1. Where is Kroenke??
2. Why do we always have so many more injuries to key players than anyone else?
3. If it is true, per Arsene, that it is difficult to find quality players that will improve the team, then how does Man U, Chlesea, Man City, etc..do it earlier in the transfer period?
4. Why do we always seem to keep the faith in players that, although nice lads, are simply not top 4 PL material?
5. How did it get to this point??
6. Why does Arsene so often now, in his comments, seem to be out of touch with reality??
Possible answers....just hypothesizing...
1. Who knows...Stan is a behind the scenes guy, but he cannot be happy with the large drop in club worth since he bought it.
2. Perhaps the type of player we buy - very technical but not built for the physical nature of the PL ?? If not that, then not sure: we should have as good as physios and precautionary training as anyone else, shouldn't we??
3. Perhaps the statememt is NOT true! Perhaps we are just daliant in closing deals....perhaps the majority of the summer Arsene was consumed with keeping Fab and Nasri rather than finding replacements? Perhaps we are always trying to get every last pence out of a deal?? Who knows....
4. This one I have no clue. Arsene's undefendable extended faith in Almunia, Bendtner, Rosicky, etc..has cost us for sure. Perhaps Arsenen is just a nice guy..and willing to give some more of a chance than other managers? Perhaps Arsene worries more about giving playing tme to some? Perhaps Arsene needs more of a ruthless streak-either perform or get moved over or out. Who knows...
5. This one I know...it got to this point due to flawed strategy that has not been changed. We keep doing what we were doing, getting the same results. Einstein said it best...and this logic has become a fundamental rule in the field of organizational strategy: "The best definition of stupidity is to keep doing what you are doing when it has failed."
6. I do not know...but I still respect him soooo much for what he has done for Arsenal - that will never change - but it hurts to see him like this.
Man, are these dark days for us....when will it end?? I suspect we are in for a longer period of secondary status, as correcting stratey problems like this in large organizations takes some time, the same length of time it took to go downhill.
Legitimate questions
posted on 29/8/11
very intriguing questions.
i would answer them, i just can't be arsenald so early in the morning to scroll up and down...
posted on 29/8/11
Kroenke out is the a transfer that needs to be done ASAP.
posted on 29/8/11
gazidis also needs to grow a pair.
posted on 29/8/11
rhackw: Agree with you. Wenger knows? He also gave the answer already:
If you sell your best players you arent ambitious and you couldnt be considered as a top club. So he knows it really. Its just what we are. Feeder club with no ambition.
And to all the misery I want to add: This year we arent a top 4 club neither a top 6 club. By Wednesday we buy Young (deal is already done but noone knows about his skills and how long he needs to adapt) and maybe Cahill (we are now in the situation where we pay more than he is worth because Bolton knows about our mess we are in). And for what? Its only we passed through the poorest transfer period in Arsenals history. How could we ever do this? Unforgiveable.
posted on 29/8/11
Time and time again United have r!pped us apart in the same way for the past 4 seasons (ofcourse never as bad as yesterday) but Wenger still hasn't changed his tactics against them. All that tells me is that either he is way too deluded to accept the flaw in our system or he is tactically clueless. Even Norwich and Swansea could have done a much better defensive job than us.
We looked so vulnerable on the break that each time United got the ball it looked like they would score. The Udinese game at the Emirates was the same too, we were just lucky that they didn't have the quality to finish off their chances or we would have been in Europa by now. These are the same glaring mistakes we've been seeing for the past 4 seasons but nothing has changed so far. Now seriously tell me is wenger still the right man for us?
posted on 29/8/11
Its only we passed through the poorest transfer period in Arsenals history. How could we ever do this? Unforgiveable.
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gunnerthru..dead on as usual. How much pain are you in today....I am having to take pain killersd to get through the day...yesterday was the worst day of my Arsenal life...it really was...