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We will not progress until Arsene goes!!!
If Wenger is indeed after a striker & we are now looking at an unknown, then it would suggest he wanted a striker pre-season. If he was under some misguided impression that Benzema would join us then there would be a reason for late bids for other strikers but if we've never been in for Benzema that excuse doesn't exist. Therefore, the question is - Why do we always leave things so long. He moans about the transfer window being open after the start of the season but this is when he does most of his business.
If he thinks this guy is better than what we have, why wasnt he signed during pre season - giving him time to get to know his team mates & be ready for season opener - its not as if any other top teams have been after him.
There's a reason why other top teams aren't after him. Its the same reason that other top teams weren't interested in Chamakh, Sonogo & Giroud when we bought them - simply not good enough. Welbeck couldn't even get in a struggling Utd side & yet we bought him to be our 30 goal a year dream machine that we've been missing.
Wenger is a total liability in the transfer market - its beyond a joke to not have improved the squad this summer & yet he carries on without a care in the world with a bunch of pussies on the board too scared to question him.
You can't quote me on this, but I think I've seen Kokorin play.
If I recall correctly, which I probably don't, he was a great big steaming sack of shit and decisively worse than anything we currently have (bar Sanogo).
Still, let's not write him off just yet. He might turn out to be above average.
He's just trying to make it to the close without spending, hence the haphazard and bound to fail approach. When top, top, top quality is under his nose he does nothing except say he would sign top, top, top quality if it was available. When results go to shit because he hasn't signed the top, top, top quality that was under his nose he goes on a panic spree and buys top, top, top quality like Santos, Park and Sanogo. He says one thing, does the opposite. It appears he didn't sign Ozil or Alexis for their ability to transform the team, but rather because they would be better bets to make his absolute bullshit vision of suckball work - the tippy tappy, eye of a gnat's cock, one hundred passes and lose it nonsense that hasn't worked, doesn't work and won't work. It's a complete fucking bore having to put up with his antics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
This is another one of those where we'll keep circling each other and not reaching full agreement and in fairness, I can't be arsed to continue really. We agree about most things here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
So let's just be sensible and agree that you're wrong and you'll come to your sense in the end. Good man.
Either you & me ( & plenty of others on here ) are absolutely way-off the mark & seriously wrong about Wenger or Wenger & the board are seriously mugging us off. There is nothing inbetween.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
That kind of remark is why even when you make insightful remarks I don't perhaps take you as seriously as I shouldQuote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
It's not that difficult to understand, we have a laisse faire board who don't want to interfere with the football side of the club and a manager who despite having more money to spend won't spend it. Dein has remarked upon Wenger and how indecisive he is at times, and when it comes to making money signings he'd rather do nothing than what he thinks might have been the wrong decision and often we end up with bargain basement people because it's less of a risk.
Is that a good way to run a football club by having a manager who is as worried about the clubs finances as those who are paid to have that responsibility? Absolutely not but the board are happy because as a business we are flourishing.
But there's no deliberate attempt to mug off the fans from Wenger it's just part of his personality....he is an oddball character. One that is too old to change his ways and one the club don't want to be rid of a) out of a sense of loyalty and b) because it means they'd have to actually give some thought as to who would replace him.
It's a house of complacency and if it's not broke don't fix it rather than contempt for fans
Doesn't that amount to contempt for the fans though. Milk them for every penny and then allow the personal interests of a minority to flourish while the majority has to sit there and put up with it? Pretty contemptuous. All told the fans have been, and many still are, ridiculously patient. We have bought into the stadium thing, why? Because we wanted to see the asset value and share price of the club rise? Fuck that! The whole stadium thing was so we could compete with the best. Now we get to season +2 after the money freeze was lifted, the old fuckers admit there's millions in the bank, we went into the season with ambitions to finally (fucking finally) mount a challenge but we still come up short with the same bunch of cocks sitting on their wallets. When they said compete with the best in Europe, I think it was fair enough to take it as read they meant on the football pitch. But maybe that's not what they meant at all, because we're top of the balance sheet league, top of the cash in bank league, top of the ticket prices league, top of the share price league. Bit one sided, isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
Damn, the HAD to sign the players this summer that closed the gap. It was essential. That was the fucking deal. They are days away from breaking that deal. Deal's a deal and if they don't deliver then what are they other than con-artists?
I can indeed confirm he's a bit shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann
Berahino/Austin/Marica it is.
