Arsenal made a big mistake in not sacking Arsene Wenger

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Carlo Ancelotti joined PSG in December after being sacked by Chelsea. The Italian won the double in his first season but failed to inspire The Blues as they finished without a trophy the following season.

The 52-year-old admitted he was hoping to replace Arsene Wenger in north London.

The Gunners are struggling with many Arsenal fans (myself included) feel he is taking the club backwards.

He told Gazzetta dello Sport: “I was keen on a year-long sabbatical, hoping that in the summer a job like Tottenham or Arsenal – a top London bench – would become available, but I was tired of not working.

“Al Thani [PSG chairman] is similar to Abramovich in one thing: he doesn’t like it when people talk about him, rather than the team. [AC Milan owner Silvio] Berlusconi was a different thing from them both.”

Ancelotti also admitted that he found Abramovich “very cold” and insists Ligue 1 is a much more versatile league than the Premier League.

“When Abramovich fired me, he was very cold. He said me good luck and stopped,” he added.

“He knew that I wasn’t in agreement with that decision and he preferred to avoid talking about it in detail.

“Ligue 1 is tactically more various than Premier League. In England it isn’t difficult, every team plays in pretty much the same way.”

The former AC Milan man would have been the perfect replacement for an Arsenal boss, who along with his team have procrastinated. His inability to sign quality players, in particular in defense have suggested his best days are behind him. It’s ironic but the man who revolutionized football, is now looking rather prehistoric in his methods.

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Pete January 17, 2012 at 1:11 pm: spot on mate, couldn’t agree with you more!

all the deluded Gooners will say be careful what you wish for. Erh, you’ve won nowt in neally 8 years. It can’t get any worse. If he wants to go down in history as the man who built a shiny new stadium then well done, cos with him in charge that’s all you’ll have to show off for the next few years !!!!!!!
Djofils January 17, 2012 at 1:15 pm: All i say is you are a waste of time
bobo@hotmail.com January 17, 2012 at 1:19 pm: We don’t need a manager that requires big sums of cash to make something happen.
serious January 17, 2012 at 1:22 pm: u want ancelotti over wenger u are insane, why o why do u blame wenger when its clear to see its the board and other excutives who are sending the club backwards.
Also if u can see the fact that we a number of key injuries which have caused us not have a single fit full back of course we will drop ponits. You will say why didnt we sign a rb then ? what and drop sanga one of the best right backs in the world!!!!!

all you do it moan about arsene when really u short sighted fair wheather fans, you lot really need reality check, we dont have the funds to compete at top level unless the board changes thier ways we woont for a long time
Mystical Mike January 17, 2012 at 1:24 pm: but we need a manager who will replace quality with quality. We need a manager who will admit when he is wrong. We need a manager who will address issues rather than sweeping them under the carpet. We need a manager with ambition. We need a manager who will do everything to keep hold of players

His time has run out. How many more years are you deluded people prepared to wait?
Mystical Mike January 17, 2012 at 1:29 pm: @serious. Get real. We need a change. Even the Spuds are laughing at us. RVP will be gone in the summer. Who next? Wilshire? Players no longer want to play for the club.

We’ve been making the same pathetic mistakes in defense for 4 years now. He hasn’t addressed this.

We got out passed and out played by Swansea City. We dont know how to defend a lead. He keeps playing the same players who are out of form or are not good enough. Is that the boards fault?

Europa here we come!
graeme January 17, 2012 at 1:29 pm: Wenger should have gone at the end of last season. He has become a pathetic and arrogant and deluded individual. I love the way he talks about the Arsenal performance as if it is some strange phenomenon to him which he has no connection to. The man is a dishonest man who has fooled people into thinking that he has higher values. The man is on a level with Andy Carrol as the most overpaid man in the EPL.
oldtimer January 17, 2012 at 1:34 pm: Mystical Mike your a clown.
phil January 17, 2012 at 1:39 pm: Wenger is past his sell by date. He buys average players and gets lucky every now and then.

What are you Gooners so scared of? Change is good! You might even win a trophy with a new manager!!!!!!
Bored of Excuses January 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm: No Oldtimer, your a clown and so is everyone who keeps blaming the bored for wengers frailties. Ive stood by wenger through thick and thin for what he has done for us. The man is a living legend. But im so tired of his whinging, excuses, his lack of a plan b, his inability to just accept inflated prices when only a few million quid is the difference.(Cahill or Samba not Mertesacker, the way he comes out and sticks up for players like arshavin when they put in hardly any effort and couldnt care less about the club. The last straw was when he said Zamorra fouled Djourou for the 2nd yellow. Do me a favour. The board have are to blame for a lot. But they dont pick the team or have anything to do with coaching and tactics.
Teflon January 17, 2012 at 1:52 pm: Football is a business, unfortunatly for us Arsenal fans Arsenal is a great business with a huge turnover in profit.

