Quote:Shane
Is it Wenger's fault that Xhaka was given a five-year extension before he had even kicked a ball under Unai Emery?
Is it Wenger's fault that a 35-year-old right-back was signed to cover Bellerin instead of a 25-year-old right-back to displace him?
Is it Wenger's fault that Arsenal - a club that made £420 million last year and finished higher than Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea in the Money League - only spent £60 million this summer?
Blame Wenger for leaving behind some poor players. Don't blame him if four months later they're still costing Arsenal points.
There is such a thing as accountability and if we refuse to question decisions made by the new regime, for the sake of scapegoating a familiar enemy, then the people who replaced him are going to enjoy greater job security at Arsenal than Wenger ever had because nothing will be their fault. It's a dangerous road to go down.
Quote:Shane
Is it Wenger's fault that Xhaka was given a five-year extension before he had even kicked a ball under Unai Emery?
Is it Wenger's fault that a 35-year-old right-back was signed to cover Bellerin instead of a 25-year-old right-back to displace him?
Is it Wenger's fault that Arsenal - a club that made £420 million last year and finished higher than Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea in the Money League - only spent £60 million this summer?
Blame Wenger for leaving behind some poor players. Don't blame him if four months later they're still costing Arsenal points.
There is such a thing as accountability and if we refuse to question decisions made by the new regime, for the sake of scapegoating a familiar enemy, then the people who replaced him are going to enjoy greater job security at Arsenal than Wenger ever had because nothing will be their fault. It's a dangerous road to go down.
Quote:SuperRob
I know what you're saying but I think it's fair at the moment to give the current regime a pass. It's been two games against two of the best teams in England. Its simply not possible to change as entire squad of underperforming players in 1 transfer window, especially when none of them have any resale value. If we're still not performing in the next couple of months, the the fans patience will run out and if the next couple of transfer windows are not working as the club want, then there will be changes.
Keeping all players on long contracts is just sensible business even if you intend to sell them. I think you'll find that 60m net spend is actually quite a lot. Most of the big clubs are only able to spend 100s of millions because they sell players for 100s of millions. If we don't have any players on long contracts, then we will struggle to make any decent money for them, like alexis, rvp, cesc, Ramsey, wilshere, Walcott. A lot of those players, if they had been sold 1 year earlier would have brought in double the amount they did.
Quote:Goofle
Surely Emery is just seen as a transitional manager. One or two seasons maximum hopefully.
Quote:All reports suggest CEO is jumping ship to Milan very soon, he knows Kroenke isn’t gonna spend anything in next few years might be planning to take all the money out.Bergmars
I agree with your sentiment the window was uninspiring and the accountability now switches to the owners,CEO AND the recruitment team.
Quote:ShaneQuote:SuperRob
I know what you're saying but I think it's fair at the moment to give the current regime a pass. It's been two games against two of the best teams in England. Its simply not possible to change as entire squad of underperforming players in 1 transfer window, especially when none of them have any resale value. If we're still not performing in the next couple of months, the the fans patience will run out and if the next couple of transfer windows are not working as the club want, then there will be changes.
Keeping all players on long contracts is just sensible business even if you intend to sell them. I think you'll find that 60m net spend is actually quite a lot. Most of the big clubs are only able to spend 100s of millions because they sell players for 100s of millions. If we don't have any players on long contracts, then we will struggle to make any decent money for them, like alexis, rvp, cesc, Ramsey, wilshere, Walcott. A lot of those players, if they had been sold 1 year earlier would have brought in double the amount they did.
We didn't need an entirely new squad. The team Wenger left behind scored more goals in all competitions last season than everyone except Liverpool and City. Statistically he left behind a better attacking team than Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea. He also left behind a striker who scored more goals than Harry Kane since arriving in the Premier League.
I mean, as much as we like to think that Wenger left behind a team that was rotten from top to bottom, it wasn't and the evidence is right there.
We all agreed that overhauling the defence was far and away the biggest priority but has that been achieved? Clearly not, considering Bellerin and Mustafi - our worst defenders last season - are going to wind up playing over 30 Premier League games for us this season. But it's not Wenger's fault if the defence gets no better. It's just not. It's not Wenger's fault that we spent a third of our budget on a goalkeeper who isn't deemed better than the one we already had. Could the £22 million on Leno have been spent on another centre-back to bench Mustafi, or a better right-back than Bellerin?
Who knows, but I think it's important to actually question what the new regime do instead of giving them cart blanche. I'm not criticising them, but by the same token I'm not going to absolve them of any blame for anything that goes wrong at Arsenal this season.
Quote:Bergmars
It's not rocket science is it just tell the players involved what's required.Full backs first job is defence if they go your DM or someone have to sit in it has not got any better or do we look any more organised as yet.Initial impressions are the recruitment has been strange at best and poor at worst.He will get time to sort it but his welcome could soon wear thin.