Abramovich may be buying his trophies, but he's getting a way better deal on them than we are.
Arsenal are 5th in net spend since 2016, Chelsea are 8th. Almost £350m in net spend for 2 FA cups.
by Highbury Hillbilly » Sun May 30, 2021 3:56 pm
by theHotHead » Mon May 31, 2021 9:44 am
by Highbury Hillbilly » Mon May 31, 2021 3:41 pm
theHotHead wrote:I get this chart but it ignores previous spend. Chelsea can get away with spending less recently because they spent so much prior to 2016. Meanwhile we have eroded squad quality so much that we need to spend to catch up - and we have been doing so poorly, wasting good money in the process.
by theHotHead » Mon May 31, 2021 4:28 pm
by Highbury Hillbilly » Mon May 31, 2021 6:16 pm
theHotHead wrote:Between 2010 and 2015 (inclusive) Chelsea had a gross spend of £622.99m, a net spend of £279.42m. The notable purchases were:
Torres - £52m
Hazard - £31m
Willian - £32m
Costa - £34m
If you include the players in the £20m to £30m bracket:
Pedro
Abdul Rahman
Fabregas
Cuadrado
Matic
Oscar
Luiz
Contrast that to Arsenal in the same period:
Sanchez
Ozil
Now the players in the £20m to 30m bracket:
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That's my point.
by theHotHead » Tue Jun 01, 2021 11:36 am
by Losmeister » Fri Jul 23, 2021 5:28 am
aniym wrote:theHotHead wrote:
£16m Mendy was on unemployment 5 years ago and finishes the season with the joint highest # of clean sheets in CL history. It's not about money, it's about the right recruitment.
by Arsenal Tone » Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:36 am
by VCC » Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:00 am
Tony Adams wrote:Kroenke isn't the problem. We're spending big money. If it doesn't work it's the football guys that are the problem!
by Angelito » Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:57 pm
Losmeister wrote:all damned day and twice on gameday. ( which is why letting Emi go was criminal)
our recruitment got steadily poorer under Wenger (notwithstanding how the new stadium figured in)
its not gotten any better. we dont have the talent to be a top team, and havent for a while.
which is why we got summarily drummed out of the UCL as soon as we got outta the groups for the last decade we were IN the UCL.
just getting Wenger out was NEVER the panancea it was made out to be.
and i thought Wenga shoulda fell on his sword a few years earlier.
Tony Adams wrote:Kroenke isn't the problem. We're spending big money. If it doesn't work it's the football guys that are the problem!
by Hypergooner » Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:29 pm
by VCC » Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:04 pm
by theHotHead » Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:24 am
Hypergooner wrote:What's most annoying is that if we had the right manager, I feel we had a squad good enough to challenge last season. I know people love to say we lack leaders, we lack quality midfielders etc. But it's all rubbish. Last season we had a squad full of great players and youth with attacking flair. With the tactics we have have employed under Arteta, it wouldn't matter if we had Ronaldo, Messi and the Man City back 4. They would have all looked average and we would have lacked leaders. None of that is Kroenke's fault but he is ultimately the one signing off on our directors who sign our manager. A football man would have forced them to be ambitious in the hunt for a new manager
by Nuggets » Wed Aug 18, 2021 9:41 am
theHotHead wrote:Hypergooner wrote:What's most annoying is that if we had the right manager, I feel we had a squad good enough to challenge last season. I know people love to say we lack leaders, we lack quality midfielders etc. But it's all rubbish. Last season we had a squad full of great players and youth with attacking flair. With the tactics we have have employed under Arteta, it wouldn't matter if we had Ronaldo, Messi and the Man City back 4. They would have all looked average and we would have lacked leaders. None of that is Kroenke's fault but he is ultimately the one signing off on our directors who sign our manager. A football man would have forced them to be ambitious in the hunt for a new manager
I'm with you in that the squad was capable of much better than there 8th place finish we got. Liverpool were in turmoil, Spurs were pants, Chelsea were pants, we were definitely capable of duking it out with those clubs last season.
This season is tougher, Man City will be strong, Spurs will be strong with NES, I think Klopp will push Liverpool after their hangover season and Chelsea look strong with Tuchel. Top 4 might be a stretch for this team but with the right manager we would be able to keep all the other teams honest at least.
With Arteta all I see is more mid-table rubbish.
by Arsenal Tone » Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:41 pm