Arsene Wenger has spoken to beIN Sport about what’s happening at the club at the moment.
Here’s what he said to say about …
His future
“My news is that I have no news, and that no matter how long I stay I will be committed and completely focused as long as I stay at the club.
“How long I stay doesn’t really matter because as long as I’m there I’m focused to achieve what’s best for the club.
“At the moment we are going through a difficult period on the results. So I think it’s much more important to focus on getting it right again.
“We suffer a lot at the moment, but when you take a bit of distance and put things into perspective, we have two games in hand, we are in the semi-final of the cup against City, so our season will be decided by how we respond to this period we have.”
On banners and planes at West Brom
“My job is to make 100% of the people happy, and I think if you look at where the club was when I arrived and where it is today I think I’m quite proud of what I did.
“After that, we live in a period where people are very demanding and I can understand that but I know as well that I’ve guided this club through very difficult periods with very, very, limited resources and that I managed always to get the best out of the team and that’s what I will do as long as I’m at Arsenal football club.”
If Arsenal finish top four and win the FA Cup, would it be a successful season?
“You can basically say if you don’t win the Championship it’s not a successful season, and I can understand that.
“But you take clubs like Liverpool, they have never won the Premier League (as opposed to old 1st Division) and they are a very big club.
“Clubs like Man City, Man Utd, certainly the title will be won by Chelsea so we all, no matter how many we are, even the likes of Tottenham, only one will win it every year.
“That, of course, will be a disappointment not to win the Championship and after that you to do as well as you can.
“Now we have to fight to finish as h high as we can and let other people judge. My job is not to judge, my job is to produce, and let other people judge.”
Whatever…
Let’s put things in perspective: No title in 13 years.
How many titles does Tottenham, Liverpool, New Castle, Westham have had in the last 20 years? How many champions league did Barcelona had before 1993?
how can you even compare arsenal with those clubs . our revenue and fan base is on par with biggest clubs in europe . so it defiinitely stands to reason that our ambition too should match those clubs rather than westham and the likes
And I wonder who is mostly responsible for putting our club well beyond those clubs.
So you mean to say Arsenal before Arsene was below west ham and tottenham?
Nope. Read again what I said. I said he put us well beyond them. ‘Well’ bring the important word. He opened the gap in terms of stature of the club. Don’t forget that.
Not true. ..the big clubs are even richer and they have for long period while we have just recently reach stability level,clubs like these have been building for years using massive resource to a mass quality players while we have just managed Oxil and Sanchez and our fans are demanding the moon…
People fail to understand that the footballing landscape in England has changed,no single club can be granted success now,we need to live with that.
Yet another interview in which he is trying to make excuses. I have fought for the man and would continue to do so, but I don’t see the hunger to win anymore. Had he said something like how disappointed he was to have not won the league for so long and will work to change that, I would say yeah there is a manager who wants to win and is hungry. Lets get behind him. But all I read is lame excuses and cover ups. What sort of a man with hunger still left in him says, its okay if… Read more »
I don’t think that’s the case. I think Wenger had a number of lucrative opportunities to cash in at the top clubs in Europe over the years. instead he chose to remain faithful to Arsenal. I for one think that is admirable regardless of the present situation.
Wenger rejected those offers probably because he knew that he would not get the job security he had at Arsenal, and Arsenal were not exactly paying him pennies.
Had he gone to ANY other top club, then he would have not gotten away with 4th place is a trophy mentality like he has at Arsenal.
A job that paid millions, answerable to no one, no job accountability … I am not so sure that staying on in such a job counts as a favor to Arsenal.
oh so he is doing it for the money?
where do we find such classless fans?
If you truly think he is “leeching the club” you don’t understand the man. You know he’s had higher paying offers and stayed to see us through a tough time, right?
Regardless of if you think a change needs to happen now, you are way off base in your criticism of him being money driven
Higher paying offers, but not the same security. If he had gone to Real Madrid, how long would he have lasted there? 2, 3 years? Then fired as is the habit of Real. Then what? He stayed at Arsenal because he could dictate his own future. That, I would say, is opportunism and selfishness, not loyalty. Loyalty would be to get paid much less than others and still remain. He was and is still paid handsomely, and he was in the top 5 in terms of salary amount.
What I’d really like to say would require moderation.
