Whilst I agree with Wrighty that we are in freefall and the glory days are long gone, it is hard to accept his transfer analogy. He isn't the sharpest is old Wrighty.
Would Villa have chosen us over Barca??!!
Manure can't even buy Sneijder - what hope do we have??
Phil Jones or Chris Smalling would have been brilliant for Arsenal. We bid £16m for Jones and something like £10m for Smalling. They both joined Manure for similar figures - we were not outbid. They just decided to join the bigger club. That would still have happened in the days of Henry, Vieira etc.
I suppose we could have bid for City's two players but we'd never have competed with the wages and Dzeko was shit last season.