Wenger's input into Santi's Free-kick

Crediting Wenger for small-time, routine stuff like that seems pretty over the top. It's not worthy of an article. "oh, our £8m-a-year manager observed the opposition keeper steps forward on set-pieces. What a legend". I give Wenger credit when due, like the City game, not routine crap.

This can't be true, Wenger never watches or anaylses opposition .

Without such 'routine crap' perhaps Santi puts the ball into a different area and what was his game-changing goal is instead saved?

Great empires are often built on seemingly mediocre events.

comment by John Locke (U1204)
posted 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
" Cant believe someone was stupid enough to write that.

You expect armchair fans on a football forum to put in the same research of a billion pound football club who employ numerous staff to work full time on football, which will include analysts who are employed to review opposition teams and provide information like that. Failure to do this would be incredible negligence by the club, but for most fans they would barely notice it if it happened with their own goalkeeper and I don't have a problem with that. We on the most part just want to enjoy the game."
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It was Wenger himself who spotted it you dumb, senite pri.ck
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Football clubs have people to pass this information to the managers. The managers don't sit watching hours of the opposition playing themselves you dumbass. Wenger may have said it, but you can be pretty damn sure it wasn't him who spotted it. Wenger has said himself in interviews that he does not watch the opposition himself.in preparation for games.

That is Wengers job ffs.

Wasn't it Wenger who brought this analytical approach into the EPL? Yes there were stats before Wenger, but the researched mathematical approach that all clubs now use, is built on his example/model. So whether it's something he saw or the analysts team saw, he gets the credit either way.
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Come on Sheriff things are looking on the up, throw Arsene a bone

comment by Big Willy-Sanchez..Big name players don't sign for Pool. (U1100)
posted 50 minutes ago
Jose knows the shoe size of the 3rd choice opposition goal keeper so there.
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He knows how to make use of his football analysts then.

I cant believe that you lot are genuinely that naïve as to think top level managers sit there for hours on end watching every aspect of the opponents play. They have analysts to do it for them and then tell them what they need to know. In this case the analyst has done his job well and deserves the credit. Wenger does get a little credit for listening and passing the info onto Cazorla, but that is all.

comment by Sheriff John Brown - bring back David Dein (U7482)
posted 8 hours, 5 minutes ago
Crediting Wenger for small-time, routine stuff like that seems pretty over the top. It's not worthy of an article. "oh, our £8m-a-year manager observed the opposition keeper steps forward on set-pieces. What a legend". I give Wenger credit when due, like the City game, not routine crap.
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Apparently reports saying that was down to the players pleading to Wenger to go 4141.

"Apparently reports saying that was down to the players pleading to Wenger to go 4141."

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Most Gooners were pleading with Wenger to drop the 4-1-4-1 earlier in the season and revert back to last season's formation.

Maybe that says more about their respective faith in Coquelin and Flamini than anything though...