Don’t pick Lehmann ahead of Almunia, Arsene

Szczesny has made his way into the team, Schwarzer would have blocked that progress and there is no guarantee that he would have been fit to fill in now during the young ‘keeper’s injury.

Wenger didn’t sign “Mad Jens” to sit on the bench for three months, if he is fit then he should play instead of the walking disaster area that is called Almunia.

No he’s injured too.

Why did Wenger bring in an emergency goalie who isn’t actually fit to play? I don’t understand. Surely any reserve goalie at any other top flight club would have been a better option – someone who has actually been training all season and is ready to play if needed. And it’s desperately needed now. The situation is farcical.

This whole desperate fiasco is the result of the poor decision making of Arsene Wenger. It’s groundhog day in the goalkeeping position again because of a man that has more dollars in the bank than sense in his head. First Sol now Jens. Dont get me wrong they are both better than what we had on the bench but for fooks sake how many times are we goin to lose the league when one or two signings could have seen us three trophies in as many years? How long will fans of this once great club endure the fook ups of the all powerful tyrants? Ivan Gazidas is nothing but a bonus hungry corporate gangster and Wenger is his hitman. I leave you with one final thought from a true Captain Steve Gerrard skysports interview:

‘When the Liverpool fans turn against you you have to listen,’ said Gerrard. ‘They are Liverpool Football Club.’

And where are The Arsenal?

This isnt about being better than Liverpool, it is about Arsenal FC Being The Best. This was his answer regarding the termination of Roy Hodgson. If you are content with being runners up all the time to United and Chelsea, you may as well be a Spurs fan. The club need to promote Wenger and bring in a new manager who will request the funds and get the most out of this squad.

[quote name=John in Norfolk]The only guarantee in football is that there will always be disgruntled fans calling for the manager’s head and for the directors to put their hands in their pockets.[/quote]Well someone on the board or in the management of the club has to tell wenger to spend some money on a few top quality players that would address the weaknesses in our team that have existed for several seasons now.

The only sensible name for new manager that I can think of is Louis Van Gaal but if wenger addresses the issues in the team such as a lack of leadership and commitment, clearing out the average and over paid fringe players in our squad (there aren’t that many of them in my view) and buying 1 top quality centre back, 1 top quality centre midfielder and replacing the 2 or 3 players who I would like to see leave the club (and who won’t be replaced by young players already at the club) and appointing a defensive coach then i am satisfied that he can carry on as manager but seeing the same old mistakes made season after season makes me feel that a change may not be too bad an idea.

It would obviously have to be the right man and perhaps allowing wenger to see out the rest of his contract would be better than sacking him because it would everyone time to plan and adjust and make good decisions rather than making rushed ones or settling for someone second best just because they are available right now. The club as well as the team have to show leadership in this whatever they decide to do.

The suggestion that Gazidis doesn’t want his employer to do well because he went to school in manchester is somewhere between laughable and plain stupid.

The coincidence is that he joined as the new stadium had just been finished and the repayments began. Also he joined as the established winning side were all leaving.