xisstential wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:07 am
I have said this before and the more I think about this man, the more I think this is accurate. I think Wenger got lucky, I don't think he was ever a "great" manager. Arsenal made
him he did not make Arsenal....
He came to us as an absolute nobody, inherited that much praised and lauded defence and had his pick of the French market... and succeeded with some terrific players. I think that Invincibles team ran itself...this is what Viera had to say when asked to choose between Wenger & Jose ............
Despite playing under Wenger for nine years and Mourinho just two, he gave a surprising answer.
"Jose," he said, in an answer sure to anger Arsenal fans. "He's the manager who had more influence on me.
"Why? Because he was the one who impressed me most on his work ethic. He knew everything about the opposition, the strength, weakness.
"His detail was unbelievable; everything was so clear about what he wanted from each player. I don't know what happened at Chelsea but he always got the best out of his players.
"Arsene is more concentrated on his own team. He gives freedom to players to express themselves. It's a different style."
That last line...sound familiar?? That is exactly what he is
still doing. But what if the players aren't like the Invincibles, what if they need guidance, what if they look to a leader, to the manager, to the bench for help?? There isn't any help..... And therein lies the problem. There is the Arsenal of the past decade.
I think as Wenger's powerhouse team became so dominant & mighty his own confidence grew & grew. .....And I think he absolutely hated having a big outspoken, dominant character in the team like Viera, especially because he must have known that Viera was a big part of the driving force that created his success.
Eventually , like Pinocchio Wenger thought he was a real boy, broke the team up with the confident, swaggering intention of building a new one. That was over a decade ago...and if he truly is a great manager then please tell me why he hasn't??? And it's not financial restraint, Wenger must have pissed away & wasted more money on dregs than almost every other manager out there.
Wenger is a type of manager who happens to work in football, he is not a football manager and I don't think he knows much about the modern game. The Invincibles created this modern day monster. And he is been found out again & again, but as teams improve, as managers get up to speed with the modern game, Wenger is getting left further & further behind and this is now all crashing down around his ears... And because his ego won't allow it, nobody is going to be able to help him.
What is so much worse for him now is that the seemingly minor problems on the pitch, problems that stopped us winning major titles, but got him into the Top 4 and kept his myth alive, have now become Major ones....and he if couldn't fix them then, he sure as hell ain't gonna be able to fix them now.
The spin, lies & BS is going to become more & more ludicrous & the man will eventually leave in ignominy.
