So Wenger is finally going to leave the club after 22 years - some of them golden, some of them barren.
As a WengerOut man in recent years this is good news to me. It is well past time and while it means change and uncertainty, it also means opportunity. Now the task of appointing a new manager looms - although I have been ridiculed for it before, my first choice, for his experience in the Premier League and the CL, his connections to one of the best leagues in the world, his refusal to harbour passengers and his current track record with limited resources, my first choice is Benitez.
So in advance, so long to Arsene and best of luck - yes, we have suffered many, many disappointments with him at the helm, especially in recent years. However, when you cast your mind back to the titles and cups we won, the irreplaceable players we used to have, the Invincibles season, and the times we didn't even win but at least made a beautiful fight out of it, things have been fantastic too. He may not be leaving us with a great legacy, but he has added well to our great story.
End of an era...at last
posted on 20/4/18
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
comment by MTC 2.0 (U21799)
posted 9 minutes ago
Feel a bit sorry for Wenger.
has never really had the backing of the club financially compared to some clubs but always has them on the cusp.
when you look at what we, city, liverpool and chelsea have spent, then Wenger has Arsenal where they really should be
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Why are you copying and pasting this bs across threads?
We have the 4th highest net spend over the last 5 years, since the renegotiation of deals tied in with the stadium move, and one of the highest wage bills in Europe.
He most definitely has had the financial backing of the club.
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because someone on the first two posts copied and pasted their own reply on both articles.
i am trying to be funny
posted on 20/4/18
My point is rather obvious - Mr Wenger did get the financial backing of the club once the deals tied in with the Stadium were able to be renegotiated.
Since then our net spend is only in the shadow of the massive spending of the Manchester clubs and our wage bill is as high as it can be.
posted on 20/4/18
comment by MTC 2.0 (U21799)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
comment by MTC 2.0 (U21799)
posted 9 minutes ago
Feel a bit sorry for Wenger.
has never really had the backing of the club financially compared to some clubs but always has them on the cusp.
when you look at what we, city, liverpool and chelsea have spent, then Wenger has Arsenal where they really should be
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Why are you copying and pasting this bs across threads?
We have the 4th highest net spend over the last 5 years, since the renegotiation of deals tied in with the stadium move, and one of the highest wage bills in Europe.
He most definitely has had the financial backing of the club.
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because someone on the first two posts copied and pasted their own reply on both articles.
i am trying to be funny
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Same here man
posted on 20/4/18
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 8 minutes ago
My point is rather obvious - Mr Wenger did get the financial backing of the club once the deals tied in with the Stadium were able to be renegotiated.
Since then our net spend is only in the shadow of the massive spending of the Manchester clubs and our wage bill is as high as it can be.
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Chelsea spent more than us. The teams that actually spent more than us won the league. What a surprise.
posted on 20/4/18
comment by Mr. Eboue Emmanuel (U12374)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 8 minutes ago
My point is rather obvious - Mr Wenger did get the financial backing of the club once the deals tied in with the Stadium were able to be renegotiated.
Since then our net spend is only in the shadow of the massive spending of the Manchester clubs and our wage bill is as high as it can be.
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Chelsea spent more than us. The teams that actually spent more than us won the league. What a surprise.
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When Chelsea won the title their net spend between 2013 and the day they won the league was less than ours. It was only since then they have slightly overtaken us - and will finish 5th
posted on 20/4/18
Why 2013 - if you pick 2012, 2011 in fact any other date range would show they are before us in net spend . It's a little bit creative selection in my mind - the only period in the last 15 years that we were just slightly ahead of them
posted on 20/4/18
comment by Mr. Eboue Emmanuel (U12374)
posted 10 minutes ago
Why 2013 - if you pick 2012, 2011 in fact any other date range would show they are before us in net spend. It's a little bit creative selection in my mind - the only period in the last 15 years that we were just slightly ahead of them
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Because that is when the sponsorship deals that were tied in with our mortgage were renegotiated and changed the way we could spend.
posted on 20/4/18
Make sense but the we inherited a lot of cheap players and we had to spend something just to be competitive in the beginning. Our net spend from 2003 - 2013 was negative after all unlike Chelsea's - the highest spenders at the time.
posted on 20/4/18
comment by Mr. Eboue Emmanuel (U12374)
posted 23 seconds ago
Make sense but the we inherited a lot of cheap players and we had to spend something just to be competitive in the beginning. Our net spend from 2003 - 2013 was negative after all unlike Chelsea's - the highest spenders at the time.
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Well yes. But the financial backing was there, once we were in a financial position to do so, contrary to the original point. However, the spending hasn't been especially great, and Mr Wenger finds himself 6th in the PL and in the Europa from a top 4 position when belts were tightened.
posted on 20/4/18
I agree. At the end signing Xhaka and Mustafi and persisting with them after it was clear they would not deliver was the final straw and the reason we got where we are.