augie wrote:A few questions for steve_i and any other Gooner out there that still supports wenger remaining in charge BUT still see his flaw's......
I'll try and answer a few of the questions mate. Bear in mind these are just my personal opinions so someone else who wants Wenger to stay might have completely different views to me.
Do you believe that wenger see's those flaws ?
This is quite a broad question as I think he has various different flaws and each to varying degrees. Also, some people might think he has flaws which I personally don't think are his fault so that issue would be questionable. Therefore, i'll just stick to my main gripes with Wenger.
1. First point would be his insistence on playing the same formation in all games. For me this is his biggest flaw. Different games require different strategies and I can't for the life of me think why he doesn't switch it up more often. Sometimes we are begging for a second striker to be on the pitch and still continue to play with one up front. That frustrates me immensely.
2. Second major flaw for me, and arguably more important than the first one, is the lack of traditional wingers at the club since the likes of Ljunberg and Pires left. From as early as 2006 when I posted on the .com forum I said that the major weakness of the team was our lack of proper wingers. This meant we always played people like Diaby, Hleb, Rosicky, Walcott etc... on the wings and ultimately meant that we never beat the opposition full backs, did not have enough width in the team, our play was consequently more centralised, and it was difficult to break down teams that so often just sat back and defended.
Compare this to other teams' wide players: Utd had Ronaldo and Nani at the time, now they have Valencia and Young. Both great players that can beat their opposition to the by-line and get in a good cross. Chelsea had Malouda who always ripped us apart, now they have the likes of Hazard and Mata; and Liverpool had wingers like Babel and Riera.
3. Third flaw for me would be his continual playing of terrible players. Denilson being the prime example. Everytime I saw his name on the team sheet against the like of chelsea and utd I knew we would end up losing. Of course there are some players that end up coming good (prime example being Koscielny) but there are always those which are obvious from the start that aren't going to make it. So to sacrifice bringing in better players because of the like of Denilson is incredibly frustrating.
Do you believes that wenger even thinks that they are flaws ?
1. Probably not as much as he should as we still go through games where he's stuck with the same formation when we need to change it (Villa on the weekend). On the other hand there have been games where he has changed the formation around and thrown on extra attacking players (Reading). Does Wenger himself notice this? I'm not sure as I'm not able to read his mind. Ultimately though, I would have to say that he doesn't rectify the situation as quickly as possible and not on enough ocassions.
2. The signings of Gervinho and Chamberlain would suggest that he is reverting back to using more traditional pacy wingers who can beat their man. However, the fact that we still play Podolski and Walcott as our first team wide men would show that he still hasn't fully realised this.
3. I think so. He was quick to drop Santos and bring in Vermaelen after his poor performances and has also replaced the likes of Arshavin with quality such as Podolski. Also he hasn't given Chamack anywhere near enough game time as he might have got a few years back. On that front I think he is aware of the problems. People might argue that the likes of Ramsey should be in that category but I disagree as I'm not willing to write him off just yet.
Do you believe that wenger can and will rectify those flaws ?
1. I think now more than ever before he is willing to change up styles and formations, especially with Giroud in the team, and we do seem to be mixing up our play with more crosses into the box; but I do wish he did it more often. So while he is willing in certain situations to change things up, I don't think he will ever have the approach of Mourinho who had no issues making subs at any point of the game.
2. Like I said before, signings like Gervinho and Chamberlain show that he is going back to traditional Wingers, but we are still playing Podolski out of position as a winger when he isn't one. I'll have to wait and see what happens in the next major transfer window to give a better answer as it'll depend on how he reacts to either Walcott leaving, and him getting in a replacement, or just the type of midfielder he next chooses to sign.
3. Kind of covered this above but I think he is more willing to drop players that aren't performing and with the likes of Wilshere, Arteta and Cazorla, the standards have been raised so hopefully we won't go back to situations where we had players of Denilsons quality playing week in week out.
Surely if you dont say yes to all of those questions then you cannot believe that he knows what is wrong and correct the problems so therefore you surely couldnt still want him to remain in charge could you ?
For me personally, whilst they are annoying and at times fucking frustrating things that I believe
could be rectified I still don't think they warrant him to be sacked as every manager will undoubtedly have their own set of faults. Don't get me wrong, I would be interested to see how another manager addresses these issues, but I'm not going to hound Wenger out the club for them.
For me "arsene knows" suggests that you believe that "he knows how to improve things" and I dont see how, if somebody really believes it, that the akb can be classed as insulting
It's not so much the 'arsene knows' part that can be insulting, but the meaning behind it. Often it is used to label people as Wenger worshippers who can see no wrong with him or the club and are uneducated on the club as a whole. People use it in conjunction with other terms such as 'sheep', 'JCL', 'clueless', 'deluded' etc... It may not have that meaning to you personally, but some other posters have used 'AKB' in that way to put down the views of anyone that argues in Wenger's favour.
I'm bringing up my two boys as 100% Gooners and this c**t is making my job nearly impossible 
