Hello Gooners
I am a big fan of Arsenal's football and appreciate the constraints that AW operates under compared to other clubs. The invincables were the best team to grace the PL, IMO, and should have won the CL that year too. So please don't consider this article a WUM.
What is the difference between Arsenal and Utd at the moment? If you look at their squads there is little to chose from (well, that is if both Fabregas and Nasri were to stay or be replaced adequately). Maybe Utd just shade it.
So if that is the starting point then why does one team consistently win things and the other keep on failing? A footballing cliche says something like every team reflects a little bit of their manager. If that is true then surely AW has a lot to answer for. Somehow SAF has found the magic elixir of buying or moulding players with a winning mentality whereas Wenger cannot seem to do this.
What Arsenal lack...
posted on 14/8/11
it looks like Wenger is finished at Arsenal i can see him quitting at the end of the season,he wont get sacked he'll quit because the fans have lost to much faith in him
posted on 14/8/11
Having the refs on your side is the main difference. I know you will argue against it but look at today, loads of decisions going your way, whereas wer tend to get them against us. Its enough to make the difference in games and the extra pose4ssion it gives is normally very influencial. In most of the games we didnt get the results last seasonm the ref was the biggest factor. For example the ref in the Newcastle game was so biased in the second half he gave them the draw; against Sunderland we had a definite penalty not given and a perfectly good goal ruled out incorrectly for offside. There is only so many times a team can overcome this and its always at pivotal points in the season.
I'd love ot see how Man U compete if everyone got the right decisions given. Look at today, there are already articles on here about how the ref favoured you. Its getting to the point I'll give up with football soon as there’s no point in paying to watch a game that is corrupt to its core.
posted on 14/8/11
You're not a gooner - you're a numpty.
posted on 14/8/11
Beeb (U1841)
u was just on the Liverpool board Wumming now your on here Wumming Loser.
posted on 14/8/11
Numpty - where in my article do I claim to be a Gooner?
posted on 14/8/11
I'm not wumming - I am pointing out your numptiness.
Now, if you WEREN'T a numpty, you'd have realised that...
posted on 14/8/11
go away u Wum Loser
posted on 14/8/11
Even if referees favour United then that extra, say, 5% doesn't account for the consistent success achieved by SAF and the consistent lack of (ultimate) success achieved by AW.
My view is that he is hampered by finances at Arsenal but also the thing that he inherited at the club (i.e. the best defence in the league) is gone and the thing he brought (i.e. continental training and health methods, and worldwide scouting) has been replicated by everyone else.
It seems clear that AW doesn't have whatever it takes to overcome the above. Whether there is anyone else out there who could do better is a moot point. Dein may be right on this matter, but it does seem - some 10-15 years down the line - that AW is no SAF and probably no JM either.