When Arsenal fans see Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy & Samir Nasri sold they think “oh no… how are we going to win anything”

The Board however sees “Well thats made us £70 million and now we are on target for our multi million pound bonuses – Well done guys, we made a £65 million profit on 3 players & we are now happily on track for our financial targets for the year, we will however need to put £30 million back into the club to get some new players – Good job!”

Now yes Arsenal bought some players this season in Mertesaker, Arteta, Chamberlin, Santos & Benyoun but people ask why didnt they buy better players?

Arsene Wenger bought the best he could to fill the gaps he needed to fill with the money he had. £30 Million buys one world class player these days, Cahill would have cost £20 Million which would have left him £10 million to spend on a left back and a centre mid!

People are keen to jump on Wengers back and shout at him to get the cash out… but he can’t! the board made a decision years ago to build the Emirates which came with a massive debt – REAL Arsenal fans cannot get tickets (Probably don’t want tickets now) because the stadium is filled with corporate heads which has resulted in possibly the worst atmosphere in any stadium in the UK (apart from Old Trafford). While the Emirates makes a massive profit each week the club is unlike Chelsea, City, United even Spurs… Arsenal is one of the only clubs in the Premier ship which is Debt free and doesnt manipulate the financial fair play rules by having holding companies or dodgy owners who have their cousins sponsor their stadium for a ridiculous amount of money!

So instead of getting on Wnegers back about this how about getting on the boards back? Wenger has done wonders for Arsenal, and still he manages to get the best out of young players such as Chamberlin, Szezsney Ramsey Wilshire etc… But how can he expect to win the league when he is forced to buy crap lazy players like Arterta (Lazier than Berbetov) because his funds are limited?

There is a lot more to a football club than the players and the manager… Will Arsenal ever win the league again? Probably not, the reason is when teams can literally buy the league these days (Man City and Chavski before them) then there is no hope for a team which believes in the fair play rules like Arsenal, they will not put them selves in debt just to have 2 world class players in their team!

So how about you “Real” Arsenal fans out there quit moaning… and look how well the team has done! The young lads are doing the best they can with the resources they have been given by the board. If you think its your right for your team to win trophys every season go support Man City…I hear they are recruiting glory hunting fans!
goonerboy January 17, 2012 at 1:53 pm: It is obvious that this team will win nothing and are going backwards under Wenger and the very fiscally prudent i.e tight Board.
Wenger is an employee- albeit one with a lot of influence- but if he has money to spend why does he not back his own judgement and spend it?
No one could keep Arsenal competitive without spending more money on players than he has.
Wenger’s record and intelligence deserves respect but he is not succeeding- and that need to be understood- his rantings about refs need to be seen for what they are- a failing manager looking for excuses for his failing team.
John January 17, 2012 at 2:02 pm: Love it when all the doomers come out to play. You have not explained why Ancelotti is the ‘perfect replacement’. Just the fact that he says he’d like the job doesn’t make him suitable for Arsenal. Hey, I would like the job as well, I can guarantee you though that Arsenal will be relegated within 2 years. Blogs like this remind you why ‘supporters’ should never have a say in running the club.
phil January 17, 2012 at 2:07 pm: @Teflon – You are very wrong my son.

He knew Nasri & Cesc were leaving, he could, and should of addressed this pre season. The new players he brought in could of played in the pre season rather than rushing around working out who to pass to and not to pass to (Squallci for eg)

Why didnt we sign Mata when he clearly wanted to come to us?
Why didnt we bid for Harzed? These are the sort of players we should be going for, they are young yes but are already established.

As for defenders, he NEVER buys proven Premier League ones, Samba & Cahill would be an awesome pairing.

I rate OXO and still cant work out why he plays Arshavin and Beniyoun over him. Its a total joke.

The man has run out of ideas
bobby January 17, 2012 at 2:10 pm: I’m bored of the same old excuses every match, the ref, the pitch, the injuries.

