The whole point of moving stadium was so we could buy the best in the world
If we cant do that then whats the point of the new stadium?
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The whole point of moving stadium was so we could buy the best in the world
If we cant do that then whats the point of the new stadium?
No, the point of the new Stadium was to compete with the best teams in the world. I highly doubt when ever it was planned it had anticipated the rich clubs to be able to buy all the top stars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
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You say that and yet we barely spend a penny (net) so we're not even spending more than we did at Highbury, in fact we're spending less, so it was all BS in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
No it was not, where did wenger ever say he was going to spend big in this stadium. If we stayed at Highbury we'd be much worse of now then we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
Like i said Who was to know Billionaires would come into play onced this was planned. End of the day this was planned well before we left highbury.
Yes because we always spent, 10 -16 mill on players when we was at highbury. Yeah we may have spent money at Highbury but that was when you did not have to pay top odds for quality players, we never spent over the odds and that has not changed. Excpet Now top players cost top dollar.Quote:
so we're not even spending more than we did at Highbury,
Not really no. I highly Doubt this was Wenger/the board Vision for moving. This decsion to move was made ages before we moved anyways.Quote:
so it was all BS in the first place.
World class team in a world class stadium and competing with the best teams in the world we two statements made, both need investment, even if the rich clubs hadn't appeared, Real and Barca had lots of money and we'd have needed to spend to compete.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
We spent more on better players at Highbury, Bergkamp, Pires, Henry, Lauren, Campbell, Overmars etc....we did invest more in the team in those days, not a lot more but more nonetheless, these days well sell more than we spend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
I don't believe it anymore, we were told it was for other reasons but it's become clear it was for financial reasons now, 4th place is perfect......you get lots of money without having to take a risk and spend some.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
We'd have not have needed to spend mega to competer with those 2 teams. End of the day the era of the Billionaire was something no one at the club had forseen and did not think it would have harmed its plans.Quote:
World class team in a world class stadium and competing with the best teams in the world we two statements made, both need investment, even if the rich clubs hadn't appeared, Real and Barca had lots of money and we'd have needed to spend to compete.
Had their been no rich guys then more or less stupid wages would not have come about and therefore we may have been able to attract better players.
Yes but those players were more bought cheaper then what we have now, so its more or less the same anyways only diffrence is we sell better then we did then and make a better profit.Quote:
We spent more on better players at Highbury, Bergkamp, Pires, Henry, Lauren, Campbell, Overmars etc....we did invest more in the team in those days, not a lot more but more nonetheless, these days well sell more than we spend.
I highly doubt it was for financial reasons when they 1st thought of the move, I don't think the likes Of Dein/ Fizman/ lady Nina would have agreed to the move if they did not think it would benefit the club in the future. Maybe its become that way now but thats a diffrent issue.Quote:
I don't believe it anymore, we were told it was for other reasons but it's become clear it was for financial reasons now, 4th place is perfect......you get lots of money without having to take a risk and spend some.
Oh come on folks, we all know the point of the new stadium was to make a lot of money, bank a lot of money, increase share price, sell for a lot of money, make a lot of money, increase share price, sell for a lot of money .......guessing you got it by now.
It is very evident it was never about spending a lot of money or competing with the best.
We're competing alright. The revenue the club generates rivals the very best in the world, the fans pay more than the majority of our rivals....we're competing but not on the field unfortunately. Nobody could predict the arrival of Chelsea and Man City coming in, but we still have a very flawed model because the burden is on the fans to keep this club afloat and that means they are going to have to keep on raising ticket prices.
That's not true, Barca and Real are arguably to two best teams in the world right now and they've invested a fair amount, we could never compete without investing in the team (and I don't mean spending what you get from player sales).Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
Salaries are higher yes, but so are season ticket prices, in addition our squad is full of players we've chosen to overpay. We could simply have focussed on paying for quality and left the whole everyone must be paid a similar amount scheme behind.
In relative terms, no not really.....we had a smaller income and prices were lower in those days...Bergkamp at 7 million was a huge amount in those days, Overmars too was quite expensive. As for selling, we sold Anelka for 20+ million likewise Overmars so I'm not sure our sales are "better" nowadays.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
Maybe not when we first thought of it, but in those days Dein was involved and it's clear he was interested in having a successful playing side.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner