PL | Arsenal vs Man City | 02/04/2017| 16:00 GMT | Sky Sports 1

[Batman]

Where are LEICESTER CITY today?
Where are MONTPELLIER today?

Conversely.. where are CHELSEA, CITY, PSG today?

Its VERY EASY to cite once in a lifetime examples to substantiate some romantic notion that money has little to no impact into the impact of a club's success in the game.

But lets look at the statistics shall we?

For reference, the Deloitte money league 2016 .

Lets look at the last ten Champions League winners. And yes, I know Leicester City havent been in the Champions League for a long while. They must have been spending their money irresponsibly I guess.

2016 - Real Madrid (number 1)
2015 - Barcelona (number 2)
2014 - Real Madrid (number 1)
2013 - Bayern Munich (number 5)
2012 - Chelsea (number 8)
2011 - Barcelona (number 2)
2010 - Inter Milan (number 19 --- Oooooh another Leicester? Or were they richer back then, I wonder?)

I could go on with this list but I want to make a clear point here. We must not forget that the money put into football has a massive impact into the success in the game.

I agree that its not the be all and end all in the final performance, as we see with Manchester United.

But lets not sit here and speak as though we spent money, and better yet wasted it. Simply put, we were outspent in the summer after squad neglect and we are being out-thought during matches. One goes hand in hand with the other.

And I WILL tackle the Leicester City win of last season since you brought it up. My response is this...
A dream scenario where everything clicked for them, both inside and outside the club.

And here my promise to you buddy, in your lifetime.

THEY WILL NEVER EVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN.




EVER.

I didn't say money has little to no impact. Obviously it does. You suggested that we don't spend money. Last summer we spent money. We finished second in the league, spent a comparable amount of money to our rivals and are floundering because the manager spent the money on underperforming players and is himself underperforming. Spending means nothing if you don't spend properly. See United since Fergie,Liverpool after the sale of Suarez and Sp**s after the sale of Bale. I don't really care what point you think you're making. All of it comes back to a desire to make excuses for Wenger which no intelligent person is falling for. He didn't have money and that was an excuse. He now has money and there's another excuse. I'm tired of them and I'm not listening to them anymore. He's past it, he needs to f*ck off and money is not the problem anymore.

 

[SA Gunner]

I hate it how easily Özil gives up on a goal chance. Just so weak.

That was just poor.

 

[law90026]

Coq living dangerously there, cynical push.

 

[CaseUteinberger]

How gutless was that from Özil?

No heart what so ever.

 

[Garrincha]

Bit harsh on Özil.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Yet people still want this coward to renew for all his "flair", just leave, Özil

 

[Marmaduke]

It wasn't such an easy situation to score from FFS...

People are just salivating for every opportunity for an Arsenal player to show he is s***

 

[Jasard]

Its okay to ask for a card now apparently.

 

[juice man]

Go **** yourself and your contract demands Özil. You deserve a pay cut, you gutless *****.

 

[StefanB]

Its okay to ask for a card now apparently.

Consistancy.

 

[BBF]

Coquelin with a smart foul there, Gabriel with the brainfart as usual.

 

[Gooner Zig]

Wow Coq very lucky there

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Struggling to see what else Özil could have done there, he was always chasing that.

 

[law90026]

That Man City goalkick was just wow. It's like their keeper can't kick.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

I just freaking love Iwobi. Absolute gem and he is ours!

 

[razörist]

Bit of an overreaction on Özil boys.

 

[A_G]

Struggling to see what else Özil could have done there, he was always chasing that.

Get close enough to dive for a pen imo.

 

[Batman]

Giroud looking at the linesman like "How can I be offside when I don't run?"

 

[law90026]

Struggling to see what else Özil could have done there, he was always chasing that.

People just want to blame.

 

[MLK79]

So true that, anyone would think that goals win games.

Probably explains why England hasn't won a trophy in 50 years. They don't think football should be blighted by players who are too focused on scoring.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Giroud is the worst player ever.