Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
There is no question that it's daft of people saying it's all Wengers fault, yes he has been the one who has pussied out of the transfer market, he's the one who has not prepared the squad properly for the season and he's the one responsible for one point out of six from our opening two games....and yes we know Wenger has unprecedented responsibility but he is still an employee.

For me the buck stops at the top, if an employee is underperforming and the management structure have done nothing to address it than its the management structure ultimately responsible. The board are contemptible cowards who have allowed this man to become a pastiche of himself, giving the excuse that "Arsene is a stubborn man it's hard to convince him", you don't need to convince him force it on him, I don't remember Wenger threatening to resign when Gazidis brought in Shad Forsythe and Wim Jonker without consulting Wenger....that's because Wenger is stubborn but he's non confrontational he only gets away with what he's allowed to get away with.
Force it on him? That's bad management. I wouldn't want the Board to go that way. They just need to allow him to fall on his own sword. If he's convinced Rob Holding is the answer, then they should hold him to it. If the kid has a bad season or hardly plays, they need to hold him accountable for his decision. I wouldn't want a structure where we force players onto the manager and then look to blame him if it doesn't work out. I wouldn't care so much in Wenger's case, but not if it sets a precedent for the future. Either way, I don't think anyone can really say for sure if Holding is a good or bad signing. They need to just let it play out and play that press conference back to him if we have defensive problems this year.