ARSENAL WIN TROPHY SHOCK!!

[Eboue Can't Defend]

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT WE HAD FINISHED THE SEASON EMPTY HANDED, ALONG COMES A MOST UNEXPECTED TROPHY TO PUT IN THE CABINET.

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, ARSENE WENGER WON THE ACCOLADE OF 'BRITISH FOOTBALL'S GREATEST EVER MANAGER' IN A FANS POLL CONDUCTED BY SATELLITE TELEVISION STATION BRAVO.

ALTHOUGH I EXPECTED HIM TO BE IN THE TOP 6, ALONG WITH THE LIKES OF FERGIE, SHANKLEY, PAISLEY AND CLOUGH, THE FACT HE WON WAS GREETED WITH ALMOST THE SAME PRIDE I FEEL WHENEVER THE TEAM WIN SOMETHING.

OKAY, IT'S NOT QUITE THE SILVERWARE WE ANTICIPATED AT THE START OF THE SEASON, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS FANS SHOULD TAKE PRIDE IN. OTHER CLUBS SUPPORTERS REALLY RATE ARSENE AND MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, WOULD WANT HIM AS THEIR MANAGER GIVEN THE CHANCE. PREHAPS IT WILL GIVE THE 'WENGER OUT' MINORITY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

YES HE HAS HIS FAULTS: NOT BUYING EXPERIENCED PLAYERS TO REPLACE THE ONES WE LET GO; HIS USE OF SUBSTITUTIONS AND HIS POLICY REGARDING THE 30 PLUS BRIGADE, TO MENTION A COUPLE. AND YES, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN EVEN I WONDERED WHETHER HE HAS TAKEN THE TEAM AS FAR AS HE CAN.

HOWEVER, WHEN I SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT IT PROPERLY, I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER MANAGER THAT COULD HAVE ACHIEVED AS MUCH AS WENGER HAS DONE, GIVEN THE RESOURCES AT HIS DISPOSAL. AND THE TRUTH IS THIS: THE CLUB WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS UNTIL ALL THE HOUSES/FLATS HAVE BEEN BUILT AND SOLD IN A COUPLE OR SO YEARS TIME.

GIVEN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHO WOULD YOU TRUST TO KEEP ARSENAL UP THERE CHALLENGING FOR THE MAJOR SILVERWARE IF NOT WENGER?

GOING BACK TO THE BRAVO SURVEY, IT SHOULD BE SAID THAT THE SAME POLL HAD KEVIN KEEGAN, HARRY REDKNAPP AND EVEN HOWARD WILKINSON AHEAD OF GEORGE GRAHAM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT GEORGE WON MORE THAN THE THREE OF THEM PUT TOGETHER!!

IT JUST GOES TO SHOW, SOME FANS KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL.

[tenementfunster5]

Great stuff! Wenger is a Legend and will go down as Arsenal's greatest ever manager. It is very surprising that he was voted number 1 but it just goes to show how much people respect what he has done for the Arse with such a tight budget. Here's to many more years of Mr Wenger.