So Wenger says he's going to manage someone next year. The board have said that a

[Sir C]

Naturally. He's been wearing them so long now they'd have to be surgically removed.

At least he's started throwing an iron over our shirts.

Honestly. The day we ran out for the second half wearing shirts that showed the creases from where they'd been folded, I thought I was going to pass out.

[Burney]

At least he's started throwing an iron over our shirts.

Honestly. The day we ran out for the second half wearing shirts that showed the creases from where they'd been folded, I thought I was going to pass out.

What does a kit man even do these days? I assume they just have new kit every game, so it's not like the old days when he had to get boots cleaned and jockstraps laundered, is it? He basically just puts out stuff that's been delivered by the various suppliers

[Sir C]

What does a kit man even do these days? I assume they just have new kit every game, so it's not like the old days when he had to get boots cleaned and jockstraps laundered, is it? He basically just puts out stuff that's been delivered by the various suppliers

I suspect he's mainly there to be another 'proper football man' around the place. He's a respected coach in his own right, I believe. It's just that someone has to be responsible for having kit available.

[SWv2]

I suspect he's mainly there to be another 'proper football man' around the place. He's a respected coach in his own right, I believe. It's just that someone has to be responsible for having kit available.

He coaches the chicks team mate.

That is not respected by anybody and I suspect the shorts are somehow linked to this other job.

[Sir C]

He coaches the chicks team mate.

That is not respected by anybody and I suspect the shorts are somehow linked to this other job.

Well there you are. He's a full time professional coach

[Luis Anaconda]

Well there you are. He's a full time professional coach

Except he stepped down in 2009 - I guess the news hasn't reached the Emerald Isle yet

[Sir C]

Except he stepped down in 2009 - I guess the news hasn't reached the Emerald Isle yet

Right. But he must have been qualified to be a professional coach, surely?

My point is, he knows a thing or two about the game and clearly isn't just there to take the shirts out of their packets.

[SWv2]

Except he stepped down in 2009 - I guess the news hasn't reached the Emerald Isle yet

You follow the Ladies team?

[SWv2]

Well there you are. He's a full time professional coach

So are many people such as Tony Pulis and Sam Allardyce while previously people such as Phil Neal were employed in professional positions yet to a man the Arsenal football snobberati would queue up to poke fun at them and indeed cast aspersions on their abilities and ideals.

Respect should not be awarded simply on position or title. Not in sport or in any aspect of life.

[Sir C]

So are many people such as Tony Pulis and Sam Allardyce while previously people such as Phil Neal were employed in professional positions yet to a man the Arsenal football snobberati would queue up to poke fun at them and indeed cast aspersions on their abilities and ideals.

Respect should not be awarded simply on position or title. Not in sport or in any aspect of life.

What on earth are you gibbering about? You're railing against some mythical 'snobberati' in a conversation about Vic Akers? Are you just trying to demonstrate how superior you are to this group you have invented in your head?

You're still píssed, aren't you?