This.Originally Posted by GB.
This.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
Brilliant!
[QUOTEArsene Wenger understands 'disappointed' love of Arsenal fans
"The criticism has been sharper this year because of the impatience of people," Wenger told Arsenal TV Online.
No the criticism has been sharper because we could all see this coming in the summer when you refused to address issues in the team for the 3rd season running.
"For our fans the frustration was that we were so close to convincing everybody of how football can be great, but in the end not being able to deliver".
This time was not close to anything, it was same old same old at the business end of the season. We even managed to screw up Carling Cup by getting beat by a team who've been relegated!
"I would call it disappointed love. It was cruel and sometimes you get excessive responses to that. I share that and understand it. But that doesn't mean we have to change our philosophy or the way the club is run.
Something has to change because the team isn't moving forward.
"We get it 95 per cent right, but we must gain that five per cent because it's so frustrating to flirt with success like we have done. The fans are unhappy that we didn't win the Premier League, but we are close.
No the fans are unhappy because you refuse to address the deficiencies in the team.
"I was happy with the attitude of the players and our away form," he said. "But what was disappointing was that when we needed to push on, we could not show the nerves to deal well with some games.
Your stars want to walk, your failed projects want to walk, how can you be happy with the attitude of your players when half of them don't believe in you or your strategies?
Arsenal conceded 41 goals in the Premier League with the set piece their Achilles heel, prompting Wenger to target some taller players in the transfer market this summer.
This is just crazy, why not just hire a coach that can teach defence first?
"We conceded very few goals from open play, most of them were from set pieces in a way you don't want to concede goals," he said.
That's probably because you don't teach set pieces in training?
"It's something that's easy to correct. We need to improve the size of our squad. We need a bigger variety in the height of our players. We need to be more capable of fighting against some characteristics than we have been this season."
No it's not easy to correct, not for you anyway, these problems have been there for years. You need to coach then think about being a bigger variety/high class type of player.
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Jockey.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
the attitude of the squad - the attitude of this team is very good - yeah now that's it's on it's summer holidays
Arsenal’s away form - it was the best away form in the league. This show great mental strength and spirit - Which means jack shit if we can't beat the likes of WBA, Sunderland and Blackburn at home
failing to hold their nerve - We finished top 4 so i would say we held our nerve - just enough not to be caught by the Scum
the games that lost Arsenal the title - it was the games Man Utd won rather than the ones we lost that lost us the title - pass
the manner of the goals conceded - every team concedes goals. It is not a problem - the words of the bard Howard Wilkinson comes to mind - “I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win.” - wait how about this now AW - “If they hadn't scored, we would've won”
correcting the problems from set-pieces - There is no problem. We are 2% away from correcting the problem - which means that we are 98% still sure of having one
the height of his players - Look at Barca players. Messi, Xavi and Iniesta are not tall and they are successful. We can be the same - thank fu#k for that, now I can look forward to an Arshavin 50+ goal season
the criticism of his team - the only opinions that matter are the board and they are happy with how the club is going. We make a lot of money and that says it all im afraid - sure who needs trophies to prove that we are good when we can be represented at the next PL chairman's gala dinner by the guy who turned up in a private jet rather than a taxi
Ach's still got it.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Amen.
The way he talks down to the fans is ridiculous. He acts like all of us are brand new to the game and have no concept of what he's trying to do. Fuck off, admit your plan failed. Either fix it(and in a hurry) or find a new club....
My 2 cents.
The French cunt.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
He wants to try being a fan and see the same shit parts of our game year after year with no evidence it will get fixed or that he is accepting he does have faults after all. I think if he doesnt change he may well be watching it from our side by Christmas
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