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.
kite wrote:They should've improved the side. Even if you win - even if you're the best in the world - you still have to try to become better. Look at Bayern. They might win the treble this season and still the bought Goetze and probably will buy Lewandowski.
City bought some players in the summer but did they buy quality? Imo they didn't sign a single player who was good enough to improve them and that was the problem.
Spot on. Add 1 or 2 proven quality players to a successful side each year and push on to even greater heights. Instead they went out and signed Jack Rodwell and Scott Sinclair
20 of that was pissed away on Rodwell and Sinclair. Might as well of set the money on fire. Nastasic was a quality signing to be fair but they off loaded Balotelli in Jan without any replacement coming in which was foolish in the extreme.
Macini is a prick anyway, always blaming the players never himself.
I think 3 colossal mistakes in FA Cup Final had cost him his job; not sticking with the other goalkeeper, terrible substitution Rodwell for Tevez and bringing in Dzeko, their most efficient striker in 91st minute.
highburyJD wrote:consecutive seasons of embarrassment in the CL hurt his rep big time
he's never done well in that competition
We've been here before JD.
Define "well".
Because I would say Wenger hasn't done well in that competition either. One final in 17 years? With the players he's had, the size of the club, the money wasted on wages?
highburyJD wrote:consecutive seasons of embarrassment in the CL hurt his rep big time
he's never done well in that competition
We've been here before JD.
Define "well".
Because I would say Wenger hasn't done well in that competition either. One final in 17 years? With the players he's had, the size of the club, the money wasted on wages?
Exactly, Wenger's record in the CL is fucking embarrassing, all he wants to do is qualify for the cunting competition so he can milk more money for the club and for himself... 29 million personal fortune... for what?
He won't be missed, uncharismatic boring man, was very lucky to win title last season, only doing so because 10 man QPR stopped playing in the last few minutes when they became aware they were safe.
Finally got shafted in the same way he replaced Hughes, by owners who will go on to make Abramovich look patient and responsible.
5 year deal Mancini had. I don't understand why they give them so long. He must be getting around 10m compo, why not just give him 10m more in transfers?
Why sack him and Platt 2 games before the end of the season though? - why not let them see out the season and take the muted applause of the crowd for delivering them their first league title since the 1960's their tenure was hardly a huge failure that warranted shoving them out the door like this, surely?
highburyJD wrote:consecutive seasons of embarrassment in the CL hurt his rep big time
he's never done well in that competition
We've been here before JD.
Define "well".
Because I would say Wenger hasn't done well in that competition either. One final in 17 years? With the players he's had, the size of the club, the money wasted on wages?
my definition of "never done well" is Mancini getting to the quarters once in his managerial career
and failing to get out of the groups twice with HalfaBillion£Citeh
Interestingly enough Citeh are favourites (with Betfair) for next season's PL. Huge statement of the effect of Ferguson retiring more than anything else methinks.
Three and a half years........ One Premier league title and one FA cup = Sacked.
Eight years.......... Win fuck all = New contract. knowing our fucking board!
their tenure was hardly a huge failure that warranted shoving them out the door like this, surely? 
