http://www.footballfancast.com/premiership/arsenal/time-to-finally-turn-the-transfer-taps-on-at-arsenal Football Blogs, Football News & Football Podcasts Sat, 25 May 2013 15:26:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.footballfancast.com/premiership/arsenal/time-to-finally-turn-the-transfer-taps-on-at-arsenal/comment-page-1#comment-293351 Thomas Hancock Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:02:13 +0000 http://www.footballfancast.com/?p=203027#comment-293351 (First of all, well-done article. I wish we had sportswriters like this.)
“When things are going badly . . .” A little perspective seems to be in order. “Sterile success,” though a tasty oxymoron, is success none the less, even if that hasn’t included a cup or league breakthrough. Wenger was one of the first managers to exploit the “inefficiencies of the market,” derided as bean-counting I guess, in rating players. Splashing out huge sums for the flavor of the moment isn’t the answer, unless your pockets are infintely deep. Still, Arsenal need more punch up front to meet the high bar their fans set for them. What that needs to cost in transfer fees, however, is debatable.

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