Tonights AST end of season review

[selassie]

Ivan said the board were 100% behind the manager

That's all that matters, what do us stupid impatient people know eh?

[Marc Overmars]

The overriding theme here is that we'll just have to wait and see, as frustrating as it is. The ball is in their court now to deliver and everyone is watching.

[selassie]

I no longer trust him in the transfer market, he has to prove people wrong before anyone starts believing in him IMO.

Unfortunately I don't trust him in the market anymore either.

[LDG]

a) Very true, but I'm not holding my breath we've been here before

b) Sure but it depends which 5 and whether Wenger recognises what we actually needs or whether he goes for the same old same old Wengeresque players again

I no longer trust him in the transfer market, he has to prove people wrong before anyone starts believing in him IMO.

I completely agree. It's slightly different for me in the trust issue, in that I believe he knows the best talent, and he knows what is required, but I don't trust him to take a risk.....and I mean that financially.

For me, his main problem these past years is that the risk is in the players he buys, and their performance on the pitch, as apposed to the financial risk he so obvioulsy shuns.

If rumours are true, he is scared to spend big, and requires pushing to do so....and in turn opts instead for cheaper targets with talent, but unproven talent. i) in terms of age, and ii) in terms of what they can bring to the premiership.

He's walked a tightrope with signings like Silvestre, Squilacci etc. Trying to plug gaps for cheap in the hope that they will come off. Where he could have just bitten the bullet and gone for Samba/Jones/Cahill etc etc and taken the financial risk instead.

When he really goes for it (see Arshavin) you see what he can do. And this is where we need him, for once, to be ruthless.....sometimes it's easy to see where the bottler tag comes from within our camp.

[Flavs]

The overriding theme here is that we'll just have to wait and see, as frustrating as it is. The ball is in their court now to deliver and everyone is watching.

AT least Ivan admitted the fans could get Wenger sacked if we see the same old same old.

[selassie]

I completely agree. It's slightly different for me in the trust issue, in that I believe he knows the best talent, and he knows what is required, but I don't trust him to take a risk.....and I mean that financially.

For me, his main problem these past years is that the risk is in the players he buys, and their performance on the pitch, as apposed to the financial risk he so obvioulsy shuns.

If rumours are true, he is scared to spend big, and requires pushing to do so....and in turn opts instead for cheaper targets with talent, but unproven talent. i) in terms of age, and ii) in terms of what they can bring to the premiership.

He's walked a tightrope with signings like Silvestre, Squilacci etc. Trying to plug gaps for cheap in the hope that they will come off. Where he could have just bitten the bullet and gone for Samba/Jones/Cahill etc etc and taken the financial risk instead.

When he really goes for it (see Arshavin) you see what he can do. And this is where we need him, for once, to be ruthless.....sometimes it's easy to see where the bottler tag comes from within our camp.

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[Flavs]

I completely agree. It's slightly different for me in the trust issue, in that I believe he knows the best talent, and he knows what is required, but I don't trust him to take a risk.....and I mean that financially.

For me, his main problem these past years is that the risk is in the players he buys, and their performance on the pitch, as apposed to the financial risk he so obvioulsy shuns.

If rumours are true, he is scared to spend big, and requires pushing to do so....and in turn opts instead for cheaper targets with talent, but unproven talent. i) in terms of age, and ii) in terms of what they can bring to the premiership.

He's walked a tightrope with signings like Silvestre, Squilacci etc. Trying to plug gaps for cheap in the hope that they will come off. Where he could have just bitten the bullet and gone for Samba/Jones/Cahill etc etc and taken the financial risk instead.

When he really goes for it (see Arshavin) you see what he can do. And this is where we need him, for once, to be ruthless.....sometimes it's easy to see where the bottler tag comes from within our camp.

Come july the 1st a press conference will be called and Wenger will announce the signings of 3 players none of us had thought we were after, mark my words.

Wierdly i think we might go back for Hangelaand and go after Jack Rodwell plus a couple of more experienced signings

[Flavs]

Didnt Wenger spend over 30mil the last time he was "fearing" for his job?

[Özim]

I completely agree. It's slightly different for me in the trust issue, in that I believe he knows the best talent, and he knows what is required, but I don't trust him to take a risk.....and I mean that financially.

For me, his main problem these past years is that the risk is in the players he buys, and their performance on the pitch, as apposed to the financial risk he so obvioulsy shuns.

If rumours are true, he is scared to spend big, and requires pushing to do so....and in turn opts instead for cheaper targets with talent, but unproven talent. i) in terms of age, and ii) in terms of what they can bring to the premiership.

He's walked a tightrope with signings like Silvestre, Squilacci etc. Trying to plug gaps for cheap in the hope that they will come off. Where he could have just bitten the bullet and gone for Samba/Jones/Cahill etc etc and taken the financial risk instead.

When he really goes for it (see Arshavin) you see what he can do. And this is where we need him, for once, to be ruthless.....sometimes it's easy to see where the bottler tag comes from within our camp.

Can't disagree with any of that, just hope he goes out and spends on quality for once.

[Özim]

Didnt Wenger spend over 30mil the last time he was "fearing" for his job?

No, he's never had to fear for his job the board have always been 100% behind him and have said so consistently.