Barney Ronay puts it very well - some of you would do well to take heed

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

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Geeky_Disco asks: "Is an eight-years-trophyless Wenger finished?"

Barney replies:

No. I don't think there is a crisis or a "meltdown" as such, just a wider scale realignment in football and Arsenal will do well to compete as they are. It is very easy to pick out flaws – all teams and managers have them – when basically your best players always leave.

Wenger could do with bringing in some help, either above or below. He looks – by choice - very isolated. It's a one-man club now, whereas Bayern for example have layers of management and experience everywhere, Arsenal are essentially one man's vision.

[East Upper for Supper]

[7evens]

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

And that Wenger's perceived flaws are as much to do with us losing our best players every season.

[7evens]

Not the easiest of people to affect change.

Change is what's being heavily touted by most on lookers

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

Merely that he could do with help, hardly a massively negative observation. :shrug:

[7evens]

Just an observation

[redgunamo]

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

and their relative positive/negative slant vis-a-vis our underfire manager.

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

And it still says that his perceived flaws are as much down to losing our key players every season, as they are personal failings.

[redgunamo]

And as everyone knows, with football managers as with women, the most important part of what you say always comes after the "but".

[7evens]

Either way, It implies he needs help.
I made a point in another post that people are fairly brutal in how far they're prepared to accomodate someones flaws after a period of 16 years in charge.
The knives are out at this stage and I can't see the protest movement being appeased by the prospect of keeping the unpopular protagonist in charge while wheeling in the help.

[7evens]

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

On a large scale? Perhaps for the board, but not for Wenger, I hope.

As Ronay* says later:



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I don't think he will or should go. The only pressure is coming from a few newspapers and a small section of supporters, many of whom are... well.





*And he is the arbiter of all that is correct