The aim of the story is to introduce a relatively inexperienced but young and hungry George Graham as Arsenal manager...to impose his philosophy,restore faith with the supporters,get back to at least COMPETING for the title and breathe life into a vastly underperforming team.
My goals will be this:
1:The obvious one-win a trophy,any trophy!
George knew the squad he had could never compete for the title while he went about rebuilding the team,so he set out to win a cup;preferably the FA Cup which he couldn't,or the League Cup,which he did,thus appeasing the board,the players and most importantly,the fans,and installed a competitive Arsenal mentality for years to come.
2:To clear out the dross. Arsenal have several first-team players not fit to wear the shirt and all of them are on ridiculous wages of 50/60k or more.
Players I hope to make even a small profit on and clear off the wage bill are Diaby,Arshavin,Mertersacker,Chamakh,Fabianski, Gervinho,Bentdner,Denilson,Frimpong,Sanchez Watt and Djourou.
Players leaving even on a free if need be are Squillacci,Santos,Park,Shea,Eastmond and Mannone
I'll give a chance to young reserve players like Henderson,Afobe,Ebecillo,Gnabry,Coquelin,Martinez,Angha, and Miquel when I think the time is right and I'll keep hold of Rosicky till his contract runs out because he weighs in with a good few assists and he's also a good captain for cup games,despite the distressing regularity with which he drops on his **** injured ten times a season.
3:To build from the back.
Wenger would never have enjoyed the success of his early reign without the Iron Curtain that Graham built so top of the shopping-list will be a first choice keeper,at least one world-class centre back,a left-back and an outstanding ball-winning midfielder/anchor-man.
Two players Graham would have bent over backwards to sign are both Everton players:Baines and Fellaini and both should be easy to snap up going on previous saves.
4: 442 will be the main formation at the Emirates,with aggressive man-marking,running at defenders and constant pressing the name of the game.
Giroud and Podolski will be the main strike-partnership with Walcott as sub/cover.Also,players will stick to their natural positions,except for emergencies,so Podolski and Theo's days on the wing and Arteta's as DM are over.
5:To present a benign,fatherly figure to the press,but behind closed doors it'll be Graham,spelt B-A-S-T-A-R-D!
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Supporters flooded message boards today after Arsenal football club confirmed reports that Arsene Wenger had stepped down as manager with immediate effect.
Arsenal's chairman Peter Hill-Wood was quick to quash rumours that the flamboyant Frenchman would be replaced by current Real Madrid supremo Jose Mourinho.
Said Hill-Wood:"Mourinho is under contract at Madrid and it is not in this football club's best interests to pursue another clubs manager.
"Therefore,we have decided to look to a former Arsenal player,and bought out George Graham's contract from Millwall.
We are sure Graham will be the right man in moving this club forward."
George Graham's first press conference as Arsenal manager will follow soon.
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