Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
ones for that CL hat-trick.}

Thinking about it, his signing is when we could see Arsene was starting to lose the plot. He wanted to buy Vardy for 20m but the coont said no.

So we thought Vardy only came good at 27. Perez is 27, and has had a great season after being crap for the rest of his career. And I can get him for 20 million. He must be the Spanish Vardy.

Gave him one EPL start. Did nothing. And that was that. Only used in the B team.

Given how frugal he used to be, it was a sign that he was losing it.
Jaysus GG, I had forgotten all about him, I try to put those Arsenal years out of my mind

It's an interesting point though about when you realised that Wenger had lost it and was no longer the answer. Not sure there was a watershed moment for me. It was the depression of watching the same pattern every year, the same hopes, the same approach, the same failures year after year after year.

Mind you, I do seem to recall thinking the failure to replace Almunia one year was the last straw