Comments on: Diagnosing Arsenal’s Malaise: Arsene Wenger Has Too Much Faith In Mediocre Players

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By: Pro Football Store.co.uk

Pro Football Store.co.uk — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:39:05 +0000

I agree with this article. I also think that if Wenger wants to win trophies he’ll need to get rid of the “good” players he has on the team, and bring in “great” players instead. We all know Wenger doesn’t like spending too much money on players, but if the Club want to win trophies this philosophy will have to change!

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By: yolo

yolo — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:43:23 +0000

Arsenal fans are so damn fickle! And the ones who are not fickle are as deluded as fans can get!
Arsenal’s recent miseries are not to be blamed on Wenger but on their board and retarded business model and wage structure.
I’d love to see somebody as useless as Mancini managing Arsenal. They would be relegated before you could say what the fuck.
Wenger is one of the best managers the world has ever seen and definitely deserves more respect for his contribution to the sport.
Gervinho is a massive flop but everyone makes mistakes in the transfer market.
Giroud and Podolski are decent but definitely not world class, nowhere near the quality required to compete with the biggest clubs in the CL.
This article provides some decent insight but is way too opinionated

By: jules

jules — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:06:03 +0000

Honestly who ever wrote this article is an absolute cunt! Would Alex Ferguson be starting Aaron Ramsey? wtf Fergie bought our best player for 23m when he had one year left on his contract ! WE CANT DO THAT !!!!!!!!! DUH!!!!!!!! We are trying to pay off our stadium debt while maintiaing our position as a top four club sure gervinho may have cost 11m but what about the selling of fabregas song rvp nasri clichy ?? Its called balancing the books dosnt help we have this Kronke weirdo not spending a penny.

As well we could play them 100 times and not win?? what a cuntish statement honestly is this a job application for talk sport??

I think the creator of this shitty site should stop nicking and reposting everything decent from 101 great goals and adding his own bullshite analysis to make a web site and go and work for talkshite radio.

By: Si

Si — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:33:21 +0000

@Objective Thinker – agreed. I am not saying that Wenger is ready for the glue factory, rather the fans need to have realistic expectations.

The comment regarding the production line is aimed at the fact that Arsenal generally have an entire squad of “works in progress,” with the odd few well-established players and save for the infamous Man Utd squad of the 90s (“You’ll never win anything with kids…”), it is a risky strategy. Which, again, is dictated by the board being stingy.

As a Newcastle fan, I’d be grateful to simply have a guaranteed place in the Premiership year-on-year!

By: peter kay

peter kay — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:53:27 +0000

whose got a barge pole?!?!?

By: Zam

Zam — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:32:01 +0000

“Would Sir Alex Ferguson still be starting Aaron Ramsey this far into a largely wretched season? Would he heck as like”

Valencia?

By: objective thinker

objective thinker — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:22:45 +0000

@Si

Whose production line is 100%? Every club produces players who don’t cut the mustard. Liverpool spent last season playing with Jay Spearing in centre mid, Man Utd continually play youngsters for a couple of seasons and then inevitably ship them off to Sunderland or Newcastle. of course arsenal have their poor players, djourou, santos etc. however the others, arshavin, ramsey, gervinho, have all showed they have supreme talent. perhaps wenger is giving them a chance to rediscover their talent rather than spending tens of millions on new players.

the fact is, despite not winning a trophy for a while, what is wenger to do? in my opinion, in his mind he has been playing by the financial fair play rules for many years, which will serve him well when they actually come into practice this season, while other clubs will suffer.

as well as this, consider that arsenal do part with wenger now, who do they replace him with? prospective managers will not appreciate what i would perceive as impatience to win trophies from arsenal fans.

in my opinion, arsenal fans need to get a grip, ignore the biased, slanted media agenda perpetrated by the actual press and articles such as this one (which is actually fairly objective, but a misleading title which only serves to add fuel to the fire) and have some belief in their frankly excellent manager.

arsenal is a club with dignity and pride (except for their ticket prices) and despite a few tough seasons, mainly as a result of the spending and improvement of the teams slightly below them, their time with wenger will come again. the short-term, fickle nature of fans is a disease which is catching quick in this country