Quote Originally Posted by The Jorge View Post
Would it not be better to look to appoint someone next year? I mean, we could get everything in place for a managed transition, perhaps not spend so much this year to build up a war chest, and concentrate on getting the right man.
That would be a little too "Pellegrini out" for my taste, I think.

Fairplay to Manchester City though, they've been waiting for Pep for years and he is clearly their first and only choice. Whoever we get will naturally be just some random flavour-of-the-month, compared to Wenger. Or anyway, there will not have been that level of planning and preparation.

Can you imagine; Wenger 2-0 down to Swindon Town in the Cup and the crowd demanding the new man (Tim Sherwood) take over right now