Sx Drugz N Martin Jol Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Will Arsene lead the gunners to the title this season? I've put £50 on them to win the league. Look very strong at the minute, Liverpool and Chelsea won't be far behind them. Can never rule out city.Big game for them on saturday. Wee treble on Arsenal, Everton and city possibley with Arsenal and Everton both -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 On 19/04/2016 at 00:15, GiGi said: Just to give a sense of how far away Arsenal have been. Average points total of PL champions in the last 10 years: 88 pts Average points total of Arsenal over the last 10 years: 74.5 pts Not even within touching distance of genuine contenders since they last won the league. If the Arsenal board had any ambition they would really have got shot of Wenger a long time ago. He's not achieving enough points in the league and they're not threatening the top teams in Europe to win a major trophy there either. The benchmark of success at Arsenal now is consistent qualification to the champions league to get papped out in the early knock out rounds and the odd domestic trophy to placate an increasingly restless fan base. I think it's clear they're desperately in need of new leadership. That's the same 10 years that they've been paying off a quarter of a billion pound loan taking out to fund the emirates. They've now cleared that, built up reserves of cash and start to look like proper contenders again To suggest that the Arsenal Board lacked ambition is to miss the point. They had ambition but it was long term ambition. They knew that achievements would be modest for a few years as they placed Wenger in financial shackles and were ready to deal with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fifer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I think on paper Arsenal probably have the strongest squad overall, but with injuries constantly hampering them and their previous ten years of being the nearly team, I still can't see them winning the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Arsenal have not placed wenger in financial shackles that's just not true, they've been saying for 10 years there's loads of money there he just hasn't spent it due to his own hubris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 46 minutes ago, Peppino Impastato said: Arsenal have not placed wenger in financial shackles that's just not true, they've been saying for 10 years there's loads of money there he just hasn't spent it due to his own hubris. A lie to sell season tickets. Wenger wasn't afraid to spend money prior to the loan being taken out, he hasn't been afraid to spend money since it's been paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Yes he has, do some rresearch. Wenger himself says he wants to prove it can be done another way ie not throwing money at it, so arsenal fans pay the highest prices in world football to watch a team that wins noting because of his hubris and ego. And all he's succeeded in doing is proving it can't. There has always been much more money there for him to spend than he spends, they have reserves of about 350 million right now, you don't think he could improve the team with That? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Two, years ago at the start of the season, and after the transfer windows closed, arsenal announce they had 197 mmillion in cash reserves and no long term debt. This season it was 350. There Is shitloads of money there for him to spend he just refuses to spend It. He says he wants to build up enough cash that arsenal have enough money to survive one season without any income at all (as if that is ever going to happen) yeah that's fine you you cansstick that In the trophy room. This iswhat happens when you hhave a manager with a masters in economics and an massive ego. He has been taking the piss out of and lying to arsenal fans for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 6 hours ago, J_Stewart said: A lie to sell season tickets. Wenger wasn't afraid to spend money prior to the loan being taken out, he hasn't been afraid to spend money since it's been paid off. "lie" is a strong word in this context Arsenal have indeed spent "loads of money" in recent years but three clubs have spent "Loads and loads of money". They've had the 4th highest wage bill in the last 4 seasons but they have halved the gap on the biggest spenders from 23% in 2013-14 to 11% this seasonhttp://sillyseason.com/list/salaries/premier-league-clubs-wage-bills-69064/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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