I can't see them giving him the money that the squad needs to be competitive as they may well say that Arteta has spend 800m quid on B,C and D grade players that weren't getting games at other clubs. They may give him money for one decent signing up front as he can't be allowed to ignore that yet again. There can't be anyone at the club who views this season as anything other than abject failure and tough questions about the spending, transfer targets and strategy should be asked by the owners. Having said that, they've got a history of accepting and indulging failure and under-achievement for years under Wanker so who can honestly say they're confident of it being any different now?augie wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 4:59 pmNick89 wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 4:47 pmHi all.
We need two strikers. Even if one comes in with all the bells & whistles, what happens if he gets an AFC customary long injury lay off? We're back to square one just like like now. I've never known a club to have zero strikers in their squad. Inexcusable.
It's gonna cost a small fortune to sort this squad out. Can you see the board paying out millions?![]()
The board, to their credit, have backed pep's cone boy to the tune of almost £800m thus far and have been "rewarded" with zero trophies (he won the fa cup with emery's players) - the board shouldnt give him any more money to spend cos he will piss it away. I have hated kroenke's from day one and never wanted them in our club (I was in usmanov's corner), but the narrative today saying that they are all about the money doesnt seem right when they backed his £800m spending - backing a proven failure with even more money is a recipe for disaster and I will point the finger of blame at them if they do that
My genuine feeling about this summer is that we'll see a few players leave for negligible fees, a few loaned out and some not going anywhere as nobody will be prepared to take them on the money they want. We'll go after a couple of B/C grade strikers who really aren't the answer for most of June, July and August before talks break down after two weeks of next season and we either end up with nobody at all or some fucking reject crap like this season. We won't get anyone in who will improve the squad, demand better standards or make us more competitive by being the difference in the important moments . We won't sign anyone with any experience of winning league titles or the Champions League, most likely someone along the lines of today's version of Giroud or Lazarette. It will be back to about 2011 in all but date.