'Arsene Wenger sacked'- YOUR reaction

Details: Written by Barnaby Merrill; Published: Sunday, 25 November 2012 10:22

Late last night and earlier this morning a rumour popped up that Arsene Wenger had been sacked. It wasn't widespread, but it was enough to get a few people talking.

I awoke from my slumber to see people doing this very thing. Though my mind was clouded with sleep and yesterday's 'incredible' display of attacking football at Villa Park, it didn't take much thought to realise this was a stinker.

But there was the time in between...

Unfair

Arsene Wenger has done so much for Arsenal that he doesn't deserve to be sacked and unceremoniously booted out of the door. Whatever your feelings are regarding his continued employment, he deserves respect for taking a successful but stagnant club from North London and making them one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Just three days ago Arsenal agreed a 150m sponsorship deal with Emirates, putting them among the Real Madrid’s of this world in terms of corporate revenue.

You wouldn't see David Moyes' Everton getting a deal like that.

But football isn't all about the money, it's about results, and they've not been good enough! True, but Wenger isn't happy. He was heard clearly swearing at his players yesterday, and bit back at journalists questioning his decisions, by asking 'why must I convince you I know how to manage a team'?

Something a lot of fans forget as well. Chanting 'you don't know what you're doing' at him is reactionary and disrespectful. As is the abuse he gets. When Wenger goes it should be in his own terms and with full respect of all Gooners, not half the fans muttering "good riddance, senile old fool". He's much younger than Fergie, he's not senile.

Ruined

Arsenal have a lot of problems, and those have massively impaired the club. Without Wenger somehow keeping us in the Champions League, we'd be Liverpool, essentially.

When I first read the 'Wenger Sacked' headline I thought about replacements. Pep Guardiola, the WOB manager of choice, isn't available till summer and has many richer clubs available to him.

Jurgen Klopp is flying high with Dortmund, why would he want to go? As ever, the only other name was David Moyes, who hasn't won a trophy for ten years and operates under similar conditions to Arsene.

I thought we wanted to improve? With the new money coming in, the last thing Arsenal need is a manager who bases himself on being a frugal operator.

Moyes' best feature is the continuity in his sides, and Arsenal lack that. Essentially, any manager I could think of, they either weren't available or weren't good enough.

Arsene Wenger is the only person for the job right now. Right now is the Champion's league qualification and the cup runs, the 'mediocrity' as some call it.

In 2013 and 2014 we have money to burn, which Wenger won't do. Perhaps he won't be the man for the job then.

Judging by how sick he is of being let down and eviscerated by the media, who now make up stories about his being sacked, I don't think he'll want to be the man for the job then. His career will end in disappointment. Which is such a shame.

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#44 Pariyo 2012-12-12 13:55

Wenger should style up, otherwise the current squad is better than the one of last season so he is the problem

+1 #43 Adam 2012-12-11 17:32

The people who would prefer Guardiola have no clue about football. Then there's Mourinho and Fergie, and they wont come to Arsenal. So that leaves.... no one. Wenger didnt bung anyone to get FIFA Manager of the decade. He won it because he is doing the best job possible, and even better than nearly everyone expected last season. You need your brain tested if you want Wenger out.

+1 #42 seeco 2012-12-09 21:11

Arsenal can't compete realistically with the big money clubs. That they have done so for so long is a miracle in itself.
The only managers in top-level world football that have been more successful than Arsene have done so with significantly more resources.
I wouldn't hate to see Guardiola or Mourinho take over one day, but until/unless we have the type of money they require to build successful teams, they'd only fail.
Until that time comes, I'm in no doubt that we have the best man in world football for the job.

#41 Rodger 2012-12-02 16:03

I love Wenger. He did great jobs for the club in the past but of recent has connived with the owners to deny us silverware. Money and qualification for CL is their trophy. Eight years? O my beloved Arsenal! What more can we say? Let him step aside. Enough is enough. We want our Arsenal back.

