DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
What success did Arsenal have in their years of austerity? It wasn't until they could spend in the market that they won the first of their 3 recent FA Cups and prior to that their last trophy was before they started balancing the books, during this period they fell from title challengers to scraping top 4, eventually falling out of it once they could spend again.
Whereas we on the other hand have gone from a top 6 side to a top 3 side (runners up twice) in a much more competitive top 6 - no tangible success in the way of trophies granted but i dont think you can blame the club for that when the sides that have been built have proven to be 2nd/3rd/4th best in the country over 38 games over an extended period, managers are clearly being provided with the means to build squads capable of winning trophies, failure to do so has to be layed at their door ultimately (if you're the type of person that needs to blame someone for that)
Apologies, mate - I meant prior to moving in. Arsenal moved into their period of austerity having won a lot more, with a visionary chairman at the helm and a (then) legendary manager to see it through. We're in our period of penny-pinching having won sweet f*ck all.