From James Sanders : Follow up to David Rakison
David Rakison’s note reflects my feelings exactly.
Why does Wenger and/or Gazidis not have the killer instinct to get into the transfer market early and with purpose to fill the gaps in our squad striker and defensive midfield?
Wenger says that he only wants top, top quality but what about Jackson Martinez, Vidal, Schneiderlin, Khedira, Kondogbia or Sterling?
These are all players who have moved clubs and could have solved a problem for the club.
It’s infuriating to feel so close to a championship and then déjà vu.
Myles says:
He can’t sign Lionel Messi or Thomas Muller because they’re not for sale.
He mainly sticks to his policy of not buying more than three players in a summer.
He’s always seen himself as a star-maker and gets his kicks watching the young ones improve,
But he dithers on signings and often changes his mind.
Mata and Benzema were done deals but the board refused to pay their wages
He didn’t like it when Gazidis bought Arshavin and Welbeck.
Wenger now has a one-dimensional squad of flawed players.
The Arsenal team has lacked power since 2004.
He abandoned that template, so you have to watch Arsenal being overpowered by a West Ham side that’s hardly played together.
Salven Bilic’s Hammers play English football in an organised, physical manner.
They’ve just shown Alan Pardew and Brendan Rodgers how to beat Arsenal: defend deep and narrow and always keep your fullbacks in the rear third.
Payet, in his first Premier League game, was much better than Ramsey or Cazorla.
Don’t mention Ozil.
Hugh Southon left a phone message on Monday morning: “Things found in a 16-year old’s pocket: mobile phone, chewing gum, Mesut Ozil.”
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