Quote Originally Posted by LDG View Post
Silverware....well, I think we should have won a cup or two with those players. We've been over that before, and it's the same reason we're saying Wenger should go now. Because of gambling with squad, not preparing a team properly etc.

But even then. Even when we had a squad that should have won something. EVEN THEN. We did it on a budget, because we were tied into various deals, we didn't have oil money, we were funding the stadium and other build projects. What I'm saying, is that I don't believe there were or are many other managers capable of keeping us where we were, and on that budget. That's the argument.

And as we agree the move was necessary, you have to give credit to those involved who made it possible, without dropping out of the top four. There is a good argument that had we put David Moyes in charge of that period of time, on the budget Wenger had, we WOULD have dropped way out of the top four. He managed it with Utd's millions.
Yes, true, we should have at least won a cup with some of those teams, but you get my point. We weren’t buying the same quality as what we once were when at Highbury even though the revenue went up. But this is where the language used gets confusing.

Why would we fall out of the Top 4 if we had a financial advantage over the teams below us? We were working on a budget and financial constraints compared to the teams above us but not below. So why the argument that the move to the Emirates was desperately needed to stay in the Top 4?