Blah blah blah. Boring zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

6 m is a bargain for a player of Cahills experience. Thats not out of our price range is it
Teflon January 17, 2012 at 2:15 pm: @ Phil – How am I wrong?

You say “why didnt we buy Mata/Hazard? – We nearly did buy Mata but wouldnt increase the bid by £5 million – Why not?? Because we dont have the money to Spend!!!

We dont buy players because we are a self succifient club!

I think you will find you only strengthened my argument!
bobby January 17, 2012 at 2:19 pm: is this a joke Teflon?

We’d just sold 3 players for £65m. Even if we paid £30m for Mata we still would of been in profit after we wasted 30m on the last day panic buys!
Judith Le'Strange January 17, 2012 at 2:20 pm: I agree with the majority although I will probably be shouted down as not being a proper Gooner, but I think the board did make a big mistake in not sacking Wenger a few seasons back, but now it’s too late because the board are an inept load of old codgers who should have been put out to grass a long time ago, but all they’re interested in is lining their own pockets and running a once great club into the ground, selling to the highest bidder and walking away with all their dosh. If we don’t win anything this season, which seems highly unlikely, Wenger along with all the dross players he’s brought in should be shown the door, a new manager installed who will actually spend the money we so desperately need to purchase decent players to back up the decent ones we currently have, bearing in mind that RvP and possibly a few other decent players could also desert the sinking ship come July.
S J Little` January 17, 2012 at 2:47 pm: That bit ” I love the way he talks about the Arsenal performance as
if it is some strange phenomenon to him which he has no connection to”, Congratulations, I,ve too noticed this but could.nt explain it so well.
All Wengers defenders ignore the fact that for the first time in my
over 70 years of watching Arsenal there has never been a time when fans could fairly complain about the Club having so many players below par and grossly overpaid.
Last year the players had too many “give up” types,this season we cant grumble about them not trying but sadly the only players really
up to the top class are Arteta,Song(if only he were wiser)Sagna,Vermeulen andVan Persie. Cesney needs experience why then did,nt Wenger get Friedall?
Koscielny is all the time getting better but note he still seems to be very near at hand where goals get scored from!
Fans are correct to moan about Diaby,Djourou,Almunia,Fabrianski,Gibbs,Mannone,Bendtner,
Squillaci,Denilson,Velo,.
And they are also entitled to ask what does Wenger expect with his
20mins to go panic subs, does he expect Rosicky to score!
And fans are justified in saying that its below par to have Walcott and Ramsey decorating the attack, one without vision the other
without goals.
Then one must ask why take on the Ox for such a fee and not play him? Ryo a hero in Dutch football but not one game for Arsenal!
Park well does that not seem like a mistake?
Spending all that money on one great player who can score goals would be better that bits and pieces that dozens of players could have been got for next to nothing to have the chance just like Dixon and Bould did. Why not Scott Parker for instance?
No its a pity Wenger has got himself into this mess and now looks so pathethic and whinging to the embarrassment of Arsenal fans
The Board should say what money is available and/or Wenger should confirm or deny or spend it.
And yes the change he created in football has now come back to haunt him because he cant see its not new anymore. Defence must
come before attack. Its still a fact if you dont let one in you dont
lose. When someone ever said to me you only won by one goal I reply
“no we won by two goals ie We scored one and we didnt let one in!”
Mystical Mike January 17, 2012 at 3:06 pm: Well said SJ.

Having a squad capable of winning trophies means you have a squad of quality, unfortunately Wenger seems to think it means havin g a big squad. Half of our squad are not enough. The fact we could of signed Parker for £5 m shows how deluded he really is if he thinks the likes of Diarby and Rosicky are the sort players to take the club forward!

Also, is it me or is Arron Ramsey one of the most over rated players in the league?
Samuel January 17, 2012 at 3:27 pm: Seriously – You Wenger Moaning Fans need to go and support Chelsea.

