Wenger leaving Arsenal

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:42 pm

According to Ian Wright, he could be.

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FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:48 pm

"Wenger leaving Arsenal"

"he could be"

You should write for the newspapers.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:52 pm

When he goes he should stick two fingers up at the arsenal fans who want him out.

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:52 pm

Serves them right if he does.

KefkaClaret · Post by **KefkaClaret** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:53 pm

I'd love for Arsenal to drop down into 8th for years like Liverpool have done. Man doesn't get the credit he deserves.

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:55 pm

I don't think Wenger saw this coming.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:22 pm

I wish he would of left before Southgate got the England job.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:46 pm

I think Southgate took that job whilst he waited for the Arsenal one.

MrHungry · Post by **MrHungry** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:50 pm

Arenal fans these days are not of the type 40 plus years ago theyre lets say a cosmopolitan collection of glory hunters in the south like man utd in the north imo.majority of spurs fans of which wenger as mentioned are mainly from the tottenham area city fans in the main from manchester suburbs they have an affinity with their clubs.....though i feel man city will go the way of man u and arsensal with the majority being plastics outnumbering the diehards all with a perverse sence of entitlement!

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:59 pm

MrHungry wrote:Arenal fans these days are not of the type 40 plus years ago theyre lets say a cosmopolitan collection of glory hunters in the south like man utd in the north imo.majority of spurs fans of which wenger as mentioned are mainly from the tottenham area city fans in the main from manchester suburbs they have an affinity with their clubs.....though i feel man city will go the way of man u and arsensal with the majority being plastics outnumbering the diehards all with a perverse sence of entitlement!

Chelsea too. Will be interesting to see what their fans are like sunday. But i know at their place its tourists galore. They didnt like 'chelsea chelsea ra ra ra!'

Spurs could go that way. Maybe west ham. The modern fan in general (in england at least) is embarasing.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:10 pm

We have a few berks that are always on their phone filming.

You would think they realise there are plenty of proper cameras picking everything up.

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:46 pm

FactualFrank wrote:"Wenger leaving Arsenal"

"he could be"

You should write for the newspapers.

Not sure what you mean by your comments, but as you can see from extracts from the article below, I've hardly sensationalised the story.

"I get the impression that that's it," ex-Arsenal striker Wright told BBC Radio 5 live...... I feel that he will go at the end of the season.

Wright says he spoke with Wenger on Thursday night.

"He actually mentioned that he is coming to the end. I have never heard him say that before," said the 53-year-old.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:48 pm

Frank is referring to your attention grabbing title...

Claret Till I Die · Post by **Claret Till I Die** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:42 am

There was a report but Wenger didn't see it

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:44 am

FAKE NEWS!!!!

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:34 pm

He might as well after tonight's performance!

HendricksHair · Post by **HendricksHair** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:37 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Chelsea too. Will be interesting to see what their fans are like sunday. But i know at their place its tourists galore. They didnt like 'chelsea chelsea ra ra ra!'

Spurs could go that way. Maybe west ham. The modern fan in general (in england at least) is embarasing.

there's a polish club who have a no tourist zone in one stand and includes a list of banned items including cameras and phones

Cubanclaret · Post by **Cubanclaret** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:38 pm

It's incredible how far inferior our top teams are to the best of Europe. I rate Wenger and the huge impact he's had on the english game.
But while they've been successful getting there, he's fallen well short in European competition.

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:42 pm

I reckon SD could have taken our squad to Bayern tonight and we would not have got hammered 5-1..

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:43 pm

Wow, I've just seen the score

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:54 pm

After years of trying, Wenger has finally got Arsenal playing like Barcelona...Lol

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:55 pm

doubt he'll survive tonight
VERY VERY lucky it was only 5-1, a fair reflection would have been 8 or 9
Bayern 500 more passes than Arsenal

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:55 pm

I can't say I'm sorry about this result, thinking about our matches against Arsenal this season...given a proper football lesson by the Munich team tonight.

- our best are inferior in Europe these days.

Arsenal fans on BBC 5live right now are in mutinous mood.

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:56 pm

I've just read that Arsenal have failed at this stage of the competition for the last 6 seasons.

Soon to be 7 I would say

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:57 pm

Bad week for Piers Morgan.

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:57 pm

What an abysmal performance. He's lost that dressing room.

I've enjoyed watching them over the years but be honest, how many players has he actually improved?
Snaffled all that young British talent and none of them have come on at all.

geopancake · Post by **geopancake** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:59 pm

Lucky to get their pen, ripped to shreds, but I did see coming early on, absolutely no fight.

Can see a mass exodus of their so called stars.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:22 pm

No leaders, fighters or winners in that squad.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:36 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Bad week for Piers Morgan.

On the plus side, his Twitter feed is hilarious.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:40 pm

Been a massive fan of him for years, but it is time for him to retire at the end of the season.