You read what you want to read.
Mate, please don’t quote other clubs underachievements to try and justify our failings.
You’re commenting on a Arsenal fans blog, not talking to other club supporters in a school playground.
better remember your own words too next time you want to trash Arsene Wenger, a club legend, in the presence or company of Arsenal fans…
Your comment is the definition of twisting statistics to defend your narrative.
I can also say this: How many titles did Arsenal win before 1993? 10. How many have they won since? 3.
See how easy it is to manipulate stats to make someone look good/bad?
HATE this negative attitude in fans. Hey so many other teams don’t win things, why is it a problem only when Arsenal don’t win.
What?
We pay multiples of what they pay for tickets. We are marketed to as a big club competing for the top prizes. We pay the most in Europe to watch our team. So that’s reason enough to expect titles and cups.
You are on ponit .
It’s because we don’t compete.
At least not for a whole season.
And yes, it’s ok to lose football matches. But “how” is the thing that annoys me.
It’s not only because some teams are better in terms of individuals.
it’s a team sport and we are not cohesive at all.
When Cech says they can do it in training I wonder why they don’t have the passion and mentality to do it on a matchday.
I personally have no idea why but it’s frustrating as hell
To be fair Newcastle will probably win a title this year albeit the Championship title 🙂
Great ambition! Currently we’re competing with tiny totts and in shallow (liver) pools, then let’s start fighting for (west) ham and finally fight for the (new) castle in division 1
‘With very, very, limited resources.’ Really? what the two billionaire owners and the matchday revenue that pretty much trumps Madrid, Barca, Munich, United etc..? And lets not forget the billions of pounds coming in through the new TV deals. The money is there. It always has been. Even more so now. So that one isn’t going to fly. I also found it a little bit condescending when he talked about ‘perspective’ and how there is still the FA Cup to play for. Like that’s kind of the point Arsene, the fans are looking at Arsenals performances with perspective, but over… Read more »
Think it’s important to have perspective on this, I want wenger out, but my no means have any hatred towards the guy, and feel awful for him, the legend we all know he is, to be mocked, and beaten from pillar to post from large sections of the fans and the media. Remember, he made us.
This ^ pretty much
I reckon the main point is here is that he says “his job is to produce” and at the moment the team I’ll always love ain’t producing anything worth paying the ticket prices for. Respect for Arsene? Always. But he’s got to get a grip or go
Wenger didn’t make Arsenal. Arsenal existed and won trophies long before Wenger came and will exist and win trophies long after Wenger has left.
Wenger did bring a lot of success, but he is also the one who has overseen the decline since those days.
relax mr maldini with your 5 champions leagues before arsene…relax please…
he took arsenal from local to global ..if you cant understand that then please stop insulting
Arghhhhhhhh
He did not fucking make us.
Everyone says no title for 13 years, which whilst factually correct, it’s not like he realistically had a chance of winning the title for 8 or 9 of those years. I mean I still think it’s time for a change but nonetheless let’s be fair about the criticism.
9 of those years with limited resources.. So the perspective changes righ there. And dont start the whole “How about leicester and resources” because thats a one in a million -situation haha
Stop blackmailing us with this limited resources propaganda. Was he not the one that use to come out and say we have the money but the right player is not available…..and when they decided to be available u’ll see Yaya Sonogo, Park, Squillacci, Silvestre, Chammak…
Let’s put this in perspective. 20 years; in the Champions League, of St Totteringham’s Day, of expansive entertaining football, 2 doubles, 3 titles and 13 years of ingratitude from short sighted so-called ‘fans’.
..is that all you’ve got to say?
Great discussion.
That was for JustAGooner…
Here, for your benefit, I’ve crafted a tin foil hat theory you can chew on instead:
Kroenke is actually trying to oust Wenger, but the players have boycotted to protest and refuse to play for anyone else…
Alrighty get your thumbs downs out, get that stress out.
And FX I’ll need a royalty contract.
Quick poll:
Wenger In – Thumbs Up
Wenger Out – Thumbs Down
This Wenger in-out campaign is getting really silly,i think voices have been heared and objections have been noted, if people think they can force a change in here then they don’t know Arsenal fc or Arsene Wenger..it just dont work that way…
They can’t keep ignoring fans. If they do then the protests only get worse. How long before fans decide to boycott a game!
