We all do this every year. I spend my summer holidays with my same mates & families in a hotel somewhere along the Turkish Riviera running for a English newspaper every morning to see if we've done anything. My mates are Chelsea & Fulham fans, they piss themselves every year at my expense. This year I will not be running for any papers - If he spends big money, it will be done begrudgingly & without the enthusiasm that a manager should have for the new season. However, because of his stubborness I do think I will drive to Colney with banners saying " Please buy Kalou, You must buy Kalou " or " Please buy another Sanogo, its what we desperatley need " - therefore ensuring that they have no chance of happening.Originally Posted by IBK
In some respects, particularly this:
And if that's true then the Pellegrini worship can be forgiven. Nothing fundamentally wrong with a player answering a question about his favourite manager. Fairly dumb in the context of a fiercely competitive sport when it's an opposition manager and much better to say nothing considering his own club and manager is under such pressure. But if he said it a year ago then I guess it's old news mendaciously packaged as new by a typically shit so-called journalist. That's if it is true this is an old interview.(which may be more down to when the quotes were released rather than the timing of the interview)
Arseblog doesn't mention the barely cryptic mention of the phone call right at the end. That would be the part that irritates a lot of people, surely?
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This summer will go one of two ways. Either Wenger will leave or move up and we'll bring a new guy in (2% chance) or we'll make some big signings. Unless we already have a replacement lined up, if we opt for a new guy then the summer will be consumed by that appointment and considering the World Cup sits smack in the middle there won't be any significant transfer dealings. Unless we've already done the business behind the scenes and are waiting for the window to make it official, but that's not our style.
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I personally don't think Wenger will walk. He will see the fact that we were top at Xmas as proof that his system works & the long term injuries to the likes of Rambo & Walcott as being the reason we couldn't last the pace.
He knows he has to add quality & depth to the squad, the problem is that he will do it his way which will mean haggling over price, wages etc & losing out to a competitor, making stupid bids for players that result in the selling club not taking us seriously & his ultra clever strategic scheme of leaving everything to the last minute to see who's left, leaving us paying over the odds because the selling clubs know we're desperate.
If he wants to seriously change our fortunes he needs to identify the targets, pay the transfer fee required in relation to what a proven, quality footballer costs in the year 2014, do his business early so the players can enjoy pre-season with the squad. The problem this year is that Wenger will now have the excuse of the world cup to do none of the above. The transfer window is open throughout the world cup, its the showpiece event that all agents love, they expect their phones to be busy during this time & deals will be done.- Mr Wenger has to be one of those callers.
That's how I feel to.
It's not really about Wenger not "spending" big, it's more about Wenger making the "right" signings. If Wenger can significantly improve the team by bringing in free transfers then so be it. I don't demand he spend like Chelsea or City.
The issue I have with Wenger and his spending is that if he does spend it will most likely be on the "wrong" type of player...a player he likes personally and not one that will address the balance of the team/squad.
Come on now. Think about how that part about a phone call got into this piece? What do you think the interviewer asked him when considering his connection to Pellegrini at Villareal and Malaga? Pellegrini took Cazorla from Villareal to Malaga. You’re fully aware of how the media try to manipulate a situation and but your falling hook line and sinker for this one.
I agree plus he'll be working and getting paid by French television to watch the World cup like last time.
Wenger has a history of buying players in complete different positions at a time when everybody is asking for something else. I have sympathy for it and it has often served us well to an extent but buying the right player is more key than the actual position he plays in, because we could do with plugging a few holes up!
On position alone in the strictest sense, Draxler would make little sense....but on quality and the players skill set, he is the sort of player you'd want to bring in. I would like a player like Lucas Moura over here, though I'd be a little afraid we'd coach the little in the way of a propensity to shoot the player has out of him!
Wenger won't want to walk unless he is almost completey done with football at coaching/managerial level all together. How many top clubs will he get such a relatively modest level of pressure allied with such autonomy? I can't think of a single club. I also can't see him accepting a very stringently defined and restrictive role either with a load of meddling footballing charlatans to 'work' with so we're probably stuck with each other folks.
The board will only sack him if their minimum targets have significantly been raised too.
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