Match Reaction v Aston Villa

To put some perspective on how slowly we've started this season, we had more wins at this stage in 94/95, the year we finished below Spurs and one of Graham's turgid final years. We're really struggling to break down and see teams off this season, at this rate we're going to end up in mid-table. We've lost the edge that made us the best of the rest, my biggest worry now is that we're just one of the rest.

It was RVC who was turning these draws into wins last year and that's why he was irreplacable.

We just have to string a few wins together now, I don't think we've won back to back games since Liverpool and Southampton. We'll never get into the top 4 dropping points every other week.

It's pretty simple really, last year we were a one man team. We sold that one man. Game over.

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Originally Posted by Grebbo

It's pretty simple really, last year we were a one man team. We sold that one man. Game over.

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It is a bit more complex than that. We also sold our second best player.

And it just seemed so ad hoc and unplanned, as if there was an unexpected windfall to be had and we took advantage, no matter what the effect on the team.

I completely disagree with the Van Persie sale, but understand how it came about.

Song....well that is even more "wtf?", than Saturday's substitutions.

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I think Wenger sold Song becuase he thought Diaby would be fit

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

I dont know about others but AW gets abuse from me coz he takes us for a toss and talks shit whenever he opens his mouth. Illusionary domination, 2% away from domination, handbrake etc takes the piss. Add to it the very clear fact that he IS one of the crooks looting the club and being a mouth piece for the board rather than being a football manager.

I say thank you to him for 96-2006 but ever since the move to Emirates, he is not the same AW as before. He talks like the boards b*tch rather than AFC's football manager. I am not even going to go into his stupid formations, tactics and clear lack of understanding of the art of defense or playing players to their strength etc etc

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By all accounts (no pun intended) Wenger has a lot of money which he just refuses to spend.
Given the lack of trophies, why haven't the board sacked him?

Who stands to gain from us making a lot of money? Wenger gets a big salary, yes, but he gets that whatever happens, unless he gets sacked. Does he get extra money from us being profitable? Does he have shares or get dividends? I wasn't aware that he did. Unless he's looking at the longer term I don't see why he'd care what money we make. If Wenger can keep us top 4 without spending too much then the board gain far more from that than Wenger.

Who stands to gain from us winning trophies? It would mean some more income I guess but not a significant amount given how much we're raking in anyway. Who was on the board in the 30s when we had that period of dominance? I've no idea. But I and pretty much every Gooner knows who Herbert Chapman was. The manager gets the credit when the team does well and the flak when we don't. The board get very little of either. Point being Wenger is the one getting the flak most directly now, to suggest he doesn't care and is just happy to keep getting in his salary and doesn't care how we do is somewhat unfair. He does come out with some shit but you can see by his reactions he's not happy when things aren't going well. I don't believe he's able to do anything about it any more but it's not because of indifference.

FY, you keep saying Wenger has changed and your only basis for that is that we used to win a lot of trophies and now we don't. Is the only explanation that Wenger has changed? You're completely ignoring all the changes in football over the last 15 years. IMO the problem is that Wenger hasn't changed. Everything around him has changed and while he hasn't completely failed - some people on here underestimate how hard it is to keep a side in the top 4 every year for so long - he hasn't adapted enough to the modern game. I applauded his youth policy and he built some good sides with it but he needs to mix that with a bit of pragmatism.

He does deserve some flak, but not abuse.

And let's not forget that he has kept Theo and Arshavin on the bench all season. Despite their faults, historically they have the best goals and assists records for this Arsenal team.

I would keep Arshavin on the bench as well. The lazy shite.

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

I dont know about others but AW gets abuse from me coz he takes us for a toss and talks shit whenever he opens his mouth. Illusionary domination, 2% away from domination, handbrake etc takes the piss. Add to it the very clear fact that he IS one of the crooks looting the club and being a mouth piece for the board rather than being a football manager.

I say thank you to him for 96-2006 but ever since the move to Emirates, he is not the same AW as before. He talks like the boards b*tch rather than AFC's football manager. I am not even going to go into his stupid formations, tactics and clear lack of understanding of the art of defense or playing players to their strength etc etc

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you also do because you are an internet fan (living abroad of course) so when you are so detached from the live experience it is easier to throw shit at the manager. chants toward the man are fine and he himself said last week that he accepts fans have the right to complain but the amount of insults thrown at the stadium will be less proportionate than those who never go to a game and casually throw it onto the net.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

And let's not forget that he has kept Theo and Arshavin on the bench all season. Despite their faults, historically they have the best goals and assists records for this Arsenal team.

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Pretty much. Arguably our 2 most creative players. Arshavin in his cameos has looked very good to go on from his excellent Euro 2012 performances and deserves to start games. Theo is a no brainer

The Telegraph say we have 40m ready to spend in January. :lol: