One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.
Gustave Flaubert
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Stan Kroenke is over here for two weeks.
He has over-ruled Wenger.
Kroenke told him to sell Nasri and Wenger didn’t like that.
He’s never been over-ruled before.
Nasri played against Liverpool and Arsenal lost 2-0 and had Frimpong sent off.
Every week, more injuries, more red cards.
Will Nasri be on the plane to Italy on Tuesday? Can Arsenal beat Udinese without Jack?
Many of our leading sports journalists are now saying what I’ve been saying for years.
Henry Winter talks about Wenger being lost in a fog of denial. a man trapped in a nightmare substantially of his own making.
On Sky’s Sunday Supplement, Brian Woolnough’s wise men today were Sam Wallace and Jonny Northcroft.
They said Wenger has achieved great things, the board should back him, he just needs to tweak his stubbornness.
What? That is a crazy fudge, boys.
Stubbornness can’t be tweaked.
Especially Wenger’s stubbornness.
He’s bungled the summer and could take Arsenal’s season into meltdown as early as August 24th.
It’s sheer hell for Gooners now and the level of angst is increasing daily.
Thousands of Arsenal fans now trundle down to the Emirates and suffer humilations that would arouse an MP.
The good news : Udinese are not a great team.
The bad news : Manchester United will thrash Arsenal 6-0 on Sunday.
One point out of nine is relegation form.