tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post8972944020749623031..comments2023-06-12T14:44:49.077+01:00Comments on Arsenal: The Wild and The Innocent.: Pre- Newcastle; Team news..cosmic__kidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462368321235667627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-36563216836260162722015-03-19T16:14:09.799+00:002015-03-19T16:14:09.799+00:00Mate are you on drugs? Repetitive failings suggest...Mate are you on drugs? Repetitive failings suggest the lessons are not being taken on board. This feels the same sort of exit inflicted on us by Milan, PSV, PAOK and Lens. Unnecessary, entirely avoidable. It is what it is though and I think it was Lee Dixon who said last night that Arsenal have the first leg performance in them at any time, it can be dredged up from anywhere. As he said, consistency is minimising those outbreaks and in the Premier League – domestic football generally – there’s a sense that they have more control.<br /> <br />Europe? No, that type of performance is inevitable; it always happens.<br /> <br />For another season, aspirations are gone. As with 2003/04 and 2006/07, we can look at this as an opportunity wasted. The players go forward to the next match, toward ensuring they get the chance to try again in 2015/16. It would be great to dispense with the need to qualify for the group stage, to have a proper pre-season and to know that transfer market activity is not based on two matches in August.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699617282912594439.post-52332847753725618052015-03-19T13:36:13.567+00:002015-03-19T13:36:13.567+00:00Sooner or later the truth will dawn: we have an ou...Sooner or later the truth will dawn: we have an outstanding manager. Not faultless - no manager is faultless - but certainly one of the very best. What he has achieved with zero NETT expenditure has been truly remarkable. Yes he has had money to spend on signings these past two seasons: approx. £95m NETT. And this, pretty closely, is his combined total NETT expenditure for the past 8/9 seasons. Let's remember that Real Madrid spent around £80m on one player, Bale, Man U £60m on Di Maria, Barca £72m on Neymar, £60m on Suarez. Our problem was (and is) our owners. A decent one would not have sold off RvP and Song. Or if he did, he would have given Arsene the cash to bring in players of equivalent quality. He is the guy we should blame, not Wenger. Last year, for all his promises, he paid himself £3m. A multi-billionaire! Married to another multi-billionaire. Contemptible. Let's wait to see what he pays himself this year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com