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.
BFG4 wrote:Even if this season is shitter than usual, and Wenger decides to call it a day, does anyone really see him riding off into the sunset? The guy's ego is so big, that he will pick his successor(another yes man for the board) and move upstairs to dictate to the puppet that replaces him. Wenger will continue to leave his shitty mark on the club, for a long time to come.
Get them to bring me out of my self induced coma once we finally get rid of the fucking skid mark.
He's like a shit that won't flush bobbing around the jacks bowl sneering up at us. We'll have the last laugh though coz one of these days we'll get the fucker down the S bend....one of these days.
Bradywasking wrote:Getting more and more underwhelmed by the start of seasons..Used to be an exciting time in the last few weeks of the countdown.. Not anymore. I have a feeling of complete indifference to Arsenal at the moment. Thanks Arsene..
Yeah! Me you and many others mate - It's f'ing depressing.
Well he's back from his hols. Actually back from his punditry job.... but that's ok because he never criticised his players, in fact he bigged them up. PRICK!!
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Thierry Henry, arguably the greatest player in the club’s history.
Wenger has ruled that Henry can only have a coaching role with Arsenal’s academy if he devotes himself full-time and relinquishes his role as a pundit on Sky Sports.
Wenger, 66, feels his fellow Frenchman cannot work within the club during the week and then criticise their players at the weekend.
The club’s record goalscorer, whose Sky deal is believed to be worth £4million a year, had offered to work for nothing for Arsenal with his proposed salary being shared among the other academy coaches.
Wenger is in the hypocritical position of taking a busy TV role himself with beIN Sport throughout Euro 2016.
It is understood the manager has had reservations about his former captain combining roles since Henry said on Sky in April 2015 that Arsenal would struggle to win the Premier League while Olivier Giroud was the first-choice striker.
Wenger is forming a habit of falling out with club superstars. Patrick Vieira is still hurt by Wenger not offering him a coaching role when he retired in 2011 and is now being groomed to be the future boss of Manchester City.
The hardline approach to Henry comes at a time when Wenger is under consideration for the England job, if the FA are prepared to wait one more season until the end of his current contract.
Sorry to answer my own post but I just get so incensed thinking about this man. Why doesn't somebody, anybody, stand up to him for once?? Henry should cut all ties then at least he could say what he wants on the weekend instead of being shackled by this tyrant. Has Henry no shame, is he going to wait around for 15 years until Wenger passes the baton then take the job with this decrepit old crone hanging over him telling him how to manage???
Dear God this is just endless, it was easier to get rid of Blatter than it is this prick. And have you noticed everybody linked with the England job has said whether they are interested or not? Not him though, he will NEVER take it but uses the situation to his advantage, using it to leverage yet another deal at the club. I loathe the man, the only way we are getting rid of him is when he dies.
xisstential wrote:Well he's back from his hols. Actually back from his punditry job.... but that's ok because he never criticised his players, in fact he bigged them up. PRICK!!
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Thierry Henry, arguably the greatest player in the club’s history.
Wenger has ruled that Henry can only have a coaching role with Arsenal’s academy if he devotes himself full-time and relinquishes his role as a pundit on Sky Sports.
Wenger, 66, feels his fellow Frenchman cannot work within the club during the week and then criticise their players at the weekend.
The club’s record goalscorer, whose Sky deal is believed to be worth £4million a year, had offered to work for nothing for Arsenal with his proposed salary being shared among the other academy coaches.
Wenger is in the hypocritical position of taking a busy TV role himself with beIN Sport throughout Euro 2016.
It is understood the manager has had reservations about his former captain combining roles since Henry said on Sky in April 2015 that Arsenal would struggle to win the Premier League while Olivier Giroud was the first-choice striker.
Wenger is forming a habit of falling out with club superstars. Patrick Vieira is still hurt by Wenger not offering him a coaching role when he retired in 2011 and is now being groomed to be the future boss of Manchester City.
The hardline approach to Henry comes at a time when Wenger is under consideration for the England job, if the FA are prepared to wait one more season until the end of his current contract.
If that's true then the man is the biggest *word censored* going. Hopefully though, it's the start of the media turning on him and starting to use up on words like hypocrite.
