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The Gunners go into Sunday’s North London derby four points behind their third-placed rivals after the Welsh wizard’s 90th-minute winner against West Ham on Monday.
It has prompted another week of lavish praise being heaped on Spurs ace Bale, who has found himself compared with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.
But Wenger wants his team to concentrate on delivering a performance themselves rather than worry about what Bale might do.
He said: “We don’t plan for anybody. It is always the same — focus on our strengths and forget about your opponent."
The Gunners go into Sunday’s North London derby four points behind their third-placed rivals after the Welsh wizard’s 90th-minute winner against West Ham on Monday.
It has prompted another week of lavish praise being heaped on Spurs ace Bale, who has found himself compared with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.
But Wenger wants his team to concentrate on delivering a performance themselves rather than worry about what Bale might do.
He said: “We don’t plan for anybody. It is always the same — focus on our strengths and forget about your opponent."
Another one of Le Arseole's embarrassing pronouncements.
Why won't this fucker go away?
The tactical genius that is Wenker play the exact same way regardless if it is Barca / Man Utd / Stoke or Bradford so your opponents have the advantage of knowing how to prepare / set up to counteract your team but do nothing to blunt them.
The Gunners go into Sunday’s North London derby four points behind their third-placed rivals after the Welsh wizard’s 90th-minute winner against West Ham on Monday.
It has prompted another week of lavish praise being heaped on Spurs ace Bale, who has found himself compared with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.
But Wenger wants his team to concentrate on delivering a performance themselves rather than worry about what Bale might do.
He said: “We don’t plan for anybody. It is always the same — focus on our strengths and forget about your opponent."
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Another one of Le Arseole's embarrassing pronouncements.
Why won't this fucker go away?
This maybe and i say MAYBE the reason we are fucking shit ffs.
He said: “We don’t plan for anybody. It is always the same — focus on our strengths and forget about your opponent."
Another one of Le Arseole's embarrassing pronouncements.
Why won't this fucker go away?
The tactical genius that is Wenker play the exact same way regardless if it is Barca / Man Utd / Stoke or Bradford so your opponents have the advantage of knowing how to prepare / set up to counteract your team but do nothing to blunt them.
i have said this before - regardless of the opponent, Wenger is not able to coach at any level.
why the press don't push him on this i have no idea.
other coaches look to exploit our weaknesses and vulnerabilities, nullify our strengths - this is why we fail. we have had no plan B for 9 seasons now. its play and go....
people pushing for his statue should read that quote everyday til it sinks in.
football moved on in 2004, AW didn't. he could coach Barcelona, assemble the worlds best 11 and get beaten half the time i'm sure.
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The Gunners go into Sunday’s North London derby four points behind their third-placed rivals after the Welsh wizard’s 90th-minute winner against West Ham on Monday.
It has prompted another week of lavish praise being heaped on Spurs ace Bale, who has found himself compared with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.
But Wenger wants his team to concentrate on delivering a performance themselves rather than worry about what Bale might do.
He said: “We don’t plan for anybody. It is always the same — focus on our strengths and forget about your opponent."
Ok Then Arsole..were a million miles behind Manure and out of all the cups were absolute shite there ive judged us arrogant fucking prick of a man
And we're out of them because he threw away the one fucking cup we had a chance of winning in pursuit of the one that we won't ever get to the last eight of again whilst he's in charge
He then has the fucking cheek to say "we're not far behind Bayern".......we should have been 0-4 down at half time. Honestly, if the bloke was a horse someone would have come along with a bolt gun long ago and put him out of his fucking misery
Hes a total embarrassment he really is,i liked this little chestnut.. "Chelsea finished sixth last year,and that's the real value of the team for me" what a complete fannyhole They won the cup with the big lugs AND the Fa cup! but that obviously holds no value in Arsoleworld
Any last trace of respect for the bloke evaporated with the defeats to Bradford and Blackburn. He couldn't give a flying fuck about the fans who he inflicts his misery upon and therefore I hope he eventually does get the sort of treatment Hodgson got at Liverpool or Kean at Blackburn. Just to witness him taking a tenth of the fucking misery he puts on us would be worth its weight in gold. The bloke has sold out to the American to such an extent now that it outweighs everything he ever achieved in the first eight years
When he goes I'll remember him as the puppet of the franchise......a man without any moral compass and one who having advanced the club by 10 years took it backwards by at least as many
Another misconception is that what we are currently enjoying is still far far better than the so called desperate days of the early 1980s
In 1982 we finished 16 points behind a Liverpool side generally recognised as one of the finest in Europe, and 17 points behind their European Cup final side of 1984
Last year we finished 19 points behind two Manchester sides embarrassed in the group stage of the CL and this season we will finish 20+ points adrift
The only difference for Terry Neill and Don Howe after him was that they weren't rewarded for the pathetic failure of finishing 20 points behind with some consolation prize of qualifying for a tournament we can never win.
