Get your coat arsene you useless twat!

[TeeCee]

You're surprised Wenger didn't have a backup to schwarzer? LOL, he doesn't have a plan b for anything! If his missus didn't cook him dinner he'd go fucking hungry!! The man is a prize twat and is messing with our club!!

[Sutch]

You're surprised Wenger didn't have a backup to schwarzer? LOL, he doesn't have a plan b for anything! If his missus didn't cook him dinner he'd go fucking hungry!! The man is a prize twat and is messing with our club!!

That actually made me LOL, he'd probably actually do that

[supergeorgegraham]

This is the day Wenger commited football management suicide.

[rtpgooner]

Like most of us im gutted we haven't signed a gk considering we have had 3 months to do it, going round offering shit money for shit players.

I think the reason behind wenger not signing a keeper is his stubborness to admit he has got it wrong on the gk front, over the last few years by playing almunia and in that time signing fabianski.

I believe arsene works with his hands tied behind his back in the transfer market, and does well with what he has got to even keep us in the top four considering what others spend, but for a club like Arsenal, we all agree we should be aiming higher than this.

Spending decent money on a gk isnt a lot to ask considering we have let numerous players go this summer, and it is so blatantly obvious what has cost us points/games, and all fans can ask for each season is an improvement on the previous season, which again we will all probably agree, i dont think will happen this season, as usual we dont do what needs to be done in the transfer market, to enhance our chances of finally landing silverware.

Ivan Gazidis and Arsene Wenger knew what fans thought on this at the end of the season and when may comes along and we are potless again we will no doubt have hill-wood having a pop at us again, after wenger and co get an earful at the end of season agm

Cue USMartin blaming board post

Well i look at it like this, wenger obvioulsy thought we needed a keeper, if we had for example £14 million to go and buy hugo loris then im sure we would of bought him.

The fact we are bidding £2-3 mil for a 37 year old gk, makes it quite obvious we dont have the money, and we try and use and get on with what we have got. Im not in the wenger out bandwagon if you like and im not in the arsene we trust everything he does is right bandwagon, but i believe with the resources we have got, there are few managers who could/would work with similar restraints and do as good a job

[AA23Northbank]

ITS BECAUSE HE LOVES THE KIDS SO MUCH

Your a fucking disgrace to your club and all of us.

Cos i dare abuse that wanker of a manager. All he does is sign kids and act like a second father.
Fuck right off chap and jog on.

I think you should be the one to fuck off, if all ur gonna do is go there and slag the players off then you're clearly wasting your time and money you mug. And the fact is that even some of those who want Wenger out can at least have some respect for the success he brought to the club and the invincibles and you can't even give him that, you're pathetic

[flash gunner]

This is the day Wenger commited football management suicide.

Wenger has just signed a 4 year deal and has total control at the club. The only people to suffer at the hands of Wenger are us

[highburyJD]

Daniel, if you think we're in a stronger position now than we were at the end of last season good luck to you.

Koz, for me at this early stage, is not a patch on Gallas.

Squillaci no spring chicken and remains to be seen whether he can bring a similar spirit to that of Campbell.

We finished the season with Bendtner, Eduardo and RVP up front now all we have is Chamakh. No use saying RVP will be back soon cos he won't and Bendtner is/was never good enough in the first place.

So, for me, we're probably in a weaker position now than in May.

I agree but as you have stated it is a very early stage
IMO Gallas was a winner and some of our players couldnt take criticism from him - I would blame them not him on that front
we've deserved more than a little criticism on several occasions in the last few seasons

That said now we have Kos and Squillaci
lets hope they can a- deliver and b- not get injured
I expect both Campbell and Gallas to miss significant amounts of games for Spuds and the barcodes this year

I loved Eduardo but he needed 1st team football and we couldn't give him the gametime he needed to play back to form/fitness

Chamakh is a striker who can hold the ball up and retain possession
I think we're significantly more solid with him in the team because of that
he will also score several headers from set pieces this season

I think it's at the very least arguable that we're better off in the outfield positions. Esp if team spirit and fitness are taken into account.

The glaring issue is obv in goal. We all know Almunia was actually very good at Blackburn. We also all fear that he will fold at the worst possible time (normally v manure).

