Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Globalgunner]

Perhaps but that would have been tempered with finishes outside the top four which would have impacted our prestige, status and revenue streams at a time we could ill afford to, bizarre transfers (wanting to swap Alonso for Barry) and a transfer merry-go-round, adopting a flawed short term approach to things, and most likely publicly falling out with the players and the board, the latter about a lack of funds. Less not we forget he also managed to destroy a Mourinho treble winning Inter team in the space of six months. Plus there's also the fact he's fat.

I don't think it's even a contest between the pair of them tbh. Wenger will go down as one of the greats, idolised by Arsenal fans and well respected by the entire footballing community for his work revolutionising the PL alongside Fergie whereas as Benitez just won't.

It really isn't a surprise that Wenger's done a lot better the last couple of years when we've as a club have finally had the same or close to the same resources as our rivals at the tops.

I await to see how Bentiez does at a massive club like Real but given the signs so far I suspect it won't be that well. I doubt he'd even survive one year let alone the three years he's been given.

Benitez won the league 2ce with an unfancied team like Valencia with half the resources of the duopoly. He also won the UEFA cup with them. So he too will be idolised at that club.

Benitez won the CL and reached the final again in 2007. He again won the Europa cup and with Inter won the Club world cup.

Wenger has never won a European cup of any type. Has never managed any of the big teams (We arent really in the top 10 in Europe) and went 9 years without winning diddly squat.
So in the real world Rafa rules over Wenger.

[Penguin]

Perhaps but that would have been tempered with finishes outside the top four which would have impacted our prestige, status and revenue streams at a time we could ill afford to, bizarre transfers (wanting to swap Alonso for Barry) and a transfer merry-go-round, adopting a flawed short term approach to things, and most likely publicly falling out with the players and the board, the latter about a lack of funds. Less not we forget he also managed to destroy a Mourinho treble winning Inter team in the space of six months. Plus there's also the fact he's fat.

I don't think it's even a contest between the pair of them tbh. Wenger will go down as one of the greats, idolised by Arsenal fans and well respected by the entire footballing community for his work revolutionising the PL alongside Fergie whereas as Benitez just won't.

It really isn't a surprise that Wenger's done a lot better the last couple of years when we've as a club have finally had the same or close to the same resources as our rivals at the tops.

I await to see how Bentiez does at a massive club like Real but given the signs so far I suspect it won't be that well. I doubt he'd even survive one year let alone the three years he's been given.

Oh, I completely agree with you. I was only talking about the Champions league (in reply to Firmino and Herbert's posts).

[mastermind84]

Which ten teams in Europe are bigger than Arsenal?

[GP]

Arsenal are easily top 10.

Easily.

[Globalgunner]

If we are truly top 10. How come we cant make it past the round of 16 each year

[Letters]

Who are the top 10 then?

[Globalgunner]

The teams that usually make it past the round f 16

[Letters]

OK, let me make the question a little clearer.
List the teams you regard as in the top 10.

Barca, Real Madrid, Bayern and Dortmund, I guess. Who else?

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Which ten teams in Europe are bigger than Arsenal?

Historically or currently?

[Letters]

UEFA think we're 7th

http://www.uefa.com/memberassociatio...rankings/club/

And while I'm suspicious of FIFA and UEFA rakings, looking down that list I don't think there are many clubs below us who I think should be rightfully be ahead of us.