da marjack bet: Every season Arsenal bring in a top player, start strongly and then post-Christmas are back to their usual fourth place fight.
da casino: And though they have mastered this process, for a growing number of supporters it isn’t enough, despite the increase in competition for these places.
Personally I like and respect Arsene Wenger. He is the last of the Premier League’s long-term one-club managers. Even though Wenger has managed other teams, namely seven years at AS Monaco, after 18 seasons as the Gunners’ main man, Arsene will forever be associated with the club. I’m sure he would like to stay until he is ready to retire, but some fans seem hell-bent on preventing that.
At 65, Wenger should stay for a few more seasons and then either retire or perhaps try something a little different in the shape of international management with the France national team.
Some Arsenal fans have forgotten that coming top four is an honour that not all clubs have achieved, let alone the amazing feat of doing it every season. He should be respected for this achievement, not resented. It is Arsene who led his 2003/04 squad through their ‘Invincibles’ season and has helped them win three Premier League titles and five FA Cups, making Arsenal one of England’s most successful.
Arsene has seen huge changes in English football from the spiralling wage bills to financial fair play and through-out he has kept Arsenal relevant and competitive. Even with a culture of managers getting the chop after just one bad season, some even less, Wenger has stayed true to his tactics and belief in his ability to take the team forward.
Now I understand that some fans like Wenger but I just feel that he doesn’t have the ambition or vision to take the club any further than he has. After all ,Arsenal have finished third or fourth nine times in the last ten years and haven’t looked like winning the League since they did back in 2004.
But to bring in a new flashy continental manager may be exciting but there is every possibility that their fortunes could take a downward spiral in a similar way to Manchester United’s. Sir Alex Ferguson led United to top spot in his last season and yet, only 12 months later, the Red Devils were wallowing in seventh with no Champion’s League football on the horizon.
Arsenal will have to weigh up the pros and cons of that risk. At least now they are offering top European football played by some exceptional domestic and international talent. The Emirates was and continues to be a highly sought after place to ply your trade.
This season has seen Arsenal win the Community Shield and reach the semi-final of the FA Cup, they sit in third and are still in with a chance of progressing through to the Champion’s League quarter-finals. But I guess you can’t please everyone as, come the end of the season, when Arsenal finish in third or fourth like they always do, some Gunners will still be calling for Wenger to get the chop.
If they do get their wish then let’s hope for their sake that they don’t live to regret moving on Arsenal’s most decorated manager.
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