Let's not kid ourselves, we are at Wembley already. Sutton and Lincoln have no chance whatsoever. So we need to beat 2 of Spurs, Chelsea and City to win the trophy.
If we win the FA cup would you be happy with Arsene being given another year?. I personally think he should stay even if we don't win anything as it's too risky bringing someone else in.
Would FA Cup win be enough for Wenger?
posted on 20/2/17
Everyone has a wage structure, the socialist wage policy we had was binned a long time ago. Other clubs just have a higher ceiling because their richer so can offer more.
posted on 20/2/17
Interesting conversations going on in this thread.
However, I'd like to point out that this team...this squad and many that Wenger has had from 2005- now, have been good enough on paper to challenge for the title or get to CL 1/4 finals and beyond. The word is challenge.
The issue I and many fans see is that the same failings are there every year. Other fans make jokes about how you can set your clock by Arsenal but it is true. We start of slowly for a couple of games each season, go on a good run while it's still warm out. then November hits and we normally have a stinker. Put in a decent run in December and early January before imploding in later January into February. Once out of all competitions (except 14 and 15 FA cups) we suddenly put together a run and play pretty good football when the pressure is off and preserve our top 4 status.
This is where the issue is. These players with a different manager would perform much better. we look like amateurs at times. If we are not playing a team that allows us space and time, we have trouble stringign 5 passes together. Our defensive shape is a shambles and most recently versus Bayern, players looked like they did not know who they were supposed to even be marking. We did not press as a team and looked all over the place. The coaching and mentality are where the issues are!
posted on 20/2/17
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
Everyone has a wage structure, the socialist wage policy we had was binned a long time ago. Other clubs just have a higher ceiling because their richer so can offer more.
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Thats not true as pointed out above. Our wage bill is c£25m less than Chelsea. Now they win more so if the comparison was done the year they won the title that £25m difference could be put down to bonuses alone.
So the disparity has to be because our players are paid without the variations that other clubs have because they do tend to pay their most important players more.
posted on 20/2/17
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 55 minutes ago
Everyone has a wage structure, the socialist wage policy we had was binned a long time ago. Other clubs just have a higher ceiling because their richer so can offer more.
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We still have players who've done very little on 100k a week. And that waster Debuchy earns 70k a week for example.
posted on 20/2/17
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
Everyone has a wage structure, the socialist wage policy we had was binned a long time ago. Other clubs just have a higher ceiling because their richer so can offer more.
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Thats not true as pointed out above. Our wage bill is c£25m less than Chelsea. Now they win more so if the comparison was done the year they won the title that £25m difference could be put down to bonuses alone.
So the disparity has to be because our players are paid without the variations that other clubs have because they do tend to pay their most important players more.
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They have larger revenues so can spend more on wages, the same way we pay our players more than Spurs or Everton. And we have a bigger squad than most of our rivals because they're lack of homegrown players means they can't fill out the 25 man squad whereas we have about 27+ players because we have more u21's who we don't need to include.
posted on 20/2/17
comment by Yohan's Kebab Van (U8691)
posted 37 minutes ago
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 55 minutes ago
Everyone has a wage structure, the socialist wage policy we had was binned a long time ago. Other clubs just have a higher ceiling because their richer so can offer more.
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We still have players who've done very little on 100k a week. And that waster Debuchy earns 70k a week for example.
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it's the same at every club, Ashley Young earns about the same as Ozil and Sanchez.
posted on 20/2/17
You won't get a Reading or Wigan, Hull or Villa, to win the Cup this season.
Even three of those games you tried to bottle; do you really think you will beat United and City under pressure to win Cup??
posted on 20/2/17
comment by CFC: FFP Champions (U20729)
posted 44 minutes ago
You won't get a Reading or Wigan, Hull or Villa, to win the Cup this season.
Even three of those games you tried to bottle; do you really think you will beat United and City under pressure to win Cup??
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We beat utd at OT liverpool spurs and everton to win our 2 fa cups now feck off you fecking plastic pr!ck.
posted on 20/2/17
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 2 hours, 1 minute ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
Everyone has a wage structure, the socialist wage policy we had was binned a long time ago. Other clubs just have a higher ceiling because their richer so can offer more.
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Thats not true as pointed out above. Our wage bill is c£25m less than Chelsea. Now they win more so if the comparison was done the year they won the title that £25m difference could be put down to bonuses alone.
So the disparity has to be because our players are paid without the variations that other clubs have because they do tend to pay their most important players more.
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They have larger revenues so can spend more on wages, the same way we pay our players more than Spurs or Everton. And we have a bigger squad than most of our rivals because they're lack of homegrown players means they can't fill out the 25 man squad whereas we have about 27+ players because we have more u21's who we don't need to include.
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Actually our revenues are greater than Chelsea and similar to City.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/25/premier-league-finances-club-by-club-breakdown-david-conn
posted on 21/2/17
That is from 14/15 season, chelsea and city have signed big sponsorship deals since then. Either way the club said a few years ago we are ditching this socialist wage policy. Back then there was a smaller gap between lower and top earners, our back up players were paid more than other clubs. Now they get around 40/50k which is same as other clubs or less. Main problem with our wage bill imo is higher earners who don't justify their wages (Ozil, Walcott, Ramsey)