A blog post by @GoonerGolazo
So much angst has been expended and many blogging hours have been spent fretting about the capability of AW to do some business in the transfer market, and yet what are we talking about?
After 8 fruitless years or so, Gazidis has told us the club are now in the position of being able to afford new, quality players. Yippee!
We have all become impatient watching the big spenders go out and buy all the goodies with a plethora of top quality players ending up with Real, Barca, City, Chelsea etc. All of these teams winning trophies while we end up holding the wooden spoon after buying Denilson, Santos, Arshavin, Gervinho et al.
But, so far in this window what has changed? We have only one token freebie player in Sanogo to show for it. Although to be fair we have made promising noises about Suarez, Rooney and various others rumoured to be ‘eyed’ or ‘trialled’ by our illustrious manager.
This current situation has made even some of the long-time Wenger supporters, including myself; get itchy under the collar, and others to become genuinely depressed.
There has been much grumbling from fans about the cost of season tickets in an economically difficult climate, as well as the increased travel costs etc. Whereas Arsenal we are told are coining it with TV deals, ginormous sponsorship deals and money flowing in from our Asian fan base. It would seem that we have dosh coming out of every orifice.
Why have we started the season with the same squad as last season? Why has nothing happened with regards to transfers?
As someone who might be called a Wenger loyalist, I have to agree that many of my fellow Gooners are on edge, and if the window closes without significant additions, there is likely to be an Arsenal fan’s summer revolution with boos sounding out around the ground at the first sign of a poor performance and goodness knows what will happen when we lose.
The sounds of disgruntled fans on the blogs should send out a wake-up call to AW and the Board that they must buy and buy now, but not just any old player there must be at least one marquee signing!
Arsene has enjoyed considerable support from the fans over the years, but many of us will feel the urge to call for his head if this season peters out to being yet another massive disappointment as regards trophies or even at least fighting for the top 3 in the EPL.
Frankly it cannot be denied that the Board have given Arsene a huge amount of leeway in which to run the football part of the club, and if he does not deliver this season, sadly it might be time to call for an end to his era.
After 8 fruitless years or so, Gazidis has told us the club are now in the position of being able to afford new, quality players. Yippee!
We have all become impatient watching the big spenders go out and buy all the goodies with a plethora of top quality players ending up with Real, Barca, City, Chelsea etc. All of these teams winning trophies while we end up holding the wooden spoon after buying Denilson, Santos, Arshavin, Gervinho et al.
But, so far in this window what has changed? We have only one token freebie player in Sanogo to show for it. Although to be fair we have made promising noises about Suarez, Rooney and various others rumoured to be ‘eyed’ or ‘trialled’ by our illustrious manager.
This current situation has made even some of the long-time Wenger supporters, including myself; get itchy under the collar, and others to become genuinely depressed.
There has been much grumbling from fans about the cost of season tickets in an economically difficult climate, as well as the increased travel costs etc. Whereas Arsenal we are told are coining it with TV deals, ginormous sponsorship deals and money flowing in from our Asian fan base. It would seem that we have dosh coming out of every orifice.
Why have we started the season with the same squad as last season? Why has nothing happened with regards to transfers?
As someone who might be called a Wenger loyalist, I have to agree that many of my fellow Gooners are on edge, and if the window closes without significant additions, there is likely to be an Arsenal fan’s summer revolution with boos sounding out around the ground at the first sign of a poor performance and goodness knows what will happen when we lose.
The sounds of disgruntled fans on the blogs should send out a wake-up call to AW and the Board that they must buy and buy now, but not just any old player there must be at least one marquee signing!
Arsene has enjoyed considerable support from the fans over the years, but many of us will feel the urge to call for his head if this season peters out to being yet another massive disappointment as regards trophies or even at least fighting for the top 3 in the EPL.
Frankly it cannot be denied that the Board have given Arsene a huge amount of leeway in which to run the football part of the club, and if he does not deliver this season, sadly it might be time to call for an end to his era.
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