Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
It wasn't a defence of Wenger by saying it would be be difficult to dominate, in fact Wenger was no part of the point I was making.

By the way what would your view be of someone like Usmanov owning the club?
I'm not sure on the Usmanov issue. On one hand its easy to say "We dont wanna get like Chelsea & City, buy success & say goodbye to all the principles we've stood for" but the problem faced by us & others is that this is the way football is going. The Premier league will become the billionaires plaything & we will have to decide to be part of it or not. If we say no, then we say goodbye to the high life & trophy aspirations. The City situation has proved how quickly big money can change your fortunes, so if Spurs, Everton, Newcastle etc all "do a City", then we'd be competing with what's left.
I'm proud of the fact most other fans, even those who hate us, say that Arsenal at least try to do things the right way but if others "do a City" & we get left behind - all that will be forgotten.