All of you are so blind, it’s unbelivable.
Wenger is great Manager, still is. What we are 5th at the moment right, WHere are Man City top. Now you do the Fucking Maths – Man City have bought World Class players for every position – two in some places. Arsene has idiots to mess around with and before you go on about they are his buys – Peanuts will get you Monkeys you idiots. Have you heard that saying before well its very true. Our team at present is a very average team at best par RVP – It is only Wengers coaching that has made us stay in the top four for the past 15 years – not money – WE CANT AFFORD THE FUCKING PLAYERS _ GO AND FUCKING ASK YOUR ARAB COUSIN TO BUY THE CLUB AND IF YOU CANNOT THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP> TALK ABOUT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD – LIVERPOOL HAVE SPENT NEARLY TWICE AS MUCH AND IF ALL OF YOU THINK THAT SPENDING IS THE SOLOUTION THEN WE SHOULD BE SITTING ABOUT 10TH COMPARED TOP WHAT WE HAVE SPENT
bobby January 17, 2012 at 4:05 pm: jesus, what is wrong with people. The author, and most of us are not saying we to need to spend mega bucks, we are saying we spend the mega buks on 2 or 3 players who turn out to be duds. How much money has Wenger wasted on crap defenders when he could of brought a quality one for that price, he’ll argue over the extra 2 mill when he’s wasted it on crap ones like the Squid who was 4m, Merts was 6, thats 10 m, we could of got a Premier League quality with experience for that, like Samba or Cahill.

Spending 16m on Oxo when he could of brought Mata for £20m for example. Although I do believe Oxo will be a star.

This season and pre season has been a total farce. Wenger is an old romantic fool who thinks all his players will stay with him forever. Get real, Cesc, Nasri & Clichy saw the light, as will RVP. Then what? Will you still have faith in Wenger when we are mid table with the promise of our future kids will come good one day.

Where are these so called next generation? Carlos Vela? Has anyone seen him? Gibbs, always injured and cant defend. Denilson, Bendtner, the list goes on.

Park? What a waste of money that was. Wasting money of loads of crap players when we could have less in the squad but better would make more sense

Too many of you are scared to have an opinion. We were great 2004, the best side in Premier League history. We are not great now. Deal with it. Change is needed.
g clarke January 17, 2012 at 4:12 pm: if you picked a young forward looking manager with idea of where world football is going your blog would have some cred why dont you piss off with mystic meg
Bored of Excuses January 17, 2012 at 4:15 pm: Samuel…’Support Chelsea’ Get a grip lad.
‘It is only Wengers Coaching that has made us stay in the top 4′. Is this the same coaching that has us concede the same sloppy goals over and over again in the important games. The same coaching that starts arshavin and walcott ahead of AOX and Miyachi and that keeps playing walcott on the wing. The same coaching that keeps buying average africans that fuck off to the african nations. The same coaching that thinks cahill for 10 mill and parker for 5 mill arent better than what weve got. The same coaching that sticks with Djorou and Arshavin regardless of injuries. The same coaching that loses majority of big games and finals and semis even with full team out. The same coaching that only sees everything one way. His way. I Could go on. All of you stop living in the past and pull your heads out your arses and realise that hes past his sell buy date. Although you wouldnt think it, I love Wenger and would happily carry him around the world on my back for what he has done, But some arsenal fans just remember 7 -15 years back and think it will happen again. and thats what winds me up more. He worked on a shoe string then and delivered trophies but he aint now.
TH14 January 17, 2012 at 4:50 pm: @ Bored totally agree mate the guys been making a mockery of team management for years and getting away with it. Add to that list selecting players out of position eg Bendtner on the right wing (f…ing genius) overdue a fans protest now!
chef January 17, 2012 at 4:53 pm: theres no stars any more…hes sold some good uns and brought in..yawnnnnnn……rvp cant do it on his own……i kinda agree arsenes past his due date……..happens to the best…….ask steve bruce.:O)
phil January 17, 2012 at 5:03 pm: @ Bored of Excuses – you speak sense!

we’ve been crying out for a defensive coach for years, but nothing!!!

