, that sort of very basic stuff that would catapult us miles ahead of where we are now. Leave the finances alone and let the well paid suits at the top work for a living, for a change. You never know, they might like it.

All fantasy. He's here forever.

[Bumble]

14 games to go so still not out of the it. are remaining away games are
Bournemouth, United, Spurs, Everton, West Ham, Sunderland and City win 2 and draw 2 and win all home games gets us to 74 points. Will that be enough?

[Niall_Quinn]

14 games to go so still not out of the it.

FFS, he's doing his best but you can't expect him to be mathematically out of it with 14 games still to go.

[Letters]

We are slowly dying as a club under this self absorbed git.

Literally last year we won the FA Cup and finished 3rd. Stop being ridiculous.
I'm pissed off about our recent run of 'form' and have zero faith in this lot right now but let's not overstate how awful things are.

[Niall_Quinn]

We most certainly ARE dying as a club. But on the positive side, we're thriving as a corporation.

[IBK]

We don't need to bring in a manager that's going to stay for the next two centuries like Wenger. Bringing in somebody to steady the ship and repair the crackpot's vandalism would be a great step forward. It would also give us time to look for a longer term replacement. This, "who is there", deterrent is no deterrent at all. Who cares provided it's not Wenger? Anyone who has managed for at least a couple of years in a top league would be an instant upgrade. They wouldn't even need to build a team because we already have almost everything we need. Pick a team, some rudimentary tactics, sane substitutions, swot up on the opposition between games, that sort of very basic stuff that would catapult us miles ahead of where we are now. Leave the finances alone and let the well paid suits at the top work for a living, for a change. You never know, they might like it.

All fantasy. He's here forever.

I get the sentiment - but I'm not sure its that simple. LVG; Klopp; Koeman would fit your requirements, but have endured a somewhat rocky road this season. I agree that our talent has not been maximised, and that a more tactical man manager should be able to elevate our team, but it would need to be an extremely careful analysis of a manager who fits the playing style that is now deeply embedded in our team, and one who is not a cheque book warrior, given the financial approach of our owners and the need to preserve stability.