Arsenal have always had choppers in the defence in the past and been successful....and a goal scorer.Better start looking........
From the BBC... Posted at 13:18 Sunderland's kind gesture Sunderland have announced that because of the bad weather sweeping the country, they are opening the Stadium of Light to the homeless and vulnerable this weekend to provide a safe and warm environment. Stadium staff have created a special warm-room complete with places to sleep, hot food and hot drinks for those in need of shelter. Maybe the Gooners could try something like that to fill up those empty seats?
Each visitor gets a raffle ticket and their number is called when their hot drink is ready. At the end of the evening one ticket is drawn to see who gets the managers job next season.
Tonight's 'Boro v Leeds game represents the ugly face of possible promotion candidates. As far as I see it, the worst possible outcome would be Colin's Cardiff in second place with either of these 2 via the play-offs. Pulis or Dirty Leeds? Let's hope not.
I would have virtually anyone else other than Wenger. I'd even take Sean Dyche right now. At least he can organise a team and set them up to defend. Plus, we'd have enough flair players to score goals. The fact I'm trying to rationalise Sean Dyche as a hypothetical replacement to Wenger should tell you just how bad things have gotten at the club. Preferably, I'd like any of Leonardo Jardim, Diego Simeone, Sacchi, Allegri, Marcelino, Hasenhuttl, Luciano Spalletti, Thomas Tuchel, Simone Inzaghi, Unai Emery once he inevitably leaves PSG... All of these would improve the current Arsenal side's mindset and coaching methods. I'm also convinced any of them would bring in better players than we currently have, as they would have less of an emotional attachment to them compared to Wenger. I realise some of these names would not favor a free-flowing, dazzling brand of football that would make football purists orgasm, however, I would argue we have seen enough of technically gifted players pass it around in pretty triangles without having any solid defensive structure/efficiency going forward. Plus, for the last few years, it's not like our football has been aesthetically pleasing anyway. Our league position is dropping and our brand of football is not good. I don't understand this argument. It's precisely this mindset that has held the club back for years. Wenger isn't getting anything from his players. They are not responding to him. He told the players to buck up their ideas before the Man City game at The Emirates or he'd get rid of them in the Summer. Yet we got hammered 3-0 at home where City barely broke a sweat. As soon as you lose the dressing room, your position as manager is untenable. There is no valid argument for him to stay. Maybe things won't get better for us instantly, but it's worth being proactive, rather than sticking with the status quo out of fear of the 'unknown'.
Very well explained overall and from an outsiders POV, I can understand your frustration. I highlight the sentence above, as this probably doesn’t fit the general narrative - the only perennial commentary is that WHEN your lot turn up then you’re still able to play decent aesthetically-pleasing football. Just doesn’t happen often enough..... Good for the rest of us, but have no doubt in my mind that any new manager - even a Pulis or Allardyce, would improve things......
If I was to use one word to describe Arsenal in the last 5 years it would be lightweight. As the game has become increasingly physical, Arsenal have become meat and drink to the other teams in 'The Big 6', who have upped their physicality. I can't imagine that any one of those managers wouldn't do that. You can still afford good players. The one concern might be going with a manager that has no PL experience to add to your recent foreign imports in Player Recruitment, etc. A good manager will work it out but a season or two of learning could make the rebuild a lot more difficult. Jose Mourinho's at United because their income started to drop alarmingly. No CL means less money from the competition and shirt sponsorships drop and then things start to get like Liverpool since 2010. For them and us, making the CL this season was huge and allowed us to buy Davinson Sanchez and Lucas Moura. Whoever comes in will need to start to get it right fairly early, as the teams above you look pretty well set for the next few years. A few more years without CL and things will get increasingly tricky.
Excellent post and whilst as a Spurs fan it is easy to agree, I think that the comparisons between Ferguson leaving and Wenger leaving have now passed - Ferguson left knowing what he was leaving might struggle to maintain his standards (which they have), if Wenger had left 5 years ago we might be saying the same, but he has overseen your Moyes/Van Gaal periods himself meaning that the time is right for the correct appointment to put you in a more challenging position again. Which as a Spurs fan does not fill me with great joy!
This is a post I made on the Prem board... "Wenger has warned his Arsenal players that everyone's future at the club is at stake." (Mirror) The cheeky ****er! Yeah, because of you, you muppet!
It will be a difficult job for any manager unless the goons spend Citeh style. A sticking plaster won't do, they need 6 or 7 top class players to mount a title challenge. Can't see it myself, so its going to be a long haul. Furthermore, their two best players, Czech and Koscheilny are getting towards the end of their careers, just maintaining the status quo will cost in excess of £100M.
