The truth hurts. I know it is cliché  but like most clichés it is most often true. I don’t like to admit that I often make absolute statements. Doesn’t really hurt too much admitting that, but when caught doing it in real life I realize that I am a product of my mother, who is Queen of the Absolute statements, and well, it doesn’t feel good.

And then there is Wenger. Oh what to do. He has now come out and admitted the following: “At the moment I must tell you we are not close to signing anybody.” 

Oh that stings.

Then: “Of course we want to do as many top players as we can. But we also have to focus on the players we have and develop them.”

Hmm… ok, right…

And finally: “We still have a strong squad but we are there on the market to try to strengthen our team. With or without additions we can be title challengers next season.”

Uh oh. Wait. Is that some positioning? Is the writing on the wall already? I don’t like this. I don’t like this one bit…

Wenger also admits that they are trying but it’s not just them and it’s hard to get in touch with people right now and we want quality and not just names and yadda yadda yadda. Sorry friend, that dog just don’t hunt and we are not that stupid (well… we are loyal supporters though).

First, no one else seems to have this “problem” of getting in touch with clubs to buy players. Matter of fact, Napoli just did the unthinkable if that is true by signing Higuain. Chelsea seems to not have this problem. Barca seems to not have this problem. Norwich (?!) seems to not have this problem (they landed Hooper ya’ll). And (WTF!!!) Sp*rs seem to not have this problem. Which leads me to my second issue…

WTF is really going on. We have $. A big, new, beautiful stadium. Quality players returning. Great training facilities. Loyal fans. Global fan base. London. Champions League. Stable and likable coaching… this list could go on and on. I am flabbergasted at this point. I really think it is truly a failure to communicate or know how to work the transfer market. Maybe the politics involved with purchasing players has become so complicated, so political that we don’t know how work it anymore. Which leads me to my third thought…

We need someone to handle the transfer market. Wenger can put in his request and then our dealmaker can swing in and present him with viable options and costs. With football continuing to grown and leagues getting better and better (and wanting to keep their talent), I wonder if leading with “English football is premier” is the best approach. La Liga is proving to be more than the two giants. The Bundesliga is becoming a serious force. As much as one can hate on Serie A it still has the dough to pull in quality players (not to mention incredible food and I hear the women there are… well… I’m married now but I ain’t blind friends).

I just can’t figure out what is going on and slogging dollars to our league competition is probably not the most cost-effective approach to improving our team while trying to get ahead of our competition. And I’m sorry, while I think our team can challenge for some silverware this year we do not have the depth to challenge across all fronts. We are an injury or two away from being in serious trouble (meaning scrapping our way to a trophy-less season and a hopeful 4th place finish… again).

No Mr. Wenger, you can sign players. You can add quality and names. You can spend money. And you must to do more than claim our rightful 4th place trophy… again.