NickF98 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:42 am
StuartL wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:10 pm
Lowers the expectations……
Justifies not spending…..
Is there really a lower of expectations?
I would have thought that most would consider a club of our size should be doing a lot better than it is (I'd imagine utd would feel the same about their club).
As for the not spending, did we not spend the most last summer? The problem isn't necessarily how much we spend, it is that we're not buying the quality required to move us forward.
I would prefer we buy one or two outstanding players than 4 or 5 average ones.
That's the point we're making...that we shouldn't allow the club to lower expectations, but they've been doing so for well over 10 years and our muppet supporters keep buying it.
As for money being spent, Stuart is right that for years under Wenger we under-invested and got a barrage of bollocks for doing so. Eg. we make stars we don't buy them, it's financial fair play that will correct things (
), project youth, we work 24 hours a day but only look for "super top quality", blah blah blah.
Then in recent years, we have spent plenty and are entitled to expect success, but we're now sold "the process" bullshit. Hard to criticise the Kroenkes for the money they've allowed to be spent since they got full ownership, but they're fully responsible for the dysfunctional car crash nature of senior management in recent years and above all, for the appointment of a novice who is way out of his depth.
