Ferguson with Wenger
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has taken a swipe at Arsene Wenger. The Arsenal manager has been under severe criticism for his team’s laclustre show recently and to make it worse for Wenger, Sir Alex has had a go at his transfer policy.
According to Sir Alex Wenger buys too many attacking players without adding any defenders to the squad making it unbalanced. It has been something even Arsenal fans have been saying for quite some time that Arsenal need defensive players, especially a holding midfielder to fill the void left by Flamini’s and Gilberto’s departure.
United’s manager said:
“He believes profoundly in his youngsters, he doesn’t like to blend them too much with older players. What astonishes me is that he always buys attacking players, like Arshavin. He is a good player but he already has Nasri, Adebayor, Van Persie, Bendtner, Eduardo and Walcott. I don’t think he likes buying defenders. That lacks balance.”
Does he know there is more to a team than just the first team?! Of those he mentioned not all are first team players. During the Mourinho era Chelsea had nearly two first teams! So for a team to be successful you need to have good enough fringe players who can fill in for injured first teamers without making much of a difference. We can see that at Manchester United nowadays too and look at how their season is shaping up.
Arsenal lacked creativity and Wenger straight away bought Arshavin. On the other hand we have seen plenty of clean sheets including 4 consecutive in all competitions at the moment so if Wenger feels he doesn’t need to add to the defence too badly then why should he with the limited amount of funds available?! It’s not that he doesn’t ‘like’ buying defenders. He will buy them when they are needed. Didn’t he in the last couple of seasons buy Sagna and Gallas. Maybe ‘someone’ doesn’t remember it!
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February 23, 2009 at 10:46 PM
WC
While Ferigie does have good youth on his side as well, he also does not freely release his veterans as seen with Neville and Giggs signing new contracts. Wenger needs to get rid of the over 30 years old one year contract policy. It was vital to have kept Gilberto, Pires etc on the roster but we easily sold them simply because they were over 30 and we have been missing them. Arsenal needs to further cement their status in football as Man U has. There’s a reason the likes of Fletcher and O’ Shea have stayed with the Mancs so long despite finding it hard to play 90 minutes – they feel privileged to play for that team. While Arsenal are still a top club, their status has waned in the last few years with Wenger not building a new team that exudes the same aura of The Invincibles, which has made them vulnerable and unattractive to prospects.
February 23, 2009 at 11:26 PM
davi
yeh and wenger has never been one for squad rotation
hes tended to stick to a 1st 11 when possible and only change it for injuries etc
i think that has made it more difficult to hold onto good players
February 23, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Zain Shahid
yeah good point…
February 24, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Anto
Fergusons lost it, our defense for the past month is been Solid, the only problem is denilsong midfield… and attackers arent scoring the chance they get, thats why wegner wants more attackers so we can score more
February 24, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Zain Shahid
thats right!
February 26, 2009 at 10:53 AM
dev
Ferguson has lost it?….where do u people come from