Fed up of making up and believing in excuses from Wenger and the club.
How the fack can a club in Arsenal's position be in the last week of the transfer window and signed no one?! Wenger bangs on about there being 'no value' but that's only because he doesn't look at players over £12 million! He says that 90% of transfers happen in the last few days of the window but can Arsenal really afford to wait that long?
Year after year Arsenal are in the top 5 or 6 richest clubs in the world, yet people claim that we can't afford to bring top players in! I understand the cautious approach is sensible, but to not even be willing to sign ONE player over the £15 million mark is ridiculous.
I'm sure bringing in one player who'd be on £100k+ won't bankrupt the club! What exactly is the point of making all these profits if they aren't going to be reinvested back into the team? Especially when we're on the verge of not qualifying for the CL next season.
I've long supported Wenger and criticised the board that unfortunately it's starting to look more like it's Wenger making the decisions and not the board. The statements he's making are really starting to irritate me, like the one today where he said transfers should be limited. He's lost the plot in my opinion and if he doesn't get the club into the CL next season he needs to go.
Excuses
posted on 25/1/13
IMO it is a joint strategy between the board and AW.
It is common knowledge that AW is extremely “difficult” to deal with in regard to transfers as he will only pay what he believes the player is worth.
IMO this is one of the main reasons we have struggled as AW should have nothing to do with player valuations. He should (like any normal manager) identify the targets and leave the negotiations to Richard Law or whoever is managing the target.
posted on 25/1/13
its Di.ck,
his name is DI.CK
his name is banned
mods please, help me with this one
don't believe me? Look it up!
posted on 25/1/13
He needs to go regardless of what happens this season. He has ruined all the good work he has done for us.
posted on 25/1/13
There is value but the fact is that along with ticket prices, trains and even the price of a burger outside of the ground prices have significantly inflated during Wengers time at Arsenal. In football more than most things.
The £12m we were willing to pay in 1999 would be more like £20m in today's game, only an idiot would try to buy quality for sub £12m and claim there's no value in the market when it's rejected...
posted on 25/1/13
The club - whether with the support of Wenger or not - are interested in making money, not spending it, and certainly not winning trophies. Arsenal is now Stan's cash cow and the more money in the coffers the stronger the share price gets and the higher his personal wealth rises.
How else can he afford his lavish lifestyle and $80m ranches twice the size of Birmingham if he can't leverage his assets.
This is business now, not football.