Wenger

I like him.

There I said. Actually feels quite good to say out loud*.

Am I the only one?

*I say my posts out loud as I type, btw.

As long as he isn't talking about Arsenal or reacting to an incident/result involving Arsenal, he tends to speak sense tbh.

He's much easier to like now they are shit though..

Much like Fergie, I think a lot of people feel this way now because he's no threat. Always respected him but he's a mardy @#%&!.

Yeah, its probably the no threat thing tbh. The £#%&!ing @#%&!.

If he was anywhere near being close to competing with us he'd be an insufferable, arrogant @#%&!, just like he was for about five years when Arsenal actually had a decent team.

He's become 'likable' because he's no longer a threat; a bit like Biff at the end of Back to the Future I (or II).

Can't stand the @#%&!.

There, I said it.

I think when you see total Car Salesman #@&%!s like Pardew and Rodgers prattle on with no substance, it's a relief to listen to someone who, although @#%&!y, is intelligent and doesn't disgustingly pander.

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

I think when you see total Car Salesman #@&%!s like Pardew and Rodgers prattle on with no substance, it's a relief to listen to someone who, although @#%&!y, is intelligent and doesn't disgustingly pander.

Don't get me wrong, in amongst the bitter bad losing arrogant @#%&!tery£#%&!ery, he's clearly very intelligent and shrewd,

But he's a @#%&! and I don't like him.

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

I think when you see total Car Salesman #@&%!s like Pardew and Rodgers prattle on with no substance, it's a relief to listen to someone who, although @#%&!y, is intelligent and doesn't disgustingly pander.

Very true. Whenever he talks about general football topics he tends to be spot on.

Innofensive these days. Very overrated as a manager though. About as good as Howard Kendall pre booze.

yeah but he wears a stupid coat

Originally Posted by dodger

Innofensive these days. Very overrated as a manager though. About as good as Howard Kendall pre booze.

I think he's a good manager, tbh. He clearly has the long-term interests of Arsenal in his mind and is keen to keep the club running in the right way. Can't criticise him for that.

He also promotes a very attractive style of football. He was linked with the Brazil job a few months ago, and I think he would have been quality there.

Dangerously comfortable, myopic, soft & pyious in his footballing philosophy.

That said, at least he likes to pass it & when he got it right he managed to create a great side, thankfully he couldn't sustain it & adapt like the great managers can.

Wenger is cracking up in my opinion.

Should go upstairs now and let someone else take charge.

Originally Posted by Neo

I think he's a good manager, tbh. He clearly has the long-term interests of Arsenal in his mind and is keen to keep the club running in the right way. Can't criticise him for that.

He also promotes a very attractive style of football. He was linked with the Brazil job a few months ago, and I think he would have been quality there.

He's pretty good, no more than that though. The football is decent but again, not that great to watch.

The press blew his reputation out of all proportion. If he was that good he'd have more trophies in his career and he simply hasn't. On a trophy count he's not even that far ahead of Benitez.

Lets be honest. After fergie he is clearly the best manager by a country mile. Forget trophy count, the @#%&! has made profit after profit nearly every summer in the market while keeping arsenal in top 4. Close to winning a CL, Almost beating barcelona couple of years ago when barcelona were at their peek... helped arsenal build a new stadium while keeping them competitive. The likes of liverpool and spurs would be £#%&!ed if they were building a new stadium.

And if not for chelsea and city he would have won another couple of premier leagues while finishing 2nd behind us rest of the time.

Originally Posted by dodger

Innofensive these days. Very overrated as a manager though. About as good as Howard Kendall pre booze.

Agreed. Needs to pack in the kiddy £#%&!ing too, it's getting out of hand now tbh.

What I always hated about him was what a sore loser he always was yet he'd never get criticised for it. Fergie gets plenty of stick for the same thing even when he goes out of his way to praise the opposition (Spurs the other week for example), yet Wenger can say 'the best team lost' again and again and it's ignored. Iirc in 2003 he refused to congratulate United on winning the title.

They play good football but the London press blow that out of all proportion too - a few years ago they liked to depict heroic Arsene as the lone Da Vinci trying to paint masterpieces but being frustrated by a load of philistines, all other teams being dirty, cynical cloggers.

Originally Posted by rafabio

Lets be honest. After fergie he is clearly the best manager by a country mile. Forget trophy count, the @#%&! has made profit after profit nearly every summer in the market while keeping arsenal in top 4. Close to winning a CL, Almost beating barcelona couple of years ago when barcelona were at their peek... helped arsenal build a new stadium while keeping them competitive. The likes of liverpool and spurs would be £#%&!ed if they were building a new stadium.

And if not for chelsea and city he would have won another couple of premier leagues while finishing 2nd behind us rest of the time.

Almost, if not for, if only...none of that counts in sport I'm afraid. This obsession with coming 4th like it's a great achievement As for making a profit; that's nice if you're running a sweetshop but doing at it the exclusion of winning trophies at a footbal club doesn't make sense.

Originally Posted by dodger

Almost, if not for, if only...none of that counts in sport I'm afraid. This obsession with coming 4th like it's a great achievement As for making a profit; that's nice if you're running a sweetshop but doing at it the exclusion of winning trophies at a footbal club doesn't make sense.

Bizarre isn't it.

They did almost knock out Barca though - Bendtner