Arsenal beat out whinging bully-boys from Burnley

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My first return to Arsenal this season, and what did I bring back? A first-half lead. That was all me.

The Burnley game really wasn’t much to write home about. There was a distinct lack of intensity from both teams. They really are a rough outfit to watch. They have nothing about them. They move the ball around like they hate it and they have thuggish similarities to Bolton when they were a thing.

Emery didn’t exactly make things interesting, fielding three defensive midfielders. Lucky for us, Xhaka was NOT in central defence, that role falling to Nacho Monreal who left the pitch after 37 minutes with another injury.

Mesut Ozil dropped a world class pass for the opener, finding Kolasinac from a crazy tight angle, the ball was clipped back into the box where Auba was foxing in the box to put us 1 up. When you see that sort of pass from Mesut, you kind of understand why a generation of casual football fans love him so much. He can deliver the perfect 6-second clip for a shareable video on Twitter… but explore his offering a little deeper and you can see why he’s struggled to make an impact this season. He always seems to have one foot in the game. Capable of flashes, but he very rarely grips a game these days from start to finish.

We actually carried the lead into halftime for the first time this season, then grew out our advantage after the break with a stunning goal from Auba again. The way Arsenal moved the ball up the pitch was a sight to behold. The finish was electric as well, a real near post lashing. That had Auba as the top scorer heading into Christmas. Wonderful.

We did let Burnley back in with a sloppy goal, but Iwobi stepped up and actually found the net late on to seal the game.

The afternoon was pretty bland from a football spectacle. Emery had to drop a heavy rotation, and thankfully it paid off. I had big reservations about our ability to turn in a result yesterday. The key message for me was that we had an instant response in the Premier League after losing a great run. Under Wenger, the walls would cave in and we’d sputter for a month or so. After United bullied us out of our invincible run in 2004-05, we drew 3 games, won 1 and lost the other. It took us a month to find our feet again. That didn’t happen this time.

The worry for me, as I’d highlighted before this patch of games, was that we’d start to pick up injuries if the manager had gone too hard on the players in a bid to get them Emery sharp. We’ve had a rough run of late, picking niggles and strains all over the place. Our defence is particularly creaky, and age I’d imagine is a factor here. It’s not good that we’re having to rely on Lichtsteiner, who really does look off the pace of the league. There’s going to need to be an intervention in January if we’re to survive the season.

One of the most heartening advances under Emery is the bite the side has. We don’t get pushed around. We have nasty actors, Sokratis being a key figure here. He won’t be bullied and he doesn’t let our team get pushed around. It was quite unbelievable to watch the aggression thrown at Guendouzi yesterday (Barnes stamping on him).

He was being kicked pillar to post. What I loved is he’d just get up and carry-on. He’s a little rough around the edges, but my oh my, there’s a lot of talent brewing inside of him.

Final point, I couldn’t believe how few people showed up to the game yesterday. It was so empty there, I went and sat downstairs for the second half. I don’t want to be draconian here, but if you don’t show for your ticket, there should be some sort of cost. I was hearing from so many people yesterday that they sit next to seats that are never filled. The casual nature of some fans is f*cking embarrassing. It was also frustrating to watch hoards of tourists rolling into the ground 15 minutes late. It’s so disrespectful to the game and the people you’re sitting next to.

Next up is Brighton on Boxing Day and they have Lewis Dunk suspended, which is going to be very helpful.

Also… how bloody marvelous was it to see City and Chelsea lose?! I love it when the world of football bemoans a teams invincibility and the death of the game as we know it… I think people forget how incredibly tough it is to keep a winning machine running on track in the Premier League. City has the pick of players, but every coach in the top 6 is capable and every club has players capable of causing an upset. Sad to say it, but I think it’d be good for the league for Liverpool to win this season.

