THE WENGER THREAD

[SteveO 35]

Still not the slightest shred of evidence to suggest that's there more than only one....

Not long before it's absolutely official

[clockender1]

18 million from Per a few seasons back, also sold us Hleb didn't they ? - bundesliga champs in 2009, sold dzeko to city for silly money and have a squad made up mainly of german players - and we just nicked their assistant coach to head our youth development nursery didn't we l

i'm going to guess that they develop talent well and sell it on having married it up with a big name or two...

Fairly sure Per came from werder bremen for 8m

Hleb also came from Stuttgart but apart from that the players you mentioned made them a fortune

Yeah, but in fairness Wolfsburg did get £42m when they sold us Ozil and £80m when we signed Lehmann from them. And of course, they made a small fortune when they took over catering at the Grove. Ain't that right, clockender

Which bit of ' I sit corrected then ' did you not get ?

Duh.

[topcat]

These stickers were the most stupid but hilarious things I've ever seen!!!!

still sticking them everywhere guys?

what about that big banner, displayed more than once yet?

Yeah, you're all desperate to get rid of Wenger.

[armchair]

These stickers were the most stupid but hilarious things I've ever seen!!!!

still sticking them everywhere guys?

what about that big banner, displayed more than once yet?

Yeah, you're all desperate to get rid of Wenger.

What did you do to get rid of him then?

[SteveO 35]

These stickers were the most stupid but hilarious things I've ever seen!!!!

still sticking them everywhere guys?

what about that big banner, displayed more than once yet?

Yeah, you're all desperate to get rid of Wenger.

Not half as fucking stupid and hilarious as this one mate



Still waiting for this wonderful explanation as to why we should hate our second largest shareholder ?

[g88ner]

18 million from Per a few seasons back, also sold us Hleb didn't they ? - bundesliga champs in 2009, sold dzeko to city for silly money and have a squad made up mainly of german players - and we just nicked their assistant coach to head our youth development nursery didn't we l

i'm going to guess that they develop talent well and sell it on having married it up with a big name or two...

Fairly sure Per came from werder bremen for 8m

Hleb also came from Stuttgart but apart from that the players you mentioned made them a fortune

Yeah, but in fairness Wolfsburg did get £42m when they sold us Ozil and £80m when we signed Lehmann from them. And of course, they made a small fortune when they took over catering at the Grove. Ain't that right, clockender

Which bit of ' I sit corrected then ' did you not get ?

Duh.

Oh come on mate, I posted within a minute of yours, so clearly I didn't read your reply

[Lee1]

Back to Wenger.................watched the City/Chelsea game last night. Let me be clear,I despise the brat Mourinho and that classless club of his. But I have to say he ''managed'' it brilliantly last night. Got his team to go face to face with City and they clearly couldn't handle it. Whatever we think externally, his players clearly get him and his tactics were perfect.....called ''coaching?'' Brings me to my main point....Hazard. Wenger loves his tippy tappy, Hazard had the lot....skill of Cazorla/Ozil but the additional drive,work rate and physicality that I'd dream of at Arsenal.Haven't seen a better midfield performance for ages. Weren't we supposed to be in for him once ?

[afcforever]

Back to Wenger.................watched the City/Chelsea game last night. Let me be clear,I despise the brat Mourinho and that classless club of his. But I have to say he ''managed'' it brilliantly last night. Got his team to go face to face with City and they clearly couldn't handle it. Whatever we think externally, his players clearly get him and his tactics were perfect.....called ''coaching?'' Brings me to my main point....Hazard. Wenger loves his tippy tappy, Hazard had the lot....skill of Cazorla/Ozil but the additional drive,work rate and physicality that I'd dream of at Arsenal.Haven't seen a better midfield performance for ages. Weren't we supposed to be in for him once ?

We was in for hazard or so the papers said, but it's the same old story we can't pay what chels and city can. If we win the league this year, I think it would be the best achievement ever.

[Blood_Gooner]

Yes, we were. But our glorious manager, in his infinite wisdom and an enviable knack for spotting gems, went to Lille and came back with the sensational forehead instead.

[northbank123]

Back to Wenger.................watched the City/Chelsea game last night. Let me be clear,I despise the brat Mourinho and that classless club of his. But I have to say he ''managed'' it brilliantly last night. Got his team to go face to face with City and they clearly couldn't handle it. Whatever we think externally, his players clearly get him and his tactics were perfect.....called ''coaching?'' Brings me to my main point....Hazard. Wenger loves his tippy tappy, Hazard had the lot....skill of Cazorla/Ozil but the additional drive,work rate and physicality that I'd dream of at Arsenal.Haven't seen a better midfield performance for ages. Weren't we supposed to be in for him once ?

