Can you say Wenger has done his utmost best?Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Do you agree with Freddie in that he's the best manager n the world?
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Can you say Wenger has done his utmost best?Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Do you agree with Freddie in that he's the best manager n the world?
Freddie is now an employee. He needs to spout the company line B.S.. Wenger miracle manager, spends 50m more than the Spuds to beat them by 1 point. Who else in world football can do that.?. In his defence however, the Spuds have a spacechimp in their ranks. That's hardly fair. Without Bale we'd be at least 10 points clear.
Any player that wants to go to Tottenham over us is not worth gettingQuote:
Arsenal will find it hard to compete for transfers with Manchester United and Chelsea, warns Wright
The former Gunners forward believes Arsene Wenger may miss out on potential transfers if they are also being targeted by the Premier League's elite
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has warned the club may struggle to attract high calibre players ahead of their Premier League rivals this summer.
Arsene Wenger's side have agreed terms with Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain but the Spanish club are holding out for a fee of €30 million for the Argentine.
Arsenal activated the €25 million release clause in Marouane Fellaini's Everton contract but are yet to open talks with the midfielder.
But Wright believes the appointments of David Moyes at Manchester United and Jose Mourinho at Chelsea, coupled with Manchester City's resurgence under Manuel Pellegrini and Tottenham's attempts to improve this summer, may make it a difficult transfer market for Arsenal.
"Arsene Wenger’s future at the club is secure, because he has done so much for the club since he got there," said Wright, who was speaking at a charity event at the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore.
"I feel that the quality of signings over the past few years is the reason why they haven’t won anything in eight years.
"They have to sign players with the right qualities, but they are going into a team to help young players who are coming through.
"I think it’s going to be harder for Arsenal because Manchester United has a new manager, and so do Chelsea," he warned.
"Manchester City have a point to prove, and even Tottenham are coming through. It’s going to be hard to try to attract the kind of players that’s not going to want to go to those other clubs."
time for Wazza to come homeQuote:
Former Arsenal striker John Hartson believes the Gunners must show intent in the transfer market this summer and has called on Arsene Wenger to "break the bank" in a bid to sign Wayne Rooney.
Goal exclusively revealed Rooney is open to a move to the north London outfit this summer, and Arsenal are keeping abreast of the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the 27-year-old's future at Manchester United.
Rooney is understood to be against the idea of working with new Old Trafford chief David Moyes and Hartson, who was speaking at the launch of the 2013-2014 Barclays Premier League fixtures, believes Arsenal should capitalise on the pair's frosty relationship by lodging a bid for the England star.
"I think Rooney would be a fantastic signing," the Welshman told Goal. "He's actually coming into his prime.
"He's only about 27, 28 and you don't play your best football until this stage of your career so, in terms of his experience and everything he's done at Manchester United, I think he would be a brilliant signing and Arsenal fans would welcome him into the side."
The Gunners, who are also chasing Real Madrid frontman Gonzalo Higuain, have been crying out for an established forward ever since Robin Van Persie's departure to United in the summer of 2012.
Olivier Giroud performed admirably in his first season in English football but has not filled the void, and Hartson believes Rooney would bring so much more than just goals to the Arsenal frontline.
He added: "I think you will see Rooney take up a deeper role because of his experience and when he drops into that little hole behind the striker, he gives the centre-backs a real problem because he needs to be marked, and you couldn't let a player like him come in on the half-turn and face your back four because he will just cause riots in there.
"He can pick people out, he can slide balls through, break the centre-backs by getting between the lines and by playing balls over the top.
"He has unbelievable individual ability and if they can find the right position for him, he'd be brilliant. Ryan Giggs and Roy Keane both dropped into deeper roles as they got older and wiser.
"Arsenal fans are used to players like Rooney. They've had Dennis Bergkamp, Liam Brady, Anders Limpar, they've had great ball players over the years and Rooney would be a magic signing, I'm a big fan of his.
"So, for me, I would just break the bank and go and get Rooney if United will let him go."
With the likes of Rooney, Higuain, Marouane Fellaini et al being linked to the club, Arsenal's change of approach on the transfer front has suddenly seen the club being touted in some quarters as potential title challengers rather than mere Champions League chasers.
Hartson does not believe the calibre of players arriving at the Emirates this summer is surprising but admits the club do need to secure silverware sooner rather than later.
"Well that doesn't surprise me because Arsenal are a fantastic club, a huge club," he added.
"The only thing that is letting them down right now is the fact they haven't won a major trophy for six or seven seasons which is disappointing.
"They've come close, they've hit the post if you like, they've lost in cup finals and when you talk about Arsenal, you're so used to talking about them winning things but they've not won anything.
"They've qualified for the Champions League, which is a great achievement for many years now on the spin so Wenger deserves huge credit for that but they're still a massive club and, in my opinion, they will have no problem attracting world-class players."
Stop calling our place a sewer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cripps
Don't get this animosity with Wazza coming here.
He's a quality player. It would send a message that we mean business.
He's not the type of player to just give up if things go bad.
Or is it just cos hes a man utd player we don't want him?
I think it has been quite clearly explained a few times on this thread why some of us don't want him. It is bugger all to do with who he played for. Hell, I was over the moon when we signed Campbell.
My god, some on here are beyond belief.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cripps
Very very few players at that age become seasoned - almost metronomically consistent - players after a great first season.
It's not too dissimilar to the quota of newly promoted teams establishing themselves as perennial top 10 material after a blinding first season - it just doesn't happen very often. I stand to be corrected but the last time I saw young players beating the trend was back in the mid nineties with Giggs, Scholes, Beckham and G Neville.
So yes, young players must be given time to 'find' themselves - usually 2-3 years before we start giving up on them.
Our job is to support them through the process as best we can, and hopefully both player and fans will reap the relative rewards.
I don't even remember what I was talking about
About Ox being written off as shit because he had the audacity to have a drop in formQuote:
Originally Posted by Cripps