He also said, we need to find the answers within, before we go on a spree.Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
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He also said, we need to find the answers within, before we go on a spree.Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
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Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
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Originally Posted by Joker
Needs to stop wrapping up these boys in wool and get them playing like men.
It's what Jimmy Saville would've wanted tbfQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
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Originally Posted by Injury Time
http://metro.co.uk/2012/12/04/arsena...ation-3301107/Quote:
Arsenal target Wilfried Zaha was just another frustrated Gunners fan as Arsene Wenger’s team’s malaise continued at Olympiakos.
The highly-rated Crystal Palace winger has been strongly linked with a January move to the Emirates, but seemed unimpressed with his suitors’ efforts during their 2-1 defeat in Greece.
‘I swear I’m not watching arsenal anymore’, Zaha tweeted shortly after Kostas Mitroglou put the hosts 2-1 ahead after 73 minutes. ‘I’m an Arsenal supporter but they stress me out’
The Gunners had taken the lead through Tomas Rosicky shortly before half-time but were pegged back by Giannis Maniatis after the break.
The result ensured Arsenal finished Group B in second spot with Schalke 04 topping the table after a 1-1 draw in Montpellier.
Wenger’s side are now without a win in all competitions in four matches and the pressure continues to mount on the Frenchman following Saturday’s worrying 2-0 loss at home to Swansea.
Zaha, whose Crystal Palace team are currently second in the Championship, is just one of several names that Wenger has been linked with including Schalke goalscorer Klass-Jan Huntelaar, Gunners legend Thierry Henry and a shock move for Chelsea’s veteran
Zaha :bow:
Sign him up tbh.
Come and save us Wilfy.
Hope we we sign Zaha. Only because it'll end Palace's promotion charge so less competition for the sheep shaggers for mugged us off for Ramsey.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...-Tomas-RosickyQuote:
Tomas Rosicky can understand the frustration of Arsenal's fans but believes the boo-boys are causing problems.
The midfielder scored against Olympiakos on Tuesday night but it was to no avail as Arsene Wenger's side surrendered the lead to lose 2-1 in Greece.
Defeat followed the weekend loss in the Premier League to Swansea City, when fans at Emirates Stadium did not hold back in letting their feelings be known.
Arsenal will therefore have to try and win back the respect of their followers when they host West Bromwich Albion on Saturday and Rosicky thinks the current volatile atmosphere is damaging.
The Czech said in the Evening Standard: "I can understand the frustrations, I am an Arsenal fan as well when I am not playing.
"It is understandable but we have some young guys and this is not helping. We have to all stick together, which is what we did last season when everyone was writing us off.
"The performances we produced against Tottenham and AC Milan [in last season's Champions League], you could feel the great atmosphere at the Emirates. Without doubt that was the best atmosphere I have ever played in.
"We have to win the people again, that is the challenge. It will be difficult but we are capable of doing it again. If we are all on board, Arsenal is a great place to play football."
Tomas :rose:
What have you done...
Cocaine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Synti Claus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&h...&v=IddaRTuYRW4Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
I was shouting Boo-urns :unsure:
Booooooooooooooo! Fuck off Tomas ya ****! Booooooooooooooooo!
Rosicky is correct. Well said crackhead. Now go and recover little bit burst.
Oh dear.
He's talking about the brand, as the commercial officer would. "So our brand is defined by more than winning."
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Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner
Yeah! Massive proffits! :patrice:
Well, yeah. His job is to bring money in. There's no point getting annoyed about a quote from a yank bloke who has nothing more to do with on-pitch stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gervinho's Forehead
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...r-of-the-monthQuote:
The England international followed up his October victory with another in November after scoring three goals in six appearances.
Walcott broke the deadlock in the 2-2 draw at Schalke and rounded off the 5-2 win over Tottenham with a low finish from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's pass. But he saved his best for last with a first-minute opener at Everton, initiating the move with a fine run and applying the finish from Aaron Ramsey's assist.
Walcott now leads Arsenal's scoring charts with 10 in all competitions but his overall contribution was impressive in November with his pace and movement causing plenty of problems.
Olivier Giroud finished second in our official club poll with 23.6 per cent of the votes, a little under 12 per cent behind Walcott. The France striker scored four times in three games during November.
Santi Cazorla was third and his highlight of the month was surely his influential performance - and well-taken goal - in the north London derby win at Emirates Stadium.
this explains tom fox's comments for those that just read headlines
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Yes, I know, we should all expect this sort of thing from the tabloids, but the sad fact of the matter is that many people simply read headlines and don’t actually look to see what has been said and so misinformation spreads and becomes ‘fact’ in the public domain.
Yesterday the Sun reported that Tom Fox, Arsenal’s chief commercial officer, had implied that winning was NOT vital, in fact, the was their sub-head. What did he actually say? Well, this:
“Arsenal Football Club is not only about winning.
“We have a large and engaged fan-base around the world who want to feel as if they belong to the club, and want to feel proud to belong to the club. That’s my primary business.”
Of course, the Sun’s introductory sentence read
A TOP-RANKING Arsenal official has risked supporters’ fury by insisting that winning is not everything.
Arsenal football club is not only about winning said Fox. Where in that statement does it say that winning is not vital or important or everything? In fact, in case that wasn’t clear enough, Fox even added
“Obviously nothing instills pride in our fan-base more than winning, but there’s many things we do that make our fans feel proud.
“Developing young talent and finding those players in the marketplace make our fans feel proud. Whether it’s Serge Gnabry, who is a 17-year-old player in our reserve squad, whether it’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, whether it’s Theo Walcott, we look at these young players and have faith in our manager to develop them as the players for the future.
“And the fans come to a stadium that the club built really at a time 10 years ago when the board decided to build that stadium. Everything was going our way, it was Manchester United and Arsenal. But we made a very bold decision and we built that stadium on time and on budget — that makes our fans very proud.
“When they see that we can attract — even though we haven’t won a trophy in seven years — one of the top global brands in the world for the type of money and financial commitment they’re making, that makes our fans feel proud. So our brand is defined by more than winning.
“Football can be a fairly mercenary commercial environment. Football clubs go into the market and they really do business with whoever wants to pay them the most money. By the time this current shirt deal expires with Emirates, they would have been on our shirt for 13 years. That says a lot about how we run the football club and what’s important to us as a football club.
“So it’s not just about finding the best commercial opportunity.
The entire point of his comments was about Arsenal fans having other things to be proud of in the club at a time when they are struggling to get results on the pitch. That even though the club is not winning fans can still feel proud of the club. In what world is this a bad thing? He wasn’t saying that winning wasn’t important or vital or the main aim of the club. He was talking about the changing (and changed) landscape of football these days and how if you don’t operate from a commercial point of view you suffer and knowing that your brand will be worth more when it is winning, why on earth would Arsenal think that winning is not important?
But, again, why let facts get in the way of a story eh? If they’d even done a quick Google search they’d have found Fox saying this to the Arsenal site
“We want to win and we want to continue to build a great organization around this great brand.”
That pretty much sums up what he was trying to say in this Sun piece before they decided to twist it all over the place. ‘Arsenal are not only about winning’ is not the same, as some people have tried to tell me this morning, as ‘Winning is not important’ in the same way that ‘Christmas is not only about presents’ is not the same statement as ‘Presents are not important.’ Or another example – ‘Owning a shop is not all about sales’ is not the same as ‘Sales are not important.’
Have you actually read what he is saying?Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
He is so out of touch it is untrue.
:gp: I'm not too sure how many of your average fan would agree with hardly anything written there.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoeLDG
Good point, i guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner
I don't think anyone rational would pretend he's an arsenal fan or truly gives a shit about the club. But it doesn't matter if the commercial officer is out of touch, his only job is to make money for the club. Not sure why he got wheeled out to preach anyway, it's usually a job for Gazidis.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoeLDG
We thank you for your interest in who we wheeled out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner
He's right.
