The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[LurkerJ]

bananaking21 said:

LurkerJ said:

Arsenal hasn't had big stars in their team until Ozil and Sanchez. You could argue that they should be winning now but not before that, unless you go back to the time when they had Henry and Dennis Bergkamp. In between, expectations weren't as high. Finishing in the top 4 was great giving the extremely young talent he had to work with. Imo, Arsenal needs a better striker to do better in all competitions. 

Don't forget the business side of things, Man U, for example, is £380m in debt. Arsenal isn't.

they didnt have any talent because they refused to buy. they could have opted to buy big stars after they reached the 2006 CL Final, Arsenal were a big team then. but it was wengers decision to focus on young players, its fantastic how people claim he is a great coach, when his decisions and managment dragged down expectations from winning major trophies, to being happy finishing at 4th.

He is doing the job he is asked to do. I didn't say he is a fantastic coach. I said he did great in the past few years given the selection of players he had. He is no Alex Ferg for sure, who was a much better at managing and introducing young talents, but he is not garbage.

Expecations are set, expectations are met, Wenger remains. When he starts spending more and continue to not win trophies, he will be sacked.