Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
Wenger's performance precisely accommodates the financial project at the expense of the football team, it's easy enough to see that. If we needed to finish 3rd to qualify for the money, we would be 3rd every year. If 15th was enough then we'd finish 15th. It really isn't about the football at Arsenal any more. Not in a competitive sense anyway. The youth project fits nicely into the financial agenda too. Cheap fees, cheap wages, get a few years out of them and move them on. If they make it then grab the big transfer fees. Rinse and repeat. Until the Utd result. Maybe even the board has realised there's only so much the fans will put up with before the income stream is jeopardised. All about the money, all the time. And they are so fucking dishonest about it.
Cheap wages?! Our wage bill is one of the highest in the country, only exceeded by 2 clubs who can throw money around like it's going out of fashion and Utd whose income is much bigger than ours. Wenger has been roundly criticised on here for paying players too much money.

@FY - agree with your post. We needed a mix of youth and experience, the signings in the scramble on deadline day will hopefully give us that so there are some signs that Wenger has somewhat changed tack in that regard.