I'm proud our manager is proud of everything his team does, it's this pride, spirit and togetherness that get's us through the tough times, but yeah it's not all about winning, it's more about losing these days to be honest.
I'm also proud Wenger is proud about our failed youth policy, it was a challenging project and I think we might have just pulled it off.
I'm also very proud of our brand new stadium, because I know that should I ever want to go, I'll have a nice comfy seat to watch the boring, repetitive, soul less football from and if I'm not skint enough after paying the highest ticket prices for the privilege then I can be safe in the knowledge that I can go and spend whatever's left at the Diamond club.
The important thing to remember through all this though is that if we believe in the quality of our game then everything will turn out well.
Pride :bow:
I've read what he's said and he's totally out of touch. I know his role isn't a football one as such, but as an employee of Arsenal FC (emphasis on FC) he should at least realise that we are not simply a private sector enterprise, and there is more to Arsenal than profits and losses.Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
http://fourfourtwo.com/news/england/115325/default.aspxQuote:
Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen has insisted that, despite the club's recent poor run of form, all is calm at the North London club and there is no possibility of arguments brewing.
The Belgian has had to endure a difficult period as skipper, with Arsenal falling to 10th in the Premier League table, 15 points adrift of leaders Manchester United, after losing 2-0 to Swansea City at Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners then suffered back-to-back defeats after losing to Olympiakos in the Champions League, and such form has led to rumours of discontent at the club and suspicions of fallouts between players.
However, Vermaelen is adamant that the dressing room is still a happy place to be at Arsenal; an atmosphere in keeping with his own style as captain.
Speaking exclusively in the January 2013 issue of FourFourTwo, he says: "I'm totally not someone who will shout in the dressing room. I'm much more likely to go up to individuals and give them pieces of advice about what they might be doing in a game."
And Vermaelen explains that the stability of the club also helps to discourage such arguments.
"There is a consistency here as a result of the manager being here for so long. There is a clear vision that everyone understands and believes in. There are never any arguments here. I played at Ajax and we had five managers in five years. That is not good for the atmosphere."
He states that the calm environment at the North London outfit means he remains happy at the club, despite a lack of silverware and the decisions to sell Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy, Samir Nasri, Alex Song and Robin van Persie in recent years.In fact, he supports the Gunners' policy, claiming that the stability of the club, particularly financially, means that: "Arsenal is going to be a big club for years" and "has always been an attractive club to come and play for. That’s not going to change."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...erview-1476390Quote:
Mikel Arteta has revealed the deep hurt within the Arsenal dressing room as they face one of the biggest crisis of Arsene Wenger’s reign.
Arteta promised there will also be a “big reaction” against West Brom after major soul-searching within the squad for the reasons behind Arsenal’s worst start to a Premier League campaign.
Arsenal midfielder Arteta, 30, says the players have asked for extra training and spent extra time at the club's Hertfordshire HQ analysing video of their games - and admits they owe the fans.
But Arteta says the disappointment and hurt etched on the players’ faces proves that Arsenal have got the right mentality and determination to turn their campaign around.
Arteta said: “People are hurting, people are upset with themselves, the players are angry. I think that’s a good thing. It’s not like players couldn’t care less, they know what they need to do.
“At Arsenal you have a group of players who want to give 100 per cent and that makes things so much easier. I always see that in the dressing room. Always.
“You look at the players’ faces, the disappointment, the hurt. They want to put it right. You’ve got players here demanding and wanting to do extra training. It’s in themselves to work harder to put it right.
“We have been watching videos over and over again of games, looking at what we’ve done wrong. That comes from everyone, absolutely everyone.
“It’s not just about this week. It’s been before that.
"Last Saturday was probably the lowest point, but we hadn’t won the last games before and that was disappointing because we’d been on a good unbeaten run but hadn’t been winning games.
“You have to look at yourself and then you have to look at the rest of the players. The most important thing is a player’s attitude, how you go about your job and the players here take responsibility.
