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.
supergeorgegraham wrote:I think keeping Van Persie is more important than finishing 3rd. Without him we are nowhere.
No mate. Getting rid of Wenger is more important than finishing 3rd. With him we are nowhere.
Absolutely - when you have a manager whose ambition is win without buying quality then you can forget about having success anytime soon. Fact is that nowadays teams need quality (and sometimes an abundance of it) to actually win trophies and in recent seasons under wenger we have continued to sell our best players while recruiting sub standard players to take their place How deeply distressing is it listening to the citeeh lesbo talking about how today proved his point that he needed to leave in order to win trophies ? Fact is that our best players in recent years knew that they wouldnt win again under wenger and jumped ship as fast as they could Maybe if we had a different manager then the whole approach would change and we would at least try to use our maximum available budget to bring in quality proven players but as long as he remains in charge then we going nowhere fast
i would urge you to take a look at dortmund over the last five years. from bankruptcy to defending bundesliga champions and double winners. they have not signed proven or established players or taken the sugar daddy approach. they have signed quaility unknown players who are now considered ‘top’ players i.e kagawa. most importantly they have a good manager who has the team playing for each other and is helping develop the young players at the club.
i watched them give bayern (champions league finalists with a host of ‘big name’ players) a footballing lesson in the german cup. they won 5-2. first double in their 100+ year history. and they did all this without their ‘star’ player mario gotze.
we are not city or chelsea so give it up. if arsene left, arsenal would still have the same approach because we have always been that way! it has worked before and it will work again.
be happy with what you have or youll never be happy.
piresistible wrote:
i would urge you to take a look at dortmund over the last five years. from bankruptcy to defending bundesliga champions and double winners. they have not signed proven or established players or taken the sugar daddy approach. they have signed quaility unknown players who are now considered ‘top’ players i.e kagawa. most importantly they have a good manager who has the team playing for each other and is helping develop the young players at the club.
i watched them give bayern (champions league finalists with a host of ‘big name’ players) a footballing lesson in the german cup. they won 5-2. first double in their 100+ year history. and they did all this without their ‘star’ player mario gotze.
we are not city or chelsea so give it up. if arsene left, arsenal would still have the same approach because we have always been that way! it has worked before and it will work again.
be happy with what you have or youll never be happy.
highburyJD wrote:I've slated him a lot but bloody hell
I celebrated Gibbs block yesterday like a goal - a huge moment
goes a little bit toward erasing that slip
highburyJD wrote:I've slated him a lot but bloody hell
I celebrated Gibbs block yesterday like a goal - a huge moment
goes a little bit toward erasing that slip
highburyJD wrote:I've slated him a lot but bloody hell
I celebrated Gibbs block yesterday like a goal - a huge moment
goes a little bit toward erasing that slip
Yes. "Arsenal defender makes tackle shocker".
Whatever next? Headers?
and why did he have to lunge like he did? because he was so far out of position after yet again drifting inside aimlessly
How deeply distressing is it listening to the citeeh lesbo talking about how today proved his point that he needed to leave in order to win trophies ? Fact is that our best players in recent years knew that they wouldnt win again under wenger and jumped ship as fast as they could
Maybe if we had a different manager then the whole approach would change and we would at least try to use our maximum available budget to bring in quality proven players but as long as he remains in charge then we going nowhere fast
One basic skill at a time. 
