Wenger – Arsenal can’t compete for the title right now

Posted on November 05, 2012 by admin

Arsenal’s defeat at Old Trafford has left them nine points behind the new League leaders, and Arsene Wenger admits that they now have a mountain to climb if they are to compete with Man United, Chelsea and Man City in the race for the Premiership title.

He couldn’t give any excuse for Arsenal’s poor showing on Saturday and simply said that they came up against a much better team. “We were poor today defensively I think,”

“There’s no obvious reason for that apart from the fact that we didn’t start well and that Man United have quality up front. They score goals against everybody and were better than us. It’s as simple as that.

“I think today we were not good. At Man City, we played a 1-1. We had a good result and didn’t suffer from the comparison. Today, I just think at the moment we are not on full cylinders and we looked much more vulnerable defensively than we were at the start of the season.

“We have to show that the team can compete for the title. At the moment, you cannot say that because we are far away. But that’s what the target is until the end of the season.

“We’ve played many away games now in many difficult places. We’ve played at Manchester City, at Manchester United, at Liverpool and at Stoke. So we have many difficult away games. But we are very far behind now.”

November’s games now become crucial and we now have a demanding visit to Schalke, before facing Fulham, Tottenham and Montpellier at home. Let’s hope the team can pick themselves up quickly because another couple of defeats could see Arsenal even drop out of the race for fourth place, never mind the Champions League…..

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Arsenal policy proved right by Malaga

Posted on August 08, 2012 by admin

Arsene Wenger has been dealt a double bonus by Sheikh Al-Thani and his NAS group that own Malaga FC. Firstly, their decision to pull the plug on their big spending at the Spanish club made the transfer of Santi Cazorla possible and not too expensive. Secondly, it proves Arsene Wenger right in his determination to balance the books.

Malaga are one of a number of teams who have been supported by money from investors in the Middle East. These teams, such as Paris Saint-Germain, are spending fortunes on transfers and inflated wages in order to attain success in their domestic leagues and, subsequently, in European competition.

The supporters are happy because they see top name players that they would never previously have seen playing for their club. They start to challenge for trophies and everything seems rosy. The problems arise when the super rich owners of these clubs start to lose interest in their new projects.

In a very short space of time, Malaga have gone from the high of qualifying for the Champion’s league for the first time, to having to sell their best players, such as Cazorla and Salomon Rondon who has joined Rubin Kazan. They are looking for a buyer for the club, but anyone looking to buy will not be buying success, they will be buying debt and a club in crisis.

The players who have been given long term contracts on loads of money will be difficult to sell on and they will not want to take any cut in pay. Imagine what sort of position Man City would be in if the owners stopped pumping money in. Wouldn’t that be a shame?

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