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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    You know that keeping on saying something which isn't true doesn't make it true, right?

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    The difference is, the things I'm saying are right
    Of course he's under pressure, even if not the kind of pressure the fans want him to be under.
    To say he's under "none" is balls, no matter how many times you say it

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    So you are choosing to be a pedant by pointing out that he's under pressure to finish in the top four.

    And I am not even convinced that he's under that much pressure to even achieve that, the board have said we could survive outside of the champions league for at least a season.

    There is pressure in the sense that i am under pressure to turn up for work every day in order to justify my company paying me, and there is tangible pressure.

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    Im also under constant pressure that in an oxygen rich atmosphere that if i don't inhale and exhale i will die from asphyxia and it will be uncomfortable because of the retention of carbon dioxide.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    The difference is, the things I'm saying are right
    Of course he's under pressure, even if not the kind of pressure the fans want him to be under.
    To say he's under "none" is balls, no matter how many times you say it
    He's under zero pressure where it counts, the attitude of his bosses. They have both rushed out to say they want him to stay forever. It seems to matter not one bit whether he extracts the maximum from the resources at his disposal, the owners are happy provided he hits the minimums and so is the manager it seems. Otherwise he would have been screaming for investment to boost the squad going into the season, like any normal manager.

    Is he under the day to day pressures of managing a football club? Sure. Every manager is. But he has a pretty damn comfortable time of it given the unwavering support he gets compared to, say, a Pellegrini or van Gaal. Maureen has already gone, as we know.

    Wenger may have the hardest job in football considering the sheer scope he has taken upon himself. That's his choice though. Undoubtedly he has the easiest job in football in terms of what he's expected to achieve on the pitch. The fact it's acceptable to our owners to finish below Leicester this season says it all. They couldn't give a fuck if we win a title and in the grand scheme of things and judged on his actions, neither does Wenger.

    The whole club needs a shake up from top to bottom. The complacency and lack of ambition is rancid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
    So you are choosing to be a pedant by pointing out that he's under pressure to finish in the top four.

    And I am not even convinced that he's under that much pressure to even achieve that, the board have said we could survive outside of the champions league for at least a season.

    There is pressure in the sense that i am under pressure to turn up for work every day in order to justify my company paying me, and there is tangible pressure.
    Gazidis already covered that one off, didn't he? Plenty of cash apparently, even if we lose our grip on that coveted trophy. These guys, manager included, have turned the club into a laughing stock from a sporting point of view and a highly coveted stock from a financial point of view. That's the bottom line. They say they give a shit and want to win things. Yeah right. I could sit in my Suzuki Swift really, really, really wanting to win a drag race against a Porsche. Deep down though I know I should have arrived in a Ferrari, but hell, think of all the money I saved and the fuel economy I'm getting. There's no pressure when everything is humming along precisely according to plan and with barely a flicker of variation. I'm surprised any of them turn up as this thing runs on rails.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
    I'm surprised any of them turn up as this thing runs on rails.
    It's a bit like having shares in a Michelin star Restaurant, you are not turning up to keep an eye on the books...it's just no one makes Moules Mariniere the way this particular chef does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
    I am indifferent to finishing above Spurs because it is not a real achievement of any sort, but i also agree that finishing below them won't make any difference to the pressure Wenger is under....he is under none now and he will be under none if we finish below them.
    Feel the same, don't get me wrong i want us to finish above them and am still praying that they don't win the league but it won't make a difference to us if we finish above or below them.

    I've pretty much given up caring full stop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
    So you are choosing to be a pedant by pointing out that he's under pressure to finish in the top four.
    You said he's under no pressure. It's not pedantic to say that's balls. It's obviously balls. He's meeting his employer's targets and is under pressure to deliver them.
    And even if the targets aren't what the fans would like, keeping us in the top 4 year after year, if that it is his target, doesn't give him loads of room for error.
    If he was under pressure to simply keep us in the PL then I'd agree that's as good as no pressure for a club like Arsenal, but we certainly have no divine right to stay in the top 4 and as Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea are finding, staying there even with huge resources isn't that simple.

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    Like I said......I am under pressure to turn up for work every day.....that's not pressure that's just a basic obligation.
    So if you want to be completely literal than what i said is incorrect, but in any tangible meaning of the word pressure no he's under no pressure, and unless you have undiagnosed aspergers you are in fact being a pedant.

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