Former Players Views

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IAN WRIGHT believes Arsene Wenger remains the man to take Arsenal forward — but he must shake up his backroom staff at the Emirates.

Gunners legend Wrighty was speaking following his former club’s humiliating penalty shootout defeat at the hands of League Two Bradford City in the Capital One Cup last night.

Arsenal boss Wenger is facing fresh scrutiny over his position, with his mis-firing squad sitting seventh in the table and 15 points off top spot.

Wright fears the input of assistant manager Steve Bould is being ignored by the Frenchman, despite being part of a mean Gunners defence under former manager George Graham.

Asked by Absolute Radio about Wenger’s future, Wrighty said: “I wouldn’t like to see him go, I’d like to see him bring people in that he’s going to listen to.

“I personally don’t feel that Steve Bould is getting his hands on the steering wheel in respect of the training as much as people think.

“The fact is the way the team are playing — and that we’ve come from a manager that was defensive from the front to back — it doesn’t look like to me like they are doing any defensive work at all.

“I just feel that Bould could be a scapegoat in all of this.

“The defence have been as poor as they’ve been in the last five, six years I’ve been watching them.

“All of a sudden if there’s a massive change, I think that’s an embarrassment to Arsene Wenger.

“There’s a lot of things happening at Arsenal that I think that people have got the right to know what’s going on.”

Wright is also concerned about the future of contract rebel Theo Walcott at the club.

The England winger can walk away on a free transfer next summer or be sold during the January transfer for a reduced fee.

And Wrighty believes either scenario would be a damaging loss to the club — but he could understand why a move to Manchester United would appeal to Walcott.

He said: “It would be a major loss.

“I feel that if Theo was playing last night, whatever people want to say about him, he would have done something in the game.

"But if Manchester United are genuinely in for Theo, which I think has been suggested for £8million, then that's it, he's gone.

“For me, if he’s got the opportunity to go somewhere like Manchester United with Robin van Persie, why would you stay?”

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Stopped reading here, tbh:

IAN WRIGHT believes Arsene Wenger remains the man to take Arsenal forward

Wrightie, great striker, but alwful pundit.

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Stopped reading here, tbh:



Wrightie, great striker, but alwful pundit.

Give a week, he'll be saying Wenger out, give him 2 he'll be saying Wenger is the man.

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Nigel Winterburn told Sky Sports News that Arsenal supporters are unsure where their football club is headed.

The Gunners were beaten on penalties by League Two Bradford in Tuesday's Capital One Cup quarter-final, while a run of just two victories in their last seven Premier League games has left the Londoners sitting seventh in the table.

And one-time Arsenal left-back Winterburn says the Emirates outfit, who have not won a trophy since the 2005 FA Cup, must get back to winning ways to ease the growing pressure on manager Arsene Wenger.

"The fans do not know what direction Arsenal are going in," he said. "They were sold this dream that they had to move from Highbury to the Emirates - and raise ticket prices - to compete for the Premier League.

"But not only are they not doing that, but they are losing players before they have hit their peak, such as Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie. Arsenal are bringing good quality players in with the money - but they need to keep their best players to get stronger.

"Wenger is staying calm and saying to trust him but when your team is not winning it is hard to trust anybody; I still believe he is the right man but people are starting to doubt him and the only way he is going to change that is by getting his players fighting for trophies.

"However, the players have to show passion, prove that they are good enough - and as good as we are led to believe - and put in performances that make the supporters proud, as the pressure is going to increase with every defeat from now on."
Tie up

The Wenger-David Dein axis was credited with allowing Arsenal to sign top players and compete for silverware in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and Winterburn feels the Gunners are missing former vice-chairman Dein's influence in the boardroom.

But the ex-defender, who played 440 league games for the Gunners between 1987-2000, defended Wenger's decision to field a virtually full-strength side in the shock defeat to Bradford.

"I would have loved to have seen David Dein still at the club as he seemed able to bring the players to the football club that Arsene Wenger identified and tie up their contracts," said Winterburn.

"There must be something wrong if these players don't want to sign and want to let their contracts run down, and the only reason I can think of is because they have seen other top players leave."

Winterburn added: "If Arsenal went with a younger team against Bradford and lost people would have said: 'You missed a chance to win a trophy, why didn't you put out your strongest team?'.

"Arsene is desperate to win a trophy and so had to go with his strongest side, but it is just not happening for this team at the moment and the players will have to work very hard to get the supporters back on side."

http://www.skysports.com/skysportsne...328170,00.html

Spot on Nigel.

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http://www.goal.com/en/news/article?contentId=3597947 Spot fucking on from Robson. Finally an ex player has the balls to say what all true gooners think of Wenger

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http://www.goal.com/en/news/article?contentId=3597947 Spot fucking on from Robson. Finally an ex player has the balls to say what all true gooners think of Wenger

Oh but he's a **** so therefore anything he says is bullshit.

Doest matter if he's dead right!

[Kano]

Oh but he's a **** so therefore anything he says is bullshit.

exactly. that is what was said wasn't it.

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Give a week, he'll be saying Wenger out, give him 2 he'll be saying Wenger is the man.

Wight didn't say 'Wenger is the right man for the job' in that piece.

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Wight didn't say 'Wenger is the right man for the job' in that piece.

"Wenger is staying calm and saying to trust him but when your team is not winning it is hard to trust anybody; I still believe he is the right man but people are starting to doubt him and the only way he is going to change that is by getting his players fighting for trophies.

Said it here.

[Power n Glory]

Said it here.

That's not what Wright said. That's Nigel Winterburn.