Wenger Wants To Add "1 or 2"

[IBK]

It's not Arsene's style to make major changes.

He won't be replacing Clichy with a signing, he's already stated that Gibbs should be given a chance so he's doing his internal promoting stuff again, no surprise really.

You know I wouldn't put it past Arsene to not replace Cesc if he eventually leaves, he'll probably come out with his "Ramsey/Diaby" can play there bit.

That statement from Arsene about working long and hard to find the "right" player is just his customary mid pre-season statement, a day after the window closes when we've signed nobody of note he'll come out with his "we nearly signed player x,y,z...but the price was too high"

Arsene can't & won't change...expect more of the same next season.

I agree mate. I was making the same point on my 'what are we expecting' thread. people expecting to see a radically different approach from our manager are dreaming...

[Fist of Lehmann]

I agree mate. I was making the same point on my 'what are we expecting' thread. people expecting to see a radically different approach from our manager are dreaming...

You can't blame folks for dreaming. Dreaming is part of what being a football fan is all about.

Given:

a) The collapse +
b) The vocal disaffection
c) The financial fair play thing meaning...
d) The Wenger quotes about being for the first time very active &
e) The Gazidis quotes about whatever it is he said at the AST meeting...

It began to look like a watershed year. Gervinho is a start, hopefully it's not the finish.

[Niall_Quinn]

This is Wenger. He's a stubborn, out of touch, past it, delusional, arrogant man who places himself and his ideas above the club. He's been proven spectacularly wrong but he's not prepared to compromise or even change a single thing. For some inexplicable reason he still thinks the current crop of players is up to the challenge, he continues to sign players (like Gervinho) who fit in with his idealistic vision rather than the realities of the league we play in and he remains in penny-pinching mode all the way despite the fact the fans have been fleeced again. Frankly, the guy has swung from being the best manager we ever had to the worst. He's heading off a cliff fast and he's taking us with him and the greedy cowards in the board room seem absolutely content with proceedings. But then again, it seems the board is happy regardless provided money is flowing in and never out. Even when they bank £7million from the sale of our starting left back this is what you get from Wenger, another voyage into his policy that has been failing for half a decade now.

Arsène Wenger has hinted that he might not invest in a replacement for Gael Clichy.

The French left back brought his eight-year spell with Arsenal to a close this month when he signed for Manchester City, leaving Wenger without one of his most senior players ahead of the 2011/12 season.

However, the Arsenal manager has a full England international waiting in the wings and he is happy with his back-up options too.

"The plan for left back is that we have Kieran Gibbs, Armand Traore and Thomas Vermaelen can play there too. So we have what we need," said Wenger.

You have to hope he's joking but history tells us he's not. I didn't want to see the guy sacked, I wanted him to leave quietly. I didn't want to see him booed, I wanted his departure to be respectful in light of what he has done for the club in the past. Now I just want him out of here as fast as possible and I don't care how it's done or how many eggs get broken in the process. The biggest challenge facing Arsenal this year is how to get rid of Wenger. Can it be done, is there a way to detach ourselves from him so we don't follow him over the precipice?

[selassie]

This is Wenger. He's a stubborn, out of touch, past it, delusional, arrogant man who places himself and his ideas above the club. He's been proven spectacularly wrong but he's not prepared to compromise or even change a single thing. For some inexplicable reason he still thinks the current crop of players is up to the challenge, he continues to sign players (like Gervinho) who fit in with his idealistic vision rather than the realities of the league we play in and he remains in penny-pinching mode all the way despite the fact the fans have been fleeced again. Frankly, the guy has swung from being the best manager we ever had to the worst. He's heading off a cliff fast and he's taking us with him and the greedy cowards in the board room seem absolutely content with proceedings. But then again, it seems the board is happy regardless provided money is flowing in and never out. Even when they bank £7million from the sale of our starting left back this is what you get from Wenger, another voyage into his policy that has been failing for half a decade now.



You have to hope he's joking but history tells us he's not. I didn't want to see the guy sacked, I wanted him to leave quietly. I didn't want to see him booed, I wanted his departure to be respectful in light of what he has done for the club in the past. Now I just want him out of here as fast as possible and I don't care how it's done or how many eggs get broken in the process. The biggest challenge facing Arsenal this year is how to get rid of Wenger. Can it be done, is there a way to detach ourselves from him so we don't follow him over the precipice?

I agree NQ, you know I'm just tired of Wenger and his flawed policies. I don't even think he's bluffing about the left back situation, he's being deadly serious, Gibbs/Traore as first choice left backs come next season. Honestly? It's totally ludicrous.

I actually think it's sad it's come to this and really don't understand what Wenger is doing anymore.

[Letters]

Frankly, the guy has swung from being the best manager we ever had to the worst.

Behave

[Xhaka Can’t]

Behave

I agree with you on that point, but you are far too preoccupied with selective quoting to support your bias.

[Cripps_orig]

I didn't want to see the guy sacked, I wanted him to leave quietly. I didn't want to see him booed, I wanted his departure to be respectful in light of what he has done for the club in the past. Now I just want him out of here as fast as possible and I don't care how it's done or how many eggs get broken in the process. The biggest challenge facing Arsenal this year is how to get rid of Wenger. Can it be done, is there a way to detach ourselves from him so we don't follow him over the precipice?

Exactly how i feel.

[The Verminator]

Gibbs and Traore...fuck me, that's scary!

[Niall_Quinn]

Gibbs and Traore...fuck me, that's scary!

Gibbs has an extra year of treatment under his belt now so he should be well up for the first game. If we get the full 90 minutes out of him before he's injured that will be progress.

[Kano]

Gibbs and Traore...fuck me, that's scary!

i dont think we were any more full of confidence when cole and clichy came in