Hang on! This Rodgers thing isn't actually a serious possibility, is it? Apart from being a colossal arse, the man's had sex with a transsexual, ffs! We can't have his sort anywhere near the place.
Such an appointment would kill any remaining enthusiasm I have.
On the other hand, it would serve Wenger's most vocal critics among the fanbase right.
Indeed, TI, indeed. Those of us who saw dark times are perhaps the ones in a real position to appreciate what Arsene has done for us, and the way he has upheld the dignity and the values of the club whilst doing so.
Modern football fans have very little idea about what makes us special and how Arsene nurtured and prtotected those values, I'm afraid.
Now we'll end up with just some mercenary **** who will stay for as long as it suits and then drop us. Why would he care about the values of The Arsenal?
The fact that we were shockingly **** before he arrived. Hillier, Selley, McGoldrick etc (although, I must point out that I know all three and they are lovely lads) and mid table mediocrity after GG left. Arsene showed us a brave new world and I for one still and always will love him for it.
And don't get me started on teh mid Seventies or mid Eighties - yes I am that 'mature'!
I don't think any person (those who want him out) deny the brilliance and glory/success he brought the club, simply that it is time for him to move on.
I would argue that we were not “shockingly bad” before he arrived as Rioch had already improved the club from the Hillier/Selley period you correctly refer to (a period which still brought domestic and European cup success).
He improved the club, no person will every dispute that.
Danny Fizsman arguably improved the club as much as Wenger did around the period. Nobody ever remembers Danny in this way.
I think Fizsman is still remembered as a driving force, as was Dein. Wenger's impact went far, far deeper. He didn't just change our club, he brought changes that rippled through English football. He also killed the chant 'boring, boring Arsenal' that Mee, Neill, Howe and Graham had worked so hard to earn.
I suspect he's changed his stance Mr East
Otherwise we'd have Bould in charge for the rest of the season
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