rammixp wrote:Angelito wrote:What he said about Spurs' buying known (and obvious) players is precisely what our problem is. Wenger doesn't do the obvious. He doesn't buy players who are in front of us and ready/willing to come to Arsenal. Whether that's Vertonghen, Dembele, Eriksen, or Lloris. Wenger goes out of his way to buy a CM, so that he could turn a CM into a CAM, a CAM into a 2nd striker, and a 2nd striker into a ST.
He'll field Sanogo against Bayern in the CL KO stages, but won't pay £10m more than the "market price" to get a quality striker.
These problems will continue this summer. We're on the brink of creating an artificial crisis at Arsenal because we're refusing to be proactive.
Your right and wrong!
Wenger could buy any player these days and they would fail as he is incapable of managing players. He is tactically inept, he is a follower and has no clue how to handle the modern game.
All those players listed with the exception of Lloris (GK can still be good without tactics or a defense) would have been awful at arsenal because they would have been managed by Arsene and not Poch.
So not buying known talent is not the issue, i believe we have bought some decent talent, its your last point about the manager which is the problem.
ok:
1. it's "you're" not "your", yes I'm a grammatical Nazi while I am lazy to use the CAPS button (except there)
2. stop saying wenger is tactically inept and not know anything about the modern game. he's more stubborn than dumb and this preposterous idea that the game is so modern it has passed him by is completely false. yes, the game changes but the basic premises of it are still the same. he's lost the plot....yes, but the man is hardly a dumb coach, and I have news for you.....football isn't rocket science.
3. on buying talent: I disagree, outside of cech, kos, ozil and alexis, we stink. and that is a big thank you to the Grinch. where he falls short is in team selection, stubborn to change tactics (like he's always trying to prove he's right or refuses make adjustments during the game), and his blind loyalty to those players that aren't worthy to wear the arsenal kit.
sorry.....off my soap box.