Okay, so I am going to criticize the club here.

[Alexism - Atheoist]

Not Arsene, but the board. This year has effectively been written off by the board and Kroenke. How can you ask the players to give 100% when you haven't as owners? It sets the wrong culture.

I expect Wenger to pull off a higher-than-expected season, but I think we'll be scrapping for 4th place this year rather than pushing on second, which is demoralizing.

I don't mind RvP leaving or Song. What I mind is not replacing them or strengthening even from last year.

Not going to whine or mope about it but we all know there were positions that needed strengthening and we didn't address them as well as maybe not replaced what we lost. This is beyond living within our means which I fully endorse.

Rant over.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Peter]

We spent 24 million quid on two international strikers of quality. What on earth do you want?

Replacing song, well, you may have a point. But if he wants to play diaby there, and values coquelin at all, the argument for resisting all but a player of genuine quality is overwhelming.

I cant believe people are moaning so much. On transfers this has been our best summer in bloody years. Three quality signings and only two departures, very small profit.

I fear next year will be much, much worse.

Be realistic. Wenger has openly said that fourth is a trophy and is success. For us, it is. Live with it. It isnt going to change in the foreseeable future.

[bostonbrian]

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[bostonbrian]

[Peter]

And the other didnt start a single league game.

[All Guns Blazing]

He has really only come on the scene in the last 18 motnhs or so.


And I'm a bit sceptical about goalscoring records in Ligue 1 tbh. Even Park managed to bang in a few there.

[Peter]

20-30 million on a striker. We cant afford it and they wouldnt want to come.

We have done all we can do.

[bostonbrian]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

on loan! Perhaps that tells you how the finances are structured. We replaced RvP with 2 players.

Our only real mistakes were that we didn't replace Song, and we didn't sort Walcott out one way or another.

[redgunamo]

[redgunamo]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[redgunamo]

[bostonbrian]

[Peter]

You honstly think we dont want to buy good players?

If we had the money and they wsnted to come we would do it. We dont, they dont, so we dont.

[Peter]

Those are part of the wage bill, budgeted annually within our turnover. One wage goes, another comes in.

You cant count it twice.

[redgunamo]

If there was something else we might've liked to spend it on, of course.

Another pair of goal-shy strikers or something like that.

[Alexism - Atheoist]