Good Bye RVP!

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Agreed. But we've gained a class player and a very good player in exchange for an injury prone captain, who, though undoubtedly mega-awesome, was a bit volatile and risky. And old.

If, as people are saying, the RVP damage was done last season when we didn't sign anyone massive to reassure him, then all AW can do now to prevent Walcott and Song leaving is make this transfer window as positive as possible. These two are a good start. Who else can we get?

I will miss RvPs fire thats for sure, some of the lip he gave was right and he stuck up for the team. . .last seasons spat with Krull was classic RvP. . .we have no one to yake that mantlt

[Xhaka Can’t]

We can only sell so much is what I was going to say, but we are past the tipping point now. So much so that it is now pretty important to hold on to Theo who is genuinely our only healthy saleable asset remaining.

Staggering stuff that it has come to this, but it has been like a slow motion car crash, everyone saw it coming.

[V-Pig]

I will miss RvPs fire thats for sure, some of the lip he gave was right and he stuck up for the team. . .last seasons spat with Krull was classic RvP. . .we have no one to yake that mantlt

Maybe JW could start doing more to wind people up. He'll be Like A New Signing in that regard.
Or Sneezey?
Maybe Song could get less cuddly and more vocal?

[Syn]

[Letters]

That is an incredibly lazy piece and it is criminal that people can actually make a living writing such pap.

You read KK's piece in The Times too?

[Xhaka Can’t]

You read KK's piece in The Times too?

I couldn't read it because it was behind the paywall.

[Özim]

Every summer it's the same and every time we hear the same old tired excuses about how the club have done their best, their hands are tied, they've been done over, they've been held to ransom, it's all about money, they didn't know this player was going to go etc etc.

This pattern doesn't keep repeating itself for no reason, there's a fundamental problem with the way the club is run, no top player ever wants to stick around which says a lot about the sum of our ambition to me.

You can't keep blaming the players when the same thing keeps happening.

[Cripps_orig]

I dont really blame RVP tbh.

Yeah he more than anyone can show us a bit of loyalty after spending 7 out of the 8 years hes been with us on the treatment table but thats football.

Whether or not he will be classified as a **** by me all depends on who he joins. Barcelona = ****. Anyone else is fine

[Bergkampwonderland10]

To be fair cripps - I think what he has done has pretty much sealed it for me. Releasing a statement which openly slams the club's direction is not exactly helpful and to be fair on wenger he made a huge effort last season to put things right at the end of the transfer window. Van Persie has no right to publicly question that whilst still under contract. Not even Cesc, Nasri or Adebayor or Ashely Cole did that until after they were sold. He has been badly advised and honestly...his statement damages the club and any alters the mindset of any prospective signings we may have had lined up. He had no right to say what he did, none at all whilst under contract and being paid by us. I have lost all respect for him and I for one hope we punish him by making him see out his contract from the bench for an entire season. Let's see the effect of unused hamstrings and lack of match fitness can have. While some say it's wrong to keep an unhappy player...i don't buy that especially if the unhappy player sits and whispers sweet nothings from the bench. It would be the ultimate humiliation and deserved.
Van persie is replaceable - every player is, if he;s not replaced by one player then by two.
Dempsey
Lewandowski could easily be added...especially once Bendtner sold.
I think we should let him rot even more than he has.

I dont really blame RVP tbh.

Yeah he more than anyone can show us a bit of loyalty after spending 7 out of the 8 years hes been with us on the treatment table but thats football.

Whether or not he will be classified as a **** by me all depends on who he joins. Barcelona = ****. Anyone else is fine

[Cripps_orig]

But that as far as i know has never happened where an unhappy player is kept on the bench for a whole season and it wont happen with us either.

He obviously like he says doesnt agree with the vision Wenger and his puppet Gazidis have for this club and tbh neither do most of us including me so i cant critisise RVP for thinking exactly what i am.

Unfortunately he can leave Arsenal. We, as fans cant. We're stuck with them through the good and bad and now we're down to the ugly.

Our reputation has taken a hit with what RVP said but ultimately most of us know what he said is true. We need to get rid of him asap to whoever, get a replacement in plus other players for other positions and look forward to struggling for a CL place next season