 

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WengerEagle

LG

Up until his later Barcelona days where he had already won basically everything, absolutely he did. Even if it wasn’t as rock solid as Cristiano’s was, he had ten times the natural ability with the ball at his feet.

He was devastatingly quick in his late teens early twenties, check out some of his clips from his PSG days.

Redtruth

If we’re going on hefty scorelines then we may as well call Man Utd terrific and challengers to the title…lol..

WengerEagle

LG

In addition to that re his mentality, Ronaldinho led Atletico Mineiro to their first ever Liberadotres in 2013 about half a decade after he lost his legs where he was the best player.

WengerEagle

Spurs still yet to draw a PL game.

Is that a record at this stage?

TR7

Paulinho

I look at Guen as a mobile and technically decent deep lying midfielder, so I kind of never expected him to have any real impact in the attacking third anyway. It is his off the ball positioning that worries me, otherwise he is a good player overall. What’s your take on Xhaka’s performance this season ? I wanted him booted out of the team in the summer but got to say he has been decent so far. Nothing special but not disastrous either, played well alongside Torreira in a good number of games.

Graham62

I remember when Southampton came to the Emirates a few seasons back and Toby Alderweireld was phenomenal.

I think Sanchez scored in the last minute a few seconds after Alderweireld had to leave the field injured, leaving them with just ten men after using all their subs.

Yet another missed opportunity.

Paulinho

TR7 – My opinion hasn’t changed. I would say Emery is getting more out of him, and he is working harder, but he still has the same weaknesses.When we play against Liverpool at Anfield next week I still think he will be putting the likes of Leichsteiner in the shit with a backwards pass when a better player(Rabiot) would be able to hold the ball for longer and wait for a forward option to present itself and relieve pressure by playing through it. Him and Torreira are not a bad partnership though, and it gives us a bit of time… Read more »

James.wood

Very impressed with Fred yesterday in the short time he was on for MU.
Type of neat probing midfielder who would compliment our squad.?

Cesc Appeal

Munich are really starting to sniff around Havertz, such a missed opportunity if we don’t at least try I think.

Mislintat must be able to work something with a young German potential superstar.

Dissenter

One of the transfer mistakes we repeatedly made in the Wenger era was not buying players who had done well for smaller teams in the league.
It was almost as if Wenger was determined to reinvent the wheel every time.

United used to donate al the time. Spuds caught unto it as well and are the better for it.
Wenger would rather buy from Baku that buy a Valencia from Wigan

Champagne charlie

“Yep dead right, Milner was the player I was going to mention before I read on.“

Who would folk say our last “workhorse” player was?

I’m talking absolute tank of a performer but not gifted.

Redtruth

Dissenter

Where do you think the likes of Walcott, Chsmberlain, Ramsey, Chamber Jenkinson if not from smaller teams in the league…numpty.

James.wood

Champagne probably Flamini.?

Champagne charlie

Not to dwell on Kane, but didn’t certain folk mock his goal return so far this season just a few weeks back?

1 off Auba at the top now and only looking to bury more. He’s world class, put him alongside any pure CF in the game and he holds his own. Annoyingly so.

Redtruth

Our last workhorse and not gifted..Brian Talbot.

Champagne charlie

James

Idk mate, didn’t have the longevity for me like a Park ji-sung or Milner. I’m honestly thinking Romford Pele…

Cesc Appeal

When the f**k is Mavropanos coming back, does anyone know?

Would have been great to see him during this CB shortage and see if he’s actually got anything about him as our brief glimpses of him suggested.

Champagne charlie

Maybe Sagna actually, he was solid as a rock without the frills. Just dead simple, 50 games a year, 7 or 8 out of 10 nearly every week. Didn’t have to even think about a RB for a good half decade.

James.wood

Our last. Thought you ment an Arsenal player.?

Redtruth

Hoe about the inept Gilberto as a water carrier

Dissenter

Red
Still missing Ospina?…you numpty fluff ball

Champagne charlie

James

I do mean our last. I can’t think of a standout after Ray Parlour, but maybe Bac Sagna is a shout

James.wood

Yep I agree Milner.

