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[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Nice post Skooner and also a well thought out and reasoned analysis Swifty - certainly better than 'the 'Be careful what you wish for' argument put forward earlier which is the comment that I think got most people's back up on here.

Thanks IHHleb. I actually thought he was excellent in the ball but just didn't have the confidence to take on the box but I digress.
The be careful what you wish for still applies nonetheless - as much as there are not many star players that want to come to a big club that doesn't or can't pay there are as many super managers that would not want to be hamstrung financially - Pep didn't go to Dortmund, Jose didn't go to Spurs, Pellegrini isn't going to Fulham.
PS team spirit means you don't take back players that left you and you don't keep ones that are looking at greener pastures.

Like Henry and Sol.....

[Swifty]

Nice post Skooner and also a well thought out and reasoned analysis Swifty - certainly better than 'the 'Be careful what you wish for' argument put forward earlier which is the comment that I think got most people's back up on here.

Thanks IHHleb. I actually thought he was excellent in the ball but just didn't have the confidence to take on the box but I digress.
The be careful what you wish for still applies nonetheless - as much as there are not many star players that want to come to a big club that doesn't or can't pay there are as many super managers that would not want to be hamstrung financially - Pep didn't go to Dortmund, Jose didn't go to Spurs, Pellegrini isn't going to Fulham.
PS team spirit means you don't take back players that left you and you don't keep ones that are looking at greener pastures.

Like Henry and Sol.....

Ok correction - leave of their own volition. Tezza is welcome every day of the week.

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Nice post Skooner and also a well thought out and reasoned analysis Swifty - certainly better than 'the 'Be careful what you wish for' argument put forward earlier which is the comment that I think got most people's back up on here.

Thanks IHHleb. I actually thought he was excellent in the ball but just didn't have the confidence to take on the box but I digress.
The be careful what you wish for still applies nonetheless - as much as there are not many star players that want to come to a big club that doesn't or can't pay there are as many super managers that would not want to be hamstrung financially - Pep didn't go to Dortmund, Jose didn't go to Spurs, Pellegrini isn't going to Fulham.
PS team spirit means you don't take back players that left you and you don't keep ones that are looking at greener pastures.

Like Henry and Sol.....

Ok correction - leave of their own volition. Tezza is welcome every day of the week.

Would you take Ces back.....I would personally

[Swifty]

Nice post Skooner and also a well thought out and reasoned analysis Swifty - certainly better than 'the 'Be careful what you wish for' argument put forward earlier which is the comment that I think got most people's back up on here.

Thanks IHHleb. I actually thought he was excellent in the ball but just didn't have the confidence to take on the box but I digress.
The be careful what you wish for still applies nonetheless - as much as there are not many star players that want to come to a big club that doesn't or can't pay there are as many super managers that would not want to be hamstrung financially - Pep didn't go to Dortmund, Jose didn't go to Spurs, Pellegrini isn't going to Fulham.
PS team spirit means you don't take back players that left you and you don't keep ones that are looking at greener pastures.

Like Henry and Sol.....

Ok correction - leave of their own volition. Tezza is welcome every day of the week.

Would you take Ces back.....I would personally

No, his departure was disgraceful. He was club captain and showed no class. He should have expressed his desire to move on and allowed us a fair off season to redeploy however he was a boy with a captains arm band. He ain't leaving anyway. If Man U want him he's hardly fodder for Barca. If he leaves Barca he has no pride.

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

="Swifty"]

Nice post Skooner and also a well thought out and reasoned analysis Swifty - certainly better than 'the 'Be careful what you wish for' argument put forward earlier which is the comment that I think got most people's back up on here.

Thanks IHHleb. I actually thought he was excellent in the ball but just didn't have the confidence to take on the box but I digress.
The be careful what you wish for still applies nonetheless - as much as there are not many star players that want to come to a big club that doesn't or can't pay there are as many super managers that would not want to be hamstrung financially - Pep didn't go to Dortmund, Jose didn't go to Spurs, Pellegrini isn't going to Fulham.
PS team spirit means you don't take back players that left you and you don't keep ones that are looking at greener pastures.

Like Henry and Sol....
Ok correction - leave of their own volition. Tezza is welcome every day of the week.

Would you take Ces back.....I would personally

No, his departure was disgraceful. He was club captain and showed no class. He should have expressed his desire to move on and allowed us a fair off season to redeploy however he was a boy with a captains arm band. He ain't leaving anyway. If Man U want him he's hardly fodder for Barca. If he leaves Barca he has no pride.

hmmmm, strange that cos I remember Henry touting himself to barca for 3 years and us begging him to stay along with pay rises before he eventually went for a fraction of the fee we should have got (probably negotiated beforehand as a proviso of us keeping him those extra seasons).

