Quote Originally Posted by Kano View Post
Kroenke was lavish in his praise recently too, all looking positive on that front

Why not keep Wenger, fuck it. Could be worse, could be better. There's more than enough retards online that care enough to cry and whinge at every single thing that goes wrong. I'll let them have the cardiacs about it now. It's no longer life or death for me, just something I can enjoy and come back to every week. New manager or not, it won't alter my involvement, so sign up Wenger by all means.
The issue is that it's kicking the matter into the long grass, do they imagine if Wenger is so great that replacing him is going to get any easier the longer they leave it?.

I would probably make more effort to watch Arsenal if i thought there was a glimmer of hope involved, at the moment the right parties are making the right noises because this season hasn't been a disaster thus far. By this time last season we had lost seven games in all competitions (having played only one game more) so it is hard for their to be more than utterances of discontent (that said even the police academy cast of Arsenal TV are not being taken for fools, they aren't seeing change and know that claiming otherwise is setting yourself up for a fall).

If this season goes like last season (finishing 2nd being a ridiculously deceptive position for a season of underachievement) than it will be interesting to see what Wenger does, when Kroenke like you say lavishes praises on Wenger it's a Pontius Pilate act.....they don't want to take the responsibility for who the manager is and they want it to be Wenger who chooses whether he goes or stays, and I would love to see the smug complacent grins wiped off their faces if Wenger decides he's had enough of the bad atmosphere when things aren't going well and goes.

As much as Wenger himself is just as responsible for what's going on, the board and the owner are more than happy to have him as a patsy.