James.wood

And for us Sagna was solid.

Redtruth

Two league titles in the 21st Century seems to satisfy the Arsenal board.
Where is the urgency to add to the trophy haul like we see with Man City.

Moray

“Sad to say it, but I think it’d be good for the league for Liverpool to win this season.”

Nobody over the age of 30 wants that.

Redtruth

That’s 4 World Cups for Ronaldo and Messi and the World is still waiting for either of them to show up.

Redtruth

I don’t mind Liverpool winning the title. Adding one more to their 18 league titles won’t overall make much difference to Arsenal’s 13 league titles.

Moray

Nah, they’re an odious club.

Let Man City take it. They’ve put a lot of money down so deserve the victory…

James.wood

I wish our supporters had the spirit of the Liverpool support.

Redtruth

It’s teams below Arsenal who i object to winning titles.
Everton with 9 titles will never catch Arsenal but Chelski scum could one day if the fart Ambramovich keeps pumping money into the club.

Receding Hairline

Putting money down doesn’t mean u deserve anything

If anybody deserves the title as u put it, its Liverpool. Klopp has stuck to a process and built an excellent team, even had the presence of mind to pick up Shaqiri, a lesser manager would have been carried away by the fab 3 nonsense, but he has been around long enough to know they couldn’t maintain those levels.

Redtruth

Upstart Gooner
“Spurs 4 losses this season: Watford, Pool, City, Arsenal. They are not title contenders. It’s not enough to beat shite teams, you also have to take some points of the big boys.”

You’re right, Spurs were not only beaten but comprehensively outplayed too.

Moray

it’s all about the money these days. Man City have gone from nothing to top of the tree courtesy of oil money and a corrupt regime. This has allowed them to buy the best manager in the world and spend God knows what on assembling a squad of players all attracted to the delights and wonderful beaches of northern Britain.

Their winning the Premiership shows it for what it is: a bunch of sellouts and mercenaries built to rinse the fans and line the pockets of the pigs as they feed at the trough.

Happy Christmas!

Marko

Son was and continues to be a major blunder on the part of Wenger. Was outstanding at Leverkusen was very much attainable we were linked with him and we allowed him to go to the Spurs. That infamous summer where we only brought Cech for 10 million and no outfield player. Shocking stuff

Moray

Arsenal passed up the opportunity to sign Virgil van Dijk from Celtic for £12 million ($15.7m), John Collins has revealed.
The Gunners were among those to be heavily linked with the Dutch defender during his time at Parkhead, but they never made a formal approach.
Former Celtic assistant manager Collins claims that is because the Gunners deemed Van Dijk to be “too nonchalant.”

more nonchalant than having a shit squad and refusing to buy an outfield player?

Wenker-wanger

Liverpool are a very well focused team and deserve to be at the top of the league.
Its great for football that man city are not arrogantly running away with it.guardiola is no t a great manager….a very good manager of course.
He has always had enormous funding to buy players but i think klopp has proven more ability and for me hopefully he will win the league.

Graham62

Marko

One major point on Son Heung-min.

If he had come to Arsenal under Arsene Wenger, do you seriously think he would have reached the levels he now consistently shows at Spuds?

I think we all know the answer to that one.

David Smith

VVD too nonchelant, Kante not as good as what we already had.
Anyone else would have sacked the chief scout, but Wenger not only made all the decisions, he protected his yes man Rowley to the very end.
Having said that, wengers lack of drilling and coaching would have ruined either of those players had he signed them

Redtruth

No guarantee Son would have been anything but a flop at Arsenal.
Wenger’s track record testifies this to be true

Graham62

Moray

I think the real reason was that VVD was too much of a leader and probably would have questioned Wenger’s inept tactical/ defensive systems.