Cesc always gave his all, even playing with a broken leg, henry on the other hand was a disgrace in his last season for us.....all of course my opinion

[mcdowell42]

Thank fuck it was only 1 dvd and not a boxset you were looking for swifty

[Swifty]

Thank fuck it was only 1 dvd and not a boxset you were looking for swifty

Quite the conversation piece! And yet no cigar

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Thank fuck it was only 1 dvd and not a boxset you were looking for swifty

Quality Mac

[northbank123]

No, his departure was disgraceful. He was club captain and showed no class. He should have expressed his desire to move on and allowed us a fair off season to redeploy however he was a boy with a captains arm band. He ain't leaving anyway. If Man U want him he's hardly fodder for Barca. If he leaves Barca he has no pride.

You have to be joking????

It was so obvious to everybody that he wanted to go the previous season, he didn't need to release a public statement or whatever which would have been far more disruptive and disrespectful. Can't believe the Fabregas departure came as a surprise to anybody that follows Arsenal FC and we have nobody to blame but ourselves for failing to replace him that very summer.

As per, heads were well and truly buried in the sand.

[Swifty]

No, his departure was disgraceful. He was club captain and showed no class. He should have expressed his desire to move on and allowed us a fair off season to redeploy however he was a boy with a captains arm band. He ain't leaving anyway. If Man U want him he's hardly fodder for Barca. If he leaves Barca he has no pride.

You have to be joking????

It was so obvious to everybody that he wanted to go the previous season, he didn't need to release a public statement or whatever which would have been far more disruptive and disrespectful. Can't believe the Fabregas departure came as a surprise to anybody that follows Arsenal FC and we have nobody to blame but ourselves for failing to replace him that very summer.

As per, heads were well and truly buried in the sand.

It wasn't a surprise - the only reason it dragged on was because Cesc didn't say anything. Had he stood up rather than shutup the whole inevitable departure would have happened much earlier and we wouldn't have been left scrambling on the last day to buy anything left AND Cescs integrity would have been maintained. He even let his old man say stuff without commenting. He was Captain remember and that was to placate him - he showed no leadership. That smile when they put a Barca shirt on him and he accepted quite gleefully after WC was treachery.
Anyway, he won't be leaving. If Barca really don't rate him and are happy for him to go then that's both embarrassing for him and also HAS to mean his price tag has been heavily discounted.
Just remind me what RVP, Nasri, Song, Cesc, Clichy won exactly when together?
And if anyone says the 2005 FA Cup they clearly didn't watch it.

[Chippy]

No, his departure was disgraceful. He was club captain and showed no class. He should have expressed his desire to move on and allowed us a fair off season to redeploy however he was a boy with a captains arm band. He ain't leaving anyway. If Man U want him he's hardly fodder for Barca. If he leaves Barca he has no pride.

You have to be joking????

It was so obvious to everybody that he wanted to go the previous season, he didn't need to release a public statement or whatever which would have been far more disruptive and disrespectful. Can't believe the Fabregas departure came as a surprise to anybody that follows Arsenal FC and we have nobody to blame but ourselves for failing to replace him that very summer.

As per, heads were well and truly buried in the sand.

It wasn't a surprise - the only reason it dragged on was because Cesc didn't say anything. Had he stood up rather than shutup the whole inevitable departure would have happened much earlier and we wouldn't have been left scrambling on the last day to buy anything left AND Cescs integrity would have been maintained. He even let his old man say stuff without commenting. He was Captain remember and that was to placate him - he showed no leadership. That smile when they put a Barca shirt on him and he accepted quite gleefully after WC was treachery.
Anyway, he won't be leaving. If Barca really don't rate him and are happy for him to go then that's both embarrassing for him and also HAS to mean his price tag has been heavily discounted.
Just remind me what RVP, Nasri, Song, Cesc, Clichy won exactly when together?
And if anyone says the 2005 FA Cup they clearly didn't watch it.

Is this a serious post?

[northbank123]

No, his departure was disgraceful. He was club captain and showed no class. He should have expressed his desire to move on and allowed us a fair off season to redeploy however he was a boy with a captains arm band. He ain't leaving anyway. If Man U want him he's hardly fodder for Barca. If he leaves Barca he has no pride.

