We had no 'owner' until last year when Usmanov sold up last year, ffs! We have never been 'bankrolled' and have always had to operate using only what's on our balance sheet. Given which, the only way for us to access more funds would have been by running on debt.
All of which, of course, supports my point. Wenger never had the money to spend that his rivals did.
To be fair...we all knew Emery would need this season to get to grips with the squad and make the appropriate changes.
He was quite keen on trying to improve some of them ie his supposed interview dossier but some of the players are utterly brainless / washed up.
He’s done well in some areas (improved performances / results against the top sides) and not so good in other areas (poor away form).
His tinkering has worked for some games and not so good in others. We got vital points from some games because of it and lost points in others because of it.
Main thing was him understanding what he’s working with and make the appropriate changes over the course of a couple summer transfer windows.
He hasn’t been helped by long term injuries and the inept / poor firm of some players as well as some of the decisions being made by other elements in the club (poor contract negotiations meaning we’ve reached out salary cap and even if we had the funds couldn’t bring anyone in) and the decision to mug Sven off who I thought was doing a decent job...Leno, Torreira and Gwen are all bargain signings Wenger would’ve been proud of imo
Holding and Bellerin were extremely critical injuries because they genuinely looked like they were back on track to being top class players. Not so much with Welbeck but he would’ve provided us with so many extra attacking options.
The summer will be interesting...
For people wanting Emery out...just think who his replacement might because there’s a strong case for Sol23 getting the job.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
The FGY for me would represent absolutely outstanding banter.
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"Scoring a goal is better than sex" - Whoever said that was sticking it to the wrong woman
Correct it is not difficult but it seems to be beyond you this morning.
Emery was the right choice given the options, he has an impressive record and hiring him made sense. I would have preferred Pochettino or Klopp however as I was even more impressed with their work.
This entirely consistent with what I posted but in no way should lead you to the conclusion that Emery is ‘not impressive ‘ in my view.