Now you can officially start to panic...

[LDG]

Get this man to take over from Kroenke and it won't be a problem

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23352230

Wenger would never spend it, so pointless

[AKBapologist]

Theres smoke over the bernard thing. ?
http://gossip.ladyarse.com/arsenal/2...-join-arsenal/

[Özim]

Liverpool don't even know how to haggle properly, they are obviously still sore over the whole Carroll thing.

Are we seriously expected to believe we would offer £40 million.

Please

[selassie]

Your first is what is wrong here. It's the wrong way round. Wenge should be saying get me top quality p,ayers and board going out and signing them.

Wengers always dithered, reading about his time with dein, he dithered then, dein just signed them anyway. The board need to do that, that is why they are at fault. Wenger should be signing players amd top class ones, there is no excuse, but as selassie said, it's our negeoaitimg team who seem to be at fault too.

To me, wenger should just say I want x players and leave it up to board to talk money, if they can't get one of his targets, they go back amd he gives them another one. That's how it should be, fault is with wenger for taking too much for control but even more fault is with board for letting him.

We don't agree on much but I totally agree with what your saying here

[GP]

Theres smoke over the bernard thing. ?
http://gossip.ladyarse.com/arsenal/2...-join-arsenal/

Never seen him play but he looks properly skilful. Very highly rated.

Bet we don't sign him.

[selassie]

The problem is Wenger's valuation of players, I genuinely believe Wenger decides how much a player is worth and then tells the club won't shouldn't pay more, he's always talking about money and cost of players etc etc this is a big thing for him. Trouble is the valuation is more often than not below market value.

He makes a profit for the club and he has this in mind in everything he does, he won't go out and pay whatever is necessary for a player as he know it affect profits and put him under more pressure as he would need to deliver a lot more than he currently does.

He a bargain hunter and if someone isn't good value in his mind then he'll not pursue it.

Yep agreed, the fact that we have missed out on a number of players due to "our" or should I say Arsene's valuation of the player speaks volumes.

We screwed up the Mata deal by refusing to meet his "release clause" which was apparently 2 million more than what we offered. Xabi Alonso deal was messed up for the same reason, as in being a couple million short on what Liverpool wanted, as was the Schwarzer deal with Fulham.

[Power n Glory]

Yep agreed, the fact that we have missed out on a number of players due to "our" or should I say Arsene's valuation of the player speaks volumes.

We screwed up the Mata deal by refusing to meet his "release clause" which was apparently 2 million more than what we offered. Xabi Alonso deal was messed up for the same reason, as in being a couple million short on what Liverpool wanted, as was the Schwarzer deal with Fulham.

That's what makes no sense at all. On the one hand I think it has to be nonsense that we'd lose out on a few million and it has to be more. But on the other hand, I think back to how we've handled things in the past. Refusing to budge on Flamini’s wage demands made no sense at all. Allowing him to walk has been more costly to us than the measly fee he was after. It’s the same for Song as well. We’ll need a proper DM this year and he’ll most likely be on £75k a week if he’s decent and experienced. Selling RVP makes even less sense in light of what we’re seeing this season. Why sell him last season knowing we’d have more money to play with this year? If we can afford the wages and transfer fee for Rooney then we could have definitely afforded to pay RVP a bigger wage. We say we’re thinking long term but some of this stuff looks like it’s a case of ego getting in the way of solid planning.

[Özim]

That's what makes no sense at all. On the one hand I think it has to be nonsense that we'd lose out on a few million and it has to be more. But on the other hand, I think back to how we've handled things in the past. Refusing to budge on Flamini’s wage demands made no sense at all. Allowing him to walk has been more costly to us than the measly fee he was after. It’s the same for Song as well. We’ll need a proper DM this year and he’ll most likely be on £75k a week if he’s decent and experienced. Selling RVP makes even less sense in light of what we’re seeing this season. Why sell him last season knowing we’d have more money to play with this year? If we can afford the wages and transfer fee for Rooney then we could have definitely afforded to pay RVP a bigger wage. We say we’re thinking long term but some of this stuff looks like it’s a case of ego getting in the way of solid planning.

That's the thing about BS, it doesn't make sense

[AKBapologist]

What a shit summer this is turning out to be.

[Unai Tea]

What a shit summer this is turning out to be.

Ca plus ca change