Plus the fact that £12m was too much to fork out.

Graham62

It’s just great when the topic of conversation is drawn back to Wenger.

Amazingly, I wasn’t the one to get the ball rolling.

Champagne charlie

Random segway but did anyone watch the highlights of our game on MOTD?

Tell me I’m not the only one who noticed the Arsenal ‘diving’ getting analysed, but saw absolutely no inclusion of Guendouzi getting studded, or Papa getting put in a headlock…

Not an ounce of balance on that show I swear, always looking to push a narrative.

Marko

I think Son would have been a good signing in spite of Wenger. I mean he done well under Sami Hypia at Bayer

Dissenter

In the summer of 2014, after Virgil Van Dijk had a monster season at Celtic we made out move to get a central defender… we got Calum Chambers for £16 million.
Southampton couldn’t believe their luck and pulled him out of the squad, the deal was concluded within hours.
The next summer they got Van Dijk for £13 million, the rest is history.

Leftsidesanch

I also noticed it CC. Expected from Gary and Alan but disappointed that Wright didnt say anything.

Wenker-wanger

Love this realistic Wenger bashing.
I really believe if Wenger had somehow managed messi he would not won ballon d’or …he would have been still a great player.,just not a world beater.
Its at the lower end of the football player ability that really exposesd Wenger’s shortcomings. So fckin glad he has gone.

Graham62

Franz Beckenbauer and Bobby Moore were considered to be ” too nonchalant”

Pirlo and Riquelme are two others that come to mind.

How many more can we think of?

Champagne charlie

“I also noticed it CC. Expected from Gary and Alan but disappointed that Wright didnt say anything.“

I assumed I missed it making a cuppa, but hit rewind and was a bit bemused they just didn’t bother touching on it. Fancied a stir at the pot about diving instead, funny that.

Thorough

Marko.
Another player that moved that summer was Payet. We are paying for Wenger’s sins of neglect basically. Cahill could have spent his best years here too. It’s those cheap buys that we were supposed to be first to that really grates.

Nelson

In Hockey, we usually pull the goalie when he has an off-night. Wonder why people didn’t do it in football game. Maybe the goalie should fake injuries if he doesn’t want to be embarrassed.

Graham62

Believe it or not but some folk think that Roger Federer is ” too nonchalant”.

Great players, in any sport,tend to make things look so easy and effortless.

VVD is a great player.

We saw it years back, but oh no, not Mr Wenger.

David Smith

Never had the pleasure of seeing him play, but wasn’t George Graham known as ” stroller”
A club great, but could that name suggest he was a bit nonchelant?

Dissenter

When Liverpool players like Milner go down, the commentators always label it as “being clever”.

Marko

Random segway

Yeah sure it is

David Smith

If Wenger had signed Messi, Tony Colbert would have cracked him from day one.
People like Ronaldo, Zlatan and the others most likely dodged a bullet

Wenker-wanger

The only bias I perceive is the sickly love for man ure,…commentators don’t bother hiding their allegiance to the new world order united.

Graham62

Thorough

“Wenger’s sins of neglect”

What a great Hollywood production that would make.

Champagne charlie

“VVD is a great player. We saw it years back, but oh no, not Mr Wenger.”

I know you’re living your best life moaning about Wenger, but VVD moved to Southampton from Celtic. So his apparent greatness “we saw” was missed by the entire top 6 in the prem.

I’m curious, are you filling in the blanks that it was Wenger who claimed VVD was too nonchalant? Or do you know this is genuinely the case?

Nelson

I just read that Krystian Bielik has a recall clause in his loan. Anyone knows whether he is any good and can help us in the CB department?

Graham62

CC

Oh it’s you again.

It was so easy ” filling in the blanks” with Wenger around.

You should try it sometime.

