Wenger Slaughterhouse

[Kano]

Hes not confused - neither am I. I wasnt saying that clubs will literally be restrained from transfer dealing but obviously if they are faced with a European ban they are not going to breach the rules, so its the same thing in practice. Already UEFA have backed down on certain sanctions after taking leagal advice; for example, proposals to impose player transfer embargos on clubs failing to meet the FFP rules have been dropped

The question is, why hasn't that claim been put in already, their legal teams have had long enough to weigh up the options. UEFA can pass the buck on transfer sanctions remember, as the regional FA's will all be onboard and can impose it themselves. Talks are well under way for some sort of system to be started here. remember, it will also ensure the door is closed to any other team injecting cash as some have done in the past decade, so clubs are not completely against the idea.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Better yet, take out the Board

N_Q

Sacrificial lamb

Martyr

Statue erected beside TH14

yeah TH14 on his knees, NQ depicted with a smile on his face

NQ the only one on GW to be erected by TH14

[Özil's Panoramic View]

yeah TH14 on his knees, NQ depicted with a smile on his face

NQ the only one on GW to be erected by TH14

[Olivier's xmas twist]

NQ For Mod tbh, you know it makes sense, Cushty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hes not confused - neither am I. I wasnt saying that clubs will literally be restrained from transfer dealing but obviously if they are faced with a European ban they are not going to breach the rules, so its the same thing in practice. Already UEFA have backed down on certain sanctions after taking leagal advice; for example, proposals to impose player transfer embargos on clubs failing to meet the FFP rules have been dropped

No it isn't tantamount to the same thing, what it's supposed to achieve is not neccesarily limit spending but make sure the clubs that do spend are earning year-on-year enough money so that their losses are decreasing each season. Plus when you consider the trebled TV deal for the Premier League and sure to be improved Champions League money, they're less likely to be posting increased losses anyway.

[Letters]

mrs letters

putting up with in'n'out since last sunday

S'true.
My cave doesn't have a door, you see

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Arsene Wenger insists finishing in the top three remains his target this season, but accepts Arsenal are 'very far behind now' after defeat at Manchester United.

Arsenal's 2-1 reverse at Old Trafford on Saturday ensured the club have made the worst start to a Premier League season since Wenger took charge as manager and left them nine points adrift of United.

Qualifying for the UEFA Champions League is now likely to be the main challenge for the Gunners and Wenger wants his team to prove their credentials."We're very far behind now," said Wenger. "At the moment you cannot say that [we are good enough to challenge the top three], because we are far away.

"But that's what we have to show, and that's what the target is at the end of the season. We've played away at United, City, Liverpool and Stoke - so we've many difficult away games.

"But we were poor defensively here. There's no obvious reason for that, apart from the fact we didn't start well and United have quality up front.

"They score goals against everybody and they are better than us. It's as simple as that.

"Away to Manchester City we drew 1-1, a good result, and didn't suffer by comparison.

"Here, I just think we were not on full cylinders and looked much more vulnerable defensively than we did at the start of the season."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...sh-for-Arsenal

Least he knows this lot is not good enough.

[LDG]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...sh-for-Arsenal

Least he knows this lot is not good enough.

Until we win our next game, and he will say "I believe in this team. They have shown quality. Can we do it? [ The Championship ] . We will fight, of course. Can you say we cannot, maffffmatically? I don't think so" #barkingmadlunatic

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Until we win our next game, and he will say "I believe in this team. They have shown quality. Can we do it? [ The Championship ] . We will fight, of course. Can you say we cannot, maffffmatically? I don't think so" #barkingmadlunatic

Illusionary Challenging

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Andre Santos that he was not happy to see him swap shirts with Robin van Persie at half-time against Manchester United.

However, the French boss says he does not want to see the incident, which occurred during Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford, blown out of proportion.

The Brazilian left-back counted Van Persie as a Gunners team-mate until the striker's acrimonious departure to United during the summer.

Santos endured a torrid time against the Red Devils and came under scrutiny for exchanging shirts with the Holland international at the break.Reports suggested Santos could be dropped from Tuesday night's UEFA Champions League tie at Schalke as a result but, while angry with the left-back, Wenger was keen to downplay the incident.

"I spoke about that but I don't want to make too much of a big story of that," said the Arsenal boss.

"I believe that was not the right thing to do at all, but that is not an explanation for our bad performance on Saturday."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...bin-van-Persie