Maybe not to you. The problem you have is that you hate the reality that stares you in the face so pretend you can't seeit. WENGER himself has said top four IS A Trophy. What more do you need to hear.Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Maybe not to you. The problem you have is that you hate the reality that stares you in the face so pretend you can't seeit. WENGER himself has said top four IS A Trophy. What more do you need to hear.
No, what he said is that finishing top 4 brings greater rewards then the domestic trophies. Which is correct.
"The first trophy is to finish in the top four,"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...l-fourth-place
wigan won a trophy, would you go and join them over a club who just got top four? no. players, especially the ones we want to sign, want champions league football. tahts what wenger was saying, was that top four meant more to players looking to join you then the league cup
Pretty much.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...l-fourth-place
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-a-trophy.html
Are you familiar with the concept of a simile?
you ignored this key quote didnt you? yeah thought so
"I say that because if you want to attract the best players, they do not ask 'did you win the League Cup?', they ask you 'do you play in the Champions League?'."
The problem with Wenger and those who prefer a top 4 spot to a trophy is that they're only seeing "reward" as an economic thing. Yes, economically speaking top 4 is much superior to a domestic trophy, but winning a domestic cup brings with it intrinsic rewards that cannot be quantified on a balance sheet. For example, we have a rich history of success in the FA Cup, and to continue that success adds to our heritage and is valued by the fans, even though on purely financial criteria, it doesn't mean a lot.
wigan won a trophy, would you go and join them over a club who just got top four? no. players, especially the ones we want to sign, want champions league football. tahts what wenger was saying, was that top four meant more to players looking to join you then the league cup
I thought we were talking about 4th place being a trophy.
Does he say that or not?
because he probably views us as the best team in the league in the sense we aren't bankrolled.
if he was obsessed with winning he would have done a lot more than he has done over the past 7 years, let's not pretend he's blameless in all of this, he's made his fair share of mistakes, I mean we're still suffering from his crazy "wage policy", we have around 6 players we can't shift, nobody wants them and nobody wants to pay them what we are paying them.
arsene is very principal driven, everything has to be done "the right way" which basically translates to "his way".
he has history, why do you think they kicked him out of Monaco? Read up on it and you will be surprised how similar things went over there to what they are like now at arsenal.
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