Originally Posted by Syn
Tbf if he was asked those questions this morning he have been alot calmer and maybe addmitted his mistake, however any manger probs would have reaced the way he did being asked straight after the game seeing how it all went down.
Wenger obviouly the occasion was too big for the lad and thought AA would deliver. He was wrong and addmitted it indirectly. All i can say this week is a big week for Arsene Wenger he will have tough choices to make.
Yep, whether he should resign or wait to be sacked.
PHW has already said it would be "nice" to qualify for the CL but it's okay if we don't because there's money in the kitty (that hasn't been spent on the players we desperately need). If the board is saying it's fine if we don't qualify then you can be sure there are no thoughts about sacking Wenger floating around. Will Wenger go? No, he's said time and again he honours his contracts. So He's here for another couple of years at least. The only thing the fans can do to change this is stop going to the games, stop buying shirts, stop subscribing to Sky, stop buying merchandise on the Internet, stop subscribing to Internet services such as ATVO. In doing this the club will be damaged and things could get even worse. So the fans are in a lose/ lose situation, powerless to influence what's going on without becoming part of the problem in the process. This is a fairly typical relationship with any monopoly, all the power is with those who take the money, realistically none with those who provide it. The board knows this and even if some fans say enough is enough there's a queue waiting to put down its money.
Instead it might be better to sing "Sack the board" for the full 90 minutes at every home and away game. Because these men have already had their pay day and they don't really stand to gain much else beyond their undeserved salaries and bonuses, they may feel the hassle isn't worth it and decide to piss off. Then Kroenke would be forced to act. As it stands, in the absence of any tangible pressure he can sit back and execute whatever plan he's currently following.
The fans could also chant "Wenger Out" and again attempt to force the board's hand. But for all his recent fuck-ups, Wenger doesn't deserve that. Not after what he's done for this club. It would be pissing on our own history to treat Wenger this way, we should have some class even if those in charge won't reciprocate.
In the end though, I doubt anything will shift this lot until they are good and ready to go. It's a sad situation. We have people who don't care about this club in charge. If they did care they would have acted and halted our decline. All they've really been up to over the last few years is sorting out their own financial rewards and fighting with each other to grab as much as they can. There must be an end game though because if they persist the club will eventually be relegated and nobody wins. So they'll fuck off eventually and Kroenke will show his hand. If he's prepared to put up with what's going on at the moment then we can already guess what that hand will be - exploitation. Business is business and he's a businessman.
This is what happens when you let the "wrong sort" into sport.
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Watching the game now. . .because I missed most last night and I wanted to see RvPs reaction to Oxos subbing. . .waiting for our goal first
If we lose RvP because of this I will go crazy I swear
You're already crazy, so what you mean is you'll do nothing.
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FFS Oxo off. . .what the hell. . .reaction of the crowd is quite amazing
There's that element of knowing Wenger would do it. It was mega frustrating to be able to predict it and then see it happen at precisely the wrong moment.
On the other hand, what a performance from this kid. He's going to be great for Utd or City.
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That makes me feel sick to the stomach.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Utd? Really?
We havent sold a player to them for ages.
You meant Barca or City surely
Actually. Just before the equaliser, they were readying Arshavin and Park I think. And then the equaliser came, and Nani went down (which actually caused us to lose a bit of concentration too), and then the substitution.
I think AW already had it in his mind. The decision to stop the Park swap at that point was made, but the Arshavin swap was still carried out.
Arrrrgh.
Timing was awful.
Dunno whether AOC was feeling a niggle or not. Guess only he can tell us that.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
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