No. 3 Eroica
04-06-2014, 03:21 PM
for the entire first half of the season. A striker was always our number one target, but instead we got a lavish player known for his ability to create chances and the illusion that without a decent striker, we could rely on Ramsey to finish those off. When he got injured, that illusion ended.
Now what I can't forgive is how Wenger didn't remedy the problem in January, and instead tried to solve the Ramsey dilemma by loaning an injured Kallstrom, who when fully fit, doesn't even offer us the same level of threat as Ramsey does. Instead, Wenger went for the budget option (time and time again), gambled on Ramsey coming back earlier and be able to continue his goalscoring form. When that plan failed with his numerous setbacks, we were forced to deal with numerous additional injuries throughout March, play successive big teams with a depleted squad, and consequently got pummelled by heavy defeats which has completely sapped our confidence going into the final stretch of the season.
The implications of us not being able to finish top four, or win the FA Cup are huge. Our recent capitulation has done some serious psychological damage to the team, and for all we've been trying to build on for the last 9 years, I fear it could really come to nothing if we finish empty-handed again this season. AVB's comment about us being in a 'negative spiral' wouldn't look too distant now would they?
Wenger could use our injury record as a convenient scapegoat, but he really just has to look at himself to blame by not opening the chequebook at a significant point in the season. How costly has that joke of a plus £1 bid over Suarez's purported release clause proven to be? If we had offered a more respectable bid of £50m, you just have to wonder how this season could have turned out.
Now what I can't forgive is how Wenger didn't remedy the problem in January, and instead tried to solve the Ramsey dilemma by loaning an injured Kallstrom, who when fully fit, doesn't even offer us the same level of threat as Ramsey does. Instead, Wenger went for the budget option (time and time again), gambled on Ramsey coming back earlier and be able to continue his goalscoring form. When that plan failed with his numerous setbacks, we were forced to deal with numerous additional injuries throughout March, play successive big teams with a depleted squad, and consequently got pummelled by heavy defeats which has completely sapped our confidence going into the final stretch of the season.
The implications of us not being able to finish top four, or win the FA Cup are huge. Our recent capitulation has done some serious psychological damage to the team, and for all we've been trying to build on for the last 9 years, I fear it could really come to nothing if we finish empty-handed again this season. AVB's comment about us being in a 'negative spiral' wouldn't look too distant now would they?
Wenger could use our injury record as a convenient scapegoat, but he really just has to look at himself to blame by not opening the chequebook at a significant point in the season. How costly has that joke of a plus £1 bid over Suarez's purported release clause proven to be? If we had offered a more respectable bid of £50m, you just have to wonder how this season could have turned out.