Arshavin DID get booed.

Asharvin's run of bad games did not start on Sunday. He'd always come on and not done particularly well but had not been booed.

The fans booed because of Wenger's poor decision and Asharvin was just a scapegoat in the whole matter.

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Arshavin is a disgrace and should be sold asap, the fans pay good money and are entitled to boo if they see a player who is not trying. The way he just let Valencia run past him was sickening. A once great player is now a lazy waste of space.

But the booing was not premeditated, it was rather spontaneous and was brought about by Wenger's weird decision to substitute Alex.

Asharvin who was already treading a thin line as far as the fans were concerned was unfortunately in the direct line of fire. But the booing was not premeditated in any way.

He was probably pretty psyched up until 50000 people booed him
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I am not sure that makes a difference. Booing is always a result of pent up frustration. The incompetence of increasing ticket prices to the highest in the league and at the same time selling your best players was astounding. The 8-2, 4-3 and then 3-2 only justified the negativity.

Thats why poorly performing players get it in the neck. Which is not going to help them perform any better. The only solution to this is actually buying a couple of impact players and freshening things up. It worked a little after the 8-2. Without that there is very little chance that Arsene can stem the momentum downward.

Thats why I fear for Wilshere. How can you possibly expect a 18 year old to turn around the season. Sell the players you expect will leave in 6 months (even at a lesser price) and bring in players to change the mood in the dressing room. Show some ambition.

There are so many bargains available in the transfer market right now so let's not use money as an excuse for Wenger's recent failures. He could have also bought much better players with the money he has spent but he's just too deluded and still thinks that this current crop of players can get us 4th spot.

Made this suggestion earlier, some disagreed.

http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/79082

Made this suggestion earlier, some disagreed.
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The problem is that those players are not wanted. Arsene tried to sell Traore last season. Benfica laughed at his £25k a week wages we were giving him. It took an absolute nutter in Warnock to get him of our books.

Unlike normal life, when you terminate a contract you have to pay out its entirety. Just like for CEOs. So its actually cheaper for the club to send the players on loan. That way we only have to pay a percentage of their wages. So its still cheaper.

For example if Bendtner or Denilson do not improve, I can see them on loan for the rest of their contracts.

Players used to want to play and even take pay cuts in order to do that on a consistent basis. The Arsenal deadwoods prefer to stay and warm the bench because the club has this weird payment policy.

The Arsenal deadwoods prefer to stay and warm the bench because the club has this weird payment policy.
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The plan was to take the best youngsters in the world and develop them to sell for a profit. Its never worked in history. Moneyball in football. Ajax managed for a few years before they built a stadium and nearly went bust.

I think they bet that all the players would make it and the wages would be so obscene in football that the salaries being paid to the youngsters would be still dwarfed by average salaries. So it would be no problem moving players on.

An economic theory dreamt up by someone qualified at Strasbourg than London Business School. Salaries never got obscene except for a very few clubs and developing players based on statistics doesn't take into account behavioural economics.

But the club still fails to acknowledge that the only economic system that works in football is over hyped players. Beckham made the modern Man Utd and his impact started the Galactico model at Madrid. Even Barca spend £30m+ on a couple of players a season. Big name players does so much for the dressing room even if their shirt sales end up being a false economy after a few years.