Now it would seem is the perfect time to splash the cash.
We’ve just got a few quid for selling the captain. It’s almost inevitable that Samir Nasri will leave after his exchange with the boo-boys. Clichy to Citeh got us some pennies, as did selling Eboue abroad to Turkey.
It’s pretty sad that we’re in the process of selling nearly all of our experienced players. But hey ho, that’s how it goes. If a player wants to leave then so be it. As has been said recently, by a variety of people, ‘No player is bigger than the club’.
Does losing our midfield the way we have mean we’re probably not going to win the league this year? Quite possibly. But I don’t think that we’ll be that far away from the eventual winners. And I really don’t subscribe to the popular notion that we’re going to finish lower than Liverpool and Tottenham.
It’s a real shame he couldn’t keep the team together for another year or two, then things might have got real spicy and we wouldn’t have had to imagine ‘what if?’.
Recent weeks have shown the underlying flaw in Arsene Wenger’s philosophy. It isn’t the style of football played at the club. It isn’t the youth policy. The flaw is simple; homesick players.
Wenger has signed many foreign players during his time at the club. This has been well documented. These players find it very hard to settle down in the same way the home-grown players do. Whilst Cesc and Nasri will all have affection for the club, they’ll always have one eye on the door.
I like that Wenger has signed two quality young English players (well, technically one is currently Finnish) and that more are expected to follow. These will be players that we will have a much more realistic chance of keeping for the entirety of their careers. They’re much more likely to show loyalty to the club, something that has recently been lacking.
Wenger needs our support now more than ever before. He’s just lost the heartbeat to the team that he has been building for years and is going to have to take some evasive action to steady the ship, which of course he will.
So, with some cash in the bank and some places in the squad, surely Wenger will move to address the failings in his now threadbare squad?! Like everyone else out there, I hope he signs a good strong defender (Gary Cahill or Phil Jagielka anyone?) and a creative midfielder (Jadson looks good).
Only time will tell if he will. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that he does. A couple of good signings now and we’ll be well positioned to kick on and start winning the trophies our football deserves.
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But will he buy???????????wenger mention earlier about quality players…wt does he think about Cahill,jadson,mata..they all in Market…!will he buy????he is taking Mick out of us fan…
yr an idiot,nasri and clichy aren’t homesick they want to play with better players,jenkinson is not quality he wasn’t even a regular for a div 1 team, wenger will not spend the money he thinks the squad we;ve got is enough i’ve had enough ,good bye 15 years of season ticket
If you look below Michel, you will see that I have engaged with Nicky because, like you, he raised a valid point. Unlike you he didn’t feel the need to insult me.
goodbye then. at least a proper supporter can have your seat now.
michel
I agree with you. The only homesick player was Cesc.
Money has been the over-riding lure in most of the wantaways’ departure, whilst others have simply left at the end of their useful careers at Arsenal.
Sooner or later, IMO, the obscene wages bubble will burst and a more sensible system will emerge.
Looking back, the homesick line was perhaps a little inaccurate. I was trying to subtly talk about mercenary players (usually foreign) who don’t have the same loyalty towards their clubs as the homegrown players often do. Arsenal have signed many of these foreign players and in doing so have left themselves open to the situation that they are now in.
They simply will not buy. They are completely disingenuous…At the end of last year they(Wnger, and Gazidis) both said they needed to spend to get quality signings. Gervinho is cute, but give me a break…Jenkinson, and another kid from Costa Rica???I have admired Wenger as a manager, but where did Gazidis’s success record come from…the MSL…give me a break. He should be an apprentice not the man running the show.
1st? Sorry i had to Mikey 😉
I don’t think Jadson’s the answer. He’s too small and will get dominated against the big 3. I much prefer the look of Lucho Gonzalez. He’s 30 but he pretty much has everything we need.
And yes, anybody thinking Liverpool and The Spuds will finish above us has a screw loose.
We have many playmakers, we can make it without buying one, not that a move would be bad…..
Samba and Cahill, only these two to master the defence……….
In Wenger we’re F***ed!
In the Dad’s Army tune: ‘Who do you think you are kidding Mr.Wenger’
Wenger, If you care for Arsenal FC, spend big NOW or go!