16 May 2018 19:55:28
Eds please help me out, but are us arsenal fans being arrogant in our assumptions that managers like allegri, nagelsmann and simeone would be chomping at the bit to manage arsenal and compete against gaurdiola and the likes or are we reading too much into the rumours. Thanks.

{Ed025's Note - its a great gig for any manager in the world ben, or should i say would be if they would be backed in the transfer market but the owner seems to be looking for someone to manage on a budget which will rule a lot of the big boys out i believe mate..

1.) 16 May 2018
16 May 2018 20:25:08
I'm not sure what the budget is but if it's the 50 million that keeps getting mentioned then It will take a football genius to get us back in contention but given our spending over the last 5 seasons it's difficult to believe we will now suddenly bring up the draw bridge on spending and make ourselves such an unattractive propostion at the very time we need to be showing ourselves in our best light.

2.) 16 May 2018
16 May 2018 22:40:10
Thanks Ed, so the board are again standing in the way of us competing again. As I said this seems to be the first major decision they've had to make and they are going to mess it up. Can't understand why you would bring in a new chief scout and sporting director the likes of mislintat and Raul and give them a shoe string budget, surely they'll be gone before long like all of our previous assets. I can't wait for wenger to write this book and read about what really went on.

{Ed002's Note - Don’t attribute blame. And set aside thoughts of budget.}

3.) 16 May 2018
16 May 2018 22:55:00
I would say we are a bit arrogant. Okay i thought maybe allegri was a bit out of our reach, let's face it he is at juventus, a better team with a better chance of winning trophies than us but i for one moment, didn't think we would struggle getting second tier coaches. I thought as soon as we put out feelers, they would come running to us.

That hasn't happened. second tier coaches have rejected us and that only means coaches think that the arsenal job is suicide and that only means there are financial restrictions. The arsenal job is is not as hot as we think it is.