THE MIND OF A WENGERITE

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Jumpers For Goalposts wrote:
augie wrote:Just out of curiousity how many players went out after the final whistle yesterday to show their appreciation to the fans ? Watched it briefly yesterday and I thought, but stand to be corrected, that every last one of them scuttled down the tunnel at breakneck speed :roll: What that tells me is that when we win eboue is quick to come out and take the acclaim of the fools who have made him a cult hero ( :roll: ) but when we lose he ducks out to avoid any responsibility :roll:
No-one Augie - not one of the lazy f**kers!! No applause, no waves - nothing!!

Most of them couldn't get off the pitch quick enough. As I've said before I had a cracking seat yesterday right behind the main TV cameras and most of them looked as if their minds had already moved onto "ooh which club are we all heading for tonight". :banghead: :banghead:
I looked out for this straight after the whistle blew yesterday and as usual the lazy Russian made straight for the tunnel. In fact it was the quickest and most penetrating run he made all day. A stinking attitude all day long - he's not many rungs off reaching the top of Adebayor's "I'm better than all of you" ladder

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SteveO 35 wrote:
Jumpers For Goalposts wrote:
augie wrote:Just out of curiousity how many players went out after the final whistle yesterday to show their appreciation to the fans ? Watched it briefly yesterday and I thought, but stand to be corrected, that every last one of them scuttled down the tunnel at breakneck speed :roll: What that tells me is that when we win eboue is quick to come out and take the acclaim of the fools who have made him a cult hero ( :roll: ) but when we lose he ducks out to avoid any responsibility :roll:
No-one Augie - not one of the lazy f**kers!! No applause, no waves - nothing!!

Most of them couldn't get off the pitch quick enough. As I've said before I had a cracking seat yesterday right behind the main TV cameras and most of them looked as if their minds had already moved onto "ooh which club are we all heading for tonight". :banghead: :banghead:
I looked out for this straight after the whistle blew yesterday and as usual the lazy Russian made straight for the tunnel. In fact it was the quickest and most penetrating run he made all day. A stinking attitude all day long - he's not many rungs off reaching the top of Adebayor's "I'm better than all of you" ladder
He didn't even look up - head down and off to collect his £80,000 a week (less 50% tax that he didn't know about!! :shock: :shock:)

He wasn't the only one but his attitude sums up the mis-placed arrogance within the Club at the moment.

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SteveO 35 wrote:
Jumpers For Goalposts wrote:
augie wrote:Just out of curiousity how many players went out after the final whistle yesterday to show their appreciation to the fans ? Watched it briefly yesterday and I thought, but stand to be corrected, that every last one of them scuttled down the tunnel at breakneck speed :roll: What that tells me is that when we win eboue is quick to come out and take the acclaim of the fools who have made him a cult hero ( :roll: ) but when we lose he ducks out to avoid any responsibility :roll:
No-one Augie - not one of the lazy f**kers!! No applause, no waves - nothing!!

Most of them couldn't get off the pitch quick enough. As I've said before I had a cracking seat yesterday right behind the main TV cameras and most of them looked as if their minds had already moved onto "ooh which club are we all heading for tonight". :banghead: :banghead:
I looked out for this straight after the whistle blew yesterday and as usual the lazy Russian made straight for the tunnel. In fact it was the quickest and most penetrating run he made all day. A stinking attitude all day long - he's not many rungs off reaching the top of Adebayor's "I'm better than all of you" ladder
He didn't even look up - head down and off to collect his £80,000 a week (less 50% tax that he didn't know about!! :shock: :shock:)

He wasn't the only one but his attitude sums up the mis-placed arrogance within the Club at the moment.
I've had it with him. Yes, he'll dazzle us with the odd moment of genius when he can be bothered but more often than not in the last year he has displayed the attitude of a man playing for himself. He'd be the lad in the cricket team playing for his own average

Actually average sums it up

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Jumpers For Goalposts wrote:For all the arguments about "Wenger should spend some money" - nobody can say with any certainty that spending millions on more experienced players would've put us level with or even ahead of Man Ure and the Chavs.
The beauty of sports is absolutely nothing is guaranteed. Yesterday alone confirms this because there was no one who seriously thought we would lose or certainly not be down 0-3 at any point. And yesterday is small potatoes compared to some of sport's great upsets.

