Arsenal need a young manager like Pep Guardiola!

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1. Davi says:
   May 28, 2009 at 3:11 pm

   You’re dumb for a 25 year old. Plus I thought you’re the one who said experience is crucial.
   Oh, so you’re moderating comments now. Fine then don’t put mine up. Shows the whole world you know everything.
2. Simplesimon says:
   May 28, 2009 at 3:21 pm

   Gotta agree Sinbad m8 so how bout Aw starts grooming (pardon the expression ) maybe Bould as his potential successor.
3. Chrispy says:
   May 28, 2009 at 3:56 pm

   Untested but inherited a team with some of the best players in the world…… it’s a tough job:)
4. TW14 says:
   May 28, 2009 at 4:00 pm

   What a load of cr@p. This is the worst blog i’ve ever read. Sinbad, you’re a moron. AW is the man for the job. You cant expect some young fresh manager to step into his shoes and just start winning things. Pep is a one off. Guarentee that it wouldnt happen if we got someone young in. All we need is a tall CB and a Def Mid who can tackle!
5. John says:
   May 28, 2009 at 4:00 pm

   Haha! My god, this blog is funny!
6. Eddie McGinty says:
   May 28, 2009 at 4:01 pm

   Are you kidding? You are a moron. We could bring in Ince or Southgate or Shearer or ADAMS, the list goes on as top why it’s a bad idea. A one-off in one of the most attacking teams ever assembled for ridiculous sums of money does not prove your point. It proves you are a dickhead.
7. true fan says:
   May 28, 2009 at 4:03 pm

   Here comes the ‘i told you so’ brigade.

   You sir, are a sensationalist bandwagon jumping kn*b. You do not deserve to call yourself an arsenal fan. If Manure won, your blog would probably be entitled ‘Arsene wenger is too young to manage – find us a geriatric’.

   I reckon my grandma (god rest her bones) could have been dug up and stuck on the Barcelona hotseat and still would have won it with the wealth of talent at their disposal. You seem to have forgotten that we neither have the financial resources to emulate Barca, nor do we have a core of experienced players who have come through the academy together (yet) and that my friend, is why Arsene Wenger is probably the only manager who can take us where we want to be.

   Stick to your day job, my bins need collecting.
8. baz says:
   May 28, 2009 at 4:07 pm

   What a complete cock
9. brdgunner says:
   May 28, 2009 at 4:10 pm

   This does not prove you right. He inherited most the team and added world class yet expensive buys. Utter shit
10. pipwilliams says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    OK, have a look at the competition in their domestic league. OK, some big names, but they ain’t doing the business at the moment. And if you bear in mind the ref’s bizarre decisions against Chelsea in the semi, you could say they shouldn’t even have been playing in the final…

    Once again, another short sighted fan lets rip. Everbody’s entitled to an opinion, but you’re basing it on the flimsiest of arguments. Paul Ince, Roy Keane, Gareth Southgate were all young managers with great pedigrees, and all have either been given the shove, walked away cos they couldn’t handle the pressure or taken their team to a lower league. So, just because a manager is young (or even a “new face” for that matter) doesn’t instantly mean success. Does anybody honestly think Guardiola could cut it in the Premier League come what May? With our press and the pressure they generate (probably worse that The Italians!), I seriously doubt it..

    Without a doubt, Wenger is still the top man for the job. The premier league is the toughest out there and you need a degree of luck at the highest level in anything to achieve success. Arsenal will get their, and Wenger win Arsenal more trophies soon.
11. Wise old head says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    You lunkhead. Are you trying to say the idiotic just to be controversial? Wenger has produced magnificent teams to watch and, even this season just gone, has got us to the last four in Europe, within a budget. And got us back in the money-spinning Champions League next season. I am lost for words. Other than “you absolute lunkhead”.
12. AndyGooner says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    What Rubbish!!!!!
13. Will says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    Whilst Guardiola deserves some credit for steering the ship and motivating the players, he has inherited Henry, Messi, Eto’o, Xavi, Iniesta, Yaya, Marquez, Puyol, Abidal and was given 35m euros to buy Alves!They got seriously lucky in the semi finals of the Champs League and they also have only one serious rival domestically whereas Arsenal have three of the biggest teams in Europe to compete against. That means the two situations are materially very different and proves that you’re seeing what you want to see rather than accepting that this proves absolutely nothing about the postion of Arsenal manager. Like all great managers Wenger has made some mistakes and I do agree he should be trying to plan his succession by taking a talented young coach under his wing (and reinstating Keown as defensive coach?), but beyond that he is the only manager in Europe consistently competing with such limited resources. Get some perspective. Myopia will not benefit our football club.
14. Rohan says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    I agree with you to the extent that new faces can help things but he did inherit a great team. However, maybe Pat Rice needs to be replaced so that someone can tell Wenger when things are going wrong, players aren’t good enough or when he makes STUPID decisions such as leaving Arshavin out of the FA Cup semi-final because he wanted the team to know they could win it. Is Arshavin not part of the team!?!?
15. ian7 says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    What bollox this blog is. This guy must have forgotten that last season Barca got to the semi’s and somehow lost to Utd who defended for the whole 180minutes and scored a lucky screamer. Chelsea tried the same tactic this season but Iniesta stepped up. Or was it Guardiola in disquise?

