THE WENGER THREAD

[SantaPoldi]

he's either a liar or he's failing at his job. Which one do you want?

I don’t see them as being mutually exclusive to be honest.

[highburyJD]

you're confused if you think the rest of the league is doing better...

Wenger retains confidence because he hasnt EVER failed to achieve the clubs minimum target: CL football
we've normally challenged for trophies but didnt last year
even though last season was a failure in those terms, we did improve from 4th to 3rd

Complete tosh. Why is 4th the minimum target? Wenger claims we go for the title every year. So he's either a liar or he's failing at his job. Which one do you want?

slightly hard of thinking are we?
I'll try and explain slowly for the special class

we 'go for' every single trophy, we want to win every single game
the minimum target is CL football - its never been missed

personally I would give a good manager leeway to miss their target once
but thats not an issue as it has never happened

[piresistible]

Can we fecking put this behind us and get some positive momentum ahead of the first game.
if you want to bicker we'll do it come end of season.

[rodders999]

he's either a liar or he's failing at his job. Which one do you want?

I don’t see them as being mutually exclusive to be honest.

Your brian cell on holiday?

[highburyJD]

think it was granted permanent leave

[I Hate Hleb]

he's either a liar or he's failing at his job. Which one do you want?

I don’t see them as being mutually exclusive to be honest.

Your brian cell on holiday?

[SantaPoldi]

he's either a liar or he's failing at his job. Which one do you want?

I don’t see them as being mutually exclusive to be honest.

Your brian cell on holiday?

Oh the eireony.

[arseofacrow]

the man is doing a great job

[highburyJD]

I was disappointed with his performance today,
starting lineup fair enough but the like-for-like subs were unimaginative
leaving a back 4 to defend against one (esp with 2 fullbacks who contributed very little going forward) was strange

[officepest]

I was disappointed with his performance today,
starting lineup fair enough but the like-for-like subs were unimaginative
leaving a back 4 to defend against one (esp with 2 fullbacks who contributed very little going forward) was strange

Mate, pick any game you like and the part in bold would apply. He rarely changes the system, just alters the personnel. It's fine when he brings on Pires, Henry & Bergkamp for example, but we don't have this calibre of player any longer.

[MegaGooner]

But wouldn't it have just been exciting taking off Gibbs(who I thought was ineffective), asking Arteta to cover his area as no Sunderland player was attacking down the right, and bringing on Giroud and go for a 3 5 2 with Giroud and Poldi down the middle.

FFS if it showed us anything, it would have showed that maybe AW has a plan B

[bitterandstout]

But wouldn't it have just been exciting taking off Gibbs(who I thought was ineffective), asking Arteta to cover his area as no Sunderland player was attacking down the right, and bringing on Giroud and go for a 3 5 2 with Giroud and Poldi down the middle.

FFS if it showed us anything, it would have showed that maybe AW has a plan B

there are some things even AW cannot lie about, a Plan B is one..

[highburyJD]

Wenger is not a tactical manager, never has been
but on many occasions, when desperate, we've brought on extra strikers
Sunderland offered nothing going forward - a draw isnt a tragedy so we weren't 'desperate'
but I didnt see them as a threat - think the gamble was worth taking
IMO he was too scared of a defeat in our first post RVP game

[franksav63]

I was disappointed with his performance today,
starting lineup fair enough but the like-for-like subs were unimaginative
leaving a back 4 to defend against one (esp with 2 fullbacks who contributed very little going forward) was strange

No shit Sherlock.... where have you been for the last 6 to 7 seasons... ? What we have now, today, is the same shit but a different season... it's seamless..

[greengooner]

Wenger is not a tactical manager, never has been
but on many occasions, when desperate, we've brought on extra strikers
Sunderland offered nothing going forward - a draw isnt a tragedy so we weren't 'desperate'
but I didnt see them as a threat - think the gamble was worth taking
IMO he was too scared of a defeat in our first post RVP game

In Wengers deluded mind tactics are those green or orange things that you bought in a nice handy plastic container
With a flip up lid