this stupid 4-3-3 formation isnt working, yet he won’t change it!
Danish Gooner January 17, 2012 at 9:55 pm: The money is available but Wenger is an arrogant old man who wants to prove that he can win it on the cheap.
Blazer January 17, 2012 at 10:35 pm: Enough of defending Wenger, the guy is losing his touch. he lives in his past, remenesing what he had accomplished, but things change and Wenger is having a hardtime adjusting the new pace. Don’t give him an excuse by blaming the board, he is the one to blame, First of all, he does not believe the team has deficiency. A top team like Arsenal should not have first team players like: Skilachi, Djuorou, chamack, Jenkinson. Not even as a sub, just because these players are not yet at that level. Arshavin, wilcot and Ramsey get worst every day. Wenger should have given Chamberlain, Young, and Miyachi more chance, what do we have to lose? Currently, the four corners of the team’s positions lack quality players to cover these spots and that makes the team volnerable. The only solid players at this time are RVP, Song, Vermalen (when he is fit and playing), Gervinho, Rosicky (when Wenger gives him play time), Kischelny and Couqlen. Ramsey should be sent on loan to gain some experience, Arteta does not have the energy to play full 90 minutes every game, Benayou and Arteta could play 45 minutes to help Song in the midfield area. With all these mentioned deficiencies, Wenger denies having shortage of players, shortage of quality players that is, and brings in the same formation week after week and expect miracle from the players. Wenger waits to the final 20 minutes to make substitution and he does that for every game. When a player has a bad day making to many damagging errors, it will be wise to take the player out even during the the first half, doing so protects the player from doing dangerous challenge to compensate for lack of performance, which could result in red card.
gunner January 17, 2012 at 10:49 pm: I have one thing to say: results don’t lie. The shambolic performance against Swansea was 5 years in the making. Look at Arsenal’s league position at the end of the last 5 seasons and you tell me Wenger is moving the team forward with a straight face…To say that Arsenal don’t have the resources to compete with the top clubs is absurd. Arsenal is a RICH club with massive, massive resources. The problem is that you have players, we all know who they are so I won’t bother listing them, who are over-paid, lack heart, coddled and poorly led. There is one man who picks the team and he has to be responsible for the results. The hard cold truth is that Arsenal has a massive wage bill and the team doesn’t produce on the pitch.

I am tired of all the excuses: Man City have too much money, the ref gave a bogus penalty, we have too many players injured, the pitch was bumpy and cold, the ref didn’t like us, the league schedule is unfair….The hard cold truth is Arsenal do have the resources to build a team that can win something (Parker was available, Cahill was available, Mata was available…a few seasons ago Ribbery was available, etc., etc., etc.….yet we persisted with too many mediocre players) As far as Swansea, the irony should not be lost on you that a team with far far fewer resources took us to school and showed us how proper football is played…For all those who think Wenger is doing an amazing job, what happens after van Persie leaves during the summer?
hafiz January 17, 2012 at 11:25 pm: Who the hell do you think you are ? Our director ?

You’re just a lowly fake “journalist”. Get a life !
Mystical Mike January 17, 2012 at 11:29 pm: @Hafiz

Oh sorry, I didn’t realise I wasn’t allowed to have an opinion, its what blogs like these are for.

If you actually bother to read half the replies on here you’ll see I’m not alone in thoughts.

As for being any kind of journo, that’s hilarious!
Wenger the Con Man January 18, 2012 at 12:07 am: Wenger is a con artist and the con is now wearing thin.

Of course we will beat Manure.

But then we draw and lose Bolton, Blackburn and Sunderland again for the usual reasons.

This season is a waste of time again. There was a mutiny in the dressing room and now Wenger has lost command.

He should be made CFO of the club.

Bring in Ancelotti.
Mystical Mike January 18, 2012 at 12:28 am: Couldn’t agree more, what’s the point of going to Stamford Bridge and winning 5-3 when u lose at Blackburn, Fulham & Swansea.

7, yes, 7 defeats already!

I can’t see why we can’t play Song and Frimpong as holding midfielders to sto us conceding stupid pathetic goals!
busheygooner January 18, 2012 at 1:13 am: we dont need a new manager, we need to get rid of all the yes men around him and bring back dein, he would of never let arsenal and arsene fall to the positions they are now
Danny January 18, 2012 at 4:40 am: wenger is useless and need s to fired

