That's all very well to sing, but who would we replace him with?
Why is this always the excuse to keep him? It's rarely "We already have a great manager why do we need to get rid of him?" or "Just stick with him and things will turn round".
The "Who would replace him?" excuse is an admission to the fact that said person WANTS to get rid of him but just can't think of anybody better @ the moment, my right?
We have won nothing for seven years...and will probably not make it to the top four this season. So any decent manager who has won the champions league and a league title will do (Fabio Capello? Gus Hiddink? )...the difference between them and Arsene is that they will ACTUALLY sign some players...so therefore they're better options.
The problem this year (as in previous years) has been our defence. Not so much that we haven't got good players, but more that they are all being asked to play out of position due to an astounding number in injuries to the first choice defenders.
No excuse...Manchester United have Vidic missing, they have Fletcher missing...Rio has been in and out and they lack creativity in the midfield...so why aren't THEY struggling?
...Gibbs should be back in a couple of weeks now which will put Vermaelen back in the centre where he belongs.
And guess what will happen to Gibbs once he returns from injury? Same old story...who ever decided that we should rely on Gibbs as a first choice left back with no cover?
In midfield, I thought that we should be okay with Cesc leaving as we have Wilshire who had been outstanding but with a setback in his recovery we are unlikely to see him for another 6 weeks, and Diaby has not played since November, either.
Again the injury myth...title winning teams have few injuries...do you know why? Why can't a team like Arsenal have BOTH Cesc and Wilshere...Barcelona has BOTH Xavi and Cesc and even Iniesta...having one good midfielder is not enough... because things like THIS happen:
UPDATE: Wilshere suffers a NEW stress fracture...
Why are we relying on teenagers BTW?
Could we do with more established players? Yes, but you need to be able to identify the players that we would want, who themselves want to leave their current clubs, and be able to pay for them.
Something which every other manager apart from Arsene seems to be able to do...if he can't do these things....which is part of the JOB DESCRIPTION of being a football manager then maybe he's too incompetent to be one, jus sayin. :dunno:
