QUOTE(bearbear @ Apr 21 2014, 12:16 PM)
of course we would like him to stay but that board must have plans already. From champion to 7th is too much of a damage to take both in term of reputation and financially. Doesn't surprise me they sack him in the summer. Question, return of SAF or if they could get someone they actually 'like' to take up the job?
I don't think SAF will come back. He ended on a high and he's not getting any younger. Why risk his legacy?

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QUOTE(Cloud0890 @ Apr 21 2014, 12:21 PM)
I'm inclined to believe that if they wanted to do it they would've done so already so no. Looking forward to seeing him splash and burn 200m

He was picked by SAF after all. The board might be scared to sack him and leave SAF red-faced. IMO, DM should be given the chance to prove critics wrong. He had very big shoes to fill this season. I think there's a small chance he'll stay on but if they're not near the top 4 come middle of next season, he's a goner for sure.
QUOTE(hfi @ Apr 21 2014, 12:24 PM)
A bit unfair to criticize Wenger when his team is crippled with injuries. It's always easy to kick someone when they're down on the floor. We have excelled this season and we have suffered some injuries this season tho not nearly as extensive as Arsenal had this season. They really missed Walcott and Ramsay. We would moan too if he had lost Hendo, Sterling and Suarez for large part of the season. Look at Chelsea without Hazard, City without Aguero and Yaya. All teams would suffer if they lose their key players.
Having said that, i think we have also managed our season quite well. We lost Sturride, Agger, Gerrard and Lucas to injuries this season, Lucas in particular didn't play nearly as much as others and it showed yesterday. Suarez too missed the first 5 games of the season and Enrique long term injury has forced us to play a rightback at leftback.
The key thing for me is that BR has somehow managed to tinker and reshape the team to cope with those injuries and the result has been stunning. Not only has he managed it but he made us even more dangerous.
Wenger's unfortunate with the injuries to his key players this season. Definitely affected Arsenal's title challenge. Having said that though, their away performances against the other teams in the top 5 teams this season were horrendous! His tactics were poor in all of those games and surely has to take some of the blame for their failure in the league this season.
Great credit has to be given to BR for how he's managed the team this season. We have the thinnest squad among the top 4 and some players were injured in some parts of the season but he has eked out whatever possible from each player this season and more often than not, he's tinkered with the team's game plan on the fly during matches to the team's advantage.