ancelototti is a winner and above all a CL WINNER

WEhat teh hell has teh frog done……………..
Weedz January 18, 2012 at 4:42 am: The lot of you don`t know what you`re talking about. You`re all a sad bunch of no-hopers, who steal a little bit of this post and a little bit of that article, all written by no-hopers like yourselves.
You form a oppinion based on phuck-all. Then you post it and feel like you`ve achieved something. You`ve got no idea of running a professional football club, and yet you`re all bloody experts.
Wenger has more football nouse across the eye of his dick, than the lot of ya put together.
Andy January 18, 2012 at 6:58 am: Wenger himself needs to man up. If he had put the money he spent on buying ’5 players’ on the closure of the last transfer window on hazard of Goetz, Arsenal would be far different now. Look at his team selection. How does one start Benayoun and Ashavin when Rosicky and AOC are on the bench. We don’t have a left too because of his decisions. Stop blaming the board
Legolas still trust in Wenger January 18, 2012 at 7:17 am: i wonder where Arsenal would be without Arsene wenger i am a huge fan for arsenal and i am like many supporters waiting for big signing but i still believe that recession in football due to economic situation is the most major problem but come on guys Arsenal lack one minor and major thing at the same time which is : SPIRIT AND PASSION TO FIGHT FOR THE TEAM AND THATS IT .
PS : Ancelotti ? i doubt his skills he is nothing honestly compare to Wenger.
Legolas still trust in Wenger January 18, 2012 at 7:18 am: i add to my friend busheygooner that we miss David Dein we need him back
GoonerDave January 18, 2012 at 9:27 am: I suggest some of you read Alex Flynns new book, or even the Swiss Ramble review of our finances.
We have had no money for the last 6 years or so. The evidence is available, and is in black and white. Our debt spiralled out of control due to the recession, and we actually did well just to compete. I hate it as much as all of you, but thats the truth. A small amount of research will show you the truth.
Hate Wenger if you want to, but at least base it on something real.
Legolas still trust in Wenger January 18, 2012 at 9:38 am: GoonerDave u have my Most respect i am glad some of the fans start to see this as well we r desperate to buy and to win trophies but still we cant risk all these years . its hard but we will cope but working on players passion for the team and fighting hard is better now cz it cost nothing
dude January 18, 2012 at 10:02 am: I hope manure will do us a favour and bury us again
steven January 18, 2012 at 10:20 am: wenger needs to go. he signed henry just to distract arsenal fans from critisizing his transfer policy. arsenal need a creative midfielder and a top striker not park chung or rosicky,arshavin,benayoun,chamack,diaby(hardly fit for 2days). if arsene wenger is a top manager; why is the team not winning?
J@J.com January 18, 2012 at 11:01 am: You guys are so dumb. Replace quality with quality you say.

It doesn’t matter who the fuck we have as manager, we will never ever be able to compete with Manchester City and Chelsea for players, they have edged us out, and Man United, well they are Man United but even they’re suffering under City’s ability to take any player they want.

The reality is the stakes have got higher.
king gooner January 18, 2012 at 11:03 am: goonerdave where is the money from the sales of toure,adebarndoor,fab & nasri??-most “astute”websites will tell you there is a seperate fund/warchest set aside for this,depending in who you read or what you believe it currently stands at £60 mill plus?(don’t know)if & maybe it’s a big if this is so-why isn’t it being used?the board,wengers tightness?the debt is manageable £20 mill ayear,so what’s gong on?what’s your theory…?
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Mystical Mike January 18, 2012 at 11:07 am: Wenger doesnt replaced quality with quality, that’s the issue. Even when he sold Petit & Overmars for 25m + he kept it.

Keep your superstars, and build a young team around them, jez, its so simple.

We have the same Wenger debate every year. Enough is enough.

We are Arsenal FC, one of the biggest clubs in the world. We make more on match days than Man U, so how comes we don’t spend any of that money?
thegoon January 18, 2012 at 11:57 am: people i need to ask you this, where would man u be if fergie has wenger ‘s attitude. its very opasimple the board has its faults but in all honesty if wenger had been doing his job well we all would have been oblivious and blind to the board issues. truth is he needs to go. playing arshavin, metesacker, gibbs out of position, bendtner, etc is no borads fault. he is utterly pathetic cos he cant even face realitybut keeps blaming the ref, fixtures,the pitch for crying out loud this man is about to blame the weather….when will he stop, maybe man u will give him another sobering beating
GoonerDave January 18, 2012 at 1:46 pm: KingGooner-
I have no real theory, I was simply talking about published evidence that we have been relying on player sales to keep afloat. As I said, if you dont believe me, look online, the evidence is there.
Our accounts clearly show this, and its been like that for several years now, since we moved to the Emirates. Our “rainy day” fund (believed to be around 45-50M) is to ensure we dont have to shed more players should we fail to qualify for CL.
Criticise Arsene by all means as regards tactics, formation, training, etc. But our failure to be dominant in the transfer market is due to our involvement in the property market at the worst possible time.
As I said, the manager is far from blameless, but lets at least get our criticism right.
Personally though, I would have more issues with the board than the manager. Nobody else could have kept us competitive for the last 5/6 years, living on scraps.
Our club does need a change, I think we all feel that. But if we dont make the right change, this will get a whole lot worse.
dexylongshot January 18, 2012 at 5:23 pm: De ja vu.

De ja vu.

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