You are right. I checked. Wikipedia says 333,333.34. 1/3rd of a Million quid. My dad was wrong...Thats 10 decent houses.Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
You are right. I checked. Wikipedia says 333,333.34. 1/3rd of a Million quid. My dad was wrong...Thats 10 decent houses.
Make 2mrw better than 2day
Looks like the spuds have agreed a fee with Brighton for Yves Bissouma another supposed "Arsenal Target" that was either bullshit from the rumor mill or Arsenal being Arsenal when it comes to transfers.
The rapist?
NOTE: The location of this post has been moved and the thread title (which was previously Wenger is Leaving) has been manipulated by a notorious pro-Wenger moderator. What was previously a message that contained no profanity and made a comment on a real life event has now been manipulated by a deliberately provocative title. An old and crude propaganda and censorship technique.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to the transfer rumours. Most of them are complete bullshit/clickbait, and the result of lazy journalists needing to create copy or armchair keyboard warriors hoping for re-posts. Its funny how we often assume that just because another club makes a 'name' signing this means that our club is screwed. Happened with Buendia to Villa last season - people (a) assumed that they had got one over us and (b) that Villa were on the up and would be competing with us. Didn't happen. Look at Manure - already stocked full of names and then they sign Varane and Sancho - big name exciting signings...and the great Ronaldo last season...and finished well behind us. Lukaku to Chelsea - the list goes on. By comparison, AFC aced last Summer's signings despite not a single one of them being in the same bracket as the above 'names'.
Are we really so scared of Spurs? We finished just 2 points behind them last season despite them signing one of the most celebrated managers in world football, having 2 of the best forwards in the league (largely injury free for the whole season) and us playing basically without a striker for most of the season. For me, unless there is a massive reversal of transfer form, last year's business indicates that we should be pretty confident that we can (a) land the transfer targets that we want, and (b) that they will be the right ones. Surely we should be less negative?
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
Mate, I completely detached for a while - walked away for a good couple of years towards the end of Wenger's reign. Love the man, but I just couldn't watch it any more - it was just the same season on repeat, year after year, and it was like watching him die in slow motion. I didn't want to watch it any more and didn't even need to watch it to know exactly how each season was going to go, almost down to the match!
You're right - timing has a huge amount do do with it. When you're in your teens and your twenties you only really have yourself to look out for and you don't really have much of any personal importance going on that's worth caring about, so you end up caring about anything and everything else way more than you should! Football, politics, global warming, etc... you suddenly have strong opinions on just about everything, and start trying to put the world to rights.
And I can imagine something similar happens again later in life - you retire, the kids move away from home, the mortgage is all paid off, etc, and you start looking for other things to fill your time and give you focus. I can easily see myself getting suckered back into it in another 15-20 years!
But then you have the bit in the middle where life suddenly gets serious - you find yourself with more responsibility at work, longer hours, longer travel, you settle down with your partner and start a family, you have a massive mortgage to pay off or you're struggling to work out how to pay the rent each month, you have a household to run, a sea of paperwork on your doormat every morning, and a million other things that need your constant attention... and you just don't have the time or the energy for much else. Without even knowing you're doing it, you start picking and choosing your battles - you work out what's worth your energy and what isn't, otherwise you burn yourself out worrying about everything, even nonsense like football! That's where I am atm.
Football has gradually wormed its way back into my life again over the last couple of years, but I'm managing to keep it at arms length these days and I'm not letting myself get worked up over it. I work full-time, I commute, I have two little girls, one of whom is disabled, who both deserve my time and attention (and money) far more than Arsenal do, and I have very, very little free time - I don't want to spend what little free time I do have feeling angry and pissed off about a stupid game. Right now, I only have room for things that are going to add something positive to my day, so it's a very simple choice for me: choose to find some way to enjoy it and not take it too seriously, or walk away (again).
Last edited by I am invisible; 14-06-2022 at 11:16 AM.
Another player we should have just bought to instantly upgrade our team by 100%.
We really do have to ask serious questions about our transfer business policy.
It's fucking lame.
Dont worry. We are keeping Xhaka. Just like a new signing
Make 2mrw better than 2day
We are waiting for top, top, top qualiteeeeee..
Whether it's bullshit or not, the Spuds will just leave us behind the way they are going.
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