Why don’t you try it and see how many will boycott the games with you. ..
Kids Say the Darndest Things…
The power of unity. Boycott just 1 game, nobody turn up, and the board will have to take notice because it will hit the share price. Sponsors, Sky, BT will all be unhappy. Also the shop sales will take a hit. Nobody has to give up their season ticket. I am sure we can all agree the board needs to go, and if not, at least change its ways. Also such a boycott would scare the crap out of the board.
What make think people are united behind the whole idea of Wenger out campaign. ..social media magnify every thing. .but real life is different. ..we can upset and frustrated but not the extend of demolishing the castle on our head.
Common sense need to prevail in the end.
I’m talking about the board, not Arsene Wenger. For me the problem is bigger than Arsene Wenger. It’s a board who is not willing to make big decisions. Surely if Kroenke or even Keswick set a target of ‘you must challenge for the title every year’, not necessarily win it, but certainly not be out of the race by February, the manager and the players would not be so comfortable. Nobody seems to fear any type of repercussions. As long as the share price does not take a hit, go and do what you want Arsene… that is not the… Read more »
Most of the Outers don’t go anyway
whats the point of these polls . if it were upto fans wenger would’ve been gone long time ago.
I’m on the Wenger out side but can’t argue with what he said here. The fact is, he should be getting more from this team and he clearly isn’t capable of doing so.
So sick of his politician answers. This is a football club, people want passion, integrity, honesty, not a man who only answers the questions he wants to. All this creating rumours of sporting directors, talking of ‘war chest’ before season tickets go on sale, claiming we nearly signed every player in Europe who turns out half decent. The supporters are Arsenal football club, we’re not minions in a power struggle who are ripe for manipulation. No wonder the club doesn’t know which way is up anymore.
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Same again : Wenger out !
I notice Arsene was only asked one question but still didn’t answer it. When he decided to leave Arsenal in 10 years time, he could become a politician.
omg he is staying
You shouldn’t know that yet! *slurp*
“We live in a period where people are very demanding”….I don’t think actually competing for the premiership or champions league is very demanding when we are paying the the amount we are to watch the club. The only thing way the club competes is within itself…
for better or for worse wenger is a victim of his own success . he steered the club to what it is today , and essentially laid all the groundwork to be a successful club . but if the club is to truly flourish he simply have to leave . he has lost pace with the moden tactics . but since wenger has become bigger than the club no one will be able to fire him and as a result manager , club and the players have become too comfortable with just completing for the top four. they say that… Read more »
The truth is that expecting anything other than finishing around fourth season upon season is unrealistic. Wage spend closely correlates to average league position (Kuper and Szymanski, Soccernomics), and guess what? Arsenal are fourth in the league for average wage spend (http://www.totalsportek.com/money/english-premier-league-wage-bills-club-by-club/), and have been since City started throwing their financial weight around. Haven’t you noticed that our final league position year on year has been impacted by Chelsea (and later City) becoming wealthy and throwing silly money around? It’s time that we accept that all the club is capable of is an occasional cup win and league challenge. We… Read more »
i get what you are saying , but there are more to football than money . if that were the case united would’ve been champions for the last three years . and instead of that it is tottenham and liverpool that are competing for the title with chelsea. and in the case of arsenal we are mere 20-25 million of the leaders based on your table . we are a lot closer to them than we are to liverpool who are in the fifth place in that table with the difference being 35 million .even with the budget we have… Read more »
Of course you’re right: money isn’t everything. Leicester City’s success last season is a prime example, but their success was truly exceptional. Do you know how often a team that finished outside of the top three the previous season went on to win the league in the Premier League era? One – Leicester City. Although Chelsea are about to make it two, last season was an aberration. Don’t forget, 25 million is about three players earning 8 million a year, or just over £150,000 a week. That is three Alexis Sanchez’s. Also, our squad contains some players that are overpaid… Read more »
Look at Atletico Madrid, Juventus, and Borrussia Dortmund. They might not win every year, but they always compete and win some titles. With the resources that Arsenal have we should at least expect that.
I haven’t been in the Wenger out group until the recent form, but things seem to be going backwards and things are just too comfortable.
I remember a study showing that the effectiveness of a CEO is 5-7 years. It’s not that they become bad CEOs, it’s just that things change or become stale, and I just feel that’s what is going on here.