He was let down badly by his team tonight

JohnMcGreal · Post by **JohnMcGreal** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:48 pm

RocketLawnChair wrote:I reckon SD could have taken our squad to Bayern tonight and we would not have got hammered 5-1..

We got hammered 4-0 at West Brom.

Bayern are one of the best sides in Europe and when they're on it, they'll take most teams apart, no problem.

ablueclaret · Post by **ablueclaret** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:48 pm

Might fancy a job here if SD moves on.

ablueclaret · Post by **ablueclaret** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:49 pm

The pretty philosophy rarely works you need clay as well as quicksilver.

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:33 pm

Awesome score tonight.
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:42 pm

Their centre is so weak. The days they won titles, and the year they went unbeaten they were solid in the centre.They havent had that since Gilberto / Vieira.

For all the flair under wengers succesful sides, their defence from his early days to the invincibles was built around the likes of Campbell, Adams, Bould, Keown, Toure, protected by a solid midfield. They dont have that any more. They are weak throughout. Koscielny aside.

They spend far too much money on quantity over quality. If they had a reliable defence they could have took the game to Bayern. But they dont. And Cech on the bench was a joke!

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:34 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Their centre is so weak. The days they won titles, and the year they went unbeaten they were solid in the centre.They havent had that since Gilberto / Vieira.

For all the flair under wengers succesful sides, their defence from his early days to the invincibles was built around the likes of Campbell, Adams, Bould, Keown, Toure, protected by a solid midfield. They dont have that any more. They are weak throughout. Koscielny aside.

They spend far too much money on quantity over quality. If they had a reliable defence they could have took the game to Bayern. But they dont. And Cech on the bench was a joke!

Cech is crap these days, Ospina is the CL goalkeeper and kept them in the game at PSG. Rightly deserved to start. Why he moved Ox out wide from central midfield, I have no idea. Koscielny is overrated too, never a world class central defender (and captain). Weak as p*ss and positionally allover the place. Arsenals squad just isn't very good, lack of spending the big bucks to attract the big names and top quality has left them with a squad of average players like Ox, Walcott, Perez, Giroud, Xhaka, Coquelin, Mustafi... I could go on. I like Arsene, he's done great things but Arsenal have a problem from the very top at boardroom level all the way down to the group of players.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:48 am

A decision will be made at the end of the season about Wenger's future apparently.

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NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:50 am

Shame it's come to this for Arsene, he'll probably ride it out though.

One thing I did find amusing last night was the way Arsenal set up. Some of their fans are sooo tedious, banging on about playing the way they do, and the way the likes of Burnley park the bus or go direct as if it's against the rules.

Then they come up against a side where they're on the wrong end of a huge gulf in class, and what do they do? Try and stick 10 men behind the ball and hit it early and long to Sanchez whenever they can. The only problem is, a little bit of fight, organisation and 'grit' is required to make that work.

Pop up to Gawthorpe Arsene, and we'll show you how it's done properly.

Sutton-Claret · Post by **Sutton-Claret** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:58 am

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Bad week for Piers Morgan.

Piers Morgan is a Prick

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:27 am

JohnMcGreal wrote:We got hammered 4-0 at West Brom.

Bayern are one of the best sides in Europe and when they're on it, they'll take most teams apart, no problem.

We'd certainly give them a game at home. Chelsea wouldn't get taken apart by them.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:31 am

KRBFC wrote:Koscielny is overrated too, never a world class central defender (and captain). Weak as p*ss and positionally allover the place.

You know they fell apart last night the moment Koscielny went off injured?

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:41 am

How many players have actually improved while being at Arsenal lately?
Sanchez was a good player when he arrived and had continued. Ozil was a good player but seems to disappear for games at a time.

They'll go on a good run towards the end of the season and he'll probably ride it out again.
Then they'll repeat the whole thing next season.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:09 am

If anyone is bored and in need of a laugh, Arsenal TV on fb is hilarious right now.

One bloke is worried about his lad getting grief at school.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:15 am

A team of losers, Sanchez apart.

I said 10 years ago when Fergie ruled the roost. Arsenal and Man U were shopping in the same window, both great at spotting talent, but once identified Fergie would ask, yes I know he has talent, but is he a winner. Much as Napoleon said about his generals, yes I know he's good but is he lucky. No matter how talented they were, if they weren't winners Fergie wouldn't buy. Wenger would.

Take a look at the players he inherited and then added to. Adams, Bould, Keown Wright. Bergkamp, Henri they were all winners who when times were hard would dig deep and find something extra. They all had courage and focus. This lot are rabbits in comparison.

No manager could take over from Wenger, and turn those same players into winners, losing is in their DNA.
Arsenal need a new manager to build a whole new squad, a new style and a new system. It's going to take at least 3 years if they're lucky, which means 3 years of mid table mediocrity. Do their fans, or board, have the patience to give a new man that amount of time, who knows, but without it they're screwed.