THE WENGER THREAD

[officepest]

I asked the question a couple if days ago whether this forum thinks Podolski was a wenger signing, or whether he was bought by the Board, in the same way that Jeffers and R. Wright were a few years back.

It would certainly explain wenger playing him out of position (when he played him) and treating him the way he did.

What a waste of a very talented player...who is a lazy git, but wasn't expected to be anything else than a striker, and is still a top-class striker.

babus back, usmartin sure to follow???!!!

all we needis him, red wumber and iceman and we have a full set what with babatu...i mena ichekwu here

I've never been away.
I've sadly lost touch with USMartin, but he did have a point. Only the one, mind!

Which needed 19 concurrent threads with each post being 900 pages long.

Little *word censored* pussy.

[markyp]

Podolski is a god in my eyes,we will never know how good he could have been,Wenekr did a pretty good job trying to destroy him,id rather have seen wenker go than pod infact id rather see have seen wenker go than barry bender,how is ol big nose getting on anybody know??

[LeoGooner]

BBC website:

"I'm a little bit more flexible than Roberto - he is a total believer in one style," said Allardyce.

"You become flexible as time goes on," added Allardyce.

"Flexibility teaches you that you have a philosophy in the way you want to play, but if that way of playing doesn't suit the players you cannot keep that philosophy."

[clockender1]

Ok, gobshites; allow me to explain it one more fucking time.

Podolski is a top top quality striker.

yup, some people would be criticising Shearer or lineker, or Van Basten - " nah mate, don't rate em....their tracking back was dire".

"that Pele ? - lazy bastard. all he did was score goals from inside and around the penatly area, gave the full back no cover at all like...."



anyway back to reality - when Pod and Giroud were signed i was convinced they were meant to be a pair - a tall chunky CF to hold it up, knock it down and head it in, and a shorter quicker Striker to nip in or to turn and finish em....

but what did i know - wonga wanted Giroud to create goals out of nothing on his own like RVP and TH14, and Pod to play on the wing.....

something was not right there at all about that. firstly neither of them was "fit' to start the season or go on the asia tour, but were fit enough to go to Nigeria... and then both were played as above.

and then, when wonga did finally go 442 which would have suited both of them together - he went 442 with Giroud and Sanogo, two CF's who went for the same space and same balls.....

it just doesn't make sense - it was like wenger set out to make the team and pod fail. very odd, even for him.

[BFG4]

I see that muppet Robbie from Arsenal fan TV has started a hashtag on twitter called blame Wenger, in response to some guy he spoke to blaming Wenger for Debuchy being injured yesterday. This guy really is an AKB wanker, love to see will he put up a hashtag next time we don't win.

[Sam59]

The Pod is playing well so far for Inter. He managed a whole 90 minutes at the weekend without needing a stretcher, and set up one goal. Much as I dislike Inter, I'm pleased for him. Mancini's not a bad coach either.

Le Muppet had better sign a CB quickly, not just underoffer for someone vaguely decent, then announce we have enough cover. My sense is he's waiting for the specialist's report on Debuchy and then will scrabble around for a "Kallstrom". No way has he put together a plan or list of possible targets yet. Rumour is Dick Law is going to Poland to chase this 17 year old 'maybe good in 5 years' time' kid. But you'd worked that out already

[Ikechukwu1]

Ty from Arsenal Fan TV. What a hero. Everyone keeps asking what he's been drinking in that water bottle of his. He talks such mental shite that most were convinced it had to be alcohol. Except it isn't. I can confirm that wee Armoury Club Shop Gimp, Full-Kit Wanker Ty has been drinking a protein-full, specially homemade Wenger potion. It's full of essential mental strength vitamins and revitalises the jaded and those "leetle beet in the red zone". It's the same kind of magic liquid that French rapper Arsene had an *alleged* affair with used to drink...

