Champions League - Wenger slams 'worst ever performance'

All rhetoric is getting boring, been going on for many­ years re what Arsenal need to do in order to win­ something. Perhaps their are two issues here, firstly­ why arn't the coaches doing their job properly? If­ they were perhaps Arsenal would be flying. Secondly and­ more importantly the question of money. Why isn't­ Arsenal spending the money that Chelsea, Man City, Man­ Utd have been spending? This really needs to be looked­ at if Arsenal are going to succeed. Perhaps Wenger­ should be screaming & shouting more regularly, it­ won't hurt the over payed players. Get rid of­ Chamakh, Arshavin, alumina, Walcott ( he is not­ improving ) Djouru, I am not convinced that Gervinho­ is the end product. Sadly, I can see van Persie,­ handing in his resignation letter at the end of the­ season. AC Milan were not that good, Arsenal were so­ poor on the night that they made Milan look good. If­ Wenger and the board do not start spending on ready­ made quality players, I see Arsenal slipping into the­ next divan in a couple of seasons.

STOP RIGHT NOW WENGER!!!!before you ruin this great­ club ,i've heard this all before ,about clear­ out's & that the club have money to­ spend???.Were simply fed-up,heard it all before for­ 6yrs & counting and to make matters worse!!where­ breaking all the records that arsenal have never got­ this year alone,even before the season is still yet to­ end,what next???We are not going to finish in the top­ six anyway,another record since wenger took over,So ,i­ think we are heading towards a very dark tunnel,get rid­ before we hit the cliffs.First one to go pls( pat­ rice)we need an assistant who can voice matters &­ not just sit like a muppet looking glum like wenger­ throwing bottles,then the big clear-out if it ever­ happens(walcott/arshavin/diaby/rosicky/mersecker/djouru­ o/gibbs/chamakh & all those on loans to clubs­ around the globe.In arsene we rust until he departs.

184, you are so wrong with your "I wonder where­ English football would end up without­­ Arab-Russian-Indian money. Probably somewhere near­­ Romania's football !!"
It was the success­ (financially and on the pitch) of the English premier­ league that has made/encouraged these entrepenuers to­ choose to invest in the league and clubs. Would you­ invest in a league that was not secure? Why would­ Abramovic invest up to 1 billion pounds, or the­ Americans at Man Utd or Villa?
Yes, some of the­ investments have not borne as much success, but the­ money did not make the league. It has brought in some­ fantastic players that have improved the profile of the­ league, but it did not make the league/English­ football!!!

From the way he refused to buy players to then buy­ frantically towards the end of January window shows he­ actually has not strategy and surely no plan B. I am­ surprised people are surprised Arsenal are poor. For 5­ years they haven't even finished 2nd. What more­ evidence you want?

Wenger has lost touch with reality and certainly lost­ it tactically. Even if we agree he has restrictions­ from the board as regards expenses on transfer, the­ performance on the pitch is not sanctioned by the­ board. why would Aaron Ramsey be allowed on the pitch­ despite his woeful performances? why cant two strikers­ play when the tide turns against the team? what is the­ reason behind playing Arteta deep instead of pushing up­ an attack? why wont the players shoot when there is­ an opportunity instead of seeking out RVP all the time?­ why cant the DEFENSIVE SYSTEM at Arsenal be reviewed­ _he's been having the same problem at the defense­ in the four years running and nothing has been done to­ solve them? Lack of depth has been one of the serious­ problems at arsenal yet he depletes the team yearly­ without replenishing even with average players.­ Redknaap has been successful at Tortenham despite the­ perceived low profile players who we now see as world­ class. The likes of Demba Ba are a testimony to the­ fact that you mustn't invest too much on players­ before you get results. Its simply heart-rending to see­ a team you support run aground so often at a point in­ the season when they are supposed to pick up and in my­ opinion, it all boils down to the performance of the­ manager on and off the pitch.

unable to read jd? or just a Spurs supporter?

What a humiliation of a limetime for Arse-n-Winer... I­ thought he was chasing 4 trophies this season??? What­ happened to that??... All I can do is sit back and­ laugh... Ha Ha Ha... Useless french fart has taken a­ perfectly good team and left it in tatters... He should­ be sacked in the worst possible way... I hope for the­ sake of the players Arsenal can salvage some pride back­ home in the next leg... For the time being they have to­ bear the Shame brought on to them by their utterly­ useless so called "Manager" who does not even­ deserve the job of cleaning the locker and dressing­ room toilets... It was simply a "Massacre in­ Milan".

