Desp Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 It's clearly not been right at Arsenal for a good number of years (perhaps even the last decade) but you have to admire Wenger for the teams he built in the early days. That 97/98 team that won the double was one of the top three teams, IMO, of the PL era. Seaman Dixon Keown Adams Winterburn Parlour Vieira Petit Overmars Anelka Bergkamp An outstanding side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, Desp said: It's clearly not been right at Arsenal for a good number of years (perhaps even the last decade) but you have to admire Wenger for the teams he built in the early days. That 97/98 team that won the double was one of the top three teams, IMO, of the PL era. Seaman Dixon Keown Adams Winterburn Parlour Vieira Petit Overmars Anelka Bergkamp An outstanding side! Aye but the defensive unit he inherited he did not build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Classic Wenger jumped before he was pushed. Has nothing to offer Arsenal any more and a change was needed.22 years he’s been there, loyalty you don’t see In Football anymore.Vieira 2/1 fav to replace him. Luis Enrique 10/1 looks a decent bet unless he’s agreed with Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Well Arsene has finally decided to go. 'A good show, but went on to long' probably sums it up. However he has been a great Manager and you have to respect the football his teams played! Some of his sides late 90s and the first half of the 00’s were just frightening when you seen them in the flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, Peppino Impastato said: Aye but the defensive unit he inherited he did not build. You're right, yes, but each of those players at the back have credited Wenger for not only extending their career at the top, but improving them too. It was an incredible side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 There's a lot of talk about Wenger outstaying his welcome but tbf, would they really have been much better off if he left a few years ago? The DoF and board have fucked up a lot of the handling of the contracts which I think they've spent the season trying to sort out so they can compete in the future. Chamberlain, Walcott, Gibbs, Coquelin were all pushed out this season and it's apparent that their wages were actually increasing quite a bit. The Sanchez debacle was solved with taking a player in Mkhitaryan who wouldn't have normally been sold to league rivals and they also managed to use Giroud to assist in a deal for Aubameyang who was highly sought after. I think Wenger's last year has been OK when put into perspective as it gives his replacement a bit of manoeuvrability in the budget. Ozil also secured. It's not been outstanding but when you look at rivals spending power and compare it, it hasn't been a complete disaster. The worst part of it has been Spurs being so far ahead league wise but they seem to have found a bit of fortune in almost all of their young projects coming together perfectly (that's not writing them off but the probability is that even the best run youth setups in the world with a good route to the first team will generally have quite a bit of misfortune in terms of injuries or other unforeseen issues) while, for whatever reason, Arsenal haven't been as successful with this side of things as they were in the past (but still relatively good compared to most of the league). It's potentially good for them to get this change now but unless there's real investment there, the new manager is still going to be paying catchup and I don't imagine their status is going to change overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Why are people acting like its some sort of shock that he is going? Its not the least bit surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 You just need time to grieve, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 While we're talking Arsenal, they're the only side in England's top 5 divisions that hasn't won a single away point in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 If anyone hadn’t heard the news and turned on SSN just now, they would have thought he had died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 While we're talking Arsenal, they're the only side in England's top 5 divisions that hasn't won a single away point in 2018. That's a pretty good stat. Will steal, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 If anyone hadn’t heard the news and turned on SSN just now, they would have thought he had died. Going by TalkShite this morning you'd think the world had ended. Brazil, McCoist, White.....full of utter shite. To clarify it's the first I've times in for about 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Tuned in!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 30 minutes ago, jimmy boo said: Brazil, McCoist, White.....full of utter shite. Just another day really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Check out @ArsenalFanTV’s Tweet: Will Arsene sell his shares in the Arsenal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Just the 13 pieces about Wenger on the BBC website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, IainMorton said: If anyone hadn’t heard the news and turned on SSN just now, they would have thought he had died. 54 minutes ago, 7-2 said: Just the 13 pieces about Wenger on the BBC website. Was just about to say, went on the BBC site and thought he was dead. Although I did enjoy the "Celtic 'would let Arsenal speak to Rodgers'" headline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrshire_nomad Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Sleep tight sweet Prince x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I did the Wenger Arsenal 11 thing on the bbc and there wasn’t many English players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Peppino Impastato said: Aye but the defensive unit he inherited he did not build. Yip, and what we've seen since is that for all the hype about the wonderful football they played, it was that defensive unit that was the key to his success. Since they retired (and Sol Campbell) they haven't won the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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