by swipe right » Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:30 am
by Arsenal Tone » Mon Jul 18, 2022 5:24 am
The 'Wenger' model. I read an article once by a journalist in the financial section of a newspaper who had found himself sat with Arsene at a charity dinner. It was just after Abramovic had bought Chelsea and people were questionning his motives.swipe right wrote:It’s clear what the ownership wants. They are not looking to win anything. Never have and never will. They are looking for an efficient system where young players will be developed and sold on for value. The best that will be asked of a manager is to keep us 4-5 so we make some Europe money while buying 21-25 year olds and selling them at profit 2-3 years later.
by swipe right » Mon Jul 18, 2022 6:20 am
Arsenal Tone wrote:The 'Wenger' model. I read an article once by a journalist in the financial section of a newspaper who had found himself sat with Arsene at a charity dinner. It was just after Abramovic had bought Chelsea and people were questionning his motives.swipe right wrote:It’s clear what the ownership wants. They are not looking to win anything. Never have and never will. They are looking for an efficient system where young players will be developed and sold on for value. The best that will be asked of a manager is to keep us 4-5 so we make some Europe money while buying 21-25 year olds and selling them at profit 2-3 years later.
He said he had asked Wenger if it was possible to make money in football. Wenger's response was "yes, by developing youth players". He said you bring through youngsters, sell them in their peak and then bring through the next lot of youngsters. He gave examples of dutch clubs who had successfully been run using this model.
Pretty sure this was back in the 'dial up' days before everyone had broadband and I've spent hours over the years trying to see if the article was available online and not found it.
by theHotHead » Mon Jul 18, 2022 10:22 am
DiamondGooner wrote:theHotHead wrote:Zinchenko is pure mediocre!! Dafuq is wrong with you people!
He was Man City's third choice Left back, after Mendy who we all know about and Cancelo who played left and right back.
People are easily pleased, a fit Tierney pisses all over Zinchenko. I don't want mediocre I want good to top quality.
.......... is he better than Tavares?
If that's a yes, that's why he's coming, Tierney likely still first choice.
by Slick » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:38 pm
swipe right wrote:It’s clear what the ownership wants. They are not looking to win anything. Never have and never will. They are looking for an efficient system where young players will be developed and sold on for value. The best that will be asked of a manager is to keep us 4-5 so we make some Europe money while buying 21-25 year olds and selling them at profit 2-3 years later.
by theHotHead » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:00 pm
by 22-0 » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:07 pm
by theHotHead » Mon Jul 18, 2022 4:09 pm
by Salibatelli » Mon Jul 18, 2022 6:24 pm
22-0 wrote:Got no faith in arteta my self.. the way he bottled top 4 this season is all i need to know
by Salibatelli » Mon Jul 18, 2022 6:28 pm
theHotHead wrote:If winning is important to him why did he let so many good and experienced managers pass by, why did he opt for a manager with zero experience ?
I get why you might pass up experience if there was someone with inexperience that was showing or that showed such a huge amount of potential that you couldn't ignore him. Arteta was ignored the first time around, when Emery was appointed instead, what did Arteta do in the 3 years with Guardiola that made someone think "Arteta is an outstanding coach, we must get him at all costs" ????
by theHotHead » Mon Jul 18, 2022 6:57 pm
by Salibatelli » Mon Jul 18, 2022 7:28 pm
by Slick » Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:31 pm
by DiamondGooner » Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:53 pm
theHotHead wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:theHotHead wrote:Zinchenko is pure mediocre!! Dafuq is wrong with you people!
He was Man City's third choice Left back, after Mendy who we all know about and Cancelo who played left and right back.
People are easily pleased, a fit Tierney pisses all over Zinchenko. I don't want mediocre I want good to top quality.
.......... is he better than Tavares?
If that's a yes, that's why he's coming, Tierney likely still first choice.
He is better than Tavares but, thats not saying much!! I don't see the point in wasting time and money on lots of incremental changes. Zinchenko is a mediocre upgrade, no point.
by Est83 » Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:01 am
swipe right wrote:It’s clear what the ownership wants. They are not looking to win anything. Never have and never will. They are looking for an efficient system where young players will be developed and sold on for value. The best that will be asked of a manager is to keep us 4-5 so we make some Europe money while buying 21-25 year olds and selling them at profit 2-3 years later.