Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has again shrugged off criticism from the club's supporters, insisting his tactical acumen cannot be questioned after more than 30 years as a top-level coach.
A banner calling on Wenger to step down from the post he has held since 1996 was unfurled by a small number of Arsenal supporters following the 1-0 win at West Brom on Saturday, but the Frenchman responded by offering another stout defence of his record.
"I started to manage a team at the top level in 1983 so, if I am completely useless tactically, I am a genius to hide it so well," Wenger told reporters.
"I never know what a Plan B is. I do what I love and I think I do it with honesty and total commitment. I invite you to live with me and see in seven days what kind of work we produce and you will see it's with total commitment.
"I think we have shown extreme consistency and that's all you can do. Look, in the last 15 years we have qualified for the last 16 in the Champions League. Give me another club who has done that. There not another club.
"We've had ups and downs in the league, but you only come back again when the spirit is strong and healthy and united inside the club.
"I think if you have shown such a consistency it's because we have that at the club. We have values and we respect them."
Wenger is relishing his side's chance to close the gap on top four contenders Southampton when Ronald Koeman's side travel to Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, with the Arsenal boss convinced his side are in good form.
"We have had three good performances [recently] and only got two good results, but we look forward to Southampton now" he added, reflecting on the 2-1 defeat against Manchester United and the subsequent wins against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League and West Brom.
"We responded well [since Man United] and had two clean sheets after our defensive stability was questioned, and we responded very well on that front.
"When you win in the Champions League and you have to travel away in the Premier League and you win again, you can say that you have done your job."
Arsenal's win condemned West Brom to a third straight loss without scoring, and fans at The Hawthorns rounded on head coach Alan Irvine after the final whistle.
Irvine's side host West Ham on Tuesday having won just once in their last eight games in all competitions, and the Baggies manager agreed with Wenger that there are too many outside pressures on managers.
"There are -- it's well known it took Sir Alex Ferguson a long time to have the success he had," he said.
"In today's climate, he wouldn't have got anywhere and people wouldn't have seen the most successful manager in British football because he would have lost his job.
"That's where we are, it's an instant society. Everything is expected in a hurry."
Irvine feels that many people do not understand what it takes to be a top-flight manager.
"I had a very long apprenticeship before I became a manager," he explained. "I thought I knew what becoming one would be, having spent five-and-a-half years as an assistant manager and having done just about every coaching role.
"But I found out when I sat in the chair I didn't know.
"It's like people will think they know [a journalist's] job and, when they have done it, that's when they realise they don't know [what it involves]. That's the way it is."