you can't have both full backs pushing up the field and leaving Hazard and Pedro a free run at our CB's, it was shocking the way we set up and unfortunately there is only 1 person to blame and that is AW... I do hope he leaves at the end of the season with his head held high and we move onto the next chapter of AFC.. IF he is given a new 2 year contract, can anyone see us changing what we have done for the last 10 years or so and actually challenge for the title.
I find it very boring that our season is over in February ever year. It doesn't need to be this way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
When you do the same thing over and over and it doesn't work then surely you need to change at some stage?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I think he summarised well regarding Wenger and Arsenal. If he was delivering the results at Liverpool or Utd instead of Klopp/Jose then people would say that he's doing a great job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
I think that it's time for a change now, not that I disappointed with results (realistically we shouldn't consistently finishing above Utd, City and Chelsea). But just that it's a bit boring. We know what to expect every week. We know that we'll finish 2nd - 4th etc etc.
I've only ever known Wenger as Arsenal manager and so it'll be sad to see him go. But a fresh approach is required now. Sure, it may well mean that we drop out of the top 4. But at least it'll be something different.
You do indeed. Who do you replace him with though? No chance we'll get Simeone - who else is realistically available? Or do we take a punt on someone like Eddie Howe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Which is also the definition of insanity.Quote:
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But as a business if they are happy with doing the same thing over and over nothing will change.
However the fans do the power with their wallets.
As moving to the Emirates was to make us a big club. I'd be very underwhelmed with Eddie Howe.Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
as good as he may be he's spend most of his career in the Championship.
It's not our job to know who the club should get..... there are rumours Allegri wants to join, and I am sure there are a lot of managers who would want ot manage one of the richest clubs in world football. As has been pointed out there is nobody on the board who has the experience to hire or fire a manager, so the staus quo is the obvious (but wrong) way to goQuote:
Originally Posted by Rich
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Originally Posted by Pokster
What we didn't do is make ourselves hard to beat. Having full backs that high at only 1-0 in the first half was asking for trouble. But for some poor final balls (Costa and Pedro), we could have been 3-0 down at half time.
We also had chances that we didn't take. At this level and in this type of game, you can't afford to miss those, particularly the Gabriel chance.
Someone needs to tell Kroenke that if we are a bit better he can make even more monies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
Strange way to spell 'fùck right off and take that fùcking syrup with him'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
It's like we turn up to every single game exactly the same. Whislt it works the majority of the time on teams below us it clearly doesn't work with our top 4/6 rivals as we generally have poor results in those fixtures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez
Wenger might go but Kroenke will not. Unfortunately we are stuck with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
We can't even do being taken over a by a Billionaire properly :hehe:
It's probably the thing that irrationally annoys me more than anything about AFC at the mo. Unless you're being bankrolled by oligarchs or oil money, it really makes fùck all difference who owns the club. There's just something intensely irritating about Kroenke and his involvement in the club though :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
in short, Wenger out!
Before the weekend, our record against the top six was similar to Chelsea's :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
We've thrown this title away against Watford and Bournemouth and so on.
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Originally Posted by redgunamo
It isn't about the title. It is about doing the right things on the pitch to get the best result possible. We can't even think about winning the title until we get the basics sorted.
There is no point in being one of the richest clubs in the world on paper if we don't use the money in practice. The problem is that though we are one of the richest clubs in the world there are at least three clubs richer than us in the premiership which means our natural position is.....4th!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pokster
I agree 100%. Footballistically, we could easily (imo.) do a Leicester City. But then what would've been the point of moving to the Emirates :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez
Yes, good point. It's not us, it's the competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mo Britain less Europe
That is, if it is, indeed, all about money.
take you didn't see the video clip from after the Leicester-United game where he changed his opinion to Wenger In....
said -
the grass isn't greener
Wenger should be praised for his philosophy and top 4 performances
Wenger should get 2 years more
AFTV fans and people who disagree are anti arsenal and idiots.
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I've got a simple opinion on this won...if you're consistently failing to get the best out of your team then your position is massively under threat.
the issue in previous season has been that he's had his hands tied, forced to sell and didn't have a strong squad but that has changed.
FFS we had to loan Wilshere out for season because he wasn't going to get a game.
Another issue is that our vision isn't aligned with the board's. They see top 4 as success so can't phantom why where all so upset.
Someone needs to grow a pair and just let him go in the summer and get Simeone in!
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To sustain it. But it is all about taking it one step at a time. We need to play in a way that makes us difficult to play against. We need to make life difficult for opponents and with our superior qualities further forward, we should be able to pick teams off. That doesn't mean playing negative, it means playing with responsibility. Once we build an air of confidence and other teams see us as hard to beat, it plays in to our own hands. A top team can have the game won before they step out on to the pitch. The titles will then (hopefully) follow. At least we are more likely to be in the mix and challenge.
I don't particularly like Kronke but I'd take him over Usmanov any day.Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
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Originally Posted by Mo Britain less Europe
Liverpool?