It makes sense.
It’s a plausible explanation of a fundamental difference.
Myself, I always thought that Sir Alex was far more demanding, while Wenger hated confrontations, pampered his babies and tiptoed round his stars.
But then, when they didn’t turn up in games, he felt betrayed.
As a football fan with a long memory, I wasn’t surprised that a centre forward whose nickname was “razor-elbows” at Rangers would wait a year for Ruud Van Nastelroy to recover from a serious injury before signing him
Wenger now says that Alexis Sanchez is a focused as a hunting lion. Very true!
Speaking as a pundit on ESPN, Rio Ferdinand said that intensity and focus has been something many Premier League sides struggle to replicate this season
Rio said, “Ferguson got rid of players who didn’t buy into the Man United way, for one, or weren’t capable of being intense every day. That’s why you don’t remain at a place like Man United. If you’re not an animal who can go in there and be intense every day and demand from yourself and others to improve, you won’t stay long… and good riddance.”
Ferdinand signing from Leeds in 2002 and learned from Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, who were focused every day in training and prepared exactly the same for every match.
His partner at centreback was Nemanja Vidic, a formidable warrior who played for United for eight seasons.
“You’ve got to look around the changing room and think ‘I can rely on him’, he’s going to produce big moments. Teams can’t deal with him. They can’t score past us. When you start feeling like that, you feel invincible.”
Let’s see how many hunting lions Arsenal have against Norwich.
Let’s look at how much the players demand from each other.