The English Football Thread

[Face]

Arsenal basically broke even last summer, but that had alot to do with selling van persie. And before that cesc, and nasri. Their refusal to hold onto good players has finally caught up to them in terms of performances now. Persie carried the team on his own last year. This year it's showing. It's worked in the past, but it's getting too tight to maintain perfomance.

The Premier League summer transfers by Net Spend

Everton, tottenham, swansea all had a higher net income than arsenal in the last transfer summer season.

Yea, they probably overachieved in terms of league position compared to net spend for 3 or so years. But they didn't win anything and now they have a far weaker team.

[Cuthbert]

That table is flawed though as it makes it look like United have money when they operate on even more of a shoe string budget than Arsenal apparently do.

[Face]

Can't be bothered looking for a better one.

[Unknown Soldier]

Basically Wenger has been at the club too long. I think Arsenal need somebody in with fresh ideas.

[Newkie]

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Basically Wenger has been at the club too long. I think Arsenal need somebody in with fresh ideas.

Trade you Wenger for Pardew?

[Unknown Soldier]

Originally Posted by Newkie

Trade you Wenger for Pardew?

Having Pardew would be like a step back in time. What Arsenal need is a younger Wenger type manager or somebody with newer ideas like Laudrup or Villas Boas etc.

Arsenal have always been criticized over the years for having a shocking defence, but it's not like they never had good defenders or anything, it's just that they can never defend well under any type of real pressure, it's a shocking fact for one of the biggest teams in the league.

[Newkie]

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Having Pardew would be like a step back in time. What Arsenal need is a younger Wenger type manager or somebody with newer ideas like Laudrup or Villas Boas etc.

Arsenal have always been criticized over the years for having a shocking defence, but it's not like they never had good defenders or anything, it's just that they can never defend well under any type of real pressure, it's a shocking fact for one of the biggest teams in the league.

Yeah, Laudrup has really impressed me so far. Despite all the media hype over Swansea last season I found them pretty boring to watch. Possession football is fine but if you're never going to take a chance or show some incision in your attacking then I just don't get the big deal. Laudrup has them them getting forward more often and just as importantly, taking their chances.

I still think Wenger is a great manager. He should spend more, but apparently he "won't" so I think he needs more financial support in just keeping their better players. I think Pardew is decent, similarly he needs to be backed in the transfer market. He wasn't this summer and that's partly why we've been so gash..

Did feel bad for Wenger, didn't Arsenal have a decent defensive record at the start of the season and then everyone was praising the defensive coach? Bless

[Goofle]

Klopp should be our next manager.

[Cuthbert]

Why would he leave Dortmund to go to Arsenal? He has the world at his feet there, why chuck it away?

[Goofle]

I never said he would.