Piers Morgan reveals the last time he cried and it is all about Arsenal

I’m frankly not sure I should waste my time bringing you up to speed as your blind allegiance, as per your own professing, makes it highly unlikely that anything will resonate, but here goes nothing

first and foremost, no one is suggesting that Wenger wantonly chose a course of action with the sole intention of “sewering” the franchise, but it’s clear he chose a specific course of action, for a variety of mostly selfish reasons, that failed to achieve it’s objective, but instead of owning it and making the requisite changes, he stubbornly doubled-down on a largely flawed approach

it’s important to remember that the main premise behind the building of the Emirates was so that we could supposedly compete with the best and the brightest…the general thought-process was that we would “need” to curtail spending for a brief period, due to the inherent costs that accompany any massive brick and mortar undertaking, then we would be on par, financially-speaking, with every club in the footballing world…instead, we have continually cried “poor” and attacked those who’ve spent far more excessively, all the while the supporters paid considerably more money to watch an inferior product

when it became clear that a growing amount of supporters weren’t buying into the original financial narrative, that’s when the whole “self-sustaining” model reared it’s ugly head, which made no sense whatsoever considering the earlier propagated notion that we would have money to burn if we were willing to be patient…for me personally, these two club-constructed storylines were totally counter-intuitive, which raised some serious red flags

so what really happened at our club once the new stadium was unveiled…I would suggest that Wenger believed that he alone could beat the considerable odds and devise a highly successful and sustainable squad-building model in his own self-image, with substantially less financial investment…he had clearly become disillusioned by the continued emergence of the “diva” class of players and all that it entailed(agents, more say/input, fragile egos, contractual expectations etc…) and as such he desperately searched for players whom would buy into his selfless, shut-up and play philosophical approach

of course, he did uncover some gems, develop some players and even put in some performances of some quality, but eventually he would lose everyone of those potentially seminal players, as it was clear that this model wasn’t going to produce “major” trophies…so every time we lost one of these cog-type players, it was 2 steps forward and 4 back

eventually even Wenger came to understand the inherent pitfalls of such a course of action, as each time the project appeared to be producing results it would invariably face a debilitating setback, thus a bit of a rethink was necessary…this minor deviation occurred in those years where we saw some players of consequence, like Ozil and Sanchez, enter the fray

up until that point, Wenger wasn’t interested in purchasing established “superstars”, but it had become glaringly obvious that a significant adjustment was necessary…even so, he was very careful with the players he brought into the fold, like the introverted Mesut, the seemingly hard-working, nose to the grind Sanchez, the affable soldier Giroud, the personable and relatively unknown Cazorla, the future fine cops Per and Mikel and the social media darling Pods, who was quickly dispensed of in large part due to the higher maintenance involved…so long as you towed the line, things progressed somewhat swimmingly…of course, that was until players, like Sanchez, demanded more from the team, who was clearly trying to save monies when it came to shoring up other positional needs, and we all know how that ended

all along, we were left to believe that all we could functionally afford were young unknowns, frugally acquired “gems” and those whom were past their primes, so that when we actually acquired the likes of Ozil and Sanchez, we were so desperate for anything that appeared to show some semblance of intent that most were happier than a pig in sh**…meanwhile, that should have never been the case, as was evidenced by publicly documented comments by both RVP and Gazidis, which suggested an entirely contrarian financial perspective

so whereas Wenger might not have intentionally attempted to stifle our pursuit for trophies, it was his largely selfish agenda that led to this eventuality…he simply wasn’t willing to change his philosophical approach and/or personally inconvenience himself to meet the demands of an ever-changing footballing landscape

now early on that might have seemed to be an honourable endeavour, but to continually put his own selfish pursuits ahead of the best interests of the club, once it became increasingly obvious that his plan would never produce the required results, is inexcusable…the whole thing was a cake and eat it too sh** show, as the lack of accountability had enabled Wenger to make a plethora of poor decisions, without any discernable consequences, then whenever things went array, he simply hid behind the contrived financial narrative

it was clear he felt that he was the smartest person in whatever room he entered and as such he yearned desperately to prove this misguided notion, so much so that he was far more concerned about getting all the accolades, should this half-baked plan come good, than concerning himself with the potential organizational consequences should things go sideways, which makes sense, as he always had the contrived “financial” excuse in his back pocket