You see this is the thing, podolski is no doubt a player of quality but he just doesn't apply himself properly. You can't see on a tv screen unless its reviewed by carragher and neville how bad our wide players are at covering our full backs. Podolski doesn't cover or track back which for me doesn't merit him getting the nod over giroud to play in the middle. Giroud probably has less ability than pod, less pace (and pod aint quick) BUT he tries his heart out every game.augie wrote:At no stage did I suggest anything about the board wanting anything other than wenker signing a new contract BUT what I am saying is that the man himself is very very close to being a broken man and losing to wigan might be the deciding factor in pushing him over that edge
Let me clarify something to nut flush (not that I should need to)......I am 100% a Gooner and have been for close to 40 years now and I am ensuring that my 2 sons are Gooners too. I will always, and I mean always, want what is best for the club and it is what we perceive to be what is the best for the club that seems to be where we difer - you are totally ok with throwing podolski under the bus for short term success whilst I would reluctantly accept throwing wenker and the fa cup under the bus for long term success.
Why is winning the cup so important to you ? Is it for the enjoyment/delight/satisfaction that it will give you ? I do totally understand those feelings and would feel the same myself but right now I would be willing to sacrifice my own delight if it helped the club accelerate the process of changes at the top cos those changes might actually bring me more than 1 day in the sun every 8 years. Unlike many others I dont put pressure on wenker because of the lack of trophies because I accept that there are only a few trophies and many clubs battling to win them, but I do want and expect to see the club progress year after year and if that still comes up short then so be it. What we are living through now is the same stagnant bullshit that we have been going through for over 6 years now and I have had enough of itDoes it make me a better fan than you because I am willing to accept short term pain if it meant long term gain ? Of course it doesnt but by the same token dont for one second think that it allows you to judge me as a lesser Gooner than you.
I should also say that, if wenker signed a new contract in the next few days then my point is moot and I would want to win the fa cup 10-0
We have been soo reliant on Giroud this season to lead the line that I honestly feel he's is totally burnt out. Yes that's wengers fault for not buying in January but that doesnt make the solution pod, in my opinion and I have said this before we should have sanogo playing up front on saturday. He has the pace that will pull defenders out of position and allow others in.
Now my main issue with some of the stuff you have said. I'm going to wembley on saturday and I want my team to win, I dont know any other gooner that doesn't want us to win on saturday and get that 9 year old monkey off our backs by winning the fucker in May, maybe its just a London thing. We are going to spend more than the pikeys that come down from wigan on a day out in London. I don't think I will personally have a lot of change out of £100. So why the fuck should I walk round with the mentality that we should lose just so Wenger will finally see the error of his ways and leave (like that will ever happen).
I want to have a beer with mates a sing song in baker street , get to the ground SUPPORT the team and even if we produce a shit performance as long as we get to the final I will be happy. I couldn't give a flying fuck about someones agenda on an internet forum. My message to anyone who is even coming close to having those sorts of poisonous thoughts and has a ticket for saturday is don't bother coming, but I know for a fact that these characters will be a very small minority.
Wenger has got to the stage where he can do what he wants, there's nothing you or I can do about it. But that doesn't mean we stop supporting the team. Look at the shambles down the Lane, they had a manager who turned the club round and sacked him, now they are even more of a joke than we are.
If we played 4-4-2 and he wasn't good enough there either then I would absolutely want him out and likewise if we are to stick with this current formation next season then I think that he should be sold but only because he doesn't suit the system and not because he isn't a good player - it is for that reason that I will defend him and continue to call for him to be played up front in a 4-4-2
) but argue with me on that basis instead of trying to belittle my support based on where I live and how much money it is costing you
I would have had you down as a glass half full type of guy 