“We need to win games, it doesn’t matter how. The players want to put it right. I’m expecting a big reaction. I know we will get that from the players.
As Arteta admits, that defeat to Swansea last weekend saw the players hit an all-time low.
They were booed off at the final whistle and manager Wenger agreed a fear factor after poor home results has affected his players.
Arteta admits it has all hit him hard personally.
By his own admission, the Spaniard is going through a tough time and Wenger rested him and several of his team-mates to give them a break rather than go to Athens for this week’s Champions League match at Olympiacos - which ended in another defeat.
But Arteta says tiredness does not even come into it as an excuse and that Arsenal will finish their season strongly.
His own targets remain high, although he believes the league is tougher than ever.
“Does it affect me? Ask my missus! I get very frustrated. I love my job, I want to do well and so when it goes badly it affects your personality,” said Arteta.
“People say it’s fatigue. It’s not fatigue.
"I looked at my stats against Swansea and I want more than any other game this season. It’s not just tiredness but it can be mental fatigue, stress and everyone is tired.
“We’ve got everything here to be a really, really successful. We all know we can do better and when you feel that you get very frustrated.
“You can always add quality to any team. They can make a difference, bring in more spark and I’m sure they will do that if they feel they need to.
“That’s not for us to decide but we feel confident the club will do what is right and necessary.
“I’ve noticed in the last three years that the league has increased so much. You get crazy results every week. Physically every team is ready and every game is tough.
“The gap has closed between the top and the bottom. The other teams have improved.
"You look at the Reading game with Manchester United - crazy!
“It happens with us. Manchester City. Spurs. No-one is winning five or six in a row and that show you hard it is.
“If you analyse last year, in February, we played Spurs. We were 12 points behind them. We finished above them.
“There’s still six months to go, so you have to keep believing. It’s all about how you react. If you want to show you are a big player at a big player club then you have to react. That’s what we need now.
“I came here because I wanted to play in the Champions League, to be challenging the big clubs and for the big trophies.
“If you see the structure of the club then it’s unbelievable. Every player here will tell you the same thing. We have to make the gap smaller between us and the top.
“There’s a gap, but it’s up to us to make it smaller.
"For example, we go to Bradford on Tuesday [in the Capital One Cup] - if we win that, we’re in the semi finals.
"We’re in the Champions League knock-out stage.
“We’re five points behind fourth place. That’s not far.
"First place is now very, very difficult, if I’m being honest. But there’s a lot still there for us - the FA Cup is there, the Capital One Cup, the Champions League.
“We have to be ready now and give our best in every game whether it’s good or bad.
"That’s the attitude you have to have if you want to be at the top clubs.”
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Arteta :bow: our real captain.
wenger confirms there is money to spend but he wont spend it
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...-anger-1478164
so are people still going to defend the wanker and blame the board?
money there but he refuses to spend it. what a c*nt.
let me guess, the board told him to give that statement? :haha:
Wow, this again.
Really?
oooooooooooooooooooooo if this gets around there might be some chants of "spend some fucking money!"
wenger :lol:
unfortunately the conspiracy will always continue
anything to defend beloved wenger cause people just cant admit he's pure shit now
waiting for an old dog to learn new tricks
well let them wait. ill sit back and laugh when the transition to donkey is complete.
Spoken like a true internet warrior, meanwhile the rest get on with supporting the Club.
If you look at the quotes, no he doesn't :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winter Wonderland
“It (our philosophy) won’t change. It doesn’t mean we will not spend money. I am always painted like a guy who refuses to spend money, but I just think I act like a responsible manager because we went through a period where we had restricted funds and I acted in a responsible way."
went through a period of restricted funds. that implies that period is over.
which means there is money there now.
It also implies all these comments over the past 7 years of £30m in the transfer kitty was utter BS.
Yep. Where in the article does he say he won't spend it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winter Wonderland
He actually says the opposite, but don't let the that get in the way of the headline.