If the only time we should show more ambition is if its guaranteed beyond any doubt hat it will make a difference and deliver guaranteeed success and silverware we're well and truly fucked then.
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I accept that every greedy player fcuked off down the tunnel right on full-time yesterday but eboue "made his name" ( :roll: ) for the great gestures of appreciation he shows the fans so if he aint doing that then he is bringing fcuk all to the table imo :evil: :banghead:

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augie wrote:I accept that every greedy player fcuked off down the tunnel right on full-time yesterday but eboue "made his name" ( :roll: ) for the great gestures of appreciation he shows the fans so if he aint doing that then he is bringing fcuk all to the table imo :evil: :banghead:
Eboue milks it when we've won but 99 times out a hundred the useless f**ker has done nothing to contribute to the win. He is so far short of the standard that we need, even as a bit-part squad player.

He's about as much use as a steaming dog turd on a sandy beach!!

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Eboue is a cheating bastard who will be remembered as a below-average player when all is said and done in the history of our great club.

I can tolerate his ironic cult following, but people actually claiming that their worship is genuine scares the fuck out of me.

Yes, he's improved - but considering he was on course to becoming one of the worst players in our history, it's not saying much.

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Bring Back Pires wrote: Yes, he's improved - but considering he was on course to becoming one of the worst players in our history, it's not saying much.
''Heroes Together''

Stepanovs, Aliadiere, Fabianski and Eboue. :roll:

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Jesus wears a "What Would Eboue Do?" wristband....

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JFG if you're suggesting we should only invest more if it guarantees greater success we're well and truly fecked, as absolutlely nothing is guaranteed in sports.

If the sole reasoning behind investing in the team is guaranteed success we can only move backward from here.

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One loss :roll:

Spoilt, fickle f*!kers :banghead:

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Louder wrote:One loss :roll:

Spoilt, fickle f*!kers :banghead:
Please - nobody take the bait.

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USMartin wrote:JFG if you're suggesting we should only invest more if it guarantees greater success we're well and truly fecked, as absolutlely nothing is guaranteed in sports.

If the sole reasoning behind investing in the team is guaranteed success we can only move backward from here.
How prophetic....or should that be something that rhymes

Please read up on the history of successful businesses. Those that invest during recession have a far greater 10 year outlook than those that don't. As I've said with you before I'm not prepared to engage in 20 page debates with you but happy to send you numerous examples to an email address.

Of course nothing is guaranteed. Why on earth would you post something like that. If I buy 14 million lottery tickets tomorrow I don't think I would be guaranteed success, but would my chances of success be enhanced. Hmmmmm........

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Bring Back Pires wrote:
Louder wrote:One loss :roll:

Spoilt, fickle f*!kers :banghead:
Please - nobody take the bait.
Only fish respond to worms. I think he might be the bloke who was sat two rows in front of me yesterday anyway

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SteveO 35 wrote:
USMartin wrote:JFG if you're suggesting we should only invest more if it guarantees greater success we're well and truly fecked, as absolutlely nothing is guaranteed in sports.

If the sole reasoning behind investing in the team is guaranteed success we can only move backward from here.
How prophetic....or should that be something that rhymes

Please read up on the history of successful businesses. Those that invest during recession have a far greater 10 year outlook than those that don't. As I've said with you before I'm not prepared to engage in 20 page debates with you but happy to send you numerous examples to an email address.



Of course nothing is guaranteed. Why on earth would you post something like that. If I buy 14 million lottery tickets tomorrow I don't think I would be guaranteed success, but would my chances of success be enhanced. Hmmmmm........
You could just PM me, too...

Excpet I actually think you're making the same point I am - which is that if you solely invest in the team when success is guaranteed you simply never invest then.

Indeed additional investment only increases the probability of greater success which is all you can hope for.

I think its the original comment that you like I have issue with, which is that speending more won't gurantee success if that was meant to validate not spending more money.

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