I’m not certain what point you’re making. None of these clubs play in the Premier League and are amongst the richest clubs in their own leagues. Juventus may be the wealthiest club in Italy, but I’m not certain if that. Athletico have only win La Liga once since 1996 and Dortmund are arguably the second largest team in Germany, which kind of proves my point; when it was is and United, we were successful. I am certain that the players that Arsenal have are capable of performing to a higher standard than they currently are, and that ultimately the failure… Read more »
once DS leaves most like Atletico will become irrelevant, Juventus is beast in Serie A, Dortmund hasn’t really won anything in awhile.
Even though it’s frustrating I would rather have the chance to compete over a long haul then be flavor or the month for 2-3 years. I just keep looking at Liverpool and Arsenal how far off Liverpool became over chasing the next great manager.
nobody here is talking about leicester city . if you read what i’ve said about better management and effective recuitment you will understand what i mean . in your table tottenham tottenham is 6th on the table with fkn 100 million less than arsenal. how is it that they are competing with chelse . or how is liverpool in third place both of these teams have inferior squads than us . because they have better managers than us , and whenevr they recruit a player they do it effectively . i cant imagine what would’ve pochettino did if he had… Read more »
Tottenham and pochectino have never finished above Arsenal or Arsene and they have not won the league in 50 or so yrs and no trophy in 9 yrs.
until the seasons over those facts dont change.
Remind we where liverpool finished last yr again?
The reason that Tottenham are competing this year: statistical variance. Yeah their league positions since the PL began and I’m certain that it was correlate closely with wage spend.
Its not statistical variance or something like that.Leicester city finished 1st last year and is near the bottom this time around . now that is statistical variance , a one off. In Tottenham’s case they did the same thing last year too. They finished 3rd ahead of all those heavy Spenders. Thateans it is clearly not statistical variancem And for the people who are arguing Tottenham have never finished ahead of arsenal , you are living in the past. The transformation pochettino did during his three year reign at Tottenham is similar to what Wenger did at arsenal when he… Read more »
“The transformation pochettino did during his three year reign at Tottenham is similar to what Wenger did at arsenal when he was our manager.” – Thats BS
No trophy in 9yrs! when Wenger took over arsenal we won the double.
Living in the past? you made a statement that is not accurate, until they finish above us and win some thing, how can you say they have been better? our last trophy was 2015
As I said, last season was an aberration. Leicester City won the title with the third lowest points total in EPL history. Spurs finished ahead of Chelsea (who suffered a bizarre capitulation; no team has ever defended the league title as badly as Chelsea did until Leicester this season), Manchester City and United who both who sacked their coaches at the end of the season and Liverpool who sacked their coach mid-season. They finished below the only top six side that had any consistency (us). Pochettino has done some fairly remarkable things at Spurs, but unless they invest sensibly in… Read more »
Yes we’re 4th in the wage spend table but Chelsea are third and have a 10 point league at the top of the table. Being 4th wage spend wise isn’t an excuse not to challenge, actually looking at those figures they are close enough at the top for it to be reasonable for any of those top four to challenge, the disparity is not enough to make a huge difference unlike in some other leagues. Going off wage spends and that table, probability wise you would expect Arsenal to have challenged for at least a few league titles over the… Read more »
We have had many title challenges over13 seasons! Been top at Christmas many times , then problem same as this year injuries to midfielders in February and March. The difference bathos year is that we have list creative midfielders goal cresting midfielders in ozil, santi ( Thomas rosisky not replaced and jack on loan ) , where as in other seasons it was holding midfielders we had out injuries.
A title challenge is being in amongst it come the end of the season, not at christmas!
“Being 4th wage spend wise isn’t an excuse not to challenge” – You’re right, I absolutely agree, we ought to be challenging, and in that sense I’m disappointed with how the season is panning out. “actually looking at those figures they are close enough at the top for it to be reasonable for any of those top four to challenge” – I don’t think you actually looked at those figures, more than a cursory glance. Chelsea’s wage spend is 109% that of Arsenal’s. That means an additional 9% of Arsenal’s wage spend is being spent at Chelsea. 9% of £200… Read more »
Damn, I’m with you Arsene. In heaven or hell. No matter what they say. Call me deluded call me naive but sunday i had a very serious car crash in which people could be easily killed and after that experience I look from different point of view and i’m amazed how hysterical we became. Yes, change is needed but I choose to trust the man one more time.
