Good Bye RVP!

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Thanks to Grebbo for this....but worth posting in here too:

Robin van Persie: Arsenal legend Bob Wilson 'angry' over deal

Arsenal legend Bob Wilson says striker Robin van Persie's impending departure to Manchester United has left him "bordering on anger".

Van Persie, 29, looks set to complete a move away from Arsenal within 48 hours.
"I am disappointed, bordering on a little bit of anger almost, as Robin was made captain and done a fantastic job," Wilson told BBC Radio 4.

"It is difficult for someone like me who has an Arsenal gun sealed to his chest, not just to pat on the shirts."
Wilson said Arsenal would just have to move on from the situation.

He added: "I read all his programme notes about the pride of being Arsenal captain, then a year later he leaves one great club for another great club.

"I'm taking the stance of the 'the king is dead, long live the king' - thank you Robin and goodbye."

However, the former Gunners goalkeeper believes it makes good business sense for manager Arsene Wenger to let the Dutchman go.

"Obviously it is very good business from the Arsenal point of view, their perspective is it is £24m for a 29-year-old who has a history of injury problems and one truly magnificent season in eight. That is great business," said the former Arsenal player.

Wilson claims that he is still excited as Arsenal head into the new season with three new signings - Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla.

"I look at it and I'm very excited by the team Arsene Wenger is putting together," said Wilson.
"The fact that Van Persie is gone is hugely disappointing, but he's wiped out in one go a lot of the fee that was spent on three talented players - Podolski, Giroud and the Spaniard Cazorla."

Wilson also believes that Belgian international Thomas Vermaelen is the ready-made replacement for Van Persie as Arsenal captain.
"Any Belgian who captains a Dutch side in Ajax is a special player," added Wilson.

Bob

Fucking legend.

See, RVC, read. Legend.

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Thanks to Grebbo for this....but worth posting in here too:



Bob

Fucking legend.

See, RVC, read. Legend.

RVP has really shat on us hasn't he? Fucking out of order tbh. If he'd of fucked off abroad then fine but to go to Man U is just not right. A disgrace to the captaincy.

Oh and the first player I want replacing on that 'brothers in arms' stadium wrap around is fucking Patrick Vieira. He was a **** as well always looking for a move and now he's fucking working for Man City. I just hope we one day have another legend to replace him with!

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Victoria Concordia Crescit.. Victory through harmony, not victory through blood-sucking ****s without any club loyalty. As Tony Adams said: "Play for the name on the front of the shirt and they will remember the name on the back"

Saw this on FB. Awlsome post.

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RVP has really shat on us hasn't he? Fucking out of order tbh. If he'd of fucked off abroad then fine but to go to Man U is just not right. A disgrace to the captaincy.

Oh and the first player I want replacing on that 'brothers in arms' stadium wrap around is fucking Patrick Vieira. He was a **** as well always looking for a move and now he's fucking working for Man City. I just hope we one day have another legend to replace him with!

SuperJack

I pray he gets fit soon, cos he ain't having any of this shit. I tell you. True Gooner that boy.

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SuperJack

I pray he gets fit soon, cos he ain't having any of this shit. I tell you. True Gooner that boy.

For now, he'll probably be off to Citeh in a few years time.

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Arsenal insider twitter dude....

D ‏@AFCAMDEN
AFC one of the few remaining clubs who don't give in to player power. AW 'furious' after statement, RVP's days were numbered. Commendable

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AW

Taking no shit.

Good man.

Looks like RVC was told to fuck off in the end

What a ****.

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Self sustainability as defined by our board seems to entail putting financial considerations above all else, so much so that we're willing to sell players not because it's footballistically the right thing to do, but because the money-men demand it. It also implies that ticket prices must respond to the forces of supply and demand, with no ethical considerations about what it means to price out loyal Arsenal supporters from attending games. This sort of corporatist, detached mentality may work for a supermarket or a private sector enterprise, but we're meant to be a football club, and there's more to football than running a steady ship.

What most fans are suggesting would not badly affect self sustainability at all. Certainly it wouldn't result in us becoming like Rangers or Portsmouth (firstly we make a lot more money than those two clubs). Like many have said already, we make a profit during every transfer window, would it destroy our financial integrity to, for once, actually spend more than we receive in sales, and supplement and replenish the squad rather than bringing in players to just replace ones who are leaving?

But is it not also true that our wage structure is such that even after those sales we are struggling to break even. Once commercial contracts can be renewed (where a lot of our money is lost) we'll be a lot freer to spend without loss and thus not having to sell to buy. Also with all these sales has it really disrupted our league position?

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But is it not also true that our wage structure is such that even after those sales we are struggling to break even. Once commercial contracts can be renewed (where a lot of our money is lost) we'll be a lot freer to spend without loss and thus not having to sell to buy. Also with all these sales has it really disrupted our league position?

No it certainly hasn't.

But we seem to have done some brilliant business this summer, which could potentially see us move closer to the top.

Serious. Couple more astute buys like the three we've already made, and we're challenging for the title. No shit.