OK, good. It was used to beat us down because it was the sum total of our ambition, with our manager even equating it to a trophy, which at that time, the fans were desperate for.
We are close but always short and never pushed hard enough to strengthen.
Wenger relied too much on under performing players and refused to strengthen adequately.
He was totally to blame and was given more time to adjust than any manager in the PL but chose not to.
Their form in the PL tailed off because they were in the latter stages of the CL and their squad was hit with injuries, if you canât see it OK but thatâs the reality.
As for the deal for Fabinho it canât be said one way or the other, however, their form in the CL was most likely a big factor in him signing for them.
In terms of transfer fees. Go back and check our salary spend. When you add up the two costs, you then get a full picture of a clubâs relative spending power.
Too much focus is given on the fees, but the biggest cost to any club is how much you pay your players. We were always around 4th or higher in terms of spend on salaries.
When have we had an exciting transfer window, or an exciting season, or anything more than the bare minimum in the PL.
If Wenger had tried harder to get world class players perhaps we might have kept the ones we had.
You talk as if Liverpool havenât achieved anything yet what does that say about us?
Do you think they are going to finish behind us in the PL.
Do you not think they are doing their best to strengthen with exciting new players?
They have done more in the last two seasons than we have done since we have been at the Emirates.
So what was the point of leaving Highbury?
Iâd settle for either.
It would be something more than having a boring window followed by a predictably boring season.
Watching a couple of world class signings playing for us would at least take the edge off of sixth place.
You chose to believe so.
Funny how someone who says I chose to not see Craigieâs post has been at it for whole time but has the audacity to call me out on that.
We were better than them for a long time, now theyâve had a better season or two. Guess what tho, theyâve got nothing to show for it lol. And they arenât gonna win shit. Maybe another couple 75 point seasons with no trophies and theyâll bw back in 5th or 6th.