Nobody ignores the importance of life, health, family vs being football fans. Very very happy nothing bad happened to you.
Thank you mate. I really apreciate that. We as fans should stand up for each other. I can disagree with many of us about manager and other things but never forget that we are part of one big Arsenal family and it means a LOT to me and my kids.
But this is what you guys were saying 2 years ago. To give him another chance with finally a war chest and one of the most expensive squads in the world. But it’s getting worse not better (keeping the analogies of the team 3 years ago)… Another chance of what? Lack of tactics? Lack of bloody passion? The “response” we never see anymore? Don’t know why he can’t motivate his players anymore but nothing will change. Extending his contract UNTIL he leaves on a high is not the solution…
I’m with you, this is the same type of hysteria that brought us brexit,trump and all sorts of incompetent people in governments around the world.
The BOSS! Sign for goodness sake! Let’s sit tight and watch the show. To much suspense! ? I CAN’T TAKE IT
Please explain why you think him signing is a good idea.
I feel Arsenal are not ready. He can’t be manager forever! I don’t see Stan Kronke as a football man! Arsenal are just an investment. If the club drops in value he will sell it off as a bad investment. Wenger being kicked out just because the media don’t like him is not sensible. They will be satisfied and also move on. Even the Wengerout out fans will be off if the club collapses. That’s my opinion.
“Wenger being kicked out just because the media don’t like him is not sensible.” – I think you will find that more than a decade without challenging for the EPL, and never winning the UCL is not media propaganda. Sooner or later everyone is accountable. Lets not even talk about 7 years without even getting into the QFs. Also what is the hate on Kroenke about from the Wenger In camp. The Wenger in Camp hates Kroenke for not caring more, but if he cared more the first thing he would have done was to get rid of Wenger. So… Read more »
The loudest person is not always correct!
There is no Wenger in camp just Arsenal fans that have pride in the club. It is disrespectful what does fans that labeled themselves Wengerout! Are doing! It’s embarrassing to the manager of the club, the club itself and the fans and distracting to young and foreign player . It’s easy to talk when it’s not you responsible.
What is this, the ‘write down a random proverb’ session?
It will do you good to stop reading the metro for a while! OH WISE ONE! ?
He who laughs last catches the Monkey
“It’s embarrassing to the manager of the club,” –
Sorry but I don’t agree that holding a manager accountable for failure to even challenge for the League for over a decade is disrespectful or embarrassing.
What is embarrassing is that Wenger is angling for another multi-million $$$ contract without having delivered any major silverware in decades.
Maybe you should be manager! You seem to know better. Oh….wait what are your coaching qualifications again?!
Haha what a lame attempt at a strawman deflection.
I don’t need coaching qualifications to know that under Wenger Arsenal have not challenged for the title over more than a decade and are on a downward spiral.
You are vindictive young man! Don’t be scared, Wenger has a better idea of managing a club and running it better than you will ever….EVER know. Don’t quit your day job.
You are entering delusional territory
sorry but why are you calling him deluded? he is basically asking you to respect the history of Arsene in this football club and not to judge him or attack him like them classless cretins in tv panels and the sun/metro . I believe the manager has offered you an Arsenal the last 20 years that you should fight for and not turn against him….but thats just me…. to use the decade the club was repaying its stadium to complain about not ‘winning the title in a decade’ is extremely ignorant and indicative of your lack of realism of the… Read more »
the only reason he is not announcing that he is staying is because both the club and wenger knows if they announce it right now almost all the fans will turn againt them . they are just waiting for the right time to announce it , like a top four finish or stretch of good run of games . if you ask me he has signed that thing already.
to be honest I don’t think any time is a good time to announce it at this point? I mean. What happens if we finish outside the top four and get kicked out of the FA Cup? It’s as possible, if not more so, than finishing in the Top 4 so, when is the right time to announce it if that happens?
Grrrr…….this guy
Why is he unable to get the best out of seemingly better (on paper) and expensive players than few years ago
Notice how yesterday how quick he was to deny the PSG approach on Bein.
…but is not denying the bigger stories claiming he signed the extension.