#40 M 2012-11-29 11:24

I watches every single games of Arsenal. But lately, I'm sad because we lost 2 points. As example, against Fulham, Aston Villa and Everton. Another example, against Hotspur. What happened if Adebayor didn't receive a red card? 15 minutes of the first half, Hotspur keep pressure Arsenal's defenders. What I want to say is, we have a quality player. A world class player such as Podolski, Cazorla, Theo, Arteta. But sometimes we can't scores. We lead and let the other teams comeback. In Arsene, I trust. Nowadays some fans keep judging about Wenger's tactics. Yes, lately Arsenal show a poor performances but I know Arsenal always make a suprise. Just an opinion for me, for the player position. Podolski supposed to be play as Midfielder, Walcott as CMD. It is a better position for both of them to create a chances. Honestly, I don't like some of Arsenal's player such as Santos and Ramsey. We need a replacement. Adam Kemp says "Wenger is turning Arsenal into new Liverpool". As a die hard Arsenal fans, no it absolutely not. Wenger keep try his best. To be at top 4 at this season, we need to support Wenger. I hope next matches Arsenal show they best. Good luck. No matter what we need to win a trophy :')

#39 In ARSENE I trust 2012-11-29 02:49

I commend those that are talking sense...some *** wants wants us to spend €35 million on Marco reus....the epl is not the German league...yes I believe reus is quality but he is €20 million at best...his teammate gotze is worth that €35 million...but here is a math lesson for u egits..if Chelsea spends £80 million and just sacked their manager and the new manager is quite in the dark, and they(Chelsea) are on the verge of champions league exodus, with players like hazard , mata and Oscar...does that mean buying big names to satisfy brainless fans win trophies? Your assignment class is to research Chelsea and get back to me...include how hazard is killing the league and is sooo great...and don't forget to add how drogba's release was the reason for Chelsea's fine form and Torres bagging up the goals...

-2 #38 nbfm 2012-11-28 09:10

Fans should respect Wenger,He need to strengthen the teams weekpoints - the goalkeeper.

+3 #37 Chukwuma 2012-11-27 10:48

It's not longer about not having money to spend or the board doing this or that. Wenger has repeatedly made wrong decision which have cost us.
1.Playing players out of position,
2. Not making the needed changes during games, when they are needed
3. Wasting Arsenal's money by giving the likes of Squillaci, Djourou high wages
4. Always trying to stick to his ways even when it's obvious they are not working
5. Zonal Marking
6. Not being able to motivate his players to do anything meaningful (he couldn't even inspire them to beat Birmingham at the FA cup final 2 years ago
7. Not winning anything for 8 years.
His crimes are staggering and he has clearly lost the plot. It's time for change!

+2 #36 Popcorn 2012-11-26 10:33

Arsene still deserves our faith, He knows what he is doing and he is doing it well. This current crop whilst having a few week links is just a few strong links short of a trophy winning club.
My christmas wish list:

M'villa - We need a CDM who will stay and boss the defence.

Falcao( dreaming) - Buy him change formation 2 up font = Title!

-1 #35 Matindike 2012-11-26 09:57

Wenger is a good coach but management must takeover some powers like wages and buying players he is old

#34 Matino, Ilorin 2012-11-26 09:00

So far so good, Arsene Wenger has really done good job but when a manager begin to lose the trust of. The fans, one tends to question what is going on. Arsenal as a team has nt been playing the kind of attacking football we knw them of but who is to take blame nt than the manager. Wenger still one of the best manager in the world so far so let be patience. UP GUNNERS.

-1 #33 kubai 2012-11-26 08:33

now that wenger is our most successful manager, and he has to go some day, does that mean we don't have a future? at some day he has to go and we hope to continue being successful. tht time is now. pls wenger and the board give the club to others who are the future of arsenal.

-4 #32 stuart 2012-11-26 07:44

Quoting pistolpete:

It is not the boards fault that we lose games, it's Wenger that buys players, picks the team, and comes up with tactics. His problem is he is to loyal to he palyers and thats why he feels to bad to drop them or replace them with a better player. It is plain and simple, nothing will changewith wenger in charge. Yes he has done well in the first 7 years but he has not justfied his 7 million a year wage. To be honest he never looks like he is enjoying himself anyway, so the best thing for wenger is a fresh start somewhere esle where he can have one final club that has money . Best for both parties. We have spent 150 million in the last 2 seasons

I would argue he has met the boards requirements just not the fans

+3 #31 The BearMan 2012-11-26 07:23

With a cap on players wages we would never be able to attract Class Players. Even if one or two move to Arsenal, you know for certain it will not be long before they become a turncoat.

