Has Wenger left it this late before signing a new deal?

[Pat Vegas]

Leaving it a bit late.

Perhaps ozil and Sanchez are waiting to see how this pans out. Not if he stays or goes but want to see who will be the new manager of Wenger goes.

I think it might be the last season for Wenger if this is the case.

[SWv2]

Leaving it a bit late.

Perhaps ozil and Sanchez are waiting to see how this pans out. Not if he stays or goes but want to see who will be the new manager of Wenger goes.

I think it might be the last season for Wenger if this is the case.

Yes, his last one (the one he is currently working to).

Or one around 2002.

I know LA will correct me.

[Luis Anaconda]

Yes, his last one (the one he is currently working to).

Or one around 2002.

I know LA will correct me.

I'm not sure actually - has always been in the last year of the contract though. I suspect the new one is complete and just waiting a signature. Probably not much negotiating to be done

[SWv2]

I'm not sure actually - has always been in the last year of the contract though. I suspect the new one is complete and just waiting a signature. Probably not much negotiating to be done

I tend to agree it’s a done deal though a few (informed?) sites and if you will “blogs” seem less so. Perhaps they were each time in the past also just I would not have paid any attention.

I suspect timing is key here, we need to be riding on the crest of a string of impressive results for the announcement in an way of almost defending the appointment.

Announcing another 3 years in the aftermath of a defeat at Stamford Bridge or a European exit to Munchen less easy to sell.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

I tend to agree it’s a done deal though a few (informed?) sites and if you will “blogs” seem less so. Perhaps they were each time in the past also just I would not have paid any attention.

I suspect timing is key here, we need to be riding on the crest of a string of impressive results for the announcement in an way of almost defending the appointment.

Announcing another 3 years in the aftermath of a defeat at Stamford Bridge or a European exit to Munchen less easy to sell.

Let's just hope he ****s off, eh?

[Pat Vegas]

Let's just hope he ****s off, eh?

I don't mind if he stays. I try not to get frustrated anymore. It would be odd to see Arsenal without Wenger in charge.

But I am curious to see what a fresh approach would bring to the club. Any new manager would bring in new players but I am curious to see what a different manager could get out of this current squard.

[Sir C]

Let's just hope he ****s off, eh?

I was thinking about what Wenger has done whilst in the shower this morning. I was thinking of the first Arsenal side I knew, under Bertie Mee and Don Howe. Universally derided as boring because, well, they were. Once we'd scored a goal the opposition might as well have gone home, the game was going to finish 1-0 to The Arsenal.

The first Arsenal team I watched was under Terry O'Neill and Don Howe. This side played as follows: Jennings rolled the ball out to Rice. He squared it to O'Leary. On it went to Young. He passed sideways to Nelson, who knocked it back to Jennings. After 5 or 6 minutes of this the crowd would become restless, so Jennings hoofed it up to Stapleton. At some point during the 90 minutes Stapleton would get his head on something and we'd score. Then usually win 1-0. It was incredibly dull.

Still, along came George Graham who treated us to some exciting, expansive football, until he had a Moscow-induced breakdown and turned us into a team of defensive thuggery. A lot of that time was spent watrching absolute mince.

Rioch wasn't any sort of radical but at least tried to play a little; then along came Arsene, to turn our game into a sort of art form.

We were known as Boring Arsenal for a good 50 years, and for good reason. I'm scared of what might happen when Arsene leaves. We might get a Mourinho-type dullard. :-(

[SWv2]

I was thinking about what Wenger has done whilst in the shower this morning. I was thinking of the first Arsenal side I knew, under Bertie Mee and Don Howe. Universally derided as boring because, well, they were. Once we'd scored a goal the opposition might as well have gone home, the game was going to finish 1-0 to The Arsenal.

The first Arsenal team I watched was under Terry O'Neill and Don Howe. This side played as follows: Jennings rolled the ball out to Rice. He squared it to O'Leary. On it went to Young. He passed sideways to Nelson, who knocked it back to Jennings. After 5 or 6 minutes of this the crowd would become restless, so Jennings hoofed it up to Stapleton. At some point during the 90 minutes Stapleton would get his head on something and we'd score. Then usually win 1-0. It was incredibly dull.

Still, along came George Graham who treated us to some exciting, expansive football, until he had a Moscow-induced breakdown and turned us into a team of defensive thuggery. A lot of that time was spent watrching absolute mince.

Rioch wasn't any sort of radical but at least tried to play a little; then along came Arsene, to turn our game into a sort of art form.

We were known as Boring Arsenal for a good 50 years, and for good reason. I'm scared of what might happen when Arsene leaves. We might get a Mourinho-type dullard. :-(


Indeed, who knows. But therein lies the excitement.

Change should be embraced. Bring it on.

In summary, Wenger out.

