gco40203
03-04-2013, 10:09 AM
Contrary to some opinion I have huge respect for AW......however nobody goes on being successful forever and as a paying supporter I want more for my money than a team getting worse year by year and going into decline.
As well documented we are the highest paying fans in the league. Where is that money ? Well it seems it is being used to pay muppets an inflated salary when compared to their value/contribution to the team. Plus it is being stockpiled in a bank account and is being used to pay shareholders dividends. Yet the thing that I want my and other fans money to go towards is buying and retaining world class players.
It is clear there is money available so why aren't we buying and retaining world class players ? I am sure the Board have some culpability but a large portion of blame must also be laid at the door of AW. He/arsenal are well known to be ditherers in the market. His protestations that he will buy only players better than what he has is hollow when he carries so much dead wood in the squad....all of which he bought ! It is hollow when we are struggling to qualify for CL and not been near winning any cups for many years (only exception being vs Brum. Our reserves were never going to beat Chelsea first team in League Cup final at cardiff a few years ago).
Buying players isn't the only solution but getting organised at the back is a massive problem. The zonal marking means that players have lost the knack of what it takes to mark a player so goals like yesterday are no longer surprising because our defence is about players watching space rather than player movement. Plus no-one seems to talk to any one at the back anymore hence players run between us and are not picked up because danger is not communicated amongst the back 5.
AW is fixated on a certain style and formation and we no longer have the top class players to make it effective when it matters. In all our big games we have been well beaten.
We do have the nucleus of potentially a good team but how many times have we heard that over the last few years. However we need more leadership at the back, a powerhouse in midfield to win the ball plus a top notch centre forward. In essence we have no spine. We are however slipping so far from the top clubs that even massive investment is only likely to keep us on the fringes of the top 4 rather than take us into serious contention.
The club are in a dreamworld if they think the other top clubs in the premiership and europe are suddenly going to go into meltdown because of financial fair play. It ain't going to happen so the sooner AW and the board wake up the better before they f*ck our club totally and we become liverpool.
As well documented we are the highest paying fans in the league. Where is that money ? Well it seems it is being used to pay muppets an inflated salary when compared to their value/contribution to the team. Plus it is being stockpiled in a bank account and is being used to pay shareholders dividends. Yet the thing that I want my and other fans money to go towards is buying and retaining world class players.
It is clear there is money available so why aren't we buying and retaining world class players ? I am sure the Board have some culpability but a large portion of blame must also be laid at the door of AW. He/arsenal are well known to be ditherers in the market. His protestations that he will buy only players better than what he has is hollow when he carries so much dead wood in the squad....all of which he bought ! It is hollow when we are struggling to qualify for CL and not been near winning any cups for many years (only exception being vs Brum. Our reserves were never going to beat Chelsea first team in League Cup final at cardiff a few years ago).
Buying players isn't the only solution but getting organised at the back is a massive problem. The zonal marking means that players have lost the knack of what it takes to mark a player so goals like yesterday are no longer surprising because our defence is about players watching space rather than player movement. Plus no-one seems to talk to any one at the back anymore hence players run between us and are not picked up because danger is not communicated amongst the back 5.
AW is fixated on a certain style and formation and we no longer have the top class players to make it effective when it matters. In all our big games we have been well beaten.
We do have the nucleus of potentially a good team but how many times have we heard that over the last few years. However we need more leadership at the back, a powerhouse in midfield to win the ball plus a top notch centre forward. In essence we have no spine. We are however slipping so far from the top clubs that even massive investment is only likely to keep us on the fringes of the top 4 rather than take us into serious contention.
The club are in a dreamworld if they think the other top clubs in the premiership and europe are suddenly going to go into meltdown because of financial fair play. It ain't going to happen so the sooner AW and the board wake up the better before they f*ck our club totally and we become liverpool.