shootxhakashoot
Özil lives rent-free in my head
The higher ups and indeed managers talk about a plan and vision. Ill admit I saw that under wenger and we at least played some incredible.football robably up until the early 2010s. It was just a bad one for the english game if you want to win things and shat all over his early work at the club, which as you say had the backing of David dein behind wenger so spot on.True but the difference under Wenger was that even on bad days where the football wasn't perfect, chances were still being created and let's be honest, there weren't all that many even in the worst of times. We always looked like we could score a couple under Wenger, it was just whether the clowns at the back would let more in. We've now got even worse clowns at the back and we don't look like putting the ball in the net for 3-4 matches on the bounce.
All of this is residue from Dein leaving by the way. Forget Vieira, forget Henry, forget Fabregas, JVP etc. We have never adequately replaced David Dein and certainly not with the agent gobbling chuckle brothers we've got in place now. What David Dein had was not just connections and ambition but vision. There were very few, if any round pegs being put in square holes under his watch. He and Wenger had an idea of what won trophies and every single year they picked up players who fit that mould. We used to have a squad so well put together that someone like Kanu or Wiltord could come off the bench and hold the fort for Henry for weeks at a time. We could deal with Bergkamp not traveling in Europe. Now we look hopeless without Granit F*cking Xhaka. It's tragic and hilarious at the same time.
Arteta is going to flame out unless an actual archetype for the players required in each position on the pitch is established and adhered to in the transfer market. That's how you create a squad with depth, quality and the ability to execute your vision. Will you get a few wrong? Of course. Even Dein did but he hit far more often than he missed and his vision in collaboration with Wenger's innovative(at the time) view of winning football created a juggernaut. Unfortunately, I don't think we have that kind of intelligence at the board level and that's before we even mention the Kroenkes or a budget. We could have City's cash and I don't know we'd look any better out there because there's no architect, just some idiots with mortar and poorly cut bricks.
The problem is wenger got carried away with his "vision" after thebstadium mpve and dein leaving and nothing has been the same since.
Everyone talks about arteta and his vision. Ive seen nothing different until now in our style or our signings. If his vision is the same as peps it will fail as we dont have money to spend and if its wengers it isnt going to work as per usual thats what worries me. Who we go after in the summer will tell us a lot.more about this vision and whether it amounts to anything. Im telling you now if we go for more players with a weak mentality and physique at the back and in the middle nothing is going to change. We need hunger, bravery and strength not more tippy tappy midgets who can pick a pass but dont want to compete. Arteta needs to prove he has his own ideas so lets wait and see as this seaaon is a write off.