Fergie has the freedom to purchase as well as develop, he really is the only manager in the premiership that has got the formula right over the years.All joking aside, MUFC have been the team to beat for the last 20 years and credit where it's due they are a fantastically strong well prepared side every time they step onto the pitch. This in my opinion is exactly what AFC want to achieve but with the addition of being debt free.
Arsenal have done brilliant under Wenger for what he has had to work with, a loosening of the purse strings may not be an option if it doesn't fit into the business side of things. Its hard to explain as I am aware that if you invest money in a team and they achieve success then your investment comes rolling back into the coffers with interest but if they don't achieve and as such de-value themselves then the Arsenal business is damaged. AFC will not, and nor should they bow to the media pressure over a couple of games, change their business model.
Fans and the media are so fickle at times and I do feel that Arsenal will struggle to fill their seats this season but I really hope not because I for one will always go to a game when I have the opportunity. Leeds supporters have mostly stayed loyal to their team through the troubled times by walking through the gates and supporting the club with big numbers. I am not saying that AFC face the same downfall (sorry Stoop) as Leeds but the fans should remember that this is football, our fantastic game that is very much like the British economy with its ups & downs. True fans will take the true British stiff upper lip approach, stick together, find the humour somewhere in amongst the misery and ride things out.
This topic is killing me as I had a phone conversation today with someone that was with Arsene Wenger yesterday and .................Sorry!!
