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I said exactly the same thing about 'Pool, and got thrown off the 'Pool board for it, but I was right.

Just because something is painful for you to hear doesn't make it wrong.

 

I'm fine with you predicting that Arsenal will drop out of the top 4 for a decade. That's why I've bookmarked your comment

 

Why bother book-marking? It's not as if I would deny saying something that I said.

 

That's about as credible as Nicky Butt taking over at United you gimp.

 

On the other thread you were literally trying to do just that.

If I don't bookmark your **** ups, you'll go back and try to edit them or claim you were 'only joking' when they come back to haunt you.

You should be thanking me really for helping to try and steer you away from a life of ****wittery

 

Cantona is magic

 

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, 67, must prove he can reinvent himself with a squad revamp and tactical tweaks before being given a new contract after his current deal expires at the end of the season. (Daily Mirror)

The Arsenal hierarchy remain supportive of Wenger, despite the 10-2 aggregate Champions League humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich and believe he can prove he deserves to stay on beyond the end of the season. (Guardian)


Looks like Wenger could be staying.

 

Unless we can find somebody better, then he should.

 

How many managers would you put in that bracket, though?

 

Reading between the lines there appears to be a rift in the dressing room similar to what happened at Chelsea last year. Wenger is more approachable than Jose and I'm sure he can get all the players on board again before it goes past mending. As you say unless they can bring in a manager of note then they should stay with him. There seems no obvious choices as all the top coaches are employed.

 

Very few. Simeone, Allegri, Sampaoli possibly, if they'd come. But there is absolutely no point in getting rid of Wenger, simply for the sake of change. It would be a negligent move and one I dont think Wenger or the club would take, fortunately.

 

There are definitely some internal issues. Players fighting isn't actually a bad thing because it shows they are passionate and care, but it needs to be utilised into galvanising the squad, otherwise it becomes toxic.

 

What are we thinking for Arsenals top 4 chances now?

My revised top 4 is now:

Chelsea
Man City
Man United
Spurs
Arsenal
Liverpool

 

Arsenal's next six league games are West Brom (A), City (H), West Ham (H), Palace (A), Boro (A) and Sunderland (H).
I'd expect them to win virtually all of those. They might even win them all.
Combined with their game in hand, I'd still expect them to make the top four, unless Wenger's totally lost the dressing room.

 

I'd have expected them to not lose at home to Watford either, but they did.
Nor did I expect that they would go 3-0 down to Bournemouth (albeit before managing to fluke a 3-3 draw in the last minute).

West Brom away is not an easy game. If there is one coach who knows how to park a bus and rough up the flashy teams it is Pulis. I can definitely see them dropping points there.
City at Home they will probably lose too.

 

The glass has been broken. The package taken out. The shrink wrap removed.
The 2017 edition of operation "Wenger save your job and our season" is officially in effect.