Arsene Wenger has to put up with a lot of criticism of his players and his management style.
However, after their convincing 3-0 win over Manchester United before the start of the international break, the Frenchman has afforded himself a week without cynicism regarding his team.
In his column for the Daily Telegraph two weeks ago, former Manchester United defender Gary Neville said that the Arsenal squad may not be fully equipped mentally for key games.
He explained: "I may be wrong, but I sense that Arsenal players go into training on Friday morning thinking about how they’ll pass the ball, score with a bicycle kick, how much fun they are going to have.
"On the Saturday morning they still might not be switched on. Sunday morning is too late. It’s fatal to think like that before a big game."
Wenger has since responded to these claims, with an apathy you would expect from a manager constantly coming in for public scrutiny.
Quite simply, the 65-year-old was having none of it.
"We just turn up on Saturday, just go out and play. Honestly, I am 30 years in this job. I have a good tolerance level to sometimes listen to things that are really ridiculous. Honestly. I can do it."
On Thursday, at Arsenal's AGM, Wenger went a step further and commended the work of his meticulous backroom staff for the levels of preparation and attention of detail when compiling information for upcoming games.
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