Marko

I know you’re living your best life moaning about Wenger, but VVD moved to Southampton from Celtic. So his apparent greatness “we saw” was missed by the entire top 6 in the prem. I know it’s in your best interests to make excuses for him and his various transfer fuckups over the years but I feel like it’s worth pointing out that it wasn’t so much as a missed opportunity for the rest of the top 6 because at that time they would have had decent enough defenders while we had shit ones and have had shit ones for many… Read more »

Bob N16

Graham! Holiday indulgence?

Champagne charlie

Graham

I prefer to talk about things as they are, not how I imagine them. Maybe give that a go sometime yourself, it’s called the real world.

Champagne charlie

Marko

VVD wouldn’t have improved any of them for 12 mil you’re stating? But I’m apparently making excuses by simply observing a fact….

Ever the thinker you are.

Marko

No you’re making another excuse for another failure in the transfer market for Wenger Van Dijk was an obvious talent and affordable for us while we had Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gabriel and Chambers. He clearly would have improved us (we had Chambers after all). I’m saying the other teams in the top 4 at the time didn’t need him we did.

ddkingz

The moment wenger paid £16m each for chambers and welbeck…. I knew the man has lost it all, even his sanity.

Marko

Ever the thinker you are.

And how about you? Argued about why we signed Gervinho over Hazard, didn’t sign Kante and now VVD. Smart enough to leave missing out on Son alone. So that’s VVD, Hazard and Kante that you’ve made excuses for Wenger not signing them. You are a good one I’ll give you that

Champagne charlie

Marko

Where’s the excuse? You obviously have a very loose understanding of the English word.

VVD was an obvious talent but no other top 6 side bought him, total logic at work Marko. ‘They all had better defenders than us’ was your version of reasoning, well Liverpool didn’t and subsequently paid 75 mil a few years later to get him. Stellar arguments you present time and again.

Someone somewhere is 50p short as per when you start waffling on here.

Bob N16

Serious question, during Wenger’s tenure, did anybody else have any say on transfer decisions?

Jamie

The party line here when we signed Welbeck was that it was Ivan’s idea, not Wenger’s. Pretty sure Chambers is on him though.

Champagne charlie

“Serious question, during Wenger’s tenure, did anybody else have any say on transfer decisions?“

No, Wenger had absolute veto on players which is why we ended up with so many of the same type. That being said, I do get a chuckle that some genuinely think Wenger was a one-man scouting system for an elite European club lol.

ddkingz

16m for chambers…. That’s daylight robbery from the saints…. Wenger is probably in for the rating, as one of the worst thing to have happened to arsenal….. Nobody, I mean nobody/coach, has a track record of missing out if great players… Ibracadabra… Wanting a Demi god to do audition when the quality was clear to all.. .. I could guess chambers didn’t do any audition, before wenger threw away 16m for him.. Ronaldo…. Couldn’t complete a bargain with sporting, when the young lad already had his mind set on arsenal… Till fergie showed up. VVD… Paid 16m to Saints for… Read more »

Marko

Where’s the excuse? You obviously have a very loose understanding of the English word. Right so when someone says that we should have signed VVD from Celtic for 15 million pounds and you reply well so did everyone else in the top 6 that’s an excuse. VVD was an obvious talent but no other top 6 side bought him, total logic at work Marko Are you dense? They didn’t need him at the time one could argue that we did because we had poor defenders. You mentioning Liverpool eventually paying 75 million for him instead of 15 million doesn’t absolve… Read more »

Marko

That being said, I do get a chuckle that some genuinely think Wenger was a one-man scouting system for an elite European club lol.

At least you acknowledged that he had final say and total control on transfers. But I’m confused Charles I thought he had a great eye for talent? And the excuse that that he wasn’t a one man scouting network so that’s why we were missing out on so many talented players well that’s all well and good but what about the players he did sign off on? What about that shite?

ddkingz

Wenger is a criminal and anybody who dares to make excuses for him are Accomplices to his crimes…..

