Andy_Bangle Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 He was snapping at every journo Wenger: "Why are you looking at me" Journo: "Because its your news conference" Sorry bad video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) Not sure the journo understood what Wenger was on about. I like angry Arsene. Hopefully the players will be angry tomorrow... Edited February 18, 2013 by m4ttm4son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Time he retired back to France. You can take your pick - look at the first half of his Arsenal career and he's a legend, look at the second half and he's an abject failure. The longer he stays, the more emphasis is placed on the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Not sure the journo understood what Wenger was on about.I like angry Arsene. Hopefully the players will be angry tomorrow... The problem with that is, just like their manager the Arsenal players tend to do petulant angry instead of focussed angry. If they go out there angry tomorrow they'll just end up with 9 men and lose more heavily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Time he retired back to France. You can take your pick - look at the first half of his Arsenal career and he's a legend, look at the second half and he's an abject failure. The longer he stays, the more emphasis is placed on the second half. Abject failure is a bit harsh. He's done better than every other manager has done with the resources that were available to him The only problem started recently when the resources have become much more available and not being fully utilised. The club/ board/ owners have it too good and are enjoying the money too much to push the football side of things now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 I would describe no trophies in 9 years as abject failure given the resources that should be available to him. I'm not even sure those resources are being made available to him now, at least not to the extent they should be. So there is certainly blame at board level. However I just think it's time for a change. The slog of the last few years without silverware, slowly dropping from contenders to fighting for top four, has taken its toll. Arsenal are potentially the richest club in the country, and yet in recent years they've dropped to the third most successful club in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 I would describe no trophies in 9 years as abject failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Arsenal to convert trophy cabinet into corporate box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Arsenal are potentially the richest club in the country, and yet in recent years they've dropped to the third most successful club in London. The trouble is that they aren't. Until the new deal struck this year with Emirates and the new money from Sky, Arsenal have had to break even with transfer business. This will be the first year that they will be in profit before taking into account transfers. The only other model that is working is ManU's. They are the biggest marketing juggernaut in English football by a long way and they can keep it up by winning stuff and by being one of the biggest football brands in the World. Something needs to be done at Arsenal. This summer they need to spend this money they have on some proper signings, replace the manager with someone suitable, or make some changes in the hierarchy. 1/3 will be good, 3/3 would be amazing. None are likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Just need Arsene to ban the BBC journos and claim to be the best manager in the Prem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooH Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 The trouble is that they aren't. Until the new deal struck this year with Emirates and the new money from Sky, Arsenal have had to break even with transfer business. This will be the first year that they will be in profit before taking into account transfers. Is that the case? I'm genuinely surprised if it is. My understanding was that he'd basically been selling players off to help pay off the stadium, this would then lead to them being debt free with a healthy income when the FFP rules came in. I've heard rumours that whilst they don't pay absolute top whack to their stars they've got a lot of dross on very high salaries though so it could be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Simple financial report on Arsenal Arsenal's 2012 Finances In Review, and Opinion - The Short Fuse What it shows is the stupid commercial factors of donkeys that sit in second team or at best, subs bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 I'm a big fan of the Swiss Ramble Blog. He goes over the finances of pretty much every interesting club in Europe. Amazing detail in some of his posts. I dare say that he'll be writing something when the Arsenal Interim accounts are published in the next few weeks. The Swiss Ramble: Arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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