For me the Dortmund away game was one of our best games over the last few years. Wasn't a barnstorming performance but we went to a better team and altered our approach and mentality. We didn't go there full of inhibition and we also didn't set up like a Bangkok whore begging to get fucked.

Shows what we can do with some variation in how we set up based on the opposition. We didn't do anything radical or unfamiliar, we just brought everything together well. We pressed hard, we didn't give them an inch, we kept our shape, we were very resourceful with possession (starting from the excellent composure and distribution of Arteta) and we waited until they started flagging to change up a gear and start being more expansive. It was absolutely clinical and even though we didn't pose any threat first half we went to a better team than us in a difficult environment and executed our game plan perfectly.

Made it all the more disappointing and confusing when we reverted to type and were incredibly inhibitious and insipid against United and then set up like a Bangkok whore begging to get fucked at Citeh.

Am I remembering that Dortmund game with more fondness than it merits? Or is Wenger too proud to adapt our usual approach against domestic rivals?

[Chippy]

Back to Wenger.................watched the City/Chelsea game last night. Let me be clear,I despise the brat Mourinho and that classless club of his. But I have to say he ''managed'' it brilliantly last night. Got his team to go face to face with City and they clearly couldn't handle it. Whatever we think externally, his players clearly get him and his tactics were perfect.....called ''coaching?'' Brings me to my main point....Hazard. Wenger loves his tippy tappy, Hazard had the lot....skill of Cazorla/Ozil but the additional drive,work rate and physicality that I'd dream of at Arsenal.Haven't seen a better midfield performance for ages. Weren't we supposed to be in for him once ?

We was in for hazard or so the papers said, but it's the same old story we can't pay what chels and city can. If we win the league this year, I think it would be the best achievement ever.

Um Hazard cost £35m, Ozil £42m.... and we have £100m in the bank...

[arseofacrow]

Back to Wenger.................watched the City/Chelsea game last night. Let me be clear,I despise the brat Mourinho and that classless club of his. But I have to say he ''managed'' it brilliantly last night. Got his team to go face to face with City and they clearly couldn't handle it. Whatever we think externally, his players clearly get him and his tactics were perfect.....called ''coaching?'' Brings me to my main point....Hazard. Wenger loves his tippy tappy, Hazard had the lot....skill of Cazorla/Ozil but the additional drive,work rate and physicality that I'd dream of at Arsenal.Haven't seen a better midfield performance for ages. Weren't we supposed to be in for him once ?

We was in for hazard or so the papers said, but it's the same old story we can't pay what chels and city can. If we win the league this year, I think it would be the best achievement ever.

Um Hazard cost £35m, Ozil £42m.... and we have £100m in the bank...

Chippy mate, they're pre-programmed with that shit - please don't blame them.

[Swifty]

I admit to be torn on this issue. On the one hand it's hard to argue with leading the league on the other hand it's hard to imagine Chelsea and City not hitting the line a lot harder than us. On yet another hand it was the back end of last season when we were in our best form so maybe there's reason for optimism.
IF we are succesful than I will be both pleasantly surprised and give Wenger his due credit because - to be fair - he will have done it without spending ridiculous amounts (and far from it).

IF however, as i suspect, we are more likely to finish 3rd then his lack of investment - and no one expects him to match City and Chelsea - but his total lack of strengthening the depth and quality of the squad will be the final indictment.

I started this season with a view that we were finally in a position to invest and expected same THEN we didnt and i was quite dark THEN we got Ozil and hit the top - only time will tell but if someone said come Feb we will be top of the league and alive in the FA Cup and UCL then I would have been stoked.

In some ways I actually think Wenger should be judged, not on what he hasn't spent, but a little more on what he has and in recent years he has been extremely hit and miss.
Well that kept typing itself...

[arseofacrow]

I started this season with a view that we were finally in a position to invest and expected same THEN we didnt and i was quite dark THEN we got Ozil and hit the top - only time will tell but if someone said come Feb we will be top of the league and alive in the FA Cup and UCL then I would have been stoked.

Come the end of the Feb mate, more than likely you'll be unstoked.

[I Hate Hleb]

18 million from Per a few seasons back, also sold us Hleb didn't they ? - bundesliga champs in 2009, sold dzeko to city for silly money and have a squad made up mainly of german players - and we just nicked their assistant coach to head our youth development nursery didn't we l

i'm going to guess that they develop talent well and sell it on having married it up with a big name or two...

Fairly sure Per came from werder bremen for 8m

Hleb also came from Stuttgart but apart from that the players you mentioned made them a fortune

Yeah, but in fairness Wolfsburg did get £42m when they sold us Ozil and £80m when we signed Lehmann from them. And of course, they made a small fortune when they took over catering at the Grove. Ain't that right, clockender

Which bit of ' I sit corrected then ' did you not get ?

Duh.

Don't worry, I thought it was funny, g88ner.