Friday's press conference

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Tbh I tend to shy away from Wenger bashing, my thinking is the same as not complaining when the train is late
that no amount of complaining is goig to change the situation, the train is late, we have Wenger and that aint going to change either

However the 'waiting period' comment is a bit galling and smacks of classic clueless Wenger , how many times have we heardabout how much money he has and maybe intends to spend IF the right player comes along, only to have the rug pulled from under iur feet and for him to do nothing, falling back on old favourites such as 'the current squad is good enough' , why the fuck didnt we get Samba last Jan when we knew Squac was obviously not the right player or good enough

the difference between having to wait for a late train and AW is that the train finally comes and you get to move towards your destination

Wenger on the other hand is like beong stuck on the Piccadilly Line, in the tunnel , one stop away from Arsenal station, 10 minutes before kick off of the first game of the season, where you expect to see a flurry of new signings - in other words a fucking bitch

[selassie]

Seriously though, his words from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13984029.stm

Someone please explain to me what is wrong with this guy? A waiting period....wtf for....surely it makes more sense to make your signings early and have your pick rather than wait for everyone else to sign players and be left with scraps and not time for them to be prepared for the season.

Seriously he really enjoys rubbing it in doesn't he? If we sell the likes of Cesc, Nasri and Clichy before signing players, clubs will know we have cash to burn and will push up the price..does he have no common sense at all?

I've got no idea what he means by those quotes either, a waiting period???

[Coney]

I've got no idea what he means by those quotes either, a waiting period???

I'd guess that we have made offers and received offers, as have many others, and no-one is accepting yet in case they can do a better deal. like a housing chain. So perhaps we will sell players A, B and C if we can get X, Y and Z and other clubs are in the same boat. As the deadline approaches, someone will agree something and the whole lot then can move. Kind of annoying too. As I said before, I hate the restriction of a transfer window which causes most of these problems.

[GP]

I'd guess that we have made offers and received offers, as have many others, and no-one is accepting yet in case they can do a better deal. like a housing chain. So perhaps we will sell players A, B and C if we can get X, Y and Z and other clubs are in the same boat. As the deadline approaches, someone will agree something and the whole lot then can move. Kind of annoying too. As I said before, I hate the restriction of a transfer window which causes most of these problems.

Exactly.

[LDG]

I'd guess that we have made offers and received offers, as have many others, and no-one is accepting yet in case they can do a better deal. like a housing chain. So perhaps we will sell players A, B and C if we can get X, Y and Z and other clubs are in the same boat. As the deadline approaches, someone will agree something and the whole lot then can move. Kind of annoying too. As I said before, I hate the restriction of a transfer window which causes most of these problems.

Yup.

[Özim]

I'd guess that we have made offers and received offers, as have many others, and no-one is accepting yet in case they can do a better deal. like a housing chain. So perhaps we will sell players A, B and C if we can get X, Y and Z and other clubs are in the same boat. As the deadline approaches, someone will agree something and the whole lot then can move. Kind of annoying too. As I said before, I hate the restriction of a transfer window which causes most of these problems.

There's always excuses for Wenger, trouble is after 6 years they're wearing a bit thin.

He hasn't been active in the transfer market for years, people for some reason expect things to be different this summer.....the only difference I can see is that we're likely to lose 3 first teamers this time round rather than 1 or 2. Sure we look like getting Gervinho, but from what I can tell he's a typical Wenger signing, from the French league, won't cost too much, not great at shooting.

I just don't trust this guy with transfers anymore, he always leaves us disappointed. I can't wait for the day when we have a manager who's not scared to enter the transfer market when it's necessary.

[LDG]

Zimm, there's absolutely no point in moaning about it right at this very minute. Point is, we have no idea what is going to happen.

So far, we've sold nobody, and we've bought in one kiddiewinkle.

The rumours may well be true, who knows, but until things start happening, it's unfair to predict what is going to happen, and use it for your Wenger bashing means.

You may well be completely right. And I have the same fear as you, btw. But as we're stuck with Wenger for at least 6 months, all we can do is wait and see. Like I keep saying, if it comes to August 13th and we've fucked it up again, I'll be as incensed as the next man.

[Özim]

Zimm, there's absolutely no point in moaning about it right at this very minute. Point is, we have no idea what is going to happen.

So far, we've sold nobody, and we've bought in one kiddiewinkle.

The rumours may well be true, who knows, but until things start happening, it's unfair to predict what is going to happen, and use it for your Wenger bashing means.

You may well be completely right. And I have the same fear as you, btw. But as we're stuck with Wenger for at least 6 months, all we can do is wait and see. Like I keep saying, if it comes to August 13th and we've fucked it up again, I'll be as incensed as the next man.

It's the whole "waiting period" thing that's annoyed me, he knows we had a bad season, he knows the fans were not happy at all and yet he just seems to be happy sitting there twiddling his thumbs.

I don't see any genuine reason as to why we'd have to wait till the end of July, if we want someone we bid for them, if the club says no and we won't pay more we move on to someone else...it's simple...Ferguson hasn't had any problems signing players.

We had the same thing with Baptista a few years back (ok he turned out sh*t but that's not the point), he sat there waiting for a player that was never going to come (he said as much) for no reason and in the end the inevitable happened. Why would we want to wait till well into pre-season, I'd have thought getting players in early so that they can have a full pre-season and start getting use to things would be best.

The problem with Wenger is he's not proactive at all, people can sugercoat his behaviour with regards transfers if they like, but we know from experience what he's like.

[selassie]

I'd guess that we have made offers and received offers, as have many others, and no-one is accepting yet in case they can do a better deal. like a housing chain. So perhaps we will sell players A, B and C if we can get X, Y and Z and other clubs are in the same boat. As the deadline approaches, someone will agree something and the whole lot then can move. Kind of annoying too. As I said before, I hate the restriction of a transfer window which causes most of these problems.

Nicely put, I'm not so sure that's the case with us though.

[Özim]

Nicely put, I'm not so sure that's the case with us though.

No me neither!