No, I was still wandering around chanting, "We've got Dennis Bergkamp."Originally Posted by Dein-machine
No, I was still wandering around chanting, "We've got Dennis Bergkamp."
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We'd never heard of him but David Dein had known him for years and had come to believe he was the right man for the job.
He wasn't just some unknown plucked from obscurity and given a chance. He might not have been known in England which, at the time, was very ignorant of the worldwide game. But he'd done well with Monaco and Grampus 8 and Dein had cultivated enough of a relationship with him to believe he'd be good for Arsenal.
Not quite the same as taking a punt on someone.
I was responding to NQ suggesting that we have to have a top well known manager from a top club to replace Wenger - My point is that you & NQ are obviously very big Wenger fans & totally happy that he has & will continue to be a magnificent manager for us, this would then suggest that it is not that neccessary to have a top manager from a top team because he most certainly wasn't.
I am certainly a very big Wenger fan, for many reasons, and have no problem stating it. Nowhere have I said I am totally happy about everything. I can't recall seeing Letters state that either. Both of us have been critical about many aspects of what has happened at the club including the role played by Wenger.
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No problems with that but your earlier thread stated we have to have a big name manager from a big club - why, when the manager that you are currently a big fan of was neither a big name or from a big club.
Because after 10 years of grinding out this financial plan it would be nice to put the team in the hands of as safe a bet as possible, so a track record would be a good indicator. Not saying somebody else couldn't do the job, just saying it's a bigger risk. No guarantees with a big name either, but experience can't hurt. Plus there's the prestige factor which in turn translates to sponsorship and so the wheel turns.
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Sean Dyche is the answer.
No, David Moyes is.
I can't seem to recall whom it was that wanted him here.....
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Owen Coyle
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Pretty much. What annoys me is
1) People sticking the knife in, I want to shake Wenger at times but he doesn't deserve that level of disrespect.
2) Revisionism about what he's done for the club.
3) People acting like he's this Bumbling Idiot™ who doesn't have the first clue what he's doing.
An ongoing irritation about this place is that very few people seem be able to have a view about anything which isn't at one complete extreme or the other.
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