The reason Wenger wants to get rid of him, is because Henry carries so much weight with Arsenal fans, that Wenger feels his presence at the club is a threat to his own position. Henry acts as an immediate replacement should Arsenal fans demand Wenger's sacking if this season goes sour. But without anyone to take the job at the drop of a hat, Wenger can at least bat away calls for an instant sacking.
When it comes to forward thinking in culling those who could potentially threaten his reign, Wenger is a master. A person of Henry's stature, universally loved by the fans, already in a coaching capacity at the club - Wenger knowing he is under pressure, has moved to clip the wings of a potential replacement.
Its just about self-preservation by Wenger. As what good does this do to get rid of Henry? He is our greatest ever player, and as one of the great strikers of a generation, can offer insight few others can. Yet Wenger wants to sack him because he does a bit of work on the side being a pundit - which Wenger has himself done in international tournaments.
Worst thing is, Henry is still doing his coaching badges, so will need a new club to coach at, and given his work with Sky, its certain Henry is going to end up at one of our rivals.
Wenger really is a vile, nasty, arrogant, scheming c unt. Just because of his horrible insecurities, he will drive Thierry Henry into the employment of another club.
Wilson wrote:The reason Wenger wants to get rid of him, is because Henry carries so much weight with Arsenal fans, that Wenger feels his presence at the club is a threat to his own position. Henry acts as an immediate replacement should Arsenal fans demand Wenger's sacking if this season goes sour. But without anyone to take the job at the drop of a hat, Wenger can at least bat away calls for an instant sacking.
When it comes to forward thinking in culling those who could potentially threaten his reign, Wenger is a master. A person of Henry's stature, universally loved by the fans, already in a coaching capacity at the club - Wenger knowing he is under pressure, has moved to clip the wings of a potential replacement.
Its just about self-preservation by Wenger. As what good does this do to get rid of Henry? He is our greatest ever player, and as one of the great strikers of a generation, can offer insight few others can. Yet Wenger wants to sack him because he does a bit of work on the side being a pundit - which Wenger has himself done in international tournaments.
Worst thing is, Henry is still doing his coaching badges, so will need a new club to coach at, and given his work with Sky, its certain Henry is going to end up at one of our rivals.
Wenger really is a vile, nasty, arrogant, scheming c unt. Just because of his horrible insecurities, he will drive Thierry Henry into the employment of another club.
Wilson wrote:The reason Wenger wants to get rid of him, is because Henry carries so much weight with Arsenal fans, that Wenger feels his presence at the club is a threat to his own position. Henry acts as an immediate replacement should Arsenal fans demand Wenger's sacking if this season goes sour. But without anyone to take the job at the drop of a hat, Wenger can at least bat away calls for an instant sacking.
When it comes to forward thinking in culling those who could potentially threaten his reign, Wenger is a master. A person of Henry's stature, universally loved by the fans, already in a coaching capacity at the club - Wenger knowing he is under pressure, has moved to clip the wings of a potential replacement.
Its just about self-preservation by Wenger. As what good does this do to get rid of Henry? He is our greatest ever player, and as one of the great strikers of a generation, can offer insight few others can. Yet Wenger wants to sack him because he does a bit of work on the side being a pundit - which Wenger has himself done in international tournaments.
Worst thing is, Henry is still doing his coaching badges, so will need a new club to coach at, and given his work with Sky, its certain Henry is going to end up at one of our rivals.
Wenger really is a vile, nasty, arrogant, scheming c unt. Just because of his horrible insecurities, he will drive Thierry Henry into the employment of another club.
Just think about what an idiotic decision this is by Wenger. Henry's criticism of the club on SKY was mild at worst, and essentially he was a yes man for the club, and a constant defender of Wenger. Now, Henry can say what he wants about the manager(and the club) with zero repercussions. Also, such is his stature as one of our greatest ever players, many of our fanbase will agree with the criticisms he has of Wenger. Imagine heading into the final year of your contract, having another embarrassing transfer window, and then when the fans anger is already growing against you, you tell a club legend to piss off. Can the honourable Arsene line just be put to rest, the guy is ceuuuunnnt end of.
