So it hasn’t been the best week for the Arsenal has it. Another two trophies have (practically) disappeared from our sights. The Sunderland gam, to be honest, didn’t even surprise me –our morale is clearly at an all-time low and it was always going to be tough to pick ourselves up from the Milan game. I think the next few league games will decide our season. People say that Chelsea at home is vital but it’s only vital if we're challenging for a top four position by game 35. Those next three games are - Spuds (H) Liverpool (A) and Newcastle (H). If we lose two of these three we could find ourselves six points adrift of Chelsea and would face an upward struggle for Champions League. These games will also be a huge test for the manager. If he can't pick the team up after disappointments like this then it says a lot about the squads’ willingness to play under him. These fixtures are certainly not easy ones but we've put ourselves in a position where we can't afford to lose many times anymore.
Next week Arsenal shall release the financial results for the 6 months to November 30, 2011. Huge profits are expected, close to fifty million to be precise which can only be a good thing. The questions lie, however, on where that money is going. Is it disappearing into the back pockets of the board? Or is it being invested into the team? A huge summer lies ahead for AFC, as this could be our best chance to get ourselves back on track. There are reports that Arsene will have a 55 million pound “war chest” to spend on new toys. Most things the papers say cannot and must not be believed. Last summer we were led to believe we had another “war chest”, did that get spent, if it was even there? I think sometimes people see 50M WAR CHESTand think of players they would sign for fifty million. They think, ok I'd snap up Gotze for 30 million then I'd have another 25 million to spend on Soldado. In reality it won’t be fifty million. Our transfer budgets have to also include wages, signing on fees etc. So say you’re going to pay Gotze 80k per week on a four year contract, that contract alone would take 15 million out of the budget so in reality the signing of someone like Gotze would take 45 million alone. Then there’s also the factor of renewing contracts,and I’m not saying here that he'll sign, but any RVP contract could take over 15 million out as well.
There are many people who blame Wenger. There are some who blame the board. The truth there are very few people, Wenger being one of them, who knows the reason for our problems at the moment. Arsene isn’t spending money but how do we know he’s been given money to spend? Wenger, you cannot deny, is a very clever man. Would he let his team get into this state purely because of his stubbornness in the transfer market? I doubt it. Arsenal look bad at the moment, very bad,which reflects on Wenger one hundred percent. He's a professional, so what happens behind the scenes he would not and will not discuss in public, unlike the twitchy one that is ‘Arry. This means that, whilst the current board and Wenger are in place,we will never know what's really going on behind the scenes. The club needs more transparency,as the fans know very little about what's going on inside the club which makes it very hard for anyone to pinpoint the reasons for the slumps in form.
There was a report in the Daily Mail that Arsene was set to move upstairs to the boardroom, being replaced by Pep Guardiola. This too is probably just paper crap but, personally I don't think it would work. Any new manager brings in new ideas, new philosophies and new tactics and whilst Wenger is still working in a regular basis with the club I think his influence on the new manager would be too strong. It would also put added pressure on whoever came in, when your predecessor, who has been so successful with the club, is on the board. Now, I’m not saying that Wenger couldn't remain linked with the club in some way but I also think it couldn't be a large role or something that would impact the manager in any way.
That's enough for now.
Thanks for Reading.
Lick my Arse.
@Arse_Licker
Next week Arsenal shall release the financial results for the 6 months to November 30, 2011. Huge profits are expected, close to fifty million to be precise which can only be a good thing. The questions lie, however, on where that money is going. Is it disappearing into the back pockets of the board? Or is it being invested into the team? A huge summer lies ahead for AFC, as this could be our best chance to get ourselves back on track. There are reports that Arsene will have a 55 million pound “war chest” to spend on new toys. Most things the papers say cannot and must not be believed. Last summer we were led to believe we had another “war chest”, did that get spent, if it was even there? I think sometimes people see 50M WAR CHESTand think of players they would sign for fifty million. They think, ok I'd snap up Gotze for 30 million then I'd have another 25 million to spend on Soldado. In reality it won’t be fifty million. Our transfer budgets have to also include wages, signing on fees etc. So say you’re going to pay Gotze 80k per week on a four year contract, that contract alone would take 15 million out of the budget so in reality the signing of someone like Gotze would take 45 million alone. Then there’s also the factor of renewing contracts,and I’m not saying here that he'll sign, but any RVP contract could take over 15 million out as well.
There are many people who blame Wenger. There are some who blame the board. The truth there are very few people, Wenger being one of them, who knows the reason for our problems at the moment. Arsene isn’t spending money but how do we know he’s been given money to spend? Wenger, you cannot deny, is a very clever man. Would he let his team get into this state purely because of his stubbornness in the transfer market? I doubt it. Arsenal look bad at the moment, very bad,which reflects on Wenger one hundred percent. He's a professional, so what happens behind the scenes he would not and will not discuss in public, unlike the twitchy one that is ‘Arry. This means that, whilst the current board and Wenger are in place,we will never know what's really going on behind the scenes. The club needs more transparency,as the fans know very little about what's going on inside the club which makes it very hard for anyone to pinpoint the reasons for the slumps in form.
There was a report in the Daily Mail that Arsene was set to move upstairs to the boardroom, being replaced by Pep Guardiola. This too is probably just paper crap but, personally I don't think it would work. Any new manager brings in new ideas, new philosophies and new tactics and whilst Wenger is still working in a regular basis with the club I think his influence on the new manager would be too strong. It would also put added pressure on whoever came in, when your predecessor, who has been so successful with the club, is on the board. Now, I’m not saying that Wenger couldn't remain linked with the club in some way but I also think it couldn't be a large role or something that would impact the manager in any way.
That's enough for now.
Thanks for Reading.
Lick my Arse.
@Arse_Licker
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