acnumber9
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So it's your 10 year plan, not Wengers?2006 was the watershed for me, last year at Highbury n'all that.
So it's your 10 year plan, not Wengers?2006 was the watershed for me, last year at Highbury n'all that.
How exactly did it take £70m investment for Chelsea to get above Arsenal? It's fair to say that £50m of that had a detrimental effect. Maybe if they'd spent less they'd be even further ahead of Arsenal.Its not as simple as that though, is it? What's to say that Wenger didn't ask for one or two big names, only for the board to refuse it on the grounds of wages or the transfer fee being deemed too large? If this is indeed the case, this might be why the Arsenal board seem to be very understanding of the draught the club's going through.
Given that we don't actually know what's going on behind the scenes or just how restricted Wenger has been, we can only judge him on what he's achieved with the resources that have been made available to him. There aren't many who could match Wenger's recent achievemnts, if given the type of budget he's had to work with. He's kept them competitive and barring a few collapses, they could have easily won the league in the last few years.
It's taken a £70m investment from Chelsea in january in order for them to overtake Arsenal and they're only ahead by 3 points. £70m is probably what the whole of Arsenal's squad has been put together for, which shows you all you need to, about just what Wenger's been up against. We can all talk about United also being financially restricted but our spending easily dwarfs arsenal's and without it, I doubt we'd have been half as successful as we have over the last 5 years or so.
The penalty Bolton missed which led to your equaliser? Outrageous stroke of fortune for Arsenal.Yes because in an equivalent scenario it's been given against us - see today for a classic.
Neville roasting Arsenal is one of my favorite football segments. He was onto Ozil before anyone even scored a goal in this game on Sky.Pure entertainment.
What made it even better was Neville just shitting on them almost the entire match. Great stuff.
Redknapp and Souness putting the boot in now and Henry speechless!Pure entertainment.
What made it even better was Neville just shitting on them almost the entire match. Great stuff.
Was he really? Doesn't surprise me, it's clear that Gary has always been skeptic of Ozil at Arsenal.Neville roasting Arsenal is one of my favorite football segments. He was onto Ozil before anyone even scored a goal in this game on Sky.
Football fans are fickle but this guy is just mad.
He's consistent with his Wenger bashing.Football fans are fickle but this guy is just mad.
Yep, and within a couple of weeks it'll be all fine... Of course 'til they get knocked out by Monaco and then it'll be crisis mode again... And so on and so forth... Arsenal pretty much summed up over the past decade.One thing is guaranteed with Wenger. He gets a win when his job is most vulnerable. They'll win at the weekend.
I feel the same usually. Then you get these twoI can't really enjoy the "let's all laugh at" threads anymore. It just isn't the same.
And it feels right again.Claud and Ty incoming....