Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

‘I work every day with Ivan, believe me he is highly motivated to bring players in,’ said Wenger ahead of Arsenal’s friendly with Chivas de Guadalajara.

‘Sometimes I have to calm him down. I believe as well this is a period where everybody wants to dream, and transfers bring dreams.

That's the quote - presuming one sentence follows directly after the other, it seems assured to me what he is talking about.

[Kano]

What I mean is on both occasions that Gazidis has come out and blubbered about finances, Wenger or the club have come out very quickly to offer an opposing view. So either they're both crazy or they are playing a game of confusion on the fans, both of which are feasible. Or Gazidis keeps putting his foot in it. What makes me question it is Wenger qualifying his stance by talking about dreams, which is in contradiction to his opening gambit about calming Gazidis down. I don't think it's easy to read anything coming out of the club at the moment and there is every chance that is what they mean to do.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wouldn't try reading anything into anything coming out of the club. It's not a serious football club.

[Power n Glory]

Perhaps but then Wenger's just said of Gazidis that he has to calm him down in wanting to "buy all the players"! If Gazidis is wanting to do that, it's not because Kroenke isn't allowing anyhing to be spent.

Good point. I don't think Stan takes an active role in the club. I don't think he's that imposing. If he were, I can't understand why he'd be OK with us signing Xhaka, a player he certainly wouldn't have heard of prior to being linked with us but on the other hand, people say he is responsible for putting a limit on what we spend on other players. That doesn't make sense.

If he's trying to curp spending, why isn't he looking at the wage bill? Most companies that are trying trim the fat and cut spending go straight to cutting staff. We should be seeing an exodus of players if he were that imposing. Theo, Campbell, Wilshere....why not sell them?

On the transfer thread, we have recent quotes from Wenger saying money isn't the problem. The 4 ingredients he uses to make a decision come down to talent, age, can they improve the squad and resale value. Who else but Wenger can make give an informed opinion on those 4 things? Stan certainly can't. Ivan can't. We obviously have certain restrictions when it comes to spending. We won't be breaking transfer world records but much of what we're seeing is self imposed.

[LDG]

One day, maybe, he'll write a book about it.

[Marc Overmars]

I think he really needs to shut up and get the job done now, his excuses and philosophical explanations have grown so tiresome. Nothing he says is going to pacify the fans, not when we see everyone around us capable of getting players in regardless of financial might and existing quality.

I'm telling you, he absolutely hates having to sign players. He probably sees it as cheating.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Wouldn't try reading anything into anything coming out of the club. It's not a serious football club.

Pretty fucking serious about making money.

We are owned and run by parasitic cunts.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I think he really needs to shut up and get the job done now, his excuses and philosophical explanations have grown so tiresome. Nothing he says is going to pacify the fans, not when we see everyone around us capable of getting players in regardless of financial might and existing quality.

I'm telling you, he absolutely hates having to sign players. He probably sees it as cheating.

We know what job will be done. We've all seen it, we've all said in seasons past what will happen and we've all been right.

Just like we will be right about the coming season.

[Niall_Quinn]

I think he really needs to shut up and get the job done now, his excuses and philosophical explanations have grown so tiresome. Nothing he says is going to pacify the fans, not when we see everyone around us capable of getting players in regardless of financial might and existing quality.

I'm telling you, he absolutely hates having to sign players. He probably sees it as cheating.

He doesn't mind cheating when it comes to cheating the fans, I notice.

[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal Glossary
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Booking - Making a note of new income.
Captain - Guy who steers my yacht.
Chip - What we use at the casino.
Clean sheet - Player transfers in.
Club - What we use for golf.
Cross - How we feel about moaning fans.
Defender - Journalists who write about how clever Arsene is.
Double - What we order at the bar.
Dummy - A fan.
Extra time - Another week that Wenger has avoided a sacking.
Free kick - Preferable to an expensive kick.
Foul - The very notion of spending money.
Goal - Profits.
Goalpost - What we move whenever anyone questions us.
Keeper - Revenue.
North Bank - One of the financial establishments where the loot is stashed.
Pass - What we do with transfer opportunities.
Pitch - Marketing message.
Promotion - Marketing campaign.
Save - What we do with money.
Silverware - The lunch cutlery.
Striker - Nasty employee who refuses to work.
Supporter - One of our sponsors.
Title - Documents that prove Stan owns a particular ranch.
Transfer - Sending the loot to the Caymans.
Treble - What we drink once the transfer window closes.

Ball - What we're having.