@ CC
In 2013, what was 42+1m in the Suarez deal… When wenger could actually have increased his bid with a reasonable amount, he added +1.. Please explain..

Also explain…. How we couldn’t compete in the transfer market with the giants of football, but still yet we couldn’t spot good and credible talents…

Champagne charlie

“Right so when someone says that we should have signed VVD from Celtic for 15 million pounds and you reply well so did everyone else in the top 6 that’s an excuse.“ That doesn’t even make any sense, let alone grasp what was actually being said. What was actually stated was that VVD was “great” and we missed out on him, I simply questioned how great he apparently was at the time that the entire top 6 didn’t deem him good enough for the 12 mil. Southampton did. Not one excuse about anything, a simple statement of fact that questions… Read more »

Champagne charlie

Ddkingz

Yea i’ll pass on engaging with someone who starts by saying “Wenger was a criminal”. Merry Xmas and all that

Marko

I simply questioned how great he apparently was at the time that the entire top 6 didn’t deem him good enough for the 12 mil. Southampton did. Not one excuse about anything, a simple statement of fact that questions a definitive claim made by someone. Right so again someone mentions why didn’t we sign him all those years ago and you’re response is well why didn’t anyone else in the top 6 (really a top 4 back then) and that’s your excuse for us not signing up an obvious talent with great potential. And again the other teams around us… Read more »

Champagne charlie

Marko I’ve just explained what I argued, and still you equate excuse somehow. Absolute special. I argued the claim that VvD was an “obvious talent with great potential.” as you continue to profess. The reality doesn’t ring true and I’ve given a clear example of why, it’s just you’d rather cover your ears like a complete tool. If VvD was such a great and obvious talent he wouldn’t have went to Southampton, get passed on by Liverpool and Rogers, then signed for a world record fee 3.5 years later by…..Liverpool. It’s a boring subject, I’ve no interest prolonging this dull… Read more »

Receding Hairline

The entire top six missed VVD, you can add Everton to that list. No there didn’t have better seeing as one signed Jones for 50m One ended up paying through the nose for him. Wenger was not the only one culpable here and no one knew he would turn our decent.

Marko

“obvious talent with great potential.” as you continue to profess. The reality doesn’t ring true and I’ve given a clear example of why Are you for real dumbass? He went for 75 million within two and a half seasons and he’s now one of the best CB’s in the world. You don’t get more obvious or greater potential than that. Of course Chambers was way more obvious. If VvD was such a great and obvious talent he wouldn’t have went to Southampton, get passed on by Liverpool and Rogers, then signed for a world record fee 3.5 years later by…..Liverpool.… Read more »

Marko

I’ve no interest prolonging this dull interaction. You’ll have to stroke yourself to something else tonight.

You’ve just spent the last hour making excuses for why Wenger missed out on the signing of VVD… I know what you’ll be stroking to tonight

Champagne charlie

Someone else explain what’s being said to Marko, I’m bored with his temper tantrums and inability to process a basic thought.

Guy absolutely loving the shovel lately.

Receding Hairline

Marko the point Charlie is making is actually quite clear.. Dunno why you finding it hard to swallow.

Southampton bought VVD from Celtic for 10-12m pounds, not exactly that highly rated at that price. If Liverpool extended their scouting beyond the Southampton training base at that time they could have got him for cheaper. Not everyone saw this potential you scream of and while we are at it the consensus was that Liverpool overpaid for him.

Not everything is a stick to beat Wenger with. Man gave Arsenal football club the best years of his life.

Marko

Not everything is a stick to beat Wenger with. Man gave Arsenal football club the best years of his life.

During a time when he was signing worse defenders for 19 million (Chambers) and 35 million (Mustafi) and during a summer where he signed no outfield player and Son went for 30 million and VVD for 13 million yeah I’d say it’s worth criticizing him for.

