Without the money, they wouldn't have come there.I'd say it was more Hoddle's influence in getting players like Gullitt and Vialli in.
Without the money, they wouldn't have come there.I'd say it was more Hoddle's influence in getting players like Gullitt and Vialli in.
Wouldn't they? Sugar was paying Klinsmann more and that didn't do us that good. I say it was the Hoddle connection more than anything.Without the money, they wouldn't have come there.
Wouldn't they? Sugar was paying Klinsmann more and that didn't do us that good. I say it was the Hoddle connection more than anything.
Vialli was getting 2 million a year and Gullitt was getting something similar.Wouldn't they? Sugar was paying Klinsmann more and that didn't do us that good. I say it was the Hoddle connection more than anything.
League position is always the first priority. As long as you finish in the top 4 a trophy is a bonus. We do deserve to win a trophy soon though.
I dont know about that. I think playing 38 games between Aug and May and earning a place in the Champions League is a great reward. The Champions League is special and our wins at home against Real Madrid and Dormund or the draws away to Madrid and Juve are proof of that. I certainly dont envy Arsenal being in a cup final but not looking like qualifying for the Champions League. I do think we have a great chance to win the FA Cup and finish top 4 though so it should keep everyoe happy.That is down to the champions league and the money it brings. I hate it.
I dont know about that. I think playing 38 games between Aug and May and earning a place in the Champions League is a great reward. The Champions League is special and our wins at home against Real Madrid and Dormund or the draws away to Madrid and Juve are proof of that. I certainly dont envy Arsenal being in a cup final but not looking like qualifying for the Champions League. I do think we have a great chance to win the FA Cup and finish top 4 though so it should keep everyoe happy.
Still people will moan about something I'm sure
Arsenal have done both for many years.I dont know about that. I think playing 38 games between Aug and May and earning a place in the Champions League is a great reward. The Champions League is special and our wins at home against Real Madrid and Dormund or the draws away to Madrid and Juve are proof of that. I certainly dont envy Arsenal being in a cup final but not looking like qualifying for the Champions League. I do think we have a great chance to win the FA Cup and finish top 4 though so it should keep everyoe happy.
Still people will moan about something I'm sure
fypArsenal had done both for many years.
The article is just talking about how important trophies are when rating a manager.
When we bend over Real Madrid or outperform City/Utd/Chelsea over a season then obviously Pochettino deserves particular credit for achieving more with less.
The finances are so out of whack now that you can't rate managerial performance on the same parameters.
League position is always the first priority. As long as you finish in the top 4 a trophy is a bonus. We do deserve to win a trophy soon though.
Before the champions league everyone would prefer to win the fa cup than finish 4th. It used to have parity with winning the league and was the biggest sporting event of the year. I hate what champions league has done to football, as much as sugar daddies it has distorted football creating mega clubs.
I would love the CL to just be the actual league champions of each country. If anything that would make it even more prestigious and would also put an end to the debate about whether 4th place finish is better than winning a domestic cup etc.
Will never happen though as it would make less money.