Well it depends on whether we had money to throw around or not. If we had money to spend during the last close season but the board and Wenger chose not to spend it ( prefering to pocket the profils as dividends and salary increases) then it was a crap season. If we genuinely didnt have money to spend ( and no-one seems to know as our finances are shrouded in mystery) then thats another story.
Originally Posted by Letters
We definitely had money last summer, we sold two of our best players.
We spent some of it of course, but these were panic buys, it looks like the board were gonna pocket it until we got annhilated 8-2.
I'd sooner have seen the money spent (other than on Oxo) go on some top quality players personally.
You thought we'd finish 3rd and above Spurs?
Yeah. Just £182m in the last couple of years. Chickenfeed really:Let's be honest here, although they spent a lot when Abrahmovic first arrived, they've not spent anywhere near as much in recent times
http://www.transferleague.co.uk/prem...transfers.html
At the start of the season, yes
Predictable in a sense that we'd win nothing and probably end up 4th (ok we got 3rd but I've explained the Spuds bottle job).
As for the spending fair point (although they recouped 36 million), but I don't think the CL win was down to money, they didn't have the best side and hadn't spend the most...it was about more than that, there's was a real grit and determination about them.
Really? But you posted this last May:
http://www.goonersweb.co.uk/forum/sh...p?t=172&page=1With Wenger in charge next season and if he doesn't strengthen this summer then it might happen. Spuds will buy, that's for sure. How they got VdV for that cheap last summer was a stroke of genius. Brilliant player
Might happen....might being the main word there and it nearly did happen. Thankfully they fucked up
You thought we'd finish top 4 this season? Really. OK then, I didn't.
They got a fair bit of luck but they also showed a lot of spirit, as Wenger would say. But would they have been in the CL, let alone the final but for Abramovic? Would they balls. I listed in another thread the cost of Chelsea's team last night. They had 2 players just on the bench who cost more than Arsenal's transfer record. Money played its part last night. It's pretty much the only way to win the big trophies these days, sadly.
And then a couple of months in you said we'd finish 10th. But yeah, if you say you thought we'd finish 4th then fair enough.
They spent some money for sure, but if you use that link and look at our transfer spend it just shows you we could have competed at the highest level, instead we've pocked a hefty profit almost every season since 05/06.
If we utilised our resources as we could, we'd be able to compete and win these trophies IMO, I agree money plays a part, we barely spend any so we have no chance.
You can't expect to compete when you let your best players go and don't really sign top quality, that's just logic really, Chelsea have spent money but the fact is they have a few top quality players and those are the players that make all the difference, we could afford these if we really wanted to. In addition they did play as a unit and showed a real resilience and team spirit in addition to mental strength ().
Wenger always mentions these things with regards our team when they in reality don't possess these qualities, maybe he should look at some other teams to see what those qualities actually mean.
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