It might sound strange but basically Arsenal were so easy to read because we knew Wenger wouldn’t do anything different,” explains Rene Meulensteen, who was the United first-team coach from 2007 until Ferguson’s retirement. “Everything stemmed from the connection between the central-midfield player and the front-runner. So, the first thing we had to do was stop that link from happening.”
The United tactic was not to man mark the central midfielder, but to buzz round him, filling the space with bodies who could step in and seize possession, blocking the creativity at its origin. “Arsenal didn’t play any different home or away, always exactly the same,” he says. “And they didn’t alter tactics in the game either. So, once we had our blueprint how to counter them, we were just learning how to perfect it.
I think I’m making a fair assumption that the majority on here are a good number of years away from their own retirement. Now, I don’t know what all of you do for a living, but consider that over the period of a working lifetime you will make mistakes, some more costly than others. This is the norm, by the way.
The day comes. Would you rather go out held in high esteem, or be regarded as an old cunt? You’ll be regarded both ways, anyway.
This is where Wenger is at and he’s likely thinking, “Fuck it, I don’t owe these moaners anything, I’m just about done here, I did the job to the best of my ability. I won some and I lost some, and while I was here I knew I wasn’t going to please everyone - that’s totally unrealistic for anyone.”
Trust me, you’ll be exactly the same way. So cut the old boy a bit of slack, will ya?
TBF I think he just wanted Ferguson and Wenger to have their moment and felt awkward crashing their shot. Don’t think you can call him a cunt for that lol
