Has Wenger conceded the league - again?

[Özim]

He wouldn't be a bottler if he didn't

A bottler's got to bottle it after all.

[selassie]

I am genuinely really shocked that he hasn't strengthened, I mean he loves a gamble but this is a stretch too far IMHO and will come back to haunt him.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I just don't think winning the leagie is anything more than a 'nice to have' at this Club. That said, we aren't in the position we are in because of 'luck'
Of the teams in the top 3, we have had to work a lot harder than those around us to be here.

[Gooner23]

I just don't think winning the leagie is anything more than a 'nice to have' at this Club. That said, we aren't in the position we are in because of 'luck'
Of the teams in the top 3, we have had to work a lot harder than those around us to be here.

Agreed, with all the ngativity going on at the moment we shouldn't forget what a great 1st half of the season we've had.

But what a missed opportunity this could be to really go for it. Shame it will probaby end up with a 'what if' at the end of the season, as opposed to a 'we gave it our best shot'.

[IBK]

I just don't think winning the leagie is anything more than a 'nice to have' at this Club. That said, we aren't in the position we are in because of 'luck'
Of the teams in the top 3, we have had to work a lot harder than those around us to be here.

I agree 100per cent with the first part of your post. The irony is that combined, our 2 owners are probably worth as much as any of the sugar daddies around. The difference is that while they have pumped money into their clubs, our shareholders have taken money out!

That said - there seems no serious appetite on the part of our manager even to maximise the resources we have. And for me that is down to ideology, as much if not more than how financially doped our competitors are. To me, there seems to be almost a resignation that we can't really win the league (and a holding back because of it) - because it can't make sense 'building' for a tomorrow that is never going to come.

As for the second part of your post - I'm not sure I follow you. We have had a relatively easy run of it this season so far. We have been fortunate to have players like Ramsey hit top form, and we have finally stepped up to the plate in defence - thanks to Bould. If anything, those with bigger squads will have an easier time of it from here on in, not the other way round.

...and the negativity is not because of the season we've had - its that we have improved, but won't build on that improvement. Deep down, every Gooner knows that despite what we have achieved in the first half of the season, we are unlikely to match it over the whole of the season - something that - be it underperforming in the first or the last part of the season has been an intrinsic part of wenger's arsenal teams for as long as i can remember.

[Letters]

God alone knows what goes on in Wenger's head sometimes but we have shown marked inprovement this season and I always find it interesting how highly Wenger is regarded by (sensible) non-Gooners and how much he's berated by some Gooners.

[Niall_Quinn]

God alone knows what goes on in Wenger's head sometimes but we have shown marked inprovement this season and I always find it interesting how highly Wenger is regarded by (sensible) non-Gooners and how much he's berated by some Gooners.

He deserves a bit of a kicking when he does shit like this. Sometimes he seems like a lead ball hanging out of our ambitions. Always getting us within 2% and then freezing as if his whole purpose in life is to wind us up.

[Letters]

There are times when I want to shake him tbf

[Niall_Quinn]

Shake him upside down to get at some of that money.

[IBK]

God alone knows what goes on in Wenger's head sometimes but we have shown marked inprovement this season and I always find it interesting how highly Wenger is regarded by (sensible) non-Gooners and how much he's berated by some Gooners.

He is highly regarded for a reason. But there's a reason why, despite the advantages that we should have with a manager of his talents who enjoys such power and longevity, he is no longer considered a winner. This season, after all the necessary years of caution, is the one where for so many reasons he should now be bold and go for it. He hasn't. Hence the thread title.