jayramfootball wrote:PairyGrows wrote:Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:The club is at the cross-roads. There is serious risk of an irreparable damage to the profile and reputation of the club. This simply cannot go on. It is not just the lack of results on the pitch it is the way the club is being mismanaged, fans being alienated and the is serious risk of being left behind which is the biggest concern.
In my view the damage has already been done. We're already damaged beyond repair, and the only way is down.
Correct. The writing was on the wall as early as 2010., and I would suggest even earlier if you cared to really look. Wenger has always underachieved, never managing back to back titles or a champions league in his golden years. Thos golden years were entirely down to the players that were there before he joined. Those that Wenger brought in like Vieira could learn from people who understood football, like Bergkamp, Adams, Keown, Parlour. As soon as the link was broken to players who joined before Wenger did, the rot set in. The club changed. He systematically destroyed the club from top to bottom and the damage is so bad that we are en route to being a Leeds, Nottm Forest, Villa. All because of Wenger.
It's why it really doesn't matter if he stays or goes now. Once Alexis and Ozil leave, we have NO top quality players left, a losers mentality, horrible tactics, a lack of basic football understanding, no motivation and still a huge wage bill. No top player will want to play for Arsenal.
To destroy a club with Arsenal's history and tradition took some doing, but Wenger did it.
Wenger is an incompetent manager for sure. But people forget the people who has watched wenger do all this damage will still be there. Our hope is the next manager isnt just a manager, but someone who has to build up the whole club and carry us like early day wenger or Fergie. Its way too much to ask from any manager imo