As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
Skooner wrote:I agree the best solution is Wenger to leave the club completely rather than moving upstairs, but I'd rather he moved upstairs and Pep came in compared to him remaining in charge as he is today.
You are completely missing the viewpoint here. A manager like Pep won't stick around with the senile old duffer constantly hovering over him and meddling in the footie affairs from a higher position. It's an incongruent setting. Therefore, it's either TOF moving upstairs and still running the show having appointed a muppet to do his bidding, or he completely fucks off and we get in a proper manager the ilk of a Guardiola.
Unfortunately, I feel the former will be the prevailing result. This as it will take some years before his far reaching tentacles rot after mortality has caught up with him. It's a terrible situation that has been allowed to augment. We've well and truly bred a monster here.
Skooner wrote:I agree the best solution is Wenger to leave the club completely rather than moving upstairs, but I'd rather he moved upstairs and Pep came in compared to him remaining in charge as he is today.
You are completely missing the viewpoint here. A manager like Pep won't stick around with the senile old duffer constantly hovering over him and meddling in the footie affairs from a higher position. It's an incongruent setting. Therefore, it's either TOF moving upstairs and still running the show having appointed a muppet to do his bidding, or he completely fucks off and we get in a proper manager the ilk of a Guardiola.
Unfortunately, I feel the former will be the prevailing result. This as it will take some years before his far reaching tentacles rot after mortality has caught up with him. It's a terrible situation that has been allowed to augment. We've well and truly bred a monster here.
I'm not saying Pep would actually take the job in those circumstances but I wouldn't completely rule it out either. Him and Wenger have a pretty good relationship and I'm sure Pep would lay down some ground rules as a stipulation of taking the role (although whether Wenger would be able to stick to them is another question).
I don't expect it to happen as I think Wenger will be with us for a while yet but stranger things have happened in football!
IW8Goalmachine wrote:I've a mate who's brother works with some betting crowd in England and he's saying that massive bets are coming in for Pep to Arsenal.
I was telling anyone who would listen that Campbell would sign for us at the time of all the where was he going speculation! I can't remember us even being considered! I've been saying same about guardiola! Like Campbell I'm not particularly keen on Pepe! He won't bring stability and will quit if the going gets tough! A bit like mad Sol
The Independent are suggesting Pep is waiting for the Arsenal after his latest statement that he would wait for 2 years before coming to a Premier League to coach. I look forward to the Pep Guardiola thread on this website in 2017.
It's a perfect fit for both man and club in a perfect world. We do not live in a perfect world and even worse Arsenal live in a Wenger world. As funny as Moyes tenure at Old Trafford was the small bit of humanity in me kind of pitied him every time the TV camera panned from him on bad days to a few rows behind where whiskey nose was sitting and scowling. I even heard a story that Ferguson was asked to sit in a corporate box to take the heat off Moyes. Not sure Wenger would have the same intimidating presence as Ferguson but having him there in any capacity would be impossible.
Pep seems to be very much his own man and would not tolerate interference and that was part of Moyes problem, there were ghosts everywhere. For Pep the lack of interference from the board (actually it is a criminal lack of interference) must be attractive. he surely looks at Chelsea sacking a title winning manager after seven months, the constant speculation of the Man City's future surely would also concern him. That leaves two clubs and the greater potential SHOULD be at Arsenal.
I would love it, I think it is a perfect fit , maybe the reported comment from Pep that he may wait a full season before coming is significant. Hope so but for some reason I doubt it. If Wenger wants to secure Arsenal's future he should also recognise this opportunity.