Like the terminator, he’ll be back. Problem is I don’t think Sanchez or Ozil will be. Going to be more difficult going forward to attract top talent and be successful.
I realize it’s probably not so feasible in 2017, but I’d quite like to go back to signing players no one had ever heard of, who then blew the doors down.
Really? how do any other teams (Stoke, West Ham, Spurs ffs) sign players? As for Ozil and Sanchez you know nothing yet. I get the feeling a lot of fans want to be miserable, to see us fail just to say I told you so. The self fulfilling prophecy in it’s truest form.
You’re right, it’s not a done deal yet but ask yourself why would they stay in this climate? Sanchez wants to win and visibly frustrated more and more each game. Ozil has a bad game and is the scapegoat, it’s no wonder his confidence is gone.
Even as a massive fan of Arsene, avoiding the big question is infuriating. Props to him for standing in front of a camera when no-one else will but what does the club gain by hiding and waiting? They can’t really just hope this will all die down, with all the twitter analytics they get up to there’s no hiding the mood at the moment. There must be major wrangling inside the club that we don’t know about
To be fair, I could have done that interview and come up with pretty much everything he said there. We’ve heard it all before many many times.
This is the worst way to do this. Nobody is pleased this way. If you’re staying, say so. If you’re leaving, say so so the club can work out what they’re doing. If you don’t know, then say that. A decision needs to be made now but we’re likely going to fuck this up like we do with every transfer we’ve done for the last five years. I can picture Bould as interim manager on day 1 next season and us getting pasted 5-0 by Huddersfield or the whole transfer window coming down to Wenger being like a new signing.… Read more »
Eergh! He’s staying…
Please stop Arsene.
“My job is to produce, and let the people judge.”
This statement is clearly for the bantz innit
More spin from the king of spin. He loves to make excuses and put us in the same boat as other teams.
The difference with Liverpool is yhey have sacked many managers even the legendary Kenny Dawlish in order to achieve higher.
This is what Wenger does, deflect. Nobody is questioning hospital commitment. He’s just not an elite Manager anymore.
and Liverpool have won how many titles…?
18 to be exact – which is three more than arsenal. but you’re not counting first division are you?
Nil, in case you didn’t know 😉
And how many times they played in europe to our 20 year constantly playing in europe even with shit players like chamakh,denilson, squlaci almunia etc. They didnt qulified even for europe in the last 2 years. Honestly i would be more davasted to be liverpoll fan now tha arsenal, They spend momey every year like city chelsea and utd they spent 35 on caroll etc and this year they have tbe best squad bo europe and they ara far from chelasea as we are and at the end the well maybe behind us we who played 4 competions with injuries… Read more »
Yeah 20 years constantly playing in Europe yet they’ve won the champions league in that time and we’ve never won it. Yeah Liverpool haven’t been doing so well recently but at least they’ve been trying to rectify it.
how are they trying to rectify? by coming 7th?
or do you mean istanbul? dont forget liverpool has heavier jersey than arsenal’s historically…had 4 before istanbul…plus milan committed suicide.
i agree with the person above…they have no europe , out of cups from xmas and 13 points behind ….. and people are drooling? heh…
If Liverpool had the run the last 20 seasons that Arsenal has had they be at least the 2nd biggest club in the Prem if not the biggest because they can talk about their legit history previous to 1996. Since they didn’t have that run they are probably the 5th biggest and even lower on the chain throughout Europe and the World.
He will destroy our club before leaving. The man is selfish. Arsenal is very predictable now because of him. The team collapse February/March every season. Highest CL performance is at the quarter final level.
If he stays life will be more difficult for him. He won’t get full cooperation from the fans.
He didn’t really speak about what’s happening at the club, did he? He just said the same thing he’s been saying for, like, 5 years.
He definitely managed to get the best out of the team when it was below par but not so much now. If this season is him getting the best out of the team we have then I would love to see him getting the worst out! *shudder*
What I’d like to know is…If he knows what he’s doing, why do he and the club think they have the right to keep it from us? I mean, fuck the what
Lets take a step back and have some perspective, why don’t we Arsene?
1. Worst european result by an English club ever!
2. Worst run of results for 22 years (at least then we didn’t even have a permanent manager)
3. Worst run of away results in the league for over 40 years
Be a man Wenger and the some responsibility, you’ve been manager for 20 years!!
