As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
Dudeface wrote:I support Chesterfield. We have been quite busy in the transfer market[/i] and looking like the strongest side in League 2 now!!
I know you all don't like him. It was seeing how much of a farce the Arsenal pre-season transfer saga had become yet again that prompted me to come on here. I joined ages ago but just had a nosey. I just see how much of a piss take he is and I feel for you all. It's as though every October and March when you aren't doing great, the board come out and say "We have [insert amount][ to spend in the summer/winter transfer window to improve the squad" and then they just seem to think you forgot about it. So I thought I would just give my two pence worth and hope you get your club back. I reckon you would even prefer a bit of boring George Graham at the minute!!
I have no idea at all about what you mean by the bits I have highlighted in red. Transfer ? Busy?
The Swampdwellers have already spent £50million in one transfer window WHILST building a new stadium!
Meanwhile Arsenal still won't spend the cash they have since they started, & completed their ground & made massive profits on increased gate receipts every season since PLUS more profits from selling local housing developments.
Arsenal's owner, board of directors & shareholders in collusion with Arsene Wenger are being now exposed as a cartel involved in fraud against the clubs supporters on a massive level
anyone trusting this bit of information? we will never get him. I have supported AW for a long time, but he has to buy either Suarez or Fellaini or both to bolster the squad.
AW has to realise we are getting weaker compared to the usual suspects off top 4...
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Dudeface wrote:I understand that maybe a few fairweather fans may just take your seats and it go unnoticed but what about some kind of protest? A march before the game to show your displeased at the boards backing of Wenger. I've always been a loyal man with football and thought that fans that get on at a player when he is shit are doing more harm than good, and the same with managers but Wenger looks like Tottenham have paid him handsomely to fuck you lot up and I wouldn't blame you for doing it. Arsenal are a big name and I would imagine anyone would like to take that job if it became available.
Do something. I think every fan of every club (apart from your rivals) are behind you if you do.
I'd have taken one of the seats if they became available had I not already had one. Does that mean I'm fairweather? Possibly true in some respects now the old joints ache a bit in the damp, given the choice I'd prefer warmer weather for everygame.
Facetiousness aside tho', I disagree with everything you say here and have mentioned before and am happy to do so again; I do not think there is ever justification for dissent at any game as I feel we are there to support whomsoever plays in the red and white including the manager. The more otehrs shout him down the more I will shout for him but that's just the way I feel. Unfortunately for the majority on this forum, it is the way most folk at the stadium and most Arsenal fans feel. I believe
Almunia is a clown wrote:The Swampdwellers have already spent £50million in one transfer window WHILST building a new stadium!
NET spend at the end of the window is the key thing.
The Swampdwellers have constantly outspent us ever since the foundation of the PL as have many other clubs.
I would not be surprised that, while they continue to build their new ground, they will continue to buy players & do so both in comparison with our lack of spending when building our stadium a few years back & even in contrast to our current lack of activity since.
Dudeface wrote:I understand that maybe a few fairweather fans may just take your seats and it go unnoticed but what about some kind of protest? A march before the game to show your displeased at the boards backing of Wenger. I've always been a loyal man with football and thought that fans that get on at a player when he is shit are doing more harm than good, and the same with managers but Wenger looks like Tottenham have paid him handsomely to fuck you lot up and I wouldn't blame you for doing it. Arsenal are a big name and I would imagine anyone would like to take that job if it became available.
Do something. I think every fan of every club (apart from your rivals) are behind you if you do.
I'd have taken one of the seats if they became available had I not already had one. Does that mean I'm fairweather? Possibly true in some respects now the old joints ache a bit in the damp, given the choice I'd prefer warmer weather for everygame.
Facetiousness aside tho', I disagree with everything you say here and have mentioned before and am happy to do so again; I do not think there is ever justification for dissent at any game as I feel we are there to support whomsoever plays in the red and white including the manager. The more otehrs shout him down the more I will shout for him but that's just the way I feel. Unfortunately for the majority on this forum, it is the way most folk at the stadium and most Arsenal fans feel. I believe
You have every right to your view in support of Wenger but to clarify you actually believe that fans shouldn't be able to voice their discontent with the manager (amongst other things) at the game? So we just have to put up with whatever decisions are made by the 3 people that control every single facet of our club between them? If we were getting hammered week in week out would we still have to turn up and support the manager just because he doesn't want to quit and the board doesn't have the balls to sack him?
As for supporting whoever is in the red and white - we the fans are the constant, not them. I support the club and not any individual, and while 95-99% of the time the two are one when they aren't I think I have every right to side with what I think is best for the club - and if that is vocally criticising the manager, a player or any other individual at a game then so be it.
northbank123 wrote:Like when he failed to identify that Aaron Ramsey wasn't capable of replacing Fabregas/Nasri's creativity, or like when he thought that Giroud would be able to step into van Judas' role???
To be honest, Fabregas was always going to be hard to replace.
I personally think Ramsey will have a great season coming up, as long as Wenger keeps him off the wing
We were going to struggle to replace him directly - but sticking his head in the sand and pretending Fabregas wasn't going and then expecting a player who had struggled for matchtime and form since a horrific injury to play twice as well as he had before in an unfamiliar role hardly smacks of a bloke who knows how to shore up weaknesses.
Don't sidestep the point - Wenger has horrifically failed to strengthen the areas that have been crying out for it the past two summers - why is it inconceivable that he'll do it again this summer (particularly given our inactivity thus far)? The only point I'd cling onto is that is took him a year to bring in Cazorla to plug the creative gap so fingers crossed he's only going to have wasted one season looking to plug the striker gap.
Ramsey and Coquelin were the two midfielders he signed in the Summer following the departure of Flamini, Gilberto and Diarra
What a genius - only the Coach of the Decade could do such a fantastic rebuilding job. Oh and he paid as much money for those two as he recouped on the other three
Ramsey did okay for his standards last season but he has to raise his game this season before we judge him further....
Dudeface wrote:I understand that maybe a few fairweather fans may just take your seats and it go unnoticed but what about some kind of protest? A march before the game to show your displeased at the boards backing of Wenger. I've always been a loyal man with football and thought that fans that get on at a player when he is shit are doing more harm than good, and the same with managers but Wenger looks like Tottenham have paid him handsomely to fuck you lot up and I wouldn't blame you for doing it. Arsenal are a big name and I would imagine anyone would like to take that job if it became available.
Do something. I think every fan of every club (apart from your rivals) are behind you if you do.
I'd have taken one of the seats if they became available had I not already had one. Does that mean I'm fairweather? Possibly true in some respects now the old joints ache a bit in the damp, given the choice I'd prefer warmer weather for everygame.
Facetiousness aside tho', I disagree with everything you say here and have mentioned before and am happy to do so again; I do not think there is ever justification for dissent at any game as I feel we are there to support whomsoever plays in the red and white including the manager. The more otehrs shout him down the more I will shout for him but that's just the way I feel. Unfortunately for the majority on this forum, it is the way most folk at the stadium and most Arsenal fans feel. I believe
So exactly how long have you been in Wenker's employ?
Sorry mate, I think you asked him something similar when he first appeared. I think that the denouement of the story is that we will be using the force against Lord Vanger.
