31 Jul 2016 19:52:01
Banbury,
"Dags, top 4 is the minimum we should aim for".
That's the problem mate.
When Usain Bolt runs, does he think "must get in top 3".
Nope, it's first or nothing because he's a winner.
When Lewis Hamilton is on the grid, does he think "I must finish in top 3 to get on podium".
Nope, he aims for finishing first, every time.
Who's fault is it?
Wenger?
Gazidis?
Kroenke?
Usmanov?
Or all collectively?
One of the above needs to change things, or leave.
31 Jul 2016 20:03:57
For me - leave Wenger as he has shown in the early years he spends money, wins, can cut players ( petit / paddy / overnars / hleb ) when needed
I believe that man is still there but just doesn't have the resource.
31 Jul 2016 20:03:57
The first three I think
We have NO winners.
31 Jul 2016 20:11:24
SY
When those players were purchased he had DD with him.
31 Jul 2016 20:21:02
Sy with all due respect I admire your allegiance but you are naive.
31 Jul 2016 20:21:44
True but I was talking about selling at the right time
DD never had to compete with money bags Cheksea and City etc
Wasn't DD there with GG also.
31 Jul 2016 20:26:34
The board are happy with Arsene or they wouldn't keep giving him contracts and he is happy with the board or he wouldn't keep accepting them.
Its no good everyone being like the referendum leave campaign where they were all happy to ride on the bus with the £360 million a day slogan on the side then trying desperately to distance themselves from it once it's been rumbled :-)
31 Jul 2016 20:37:37
Sy with all due respect you are using a one sided argument that isn't correct. You quote money bags chelski who have an average net spend of 6mil a year more than us that's all. You don't look at the bottom line. Your argument is flawed, when you just look at things with blinkers on.
31 Jul 2016 20:39:18
The board of any company set the tone and expectations
Wenger doesn't write his own contract
He is meeting expectations based on resources
If he wasn't then he would be fired
It's too expensive to seriously compete in EU and UK every year so we have reset expectations
City have spent close to 1 billion pounds under the new owners.
It's the board - wengers crime is accepting a contract and earning a living while doing the best he can for the club.
31 Jul 2016 20:40:33
Sy4,
Wenger's spin Doctor? :-)
31 Jul 2016 21:09:34
SY
TFI is fully responsible for all the players we have and contracts they are on . Some players should have been long gone some are massively over paid, some of that money can go into the transfer kitty.
31 Jul 2016 22:30:29
For me you have to put things in perspective. The board has to go gazidis kronke are usless. don't want it enough. The board owes Wenger one year to sign ne player at any cost Then you will see the magic.
31 Jul 2016 23:28:36
Gunns ðŸ‘ðŸ¼.
01 Aug 2016 08:33:26
I agree with Steve, it isn't spending that is the issue, it is our transfer policy (which is very strange) . We seem to spend lots of money and high wages on players that are either injured or aren't consistant. The moneyball philosophy doesn't seem to be working for us.