Can we win the Premier League again under Wenger ?

[Maestro]

When did he finally go & buy a world class player - after he was booed off the pitch at home to Villa & fans were threatening him personally. Anyone making a signing after the season has started hasn't done his job in the summer & is panic buying.

This is how we luckily ended up with Ozil, the baying mob was at the door and Wenger had to act pronto.

[Dein-machine]

This is how we luckily ended up with Ozil, the baying mob was at the door and Wenger had to act pronto.

yep - if we'd beaten Villa would we have signed Ozil? - what a way to manage a team.

[Heisenberg]

If we'd beaten Villa, I expect things would have turned out almost exactly the same. We played a couple more games, which we played significantly better in and won, before there were any stories about Özil.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

If we'd beaten Villa, I expect things would have turned out almost exactly the same. We played a couple more games, which we played significantly better in and won, before there were any stories about Özil.

Where's my methamphetamine you bastard?

[Letters]

at the idea that Wenger spent £40m on a player because he was booed off in a game we lost

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Surely the delay in spuds selling monkey boy played a factor in how late in the window we signed ozil. In fact, did Daniel levy not make some kind of comment in that regard?

[Kano]

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at the idea that Wenger spent £40m on a player because he was booed off in a game we lost

I agree that is nonsense, a convenient theory to support a mostly logical larger argument. That a man who is criticised for refusing to spend and who publicly makes it known he is frugal would go out and spend that amount of money over fan reaction is a stretch too far. He is famously stubborn and has been around long enough to know that a few victories would've stopped the boos. There was no mutiny about to happen with the fans. We'd never have the guts to do it en-masse. A lot of things came together at the right time to buy Ozil, who is the perfect Wenger style player he would always look to buy

Away from this argument though I am placing huge importance in this weekends game. We can talk about personnel, money and tactics all we want but self belief is absolutely key. This team have to know they can beat Chelsea under Wenger. If we want to stand any chance of competing for the title, that duck has to be broken and the sooner the better. Chelsea will be the team to be beat again this season and unless Wenger figures that one out after all these years, then we can start the season as well as we want but it won't mean much if we can't directly damage our rivals.

[Niall_Quinn]

Surely the delay in spuds selling monkey boy played a factor in how late in the window we signed ozil. In fact, did Daniel levy not make some kind of comment in that regard?

Yep. The twat went to the media claiming he was trying to scupper the Ozil (or Benzema or Di Maria, because we didn't know for sure at that point) deal. IIRC there were further stories about him flying into a rage when we got the deal done. He's small time personified.

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Yep. The twat went to the media claiming he was trying to scupper the Ozil (or Benzema or Di Maria, because we didn't know for sure at that point) deal. IIRC there were further stories about him flying into a rage when we got the deal done. He's small time personified.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...m-8797601.html

[Dein-machine]

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I agree that is nonsense, a convenient theory to support a mostly logical larger argument. That a man who is criticised for refusing to spend and who publicly makes it known he is frugal would go out and spend that amount of money over fan reaction is a stretch too far. He is famously stubborn and has been around long enough to know that a few victories would've stopped the boos. There was no mutiny about to happen with the fans. We'd never have the guts to do it en-masse. A lot of things came together at the right time to buy Ozil, who is the perfect Wenger style player he would always look to buy

Away from this argument though I am placing huge importance in this weekends game. We can talk about personnel, money and tactics all we want but self belief is absolutely key. This team have to know they can beat Chelsea under Wenger. If we want to stand any chance of competing for the title, that duck has to be broken and the sooner the better. Chelsea will be the team to be beat again this season and unless Wenger figures that one out after all these years, then we can start the season as well as we want but it won't mean much if we can't directly damage our rivals.

I would agree with you if we were talking about a manager who regularly spent big money on quality players but the fact Wenger never paid out that kind of money suggests a panic buy to me.