[Ikechukwu1]

On Podolski: I don't agree with his departure. I think it's bullshit especially considering Arsenal now effectively have just 2 first team strikers and they're both mediocre and couldn't finish their dinner. On that point totally agree.
Now. What I don't agree with is this fallacy that Podolski is "class" and would have smashed it if played in his proper position. Podolski went to Bayern and was played in his proper position, up front, ahead of Deisler. He was shocking, got booted out pretty quick. Went back to Koln, scores a few goals...in a team that gets relegated.
His international goal record is often brought up in mitigation but he's not scored a single competitive goal against a top 10 side ever. His stats are massively skewed by qualifiers v Luxembourg, San Marino etc.
Joachim Low was on record as saying over a year ago that Klose needed a natural successor. Klose is old and knackered. Yet when Germany went to the WC, how many knockout matches did Podolski start? Answer: zero. How many minutes did he play in total? Less than 30. This isn't no mug manager, it's WC winning FIFA Coach of the Year Joachim Low.
In short Podolski definitely had a role to play at Arsenal but he basically wouldn't get anywhere near the top 6 sides in Europe which is where Arsenal should be aiming for. Benzema, Tevez, Lewandowski, Reus...that's the level of gettable striker we should have looked to. Was a mistake signing him in first place IMO

[OneBardGooner]

Ty from Arsenal Fan TV. What a hero. Everyone keeps asking what he's been drinking in that water bottle of his. He talks such mental shite that most were convinced it had to be alcohol. Except it isn't. I can confirm that wee Armoury Club Shop Gimp, Full-Kit Wanker Ty has been drinking a protein-full, specially homemade Wenger potion. It's full of essential mental strength vitamins and revitalises the jaded and those "leetle beet in the red zone". It's the same kind of magic liquid that French rapper Arsene had an *alleged* affair with used to drink...

It's "Special Arsene Water" - (aka: Arsene Piss) It contains Mental Strength, a Leetle Bit of Jaded and Leggy, also Vitamin Tippy Tappy, and can only be bought from the "Special Fans Merchandise Shop" that is hidden behind a special security door at the back of the Armoury - Apparently the Password is "I Love Arsene" and the keypad code is 8,000,000.

At least that's what Red member claimed last time he was here.

[augie]

Re podolski's lack of games at the wc, can I just say that any manager would find it hard to select a player for those high intensity games when said player hasn't been getting much playing time with his own club

[QuartzGooner]

Sad stuff about Sol Campbell's request to do his coaching badges with us not being actioned.


http://www.onlinegooner.com/article.php ... LUjRig4Yz0

[Ikechukwu1]

Re podolski's lack of games at the wc, can I just say that any manager would find it hard to select a player for those high intensity games when said player hasn't been getting much playing time with his own club

I see ur point but then again, what was the excuse for Euro 2012? Started virtually every group game, didn't score or create a single goal. Publicly criticised by Low, and then dropped for QF. He comes back for SF and is so poor he's subbed before halftime. I've never bought into it with him. Great shot and super finisher if he's unmarked...but doesn't make runs, doesn't find space and can't hold up the ball. Poor in the air and no pace. The mistake was signing him in the first place imo

[Ikechukwu1]

Sad stuff about Sol Campbell's request to do his coaching badges with us not being actioned.


http://www.onlinegooner.com/article.php ... LUjRig4Yz0

The "Arsenal way" "Class" etc etc blabla...

[clockender1]

Sad stuff about Sol Campbell's request to do his coaching badges with us not being actioned.


http://www.onlinegooner.com/article.php ... LUjRig4Yz0

was that related to the 'walkout' you think ?

wenger signed him, you think he'd love to have another fawn in the pack - maybe Sol is too honest ?

i'm not seeing a lot of love for wenger there in that interview or the standards...

[OneBardGooner]

Sad stuff about Sol Campbell's request to do his coaching badges with us not being actioned.


http://www.onlinegooner.com/article.php ... LUjRig4Yz0

was that related to the 'walkout' you think ?

wenger signed him, you think he'd love to have another fawn in the pack - maybe Sol is too honest ?

i'm not seeing a lot of love for wenger there in that interview or the standards...

Anyone who doesn't tow the Pravda Party Line gets cut off from the gravy train - Look at Stewart Robinson....