I think the point he was making - although still a little odd IMO - was that players are now taking the easy way out. Two clubs share the same ambition; to win things. Just that at City it's easier because they can splash the cash as much as they like and if the new players don't win things immediately, that blow is cushioned by a nice big pay packet.
As an Arsenal fan, I can see where he's coming from in that players like Nasri leave citing a "lack of ambition" on Arsenal's part (because we can't pay you £200k/week?) but they're never willing to put 110% in and do it the hard(er) way. Nasri had half a brilliant season in his 3 years with us before he left. If, like Fabregas for example, he had played consistently brilliantly over an extended period of time and then left because he felt that other players weren't up to the same standard and that he was holding the team up on his own, there would be significantly less abuse directed at him.
The thing is that he said he was frustrated at not winning things, but he expects others to do it for him without realising that his form in the second half of the season was also a reason we ended up with nothing last season. You have to put the effort in to reap the rewards.
TBH, I'm surprised by Wenger's comments. He usually stands by ex-(and current) players and is generally pretty quiet on controversial stuff like this (although of course he's happy to complain about the officials - aren't we all?) but he's really opened up and it could go either way with the team. I guess he's trying to guilt-trip players like RvP and say to them that if they really want to be respected, they should take a chance and do it the hard way - work hard for a team that in all honesty hasn't been THAT far from success in recent years.
Sorry for the rambling essay.
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I'm going to find Tim Payton, and headbutt him.
"Shows wider issues that player who has spent more than 50% of time at afc injured over almost 2.5 yrs gets big new contract"
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