You have to be joking????

It was so obvious to everybody that he wanted to go the previous season, he didn't need to release a public statement or whatever which would have been far more disruptive and disrespectful. Can't believe the Fabregas departure came as a surprise to anybody that follows Arsenal FC and we have nobody to blame but ourselves for failing to replace him that very summer.

As per, heads were well and truly buried in the sand.

It wasn't a surprise - the only reason it dragged on was because Cesc didn't say anything. Had he stood up rather than shutup the whole inevitable departure would have happened much earlier and we wouldn't have been left scrambling on the last day to buy anything left AND Cescs integrity would have been maintained. He even let his old man say stuff without commenting. He was Captain remember and that was to placate him - he showed no leadership. That smile when they put a Barca shirt on him and he accepted quite gleefully after WC was treachery.
Anyway, he won't be leaving. If Barca really don't rate him and are happy for him to go then that's both embarrassing for him and also HAS to mean his price tag has been heavily discounted.
Just remind me what RVP, Nasri, Song, Cesc, Clichy won exactly when together?
And if anyone says the 2005 FA Cup they clearly didn't watch it.

Yes, if only we had a captain who would publicly badmouth the club in order to force through a transfer quicker - I'm sure everybody would really appreciate that and how it displayed loyalty to the club.

You admit everybody realises he wanted to go and it had obviously been made clear to staff behind closed doors, why would the club then need the player to confirm this in public? Amazing how every other club on the planet manages to conduct their transfer business without needing the players to do it on their behalf. The fact is that by not speaking out against the club he allowed us to choose when to sell him (if at all) - therefore it's not his fault we waited until late in the transfer window without even thinking about a replacement, quite the opposite.

Either you are a very lazy and uncommitted WUM or - and I am by no means limiting this to a footballing context - you are an idiot of the very highest order.

[Swifty]

No, his departure was disgraceful. He was club captain and showed no class. He should have expressed his desire to move on and allowed us a fair off season to redeploy however he was a boy with a captains arm band. He ain't leaving anyway. If Man U want him he's hardly fodder for Barca. If he leaves Barca he has no pride.

You have to be joking????

It was so obvious to everybody that he wanted to go the previous season, he didn't need to release a public statement or whatever which would have been far more disruptive and disrespectful. Can't believe the Fabregas departure came as a surprise to anybody that follows Arsenal FC and we have nobody to blame but ourselves for failing to replace him that very summer.

As per, heads were well and truly buried in the sand.

It wasn't a surprise - the only reason it dragged on was because Cesc didn't say anything. Had he stood up rather than shutup the whole inevitable departure would have happened much earlier and we wouldn't have been left scrambling on the last day to buy anything left AND Cescs integrity would have been maintained. He even let his old man say stuff without commenting. He was Captain remember and that was to placate him - he showed no leadership. That smile when they put a Barca shirt on him and he accepted quite gleefully after WC was treachery.
Anyway, he won't be leaving. If Barca really don't rate him and are happy for him to go then that's both embarrassing for him and also HAS to mean his price tag has been heavily discounted.
Just remind me what RVP, Nasri, Song, Cesc, Clichy won exactly when together?
And if anyone says the 2005 FA Cup they clearly didn't watch it.

Yes, if only we had a captain who would publicly badmouth the club in order to force through a transfer quicker - I'm sure everybody would really appreciate that and how it displayed loyalty to the club.

You admit everybody realises he wanted to go and it had obviously been made clear to staff behind closed doors, why would the club then need the player to confirm this in public? Amazing how every other club on the planet manages to conduct their transfer business without needing the players to do it on their behalf. The fact is that by not speaking out against the club he allowed us to choose when to sell him (if at all) - therefore it's not his fault we waited until late in the transfer window without even thinking about a replacement, quite the opposite.

Either you are a very lazy and uncommitted WUM or - and I am by no means limiting this to a footballing context - you are an idiot of the very highest order.

a captain should stand down when he is no longer committed to the cause. If that is being a windup merchant or the other option then so be it. Are you a little autistic? Get really insulting when you don't have things your way. Didn't mummy give you any toys as a kid (although your petulance suggests that may be a current circumstance).

[SteveO 35]

Swifty is starting to fill the comedy void left by Red Member

Any views on Arshavin's recent departure mate?

[Swifty]

Swifty is starting to fill the comedy void left by Red Member

Any views on Arshavin's recent departure mate?

Well overdue. Surely this isn't just a Wenger hate society but also an Arshavin support group?!?!