On his trial with us, Kolo was a bit too fired up apparently. A high ball was played and it was going out. Just outside the line Wenger controls the ball, but Kolo doesn't see it, all focused on the ball, goes in for a horror tackle and flattens Wenger. 🙂
Jeremy Wilson @JWTelegraph Before Wenger, Arsenal recorded 23 top four finishes in 92 seasons. They are about to make it 18 out of 18 under him....#Wenger1000
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Wenger you are a legend. I really hope for a win at Chelsea for you and for very one of us.
From Sir Alex
First of all congratulations to Arsène for reaching the milestone of 1,000 games. Having been at the coalface of football along with Arsène for so long, I feel I am in a position to assess his achievement. No one can survive the football industry as long as Arsène has without certain attributes and qualities. His undoubted love of the game was always apparent but his abundant energy and desire over all of those years has allowed him to survive in such an intense profession. Of course his ability as a coach, manager and teacher have brought huge successes to Arsenal Football Club. However, it is his convictions, beliefs and philosophies that will always remind me that he is a special person. Someone who set out his way at a great football club and produced some wonderful players and teams. Well done Arsène on your remarkable achievement of 1,000 games.
First of all congratulations to Arsène for reaching the milestone of 1,000 games. Having been at the coalface of football along with Arsène for so long, I feel I am in a position to assess his achievement.
No one can survive the football industry as long as Arsène has without certain attributes and qualities. His undoubted love of the game was always apparent but his abundant energy and desire over all of those years has allowed him to survive in such an intense profession.
Of course his ability as a coach, manager and teacher have brought huge successes to Arsenal Football Club. However, it is his convictions, beliefs and philosophies that will always remind me that he is a special person. Someone who set out his way at a great football club and produced some wonderful players and teams. Well done Arsène on your remarkable achievement of 1,000 games.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140321/-he-is-the-greatest-manager-i-ever-had-
Hmm
dreamlord wrote: Hmm
Trophies won after 1000 games
Wenger: 3 EPL, 4 FA Cups Ferguson (at 1000 games): 8 EPL, 5 FA Cups, 1 League cup, 1 CL, 1 Cup Winner's Cup
Yep, because Ferguson's first 1000 games came when City and Chelsea didn't exist as they do today..
dreamlord wrote: Yep, because Ferguson's first 1000 games came when City and Chelsea didn't exist as they do today..
When Fergie took over Liverpool were absolutely dominating football. There is always someone to compete with.
Ferguson had it easy for a long time though, bit like Bayern do in the Bundesliga. Unrivaled financial power. His record in the last 10 years or so was probably more impressive.
Can we create another thread for his 1000 games?
otfgoon wrote: Ferguson had it easy for a long time though, bit like Bayern do in the Bundesliga. Unrivaled financial power. His record in the last 10 years or so was probably more impressive.
Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly.
'Arsene who?', a tribute to Arsene Wenger's great achievement, has just started on Sky Sports 1.
Emmanuel Petit was gonna sign for Spurs until we rang him last minute to say don't sign until you've spoken to us. Alan Sugar, the then Spurs chairman, unknowingly paid for Petit's taxi over to speak to us! To this day, David Dein says to Alan Sugar that he still owes him the money for that cab! 😆
All managers who have come and gone since Wenger took over Arsenal:
