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Originally Posted by Drew.
I don't even want to think about it anymore.The managers i wanted to replace him have all gone elsewhere.
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Neither do the AFC board it seems.
Thing is Arsenal will have to think about it, now. Wenger is no spring chicken and his regime has been in place for best part of 20 years, this is not like Man City replacing Pelligrini or Man U replacing Moyes, this is a huge change. Only Sir Alex succession was bigger.We've all seen how succeeding a huge era like Sir Alex haß to be carefully thought out otherwise you get Moyes and LVG. AFC will need to replace Wenger's philosophy, back room staff, regime principles, even club identity. Arsenal under the Wenger era are seen as playing sexy (if unwise) football. It was little bit different before iirc.
Youngesters don't appreciate Wenger's contribution to making Arsenal what it is now. Wenger really changed how Arsenal played. Prior to Wenger's appointment, there were George "bung" Graham a successful time and a brief disaster with Bruce Rioch. In these eras AFC's brand of football was boring, hence the "boring Arsenal" , 1-0 to the Arsenal jibes as they shut up shop after scoring a lead goal. Wenger arrived with his cerebral professor demeanour and continental ideas and their performances improved. A lot of what he did was off the pitch, too.
Personally i just feel AFC board are burying heads in sand, hoping Wenger goes on till he is 95.
They really should have courted Pep, Simeone or Klopp and bizarelly done a 1 year hand over..
Klopp, Pep, Simeone, Ancelotti gone, that just leaves.....Rafa