Lord Wenger - a failure on the scale of Neill and Howe 2006-2016 (might as well state that fact because the useless wanker is here for keeps). In 1984 he'd have got the boot
SteveO 35 wrote:Another misconception is that what we are currently enjoying is still far far better than the so called desperate days of the early 1980s
In 1982 we finished 16 points behind a Liverpool side generally recognised as one of the finest in Europe, and 17 points behind their European Cup final side of 1984
Last year we finished 19 points behind a Manchester United side embarrassed in the group stage of the CL and this season will finish 20+ points adrift
The only difference for Terry Neill and Don Howe after him was that they weren't rewarded for the pathetic failure of finishing 20 points behind with some consolation prize of qualifying for a tournament we can never win.
Lord Wenger - a failure on the scale of Neill and Howe 2006-2016 (might as well state that fact because the useless wanker is here for keeps). In 1984 he'd have got the boot
In 1984 he wouldn't have had the support of thousands of jcl sheep that exist nowadays People try and say that as long as he is making the club money then he won't be sacked but I don't agree with that - I firmly believe that as soon as the protests against the board became loud enough and were receiving plenty of media coverage then wenker would be thrown under the wheels of the bus
SteveO 35 wrote:Another misconception is that what we are currently enjoying is still far far better than the so called desperate days of the early 1980s
In 1982 we finished 16 points behind a Liverpool side generally recognised as one of the finest in Europe, and 17 points behind their European Cup final side of 1984
Last year we finished 19 points behind a Manchester United side embarrassed in the group stage of the CL and this season will finish 20+ points adrift
The only difference for Terry Neill and Don Howe after him was that they weren't rewarded for the pathetic failure of finishing 20 points behind with some consolation prize of qualifying for a tournament we can never win.
Lord Wenger - a failure on the scale of Neill and Howe 2006-2016 (might as well state that fact because the useless wanker is here for keeps). In 1984 he'd have got the boot
In 1984 he wouldn't have had the support of thousands of jcl sheep that exist nowadays People try and say that as long as he is making the club money then he won't be sacked but I don't agree with that - I firmly believe that as soon as the protests against the board became loud enough and were receiving plenty of media coverage then wenker would be thrown under the wheels of the bus
We live in a globalised society and one with huge corporate sponsorships and that saves Wenger. The fan base is now truly global and the ground packed with day trippers - it matters not that you and I opt not to go because thousands of Japanese tourists will take our places in the stands. In the 80s that wasn't the way and failure was met with League Cup attendances of 15,000 and League attendances in the 20-30k bracket if the team didn't perform.
Howe and Neill did not have the luxury of working for a franchise owner who incentivised them purely to sell the club's best players and finish 4th. When Howe left the club embarrassed itself - the guy had just started to go on a decent run and get the club in 3rd spot. That was deemed as failure. Lord A-hole should thank his lucky stars that he isn't the lead character in Life On Mars because he'd have been fired seasons ago.
play the exact same way regardless if it is Barca / Man Utd / Stoke or Bradford so your opponents have the advantage of knowing how to prepare / set up to counteract your team but do nothing to blunt them. 
he really is,i liked this little chestnut.. "Chelsea finished sixth last year,and that's the real value of the team for me" what a complete fannyhole 