My news is no news.
That’s where the interview shudv ended.
Everything else we’ve heard a million times.
Its sad,most of it he’s saying is true and we know it. Maybe we are the stupid ones??
Anyone notice that he’s measuring the success of this season exactly the same as he did in 2013? The year Ramsey had a monster start propelling us to the top of the table, then got injured leading us to collapse without him from January-onwards. Bayern knocked us out of the Champions League and Wenger was under huge amounts of pressure. But we were still in the FA Cup, and he said “judge me at the end of the season”. But back then we hadn’t won anything at all since Vieira’s penalty won the cup in 2005. How is it possible… Read more »
He said he always got the best out of the team during the stadium building years and it’s hard to disagree with that. But surely he can’t mean that he’s getting the best of the team this season (or the last, or the one before that…)?
I wish someone would ask him why the team is performing worse now, to what extent he is accountable and what he plans to do to fix it. I honestly don’t think he has the answers or even agrees with the questions.
If Wenger does stay for the 2 year contract which if you look at the previous comments from him on previous contracts its a done deal, i think for health reasons i will not attend any more games i just cant see him changing anything in 10 years he has gone away from a spine in the team which all teams that have won the league and been consistent had, this style of light weight tippy tappy play always verges on the side of brillaint or dog shit and for my liking too much dog shit now for 10 years… Read more »
People say he is not motivated by money but then how do you explain this interview? He surely doesnt enjoy giving these crap interviews and its not like he said anything he hasnt already in 9000 press conferences?
It’s being reported elsewhere that he also addressed the contract situation with sanchez and ozil during this interview and all negotiations are off until the summer that’s leaving it very late if replacements need to be brought in.
any manager who demands that the fans be happy with fourth place because “the job is tough and only one team can win” needs to go, immediately.
I hate that ‘only one team can win’ excuse. Yeah only one team can win each season but he’s had 13 seasons, thats 13 opportunities to win it and we haven’t taken one, we’ve only even properly challenged once in that time!
1995 / 1996 we finished 5 and 19 points behind the winners (Man U).
Currently we are 6th and 19 points behind the leaders.
If there is anyone we should get out it is Mr Kroneke and the board.
Wenger case should be “abo aba” in my local dialect meaning to be re-visited
Just a joke of a club. “I have made my decision…” Well so have a lot of people about this club Arsenal. We’re a laughing stock. A good board would never have invested so much power onto one man. The only light we have had in recent times was the signings of Ozil and Sanchez.. that’s why it’s so painful to see them go. Have no doubt Wenger will stay because he has charged himself to fix the mess he’s created with the boards naive blessings. Only he no longer has the tools to do so. We will only see… Read more »
I dont like his perspective about winning a league, it looks like he has no hunger for glory and it seems he thinks winning a league is like a lottery, if you win then you happy, if you dont then no problem, there are 19 others team that also fail. It just confirms us that for him, it’s not about being the best, but not being the worst. In my opinion that’s mediocre mentality, is Arsenal become a mediocre club now? Maybe the boards should announce it to the fans that WE ARE MEDIOCRE CLUB NOW, DONT EXPECT US TO… Read more »
yep, he’s staying no matter what.
Just about the only manager making real money in that league.He knows, Kroenke knows and so should we. New contract. If you also take a step back we are not doing any worse than the rest of the top 6 bar champions elect Chelsea…it does hurt though, truly does.
I know this will not be a popular opinion but, Right now I hate Wenger. Like a guy who was in love with a girl for a long time and she cheated on him. Sure He will cherish the memories he had with her later but right now he hates her guts. I am sure i will be smiling thinking about the Invincibles and I will be forever grateful but Right now I hate him.
“My job is not to judge, my job is to produce, and let other people judge.” – Wenger
Only problem is that you haven’t produced for a long while now and people are judging now.
He’s become a complete narcissist hasn’t he, he says he has Arsenal at heart but i really don’t see that anymore, all this constant teasing, i’ll tell what i’m doing later, it’s all about him, a complete power trip. They say absolute power corrupts absolutely… there you go!
