I think his whole contract scenario is the main cause of what we are seeing on the pitch.
He should have either made a choice or clearly say the decision will be made at the end of the season end of.
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I think his whole contract scenario is the main cause of what we are seeing on the pitch.
He should have either made a choice or clearly say the decision will be made at the end of the season end of.
Well it is a tricky one Richard.
He shouldn’t really listen to fans, nor should any manager.
To walk away now, which I think he should, is to more or less admit he cannot see himself as capable of arresting whatever is wrong at the club and recent form does suggest there is issues, recent form and some would say repeated errors year on year.
Then having come clean and admitted the above he really is a busted flush. What top club does he go to next, will there be a queue of suitors as there would have been in the past. I am unconvinced the really big teams in Europe will want him as he is seen to have failed in his job in N5 over a lengthy period of time.
Hmm. The managerial merry-go-round at the big clubs seems to happily appoint managers who have failed at their previous jobs. He could probably go to Barcelona and have a decent shout of winning the European Cup. Mourinho was taking Chelsea down when he was sacked then given the Man Utd job.
It looks like if players can change their manager by being **** if they don't want him. Not the first time the Chelsea players have got rid of a manager. See also Leicester.
Well my thoughts there was largely influenced by a radio interview I listened to last week with some Spanish football person who openly declared that the Spanish giants would have no interest in him whatsoever as the general feeling there is one of utter amazement that he is still in his position after a decade of failure.
Mourinho had won a league title just 6 months or whatever before being sacked and let’s remember had also won 2 Champions Leagues, in essence one season of falling below standards was not enough to really damage his legacy.
I am not convinced AW, a deeply respected man of course, is still on that very top shelf as he heads towards retirement.
I would qualify that slightly, SW.
A manager should ignore the fans' view when it comes to managing the football club. His decisions should be taken solely based on what he thinks is best for the club and the team.
However, when it comes to whether he should stay or go, the fans' view is very important. The most important factor, I think you could argue.
100% agree on the above but at this part of the conundrum I would point the finger at the board who have offered him the new deal.
I think we would both agree that Wenger probably believes he can turn this around so will sign, but that option perhaps should not even be available to him, the board having weighed up past years, past failures and decided that all in he has done a great job in the far past but is not the man for the future.
The whole scenario is at risk of descending into farce from boardroom level through management to playing staff. None of these three seperate parties are coming out of this with one ounce of credit.
The mistake everyobe is making is thinking in terms of Wenger's 'failure'.
His employment status rests with 'the board', who are clearly beholden to the majority shareholder, who has a track record of buying sports clubs and running them as purely commercial entities without consideration of on the field success in terms of trophies.
As far as Kroenke is concerned, Arsene has done a wonderful job. I believe his shares are currently worth around 30% more than he paid for them and the club is cash rich. If I were Kroenke, I would pay Wenger whatever he wanted to stay for as long as he wanted. :shrug:
Well personally I don’t think the whole banners during matches and flying of planes with messages attached is of any help other than focusing the media on the circus.
Before and after games is fair enough.
I would suggest we are actually a laughing stock at the moment. Just imagine the mileage we would be getting from these events in N17.
Of course if the Wenger Out enthusiasts were a large majority, and if they really believed that they were acting in the club's best interests in having the manager removed, we would fail to sell half our season tickets this spring and then you'd see a reaction from the owner.
Of course these people will continue to pay as if they have no agency in the matter, and then moan about what they receive for their money :shrug: