That's untrue to be honest, what leads to the I told you so post is gangs of posters trying to make a running joke of other posters, it happened in the old days as well it's just that in those days Wenger had many more supporters so those who questioned him were easy targets.Originally Posted by Letters
Those who have been doom-mongering for years now being smug about us being in serious decline now is like two brothers one of whom thinks their mum is just under the weather, the other thinking she has terminal cancer, them finding out the latter was right and him laughing in the former's face and saying "Ha! See? Told ya!"
A little over-dramatic, perhaps, but FFS, we're all supposed to be Arsenal fans here. We're all supposed to want what's best for the club.
Those who thought things were going wrong from 2006 onwards and are now smug are giving themselves a bit too much credit.
When Utd struggled for a few seasons a load of spoilt Utd fans were calling for Fergie's head, they look pretty stupid now. The fact is the last 7 years have not been an abject failure, they've not been a straight decline. There have been better seasons and worse seasons. Those moaning 5 years ago were premature, it's only the last couple of years where the rot has started to seriously set in.
I'm less bothered that I was about Wenger leaving, there's less to lose and it's increasingly looking like it's the only way for the club to move forward but it's not a magic bullet and it will IMO cause more short term pain even if longer term it gets us where we want to be.
As for all being Arsenal fans that is all well and good, I don't remember anyone saying that when someone disagreed about Wenger in the past, it would just be a case of "WUM", "Spud", let's all laugh at the people who dare to question the mighty Arsene Wenger.
Some people just spotted the signs earlier than others, the Fergie example is all well and good but he turned it around...Wenger hasn't in a much longer period...this was always an argument in the past, that Ferguson went 3 years without success, but when that period went past for Wenger he was still given chance after chance despite showing absolutely no flexibility or willingess to change.
Had he shown himself open to change, I'd have supported him more, but for me his rigid policies when things weren't working were mystifying.
I take no pleasure from Arsenal failures whatever anyone might think, watching the club going into decline, losing all it's best players and doing nothing about it is sad, as is the fact I really don't enjoy watching the team as before (even pre Wenger).
Right now I've given up hope that we'll change and given up hope we can upset anyone.
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