Wilson wrote:The reason Wenger wants to get rid of him, is because Henry carries so much weight with Arsenal fans, that Wenger feels his presence at the club is a threat to his own position. Henry acts as an immediate replacement should Arsenal fans demand Wenger's sacking if this season goes sour. But without anyone to take the job at the drop of a hat, Wenger can at least bat away calls for an instant sacking.
When it comes to forward thinking in culling those who could potentially threaten his reign, Wenger is a master. A person of Henry's stature, universally loved by the fans, already in a coaching capacity at the club - Wenger knowing he is under pressure, has moved to clip the wings of a potential replacement.
Its just about self-preservation by Wenger. As what good does this do to get rid of Henry? He is our greatest ever player, and as one of the great strikers of a generation, can offer insight few others can. Yet Wenger wants to sack him because he does a bit of work on the side being a pundit - which Wenger has himself done in international tournaments.
Worst thing is, Henry is still doing his coaching badges, so will need a new club to coach at, and given his work with Sky, its certain Henry is going to end up at one of our rivals.
Wenger really is a vile, nasty, arrogant, scheming c unt. Just because of his horrible insecurities, he will drive Thierry Henry into the employment of another club.
Absolutely, Wilson and well said, old chap. Wanker is now using the tactics of African or South American dictators, living with the the same paranoia of losing any power. Everywhere he turns and every decision he makes, is about himself, his own position and making sure he has complete power. He's a narcissistic, ego-mad, selfish *word censored*. My only hope is that the players, who might have been enthusiastic about working with Henry, might just start asking more questions and speaking out against the old *word censored*.
Gonna put my head above the parapet here just to ask am I the only one who doesn't understand why AW for all his many faults is currently accused of being a hypocrite concerning Henry's full time punditry position with Sky compared with AW's occasional (in this case during off season) punditry, especially as, unless I'm mistaken, his point is it's a conflict to work with players during the week and then criticise them at the wknd no matter how valid the criticism is???
Belfast Boy wrote:Gonna put my head above the parapet here just to ask am I the only one who doesn't understand why AW for all his many faults is currently accused of being a hypocrite concerning Henry's full time punditry position with Sky compared with AW's occasional (in this case during off season) punditry, especially as, unless I'm mistaken, his point is it's a conflict to work with players during the week and then criticise them at the wknd no matter how valid the criticism is???
I would agree with you if henry was coaching the first team squad or reserves - the reality is that he would be training academy players and wouldn't be criticising them on sky anyway. The problem here is that any weekend criticism would be seen as a slight on wenger and the club as much as it would be the players - when he rightly question giroud last season, the accusation was that he isn't good enough, but it also indirectly implies that wenger cannot see it and we cannot be seen to question the emperor
Good to see you posting again BB - I think that we see haleys comet more than we see you (our absent mod )
Belfast Boy wrote:Gonna put my head above the parapet here just to ask am I the only one who doesn't understand why AW for all his many faults is currently accused of being a hypocrite concerning Henry's full time punditry position with Sky compared with AW's occasional (in this case during off season) punditry, especially as, unless I'm mistaken, his point is it's a conflict to work with players during the week and then criticise them at the wknd no matter how valid the criticism is???
I would agree with you if henry was coaching the first team squad or reserves - the reality is that he would be training academy players and wouldn't be criticising them on sky anyway. The problem here is that any weekend criticism would be seen as a slight on wenger and the club as much as it would be the players - when he rightly question giroud last season, the accusation was that he isn't good enough, but it also indirectly implies that wenger cannot see it and we cannot be seen to question the emperor
Good to see you posting again BB - I think that we see haleys comet more than we see you (our absent mod )
I guess in many ways Wenger knows this season will be really tough. Some fans are against him and other teams will be much stronger this season. If we fail to deliver it will be far worse than last year. You could argue that the relationship between Henry and Wenger will be tested to the limit if it's Henry who has to be honest and say that the team is just not good enough.
It's looking like Wenger has failed to do his homework and have a clear target to bring us more goals so with Giroud being our main option, Henry's comments last season mean much more to the fans.
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