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.
StuartL wrote:
Welcome to the forum, I like your banner .
Gave up my membership this season as it had been unused for 4/5 seasons such is my apathy to a club that I used to live and breathe for.
Thanks, I just can't justify a £100+ match day trip anymore to see maybe a 1/3 chance of an entertaining performance whilst knowing that we have zero chance of actually winning the league/cl.
I suspect the long waiting list will shrink for season tickets after this season is up, although I think this was always a bit of a myth as people on the list are not obliged to take one if offered and I think more than ever would actually decline the option now, last I heard from a friend who has a ST, the club was getting quite aggressive about saying if you don't take it you get moved back on the list or something along those lines!, sounding desperate to me.
Anway I blame Kroenke for the lack of progression because if he had any ambition he or someone else on the board (Gazidis?) would have realised the game was up last season, talked to Wenger with the view to announcing his departure at the end of his contract this summer, that way the fanbase would, at least to some extent, unite behind the manager knowing it was his last but plans would be in place for a successor, the fact that things were just allowed to drift along with doubt hanging over what was going on was at best amatuerish at worst negligent.
Been saying for years Kroenke is bad news, Wenger is the smaller of the two problems, some fans need to educate themselves by reading up about his US sporting interests, the pattern suggests a bean counter type with little interest in going all out to win things, I don't see what I can do apart from not giving him any of my money, I just hope he sells up soon because I can't see us doing much with him around (with or without Wenger).
I know he is a *word censored*, but do you believe someone like moanihio would let wiggy/gazidross say there is 100 million to spend if there was not? He would call them out and then quit
So Wenger is a big part of the problem ethier way, to call the owners out and quit would give us something to rally behind even, it would be a call out for wiggy to spend money, or pretty much admit arsenal is just a min/max enterprise with football a second consideration.
But instead he chooses half a dozen million year and plays along, when he is rich enough to walk away, richer than most of could even dream to be. And he is tarnishing his record every year he stays. That is why I wanted him to leave after the fa cup win vs hull. I don't want to hate him, but the longer he stays
Perez must be thinking to himself "why the fuck did the old french c unt buy me, he must have thought I was a reasonable player ". "But if that Walcott keeps getting a start before me I must be worst than him". "I think I'll give it away, cos he's f uckin useless".
I agree with Mr Perez !!. Hull will probably win this. I still love this club but not this team or the manager any more. He does not realize when a player is past it, or just doesn't have it to start with. New blood please.
The Clueless c.unt cannot even tell when a manager (himself) is past it, which is why he cannot even see that BGV and The Plank in Goal are waaaaaaaaaaaay past their sell-by-date.
AkneyGooner wrote:
I know he is a *word censored*, but do you believe someone like moanihio would let wiggy/gazidross say there is 100 million to spend if there was not? He would call them out and then quit
So Wenger is a big part of the problem ethier way, to call the owners out and quit would give us something to rally behind even, it would be a call out for wiggy to spend money, or pretty much admit arsenal is just a min/max enterprise with football a second consideration.
But instead he chooses half a dozen million year and plays along, when he is rich enough to walk away, richer than most of could even dream to be. And he is tarnishing his record every year he stays. That is why I wanted him to leave after the fa cup win vs hull. I don't want to hate him, but the longer he stays
Yes this I totally agree with, no one can deny what Wenger did during the 'Highbury years' and he will always be a legend for that, but it seems like he has played the company man a bit too much during the 'Emirates years'.
When you think about it the writing was on the wall back in 2007, David Dein who should take his fair share of the blame for getting Kroenke involved, switched sides to Usmanov soon after, what does that say about Kroenke?, Dein was certainly at fault but you cannot deny he is a fan as well as investor (at the time), to me this showed that a fan of the club did not like certain noises Kroenke was making.
The way I see it with Wenger gone and no longer taking the flack it puts more eyes on Kroenke and what he wants to do (take?) from the club which is a good thing, that is putting aside the fact Wenger is also past it anyway of course. I really don't know what to do if Kroenke sticks around, I kind of feel like if it pans out as I expect I will need to take a long, possibly permanent break from football because it will be too frustrating and probably boring to watch.
Perryashburtongroves wrote:I can see this being a 1-1 draw like do many of those fucking horrible games against shit teams over the last decade.
Mate you are forgetting the Wenger equation: just lost at the chav and a few mumblings of discontent amongst the media and fans? Nailed on 5-0 win against Hull Furburgers.
REB wrote:im taking my 9 yr old daughter to this ,her first league game, shes looking forward to it but im not. hopefully welbeck starts and i never get to see walcott in an arsenal shirt again.
Said it before here I hope people take their young kids to games and get them supporting Arsenal because those kids will know an Arsenal without Wenger and hopefully without Kronke and his yes men...
Head up mate it WILL happen,fuck knows when but it will happen,
Hopefully they'll never have to endure a despotic,deluded,tactically inept c*nt as manager for 20 years
We will win this and of course the numnut AKB's will start up the TOOAW and then it might just kick off here and there - the Nazi-stewards will step in and blame/caution/remove the innocent Non-AKB's for daring to vilify wengerCunt....
And once more the media luvvies will crawl up wengy's arse...the gravy train will carry on a rollin' and then guess what we get on a 4 or 5 un-beaten run (In The Prem) of Flat Track Bullying and Lo and behold - Surprise Surprise!!! The club announce that they are delighted to say that He WILL sign a 2 year contract extension (They won't mention the salary increase just yet ) and there will be all kinds of rumours carefully place din various parts of the media john Cwoss & co about how there will be £200million made available for new players in the summer and then......well you get the picture.....
You mean Cross and the rest of the AKBs when Wally scores our third to put the game to bed around the 80th minute, allowing The Fraudulent Old C.unt to "prove us all wrong"?
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) and there will be all kinds of rumours carefully place din various parts of the media john Cwoss & co about how there will be £200million made available for new players in the summer and then......well you get the picture..... 
