Goonerism
11-10-2012, 08:04 PM
However the fact that we left 70m (apparently) unspent makes it all the more harder to take. Our squad has no depth and our reliance on injury prone players is astonishing.
I refuse to believe that Wenger thought this squad could actually win the title, he is a very intelligent and perceptive man. I think the height of our ambition this year was to build a squad that, with good luck and minimal injuries, would finish 4th. Which is an incredibly risky move.
If you try to build a team to challenge for the title and stumble you still might finish top 4. Build a team with the goal of finishing 4th and stumble and its a different story. It would be absolutely catastrophic for the club not to get a Champions League place. Our frugality could end up costing us a lot of money in the long run.
I just hope we have what it takes to pull ourselves out of this shambles. I'm trying to be positive, I will always love Arsenal, I'm not screaming "Wenger Out!", I'm just really worried. It would be heartbreaking for Wenger's legacy to end like this.
I refuse to believe that Wenger thought this squad could actually win the title, he is a very intelligent and perceptive man. I think the height of our ambition this year was to build a squad that, with good luck and minimal injuries, would finish 4th. Which is an incredibly risky move.
If you try to build a team to challenge for the title and stumble you still might finish top 4. Build a team with the goal of finishing 4th and stumble and its a different story. It would be absolutely catastrophic for the club not to get a Champions League place. Our frugality could end up costing us a lot of money in the long run.
I just hope we have what it takes to pull ourselves out of this shambles. I'm trying to be positive, I will always love Arsenal, I'm not screaming "Wenger Out!", I'm just really worried. It would be heartbreaking for Wenger's legacy to end like this.