comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 19 hours, 26 minutes ago
there were so many other areas in need of strengthening
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But you see there isn't necessary a trade-off. Why couldn't we sell some players who have not been as effective as before or needed to be replaced.
This is an underlying problem I think Wenger fails to see. Wenger has squarely pinned our under performance of the past to instability of having to sell a top player a season. This is true to an extent but unfortunately I think he has made himself believe this is the only reason whilst hiding a deeper lying flaw that usually Dein compensated for. Wenger is not ruthless, nor has the capability to recognise who is under performing because he is too close to the dressing room. He is in constant surprise to whats going on. That goes back to to Reyes and his dalliance with Real Madrid, Bendtner behaviour to more recent events such as the Giroud sleeping with underwear models when the team should be under curfew to even Mertesacker's issues as he described recently. Wenger has made himself believe it will be alright as long as he keeps the team together. So players like Giroud can underperform to thier hearts content. Arteta can be on a broken leg and Mert can be as slow as an oil tanker and Wenger will not see it.
Wenger should have sold and increased his own budget if he needed to buy the players he needed if money was an issue.
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In which case, I agree. As I said before, I wasn't sure who we were actually able to sell (Podolski is nearing 30 and earns massive wages, for example). If feasible, I honestly wouldn't have minded seeing Podolski, Mertesacker, Giroud, Arteta, and Cazorla (even though I rate the latter very, very highly....I just don't think he suits the wide position) if it meant we had the funds to strengthen other areas of the squad.
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posted on 25/10/14
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 19 hours, 26 minutes ago
there were so many other areas in need of strengthening
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But you see there isn't necessary a trade-off. Why couldn't we sell some players who have not been as effective as before or needed to be replaced.
This is an underlying problem I think Wenger fails to see. Wenger has squarely pinned our under performance of the past to instability of having to sell a top player a season. This is true to an extent but unfortunately I think he has made himself believe this is the only reason whilst hiding a deeper lying flaw that usually Dein compensated for. Wenger is not ruthless, nor has the capability to recognise who is under performing because he is too close to the dressing room. He is in constant surprise to whats going on. That goes back to to Reyes and his dalliance with Real Madrid, Bendtner behaviour to more recent events such as the Giroud sleeping with underwear models when the team should be under curfew to even Mertesacker's issues as he described recently. Wenger has made himself believe it will be alright as long as he keeps the team together. So players like Giroud can underperform to thier hearts content. Arteta can be on a broken leg and Mert can be as slow as an oil tanker and Wenger will not see it.
Wenger should have sold and increased his own budget if he needed to buy the players he needed if money was an issue.
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In which case, I agree. As I said before, I wasn't sure who we were actually able to sell (Podolski is nearing 30 and earns massive wages, for example). If feasible, I honestly wouldn't have minded seeing Podolski, Mertesacker, Giroud, Arteta, and Cazorla (even though I rate the latter very, very highly....I just don't think he suits the wide position) if it meant we had the funds to strengthen other areas of the squad.
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