xisstential wrote:by GoonerMuzz » Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:06 pm
Wilson, I agree with the above but one of the major points people miss in this debate isn't about who could do better but who could do equally as well. You've put together a list of names of who could potentially improve us but sit back and think of the number of managers who could have kept us at exactly the same point over the last 10 years.
I genuinely think it would surprise some of you when you start putting that list together, some of the names that would pop into your heads are actually quite frightening.
That's the thing these people always equate things to 'who could do better?' but actually for me it's who could have done the exact same but wasted a lot less money, earned a lot less money but at the same time possibly made the football more interesting to watch....
If i'm going to be stuck in purgatory at least make it interesting and exciting 
Thats it, its the 'belief' in his system, and 'belief' in how he thinks the game is best played. Hence my previous post comparing Wenger's belief in his style and philosophy, to religious fundamentalists whose behavior is guided not by reality and truth, but instead by belief.
These type of people are walled off. They have closed their minds to truth and reality, and will reject information that distorts their predetermined view of the world. As mentioned, Wenger is a firm believer in possession, and last season he was puzzled that Leicester could win despite averaging around 40% possession per game.
I remember a game years ago, where Chelsea beat us at the Emirates. Chelsea played deep and narrow and on the counter, we had like 65% possession, but lost 3-0. After the game, Wenger was convinced we were the better team, yet when Ancelotti was interviewed for Chelsea, he had this wry smile on his face when he was told Wenger thought Arsenal deserved to win based on possession. Ancelotti set his team up to play deep and narrow, and pick us off on the counter. So giving up possession was part of Chelsea's game plan, but due to Wenger's philosophy, he finds it incomprehensible that a team would intentionally give up possession as a tactic. Hence Ancelotti's wry smile - because Ancelotti knew Wenger was fuking naive and did not understand the tactical hit job Ancelotti just performed on him.
And thats the problem with 'believing' in a certain style of football, as it diminishes you capacity to see truth. Wenger believes in possession football, which is why he misses the reasons why its possible to win games, and the league without possession. For instance, say we are away and down a few key players, rather than conform and give up possession in favor of keeping formaitonal shape, Wenger will instead apply his beliefs of possession based football. There is no leeway or commitment to reality. Its like a parent refusing their child a blood transfusion because it goes against their beliefs.........in both cases, you think, WTF? Why not give the kid a blood transfusion, and why not forget about possession ? At what stage do 'beliefs' just become fuking insane???
