Step back and look at the bigger picture

[fakeyank]

Oh wow, a typo... WOOOOOOOO.

Dont think its a typo! We are not buying anyone this summer. We need to have top players in place to have the want aways rethink their decision instead what is AW doing? He is sitting like a hermit waiting for the waiting period to be over... well fuck him! We might end up signing a couple more players by end of August but what are the chances AW will use that as an excuse to say the new players need 6 months to a year to integrate into a new team?

Thing is most posters on here are sick of seeing the same BS every season! At the beginning of every summer, AW begins by saying that he has identified targets and will be moving in quickly to secure them. We are rumored to be in for some players who we really need but nothing moves... AW comes out and says that the players are hungry to win and will only add TOP quality players. In a few weeks, we will end up signing the most promising player from the french league yet our most basic need of defensive cover will not be addressed. In the meantime, we will be signing 10-15 year olds like we are on a mission. The only transfer rumors that end up being true for us is when they involve teenagers yet anyone with even a pea sized brain can see that we need experienced winners in the team! If you are not sick of it then thats good for you.. I think my club is going down the drain and the board and AW have made it into a business rather than a football club!

[Toronto Gooner]

We still can't compete for the top level of player, i.e. the ones that are well proven to be quality and are at their peak,

In reality, how many clubs can compete for those players? Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man U, AC Milan, Inter Milan, and who else? I would have added Chelsea and Man City but I believe that these are clubs where players go to fill their bank accounts. The other clubs attract big names for reasons in addition to money. The fact that we are looking to compete with these clubs shows how far Arsenal have come in the last 15 years.

[KSE Comedy Club]

The Emirates Trophy shall be ours.

No, its not happening after this year as they have decided that its not economically viable and we can generate more money by touring asia, etc.

True story.

[fakeyank]

No, its not happening after this year as they have decided that its not economically viable and we can generate more money by touring asia, etc.

True story.

No way! Our club is not motivated by money or profits. You gots to be lying!

[Niall_Quinn]

The board should be sacked for signing such sucky deals that have left us in the shitter - don't you think? Or should we only be taking the finances excuse so far and pretending some of these guys weren't in charge when those honking deals were going down? What reward will these incompetent cunts be getting? How many millions?

The big picture? The board is adding the finishing touches to running up the valuation of the club with a campaign of misdirection and deceit that suggested we were moving stadium to bring in the revenues to compete at the highest levels - to take us on from where we were. They have just completed a six year program of asset stripping, ably assisted by the manager, and now they are parachuting out with millions and leaving things in the hands of an American profiteer who knows fuck all about the game and has made no indication whatsoever he gives a shit about what goes on on the pitch. An elaborate and, as it turns out, highly effective method of fleecing the fans for an extended period. Under many circumstances this would be called theft but this is the corporate world where theft and destruction is not only legal but admirable to some.

[Power n Glory]

The board should be sacked for signing such sucky deals that have left us in the shitter - don't you think? Or should we only be taking the finances excuse so far and pretending some of these guys weren't in charge when those honking deals were going down? What reward will these incompetent cunts be getting? How many millions?

The big picture? The board is adding the finishing touches to running up the valuation of the club with a campaign of misdirection and deceit that suggested we were moving stadium to bring in the revenues to compete at the highest levels - to take us on from where we were. They have just completed a six year program of asset stripping, ably assisted by the manager, and now they are parachuting out with millions and leaving things in the hands of an American profiteer who knows fuck all about the game and has made no indication whatsoever he gives a shit about what goes on on the pitch. An elaborate and, as it turns out, highly effective method of fleecing the fans for an extended period. Under many circumstances this would be called theft but this is the corporate world where theft and destruction is not only legal but admirable to some.

It really looks bad. Has it been a long con?

Before we moved to the Emirates they said we couldn't compete financially with clubs like Man U because of the bad sponsorship deal we did Nike. Then we were told the capacity of Highbury was too small and we needed to build a bigger stadium. Now we're in the Emirates, they're are still rumours of us not making enough money. At first it was the stadium debt, now bad sponsorship deals (again), when will it end.

All the while, we've been sold off to Stan, something they said would never happen and they're cashing in their cheques.

[Ralpheroo72]

When Gazidis said that we would be active in the transfer market, SELLING our players was not what I had in mind. Yes, I wanted us to offload certain players, but the prospect of losing Cesc and Nasri does not fill me with joy. We have not addressed the defence, and Squillaci was tormented in our recent friendly in China. No one at the club can be trusted.

[dazthegooner]

See Clichy has been slagging of Arsenal hope he breaks a leg and the owners bum him hard...

[hobson's choice]

What does lack of money have to do with not being able to defend set pieces, or look like you know how to defend when you don't have the ball. Or not blowing leads against vastly inferior opponents

Excuses, excuses, the problems this team has is not to do with moeny.

[fakeyank]

What does lack of money have to do with not being able to defend set pieces, or look like you know how to defend when you don't have the ball. Or not blowing leads against vastly inferior opponents

Excuses, excuses, the problems this team has is not to do with moeny.

Amen to that brother! Our main problem is not that we dont spend enough but the fact that we have no characters in the dressing room and because AW is technically inept!