A sign of a good WUM that is. Keep his minions thinking it doesQuote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Printable View
A sign of a good WUM that is. Keep his minions thinking it doesQuote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
thing is though, we are only out of the top four on goal difference. after teh start we had and everyone telling us we wont be near the top four, thats pretty much proving everyone wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by Ach
Being near the top 4 isnt in the top 4 so therefore i fail to see how Wenger has proved me wrong considering i said we wont finish in the top 4Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Before the season started I thought we still had a good team and would be favourites to finish 4th after Utd, City and Chelsea who looked pretty much certain to be top 3. It's harder to stay top 4 now because we now have two billionaire-fueled teams in there, you'd put your house on Utd (who also have a bigger budget and, I'd concede, a better manager than us). That only leaves 1 place.
Early season we looked scarily mid-table and I feared for us, we were desperately lacking confidence.
Clearly it was a difficult summer for Wenger and the club and the start to the season just compounded things. We're on a great run now and back in contention for top 4. You have to give Wenger credit for turning it around.
There are better managers out there but I don't think there are as many as some people on here suggest and it's certainly not true that any idiot could come in and suddenly we'd be winning the league again. We should have won the Carling Cup last year and IMO Wenger should have been sacked for that final defeat. He's clearly not going anywhere this season at least so we might as well get behind him and see how we go.
I agree that its time to just accept that AW is not going anywhere and we migt as well accept that fact and get behind the team. I still think AW can be sacked mid season if necessary but we have a good vibe around the club and talking about his failings right now is just looking for negativity! I do also think AW has learnt his lesson and the squad although not as talented as before are definitely working together for the shirt... That is something i dont remember much of at AFC in the last 5 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
That would make sense :doh:. . . .you guys don't change your record because I realise now. . . .you aint fucking got one to change!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joker
I can see Wenger now mapping out his master plan. . .
1) make fourth place ours
2) instruct players to throw games so we dont go any higher
3) resign
FFS we have won 10 out of our last 12. . .we still have plenty to work on. . .waiting for Jack to come back. . .hopefully make a few additions in Jan. . .we are the form team of the league (may be asides from Citeh, and just look at the resources they). . .after the shocking start, things are clicking and you guys still refuse to give AW any credit. . . I have said that I hope Wenger makes changes and that his days could be numbered if he refuses to see this but. . .at the moment I things can only get better, games against top teams are going to be tests but we showed Chelsea and there is no reason why we cant put up a battle agsinst the others. . .8:2 was a shock but one that wont be repeated in a hurry. . .
I say again and you refuse to give Wenger credit. . .
'You're blind baby, you're blind to the fact (of who you are). . . , Flava Flav
Remember when some morons were saying we were in a relegation fight? :lol:
Mongs
There is no denying we were right near the pit of the table and the team spirit looked at an all time low. It was pitiful to watch. None of the players looker happy at all. RVP wasn't playing how he's playing now and looked out of it, Theo looked pissed off and frustrated every game, but look at the goal celebration from the pair yesterday and it shows the team spirit has totally flipped.
We are on a run now and Wenger was right, a few wins and we can start building a run of wins then we'd see the confidence return. After the Carling Cup defeat, we were in relegation form. Real pitiful. I hope those days are behind us. Credit to Wenger for getting their heads back in the game. The transfers made a difference. I don't think we've seen the best of our transfer new boys and RVP is still leading the show, but if we'd have gone into the season without the last minute buys, I think we'd still be in some serious trouble. New signings can lift a team and we should have done this a lot earlier. Our bench is much stronger and we finally have competition for places in certain areas. We've been crying out for that for years. A mix of youth and experience. We're not in the clear yet but I'd say Wenger might as well see out the rest of his contract. It's a new team and they need time to gel.
But...we have to tie up a new contract for RVP and Walcott. I don't want to see a repeat of the nonsense we saw over the summer. Or if it can't be avoided, we have to buy experienced players that can take over. I don't want to see the same mistakes being made.
Who are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by FakeYank
What have you done with Fakeyank?
Welcome to GW! :tiphat:
PnG - your post sums up my thoughts on the matter. I do however struggle to see how we can hold on to Van Persie without there being significant investment elsewhere in the team. I have no doubt that RvP will continue to produce the effort he has until the last kick of the ball for us, but he will shortly be signing what will be the last major contract of his career. If he remains injury free, he will be in incredible demand. With the potential to be richly rewarded - financially, but more importantly, the opportunity to win football's major prizes.
I reckon we can match the financial rewards offered by others - but that would be the limit of what we can do under the current climate unless there is a complete 180 in our transfer policy. I just hope that when/if he does move on - it is not to City, which I actually believe would be a bad move for him anyway.