Marko

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/21/arsenal-arsene-wenger-bemoans-transfer-market “It is simple. For any deal when you want to buy something, you go to see the owner and if he doesn’t want to sell, he doesn’t want to sell. You cannot buy. In our job it is exactly like that. In Europe you have maybe 15 clubs with a huge financial resource.” Hmm…. “I was asked this question two years ago when some clubs bought 10 players and people said: ‘How do you feel? You have no chance now’. What you want is to focus on your own strengths and make sure that you develop your team. The… Read more »

Cesc Appeal

Mavropanos trained on Friday apparently. Great news. Would like to see him get some game time, he’s a Mislintat find and looked good when we saw him.

Dissenter

Why is Mavropanos so frequently brought ups here?
He’s had only ONE decent competitive game for Arsenal. The next game he played he was sent off early.

It may be that the name is sexy to something but there’s nothing there.He’s still a prospect whose development has been hindered due to repeated injury.

Cesc Appeal

Dissenter

He looked decent when the played.

He’s a Mislintat find and so far those have looked good.

We’re desperate for a big, powerful CB and he could potentially fit the bill.

It’s a shame he was injured during these last few months because we would have got a good look at him.

Nothing wrong with wanting to see him at all.

To say there’s ‘nothing there’ is as stupid as saying he’s the solution to our problems. Might turn out good, might not.

Nelson

@CC
“Yea i’ll pass on engaging with someone who starts by saying “Wenger was a criminal”.
Although I am neutral to the Wenger discussion, but I fully support this statement.

China1

In ‘15 there was no outfield player in the world at a price we could afford who could improve us (trololololololol) On a happier note, Sokratis reminds me of a burlier keown. He’s got that nasty way about him. Not a 10/10 defender but seems to be a very solid 8/10. More importantly it’s that nastiness he brings Don’t mess with him, he kicks puppies for entertainment, he pulls the wings off daddy long legs for fun, he farts in elevators at every opportunity he gets, he hasn’t brushed his teeth in weeks and he NEVER puts the toilet seat… Read more »

Marko

Sokratis is the guy in prison you go to for that one tool that can help you escape. He’s got a chisel in his sock and a pack of cigarettes up his arse at all times

Guns of SF

Sokratis,
Keeps his friends close but his enemies closer.
You’ll never know he shagged your girl
he’ll order rounds for his mates then bounce out when the check comes
He will kick someones ass for you if the price is right
Sokratis never sleeps its just a waste of his time

Tony

RH “Not everything is a stick to beat Wenger with. Man gave Arsenal football club the best years of his life.” Really RH? Not your finest post! Got paid £100+ million in the process while loving every self centered minute, and then spent 12 years completely undoing the good work he put in during his first 10 years by denigrating its fans and reducing Arsenal’s finances by atrocious loss making transfer dealings, such as Sanchez and leaving such dross in a squad that we can’t sell at a profit or at all, such as Jenks, Elneny et al. If only… Read more »

Amey

I think in later years Wenger went for failed british core project. Somehow he wanted to show that he can produce international british players who would do great for England team. Thats why he never got smart buys as he did in his early years.

Dark Hei

Amery

I think there is a simpler reason.

Wenger struggled because he is failed to keep up with the rest of the pack.

The whole British core is just window dressing; the actual cores of those teams were always continental. Kos, Mert, Arteta, etc.

Dark Hei

“If only Wenger had f*cked off with his imeasurable ego after his first 10 years ……………”

Come on Tony, both you and Wenger are retired old men with lots of bling.

Let the bitterness go.

Tony

Black Hei
I’m not bitter………… just very unhappy at what Wenger made our club become and the years it’s goin g to take to recover enough to realistically challenge for top honours again.

As for bling? Nott really my style I’m more into lastest technology enriching our (family) lives.

Old man? Didn’t you know that the 60s are considered today’s 40s?

Happy Xmas Balck Hei

See what you think when you hit your 60s.

Tony

Sorry genuine mistake should read Dark Hei