This is especially disheartening to me as I have always chosen to believe that Wenger was the fall guy for our greedy board. If even a nuance of Amy's report is true, it truly is mind baffling and disappointing.Originally Posted by selassie
Our greatest manager ever suffering from delusions of grandeur and what would otherwise be an Arsenal legend spoken about in hushed tones is now smeared and destroyed because of a refusal to adapt and improve.
Was reading about this on Arseblog. Far from surprised if he doesn't want to spend big and the axe will ultimately fall on him if things go pear shaped.
Infuriating.
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It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Yup totally agree, as I've said before he's risk averse, if he spent big the pressure would be on him to deliver trophies, it's pretty clear he's not convinced he can thus not spending an getting 4th place (the lower pressure option) is much more appealing.
He'll still come out with the usual, we can still win the title and were are going for the CL, but noone believes it because there's isn't a chance in hell without investment, his teams has failed and failed and failed again in the last 8 years.
I've said before what we do this summer with the money is entirely down to how brave Wenget is.
Some big money flops would hurt him deeply because he wouldn't be able to claim the high ground when talking about other big spenders.
Well, surely. SURELY, he knows that he can't NOT spend.
Regardless of the obvious areas that need strengthening, we don't have the numbers, let alone thinking about quality.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Well I kinda agree that there's no point in spending money unless you can buy significantly better players than what we've got. The thing is we've got lots of good players but no great players. And trying to buy a great player is bloody difficult because Arsenal is not their first, second or third choice... we probably rank somewhere around 10th on the most desirable clubs to join.
There are of course players out there we could spunk our load on that might get us challenging for second but is that much better than challenging for 3rd/4th? To win the league you need world class strikers, no team has ever won the league without world class strikers. But every top team is after a world class striker so they're not easy to get.
I sound like a Wenger lover but I'm not really, I gave up my season ticket a couple of seasons ago because I was so fed up. But I can see he's logic in not spending unless you can sign a superstar. Would Paulinho and Soldado improve us significantly? I don't think so.
If we sign Suarez then we're up there with the big boys challenging IMO. The problem Wenger's got is his trademark was always finding good players and turning them into stars but he hasn't done that for several seasons. For example the lad Coutinho at Liverpool looks a proper player and he was £10m or so.
It's obviously a very shit summer as usual so far but it could still change. Man Utd signed RVP on deadline day last summer didn't they? So they basically won the league with their deadline day signing.
I mean seriously what is up with these players? What's wrong with a trial? I'm sure Arsenal pay all his costs and he gets to look around the club at the same time. He's supposedly an Arsenal fan as well....
Godfrey Oboabona has criticised Arsene Wenger and accused the Gunners of disrespecting Nigerian clubs, after he was offered only a trial at the Emirates. The 22-year-old Nigerian international is contracted to hometown club Sunshine Stars but is believed to be eager to play in Europe this season.
The Metro believes both Arsenal and Newcastle United are tracking the defender, who started all three of his country's games at June's FIFA Confederations Cup; the Super Eagles finished third in group B after defeats to Spain and Uruguay. Oboabona also started all six games at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, as Nigeria claimed a third continental title.
The centre-back already has 25 senior caps to his name and believes he deserves more respect than Arsenal have shown so far. However, there seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding Oboabona's transfer claims.
An earlier report by The Sun (from March) claims Wenger has already had Oboabona on trial at the Emirates, prior to a possible £1m bid. At the time, the youngster confirmed his desire to play for the north London side, saying: "Arsenal are my favourite club from childhood. It is the club I want to play for."
However, in a more recent report, The Sun quotes Oboabona as saying: "Arsenal's management tell me to come for a trial when I won the African Nations Cup. I think I should be above such requests. It is high time some of these clubs started respecting Nigeria."
We need much more than one striker though.
Utd had Ferguson. He organises, drills and gets every last ounce of effort out of the shittest of squads.
Wenger relies on his team to think for themselves. Play for themselves. Motivate themselves. (See yesterdays article for the words straight from his own mouth!)
In order for us to win the league based on that, we need two or three worldies, rather than one.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Well yeah but one worldie is a good start.
Time for Ferguson to come home.
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