I agree, and the answer is "I don't know". But it's not because Wenger thought Fabianski was the next David Seaman.
Almunia was, at times, close to good enough I reckon - I think he was our 'keeper in 2007/8 when we were close to being Champions before the trademark collapse, and I don't think he was particularly at fault for the collapse. But then he went terrible.
Obvious to you I think. Are you seriously saying that Wengers policy of buying keepers like Fabianski, Sir Ches & Ospina whilst others were spending 4 times as much on the likes of Hart, De Gea & Lloris hasn't cost us. you only have to look at Ospina in the C.L. this year to answer that. Even your mate recognised it & didn't play him for the next C.L. game because of the stick he got & we all now how difficult it must have been for Wenger to NOT listen to the obvious.Originally Posted by Letters
Cech has already saved us on a number of occasions this year - you only have to look at our last game. Everyone on here would agree that a world class keeper is saving us from dropping points. Why has it taken us so long to have a world class keeper when the benefits are obvious. You yourself have said that the benefits of Ozil & Sanchez are obvious, why then does that not equate to the obvious benefits of a world class finisher.
We really don't know what Wenger thought about his players but the fact that he gave these keepers so much game time shows he believed in them to an extent. Vieria did say this is his strength and weakness as a manager.
Why didn't he sign one then?!
The reality is that he mismanaged the position. This really has nothing to do with people thinking they can do a better job than him as a manager, it's about calling him out for mismanaging areas of the squad, he has form for it.
They don't exactly grow on trees. And he did bid for Suarez and was after Benzema in the summer. So it's not like he doesn't recognise the need.
Maybe he has shown too much confidence in his players at times but he gets it right more often than he gets it wrong IMO.
Letters - he is the manager of Arsenal FC - not Norwich. He told us we were going to be a dominant force in Europe after the stadium move & yet you think its been difficult for him to find better players. You know thats bull - he got lauded for early success in turning the likes of Henry & Viera into top players & simply wanted to continue doing things his way. His way ( which I love by the way ) was ruined by the Chavs, City & Utd seemingly being able to sepnd whatever they want & he didnt want to react because of his arrogance. To be Arsenal manager for as long as he has, with all the resources we have & to be in a situation where we have only just addressed the obvious keeper situation, where we are relying on the slowest CB in the premier league, a young lad in hss first real season as a DM & CF's that cant finish for toffee is beyond a joke. This is the spine of our team & its why we have results like the Southampton one.
I think that for quite a long time the financial situation made it difficult to, we were somewhat hampered by the stadium repayments and long term financial deals and we had the double whammy of the billionaires running around skewing the market. It was difficult to buy big in that era.
When the new financial deals came into place we signed Ozil, then Sanchez, then Cech. The difference has been obvious.
The Southampton result was unacceptable, clearly, but City drew away at Villa and failed to score there. We've been good enough to get to this stage of the season top of the league, whether we're good enough to stay there remains to be seen but the players I mentioned give me hope.
If you're going to compare every season to The Invincibles then look forward to a lifetime of disappointment. Given the way you post you were probably still moaning about things then.
I know they don't grow on trees but we havent had a proper striker since RVP & we really should have had another one to help him out when he was with us. What I'm saying is that the situation regarding 2 of the most important areas on the pitch GK & striker has been severly mis-managed by Wenger. Fabianski, Sir Ches, Ospina, are similar to buying Chamakh, Sanogo, Giroud - it equates to a lack of quality which affects the whole team. You say he gets it right most of the time but I totally disgree, especially in the last 10 years. Look at the CB's we bought Squillaci, Cygan, Mertascker - only Kos has turned into a world class player. We had Gibbs 10 years ago & soon worked out he wasnt good enough to fill Cole's boots, we ONLY just found someone better than Gibbs & there are still a few doubters about Monreal. Its not hard when he's buying dross like the fat Brazilian.
yes - it was ridiculous the amount of games we drew in the Invincible year.
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