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Originally Posted by thenry
we had a solid foundation, on top of which we had a very good squad which needed a few tweaks with regards to extra personnel but Wenger put way to much faith in mediocre players. decent and surprisingly flops got fed up and decided to jump ship. as you say the incentive of more money and a better chance of winning cups hampered our chances of gaining any sort of upper hand over the other clubs wanting our players. the foundation isn't as solid as it was.
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Putting faith in players is what gave us Wilshere, Szczesny (when everyone was telling him to buy a 'keeper), Song and Sagna. We rarely buy players who are already established.
The foundation is the economic health of the club and the future prospect, all of which are fine. If we miss out on Champions League football we are still better equipped than Liverpool and Spurs to go for it again.