My preference is always to manage Arsenal.
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“I will be looking to leave my mark on someone but will do it in a fair way”.
“He (Wenger) always took time to sign his contract”, Silvestre told Sport 360.
It has become accepted wisdom among long-time Arsenal backers that Wenger’s second 10 years at Arsenal have been worse than the first. However, after beating Leeds in the FA Cup, Sutton have not won in the league or other cups – losing three games and drawing one. While Wenger’s record the past 10 years has been almost the same, the trophies total has declined precipitously.
Wenger maintained that he has had “many opportunities to go somewhere else” during his Arsenal career but was committed to the north London club, overseeing the move to the Emirates Stadium from Highbury in 2006.
Having just about seen off Blackburn Rovers in the previous round, Jose Mourinho can now look forward to another meeting with his former side, who are currently running away with the Premier League title.
Wenger suggested he will name a “normal team” – not encouraging news for his opposite number Paul Doswell, who said his side have no chance against a first-choice Gunners line-up.
One further promotion later and Sutton sit in the top tier of non-league. Wenger also has been wedded to the 4-2-3-1 system.
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“I think if you see Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez on the team sheet, our chance doesn’t come beyond nought”. You sense Wenger, with his distaste for big money deadline day deals, would approve.
“I don’t think a cup win would wipe that away in a stroke”. Does he have to change his tactics or his way of doing things?
As the manager said: “I had a load of television invites which I had parked to concentrate on the game but now I’m going through them”.
“They lost to Bayern Munich 5-1 last season”. These results have nearly assured that Arsenal won’t win either the Barclays Premier League or the UEFA Champions League this season.
Lincoln Fans following the draw.
The Frenchman made the bench in Munich during the mid-week but I think Wenger will not take too many chances and ask Giroud to lead Arsenal’s line on Monday, as a plastic pitch might make it hard for Arsenal’s general game strategy to be applied.
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Wenger had his team train indoors on their own artificial pitch on Friday at London Colney, and said they can not use the unusual surface as an excuse.