Demanding would be saying ‘if you don’t win us the league then we want you gone!”. What’s not demanding is expecting the players we have to at least display some evidence they’re following a set of instructions. Taking away the crap results, we’re just dire to watch. And whatever the media might have non-arsenal fans believe, we’ve not played attractive football consistently for a good couple of years now. Saw an interesting tweet the other day. Went something like; “all managers think they can turn a crisis around until they’re fired”. A worrying sentiment given the way things are unfolding… Read more »
The usual non-committal waffle. I really like the guy but it’s starting to feel disrespectful every time he talks like this. Don’t insult our intelligence.
It’s like a politician dodging giving an answer to straight forward question.
‘Have you decided on your future and how long you will be at the club?’
‘The time I am here doesn’t really matter, because no matter how long I am here I will give it my best’
What. The. Fuck.
Am I bothered! Am I bothered though! Bothered! Am I ! Bothered! Bovered!
A question to blogs and all other like minded fans who believe we need a new manager but won’t protest or kick up any fuss, what does sitting back and doing nothing achieve for our club?
Doing nothing will simply allow wenger to sign another contract and another 2 years of this tripe ahead. Alot of people believed Wenger would know it’s time and do what’s needed for the club( myself included) but let’s face it he either doesn’t give a fuck about anyone but himself or he’s delusional.
Action is needed
I agree the fans who feel Wenger needs to go, should be more proactive. However I feel that Wenger will sign a new contract regardless. Its more or less a done deal and they are just waiting for a right result to announce it.
If Arsenal beat City after the break, then it will be announced after that game for sure. Arsenal may not get a better opportunity. All that needs to be seen is one or two years deal.
Arsenal will not beat city mate. City play real attacking football.
Wenger will play long ball and counter which requires the players to play as team off the ball. I remember a couple of times we have done it, not happening now though.
Now he’s just trolling
I’ll take your word for that mate…:-)
Some fans are a joke with these banners. Classless. Granted we should hold the club and Arsene to a higher standard, as I have mentioned repeatedly, 4th place MINIMUM finish is an extremely high standard to achieve over the course of two decades UNINTERRUPTED. Try asking Spurts to do that. Liverpool who the media will tout as a big club have not won the title in a QUARTER of a century despite managerial merry go round as prescribed and genius football managers. City if they don’t win the CL or FA cannot be deemed successful given spend and the genius… Read more »
Spot on Santori
The way Arsenal FC is run is just wrong. Arsene is not answerable. He is not even telling what he is going to do. What does this mean? It’s like the fans mean nothing to him, only his pride matters.
Wenger’s comments about Arsenal is just plain disrespectful.
I swear I have been loving this man for long but arsenal will never win champion with this mentality of Wenger even this fa we can not. I wish that things could be changed from the manager and that the board could change mind and fight for winning trophies. Otherwise with arsenal we are going to as blackpool
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For me Wenger need to stay and show to the whole universe of football that he has done it. You know simetimes people dont realise that we are not having a bad season season compared to lfc because ne are heading at least to a semi. All these shit started brcause if this fellow sanchez and people should open theie eyes and see that. He had problems with the training staffs and players. He put the pressure on arsene and the team on the fellow contract problem. He is not delivering the ouput. He is to be blamed. He divided… Read more »
“How long I stay doesn’t really matter”
It fucking matters if we are shit and keep losing games and that you think Walcott is a good footballer!!!!!
Call me cynical or in very bad taste, but expect the announcement of the new contract tomorrow – with the attack in London it would be a perfect day to get it out there.
So no matter where Arsenal finish, how many games we lose he’ll never leave and he won’t retire because that’s how obsessed he is with football.
It’s painful what’s happening with my club and how helpless I am.
we need a new voice around the club and as wengers is the loudest voice within the club – time to walk
wenger has always moved on players when he felt their time had gone for them (and many of those are the club legends) – look in the mirror monsieur and book your ticket for PSG
thanks for the early memories
“How long I stay doesn’t really matter because as long as I’m there I’m focused to achieve what’s best for the club.” Does he listen to himself speak? For a guy I respect so much, this is really sad. The other obvious thing is that not everyone is infuriated with frustration when their team does not win the Championship. If we challenged all the way till the final few weeks and were pipped on the line it would be disappointing to me, but nonetheless acceptable. Having our arses handed to us by every single March in the Champions League and… Read more »
A typo. “For all he tries NOT to fan”