The reality is he's our keeper now
and is actually not a mistake every 30min nightmare like Flappy
he's got decent concentration
its seems unlikely at his age but maybe he can improve and more consistently hit the levels of his CL games v Barca (home) and ManUre (away) - yes I know we went out of both ties and yes I know Ibra's goal is a mistake

I'm not that gutted we didnt get Schwarzer who is decent but old
I've seen Lloris make some horrible mistakes
we never really got linked convincingly to anyone exciting

we've now have to get behind Manuel
IMO he seems a nice guy who always gives his all
whilst he's our keeper I'll support him 100%

[mattbanger]

Of crse we have the money, and we would have a lot fucking more of it if we were not paying average players huge sums of money! The fact is he identified our goalkeeping position as a weakness, and has failed to address this issue! As for our other signings at the moment they have potential but that's it! Could you imagine cesc's face as these names are given to him! I would have been on the first flight to Barcelona! Also if the ties sign van deer vart for eight million! It shows how shocking our dealings are in the transfer market!

[GoonerN5]

We bought 2 CB's, and a striker we badly needed. All of them were at the right price and at the right stage of the career. I think we are only second to City in terms of strengthening.

Schwarzer is 37, he's not the best in the league, not at the right price, so if Wenger finds this deal as a bad one, why should he make it.

I agree Almunia is not good enough, but if Wenger thinks signing Schwarzer isn't going to get this club forward, and can't find another keeper with attributes sufficient to Arsenal (Prem experince, price, age), than I can understand why we didn't sign one.

Finally, a voice of reason. You "fans" need to wake up. You cant just sign someone, you need 2 partys who are willing to do a deal, Wenger has done superb in the transfer market this summer, he has obviously been after a keeper, if we dont sign one, then we dont sign one, we get behind Almunia and support our club. Not sarcastically applaud everytime our keepers do something good, not make them feel the negativity when there in goal for us. Maybe if they recieved some support we might get the best out of them.

Wenger kept Fabregas at this club, where other managers have failed to keep there better players from the lure of Spain. He's signed a champions league quality striker, and 2 center backs where needed strengthening. Get over yourselfs

us 'fans' want to see our team winning things and competing, not watching the others get even further ahead of us and battering us every time we play them. even fucking spuds are catching up to us now . I fuckign hate it when you sheep who blindly follow AW in whatever decision he makes, like some kind of fucking messiah, treat everyone who dares to defy him as a non-fan. I think you need to get over it you shallow fucker. Each motherfucking season since the start of 06/07 has been a fucking repeat, same old fucking excuses and bullshit. I actually HATE AW, he can go fuck himself and never return, he should've been sacked two fucking years ago. TWAT.

It's times like these when the fans need to actually fucking protest, remember Newcastle fans demanding their board be sacked a few years ago, and another club before them. I know their situation was more drastic than ours, but we're fucking slipping even further behind and AW is doing fuck all about it. FUCK OFF YOU IRRITATING c**t!

LOL Great comparison, yeah Newcastle demanded there board should be sacked, then they got relegated, great idea! I dont blindly follow Wenger, im just looking at the bigger picture, yes i did want a new keeper, is it the end of the world that we dont have one? No. I have never ever said that anyone on the forum is a non fan so dont try and make up bollocks like that. I dont understand how you can feel so much hatred towards OUR ARSENAL MANAGER, the same bloke who has consistantly helped us to compete amoungst the best teams in the world. No we have not won a trophy in 5 years, but we do have a very very healthy club, and we will win things again, and we are going places and improving. Players like Diaby, Song, Walcott, Vela are looking better than ever. You obviously have your frustrations but do you not believe your going a little over the top personally insulting OUR manager?

Players like Diaby, Song and Vela are looking better than ever? That doesnt say much does it because all 3 are fucking ***** and if we were a decent side with ambition then these 3 wouldnt be anywhere near our club. Whilst we have the stubborn twat in charge we will win fuck all, its time for Wenger to fuck off

[Robsy]

I think Wenger's done well in the transfer market this summer. The squad looks much stronger and more capable.

Wenger hasn't succeed in one area, but that said, I reckon he's identified who he wants and he probably wasn't available. Either January - or more likely - next summer he'll buy a keeper.

Aside from RVP's injury I have a feeling that this year will be a good one for the club.

