OOOH TO BE A GOONER!

“He has given me some of the best football moments of my life and some of my worst. He drives me absolutely nuts sometimes, and I can’t quite fathom his very particular brand of logic. Some of his decisions are mind-boggling at times, indefensible at others, and he leaves himself open to criticism in a big way.

And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with criticism. It’s part of the job. What I cannot abide is the abuse. It is possible to hold the position that Arsenal could do with a new manager without name-calling and invective that would make a sailor blush. You want to label a man who has done what he has done for this club a ‘fraud’? The only fraud here is you pal, because you have no idea what that word means.

He’s a brilliant, frustrating, intelligent, bewildering, captivating, infuriating, enlightening, irritating, hilarious, tiring, exhilarating man and manager and ultimately I’m glad to have been on this journey with him through these last 20 years. I can’t say I wouldn’t change a a thing, because there a loads of things I would change (Captain Hindsight!), but it’s definitely been a trip”.