Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Lahey View Post
I dont trust him either - however I am not arguing about bountiful resources, he had ENOUGH resources to use regardless if it was generated through commercial deals now or through the sale of players previously...there has always been money to spend - I believe he chooses not to. Wengers vision lines up with the Boards targets - he doesnt believe that the solution is to buy, it is to develop, he has been hammering that into our heads from day one. Even if he was told that he could not spend, he has been making millions knowing how this, he is just as bad as the rest of them and in no way is he a scapegoat.
I agree with that. He hasn't had crazy money to spend, but he's had enough to replace key players and he's chosen not to use it because he's had faith in the young kids on the bench to take over. That's his philosophy and always has been because he apes the Ajax club set up and that’s always been his vision for Arsenal. We’re seeing a huge influx of players now because the old team he had faith in have left (RVP, Nasri, Cesc, Song) or he’s finally realised certain players just aren’t good enough (Denilson, Bendy, Djourou, Vela). Money has always been there and it’s not because of the new sponsorship deal that the Board are saying fund are available because that money hasn’t even kicked in yet.

We spent a lot over the past two windows, wholesale type buys and it’s necessary now because he’s refused to spend a little on repair jobs and now the roof has caved in. When Vermaelen was out injured for a season or when RVP was out and we’ve struggled during the season, I don’t believe that Wenger has been denied £10m - £15m to spend on a replacements. A player like Merts, Arteta or Podolski wouldn’t be so bad if they were brought in during a January transfer window to help out while we’re tired and wouldn’t cost much either. Players like that sprinkled in with guys like Cesc, Nasri, RVP and Song would have helped us during the season and given us some options off the bench at least. But as seen, Wenger can’t manage a big squad and has no idea to rotate players which is why he avoids buying players that would bring competition to other first teamers. When he has such options, he makes stupid decisions, as see with Gervinho and Ramsey or he goes to the extreme and freezes them out of the squad totally (Arshavin, Chamakh, Squallci). That’s just bad management. He either makes bizarre choices or runs players into the ground until they break.

Before we moved to the Emirates, Wenger has always been applauded for being able to build a championship winning team on a small budget and his ideas haven’t changed. We haven’t had the sort of money to compete with Chelsea and City but we’ve had enough to buy the sort calibre players that dominate the first team now. They’re not expensive, not terrible either but no way are they of the same class that we used to have. If we’d have made one or two smart buys each season to help lighten the load, I believe we’d have won more and certain players would have stayed.