Arsene Wenger: Real or Hoax? Part 2
Six weeks ago, Wenger boldly claimed that Arsenal can win 4 titles this season. During these six weeks Arsenal have crashed out in 3 competitions and trail United by 7 points in the league. If things don’t change quickly it looks like the coveted league
title will elude Arsenal for another year.
After the stalemate against a 10-men Blackburn at Emirates, Wenger seemed very disappointed. There were signs of growing frustration in the Arsenal manager’s voice in the post match interview. He was at a loss to explain what he called ‘a lack of energy’
from his side.
A week later he comes out and again defends his youth policy in the media. In the interview he pointed to the potential of Nasri, Fabregas and Wilshere in particular. But at the same time, he accepted the fact that he is happy with second position in the
league. He was quoted as saying, “As long as you are second in the league, I am ready to sign for the next 20 years and stand up for that.”
This shows a weakness on Wenger’s part, he is known to be a winner, someone who never accepts second best. Such a change in attitude is a sign that all is not well at Arsenal. Does it mean he’s losing faith in this team?
Every season, this http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-Maseru-c38430 team tends to be in a good position to claim silverware in the closing stages of the season but each time they fail to live up to expectations. Mourinho pointed out in an interview some time ago that this team has enough experience
despite its relatively young age and they can’t use inexperience as an excuse.
These were the self proclaimed Special One’s comments, “Year after year it looks like success. But no, it looks like it, but no. And it’s always the same kind of comment: It’s a young team or it will be next season.”
Highlighting the likes of Cesc Fabregas, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in the Carling Cup semi final a few years back, Mourinho further added, “That team of young boys are
a team of 25, 26 or 27-year-olds. They are a team of an age to win things. But I do not think they will do it.”
Maybe the facts are starting to play in Wenger’s head. A man who is known to be a strong leader is finally showing signs of weakness. It is interesting to see where they go from here. With a potential takeover in the process, will the prospective new owner,
Kroenke, back Wenger’s policy or will he go all out to secure the best players?
This is going to be an interesting development because a lot depends on what direction the new owner decides to take because the way things are currently; it looks likely that we’re going to see much of the same over the years to come.
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