Quote Originally Posted by Jeebus View Post
There is a difference between having no money and pissing away what money we do have.

Wenger has wasted millions on shit, average nobodies over the years. We spent £2m here and £3m there on potential, only to realesse them or sell them on a season later because they weren't good enough, etc.

i said at the time that it was a pointless excersize, better to lump that money in with the small transfer funds that we did have to try and get better, more experienced players. But mostly my argument fell on deaf ears.

players that were decent and affordable were mostly overlooked in favour of 'unearthing the next unknown gem' from Africa or France. We could have done a lot more and far better then we have with player purchasing.

ultimately though, our continuous failure to progress, or win anything is down to Wenger and his lack of getting the basics right.

I still firmly believe that any squad we have had in the last 10 years did have the ability to win the title, compete for it till the end or win some silverware under any other tactically astute/top manager with a winning mentality, that was only focused on the football and not how the club was run on a daily basis from top to bottom.

for some reason this debate has now shifted back to the old one of whether we have money or not and I think it is becoming clearer to plenty more people on this board and most other fans that, that isn't the problem or where it continuously lies.

i really do not understand how we have shifted back to an endless debate about our finances again.???

we all know we can't compete with the billionaires spending power in our self sustainability model, but we can still buy good, decent, top players with the funds we do have and still win silverware.

Unfortunatetely we do not have that in wenger anymore
So by that basis you back Wenger entirely because he has done exactly what you suggested he has saved the money back and spent it on Ozil, even though our squad is appallingly thin compared to most of the sides around us.