THE WENGER THREAD

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LaughingGooner wrote:Look forward to all the credit Wenger's due when we make these signings..........
I hear you buddy....I hear you

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Can't knock Wenger over this one. Sanchez is an amazing signing and Debuchy should do well also.

There really is only one. 8)


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Yes Wenger deserves credit for convincing a world class footballer to join a failing bunch of mediocre babies

Fixed that for you! :barscarf:

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Free styling with a bit o Samba!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :barscarf:

We definitely HAVE TO come up with a suitable chant for him!....not the usual regurgitation of some old chant that has been used for other players...

I remember when there used to be the Samba type thing going on when Gilberto & Edu were here.

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spendsum4uckingmoney wrote:I'm absolutely over the moon we are getting Alexis. He is just what we need: fast, great finisher and world class. I can see him becoming out Robert Pires. Hell I wouldnt be surprised if Aw plays him on the left like Arshavin.

Unfortunately I think Cazorla will be off because of this, which is a shame but maybe understandable considering we have Ox, Jack, Gnabry plus the old guard of Ros + Arteta.

It will be interesting to see what AW does.



-------------------------------Giroud/new CF---------------------------

Santi------------Rambo------------Ozil-----------------Alexis

-----------------------------DMC----------------------------------


See the problem? We would have Jack, Wally, Pod & Ox on the bench and I doubt AW would do that.
Not really we just play a

1 - 2 - 7 - 1 formation simples :barscarf:

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Theoperator wrote:Just shows that if Brenda had been Sambaing on the Brazilian beaches he would have had Sanchez without any shadow of a doubt :barscarf:
Yet again it simply proves that The Arsenal are a Bigger club than the whinging scouse hubcap robbers! :lol: :wink:

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I especially like the part where it says that sanchez's unselfish movement was what "allowed messi to flourish" - there you have it folks......without sanchez messi will be nothing :roll:

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augie wrote:


I especially like the part where it says that sanchez's unselfish movement was what "allowed messi to flourish" - there you have it folks......without sanchez messi will be nothing :roll:

ooooh! does that mean wenger will sign Messi as well!? :lol:

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OneBardGooner wrote:
augie wrote:


I especially like the part where it says that sanchez's unselfish movement was what "allowed messi to flourish" - there you have it folks......without sanchez messi will be nothing :roll:

ooooh! does that mean wenger will sign Messi as well!? :lol:
We only sign top-top super-super qualiteeee :barscarf:

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:duh: Silly Moi! :roll: :wink:

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so we've spent 35 of 125 - so we have 90 left. 11 for debuchy makes 79.

we still need a world class holding DM - a destroyer and creator.

which we needed more than Sanchez.

we've just become even better flat track bullies - yay us.

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clockender1 wrote:
so we've spent 35 of 125 - so we have 90 left. 11 for debuchy makes 79.

we still need a world class holding DM - a destroyer and creator.

which we needed more than Sanchez.

we've just become even better flat track bullies - yay us.
No, we needed a striker more than anything - a top class striker, and we've got him.

And yeah I agree we also need a hard tackling bastard of a DM.


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I Hate Hleb wrote:
LaughingGooner wrote:Look forward to all the credit Wenger's due when we make these signings..........
What... credit for doing his job in trying to make the squad and team stronger, which by the way is something he gets paid a fortune to do? How about all the times he conspicuously avoided doing what was needed, despite all and sundry pointing out what it was? So in summary we should not give him stick for failing to do the obvious for so long, but give him all the credit when he eventually does something right? :? :?
That can be easily flipped on its head though, plenty of people lay into him when he gets it wrong but refuse to give any credit when he gets it right because it doesn't fit the narrative. It doesn't matter if you're paid 8 pounds a year or 8 million, if you get it right you deserve credit.

It's not just with transfers though, for example he never gets any credit for the player he has made of Koscielny because the narrative is that he can't coach defenders. "All and sundry", myself included, were telling him to drop and sell Ramsey and many managers probably would have too.

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