replacement and it seemed to anyone just turning on as if it was the end of a piece in which his [Wenger's] departure had been announced - I certainly thought so and I rushed to my 'puter in hope - disappointment as bad as the lack of snow that had been promised by the swivel eyed flying lunatic Sir C!
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Some of the players are on Easy Street - some of 'em own houses on Easy Street and rent them out
Yep. I'm afraid it's just more media BS. There is talk of a big review for Arsene in May. A review conducted by the same people who gave him a new contract after last season. Hardly cause for optimism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Ah, Cheers, H. That explains it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Disagree. By all accounts Gazidis wanted him out last summer and he has been slowly taking away Wenger’s power/influence ever since with the back room appointments. I think he’ll be gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Trent
Come on Goats,. We need a bit more than the old "by all accounts". Sauce!Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
That’s how the press were reporting it. Gazidis and other board members wanted a change but Kroenke had the final say. I think it was a lot harder to sack him finishing a point off 4th and having just won the cup than it will be this summer. We will finish 6th, miles off and without a trophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Let's hope so. The next manager will be accepting a poisoned chalice though for sure. Wrighty knows this too which is why he doesn't want TH14 getting the job. It will take at least three seasons to expunge Wenger's DNA from the club so at least two managers will fail miserably before we can pick up again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
Fingers crossed. I won't be fully convinced until the new man is sat in the dugout. We heard rumours that Gazidis and the board wanted a change last year. Apparently Wenger just went direct to Kronke. The new backroom appointments do offer some hope. But, those are changes that should've been taking place back in 2014 or before. The fact that it took so long just to make some structural changes around Wenger is ridiculous. It says an awful lot about how entrenched he is within the club. Even with the results this season, it'll still take an almighty heave-ho to actually get him out the door. If it was really about results, then he probably should've been sacked a couple of times this season already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
He's always honoured his contracts, bgs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
He won't get sacked.
One more year. etc.
We'll miss out on our man, Diego and possibly Joachim Löw
We is fúcking doomed, I tell yer.
Even if he does get binned I can see him sat in his car on Bell Lane or in the Little Wonder Cafe on a Saturday
He survived the 8-2; He can survive anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Trent
I imagine him still turning up at games after he's left. Sitting there glaring at the new manager, and giving the new players disapproving looks. He'll probably buy my seats (near the home dugout) off the ticket exchange, and go there just to shout at the 4th official.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
To be fair, if He wants to do that, He deserves it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Trent
Indeed. My old dad always brings that up. It's been his favourite 'Wenger bashing stick' for years. Although, recently he's started to mention the Bayern defeats. 'He lost 10-2 and still got a new contract?'. It's good that he can still remember these things at his age (86) though. I couldn't even recall our recent defeat at Spurs. :-(:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
The staffing changes are perhaps not a good thing. We know that Wenger likes to have total control of everything. Since that has started to change, results have gone downhill. When we were finishing 4th we were, at a minimum, meeting expectations. Now we're way below them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Trent
I always felt a bit sorry for David Moyes at Man Utd. Ferguson said he was stepping back and going travelling with his wife etc... Within three weeks he was sat at every game. Home and away. Glaring down and looking rather cross. :hehe: No pressure David.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Ideally the new staff/structure need to be in place before the new manager comes in though. So that there isn't that vacuum we saw at Utd when Ferguson, his staff and the cheif exec all left at once. All the changes at Arsenal dropping during the season like this, probably has caused some disruption. But it needed doing. The club had to restructure for the long term. Had Arsene been more open and receptive to changes. They could've been done much earlier and much more gradually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Yeah, fair point. But you have to expect a measure of that at a big club; part of the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Trent