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Garrincha

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Brutal to hear. I guess its a mix of things but we should have never taken just a standard print of Benficas... it is soulless like most bowls.

Would have loved this for the North Bank & Clockend. We really left our two main features & loudest combined sets of fans there.

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GDeep™

League is very weak
Wait...wasn't Arsène the one pushing for a new stadium? :lol:
How can a manager push for a new stadium ffs? Wenger couldn’t even push transfers.He was part of a team that backed the Emirates project.

Think the key is that we couldn’t redevelop Highbury much while Anfield has scope to grow. He’s right, why move from your “home” when you don’t have to.
 

Riou

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How can a manager push for a new stadium ffs? Wenger couldn’t even push transfers.He was part of a team that backed the Emirates project.

Think the key is that we couldn’t redevelop Highbury much while Anfield has scope to grow. He’s right, why move from your “home” when you don’t have to.

What are YOU talking about, he built the stadium single handedly ;)

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GoonerJeeves

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In many ways, I'm surprised that we are not being actively pursued by potential new owners.

Considering our location in London, we're an attractive prospect.
 

GDeep™

League is very weak
In many ways, I'm surprised that we are not being actively pursued by potential new owners.

Considering our location in London, we're an attractive prospect.
Stan isn’t selling is he, makes little sense for him.

Wenger with that budget would've been cheat mode.

Wonder if he would’ve stuck around anyway because his work and club project here would’ve been pushed aside and finished really, for the new guys to come in and fix everything with their cash.
 

A_G

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Wonder if he would’ve stuck around anyway because his work and club project here would’ve been pushed aside and finished really, for the new guys to come in and fix everything with their cash.
I think it would've had a liberating effect on him actually, he would've gone back to the 96-05 Wenger cleaning up the trophies rather than having the burden of financial management too.
 

GDeep™

League is very weak
I remember the days when people would have puked at the thought of being owned by oil. Now look :lol:

Imagine paying £80m for Xhaka and £80m for Mustafi though...That's what would have happened had Wenger had that budget!
Eh? More like we would’ve got Hazard, Kante etc. Players Wenger wanted but couldn’t afford.
 

El Granit-Coq

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I remember the days when people would have puked at the thought of being owned by oil. Now look :lol:

Imagine paying £80m for Xhaka and £80m for Mustafi though...That's what would have happened had Wenger had that budget!

Yes , because Wenger didnt try to sign Mbappe, Messi, Ibra, Ronaldo (all who were close) and a host of other top talents (and was close bar the money).

We would be stuck with the same players. Just paying higher because Wenger.
 

A_G

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I remember the days when people would have puked at the thought of being owned by oil. Now look :lol:

Imagine paying £80m for Xhaka and £80m for Mustafi though...That's what would have happened had Wenger had that budget!
There might have been some duds sure, but imagine the Hazards and Alonsos that the club missed out due to a few million here and there. Surely you agree that finances on that scale would've been a game changer, considering the job Wenger was doing at the time? Guy finished 4th and got to FA Cup/CL semi-finals with Diaby/Denilson/Song midfield, with Cesc/Adebayor/Theo out for months.
 

GDeep™

League is very weak
I think it would've had a liberating effect on him actually, he would've gone back to the 96-05 Wenger cleaning up the trophies rather than having the burden of financial management too.
Not sure. Think he’s too idealistic to manage an Arsenal with an unlimited budget, not sure it does anything for him. Remember those comments about financial doping?

If anything it would’ve have liberated him in allowing him to leave and manage a Bayern, Real, take the PSG project etc. He wanted to give Paris a strong team.
 

A_G

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Not sure. Think he’s too idealistic to manage an Arsenal with an unlimited budget, not sure it does anything for him. Remember those comments about financial doping?

If anything it would’ve have liberated him in allowing him to leave and manage a Bayern, Real, take the PSG project etc. He wanted to give Paris a strong team.
He said in 2009, at a time when he'd been linked heavily with Real, that if he had joined them he would've spent big. Why not do that at Arsenal?
 

GDeep™

League is very weak
We blew the kitty on stiffs.
Yeah bad spending. It’s interesting though, and telling, we can only mention two/three players when it comes to expensive Wenger flops. Ferguson, Pep, Jose probably have closer to 20 of these flops each.

It’s always Mustafi and Xhaka. Even then, we’ll recoup most of what we paid for Xhaka.
 

Eaststander74

Jury Lite II
There might have been some duds sure, but imagine the Hazards and Alonsos that the club missed out due to a few million here and there. Surely you agree that finances on that scale would've been a game changer, considering the job Wenger was doing at the time? Guy finished 4th and got to FA Cup/CL semi-finals with Diaby/Denilson/Song midfield, with Cesc/Adebayor/Theo out for months.
He kept pulling out on deals over a couple million here and there. Then who sanctioned that stupid 40m + 1p Suarez farce? Wenger became indecisive and while he obviously would have been less indecisive on some deals, it's hard to say what he really would have done. Leicester would probably have asked for much more had we been properly wedged up, and Wenger may well have bottled agreeing the fee again for all we know. Mo money, mo problems.
 
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