Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Ospina did ok last season but I hope we keep Chesney. He has character. I just hope he comes back a better keeper.

He did OK because he hardly played. That's how I like it best

[Marc Overmars]

It is the hope that kills you
I do have some hopes for this season, we DO have a good squad. IMO it's good enough to challenge. We DID just finish 2nd...
We need more up front but we should have plenty of goals in this side anyway. We're not that far away from a side that can win the league in my view, leaving aside the obvious reason we might not challenge. Squad wise we're not far off.

We've been quietly building a squad for years, it's been a while since we sold any key players. Every year though it's the same: we need a striker, a CB, a spine, 1-2 players away, injury crisis etc.

This is why waiting to pass judgment is a bit of a fallacy. He's had ample opportunity to give it a good go but for whatever reason he's proven to be incapable of challenging for the league. I think people can be forgiven for not taking any solace in our squad not being far off, as it only serves as a reminder that nothing has changed.

[Letters]

He did OK because he hardly played. That's how I like it best

Only 4 times, actually. I thought it was more. Hmm. Well...he's OK as a back up in my view, even with our injury record I doubt (he says, stupidly tempting fate) we'll have a 'keeper out for a long time.

[Özim]

Well, maybe. But they are taking over every sodding thread. I, and others, are getting sick of it.
The Euros was a brief respite although even then the usual suspects took opportunities here and there to snipe where they could.
This is going to go on all season no matter how we do, it seems. It is all getting rather tiresome. And I guess the other point of view is Wenger being here is tiresome. But whatever we think of that he's clearly going to be our manager this season, screaming "Wenger Out!" on a messageboard no-one of any import reads at every opportunity isn't going to change that.

If the guy did his job and stopped making lame excuses it might help, instead he continues to come out with BS when every other club is quietly getting on with it's business without even the smallest excuse. All he does is disappoint people time after time, the worst manager we could have in terms of entertainment value or excitement, he's the definition of a bore and so is his philosophy.

Expect him to be schooled by the big boys again next season and not because of money (a convenient excuse in the past) but because he can't cut it in any aspect of modern day football.

[Özim]

It is the hope that kills you
I do have some hopes for this season, we DO have a good squad. IMO it's good enough to challenge. We DID just finish 2nd...
We need more up front but we should have plenty of goals in this side anyway. We're not that far away from a side that can win the league in my view, leaving aside the obvious reason we might not challenge. Squad wise we're not far off.

Wow we finished 2nd really? If we'd have finished 5th or 6th it would have been no less entertaining or deserved, we were awful for most of the season, the most meaningless 2nd place in history perhaps, though in truth noone really cares about being 2nd, because you're still a loser a tag which befits him well.

Just like you Wenger will take great pride from this car crash 2nd place and you can see from the summer already clearly feels which pretty much there and will be challenging next season.

We were a million miles from winning the league and we will be again next season like we always are.

[Power n Glory]

We've been quietly building a squad for years, it's been a while since we sold any key players. Every year though it's the same: we need a striker, a CB, a spine, 1-2 players away, injury crisis etc.

This is why waiting to pass judgment is a bit of a fallacy. He's had ample opportunity to give it a good go but for whatever reason he's proven to be incapable of challenging for the league. I think people can be forgiven for not taking any solace in our squad not being far off, as it only serves as a reminder that nothing has changed.

We're on verge of seeing that team break apart. I think this could be the last see of Ozil and Sanchez.

[Letters]

We've been quietly building a squad for years, it's been a while since we sold any key players. Every year though it's the same: we need a striker, a CB, a spine, 1-2 players away, injury crisis etc.

This is why waiting to pass judgment is a bit of a fallacy. He's had ample opportunity to give it a good go but for whatever reason he's proven to be incapable of challenging for the league. I think people can be forgiven for not taking any solace in our squad not being far off, as it only serves as a reminder that nothing has changed.

You judge a season at the end. There is no counter argument to that.
The rest of your post is an elaborate 'Wenger Out'. OK, we got it.

[Letters]

If we'd have finished 5th or 6th it would have been no less entertaining or deserved, we were awful for most of the season, the most meaningless 2nd place in history perhaps

And if we'd finished 5th or 6th you would no doubt be using it as evidence of our decline under Wenger. You move the goalposts constantly to fit whatever allows you to criticise Arsenal the most.

Just like you Wenger will take great pride from this car crash 2nd place

Lazy straw man arguement, not worth a response.

[Özim]

And if we'd finished 5th or 6th you would no doubt be using it as evidence of our decline under Wenger. You move the goalposts constantly to fit whatever allows you to criticise Arsenal the most.


Lazy straw man arguement, not worth a response.

2nd, 5th, 6th, 10th it doesn't matter to me I want him out and have for quite a while, he's been shown to be too amateurish and can't hack it in the modern game, nothing changes with him, no excitement, no hope no nothing and that's the reason he can't leave quick enough for me, IMO he's not a good manager.

It's not a lazy argument it's a fact, Wenger will be proud of being 2nd because in the end he's a loser, he accepts coming 2nd/3rd/4th every season and it gives him great pride, so does the shower of shite we play week in week out that he likes to call football and the fact he can penny pinch but doesn't think twice about wasting millions on unknowns and kids.

He's finished and it's just a shame he's too blind to see it himself.

[Niall_Quinn]

We're on verge of seeing that team break apart. I think this could be the last see of Ozil and Sanchez.

This is the key. Wenger's inaction and crazy view of value in a valueless environment will probably see us end up without the striker we need - AGAIN. However, this time around that's the lesser problem. The big problem will come next season when the value still won't be there, the fees will be even crazier and we won't just need a striker, we'll also need 2 world class players to replace Ozil and Alexis. Probably more. Kos and Bellerin could well walk out the door with them. So that's £300million that will need to be spent. Or we could spend £100mill now and prevent the impending collapse. In terms of Wenger's value judgements, what's better? £100mill now, or £300mill later? Of course he won't spend either amount. In fact it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the club is rather looking forward to the pay day looming that will see us make healthy profits.