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Thread: Do we believe the Ancelotti rumours? This summer?

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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    How ludicrously prescriptive, b. Are you honestly saying you prefer a candidate like 44-year-old Tuchel over a serial winner like Ancelotti, just because his age fits?
    Yes. This isn't about winning things, it's about a wholesale change of culture. A gun for hire type like Ancelotti isn't going to do that.

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    Yes. This isn't about winning things, it's about a wholesale change of culture. A gun for hire type like Ancelotti isn't going to do that.
    He might, you know, as he wouldn't be concerned about his long-term prospects at the club. Unlike certain senile Frenchmen we could name ..
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    Yes. This isn't about winning things, it's about a wholesale change of culture. A gun for hire type like Ancelotti isn't going to do that.
    Hmmm - I get your point, but the wholesale changes are already taken place behind the scenes and completely altering the power structure will take, so I would argue throwing in a less experienced manager to front all of this is just asking for trouble. A more experienced man can handle the flak while we go through the teething process. Can you imagine the pressure on someone like Eddie Howe if he was to take on the role next season? (Although, possibly the best man for the job in that case is the man already in it )

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Hmmm - I get your point, but the wholesale changes are already taken place behind the scenes and completely altering the power structure will take, so I would argue throwing in a less experienced manager to front all of this is just asking for trouble. A more experienced man can handle the flak while we go through the teething process. Can you imagine the pressure on someone like Eddie Howe if he was to take on the role next season? (Although, possibly the best man for the job in that case is the man already in it )
    Wenger is not going to dismantle or rearrange His life's work in any meaningful way, imo, so we shouldn't get too carried away with talk of "wholesale change".
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Hmmm - I get your point, but the wholesale changes are already taken place behind the scenes and completely altering the power structure will take, so I would argue throwing in a less experienced manager to front all of this is just asking for trouble. A more experienced man can handle the flak while we go through the teething process. Can you imagine the pressure on someone like Eddie Howe if he was to take on the role next season? (Although, possibly the best man for the job in that case is the man already in it )
    The best man for the job may be the guy already in it, but we won't know that until we get rid of him and try someone else.

  6. #6
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    The best man for the job may be the guy already in it, but we won't know that until we get rid of him and try someone else.
    Better the devil you know. Grass isn't always greener.

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    Better the devil you know. Grass isn't always greener.
    We can talk in clichés until the cows come home, P.
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

  8. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by redgunamo View Post
    We can talk in clichés until the cows come home, P.
    Indeed, a change is as good as rest. You always do what what you've always done and you'll always get what you always got, r

  9. #9
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    Better the devil you know. Grass isn't always greener.
    I think we're past that now. Wenger's continued presence is just making everyone miserable - including him. We need catharsis - for good or ill. We're at the stage where even the wrong man would be better than carrying on with Wenger.

  10. #10
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    I think we're past that now. Wenger's continued presence is just making everyone miserable - including him. We need catharsis - for good or ill. We're at the stage where even the wrong man would be better than carrying on with Wenger.
    Yes. Even failing in a different way would ease the pain at this point. Also, Arsene has a book to write, with many volumes. He needs to get started on it. Also when he goes he'll be able to say what he really thinks about referees.

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