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Ever since Arsene signed his new contract i keep reading quotes from him saying
I feel I share the ambition with everybody to make Arsenal the best club in the world and that everybody works to be successful in that
and also
I want to win the championship, win the UEFA Champions League and be consistent. It's that simple.
So can Arsene take us to the top or do you think he peaked during our unbeatern season in 03/04, he is already the most successful manager in our history.
Also if he is to make us 'the best club in the world' will he need money/big investment or can he do it his way?
I believe the club is heading in the right direction and fully trust Arsene to do whats best for Arsenal. Yes i believe he can 'make us the best club in the world' although i do think he might need longer than his current contract runs
Best start writing up an extention already
I think Arsene can make us into a team always fighting for the title and the CL each season for the rest of his contract and maybe beyond but best club in the world? Very few sides can ever claim to be truly the best side of a decade personally
best club in the world? Very few sides can ever claim to be truly the best side of a decade
I like the way Chelsea won back-2-back league titles then decide that they was the best/biggest team in the world. Best clubs are clus like Liverpool in the 80's and the Real Madrid's who dominate for long periods of time, also Man Utd could claim to be the best in the world at one point because of their dominance in the Premier League and Winning the Champions League in 1999.
Was Nottingham Forest once the Best in the world?
I dont know if anyone has read any posts on the teamtalk forum, its full of negativity towards Wenger signing his new deal, i just cannot understand these people, he is Arsenal, end of story, if they dont like what he has done why dont they go and support a team with no history, no class, no fans, any idea's......?
we are standing on a knife edge, on one side lies permanent entry into the gang of big clubs that win something big at least every 3 years, we could be a team like Real Madrid or AC Milan, but on the other side lies Newcastle, Big stadium, Good support, no success!
best club in the world? Very few sides can ever claim to be truly the best side of a decade
I like the way Chelsea won back-2-back league titles then decide that they was the best/biggest team in the world. Best clubs are clus like Liverpool in the 80's and the Real Madrid's who dominate for long periods of time, also Man Utd could claim to be the best in the world at one point because of their dominance in the Premier League and Winning the Champions League in 1999.
Was Nottingham Forest once the Best in the world?
Aren't we just talking about best in Europe here?
Anyway, the only English team I'd say ever came close to being best in Europe or the world was Liverpool of the 70s and 80s. United only won the Euro Cup once in the 90s and that was very lucky (outplayed by Bayern for 85 minutes etc).
I agree with Magic Hat, AW is definitely the best thing for our future but that doesn't mean to say we'll become the best around. I'd be happy if the next few years see us win the league a few times, win the Euro Cup and play quality football - i.e. become the new Ajax of the early 70s.
I'd be happy if the next few years see us win the league a few times, win the Euro Cup and play quality football - i.e. become the new Ajax of the early 70s.
He gets so much support from us that we must think he can do something with the club because we are not bolton/spuds/newcastle and we wont settle for someone unless we think they are world class
Arsene is more than capeable of leading us to more league/Fa Cup and even Champs league titles.
Im not sure about this 'Consistant' part tho?
Does he mean play good football week in week out or win back to back titles regularly?
niether i think is possible now that the prem is becoming a tighter league teams are always goin to have bad runs of form and poor seasons no matter who the manager is.
But the real question is.. Is Arsene the BEST man for the job. And i know the answer is yes.
I can honestly think of no better manager around at the moment!
There is no way this club will become the best club in the world. Over the course of a season we may become the best team but to become the best club in the world requires more than a winning season or 2. My long standing displeasure at the current board is well known and, while this is not aimed as a pop at them as such, I must say that I cannot see us becoming top dogs the way this club is run. Financially we may be viewed as well run but we are still a selling club that is not capable of holding onto it's biggest stars and history bears that out. We seem incapable of standing toe to toe with the big spanish clubs when they try to unsettle our players and while it may be easy to stand up to a small club like chelski when they illegally approach our players we seem to suffer from an inferiority complex when it comes to dealing with "europes finest". The wenger miracles(buying players cheap and making them stars) will only get us so far but without being then unable to hold onto them as they then mature and maybe occasionly making a huge signing of our own will always stunt our ambitions to be classed as a really big club. If this board is intent on remaining in charge for years to come then they are going to suffer a serious wake up call when it comes to replacing le boss cos there aint no other manager in the world could do what he has done on that budget so they will then have to dust off the cobwebs on the wallets.
We have a long enough and successful enough history in England to be known as a big club here. What we now need to do is win a couple of European Cups to enable us to have a chance of being the No.1 club in the world.
If you consider our world-wide fan base, we are already amongst the top three or four clubs in the world, and that's without Champions League success.
There is nothing wrong with us aiming to be the best - our history dictates that, at the very least, we strive to be so.
augie wrote:There is no way this club will become the best club in the world. Over the course of a season we may become the best team but to become the best club in the world requires more than a winning season or 2. My long standing displeasure at the current board is well known and, while this is not aimed as a pop at them as such, I must say that I cannot see us becoming top dogs the way this club is run. Financially we may be viewed as well run but we are still a selling club that is not capable of holding onto it's biggest stars and history bears that out. We seem incapable of standing toe to toe with the big spanish clubs when they try to unsettle our players and while it may be easy to stand up to a small club like chelski when they illegally approach our players we seem to suffer from an inferiority complex when it comes to dealing with "europes finest". The wenger miracles(buying players cheap and making them stars) will only get us so far but without being then unable to hold onto them as they then mature and maybe occasionly making a huge signing of our own will always stunt our ambitions to be classed as a really big club. If this board is intent on remaining in charge for years to come then they are going to suffer a serious wake up call when it comes to replacing le boss cos there aint no other manager in the world could do what he has done on that budget so they will then have to dust off the cobwebs on the wallets.
Augie, a man after my own heart. Could have done with a comment or two from you over the weekend on another thread...
