14 Dec 2014 11:30:25
So when wenger leaves who do we want in? Guardiola and kloppare the only two managers who would be an upgrade from wenger and even klop would only be an upgrade because of his age. So that leaves us with Guardiola, an excelent tactical coach who has won everything and at such a young age. I know 02 doesn't rate him, but that man is the best manager in the world. Yes he has had some of the best players in the world to work with but even so, he organises his teams into high pressing high intensity teams with winning mentalities. The work he does with players like Ozil and cazorla is incredible and something our team would really bennifit from. I don't think we'll get him so I guess it doesn't matter anyway but from a purely acedemic stand point it's interesting, no?

{Ed001's Note - Pep is not a manager and he is merely following someone else's plans, as we saw at Barca it falls apart when he gets to do more than just follow what Cruyff marked out. Guardiola is a head coach, nothing more. An excellent head coach, but nothing more than that. Arsenal do not have the set up to suit his skill set.}

1.) 14 Dec 2014
Oh come on now wenger is as much kroenkes puppet as much as pep was barcas puppet. I believe Guardiola dprsnt sign players, the board at arsenal won't do it for him but that is the only discrepancy I can see. A david dein character could rectify that

{Ed001's Note - Wenger is no puppet at all.}

2.) 14 Dec 2014
My first pick would be Simeone. He'd come in here and toughen the lot of them up and turn them into winners.

Ed001, who would you say is the ideal next Arsenal manager?

{Ed001's Note - Simeone, Bielsa or Klopp would be the ones I would look at.}

3.) 14 Dec 2014
14 Dec 2014 13:13:45
Very interesting point Ed1. My Ideal would be to have a very good coach with Wenger in the "director of football" or whatever role. Continue to push his philosophy but through someone who's up to date tactically.

Imagine Wenger in that role free to scout new talents and work on the ground solely with emerging talents.

He's also shown he has no problem spending so long as we have it but is also careful. I think he's perfect for that role and has always operated in that, overseeing the move to the stadium etc., now I think the workload is too much for him and we suffer on the field as a result.

I don't want Wenger to be our manager any more, too many false dawns I don't think it will come good for us under him again, maybe the FA cup but not bigger. But I don't want a club without him and that would be the perfect setup imo.

We all know he's a great manager of the club, possibly greater than Fergie in that regard. But as a manager of a team he's not up to scratch anymore

4.) 14 Dec 2014
For anyone to say that they don't rate Pep Guardiola baffles me. Fair play he has had unbelievable talent to work with but managing all those egos in the dressing room and keeping them happy is hardwork in itself. He puts his own stamp on teams, they play unbelievable football and show fantastic commitment and spirit. The way his uses triangles to attack and defend is something else. The guy is footballing genius of the modern game and to any claim otherwise for me is a false one.

Just look at his trophie cabinet and accolades. For me hands down the best in the world at the moment but vastly unattainable.