Wenger Out?

[Dein-machine]

We’d have stayed top four at Highbury. Man Utd and Chelsea were the only teams with crazy spending power back then and we weakened our team as a result of the move to the Emirates. We’d probably have serious problems now sustaining top four now that the teams below us have gotten better with more money and better managers.

Thank god for this post - there are some sense on GW this afternoon

[Syn]

Thank god for this post - there are some sense on GW this afternoon

He's basically saying you're talking rubbish and that we needed the move.

[Dein-machine]

He's basically saying you're talking rubbish and that we needed the move.

If you read things properly I've never said we didn't need the move. I said it was part of the lies told by the board & Wenger. Long term the move is great with a fantastic asset on our books & double the capacity but basically we are a football club & as a football team we are worse than we were 8 years ago, we don't compete at the top table & we are not viewed by anyone as one of the worlds top teams.

[GP]

It's pretty naive to think the team wouldn't suffer in the short term while the front-loaded commercials deals had time to run.

There were no lies told there.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

If you read things properly I've never said we didn't need the move. I said it was part of the lies told by the board & Wenger. Long term the move is great with a fantastic asset on our books & double the capacity but basically we are a football club & as a football team we are worse than we were 8 years ago, we don't compete at the top table & we are not viewed by anyone as one of the worlds top teams.

But if we look back at those 8 years and see it was just a blip in history then quite frankly it's nothing.

For all the stick we've given Wenger it does seem more and more like he was right all along.

There was fuck all money to spend. Hence the recent quotes from board + himself.
He stuck by players like Ramsey and he's now reaping the rewards.
He turned youth players like adebayor, flamini etc into established household names. Maybe patience was the key.

I dunno but it's easy as fans to sit and think he done a shit job but we don't really know the truth. He should have spent in key areas over the years because he took underinvestment to the extreme, we all agree on that. And we all agree that tactically he was shocking, especially the defence, which was allowed to get away with murder week in week out. But now we're looking like we might improve. So as he was given such a rough ride during the past 8 years, maybe he's allowed to enjoy the new funds and be given the opportunity to take us back to the top

If we go into february having done fuck all in the transfer window again then fine. But up until now, we're doing fucking amazing.