Mourinho makes me grateful for Wenger

great post

It annoys me too when I hear commentators say things like “that diving is dispicable and I’m so glad that we don’t see that back home”.

The countless dives by Rooney, Gerrard and lampard and the one by sturridge at the weekend shows that even the claim that its only the foreingers (yes its all the fault of those dirty foreigners) that are the cheaters in the english game is completely unfounded.

Not that I would expect anyone in the media to actually notice this cheating, even less the referees to punish these players. But who was the one player to have been villified by the press for diving in recent memory. Thats right, Eduardo, who was of course the perpetrator of the crime that was being too quick for the poor, harmless and gentle martin taylor to do anything but break his leg and fracture his ankle. Serves him right the nasty foriegn cheat. If your going to come to our country and dare to be better than the english players at football then the least you should expect is to have your legs broken.

Excellent post but a lot of the frustration this season comes from seeing the squad that beat Barca loose to Bolton and WBA.

Understand where both sides are comming from. Just wish that Arsenal fans realised it’s okay to agree to disagree sometimes.

you sad fool, looking to make a snide comment about an arsenal player rather than understanding the who point of the article. grow up.

The solution is simple. Instruct the refs to book every diver (in their opinion) without exception. Mistakes will be made but prospective divers will beware.

Lucky? Wenger is BENITEZ

Very early success, long 5 year decline, no trophies increasingly odd paranoid behavior and refusal to change, good players underperform and leave, loyal fans who queation him accused of being disloyal (ahem), leads team out of top four — watch
this space — finally club wakes up and he is pushed out.

Any of this sound familiar?

I was so pleased Monrinho lost yesternight. Forgetting that he spent lots of money they call him the best coach. Let them start from the scratch like Wenger and see if he is the best. Who did he train if not buying and buying.

The tackle was bad, it could be yello though. I also get curious why red card each time there is tough match for Barcelona? Is it part of the tricks? Arsenal players need to learn from Barca how to exergerate on the pitch.

Mourinho got ambition,Wenger have none.

Spot on article. His tactics are consistently negative. His football is dull wherever he goes, despite managing some of the most expensively assembled sides in world football. And when his sides win, it’s all about him. The special one. The media love him because he always gives them a story, but he offers nothing for the neutral. He’s also spoken some serious nonsense down the years. He’s a very good manager, no doubt, but ask yourself would you rather win our way, or his way? (Please don’t reply with ”atleast he actually wins things” as this misreads my question.)for all his faults, AW has given us some of the most astonishing football ever played by a club side. I for one think we owe him a bit more gratitude than he’s being shown at the moment. (And yes, I KNOW HIS FAULTS, so please don’t label me an AKB or an AMG. There are a lot of sensible people in the middle, so can we please just stop all this divisive stuff of falling into one camp or another?) Maybe there’s an acronym for people like me who are neither AKB or AMG. VTH is our motto, and is the way we should be.

well wenger isn’t benitez. The clue’s in the two of them having different names.

Hows that for a counter argument?

Well gosh since you are the clever one why dont you look up the term “stockholm syndrome” and see if you can figure out why it applies to all you Wenger apologists? (you might want to look up apologist also…)

Wenger in the featal crouch with his arms around his head is the latest humiliation he has visited upon our club.

(PS You are right, I was a lager lout before, during and after
graduating from law school.)

Since you are being a pompous fool, you may want to look up how to spell ‘behaviour’. Unless you are American, which might explain you’re weak grasp of football. (And if you retort by pointing out my spelling mistakes, I really don’t care. You are the one that suggested someone might want to look something up.)

@DD – “featal” isn’t a word.

I thought it was immediately after the final whistle went. Arsene strolled towards King Kenny with arms outstretched (in the foetal position?) I’m happy to accept I could be wrong though.

Amen to that.

saw it again on skysports news yesterday and neither manager walked down the tunnel afterwards and none of the fans in the background looked like they were leaving.

Anyway here’s the full conversation –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiwt0WSHvhc&feature=related