augie wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 9:43 am
I always felt that unless the transfer budget was unbelievably small, getting allegri would be do-able. The man has done all he can do domestically in italy, and doesnt seem to be the type of manager that is short term hit and bail straight afterwards. Regardless of how many people perceive us, we are still viewed as a big club around europe and across the world - the next manager will be walking into a club that has one of the best stadiums and training complex in the world, has a massive fanbase around the world, a club where expectations will be more realistic in the short term, a squad that is set up for a rebuild in his own style, and a club that is based in one of the most popular cities in the world. If a top manager gets the job then he will be lucky to do so, cos he will be walking into a mess but, because he is a top manager he will have the confidence of the majority of the fanbase that he can turn it around - if a manager like arteta/rodgers/buvac gets it, then he had better get things right straight away cos he wont have the confidence of the fans behind him
Sorry Augie but there is a certain amount of rose tinted bollocks in there, most top managers are pragmatists and immaterial of the stature of the club locally or internationally none of them are likely to put their head in the post AW noose without significant resources being promised to be made available to actually chaļlenge.
Pep, Jose, Jurgen and the Spuds are all likely to strengthen to differing degrees over the summer and our squad is miles behind those currently, it's not just players but tactics, strategy and infrastructure/backroom organisation. Chelsea is a better prospect than us currently because if you go to the owner with a plan then he will give you the resources, our lot fuck knows what they'll do.
I hope to god I'm wrong but I said ages ago the new manager would have to contend with similar limitations to Wenger and my stance hasn't changed, the only difference being that Wenger imposed some of those limitations himself and the rest were imposed by those above him, I hope a new manager facing any limitations will, unlike Wenger, be pragmatic enough to work around them.
The other major issue any manager has to face will be the hostile fans who will still be Wengerites, even at the worst of times the anti-Wenger feeling in the ground was muted, I don't think the new manager will be allowed the same leeway by the acolytes, it will likely fast become a hostile environment if we lag behind the others quickly.
At least we get to talk about someone else for a change soon but it'll be interesting to find out how the attitude on here develops next season and will any failures be appointed to the new manager or will we continue to blame Wenger
