For many years I argued that it is inconceivable that Wenger would toe the club line about there

[Monty91]

being money to spend whilst allowing his reputation to deteriorate year by year. It does now seem that that has been the case.

What are we then to conclude about Arsene Wenger the man?

[Pat Vegas]

[Dorset Gooner]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Hillary]

[Luis Anaconda]

[Monty91]

is suffering to the extent that fans and 'respected' people in the media are actually questioning your sanity.

[holywood gunner]

He is the modern day Mr Arsenal imo

[Berni]

All in all: that he is a good egg.

[Hillary]

[Monty91]

Just not enough for it to be worth spending, if that doesn't sound too much like a redgunamo quote.

[Hillary]

[Monty91]

for the common fan.

[Dorset Gooner]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Sagna, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Monreal, Cazorla, Rosicky, Ramsey ... many others.

[redgunamo]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

afford wouldn't have improved us. It is not like spurs, Liverpool etc have bought them instead and overtaken us.

[Dorset Gooner]

we have no money as even more players would have gone & less would have joined.

[Maravilloso Marvo]

[Monty91]

[Dorset Gooner]

[Hillary]

be taken off track by those less well-informed as he.

He plays the long game - he always has. The board were never going to sack him and he knew that the fans' opinions would soon swing back once he had the money to compete. The short-term crap he got was irrelevant.

[redgunamo]

We started on a par with Manchester United and it wasn't clear why they managed to pull away from us somewhat, despite our ring-fencing.

All clear now though, of course :beckham:

[Monty91]

until this summer's 'splurge'?

[redgunamo]

[Red N White Army]

[Luis Anaconda]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

There was a profit all the same, a profit that those who questioned the transfer policy argued could and/or should have been re-invested.

Was the belief not that Wenger did not spend, but that he did not always spend all that was available to him?

[Red N White Army]

Hence why he bought at a certain level, and players he thought he could develop.

[Monty91]

[redgunamo]

[Norn Iron]

They basically judged this on the money we had in the bank which was around £80m. Although we were still in a net debt of approx. £120m.

So who knows what that money in the bank was for. It might not have been avaialable for transfers. It was over £100m before we signed Ozil.

I was under the impression that things were tight. I'd doubt Wenger would've beeen scrambling around trying to sign the like of Benyaoun on loan if there was big money to spend.

It looks now like ther is money and we're only going to use it on 'top top quality'. Players like Ozil & Suarez .

[Berni]

Scotty Parker?' have ever crossed even fleetingly.

[redgunamo]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Nobody outside the board of directors at the club really knew what was available to spend.

[Norn Iron]

yet fail to mention the club had a gross debt of over £200m at the time.

[Brentwood]

speak like they have all run football clubs before and we should respect their findings after looking through the accounts

I hate him more than I ever hated Teddy ****tingham

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

In fact, I think fans are simply an irrelevance as far as he's concerned. Gawd bless 'im.

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[redgunamo]

[LadyG -keeping the spirit of the unbeatables alive]

[redgunamo]

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