    When we go back to winning ways next season this blog should be shut down. Because bro you chat sh*t.
16. matt says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    Who would you suggest then bright spark???? Steve Bould don’t make me laugh. Listen bouldy has done well to get the youth where it is but ready for premiership management?? i think not!!!!
17. jd says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    As most of the above comments have suggested, you Sir are full of shit.
18. hamish says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    pish…absolute pish…
19. bobby says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    u are a complete cock and probably a spuds fan…will people please stop puttin blogs up about any random thought that comes into their heads!especially if it’s a very fucking unintelligent thought!
20. Eric H says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    Idiot did you really think before writing this article?
21. peter says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    ha. stupefying
22. Carsenal22 says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    2 reasons why your theory is floored!

    Paul Ince
    Tony Adams

    ???
23. matt2 says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Make Jack Wilshere manager, can’t fail
24. lol says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    hahaha this aint even funny its not hard to manage team that cost over 200 million they all wolrd class every one does his job its done

    iN wenger WE TRUST 4 EVER
25. fishmonger says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    you’re rubbish sinbad
26. Psst says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    If i had barca’s team this year i could of won something. avram grant proved you dont have to know anything about management and if you have the players you can almost win the league (2nd) champions league (finalists) and carling cup (finalists)
27. Ben says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    Sinbad, if you are going to set up a blog on Arsenal footbal club, at least have the sense to write things that people can seriously discuss. This is crap.
28. Willy says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    haha! you really a nob sinbad
29. abhishek says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    there is a point, but its not the answer for arsenal. different clubs, different history, different players, different management style.

    jus ’cause you bring in another manager doesnt not mean we’ll win CL. to win CL the 11 players on the field need to feel motivated, spirited and have pride in the shirt they wear. they must go for blood all the time…blood here is the trophy.

    our team needs motivation, there is a sense of lack of pride, they feel they cant win. thats our problem. and to boost this, we fans feel our team is shit…we are not, we are way better than 4th, you’ll see next season.
30. Ash says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    Barcelona showed last night some of the things Wenger is trying to acheive at Arsenal. Only they are more advanced at it. Watching our youngsters brush aside every team shows signs that our academy is starting to produce players the same way Barcelona produces homegrown players.

    Cruyff was at Barcelona from 88 to 96 and he has started this style of total football. Guardiola is not just a new face, he is Barca through and through. A product of thier academy “Planter Barcelonista”, he learned from Cruyff as a player, was part of his dream team that bought the CL for Barca in 92(for the first time!) and last nights victory is not only down to him. It is also down to thier academy, their total football style of play which runs through thier system.

    Wenger at the shareholders meeting was saying every big club needs to have a style of play and eventually it will come good.

    We at Arsenal are not at Barca’s level yet. It was boring boring Arsenal before Wenger who revamped the club since 98, it is taking us longer to conquer Europe because of the stadium but we will get there and I still think Wenger will be the man to win it for us
31. Terence McGovern says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    Correct me if I am wrong but Barcelona won the Champions league in 2006.You would think that an Arsenal supporter would remember that as they beat us in the final. That would make it only 2 years without a trophy NOT 3.
    Of course from your blog we can deduce that you are a retard so basic math is probably beyond your abilities.
32. fred says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    stupidty.

