Arsenal Banter Archive October 15 2014

15 Oct 2014 22:25:58
Poll of the day.

Do Arsenal lack a winning mentality in recent years.

12 votes, all said yes.

Interesting.

Confidence is everything when it comes to being a consistent winner.
Ashley Cole once said during the invinsibles ' I know the time must come for this team to lose, but I just can't see how its going to happen'

12 correct people

16 Oct 2014 03:52:01
Mertesacker, Ozil and Podolski all won the world cup 3 months ago. We also powered through some tough games to win the FA Cup last season. I think a "winning mentality" is not our issue this season.

For me it is our stupid 4-1-4-1 formation, lack of discipline from fullbacks and lack of physical strenght in midfield.

15 Oct 2014 19:12:25
Paul Scholes on Wilshere: "I thought Jack Wilshere had two very good games for England over last week. I would go one step further than that and say that at the moment he is England's best player.

I think the penny has dropped and he has added another dimension to his game. He has always been capable of intricate passing. Now he can play the ball long, too. The quality of some of those passes into Wayne Rooney in Estonia was high.

You cannot underestimate the importance of eye contact between a midfielder and a striker in those situations. Wilshere mentioned it in one of the interviews that he gave and I would agree that it is critical.

With the great forwards I played with it was often the case that you did not need a call or a signal. Often it was just a look and it was enough to know where they were going. Wilshere and Rooney seemed to have that."

Love it hate him, he knows his stuff and I agree with him completely. Obviously he's not proved everyone wrong and the two games weren't of the highest calibre, but it shows that when needed, he can produce and you can only play what's infront of you. he's made another step in progressing to the player we all know he can be. COME ON JACK!! Do us proud. We love you.

15 Oct 2014 22:41:01
I think Jack is a confidence player.

If he is playing well for England, than its good news for us.

15 Oct 2014 14:12:01
Dragan Stojkovic next manager?? thoughts?

15 Oct 2014 17:54:50
Has Wenger resigned? Lol

15 Oct 2014 18:44:21
Are there next generation British managers anyone thinks might be a good fit. Someone to watch for two-three years from now?

Or do we go for a big name international manager like Lowe?

{Ed002's Note - Steve Cotterill is someone being looked at as a possible solution for one EPL side.}

Quite simply no. Not for me. The club is beyond bringing in a relative unknown. It worked when Wenger came in for several reasons. Dein knew his football and knew the ability of Wenger. The club was going backwards under Rioch. All be it our success over the last 10 years has been woefull the consistancy the club has shown is there for all to see.
I'm the same as a lot of people on here that I feel Klopp is taylor made for Arsenal. Unfortunatly I feel there is an 18 month window from now for us to get him before another club like Man Utd/city, madrid,, Barca or Munich get him. Obviously Wenger has a 3 year deal so that also goes against us.
After Klopp I'd want a manager with strong European experience and I would also like representation from an arsenal player from our successful era under Wenger, someone like Bergkamp, Henry, Vieira or Lehman as number 2. Frank De Boer and Bergkamp, Joachim Lowe and Lehman 2 combinations I'd be happy with.

16 Oct 2014 12:29:28
Thanks ED002. Appreciated. Rocky, I meant someone who is unknown now who would be established with a reputation in 2-3 years when Wenger goes (it seems clear Wenger will go this time, or at least vacate the mangers position). Still less of a track record than Lowe, i'll admit but not unknown. 3 years is a long time in managerial reputation.

16 Oct 2014 12:33:39
. but yes, Klopp does seem tailor made. Good shout out on the Invincibles connexions. Koemann and Bergkamp in his team?

Dags lol he hasn't yet :(. I heard dragan on its a decent listen mate