[Sir C]

Indeed, who knows. But therein lies the excitement.

Change should be embraced. Bring it on.

In summary, Wenger out.

Hold on, who the fúck is Terry O'Neill?

I'm fúcking senile.

[Luis Anaconda]

Hold on, who the fúck is Terry O'Neill?

I'm fúcking senile.
A photographer - this might be what you were really thinking about in the shower this morning

420

[Sir C]

A photographer - this might be what you were really thinking about in the shower this morning

420

What were we like to watch under Billy Wright, la?

[Luis Anaconda]

What were we like to watch under Billy Wright, la?

Entertainingly ****, really - relied heavily on Joe Baker. Nothing like as good as Chapman's team. Wright out

[redgunamo]

What were we like to watch under Billy Wright, la?

Just checked, we must've been rubbish:

"Arsenal were unable to improve on their seventh in Wright's first season in charge, and their form gradually declined. Wright won only 38.46% of his matches in charge, the lowest rate for any post-war Arsenal manager (caretaker managers excepted). After a poor 1965–66 season – where Arsenal finished 14th and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Blackburn Rovers (who finished bottom of the First Division) — Wright was dismissed by the Arsenal board in the summer of 1966.

Football writer Brian Glanville, discussing Billy Wright's time at Arsenal, wrote: "he had neither the guile nor the authority to make things work and he reacted almost childishly to criticism"."

[Ash]

The first Arsenal team I watched was under Terry O'Neill and Don Howe. This side played as follows: Jennings rolled the ball out to Rice. He squared it to O'Leary. On it went to Young. He passed sideways to Nelson, who knocked it back to Jennings. After 5 or 6 minutes of this the crowd would become restless, so Jennings hoofed it up to Stapleton. At some point during the 90 minutes Stapleton would get his head on something and we'd score. Then usually win 1-0. It was incredibly dull.


They would mix it up, tbf.

Sometimes O'Leary would pass back to Jennings.

[Ash]

Entertainingly ****, really - relied heavily on Joe Baker. Nothing like as good as Chapman's team. Wright out

His grand-daughter was not very entertaining on the Arsenal podcast I heard her on. Dour, negative, somewhat aloof and uninterested. All the same, she didn't deserve the online abuse/bantz that Marve gave her.

[Sir C]

They would mix it up, tbf.

Sometimes O'Leary would pass back to Jennings.

:hehe: It also struck me what a bunch of double hard bástards they were. I suppose every team was in those days, but a standard challenge from Nelson, Young, Rice or Talbot would be treated as a police matter these days, and Price and Stapleton weren't averse to a knee-high assault if required. :hehe:

[Sir C]

Just checked, we must've been rubbish:

"Arsenal were unable to improve on their seventh in Wright's first season in charge, and their form gradually declined. Wright won only 38.46% of his matches in charge, the lowest rate for any post-war Arsenal manager (caretaker managers excepted). After a poor 1965–66 season – where Arsenal finished 14th and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Blackburn Rovers (who finished bottom of the First Division) — Wright was dismissed by the Arsenal board in the summer of 1966.

Football writer Brian Glanville, discussing Billy Wright's time at Arsenal, wrote: "he had neither the guile nor the authority to make things work and he reacted almost childishly to criticism"."

Thank God we sacked him then. Wenger in!

[Sir C]

Entertainingly ****, really - relied heavily on Joe Baker. Nothing like as good as Chapman's team. Wright out

Bit like now then? Wenger out!

[redgunamo]

Announcing another 3 years in the aftermath of a defeat at Stamford Bridge or a European exit to Munchen less easy to sell.

They'll have to announce something at some stage, won't they, regardless of any results?

[redgunamo]

Indeed, who knows. But therein lies the excitement.

Change should be embraced. Bring it on.

In summary, Wenger out.

Do you have a successor in mind?

[Luis Anaconda]

Bit like now then? Wenger out!

Not his fault - Baker's done nothing for years. Not even breathed since 2003

[Ash]

:hehe: It also struck me what a bunch of double hard bástards they were. I suppose every team was in those days, but a standard challenge from Nelson, Young, Rice or Talbot would be treated as a police matter these days, and Price and Stapleton weren't averse to a knee-high assault if required. :hehe:

Storey and Simpson weren't shy of getting in and around the opposition either. Putting down a marker to let them know they were there and so on. Willie Young was in a league of his own, though, ISTR. He rarely seemed interested in the ball at all.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

What were we like to watch under Billy Wright, la?

Like Newcastle under Keegan
Goalllls !

[Luis Anaconda]

Storey and Simpson weren't shy of getting in and around the opposition either. Putting down a marker to let them know they were there and so on. Willie Young was in a league of his own, though, ISTR. He rarely seemed interested in the ball at all.

Paul Allen does not like this :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Willie Young made him cry