We used to churn out out quality protest material like the Adebayor brochure - now look at us!Originally Posted by fakeyank
That looks very well thought out.
Whoever made that shouldve put in some extra effort.. their effort mirrors what is shown by our team. Go the extra mile and make something fruitful.. get some famous gooners on board and create a banner that looks like it was created by someone who at least knows more than MS Paint.
E's are good! Ebeenzer Goode!
That looks very well thought out.
Whoever made that shouldve put in some extra effort.. their effort mirrors what is shown by our team. Go the extra mile and make something fruitful.. get some famous gooners on board and create a banner that looks like it was created by someone who at least knows more than MS Paint.I like the X over Wenger's face, it's a little bit wrong!
Jerry SadowitzE's are good! Ebeenzer Goode!
I've started thinking that the bigger issue than who comes next is how well each level of the club is working? When I look at clubs like Dortmund and Southampton, they seem to be able to absorb any number of changes and losses to their playing and coaching staff, and it never really seems to phase them - is that because they've worked out some magic formula to spotting the next great coach whenever they need one, or is it because the clubs themselves are so consistent with everything else they're producing that the role of the coach has become less important?
Which isn't to belittle the role of the head coach in any way - it's obviously still a critical part of any successful side - I just think the importance of the role has shifted, and become more akin to that of a key player or a club captain who doesn't play? Important, yes, but more easily interchangeable than the days of needing a club manager. Things like scouting, recruitment, youth development, fitness management, fundamental technical-coaching, and even a player's core attitude and mentality - these are all things that I feel should be intrinsically tied to, and defined by the club now, and not any one person. The role of the head coach should be to take what the club has produced, pick and choose the bits they need, and apply the finishing, tactical + motivational (+ disciplinary) touches.
This is where I have both hope and fear for life after Wenger. Hope because I think there's a world full of potential head coaches out there who would fit the above brief, so i'm not that fussed about there being an established big name available for us. Fear because I think we've let a lot of areas of this club slide quite badly, and I'm not sure the set-up is currently there to support this new way of operating?
On the plus side, the infrastructure is all there, so it should just be a question of recruiting the right personnel. It looks like the club do at least acknowledge that there's a number of areas that have been deficient (judging by the recent overhaul of the fitness and academy teams, our acquisition of this data / stats analysis doohickie for recruitment, and the way we're trying to poach Leicester's scouts), but I have no idea how long it will take to start seeing tangible improvements and benefits?
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