Claudius wrote:
To be honest, I feel that we have been doing the bare minimum without getting punished for years. I appreciated in the early days that we had significantly less money than Chelsea, but the new TV deal has leveled things relatively with everyone except United (who still don't know how to best deploy their riches).
Dropping out of the top 4 might shake the whole construct to its foundations. So much that it might spell Wenger's end. At the very least it will activate a more vociferous fan base. Dropping out out of top 4 is enormously risky because it is not a guarantee you will bounce back. Chelsea did immediately, but United are floundering. But let's deal with that under the new manager.
Hey boss, you may remember I made this suggestion about 3 years ago. This whole top 4 thing is a distraction. Yes we want to finish as high up as possible, but the primary aim should be to win the league. We don't have that focus with the top 4 safety netting. The reason United had to suffer was that their slide out of the top 4 happened to coincide with a transition in team personnel and management. That's tough. Their squad was bang average no two ways about it. That's the reason Rooney could hold the entire club to ransome Also, they made the wrong choice initially going with Moyes for a club of that stature. Chelsea dropped out cos the players stopped playing.
I'm not scared of dropping out as long as we can keep our top players. I'm firmly of the opinion that our team/squad / players are better than what they are showing recently. Said it back then: Our teams are almost always less than the sum of its parts. We have our flaws of course, every team does. But we also have undeniable quality in the side. Ozil , Sanchez, Bellerin, Koscielny... even the often vilified players like Coquelin & Giroud have shown they can be solid players when the team is on song.
At our best we know what we can do- we are, without question, one of the best sides in Europe. Our problem is we are not often at our best, and it is this consistency that we must strive for. It's simple: A manager's job is to implement a system which minimizes our flaws and weaknesses, and maximizes our strength and efficiency. We don't have that in Arsene Wenger. We just don't.
A new manager who can communicate the importance of discipline and control will get the most out of our group on a more consistent basis than we are seeing now. It's time to let him go. There may be a period in the wilderness of the Europa, but we can't let that fear stop us from trying to make progress. Look at Spurs, they are now genuine rivals. Didn't happen by sticking with Redknapp or AVB or Timmy did it?
We have to let go of Wenger guys. Can't continue sucking on that shrivelled bosom. He's done good, but He ain't got no milk left. Time to try some solid food. Time to grow.
And I'm convinced as well that he knows he has nothing else to offer the club.
Now watch him sign a new contract. The thief.
