New manager

[saintnickle]

That's because some of us are fighting hard to get this manager the respect he deserves. It's good if the mindless insults have been rowed back. It means we can start getting to a place where we can have a real debate about the future of the club. The one thing that's really important to consider, if anyone here thinks they are a bigger fan of Arsenal than Arsene Wenger - well they are as wrong as it is possible to be. We're talking about the biggest fan of this club when we are talking about our manager. So respect? I should say so.

What a load of absolute tosh.If i was the manager of a club i loved with a passion and all my heart and was a multi millionaire i would be different.If i knew the club was struggling financially i would find it hard to allow myself a wage of £130k a week (8 mill a year) especially when i hadnt won anything for so long.I certainly wouldnt put a wage structure in place which everyone at the club had to be part of ..well everyone exept me..

[Niall_Quinn]

What a load of absolute tosh.If i was the manager of a club i loved with a passion and all my heart and was a multi millionaire i would be different.If i knew the club was struggling financially i would find it hard to allow myself a wage of £130k a week (8 mill a year) especially when i hadnt won anything for so long.I certainly wouldnt put a wage structure in place which everyone at the club had to be part of ..well everyone exept me..

The club wasn't struggling financially, it put a financial plan in place that focused on securing increased revenues so the club could compete into the future against the biggest clubs domestically and in Europe. This plan has been completely successful, despite a major economic downturn, and Wenger has been instrumental in achieving the result. Like any senior employee who has delivered for his bosses he has been paid well. If you want to criticise anyone at the club regarding money, have a look at the previous shareholders who put very little in and then demanded the maximum payout when they left. Criticising Wenger for the results on the pitch in one thing. Criticising him on the financial side is nonsensical.