Losing 4 games out of 5

Time for a change. Spend for your talent and get something done.

It sounds very stupid especially when Arsenal make a profit every year unlike most clubs today. Our shareholders have almost double of what Abromavich is worth so why be cheap.

Also, wenger doesn't just refuse to pay high transfer fees. He won't even pay his own star players a market wage, hence the repeated exodus of talent from this team.

Because he don't want to spend crazy money on players due to inflated market.. all these things started when the oil rich owners came into picture..

and you should define what do you mean by start players...???

... the one who is sulking when the team 's struggling???

... the one who is brilliant in first half of the season and then fade away later on???

... the one who played well last season and shadow of himself this season???

... the one you bought for your club record fee???

I hope they run out of oil to fuel their clubs and then if we still stick to the philosophy of not paying for overinflated prices, we will have a cutting edge advantage over the oil rich clubs when they run out of oil.

But I also see your point and agree. Perhaps the FA should try to put some rules against paying more than you earn so they won't be monopolizing the leagues. Arsenal will be ahead of the game and will most likely win the league because of that.

UEFA is already doing that in the name of FFP.. but many clubs are making a mock of this regulation and still pay over the odd for a player..

FA should fine them.

Wait. It's the FA. They probably have some corruption that allows this to get bigger and unstoppable.

All these excuses and conspiracy theories don't change the fact that wenger is not willing to offer star players wages at the market rate. They can't even attract good players on a free transfer because they don't offer competitive wages. This team behaved add though it's some miserable team in the middle of the west country or something. A Bunch of thieves and frauds running arsenal.

do you think we should buy someone like Pogba by offering 100m???

No. The players don't matter as long as wenger is manager and the executives are satisfied with 4th place and round of 16 exit from ucl every year.

The problem with the team is not in the pitch. It's the objectives set by the ownership, board, and manager that are the problem. They are happy to charge the highest prices for club they run like some cash strapped mid table team. Not acceptable.

I've heard the richest man in Africa is planning in the next four years to be the new majority shareholder of Arsenal FC. Best of luck.

I've heard the richest man in Africa is planning in the next four years to be the new majority shareholder of Arsenal FC. Best of luck.

Aliko Dangote said that in September, btw.

I feel that now, we should get an elite manager come to Arsenal this summer and help Arsenal rise to the top again. We have the talent to do that, we just need someone to change their mentality to win big games.

Again.. again and again.... Arsene is not the only problem at Arsenal...

True

Just because he's not the only proven doesn't insulate him from his status as a huge problem.

Also, it's nice to know that arsenal is actually in 3rd place, since they are the only team in London. Chelsea and spurs are just fictional entries on the table, and are to be ignored.

Deciding who are the top team depends what you think as important factor... As many shouting about success is important than any other factor, below facts will show you who are the ONLY TEAM IN LONDON...

Titles

When it comes to success on the pitch one London club has by far the best record.

Arsenal have won 43 major honours over the course of their history including 13 top-flight league titles, 12 FA Cups, one Fairs Cup (the UEFA Cup’s predecessor) and one Cup Winners Cup.

Only two of the capital’s other sides have anywhere near as impressive a record.

Chelsea have five league titles to their name as well as seven FA Cups. They’ve been more successful in Europe than Arsenal though with one Europa League title, two Cup Winners Cups and one Champions League.

It puts the west London side’s trophy haul at 26, a whole 17 fewer than Arsenal.

Tottenham have won 24 major titles including two UEFA Cups, one Cup Winners' Cup, two leagues and eight FA Cups.

Major Honours Club: Total

Arsenal: 43

Chelsea: 26

Tottenham: 24

West Ham: 5

Charlton: 1

QPR: 1

AFC Wimbledon: 1

Barnet: 0

Brentford: 0

Crystal Palace: 0

Fulham: 0

Leyton Orient: 0

Millwall: 0

Attendances

When it comes to drawing the crowds Arsenal come out top again.

The Gunners have had an average league attendance of 59,989 this season.

West Ham have the next highest average at 56,963 followed by Chelsea with 41,516 and Tottenham with 31,473.

However, both Chelsea and Spurs have plans for big new stadiums, so perhaps judging their size based on attendance is a little unfair.

After all, Chelsea have been filling their stadium to 99% of capacity, as have Arsenal, while Tottenham’s White Hart Lane has been operating at 98% of capacity.

Team: Attendance

Arsenal: 59,989

West Ham Utd: 56,963

Chelsea: 41,516

Tottenham: 31,473

Crystal Palace: 24,968

Fulham: 18,815

QPR: 14,774

Charlton: 11,031

Brentford: 10,172

Millwall: 9,318

Leyton Orient: 4,506

AFC Wimbledon: 4,484

Barnet: 1,983

Wider following

Another aspect of the big club is its wider support beyond those who go to games.

With that in mind we’ve taken a look at the number of followers each London club have on their social media sites. Arsenal have the biggest Twitter following with 8.83 million users.

Chelsea have the next most with 7.77m followed by Tottenham with 1.76m.

Those figures pale into insignificance though when compared to Facebook likes.

Chelsea’s Facebook page has a massive 47.2m likes, taking their total across the two social media platforms to 55 million followers, more than any other London club.

Arsenal’s Facebook page has 37.5m likes taking their total up to 46.3m followers.

Tottenham’s Facebook page has 8.2m likes taking their total to 10m.

West Ham lag further behind with 3m followers across the two platforms, while Crystal Palace have 1.5m.

Social media following

Team: Total followers (millions)

Chelsea: 55.0

Arsenal: 46.3

Tottenham: 10.0

West Ham: 3.0

Crystal Palace: 1.5

Fulham: 1.1

QPR: 1.1

Charlton: 0.3

Millwall: 0.2

Brentford: 0.2

AFC Wimbledon: 0.1

Leyton Orient: 0.1

Barnet: 0.0

Wikipedia views

This isn’t a traditional measure of a club’s size but the logic is simple - more views equals more interest equals bigger club.

By that logic Chelsea are London’s biggest club.

Since the start of 2015, the west London team’s English language wikipedia page has had 6,257,072 views according to the site’s records.

That’s over half a million more than the 5,669,223 views Arsena’s entry received over the same time.

Tottenham’s entry received 3.6m views and West Ham’s 2.9m.

Club: Views since 2015

Chelsea: 6,257,072

Arsenal: 5,669,223

Tottenham: 3,644,293

West Ham: 2,933,101

Crystal Palace: 1,859,022

QPR: 1,153,303

Fulham: 1,080,376

AFC Wimbledon: 779,461

Charlton: 747,964

Millwall: 606,384

Brentford: 521,350

Leyton Orient: 378,461

Barnet: 314,985

Shirt sales

A study published on Sporting Intelligence earlier this season found that Chelsea are the biggest team in London when it comes to shirt sales.

They sold an impressive 900,000 replica shirts a year on average over the last five seasons (from 2011-12 to 2015-16).

Arsenal sold the next most with an average of 835,000 a year.

Tottenham sold 268,000 a year, West Ham 45,000 and Crystal Palace 25,000.

Shirt sales

Club: Average shirt sales per year (2011-12 to 2015-16)

Chelsea: 900,000

Arsenal: 835,000

Tottenham: 268,000

West Ham: 45,000

Crystal Palace: 2,000

Reference

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