A message for true supporters, I feel our team is­ stale, and that is in­ part thanks to Wenger, but none­ of us know exactly how­ much his hands are tied. Many a­ report has come out­ from Arsenal as to our situation,­ yet most on these­ boards ignore them, wanting­ everything NOW, and wont­ wait. I guess thats a sign of­ the times. Numerous issue­ are playing a part in­ relation to Arsenals current­ stature, so just as a­ reminder lets go over them.
1)­ The Board demand­ Wenger makes 15 mill profit every­ season. 2) We have­ stadium debt. 3) we have a shirt­ sponsor deal that is­ beneficial for the SPONSOR not us,­ 4) We have a wage­ cap. 5) We have the Financial Fair­ play rules to­ consider.­­
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Weng­ ­er could have done better in the transfer market. The­­ board will feel the pinch if we continue on this road.­­ The stadium debt. Plan is that we pay if off by 2015­­ (i think that was the initial idea, dunno if its­­ changed)
The shirt sponsor deal is currently being­­ renegotiated (if it doesnt happen we have to wait till­­ 2014)
Wage cap...well its needed in football in­­ general, but we probably should look into increasing­ it­ just a little.
The financial fair play rules will­ be­ fully in effect by 2014/15 If they actually work­ the­ way FIFA want them to.
There is a solid working­ plan­ in place till 2014, when Wengers contract­ expires, so I­ do not expect him to get the boot before­ then. (unless­ plastic fans do walk out on the club and­ force the­ Board to take drastic action)
So I think we­ should all­ just get behind our team and limit our­ expectations.­ The plan is until 2014, and if you have­ a plan stick to­ it! I will remain probably frustrated,­ but­ understanding till then. If by 204/15 I see no­ change,­ that's when I will get angry.

I wonder where English football would end up without­ Arab-Russian-Indian money. Probably somewhere near­ Romania's football !!

Clown slams the circus he created.

i think that the line up was wrong and definitely­ Arsenal has no defence,weak defence.
Arsenal needs­ definitely to spend for good players ,Arsenal needs a­ strong defence.
I think arsenal should give more­ responsibility to Ramsey and Arteta,and in front line­ up chamberlain,VPS and walkott.After 60mn if not­ winning bring Archavin and Chamakh.
i think in­ defence if Samba and Cahill were there will be­ different story.

hes a whinging prick

Absolutely disgusting football, I really cannot stand­ to watch Arsenal any more. They played like a Sunday­ team, they appeared to be passing the ball backwards­ rather than forward throughout the game and they passed­ the ball too much and lacked pace. I thought I had seen­ it all from Arsenal but this match topped the­ lot........disaster

Wenger should slam himself instead, for his worst ever­ management at Arsenal ! Not the Arsenal players.

Bit early to say that Whinger, still got the­ 'home' match to play Ha Ha Ha :)

well i think that if arsenal are going to be a top 4­ team in future years then before the board panic and­ sack wenger they should tell the truth about how much­ money he is realy allowed to spend in the transfer­ market. as unless van persie is convinced that he can­ win medals at arsenal he will go else where. stan­ kronke should invest in the Squad and allow wenger to­ buy experienced quality players not just reliy on­ pertential

Arsenal lost their way when David Dein got the­ bum's rush. Sadly the club have never been the same­ since.

Give the prawn sandwiches to Roy...he's a Cork man.

Ramsey and Rosicky should never be in the same lineup.­ from this Gunner fan, Arsene didn't take enough of­ the blame for poor tactics. If he'd have gone to­ Oxlade-Chamberlain from the start, Arsenal would've­ gotten a goal in the first half and there might be a­ chance to come back at the Emirates in a few weeks.

As­ for AC Milan tearing apart the defense, yes, the injury­ hurt, but the time to shore up the defense was January­ and the number of moves made was zero, none, sip, nada.­ Wenger needed to make a grab.

Sack the board. Get rid of Stan Kronkoe and get better­ backroom staff for Wenger. And stop pointing finger at­ Wenger. Dont get me wrong he is an average coach­ tactically. There are good managers around to replace­ Wenger in case we decide to get rid of him or he­ resigns. Managers like Frank Rijkaard, he managed a­ big club in Barcelona, that has a the same football­ model like Arsenal, Johan Cruyff, Ottmar Hitzfeld, and­ Louis Van Gaal, they ve all won champions league in the­ past and their teams played good football with better­ results. Stop the no one to replace wenger saying. With­ wenger's salary trust me these managers wiil take­ the job.