Wenger with Man City squad?

Pretty impressive stat here:

@OptaJoe: 25 - If Man Utd win vs Sunderland they'll be the first team in English top-flight history to win 25 of their opening 30 games. Benchmark.

Come on Sunderland then..

Given Wenger's tactical mediocrity, I would not have my hopes held high when trophies are talked about.

not wumming

Wenger at City would have won the CL League and would have won the title already.

Wenger was City and Chelsea's no.1 choice when they got taken over.

And Real Madrid was after Wenger before they got Mourinho.

Wenger is better than Mancini at developing players Mancini is better tactically.

Wenger with City's squad would have won the title or run United very very close. Mancini is clueless.

I think Wenger would have enjoyed working with a better calibre of players, and would very much have found it easy to adapt City's players to an Arsenal 98-04 style of play given the physicality and counter-attacking capabilities of some of their players.

However, the Premier League has improved since those days and being adaptable has become more important since teams in general have become more effective at countering specific gameplans. Furthermore, Mourinho's influence has lead to a rise in 3-man midfields, which has helped negate the advantage that teams like United and Arsenal had in the early days of the century with their playmaking forwards. I think perhaps that's been one of the reasons that Wenger has struggled so much post-05 (as well as a decrease in quality of players), he simply hasn't adapted to the rigours of modern day PL management and perhaps is guilty of under-preparation. There's no reason to think that would change if he were managing City.