Wenger WANTS to win, and when he fails he has this "well, we tried, at least we're in the CL" attitude. Managers like Mourinho EXPECT to win, and anything short of that is failure, and heads roll. That's why, wherever he goes, Mourinho wins. He brings tactical discipline, ambition, drive, and desire to every team he manages. Wenger has brought a new stadium, a decent team, a healthy balance sheet, and zero on-pitch success in the last umpteen years. The first half of his reign was fantastic. The next 40% understandable due to financial constraints. But recently...
How many times do the board have to say there's money before people realise he's refusing to spend it?
Putting all your eggs in one Suarez-shaped basket doesn't count as ambitious, it counts as stupid if all you can do is scramble for Ba on the last day of the transfer window, and then refuse to spend in January because players are "overpriced." He's paid MILLIONS of pounds in salary, and Arsenal, a team meant to be challenging for the title don't even have a decent striker! They have a guy who's completely lost his head because he's losing his family, and ZERO adequate backup.
How many times do Arsenal have to get ripped apart because of their one-dimensional way of playing before people realise how extremely tactically inept Wenger is?
Here's a few facts for you:
- Arsenal have spent approximately £227,500,000 on new players^
=> 52 of the 92 football league clubs have won a trophy.
- Arsene Wenger has earned approximately £63.5m in wages^
- The planet Mercury has orbited the Sun 32 times.
- London won the rights to host the Olympic Games, rebuilt Stratford and then hosted the event.
- Twitter has been created and gained 500 million users.
- Over 1,000,000,000 people have been born.
- Juventus have been relegated, promoted and won back to back league titles.
=> Ex-Arsenal players have won 44 medals.
=> Pep Guardiola retired as a player, became manager, won 16 trophies with Barcelona, took a year break, returned as manager and won two trophies with Bayern Munich.
For those of you who enjoy facts, I've ^'d the ones that will in some way be estimates, but not unreasonable estimates. I've also highlighted => the embarrassing ones.
A little of my personal opinion:
Do I think Wenger will ever win the title again at Arsenal? No. Football has moved on, Wenger has not.
The single biggest difference between Wenger and other top managers is that Wenger accepts failure, with no consequence.
Tictacs & Expectations.
posted on 11/4/14
What trophy is that?
posted on 11/4/14
The leadership at Arsenal has failed more than Wenger in my opinion.
We wouldn't be in this mess if someone forward thinking like Dein was still around
posted on 11/4/14
you asked for a trophy you'll get one but would you prefer it over a CL place?
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yes i would take the fa cup over the 4th place if i had to choose 1
posted on 11/4/14
Stuff virtual trophies and stuff Wenger. We need an ambitious manager who win's real trophies. Wenger is a more than proven serial failure, end of. Enough it's enough !
W E N G E R !!!
posted on 11/4/14
Doesn't sound like people disagree with much of the article.
Even if Arsenal win the FA Cup AND secure 4th place, I don't want Wenger staying. He's the most tactically weak manager of Pelligrini, Mourinho, Rogers and Martinez.
He's done well to survive for so long without ever addressing the major problems with his team management, but enough is enough.
posted on 11/4/14
the FA cup will lift the weight off everyone's shoulders, there's too much pressure and negative vibes around the club.
posted on 11/4/14
these are all very inconvenient truths.
posted on 11/4/14
comment by 8bit. the swedish pirlovi (U2653)
posted 48 minutes ago
the FA cup will lift the weight off everyone's shoulders, there's too much pressure and negative vibes around the club.
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8bit, you know, Arsene could well have reduced that, by helping himself, the players and the club, no idea why he doesn't.
Negativity comes from getting battered like a cod fillet by our rivals. Even the players are feeling that now.
posted on 11/4/14
Putting all your eggs in one Suarez-shaped basket doesn't count as ambitious, it counts as stupid if all you can do is scramble for Ba on the last day of the transfer window
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I said more or less the same thing at the time - although the problem wasn't JUST that we were pinning all our hopes on Higuain first, then Suarez. The problem was the way we were doing it. We were whοring after those players very publicly, and were duly rejected very publicly - so when we approached other clubs about strikers, they knew we were coming from a position of desperation. We were automatically on the back foot.
posted on 12/4/14
Enough is enough. Wenger is stale.