Where Wenger fall down is in conceding defeat a few months in the season. Where is the fighting spirit? Players tuning into that will loose courage.

More work is needed in the end result. Attractive football looks great, but the end result must count!

#30 kayone 2012-11-26 06:36

@James were do you want Arsenal to get 35 million pounds to buy a single player? Don't you get it, Asenal dnt hv such money.or do you think wenger don't like good player or don't like to have them but no enough financial power, afterall, wenger bought wiltord at that largre amount that year and so on.

-2 #29 kayone 2012-11-26 06:31

To me, wenger is doing his best for the klub and we should allow him emulate ferguson success and do that for Arsenal, if u belief Arsenal has a bright future please qoute me. Man u became successful today cos dey got big income from big stadium and large sitting capacity and that's what Asene have archieve in Emirate. In a short time like the new Emirate deal will make a lot of fund available for wenger to buy player that can help his team tactics work and at thesame time pay good wages to attract good players. Why Arsene is having probs now is because of Arsenals poor financial status, we can see what money can do in football when we look at mancity and man u. Pls GIVE WENGER HIS FAIR TIME.

+1 #28 kayone 2012-11-26 06:19

Some people just watch Arsenal match necause its entertaining and some people don't really follow the team, we won't know how much wenger has done for Arsenal until he goes away and people like goudiola is brought in and we borrow money for him to buy players and still incure dept and win nothing before we knw how worthy wenger is, the problem is that, Arsenal has no large transfer budget like other big clubs and wenger advice us not to borrow huge loan to run the klub cos it does not gaurantee trophies and we might not be able to service it adequatly and it might run the klub down. For me in the nxt two years those people calling for wenger's sack will be the one to hold the banner "IN ARSENE WE TRUST"

+2 #27 pistolpete 2012-11-26 04:46

It is not the boards fault that we lose games, it's Wenger that buys players, picks the team, and comes up with tactics. His problem is he is to loyal to he palyers and thats why he feels to bad to drop them or replace them with a better player. It is plain and simple, nothing will changewith wenger in charge. Yes he has done well in the first 7 years but he has not justfied his 7 million a year wage. To be honest he never looks like he is enjoying himself anyway, so the best thing for wenger is a fresh start somewhere esle where he can have one final club that has money . Best for both parties. We have spent 150 million in the last 2 seasons

+4 #26 James 2012-11-26 02:32

Acquire Marco Reuss in 2013. The €35 million buyout clause is fine when looking at the tremendous all-around skill Reuss possesses. He is an experienced power forward, proven goal scorer and lifts a teams spirit in unique fashion even being only 22 1/2 years old. A true super star in the making!

+2 #25 Danny 2012-11-26 00:22

Let's be brutally frank. Measured against the last 5 years,Wenger could have been axed at any other top English /Euro club.This is despite leading the gunners to cl ko the last 14/15 years.
The problem with him is his arrogance. he thinks he can do no wrong just like an autocrat/dictator.I' m afarid his head in the sand policy is costing the gunners dearly.
It's plainly obvious the present senior team doesn't measure up against the top teams or even aginst Everton/Albion.
If the gunners can't challenge by April,he should be off. Arsenal must not allow him the luxury of deciding his own departure date.

+2 #24 alex 2012-11-25 15:39

It's a shame that we sell a world class player and replace them, every year there's new faces players don't know each other you think teams can just be great in a year? Hell no! When I was a kid I played for a club 1st,2nd and 3rd season we were losing almost every game 4th and 5th season we where the best..it takes years to gel a team and to make success. Look at the core of our glory days. How many years did those key players stay at arsenal viera henry Adams keown pires seaman ljunberg teams had lost the games to us by looking at the starting line up. Where consistent on the record but proberly the most inconsistent team players. We have everything we do have some of the best players in the world . Just give them there money and keep the team the same. Personally ill re-New almost every players contract and force them together for the next 5 year's! Lets hope we can keep this team for many years cause if we don't expect most of the same.

