Former Players Views

[Cripps_orig]

It will be interesting to see what he does this summer regarding investment [in new players].

From Smiths article above.

Will it? It'll be the same summer as the previous few.

[Niall_Quinn]

They'll have to buy a striker. Not even Stan and the crew can ignore such a key requirement for long. Not saying they won't sell big to fund it though.

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...the-worst.html

3 former players giving their view.

[Xhaka Can’t]

“It is just about professional pride."

Thats us fucked then.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

They'll have to buy a striker. Not even Stan and the crew can ignore such a key requirement for long. Not saying they won't sell big to fund it though.

we've been saying that for how many years? 'surely we cant go without signing a player in x position!!', only to see yep, we've failed to sign a player in that position.

in fact i remember posts like that last summer when a certain mr song was sold.

[IBK]

This line from Smudger best sums up my feelings:



And, while not a direct quote, I also agree with this sentiment.



Good read - thanks for that.

Can't find fault with what Smudger says. And what all the references to SAF's longevity always fail to mention is that he is no more a football coach than Wumger - yet unlike Wumger he has always relied on the services of excellent coaches - to whom he has delegated proper authority. How many of SAF's coaches (or players for that matter) have gone on to be successful managers in their own right? SAF is a better manager than Wenger - probably because he realises he can't do it all himself. Wenger has tarnished his legacy by refusing to countenance that he is unable to do everything himself - and failing to realise his own limitations. I admire SAF for being big enough to do this. He is a much bigger man than Wenger.

[Power n Glory]

10 years ago we'd have never admitted that SAF was the better coach.

[dazthegooner]

Think 10 years ago they were on a par but Wenger has stagnated and Fergie has improved and is a better motivator!

[Cripps_orig]

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson admits the Gunners face an uphill battle to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Arsene Wenger’s side are currently fifth in the Premier League table, five points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea, with ten games left of the campaign.
The north London club are looking to qualify for Europe’s premier tournament for a sixteenth consecutive season, but Wilson, who won the First Division title during his time at Highbury, claims the odds are stacked against them.
“Arsenal are right up against it,” he told Hawksbee and Jacobs. “If you were a betting man you would not back them to finish in the top four this season.
“They’ve got a lot to do to get into that top four. The performance [against Bayern Munich] is a massive fillip for them though. To beat a team that are on the top of their game, haven’t lost at home in ages and have great individuals will be a huge boost to their morale.”


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4th is gone tbh

[LDG]

Poor old Bob. It really hurts him

Shame some of our prima donna's can't do it for classy legends like him.