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RossieGooner · Post by **RossieGooner** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:54 pm

I sense a windup ...........

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:55 pm

Who's running Arsenal into the ground

We have just qualified for the Champions League for what, the tenth successive season, how many other clubs would dream of having such success. We have built the best club stadium in the country, how many other clubs would swap grounds with us, probably all of them. If you think the club is going down the pan then cast your mind back to the mid 80's if it goes back that far, now they were dark days. People are frustrated because we have come to expect success each year, why, because Wenger has delivered so much for our club. I don't think it is quite time to replace him and when that time does come I sure as hell hope we can find someone more suited to our club than Gus Hiddink.

Post by **g88ner** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:56 pm

selsdon wrote:As Hill Wood said the other day...we have money for one experienced player. That player may still arrive

And one player is all that's required is it?

We have no goalkeeper, we have no proper centre midfielder, we have no centre forward - that there is the spine of the team. We have no creative midfielders, Cesc aside; we have no wingers (Theo's a busted flush), we have no captain.

Let alone cover for all the above positions.

Arsene Wenger has done wonders for this club and for that will forever be a legend but...

his time is up.

No, we need more than one player....but what with the loan repayments on the new stadium (that big thing we play in, which you might have noticed) then clearly we are not swimming in money, are we?

Wenger has been pulling signings out of his ass for years, despite the modest budget he's been given.

Remember, Chelsea and ManUre have been writing blank cheques for years...whereas Wenger hasn't had the finances to do that!

You know all this.

Post by **g88ner** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:57 pm

Right...enough. This is clearly a wind up, and I can't believe I fell for it.

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:59 pm

Probably Panto back under a new name

selsdon · Post by **selsdon** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:01 am

No wind up at all.

Our main ambition this season is to finish top 4 and have champions league football for the season after.

Is that acceptable considering we pay the highest ticket prices in the fuckign world?

Anyone who thinks we can challenge for the big two trophies are surely the ones on a wind-up.

And anyone who thinks we can hold onto our one and only true world-class player with no european football next season needs sectioning.

Post by **g88ner** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:03 am

Wayno wrote:Probably Panto back under a new name

That or he's an employee of Red & White Holdings

selsdon · Post by **selsdon** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:04 am

Wengers stated ambition straight after last season finished was:

'to hold onto the sqaud i have'

done that didn't he

only Flamini, Hleb, Lehman and Gilberto left

RossieGooner · Post by **RossieGooner** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:06 am

g88ner wrote:
Wayno wrote:Probably Panto back under a new name
That or he's an employee of Red & White Holdings

Aye .. where the feck did i leave that ignore button .........

selsdon · Post by **selsdon** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:07 am

Bright Eyes

Why is it anyone dares to challenge the current leadership they're accused of being R&W?

Yours is the exact attitude the board have, in that Wenger can do no wrong.

The man has fucked up since last Jan's transfer window.

That is plain to see.

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:07 am

Okay so your not on a wind up. I hope that we can challenge for the Premiership but admit that a top four is more realistic, even more so considering those teams most expected to challenge us are looking weaker than last season. As for the Champions League, we have a reasonably tough group which I think is a good thing and if we come through that then anything is possible in the knock out stages.

selsdon · Post by **selsdon** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:07 am

RossieGooner

ditto

selsdon · Post by **selsdon** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:09 am

Mclaren's team played us off the park in Holland but we got lucky

we weren't so fortunate against the might of Fulham FC

RossieGooner · Post by **RossieGooner** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:11 am

selsdon wrote:RossieGooner

ditto

Wat u call me ?!?!

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:12 am

You need an element of luck to win most competitions, Mclaren wasn't so lucky at the Grove the other night was he. Yes we had a stinker against Fulham, the mark of a good side is how they respond and I think we responded well.