Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[Power n Glory]

Effectively though, he is stupid. He might be a very intelligent man, he might have a deep understanding of the game. When you take those attributes and apply them to produce the mess he has produced then you can say it is a mistake, learn and make adjustments. Throw out what didn't work, retain what did. Improve by degrees. But when you refuse to learn, when you persist while all the time seeing the same outcome, then what is that if not stupid? I think ultimately he is indeed a stupid man. The record bears it out.

Yep. He's not oblivious to what's needed which makes things worse.

[Power n Glory]

Out of interest i did read the chapter Ferguson dedicated to Wenger in his autobiography. He basically says Wenger seems only interested in signing very similar types of players, technically gifted central midfield types

That's not really new news. I'd like to know why he keeps going for these sort of players.

[rodders]

We now admit Arsenal unable to compete financially with the big boys. What a idiot to say such a thing even if true.

[Özim]

We now admit Arsenal unable to compete financially with the big boys. What a idiot to say such a thing even if true.

What he should have said is we don't want to compete, these guys have one goal and one goal only, maximising profit at any cost.

[dostoy]

What he should have said is we don't want to compete, these guys have one goal and one goal only, maximising profit at any cost.

Very true.

Until that changes, which it won't till Wenger leaves, we have no chance of winning the PL or the CL.

[selassie]

What he should have said is we don't want to compete, these guys have one goal and one goal only, maximising profit at any cost.

Yep, he might as well have said that because that what we have been effectively doing. None of what they say makes any sense from a financial point of view, the whole thing is a complete scam.

[Özim]

Interesting we signed Xhaka around season ticket renewal, as if to get people to buy season tickets, now they are bought we're not bothered about transfers anymore.

[rodders]

We would quite like to stay in Premier league and finishing in top three would be nice .However as long as Stan makes a tidy profit that is what matters most.

[Niall_Quinn]

Interesting we signed Xhaka around season ticket renewal, as if to get people to buy season tickets, now they are bought we're not bothered about transfers anymore.

That may be one of the reasons. But a key reason we signed him is because he plays like Arteta on steroids. A very good player. But unfortunately that talent will be used to further promote the horrible brand of tip tap football we inflict on the game. I watched Xhaka carefully during the Euros. He's horrendously disciplined, except maybe in the tackle. He will do precisely what Wenger wants him to do and he'll do it like a Terminator, never stopping, never tiring, relentless. Normally that would be tremendous news. But of course Wenger will have him tipping it left, tapping it right, playing it back, slowing it down, building those pointless possession stats even higher. Everything Wenger loves, everything he believes the game to be about. A heartless, ruthless assault on entertainment. A stultifying, crushing, soul sapping boredom. This is what we have signed for £35mil. Money that should have been spent on the striker we have desperately needed since 2012.

[fakeyank]

So if we cant even compete with the big boys now that we have moved to the Emirates, what was the fucking point of moving to the new stadium then?