[GoonerN5]

I think Wenger's done well in the transfer market this summer. The squad looks much stronger and more capable.

Wenger hasn't succeed in one area, but that said, I reckon he's identified who he wants and he probably wasn't available. Either January - or more likely - next summer he'll buy a keeper.

Aside from RVP's injury I have a feeling that this year will be a good one for the club.

How do you work that out? We have lost 2 proven defenders in Gallas and Campbell, replaced them with 2 unknowns at this level, one who already looks weak, we have the same shit keepers, we have signed Chamakh who is again unproven at this level, but now Van Persie is fucked again we are short up front, Bendtner and Vela are shit, basically we are weaker than last season. It will be the same old story, getting battered by anyone decent and winning fuck all with the same embarrassing ***** excuses from the twat of a manager that we have

[Dan_85]

Wenger hasn't succeed in one area, but that said, I reckon he's identified who he wants and he probably wasn't available. Either January - or more likely - next summer he'll buy a keeper.

Ah, the "judge him in January/May" argument again Closing the door after the horse has bolted...

[Robsy]

I think Wenger's done well in the transfer market this summer. The squad looks much stronger and more capable.

Wenger hasn't succeed in one area, but that said, I reckon he's identified who he wants and he probably wasn't available. Either January - or more likely - next summer he'll buy a keeper.

Aside from RVP's injury I have a feeling that this year will be a good one for the club.

How do you work that out? We have lost 2 proven defenders in Gallas and Campbell, replaced them with 2 unknowns at this level, one who already looks weak, we have the same shit keepers, we have signed Chamakh who is again unproven at this level, but now Van Persie is fucked again we are short up front, Bendtner and Vela are shit, basically we are weaker than last season. It will be the same old story, getting battered by anyone decent and winning fuck all with the same embarrassing ***** excuses from the twat of a manager that we have

1. Gallas may have been a good player, but it seems most of the senior players didn't want to talk to him, let alone play with him;
2. Campbell won't last a full season, he's a sub at best;
3. To suggest that Chamakh & Squillaci aren't good enough for the league are plain wrong. Chamakh set Ligue 1 alight scoring loads and Squillaci is an experienced, Champions League winning, tough centre-back;
4. Bendtner is not shit.

With Jack being given an opportunity, Theo finally coming good and some of the players who underperformed last season sorting themselves out, I don't think we are any weaker and are infact much stronger.

I admit that the goalkeeping position is the most worrying, but so long as we score more than everyone else we'll be okay!!

[MegaGooner]

I think Wenger's done well in the transfer market this summer. The squad looks much stronger and more capable.

Wenger hasn't succeed in one area, but that said, I reckon he's identified who he wants and he probably wasn't available. Either January - or more likely - next summer he'll buy a keeper.

Aside from RVP's injury I have a feeling that this year will be a good one for the club.

How do you work that out? We have lost 2 proven defenders in Gallas and Campbell, replaced them with 2 unknowns at this level, one who already looks weak, we have the same shit keepers, we have signed Chamakh who is again unproven at this level, but now Van Persie is fucked again we are short up front, Bendtner and Vela are shit, basically we are weaker than last season. It will be the same old story, getting battered by anyone decent and winning fuck all with the same embarrassing ***** excuses from the twat of a manager that we have

1. Gallas may have been a good player, but it seems most of the senior players didn't want to talk to him, let alone play with him;
2. Campbell won't last a full season, he's a sub at best;
3. To suggest that Chamakh & Squillaci aren't good enough for the league are plain wrong. Chamakh set Ligue 1 alight scoring loads and Squillaci is an experienced, Champions League winning, tough centre-back;
4. Bendtner is not shit.

With Jack being given an opportunity, Theo finally coming good and some of the players who underperformed last season sorting themselves out, I don't think we are any weaker and are infact much stronger.

I admit that the goalkeeping position is the most worrying, but so long as we score more than everyone else we'll be okay!!

Robsy, have you ever thought - Maybe it is crack?

[SteveO 35]

You're surprised Wenger didn't have a backup to schwarzer? LOL, he doesn't have a plan b for anything! If his missus didn't cook him dinner he'd go fucking hungry!! The man is a prize twat and is messing with our club!!

Nah - he'd pop to Lidl where everything is available at "the right price"