The Arsenal Society VIII

Haha, don't let me start drawing on our results. It would be a long afternoon.

i wasnt illustrating the score, i was just pointing out the game...

Sorry, I was being a bit dickish there.

I actually genuinely believe that after Reina, Gomes is the best keeper in the league. It's just that he gets undone by the odd blunder and more often than not the defenders in front of him.

np

he is a liability and a game winner all rolled in to one, the result of this is not desirable as a nervous fan :/

Can't believe we're considering Jens. We'll just have to hope Almunia stays fit.

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...and who should come in?

Look, sooner or later every club has to move on, progress, change and adapt - Wenger is a great manager with good ethos and work ethic, he's good at raising and spotting young talent and incorporating it into a team that works well together and can play week in week out with passion, flare - good ball posession and excellent link up play that has almost come to define Arsenals style and presence in the game for many a year now

He's got so much experience managing at the highest level and in English football that it's a wonder as to exactly why the team hasn't managed to actually win a trophy since 2005? I'm often always skeptical about blaming a manager for a teams lack of sucess and trophy drought but managers, the teams shape, method of playing and the teams' attitude towards said manager really do affect so much, it's often overlooked

Look what Rafa ended up doing to Liverpool before he left, look at how France completely capitulated in the World Cup last year after open revolt and disagreements with the players and the manager - A world class team can easily lose match if they play with no passion, drive and are disheartened by playing because of a stubborn, rigid and brick wall of a manager - Fact.

Also referring to Capello and the total shambles that was Englands world cup disaster in 2010, yes these are national teams as examples so may not be as relevant to current Club situations as the stakes are a lot higher, they're watched by many millions around the world etc (so is the premier league but hey) but the same general rule of thumb follows imo

I'm not saying Wenger is a bad manager, but he IS rigid, he IS very stubborn and apparently not that open to changing Arsenals' style of play, our squad make up and doesn't seem to be that open to bringing in new, fresh players in certain areas (because...?) - I'm still vying for another class striker tbh, when Van Persie's out we just play Bendtner up front and or Chamakh (which hasn't proven all too scuessful recently)

Barcelona is an excellent example - Arsenal was Barcelona a fair few seasons ago in the early - mid 2000s, they won nothing season after season under poor management and direction, it seemed like they were going nowhere and there wasn't any good prospect for their future - Enter Pep Guardiola just under 5 seasons ago who has shaken up, revitalized and 'pimped' out the team and the rest is history

This isn't just a blame the manager backlash after losing a match or getting knocked out of a cup, I never ever jump to the 'Ohh it's wengers' fault, he has to go', I often criticise fans that go for his throat after we lose any game but this is what I honestly think, despite his experience and expertise as a manager at the highest level, the Club could easily do with fresh vision and appointment in my opinion

I also sincerely hope I'm wrong and we do win some trophy in the next 2 seasons (Wenger should be out by the summer 2013 anyway)