Swifty wrote:Perryashburtongroves wrote:Swifty wrote:Fellow Gooners - I flew myself and my family from Oz to watch the Arsenal v Newcastle game in December and have since being trying unsuccesfully to obtain a copy of the game on DVD. Does anyone know how one might procure said item?
PS All those wanting Wenger's head on a plate - please think carefully about the many lowly seasons prior to his tenure then tell me which manager would be able to provide the same level of consistent competitiveness with the same resources - be careful what you wish for.......
Are you a superhero or a pilot?
Are you Dorothy?
As for Wenger, you're right. I can't think of a single person who could .... blah, blah, blah.
Ok Perry - who is taking over after your Wenger coup succeeds and why wil they do better?
Wenger Coup. I like the sound of that. Like the Velvet Revolution or Arab Spring. Nobody can guarantee success but the club has been crying out for at least the last 5 years for a new broom to sweep away the culture of apathy, mediocrity and ultimately failure- and by failure I mean not winning things- that surrounds this club. A new manager would come in and have new ideas, new energy, new tactics- or indeed some tactics- and wake the players up from their comfy existences and make them work to impress him. He would also bring new transfer ideas, a more modern and less arrogant overall view of the game and with any luck, recent success of winning something. It would re-energize a lot of fans, staff and players who have come to accept failure as part of everyday Arsenal life.
Now, I'm not saying that a Wenger Coup would mean instant success but why allow a man who has not learnt from his mistakes, failed eight years in a row to win trophies that teams with a fraction of the wage bill have won, stood by when his best players have been sold, lied continuously to the fans, massively over-paid never-will-bes because of a vanity project, ignored gaping holes in the squad , still not found a goalkeeper after nearly seven years of trying, not adapt the game or style of play take into account the opposition, play players out of position, recruit and pay Santos, Chamakh, Alumunia, Silvestre, Squillaci, Bischoff, Park and not tie up deals for Mata and Alonso to keep plodding along on a path to nowehere. All whilst taking £7.5M out of the club every year and having the temerity to moan about too much money in football.
As for who could take over. Here are some possible names:
Joachim Lowe
Jurgen Klopp
Paulo Bento
Frank de Boer
Didier Deschamps
Michael Laudrup
Vincenzo Montella
Roberto Mancini
Frédéric Hantz
Louis Van Gaal
Otmar Hitzfeld
Frank Rijkaard
Dennis Bergkamp
Again, I'm not saying that I'd want all or any of them but there are possibilities.
If I turn it around, why should we stick with Wenger?
