Top 4 is acceptable - Wenger

Irish Gooner · Post by **Irish Gooner** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:58 pm

[quote]Arsene Wenger believes that a top four finish for Arsenal will represent an â€˜acceptableâ€™ campaign as the Gunners gear up for their first Premier League game of the season.

Without a trophy since 2005, the Frenchman is under extreme pressure from fans to end the trophy drought at the Emirates as soon as possible. Nevertheless, despite making clear that the ultimate aim is to win either the Champions League or Premier League, he appears happy enough to play down expectations by defining success in broader terms.

In an interview filmed ahead of the Emirates Cup for Barclays Premier League World and screened for the first time this evening on ESPN, Wenger was quizzed on what he felt would be a successful season for his young squad.

â€œI basically think if we win the Premier League or Champions League that will be a huge success, if we finish in the top three or four it will be acceptable, anything outside of the top four will be a bad season.â€

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:17 pm

I saw a t-shirt on the way out of Estadio da Luz on Saturday which reminded me of Wenger's comments during last season where he stated he'd be happy to finish second for the next twenty years; "Second place is for losers". Thought it summed things up nice & succintly.

It should also be noted that this is a 100% genuine shirt available from a spurs fan site;

There we have it, AW would be happy with a level of success that makes the pond life from N17 jizz their pants...

Eboue-Why? · Post by **Eboue-Why?** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:27 pm

Running out of things to say nowadays. We should have a clock on the homepage counting down till the 31 Aug, deadline day for our 'brilliant' manager to realise that in football you need a defence as well as an attack, a defence with proven quality to back up what you have upfront.

Just so sick of the continuing bollocks and bullshit being fed to us.

1989 · Post by **1989** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:29 pm

WENGER OUT

ThomasMitchell · Post by **ThomasMitchell** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:45 pm

Wenger is a loser.

Lethal · Post by **Lethal** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:18 pm

Detest the man

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:25 pm

Wenger is destroying our club as well as his own legacy, FFS please GO NOW YOU FUCKING LOSER!!!!!!

Revgoon89 · Post by **Revgoon89** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:41 pm

Get rod of the wanker now. Every interview it's the same f**king thing.

no ambition or desire anywhere in the club.

Supagoon · Post by **Supagoon** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:11 pm

could be his last season, so it will nearly be all over.

Can't fear the future anymore, lets go for it.

highburyJD · Post by **highburyJD** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:21 pm

do you think we will finish top four?

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:30 pm

highburyJD wrote:do you think we will finish top four?

As things stand at the moment, a resounding no.

I absolutely despise Wenger.

cdparky · Post by **cdparky** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:30 pm

highburyJD wrote:do you think we will finish top four?

With the loss of Fabregas & Nasri with no replacements (realistically nobody is coming in), no addressing of the defensive issues and reliance on an injury prone striker for goals I don't think top 4 is likely.

highburyJD · Post by **highburyJD** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:34 pm

if a team achieves better than you expect
isn't that a good season...?

TeeCee · Post by **TeeCee** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:53 pm

We;re looking at 6th or 7th this season imo.

Everyone bangs on about this club and that club aren't good enough to finish above us, but we are that BAD to finish 6th or 7th. We are capable of winning just 3 games out of 15, as we have already proven. The only consolation is that it will be Wenger's final season.

littlefire · Post by **littlefire** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:16 am

We will win the Kiosk league.