Sentiments Aside,

I'll have a check when I get home about Spurs, think they were pretty high though.

Barf,

I think the PL is basically done this season, I really can't see that gap changing by much. There always will be seasons when the most expensive team won't win it (United have been it, but not often), likewise the other way round. The last time a team won it that weren't in the top two in terms of squad expense was Arsenal in 2004. Again though, if you look at Wengers early titles and how much Fizman invested in them to make it happen, they can absolutely be called hypocrites though!

Ultimately though, it just shows that money, regardless of where it comes from, plays an enormous factor in the final position.

What Wenger myths?

That he didn't spend a lot of money?

That and the fact that Arsenal have built the right way. Fizman injected around about 50 million into the club that allowed them to buy Vieira, Petit, Overmars etc. They have a go at clubs that don't do "organic growth", yet were just as guilty themselves.

Its always been a fallacy that Wenger spend nothing. When they were at Highbury they spent loads of money, and that was when they won things, and since they stopped spending, they've not won anything. There was no organic growth .

What he did do though is buy players on the cheap and sell them for a lot of money - Vieira, Anelka, Van Persie, Fabregas, Toure etc. That was pretty impressive. One or two would be a fluke, but he did it quite a lot.

Agree with that Jan. Ultimately though, who is benefitting from that? Arsenals shareholders, but that's it. They would have probably made more money out of keeping those players and actually winning something!

It must be very frustrating supporting Arsenal,this sustainable model nonsense is a complete con that theyve lapped up and now cling to FFP as if its the saviour.
It wont make a blind bit of difference while the board only look at the balance sheet above actually competing to win trophies.
The FA Cup loss to Blackburn being the case in point where Wenger put out a weakened side to compete for the only realistic trophy available but with a prize fund of about £4m(we made 3.4m the other year) to prioritise the champions league where they have no realistic chance (66-1 at the bookies)but would make more money just getting through past Bayern than winning the FA cup
Be interesting to see what they do if they drop out of the top 4, as we made £26.5m on our disastrous campaign last year so as they normally progress further its likely to be a real drop in revenue

What an embarrassing article

Posting from the Stretford End Ruiney?

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ONH. I'm an avid watcher of "People Like Us" on BBC 3, which one of the characters is you in real life?