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If Wenger was our manager

KevieG

By KevieG,
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would we be doing any better  

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  1. 1. would we be doing any better


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Hermes Grand Master

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so you'd be of the school of thought that man for man we aren't superior?

 

Man for man we have a much bigger squad than Arsenal, with a few players who would walk into their team. The difference is the technique, ability to find their own players with a pass and open teams up when they attack. We are very limited in our attacking abilities, relying on the same 2/3 players to create everything.

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Last year Wenger's Arsenal finished below Rafa's Liverpool. It was the same the year before. In his 10 years (or whatever it is) at Arsenal, they have reached one CL final, but haven't really made much of an impact in the competition other than that. In Rafa's three seasons we have won it and been to the final on another occasion.

 

Things are going well for Arsenal at the moment. It is the fruit of many years' labour. Let us see if they can do better than Rafa's Liverpool this year. Maybe they will, but even if they do, common courtesy would demand Rafa has many years to shape his own project. Then it will be time to compare.

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Rashid Grand Master

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Many years - of George Graham's labour. That defence didn't arrive in the post the first morning Wenger went into his office.

 

Rather than save Wenger, I think Wenger saved them.

 

By the time they won the treble the defence were aged...

 

Seaman 35

Adams 32

Dixon 34

Keown 32

Bould 35

Winterburn 34

 

You telling me that any manager coming in and seeing that wouldn't look to replace them? He didn't, revitalised them.

 

And this was the rest of the squad..

 

11 Glenn Helder, 17 David Hillier, 21 Eddie McGoldrick, 22 Ian Selley, 4 Patrick Vieira, 15 Raymond Parlour, 7 David Andrew Platt, Stephen Hughes

 

9 Paul Merson, Isaiah Rankin, 10 Dennis Bergkamp, Paul Dickov, 16 John Hartson, 20 Chris Kiwomya, 8 Ian Wright

 

Wenger inherited a load of absolute shite and a team on its last legs that had won the league previously playing on defence and totally changed a football club. His achievments are massive mate.

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