What is worse than this is how we handled the Suarez deal. We took the piss by offering £40m +£1. Fucking terrible. We could have got him for possibly £48m. Unfortunately, we insulted them and they told us to fuck off. Simples! We could have won the league this year, but we may not even get fourth.
Missed it. Sounds like we went all negative again. Plainly the CL has been prioritised, we played proper football for that one until it went tits up. Saw Jones was the ref beforehand and knew it would be a tough day. Amazing decision to leave Ox out. Again, probably to rest him for the CL. Hard not to be suspicious the finances are the main goal again. 3rd or 4th still brings in a tidy amount but the CL is icing. Hopefully this is to underpin a proper push for players in the summer. If not then weapons at dawn.
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And of course, title = over/
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Good to see he singled out the player who needs to fuck off.
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It's gotten so predictable that all you can really do is laugh.![]()
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Do you really believe this?
I mean, they've sold us the same old shit every year since 2004. We will sit on our hands this summer as we do every summer. Wenger will blame the World Cup for inflating prices, talk about how competitive the market is for world class strikers, and say what a difference theo is going to make when he comes back.
Rinse and repeat.
It's not a question of belief. Summer 2014 is when the financial plan matures by their calculations. It certainly seems to be the case with the much improved commercial deals coming online. I doubt we'd have seen a £42mill signing if there hadn't been a significant change in the financial environment. The purpose of the stadium move was to position us to compete with the top clubs in Europe. Now whether they meant in terms of success on the pitch or purely financially we'll see. The point is, this is a football club and come Summer 2014 there are no more financial excuses that can be used to cover lack of investment in the business end of football - the shit that happens on the pitch. This is crunch point, after all these years. Either they were genuine or they were lying. We'll know in a few months.
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2 shots on target tells the whole story. No pace out wide, and even if there was, we have no strikers. Could have been addressed in Jan, Should have been addressed, but there you go. Money IS there, because of the 42.5M spunked on Ozil, so the fault lies with the manager.