Interesting that he mentions Man U away last season as one of his biggest disappointments. We just didn't turn up at all in that game and that must be such a bitch for a manager to witness.
Interesting that he mentions Man U away last season as one of his biggest disappointments. We just didn't turn up at all in that game and that must be such a bitch for a manager to witness.
I'd have liked Thierry to ask why, after lots of success, Wenger switched from having a team with several tall, strong players not scared to make a tackle e.g. Petit, Vieira etc to a team who were the exact oppoiste. Especially when Chelsea came along with Essien and Makelele and replicated it and enjoyed even more success.
Plenty of disappointments at United to choose fromOriginally Posted by Grebbo
Man United 1-0 Arsenal 96/97
Man United 6-1 Arsenal 00/01
Man United 2-0 Arsenal 02/03
Man United 2-0 Arsenal 04/05
Man United 1-0 Arsenal 04/05 LC
Man United 2-0 Arsenal 05/06
Man United 4-0 Arsenal 07/08 FAC
Man United 2-1 Arsenal 07/08
Man United 1-0 Arsenal 08/09 EC
Man United 2-1 Arsenal 09/10
Man United 1-0 Arsenal 10/11
Man United 2-0 Arsenal 10/11 FAC
Man United 8-2 Arsenal 11/12
Man United 2-1 Arsenal 12/13
Man United 1-0 Arsenal 13/14
Man United 3-2 Arsenal 15/16
Our league record at Old Trafford reads at W 3 D 5 L 12
Abysmal
Last edited by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie; 07-10-2016 at 10:31 AM.
It's because it's easy to buy massive players, and it's easy to buy technical players. It's not easy to buy massive, technical players, especially at the time and the financial restrictions we were under.
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I think that was the fixture for most of us that made it abundantly clear we didn't have the mentality to last the distance, consumed by fear once again as the expectation rose. He knows he probably won't get another crack at the title as straight forward as that.
Plenty of fixtures proved we didn't have the mettle
Both Chelsea fixtures, the away game at Anfield, the Southampton fixtures, the West Brom game where we missed a penalty to draw level
The West Ham fixture at upton park where we could have still applied pressure to leicester had we won
True there were plenty of stinkers but I understand why Wenger has stated that United game as one of his biggest disappointments. We still had a very realistic chance at that point, especially if we had bothered to ride the wave of euphoria after the Leicester win.
The fans gave up after the United game and the players also checked out. Then that rancid end of season form ensued.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 07-10-2016 at 01:01 PM.
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