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14 years ago
So Arsene Wenger coins the phrase fancniial doping, clearly explaining his meaning behind it, then you decide a few years later to take that phrase and create your own new additional meaning to suit. Then you write a blog on it? How can paying money that the club earns to its players (whatever the wage ceiling is) be classed as fancniial doping (as described by Wenger)? Also, I'm sorry Tom, but clubs have always used money to keep sqauds of players. The thing about Arsenal is that they tried to groom a squad of players to grow up together, then paid them within a self sustaining wage structure in the hope of winning trophies and sharing in the glory and obviously the monetary rewards. These players are the ones that Arsenal believe will make it'When they don't (Hoyte brothers, Pennant, Bentley etc.) they get sold.Obviously this strategy has failed and the core group of players are now moving on elsewhere to seek trophies and fancniial rewards elsewhere. Arsenal's fancniial doping' not working here then is it?Another thing Calum, which players at Arsenal are sitting there after the club had as you say ‘dope’ players into preferring to do nowt at Arsenal than go and earn a decent (lower) wage while actually playing football elsewhere? As far as I can see nearly all the squad is utilised and if not they are injured or have been loaned out. In fact Arsenal are consistently being criticised for having a small squad. I'm afraid this argument really does not stand up to any sort of scrutiny