Former Players Views

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Cesc Fabregas says that he hopes Barcelona stay at Camp Nou, stating that former club Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium "is no Highbury".

Arsenal left their famous ground in 2006 to move to the Emirates Stadium, and are yet to pick up a trophy since the departure, with some suggesting that a lack of atmosphere in a big stadium can be detrimental to on-field success.

The Spain international expressed the hope that the Blaugrana remain at Camp Nou for the foreseeable future, citing the belief that there was a loss of atmosphere after Arsenal left Highbury for the Emirates during his time in north London.

"Camp Nou is a beast of a stadium," he was quoted as saing by Diari ARA. "I wouldn't want the same thing to happen as with Arsenal. The Emirates is not Highbury.

"Highbury was very tiny, but it had its charm. Emirates is a great stadium, modern, but it's not Highbury."

How would he know? He hardly played at Highbury. **** needs to STFU and die

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Former Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn has told talkSPORT that the club needs to change its stance on renewing players’ contracts.
This summer the club lost Robin Van Persie to Manchester United as the player threatened to play out the last year of his deal and leave on a free transfer.
Meanwhile, right-back Bacary Sagna has admitted that despite only having a season left on his current contract, he hasn’t received any word on a new one even though he would like to stay at the Emirates.
And this has concerned Winterburn who wants this worrying habit, of allowing players to get into the last year of their deals, to come to an end.
“I would think that there has to be an internal review at the football club as to why several players are getting right down to inside the last year of their contracts,” he told Kick Off.
“Really you need to start nailing them down when they’ve got a year-and-a-half to go.
“When you drop inside that last year, in players’ minds they’re starting to question if the clubs still want them, a little bit.
“From Arsenal’s view that is something that needs to be looked at.”

Read more at http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...Zz2E6aIChbK.99

Spot on

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“When you drop inside that last year, in players’ minds they’re starting to question if the clubs still want them, a little bit.

The board is gutless. They should just come out and tell these players they are being sold. This could stop the silliness with players speaking in the media and the bad feeling that surrounds each transfer. A simple statement made once, "Yes, we are selling all our players, yes we only care about personal profit, yes, the fans can go and do one - but send us all your money first!"

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Arsene Wenger has been left hurt by Arsenal fans that don’t trust his managerial methodologies, says Nigel Winterburn.
The Gunners boss has been in charge of the club for 16 years overseeing three Premier League title wins and four FA Cup triumphs.
But the trophies have dried up and after seven barren seasons there has been unrest between the team and its fans.
Winterburn, though, believes they need to back their boss as he looks set to earn a new contract.
He told Drive Time: “Arsene Wenger is a very loyal man. If he says he’s staying until the end of his contract, he will stay. He’s said many times he’s had offers to move to other clubs.
“I think he has been hurt by some of the supporters who haven’t trusted his judgement. They could say they have a right to question him because we haven’t won anything.
“But people say to me, ‘why do Arsenal not spend £30million on players’, but even when Arsenal won things under Arsene Wenger they never spent that amount of money. He always spent relevant money and brought young players through.
“I’m not worried that he hasn’t signed a contract. I think Arsene Wenger is a very proud man and he wants to feel that he has a team that’s capable of achieving something.
“I think he’s just going to sit back, look at it and say, ‘can I re-energise this club? Can I re-energise this crop of players? And can I push them somewhere, even if we can’t win the title, can I at some stage put us in a position where we can challenge for the Premier League?’ I think that’s important for the supporters.”

Read more at http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...jMjErTdb016.99

Football has changed. Wenger has been incapable of coping with that change and we are left behind

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Football has changed. Wenger has been incapable of coping with that change and we are left behind

Or has he been Stubborn.

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Or has he been Stubborn.

And that

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Former Arsenal forward Ian Wright has stated that he would relish the opportunity for Shanghai Shenhua striker Didier Drogba to sign for the north London club.

The Ivory Coast international has been linked with a move away from his current side amid issues revolving around the club's boardroom.

Wright, who scored 128 league goals for the Gunners, has spoken highly of the striker who scored the winning penalty in last season's Champions League final.

"I'd love to see Didier Drogba at Arsenal, I'd like to see him come back to England," he told Absolute Radio. "And not play against Arsenal because he's always demolishing them and the back four!"

"Of course you've got to play that kind of thing down. I think if Drogba's coming back to the Premier League I'm sure there'll be a queue and I think if Arsenal are in and around it, I don’t think that's a bad thing. That's not a bad signing.

"Hopefully Arsene can make that happen, if it can happen, because I think he will be a definite positive move in respect of Arsenal and I think he's still got something to offer in the Premier League. So fingers crossed that something can come of that."

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...gba-at-arsenal

Wrighty

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Wrighty still thinks we lose at Bolton every week too.

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Wrighty still thinks we lose at Bolton every week too.

Anybody who takes Wright Seriously deserves to be laughed at.

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Too much disrespect for Wright. The guy served us well.