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[Globalgunner]

Some of the mealy mouthed defence of Wenger on this board is simply mind boggling. I suspect a few people here acre actually Wengers kids masquerading as fans. Every argument showing how inadequate he is in terms of tactics , strategy, and scouting is obfuscated by blaming the board. Wengers strengths used to be an innate knowledge of the French market. Now Alan Pardew (racist Pardew) knows how to pick a winner from France better than le prof. Face it our players leave us because we dont win stuff any more. At Arsenal Wenger is the HIGHEST paid employee. think about that, before you jump up and down saying what a pawn he is in the grand scheme of thinks.

[Letters]

Some of the mealy mouthed defence of Wenger on this board is simply mind boggling. I suspect a few people here acre actually Wengers kids masquerading as fans. Every argument showing how inadequate he is in terms of tactics , strategy, and scouting is obfuscated by blaming the board. Wengers strengths used to be an innate knowledge of the French market. Now Alan Pardew (racist Pardew) knows how to pick a winner from France better than le prof. Face it our players leave us because we dont win stuff any more. At Arsenal Wenger is the HIGHEST paid employee. think about that, before you jump up and down saying what a pawn he is in the grand scheme of thinks.

We finished 3rd

[Niall_Quinn]

Some of the mealy mouthed defence of Wenger on this board is simply mind boggling. I suspect a few people here acre actually Wengers kids masquerading as fans. Every argument showing how inadequate he is in terms of tactics , strategy, and scouting is obfuscated by blaming the board. Wengers strengths used to be an innate knowledge of the French market. Now Alan Pardew (racist Pardew) knows how to pick a winner from France better than le prof. Face it our players leave us because we dont win stuff any more. At Arsenal Wenger is the HIGHEST paid employee. think about that, before you jump up and down saying what a pawn he is in the grand scheme of thinks.

It's the whiners that are black and white on this issue. NOBODY is claiming Wenger has no faults - faults that genuinely cost us. But SOME are claiming it's 100% Wenger's fault. That's why they have the piss taken out of them. Because it's a very silly argument.

[GP]

We finished 3rd

So what!?

7 years...

7 million...

7 brain cells...

blah blah blah....

[Niall_Quinn]

So what!?

7 years...

7 million...

7 brain cells...

blah blah blah....

7 Samurai, the Magnificent 7, SClub 7

[Joker]

Who's claiming Wenger's 100% to blame? Most realise that both Wenger and the board are screwing us over. Some people think that Wenger's a victim in the shareholder's rapacious desire for profit maximisation, but IMO Wenger is completely comfortable with this arrangement. I know people laugh at this but he genuinely is a free market fundamentalist. Listen to his statements opposition progressive taxation, complaining about how the free market gets distorted by clubs like Man City, his opposition to any regulation like a limit on squad sizes and a quota on homegrown players etc. He's always said his priority is to get into the top 4 above trophies like the FA Cup, because of the financial benefits from it. In economics there's a theory of principle-agent conflict, where the objectives of the shareholders are in conflict with the interests of the managers. Well at Arsenal that is certainly not the case, because both the board and Wenger are simply treating our club like a private sector enterprise, with the emphasis on servitude to the shareholders.

[Letters]

I blame Wenger entirely for us finishing 3rd...

[GP]

He put the 'mental' in 'free market fundamentalist'

[GP]

I blame Wenger entirely for us finishing 3rd...

3rd

Not even the best loser

[Özim]

3rd is the new 1st to be honest. Who wants to win when you can come 3rd/4th and make a nice tidy profit or get a nice pay day...it would be foolish to try and win when things are so rosy.