So it's safe to write him off then? I already had but I want to be certain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
:lol: my man! Touche!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
Looks like De Bruyne is finally off to City.
For an initial £54m :wacko:
Spurfs look like they're interested in Heung-Min Son. Decent by all accounts, but more a support forward than main goalscorer.
In even bigger news, Berahino has unfollwed West Brom on Twitter!
Wonder what £40mill playa they are going to bench?
Comedy club.
Would Austin be an improvement? He scored fair few last year in a rubbish side and a lot of them at home. He is 25 I think so would have some resale value when it doesn't work. Shouldn't need settling in time or moving house. Better than nothing.
Still think we need competition for coq.
Watched a Euro football highlights show and they showed the Wolfsburg game.
Honestly I mistook De Bryne for Bendtner, who scored as it goes.
De Bryne looked absolutely woeful tbh. He doesnt improve them on that showing.
New Franny Jeffers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
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Originally Posted by Bumble
Lol just lol at De Bruyne costing more than Zidane.
Even with inflation that's fucking mad.
Haven't watched De Boinng boingg play in the last year or so but by every report I've seen he has been brilliant for some time now....
He looks sloppy at times, but there's no denying his productivity in the final third. Considering he has Aguero in front of him, he'll continue to produce.
The problem of balance could arise if he and Silva occupy each other's space and they could be suspect in the middle if Yaya, Silva and De Bruyne are all playing. But they'll absolutely hammer most teams when they're flowing and that will most likely win you the League, even if they don't beat all the top teams. Having too many attacking midfielders is a problem when we have an erratic and one-paced Giroud up front. But with Aguero and Sterling buzzing around, they'll always have someone to provide for and it creates space for themselves too.
Which is another way of saying: Wenger :doh:
The biggest problem the gypos are going to have is they are all utter, utter cunts. Including the new cunt they just bought.
Is De Bruyne any good out wide or is he primarily a CAM? If it's the latter I can't see him displacing Silva, and it would be stupid to move Silva wide to accommodate him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
If he can play wide it's automatically an upgrade on both Navas and Nasri.
As this thread is now about other team's transfer speculation and shit, Everton would be mad to turn down huge money for Stones. I really don't think he's anything special.
He built the pyramids?
Benzema rumour is back on today :coffee:
Here on GW or generally?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Generally. The telegraph is reporting that some French journo reckons we've been holding secret talksQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
They just can't bare to be wrong can they.
We were NEVER interested in signing him
Secret, or double secret?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
They have to be secret, otherwise it would suggest that Wenger doesn't think that Giroud & Welbeck are good enough, when actually he stated that they are whilst we & the media have stated their not - its all about not being proven wrong, when the last ten years have simply proven him wrong year after year.
Arsene Wenger has admitted that he is satisfied with his strikers and says his team should be judged at the end of the season.
"Quality is linked with spirit, which itself is linked with quality and i believe that we have enough goals in the team to show we have the quality and spirit to become a top side".
Double with a cherry on top 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
We shouldnt be surprised with anything he comes out with - he's swear black was white if it suited him. Have we not failed to score at home in 5 out of last 7 games & he comes out with a statement like that. Shouldn't the board seriously get him checked out medically - just for insurance purposes.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...oals-challenge
1:28 a footballing dinosaur watching Gunnersaurus taking a pel.
Did he actually say this or did he say. "Hello", and then the media extrapolated from that?Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
If he said it - obviously should be fired on the spot. Can't have a manager that watches the same thing season after season and still believes next season will be the charm. Has to go if he's said this.
If he didn't say it - obviously he should be fired on the spot. Can't have a manager that watches the same thing season after season but refuses to fix it.
Need to sign an 18 year old Anelka. Wenger needs to roll back the years to stop our tears and give our lives meaning.
He's said this before about our strikers. He thinks we have enough goals up front but we need more goals from the midfield. He doesn't rule anything, he wants an exceptional player :blah: I don't think we're getting anyone. He ruled himself out of spending 'silly money' and it will take a huge fee for someone exceptional. Time to give up the ghost on this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
You haven't seen Sanogo? Sanogo is an under 20 World Champion, you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...nicolas-anelka
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I cannot belive you guys think that is real!
he did say this though:
The main European transfer periods also end the day before and Wenger believes there is a benefit to that for him.
He added: "On the last day, we will be the only ones on the market and not face any competition with the others."
If he said that he should be sacked.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller