yuv wrote:
Not teasing (and not interested in the eternal debate) but on the narrow topic of "easiest job" etc. - do you honestly believe getting the results he got/gets with the resources he has is easy? (don't be tempted to drag it to the general, via "but that's what I want him to do - spend!" - sure, we all would.
Just stay with the narrow "easy job" theme for a sec).
Yes it is easy Yuvy, we're not QPR we're one of the English super clubs and one of the richest clubs in the world, we can afford to pay for the best.
But as I've said many times before it's not about money it about beliefs- I fundementaly don't agree with Wengers philosophy, that there is one way to play the game and you must follow that path regardless of circumstances which are constantly changing.
In the past he has shown he could be energetically revolutionary or ruthlessly pragmatic as the situation demanded and this brought him great success.
But those days have long gone, he's like an eminent professor who has been awarded tenure, his sharp flexible mind has left him and he is blind to the latest developments, in an indrustry as dynamic as football this is death.
He is indeed fortunate that we are presently owned by an individual who knows nor cares nothing about the game or it's traditions and who considers the fans as mere customers.
The owners of Man city and Chelsea understand there clubs supporters better.