The board admitted in last few weeks wenger has been operating on a tight budget with limited funds. End of discussion really. He hasn't had the money
The board admitted in last few weeks wenger has been operating on a tight budget with limited funds. End of discussion really. He hasn't had the money
And they're saying he has it now, so let's he what he does or doesn't do with it.
Gazidis and the Board have well and truly left him out on a limb here, as he'll have no excuse for failure come next February by which time we're normally out of all competitions.
'This summer, Arsenal are talking themselves up as approaching Super Club status with the financial muscle now available to them. There still some who, out of fierce loyalty and, I think, confirmation bias, have chosen to interpret Gazidis’ bullish proclamations as proof that the board have been hamstringing Wenger all along and are only making money available to him now. Personally, I don’t think that’s true. I think there’s a distinction to be made between “we have a bit more money now” and “we didn’t have any before.”
The manager has made some mistakes with that money and had some successes with it too. I see little evidence that the board have been holding back on what’s available to him. Leaving aside the deals we have done in the last few years, we have bid big for players we’ve not subsequently acquired such as Mata, Goetze, Reina and even Felipe Melo some five years ago. I think the truth is that, if Wenger doesn’t get exactly who he wants then he puts his wallet away.'
http://arseblog.com/2013/06/ivans-era/
spot on again. anyone using the 'we havent had money line' is clearly an undercover charlie.
Charlie.
Heard it was a head shot right between the eyes. He didn't suffer.
Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
We haven't spent wisely over the past two seasons.
It's been a lot longer than that. Ever since le-Prof was given the keys to the kingdom to do as he likes. Such as signing Squillacci and paying Bendtner 50k pw
We haven't spent wisely over the past two seasons.
I agree put the past two seasons really highly the problem because we've been more active. 13 players bought, over £100m spent and not one world class talent amongst them. Only Merts and Cazorla have stamped them selves into the first team 'must start' braket. That's just awful.
i think thats harsh. i actually think he's spent much better over the past 2 seasons when he hasnt pissed around with kids but thats probably because of my deep-rooted hatred for project youth, which i believe was fundamentally flawed from the start. but i suppose if you take the spent money:league success ratio then over the past 2 years it's worse than any purely because of the voluminous amount we've spent compared to the past 8. wenger finally had enough of project youth so upped the spending. but if you look at the quality of players they've been much better.
podolski - first season 16 goals. doesnt seem to fit into the system but lets at least give him a second season? you dont bang in goals left right and centre for germany without being a little bit good.
giroud - first season 17 goals. for all the piss taking i make of him its not his fault he's number 1 when clearly he would be a much better no2, when our plan A is not working.
cazorla - player of the season.
mertesacker - solid defensive partnership with kos.
monreal - decent back up. needs to bulk up.
arteta - quality first season. not his fault he was playing in the wrong position last year.
cafu - pretty bad first season. but excellent since.
if we keep spending like we did last summer we'll see improvements. it was a very good summer but selling RVC was 1 step forward and 4 back. now we have more money we need to up the spending into the top bracket to get the world class players in to supplement the current lot. there's still underlying issues that need to be addressed though. why it took wenger 6 months to realise he needs to train the defence is one, for instance.
Last edited by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon; 16-06-2013 at 10:43 AM.
Where's all this Cafu stuff from?
Not a chance! We played better during the project youth years and the kids playing in reserves could be trusted to play cup games and dispatch of Prem league teams with ease. We can't even trust the first team to do that now and forget trusting our bench to win cup games! If we spent anywhere near as much as we did then now, we'd have won something without a doubt. It was too far and between for £10m plus first team signings. Ade, Eduardo, Sagna, Rosicky, Vermaelen, Hleb, Nasri, Arshavin....all quality but came in drips and drabs.
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