1 Arsene Wenger 666 Premier League matches 2 Alex Ferguson 638 3 Harry Redknapp 530 4 David Moyes 455 5 Sam Allardyce 389 6 Martin O’Neill 351 7 Steve Bruce 344 8 Alan Curbishley 328 9 Mark Hughes 299 10 Gordon Strachan 271 11 Gerard Houllier 263 12 David O’Leary 259 13 Rafael Benitez 254 14 Roy Hodgson 217 15 Tony Pulis 206 16 Graeme Souness 204 17 Martin Jol 201 18 Alan Pardew 200 19 Steve McClaren 190 20 Jim Smith 189 21 Bobby Robson 188 22 Bryan Robson 187 23 Roberto Martinez 179 24 Peter Reid 173 25 George Graham 172 26 John Gregory 162 27 Chris Coleman 152 28 José Mourinho 149 29 Claudio Ranieri 146 30 Walter Smith 143 31 Alex McLeish 138 32 Mick McCarthy 138 33 Paul Jewell 138 34 Kevin Keegan 137 35 Dave Jones 136 36 Glenn Hoddle 134 37 Roberto Mancini 133 38 Gary Megson 132 39 Glenn Roeder 126 40 Owen Coyle 116 41 Gareth Southgate 114 42 Joe Kinnear 113 43 Kenny Dalglish 112 44 Stuart Pearce 106 45 Brendan Rodgers 104 46 Danny Wilson 104 47 Paul Lambert 104 48 Steve Coppell 104 49 Ruud Gullit 96 50 Avram Grant 94 51 Gianluca Vialli 94 52 Chris Hughton 93 53 Graham Taylor 89 54 David Pleat 82 55 Andre Villas-Boas 81 56 Carlo Ancelotti 76 57 George Burley 76 58 Gianfranco Zola 72 59 Jean Tigana 71 60 Roy Evans 68 61 Phil Brown 67 62 Michael Laudrup 62 63 Joe Royle 61 64 Iain Dowie 59 65 Steve Kean 59 66 Neil Warnock 58 67 Brian Little 57 68 Steve Clarke 55 69 Colin Todd 53 70 Roy Keane 53 71 Roberto Di Matteo 48 72 Dave Bassett 46 73 Ian Holloway 46 74 Peter Taylor 46 75 Ron Atkinson 46 76 Mauricio Pochettino 45 77 Gerry Francis 44 78 Mickey Adams 43 79 Aidy Boothroyd 38 80 Howard Kendall 38 81 Nigel Worthington 38 82 Sven-Göran Eriksson 38 83 Tony Mowbray 38 84 Egil Roger Olsen 36 85 Juande Ramos 35 86 Nigel Adkins 30 87 Terry Venables 30 88 Tony Parkes 30 89 Brian McDermott 29 90 Paul Hart 27 91 Christian Gross 26 92 Eddie Gray 26 93 Manuel Pellegrini 26 94 Brian Kidd 25 95 Felipe Scolari 25 96 Chris Hutchings 24 97 Jim Jefferies 24 98 Ricky Sbragia 23 99 Lawrie Sanchez 22 100 Venables + Robson 21 101 Alain Perrin 20 102 Howard Wilkinson 20 103 Malky Mackay 20 104 Gus Poyet 19 105 Brian Laws 18 106 Velimir Zajec 18 107 Paul Ince 17 108 Stuart Gray 17 109 Steve Wigley 16 110 Tony Adams 15 111 Billy Davies 14 112 Guus Hiddink 13 113 Harford + Murdoch 13 114 Paul Sturrock 13 115 Rene Meulensteen 13 116 Terry Connor 13 117 Tim Sherwood 13 118 Jacques Santini 12 119 Kevin Ball 12 120 Paolo Di Canio 12 121 Sammy Lee 11 122 Peter Shreeves 10 123 Frank Clark 9 124 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 9 125 Alan Shearer 8 126 Attilio Lombardo 7 127 Dave Watson 7 128 Les Reed 7 129 Pepe Mel 7 130 Ray Lewington 6 131 Keith Downing 5 133 Keith Millen 4 134 Felix Magath 3 135 Joe Jordan 3 136 Kevin MacDonald 3 137 Trevor Brooking 3 138 Billy McEwan 2 139 Deehan + Gray 2 140 Eric Black 2 141 Frank Barlow 2 142 Frank Burrows 2 143 Kevin Keen 2 144 Nigel Pearson 2 145 Ray Harford 2 146 Stuart McCall 2 147 Archie Knox 1 148 Clive Allen 1 149 Eamonn Dolan 1 150 John Carver 1 151 Mark Bowen 1 152 Rix + Wilkins 1 153 Terry McDermott 1
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2585224/Arsene-Wengers-1-000th-Arsenal-game-Watch-exclusive-video-Fabregas-Song-Vieira-Seaman-Co-pay-tribute-boss.html
There's a nice video there (about 20 minutes long) of ex players talking about Wenger. Ignore the knob Ashton's comment at the end.
cool interview with david dein. that story about alan sugar unwittingly paying for manu petits cabfare to arsenes house gave me a chuckle
united seemed to win plenty of trophies after city and chelsea got minted, and that's with 50m+ bled out of the club each year to hedge funds and lenders, but go on with your excuses!
The winning years in the 90s helped United become the money making machine they are now though.
Without those years with very little competition they would never have the resources to match City and Chelsea.
We could have done better in the last 10 years but not everything is an excuse.
All of Wenger's trophies came in his first 500 matches. The 500th match was in 2005. Is it a coincidence that we stopped winning trophies as soon as there were 2 (and then later on 3) teams that could outspend us?
The only major shortcoming of Wenger's is not winning the CL, or coming close to it more than once.
