If we finish 3rd Wenger is the best manager in the league

[Flavs]

"If god had meant football to be played in the air, there would be grass on clouds son"

[Letters]

"Stick it up your bollocks"

[LDG]

"We'll see"

[GP]

'It's like buying a degree off the internet'

[Letters]

Letters

[Özim]

I think it boils down to whether you trust Wenger to spend the money on the right players in the summer, I don't thus for me he has to go. We've done well recently, but our problems always come when we're trying to win something not when we're trying to come 3rd or 4th, in that sense we're no better this season. Our good run has coincided with us being knocked out of everything which still leaves a lot of question marks about our ability to last the distance.

We need to add some real quality to the squad this summer IMO, trouble is Wenger is always on the lookout for bargains and getting quality at bargain prices is hard, very hard (he often ignores the top players who go for bargains as well).

[Letters]

I do agree with some of that although it has to be said his 'bargains' are currently 3rd in the league which, after our awful start, isn't bad. He does seem to know what he's doing when it comes to building a decent squad on the cheap. And I'd be the first to admit I didn't think we had much of a squad this year but...well, we are 3rd and since October have got more points than anyone bar Utd. We have been carried a bit by RvP at times but others have stepped up recently and I'm more optimistic about things now than I have been for a long time.

Yes, we've failed to win a trophy again but we look like we've got something to build on. I'd agree it's not the first time but I also think changing managers would set us back and destroy the momentum we've built up. That might also be destroyed by another car-crash of a summer, especially if we lose RvP, but the Podolski thing encourages me that we're looking to get business done earlier this time.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I think it boils down to whether you trust Wenger to spend the money on the right players in the summer, I don't thus for me he has to go. We've done well recently, but our problems always come when we're trying to win something not when we're trying to come 3rd or 4th, in that sense we're no better this season. Our good run has coincided with us being knocked out of everything which still leaves a lot of question marks about our ability to last the distance.

We need to add some real quality to the squad this summer IMO, trouble is Wenger is always on the lookout for bargains and getting quality at bargain prices is hard, very hard (he often ignores the top players who go for bargains as well).

Problem is there are not many bargins out there with top players as such. its only once in a while you may get them like the VDV thing and at the time we had Cesc there so its not like we had space for him. I guess is you look hard enough and its the right time you may land them.

Also i just don't think there are many World class players out there like their use to be 10-15 years ago.

When i say world class i mean on a messi to Ronaldo level. But now were in new age where the likes of Hazard and Gotze and OX are gearing up to be the next big thing and thats why people are paying for potential.

The days when an expensive player cost 20 mill was when we had loads of world class players, but AW could spot something special a mile off for cheaper.

Now its a case of put up or shut up. These days good players go for 20 Mill or more not great players but good players and this is why managers are skeptikal to pay big.

I do agree we need to add some qualtiy to the sqaud in the summer that is a must and no excuses from no one at the club should be made.

I can only hope we go into the summer and kick on from there.

[LDG]

I think it boils down to whether you trust Wenger to spend the money on the right players in the summer, I don't thus for me he has to go. We've done well recently, but our problems always come when we're trying to win something not when we're trying to come 3rd or 4th, in that sense we're no better this season. Our good run has coincided with us being knocked out of everything which still leaves a lot of question marks about our ability to last the distance.

We need to add some real quality to the squad this summer IMO, trouble is Wenger is always on the lookout for bargains and getting quality at bargain prices is hard, very hard (he often ignores the top players who go for bargains as well).

I agree to an extent about the bargain hunting. Though, I think this is down to his philosophy of trying to engage a team which isn't full of prima donnas and mental cases already corrupted by money and fame.

This is one of the reasons I think he went for youth. But that's backfired, because you're giving even younger people money and fame, and the end result is Samir Nasri. A **** of the highest order.

Arteta and the like are professionals, who work hard. Blend that with some of the talent we have, and see THAT rub off on the youth on the training ground, and I think we have a more sustainable model.

at the end of the day, we bought Sagna, Koscielny, Song, Arteta, all at reasonable prices, and are, with RVP, our best players this year.

You're right that we need to add quality. Vertongen, Podolski and a midfielder (if rumours be true), would be cracking business. And I think money will be made available this time round.

but as a great man once said. We'll see.

[Power n Glory]

Song's a product of our youth system. One of the very few that came from playing in the reserves, going out on loan and then making himself a regular in the first team.