+12 #23 kay 2012-11-25 14:34

It is very sad that Wenger gets to endure this misery, first players he invests in and now fans or that what they call themselves. Results haven't been great but what we need to realise is what the board realised a while back, dt to compete in todays world u need money, unfortunately the road to making money meant getting a new stadium, lowering your ambitions a little by caping wage and thereby limiting access to talent, hence the decision to grow talent. We're not always going to be also rans, but let's face it, Wenger has been fantastic with the constant chopping and changin he's had to endure, anyone remember y Mourinho lost his job, cos he question the owners investment in the club, same with Rafa. Wenger has got on with, established a pattern of play dt has kept us in the top four for a loooong time. We will return to those days but we must allow the club navigate back in a reasonable way, even countries fail when spending has no relation with revenue. I totally support Wenger, I think he suffers a lot more than d fans do, at least I haven't seen any fan who is aging at the pace at which he is. Oh and for those that say he is senile, they clearly must be retarded as they have no idea what the word means.

+5 #22 gooner!! 2012-11-25 14:03

i always respect wenger, i love wenger and i really love our club. but i have to say, wenger is not manager he was, he lost his edge. the board really do think coming 4th is like winning a trophy!! maybe wenger should be replaced by pep or klopp and wenger as arsenal sporting director.

+4 #21 Phillip 2012-11-25 13:54

All who seek the exit of Arsene Wenger don't know what they are saying or what the want.If Wenger leave today He his going to get another job immediately.but Arsenal club will now look like CHELSEA FC and other fc who has no Foundation. Since David Dein left the team, Wenger has no backup.Cant you think,the boar are only after their own investment.Manager can only keep his job by keeping to the other given to him by the Business Board members.Pls! leave Arsene alone.

-5 #20 Sam 2012-11-25 13:24

arsene wenger is our best ever manager without question, but i do question his desire now does he still have it in him to win us trophies...the answer is no. i think if nothing is won this season then it will be his last. need some fresh blood in there, but i echo again he is our best ever manager

#19 Peltonboy 2012-11-25 13:14

In the past Arsene Wenger has been a very good manager for us, however all good things come to an end and he appears to have lost the plot. Possibly he is lacking support in the Boardroom. Kroenke and Gazidis are not Arsenal supporters, they are businessmen pure and simple and if a higher paid job came up Gazidis would leave in an instant. It is no coincidence that Arsenal's lack of success coincided with David Dein's departure. Action is urgently needed and a seat on the Board for Usmanov would be a step in the right direction

-6 #18 Wendy Grindle 2012-11-25 12:59

Wenger will never be sacked as long as the money is rolling in; his financial wizardry is too valuable to the board. He is loyal and honest about his goals (we owe him respect for that). However,unfortunatel y,his aspirations conflict with those of most fans. The longer we stay in the CL, which we are not good enough to win, we will sacrifice domestic trophies. Wenger's worst fault is stubbornness. Change the wage structure so we can offload overpaid dead wood and pay our key players more and we might see a miraculous change. Selling RVP to our rivals was hard to swallow. Love him or hate him, we are stuck with him, so let's get behind him and hope one day he will wake up and smell the coffee.

-7 #17 north bank upper 2012-11-25 12:57

Anyone in the UK? Go to the games?

Inflated views if yourselves... Where has our arsenal gone - guessing under 100 people will show.

+12 #16 dboy 2012-11-25 12:08

An Arsenal fan group, Where Has Our Arsenal Gone? are planning a demonstration before the Gunners' clash with Swansea City on December 1, against a perceived lack of action from the club's board.

Supporters will demand that minority shareholder Alisher Usmanov be given a seat on the board and a change Arsenal’s ticketing policy which sees them offer the most expensive season ticket in the country at £1,955.
Other issues to be raised include player wages and contracts, while they are also set to demand to know who decides which players are brought into the club. Why is Arsene Wenger not taken to task on poor performances etc.Who is responsible for poor depth in the team? Who is responsible for poor team selection? Who is responsible for Motivating the team?

“We’ve been sold the future for five years now, that tomorrow we’ll arrive at the promised land,” group spokesperson Marc Harold told The London Evening Standard.
“We aren’t labelling it as a protest march, although we are demanding changes at boardroom level. The board has lost focus, is complacent and insular, feeling all is rosy at Arsenal when it most certainly isn’t.

