I disagree with the idea that you simply cannot buy the title. People make it seem as if Man Utd didn't spend any money for the players they currently have. I mean, didn't Rooney and Berbatov cost £30 million a pop? Hell, even Nani cost almost £20 million. If you couldn't buy the Premier League Championship, then Arsenal and Tottenham would have been better placed and Blackpool wouldn't have been relegated.
Torres scored only once this season also
True, but Man Utd didn't buy them all at once, and they all played their part of team building as they went along, it's something I will admit to. But the other thing is that Man Utd WILL spend the money to get the players needed, but they don't do a Chelsea or Man City and create a team overnight from a month's worth of spending, that team is a combination of investments over the years that Fergie gelled together.
Arsenal, I feel sorry for.
To be honest, you got it right. Arsenal need to spend a bit of money and stop trying to buy good players at a bargain. Yes, it means that you are bringing in a lot of money on a regular basis but it never seems to go back into the team. I honestly think that Arsenal are in dire need of a leading midfielder to play alongside Fabregas, a strong defender that is in the ilk of Sol Campbell or Tony Adams. If Arsenal can get a few top quality players then they would be golden. If they could find a player like Messi or Ronaldo with the millions they bring in on each match day, then they would liekly win the league.
Well the defence question was actually sorted in the form of Thomas Vermaelen but injury fucked him over and we lost him for a whole season, he was a defensive rock and has only just come back from injury after being out a whole season, he's going to need time to get back on form. I've always said Arsenal needs Man Utd's medical team, they seem to have injuries fixed in no time at all whereas Arsenal can lose a player for ages at times, injuries is one of the key things that Arsenal suffers from the most out of the top four teams, but the biggest issue is that there isn't always ground to cover for the injured, we were lucky to have Szczesny to be a good goalie to cover for Almunia and has thus risen above him, but injuries got bad that Lehmann had to be brought back.
Arsenal don't have trouble assembling a fine first team, it's backup they have trouble with, they have no-one to cover ground where Man Utd can be fine, I mean look at the FA Cup match against Arsenal, that was a team with practically formed of 5/6 defenders that don't normally play and they still beat Arsenal. In the end, Arsenal are only slowly starting to develop out of the relying on Cesc policy, shades of that showed in the 1-0 victory over Man Utd when he didn't feature, but it's lacking a finishing touch, especially when they just want to walk the ball into the net rather than go for amazing goals, that's why Arshavin has lost his edge which is why saying about bring the likes of a Messi or Ronaldo in is easier said than done, Arshavin was one of them who had individual skill that trumped team effort but he was able to do his part, then his game was changed that didn't suit his style and is now suffers resentment from the Arsenal fans because he was forced to adopt to a style that didn't suit him instead of letting him run free.
