dan08 wrote:yuppie wrote:dan08 wrote:Making_Splinters wrote:I never understood the sacking Wenger thing. They've finished in the top four every year he's been in charge, and not off the back of huge investment either. That's remarkable.
Top four isn't good enough though for a big club like Arsenal. They were consistently top 2 in Wenger's first 10 years.
They spent over
£90m in the summer! That's a pretty large investment... Yet they never compete for the title and never even reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Arsenal should be competing for trophies but that will never happen again under Wenger. He makes the same mistakes every season.
90 million was 70 million less than both Manchester teams. 30 million less than Chealski, But it was 25 million more than both Liverpool and Spurs.
So over the summer the gunners were the 4th biggest spenders in the Premier league.
2 FA cups in the last 15 years or something like that is a very poor return. But Arsenal are probably the most financially secure team in the Premier league. I guess it comes down to what supporters want from their team. Silverware seems to matter less now for many supporters. Which i think is a shame.
Leicester won the league with hardly any spending at all so i'll never buy the excuse that they haven't got the money to compete...
Also I don't think that's the case with Arsenal fans anymore. More fans seem to want Wenger out now. Think they've all realised now the club is going nowhere.
The owner Kroenke doesn't really care though as he'll still make profit if Arsenal make the top 4 and go out early in the CL.
last time I checked, Leicester are currently in a relegation fight, hardly the best example to use there. A fluke is just like a single swallow in that regard.
Sure Arsenal may have not had the highs of some other clubs, but they've not had the lows easier. They are the most consistent team in the premiership, big clubs such as City and United are currently battling it out just to get into the Champion's League, they've also made it the aim of their season now. Arsenal have done that for the last 20 years? With out resorting to throwing insane amounts of money at the problem.
When Wenger retires, I imagine at the end of the season, I have a funny feeling it won't be too long before the same who are currently wanting him out might have a change of heart. Wenexit doesn't have quite the ring of Brexit, but the hangover will be similar.
