by NovaGB » Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:49 am
Some of this stuff here is very black and white, blaming the guy you see, rather than the people you don't see.
Granted in his second decade he spent a 'average for the time' amount of money on majority flops, some big names and some players who should have been better than they were, but all of them were cheapy deals outside of Ozil and the panic buys of Auba and Mkhy when Sanchez left.
My opinion still stays on the fence, nobody can say 'fact' it was Wengers fault.
If you weigh up who he bought prior to maybe 2007? then do your good and bad lists...ie Anelka, Henry, Gilberto, Lehmann, Lauren, Campbell, Toure, Petit, Ljungberg, Overmars, Pires, he kinda enforced the Vieira deal.....ie star after star, he pretty much bought the entire best team this country has ever seen, the invincible's, with the main exception being Bergkamp, with the odd Kaba Diawara and Igor Stepanovs, and the odd Francis jeffers and Richard Wright who should have been much better, this is the gamble of signing players.
Its so easy to focus on the negatives and discounting the best manager that ever went near this club. he won three Premier League titles, seven FA Cups and seven Community Shields, most of which in his first decade with us, and you shit all over his legacy? imagine where we would have been if Bruce Rioch continued his 'vision' after the George Graham bung and 12th place season.
1 minute he was signing Pires to replace Overmars, Henry to replace Anelka, Lehmann to replace Seaman, Toure and Campbell to replace Adams and Bould/Keown, GIlberto to replace Petit....then after he was signing kids and shit to replace those when they moved on/retired, ie Senderos and Djourou to replace Campbell and Toure ffs.
You don't suddenly get 'shit' overnight, unless something is forcing you to become shit, you could argue David Dein leaving was a factor, but I don't think anyone can back it up, because it coincided with the 800m? debt of the Ashburton Grove project, man Arsene was even pre-warning us in his own way, look back over old interviews, it could very well be a combination, but whilst we are signing the likes of Stephan Lichtsteiner aged 34, it does not seem like a lot has changed.
In fact i recall reading a 'Daily Mirror Arsene quote' at work in what 2005? saying that the debt would not be paid until 2018?? and that we would focus on internal/youth and won't be making big buys, yes it was the mirror, but that's what i read and that's all i can judge on.
You don't suddenly go from tons of super shrewd signings and tons of silverware, which you achieved by yourself minus maybe Adams, Wright and Bergkamp, to signing Bendtners, Denilsons and the rest of the crap, I think he was working on who was the cheapest option on the least wages every time because of the stadium move etc, ie potential wonderkids, fallen stars and bargain bin crap.
Yes the Chelshit and Man Shitty stuff happened, that was unavoidable, but that is kinda like playing a game on cheat mode, here you go, super shit relegation fodder, heres 300m to spend every season and we will overpay all of the players, who cares about profit.
You will never know unless a inside grass and reports it, its easy to blame the guy who is the media face of the company.
Poch may be in the same boat with the Spuds very soon, time will tell.
If Emery gets Champions League football with this mess and maybe the Europa league, then does it again next season, then i may start swaying towards the general negative opinion of Le Professor, until then i refuse to slate the man when its such a 'grey area' with nothing factual and so many factors, 49-0.
I know one thing, give Klopp 'Emerys role' and see how he does, give Guardiola the money Wenger had to work with and the same working conditions and see how these 'special' managers do, I think you'll find Klopp has spent 400+m£ over the last few years and won nothing.
Again, if you disagree, tell me why, don't say 'you're talking bolix mate' (its 'bollocks' mate, just saying) tell me honestly why you disagree with these points and why your posts are 'facts' or 'statements' as I have had said previously.
Whether it is taken as 'unpopolar or polarizing' etc, its just a passionate opinion from a attentive fan who thinks outside of the box, so excuse my 'nicety's'.