    barcelona has a great team and billions to spend, 1 of million young managers achieve what guardiola did, what makes you arsenal will winn the CL by siply installing a young manager. insane
33. Dave says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    You. Are. An. Idiot. Completely pointless post
34. TeezyTease says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    THIS GUY MUST BE A SPUR FAN!!!
    I CAN’T UNDERSTAND HOW SOME1 CAN BE AGAINST HIS MANAGER LIKE HE HAS…
    MAKE ME SICK!
    I SUPPORT ARSENAL & ARSENE WENGER!
35. Buzz3210 (GOONER 4 LIFE) says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    It never ceases to amaze me when we get bandwagon jumping Planks like you. Who in the premiership would have given anyone like guadiola such a high profile job yes we may not have won anything for a while but tell me with your all seeing eye WHO will guarantee us success on the shoestring budget we have maybe owen coyle or Nigel Clough at the end of the day after moving into the emerates and the injuries to our thin squad i feel everything has taken longer to fall into place i really feel next season will see the start of the good times again KEEP THE FAITH.
36. Wilson Asiimwe says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    This writer is totally wrong!! Wenger is the only Manager who can spend less than $30m a season and still compete with the best teams in the world. Any sensible football fan cannot challenge me on this one.
37. steve far says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    what works for one team does not necessarily do for another m8. such bravado can easily cause arsenal to spin into turmoil. why wont you accept wenger is onto an exciting project that will soon be the envy of many. all this team needs is a little tweaking, not a fresh start. They will deliver, just like SAF delivered after so many years. chelsea try a new manager and new ideas every year but they are no closer to winning it either. infact they have to rebulid their aging team now.
38. Terenshay says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Please do your research before you put utter crap on your website…. Look at the team Pep Guordiola inherited and add that to how much he spent to add to that team… Arsenal do not have the financial prowess to compete with barca Wenger is exactlly what arsenal need not any young coach or ex-player at the moment… Evn if arsenal got Rjikaard he wud run asrenal into the ground.. Rjikaard barely spent it just happened that he inherited an almost matured worldclass team and they peaked under him… Whenthey were past there peaks as you know he lost his job
39. Plastic Gooner says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    this is what happen when you give internet to a moron
40. mike tyson says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    when messi, eto’o, henry, xavi, iniesta, alves are all in the squad you inherit, who is there to buy?? all his buys are on the bench u MUPPET, im pretty sure most managers could have won the treble with that team,, they play the same way every game and are not against physical teams week in week out like the premiership
41. timao says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    without resorting to insult Sinbad, like some people here have felt unable to avoid, i would strongly urge you to think things through. merely because one 35-year-old has become successful in his first year in charge of a top football club, does not empower us to suggest that another would do the same thing. before making this hypothesis we should look at other examples of mid-30s managers taking charge of top flight clubs and try to establish a pattern of outcomes then see where Guardiola’s achievement sits in this pattern. and we will see clearly that in fact Guardiola does not fit the pattern. What he has achieved is UNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL and therefore I would resist the temptation to emulate Barcelona.
42. Perry Grovish says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    You are a complete idiot. Come back in a couple of years when Guordiola is struggling to get a job after being sacked at Barcelona. Some of you make me laugh you probably A: Haven’t watched football enough. B: Don’t understand the game. C: Have never been to watch Arsenal (live). If Wenger went, we (Arsenal) would be in the complete shit. Give the man credit for what he has done, he makes mistakes like all managers, even Sir Alex. The training facilities, stadium and players /style are all down to Arsené. Support the club or f••k off to Shite Hart Lane!!
43. steve far says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    pep guardiola did exactly what avram grant did at chelsea. keep the team, keep the style and concentrate on the motivation side, hence his success. Just the way avram took chelsea, playing the mourinho formula all the way to the CL final. when he met a team that barca’s style was not really prepared for in chelsea, they survived thru sheer luck. so he is yet to prove himself despite the success.
44. Arranblonde says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    Some of these comments are just unfair.
    I agree with Sinbad, and propose that the board appoint my 5 year old nephew as the new Arsenal manager. Clearly the only basis for success is the manager’s age, so let’s go as far as we can and appoint a real youngster. This will guarentee success next season. Brilliant.
45. arsene wengers red army says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    you are a complete tart my friend, don need 2 say any more.
46. gooner4life says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    you are a cock, any manager can come in and win when you have a team like that but not many managers can build a team with little money and keep us in the top 4
47. Alex says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    Of course having a £200+ million squad behind him helps make Guardiola successful too!
48. Kay says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Was going to drop a comment on how retarded this article was but I am quite pleased with the amount of sensible comments. Just shows majority of arsenal fans are loyal and use their brain when assessing comments and articles written on our great club. Not sure I can say the same for this blogger.
49. tommy says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    HA!
50. busheygooner says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    we dont need a manager wenger has got job for life, but if you did want to go down the same road as barca in finding a new young manager for in the future, look no further than steve bould

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