Wenger to sign a new deal

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Wenger soaks up the criticism for years when the board gave him no money.

Redknapp spits his dummy when he can't get Wayne Bridge.

#Class

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Saw that on twitter. It's very true, board admit there have been constraints on wenger yet he has never moaned.

He's a top man.

Deserves a ton of respect.

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

Saw that on twitter. It's very true, board admit there have been constraints on wenger yet he has never moaned.

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He has 6 millions reasons not to moan tbh

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

Saw that on twitter. It's very true, board admit there have been constraints on wenger yet he has never moaned.

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He has 6 millions reasons not to moan tbh

How do you know the board gave him no money? I don't disagree that we may not have had an enormous quantity available for transfers, but we definitely have had some money available. For example, this from 2010:

http://www.1000goals.com/chief-execu...funds-to-spend

We've always had money.

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Originally Posted by Letters

And yet we finished 2 points off 3rd place, 5 points off 2nd. :shrug: And the sides who finished in 2nd and 3rd have the infinite money cheat turned on and neither significantly out-performed us in the league.
We're not that good, but we're not that bad either.
Utd were miles clear of everyone but only because of RvP and Fergie who manages to get squads who are decent but hardly world-beaters to win game after game. But he's gone now and while they're not going to suddenly be in mid-table I don't expect them to win the title next year. Moyes is decent enough but he's no Fergie, Chelsea and City will no doubt splash silly amounts of money around and that will make it difficult for us to challenge but we don't need to have a massive clear out and start again. This squad + a couple of marquee signings and we'd be right up there. Whether we'll make them...well, I'm sceptical because we've been here so many times before.

You're right about the Fabregas and RvP transfers, that showed what the aims and ambition of the club are about. Or have been about. Maybe there's some longer term masterplan behind it all and with better commercial deals and more of the stadium debt paid off we'll compete again, but we've been sold that story for years so who knows :shrug:

It's not just us who covets the 4th place trophy by the way, plenty of clubs have splashed out and tried and failed to achieve it. It shouldn't be all we're trying to achieve though and it seems it has been, or at best it's been the top priority for the club.

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Fair enough, if the rest continue to be average then we could out-average them with a couple more players. I'm talking about setting up a team you'd expect to be challenging each season regardless of what the others are up to. A team like we used to have, for instance. It'd be a laugh if we stumbled to a title because we were slightly less shite than our major rivals, but it would be a lot more satisfying if we had the right philosophy year on year and the resources of the club were focused on the football rather than the share price and the queue of raiders waiting for their turn at the trough. This Gazidis bloke reckons we have £70mill a year to spend? So we might do £200mill by 2016? Yeah right, they're going to bargain basement it again, maybe spend a bit more this time because the team really has fallen off a cliff and is in danger of being overhauled by powerhouses such as the spuds and Everton. Plus whatever they spend is only what the tight bastards held back over the last few years, listening to them you'd think they were doing us a favour.

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Originally Posted by Cripps

We've always had money.

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"They've" always had money (ours)

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Originally Posted by Joker

How do you know the board gave him no money? I don't disagree that we may not have had an enormous quantity available for transfers, but we definitely have had some money available. For example, this from 2010:

http://www.1000goals.com/chief-execu...funds-to-spend

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Because the board openly boasts about the finances and says pretty much fuck all about the lack of success in (what you'd think would be) the most important aspect of running a football club - football! Because they retain a manager who doesn't win and consistently fails in the one-off crunch matches. We had an embarrassing record against our (supposed) rivals this year and we got booted out of anything we could realistically win by pub teams.

Because the board members have all spent the last few years trading shares, stabbing each other up, stuffing cash in their wallets (at a ridiculous return on the insignificant investments made), doing property deals, any fucking thing except finding ways to invest in the football team.

They are quite clearly not bothered we don't win anything, except the pay day associated with limping home 4th. Even then they told Wenger, no worries, we'll be okay cash wise if we don't get 4th. Not, as you might imagine in a highly competitive sport, a winning message. Telling the manager it's fine to fail because they'll still have enough cash? Are these the sort of people we want anywhere near the club?

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Because the board openly boasts about the finances and says pretty much fuck all about the lack of success in (what you'd think would be) the most important aspect of running a football club - football! Because they retain a manager who doesn't win and consistently fails in the one-off crunch matches. We had an embarrassing record against our (supposed) rivals this year and we got booted out of anything we could realistically win by pub teams.

Because the board members have all spent the last few years trading shares, stabbing each other up, stuffing cash in their wallets (at a ridiculous return on the insignificant investments made), doing property deals, any fucking thing except finding ways to invest in the football team.

They are quite clearly not bothered we don't win anything, except the pay day associated with limping home 4th. Even then they told Wenger, no worries, we'll be okay cash wise if we don't get 4th. Not, as you might imagine in a highly competitive sport, a winning message. Telling the manager it's fine to fail because they'll still have enough cash? Are these the sort of people we want anywhere near the club?

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Which all rather begs the question if Wenger goes and the board doesn't will that not just make things worse still?
I don't think many managers in the world could have kept us in the top 4 the way Wenger has, spending so little.