I admire Piskie's optimism at times and I occasionally share his sentiments and can generally see things from his perspective, but he has a bad habit of defending the indefensible. He thinks that Wenger is the right man for the job STILL and that our board are competent...STILL.
It's obvious that we need a change - Wenger, our chairman and our chief executive all need to go. We're spiralling downhill and Spurs are starting to emerge as a domestic force. Worrying times (but not for you lot).
If you remember rightly, what I was saying on your board, back then, was that Wenger was part of the problem, not the cause of it. The main problem (I said, and still believe) is your board, which still has a foot rooted in the 70s. It loves Wenger, because he puts into practice your board parsimonious view of financial dealings. He doesn't rock the boat, has made your club millions by discovering and nurturing raw young talent, and absolutely never blames your club for anything that goes wrong.
And, no, you won't get CL footy next season (something that PISKIE took extreme exception to me arguing, and which ultimately lead to his poisoning the super mod against me and getting me banned), but I don't think that will be the end of Wenger, as I am sure that your octogenarian board will give him a chance to build. Indeed, I am certain that they have factored into their equations the fact that, by cutting your team down to its bare bones, you are going to be bereft of CL footy for a few seasons. They are not fans, but business men, and old business men at that, and they look at things in a completely different light to you lot, although they would never dare to admit it to you.
This is not wumming on part. It is what I see, as an intelligent and educated observer and lover of football.
On the positive side, I cannot see that your club will, ultimately, fail. Sure, like 'Pool, you'll be in the wilderness for a few seasons, but you'll always be there or thereabouts, and we will always have to get passed you to gain CL footy. Your fortunes will revive again, and you'll be stronger for it.
That's the message that I have always put to you guys. Six months ago, most of you were too immature and far too arrogant to listen to what I was really saying. Some of you, now, are simply deluded, and unfortunately your mod is the prime culprit in that department. But I speak from my heart, and not out of malice.