“We have done this before [in May 2011] and the turnout was a few hundred. I’d safely say that number will be quite a bit bigger this time.”

A tense club AGM was held last month that saw manager Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis grilled on the club's matchday pricing and lack of success on the pitch.

+1 #15 maxi 2012-11-25 12:03

Senselessness so called some gooners, without vision ur wish/prayer will heard one day. wenger deserves respect. when arsenal lost to norwich some we saying we were nt suppose to be beaten nobody is immune to defeat just man u lost just last week bt man u fans did moan like some stupid arsenal fan. u have seen many clubs changing without any success. leave arsene alone mother ***ers.

-3 #14 OLANREWAJU 2012-11-25 11:51

when i said 'wenger' has old, some people may think i don't know what i'm saying, but let us look, the man keep ramsey & loan away denilson, he need striker he loan away bentner, he need centre defender & he can't sign £10.3m samba last summer, see i have many example but let be realistic, an old man can't manage our club any more, i mean he is a old man not by age, we need our unbeatable gunner back.

#13 Steve. 2012-11-25 11:51

"Arsene Wenger Sacked" if that was only true,it would have made my day,and thousands more like me.the man hasn't got
a clue,he couldn't run a raffle never mind a football club,They say Wengers got problems at Arsenal,the only problems
Wengers got,are the highly paid one's he brought in at £50-60,000 a week,and there's a lot of them. "WENGER OUT".

+1 #12 Adesoji Adekunle 2012-11-25 11:43

Its not all about entertaining soccer but managerial skill also. If not for Wenger, Arsenals FC can not remain among the best four UN the EPL of today. I wonder if the lines of Liverpool had got person of Wenger's calibre, what they will be today. With the little resources available in his dispoal he has held the club to high esteem to date, KUDOS to Wenger. Is it because of the fund available now that you want him to be sacked just for somebody from no where to come in and squander. Wenger ought to be given due respect to be sincere. He isn't senile but his detractors don't know what is good. Up gunners.

-2 #11 OLANREWAJU 2012-11-25 11:15

please sack this manager & and get us an ambitious one like Pep

+9 #10 jesus casanova 2012-11-25 11:15

I agree but I hope now that there is money to spend that he will spend it wisely and not just throw it at anybody. we absolutely need a goalkeeper, a left-back, a holding midfielder and a striker. Chamakh and Arshavin will both be leaving in January so there'll be even more money available to him. personally I would love to see him buy Pepe Reina, Bastos, Fellaini and Huntelaar or Cavani.

+6 #9 BigL 2012-11-25 11:14

We have this every year. Come May, you'll be saying 'Let's see what he does in the transfer window'. Then it will be 'let the team gel' followed by 'he'll fix it in January' and throw in a 'judge him in may'

It's a pointless argument. History has repeated itself for 7 years. Some people are too blind to see it.

+1 #8 dd 2012-11-25 11:12

Wenger please tell the truth and say the problems come from stan kroneke, ivan and peter dead wood

+4 #7 SurreyGunner 2012-11-25 11:12

FFS start to breath slowly in out in out in out repeat about 50 times. We draw and its Wenger out. Lets act with dignity and respect. Every one knows the position Arsenal is in and the reasons. Lets just stop lurching from boom to bust.

+5 #6 gooner53 2012-11-25 11:08

He is the best thing that has ever happened to our club, be carefull what you wish for, not another manger on the planet could have done what he has done for arsenal F.C. now get off his back.

+3 #5 Power Ranger 2012-11-25 11:00

Mr. Arsene, please spend the $ b4 you get sack...Arsenal forever

-2 #4 Anthony 2012-11-25 10:59

Yup, he should go as he is not utilizing the full strength and capability of the team and players. Too many draws won't win any trophy...

-2 #3 visionary 2012-11-25 10:52

great news,7 million for a j league manager?

-4 #2 red 2012-11-25 10:50

Goodbye and thanks for the memories !

+11 #1 Dan 2012-11-25 10:44

His career will end in disappointment because the second part of his time at Arsenal, the 'Emirates era' if you like, has been a big let down. He has to take a share of the blame for this along with the fools on the board who sold their shares to Kroenke rather than Usmanov.

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