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.
If Wenger is senile, which I would be willing to stand in court and announce to all and sundry, in total belief it is true.......what does that make Stan Kranky for backing him 100%? Both of the muppets are totally driven by finances and hard cash.
Most of you probably knew this already but superdeporte.es says that Guaita bid has been rejected. Dick Law was in Spain yesterday it says and that Arsenals bid was rejected: "did not even come close to the expectations".
Very suprising indeed... isn't it?
Btw, it's quite funny that usually we've been linked to many big players and not so big players during every summer. A lot of rumours and stuff going on in the news but when we actually buy someone, nobody had never even heard about them and there haven't usually been any rumours or stories. Smells like panic buys...
DICK LAW.....ROUTE OF ALL OUR TRANSFER PROBLEMS SINCE THIS DATE ?
wed sep 23rd september 2009
Arsenal have made their final appointment to the executive team in Richard Law, bringing to an end the recruitment process that began with the departure of the former chief executive David Dein in April 2007.
Law, a trilingual American who speaks Spanish and Portuguese, will take responsibility for player contracts in support of the chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, and the club secretary, David Miles. The appointment formalises a long-standing consultancy role Law has held with Arsenal's scouting operation in South and Central America.
Arsenal have been keen to stress that Law will not become a traditional director of football, a role that might suggest the diminution of the manager's influence. Arsène Wenger will remain the supreme decision-maker at the club, with Law instead acting as a facilitator for the manager and Gazidis.
Law, who has been central to the club's partnership with Salamanca, the Spanish second division side who have taken several Arsenal players on loan, will also act as a buffer from the management team for agents attempting to place players with the north London club.
Upon Dein's departure Wenger made clear his intention to bring in an executive to assist him in his transfer dealings but with Miles and Gazidis jointly assuming those responsibilities, the position has been recalibrated. The new appointment ensures Arsenal have a single point of contact on transfer matters.
georgeknows89 wrote:DICK LAW.....ROUTE OF ALL OUR TRANSFER PROBLEMS SINCE THIS DATE ?
wed sep 23rd september 2009
Arsenal have made their final appointment to the executive team in Richard Law, bringing to an end the recruitment process that began with the departure of the former chief executive David Dein in April 2007.
Law, a trilingual American who speaks Spanish and Portuguese, will take responsibility for player contracts in support of the chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, and the club secretary, David Miles. The appointment formalises a long-standing consultancy role Law has held with Arsenal's scouting operation in South and Central America.
Arsenal have been keen to stress that Law will not become a traditional director of football, a role that might suggest the diminution of the manager's influence. Arsène Wenger will remain the supreme decision-maker at the club, with Law instead acting as a facilitator for the manager and Gazidis.
Law, who has been central to the club's partnership with Salamanca, the Spanish second division side who have taken several Arsenal players on loan, will also act as a buffer from the management team for agents attempting to place players with the north London club.
Upon Dein's departure Wenger made clear his intention to bring in an executive to assist him in his transfer dealings but with Miles and Gazidis jointly assuming those responsibilities, the position has been recalibrated. The new appointment ensures Arsenal have a single point of contact on transfer matters.
Started off as Richard and now answers to Dick... very apt!
georgeknows89 wrote:DICK LAW.....ROUTE OF ALL OUR TRANSFER PROBLEMS SINCE THIS DATE ?
wed sep 23rd september 2009
Arsenal have made their final appointment to the executive team in Richard Law, bringing to an end the recruitment process that began with the departure of the former chief executive David Dein in April 2007.
Law, a trilingual American who speaks Spanish and Portuguese, will take responsibility for player contracts in support of the chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, and the club secretary, David Miles. The appointment formalises a long-standing consultancy role Law has held with Arsenal's scouting operation in South and Central America.
Well that would fucking explain how LegoHead lasted as long as he did...
So we missed out on David Villa for €2.3m because we didn't follow up on our "declared" interest in him in January.. Not sure if we would have got him for €2.3m or our original offer was €2.3m short. Whichever it was good work by our Spanish speaking man with his finger on the pulse.
Arsenal on RTE tonight , Chippy is generally a pundit for these games so it will be interesting to hear his comments .
georgeknows89 wrote:DICK LAW.....ROUTE OF ALL OUR TRANSFER PROBLEMS SINCE THIS DATE ?
No.
...Arsène Wenger will remain the supreme decision-maker at the club, with Law instead acting as a facilitator for the manager and Gazidis.
On that sky supplement show with the journalists all 3 of them on there mentioned repeatedly hearing stories from agents/officials complaining that negotiations with us would get so far, but then Law would have to go back to Wenger for a decision & then either take too long to come back with an answer or they'd never hear back from us at all. Obviously agents & football "journalists" are hardly bastions of truth & it's all 2nd hand info either way but it certainly rings true & the way it was spoken about was as if it was common knowledge within those circles & par for the course with us. Law is more than likely a useless twat in his own right & part of the problem, but the buck stops with Wenger, literally.
Spurs are acting like the bigger team in this window by signing some great players and they did not finish in 4th spot. All that crap about us having the best players already !!!!!!!
Our defense is still dire and we have one striker. Wenger get the hell out because you are destroying Arsenal FC and I dont understand why to be honest
Let this transfer window be a lesson to you all. The whole, "if we don't finish 4th, we won't be able to attract quality signings," is a myth. So, if (and when) we do fail to finish in the top 4 this year, don't worry; it's for the greater good. Arsene Wenger is the problem here - 100%. Anyone who thinks otherwise is lying to themselves. I've tried to give the man the benefit of the doubt but I'm done now. Completely.
T.S wrote:Let this transfer window be a lesson to you all. The whole, "if we don't finish 4th, we won't be able to attract quality signings," is a myth. So, if (and when) we do fail to finish in the top 4 this year, don't worry; it's for the greater good. Arsene Wenger is the problem here - 100%. Anyone who thinks otherwise is lying to themselves. I've tried to give the man the benefit of the doubt but I'm done now. Completely.
Wenker's most significant influence on English football over the last few years has been to brainwash so many sheep both inside the club and in the media into believing that finishing 20 odd points behinf the league champions and a handful above the likes of the totts and Everton is some sort of amazing achievement.
georgeknows89 wrote:DICK LAW.....ROUTE OF ALL OUR TRANSFER PROBLEMS SINCE THIS DATE ?
No.
...Arsène Wenger will remain the supreme decision-maker at the club, with Law instead acting as a facilitator for the manager and Gazidis.
On that sky supplement show with the journalists all 3 of them on there mentioned repeatedly hearing stories from agents/officials complaining that negotiations with us would get so far, but then Law would have to go back to Wenger for a decision & then either take too long to come back with an answer or they'd never hear back from us at all. Obviously agents & football "journalists" are hardly bastions of truth & it's all 2nd hand info either way but it certainly rings true & the way it was spoken about was as if it was common knowledge within those circles & par for the course with us. Law is more than likely a useless twat in his own right & part of the problem, but the buck stops with Wenger, literally.
In recent years some (not me obviously) have tried to lay the blame at pat rice's feet (cone man who only says yes), gerry peyton (inept goalkeeping coach culpable for not making shite keepers into quality keepers) and lately it is handy to blame gazidas and law The c.unt that is wenker is the man in sole charge and who calls the shots so maybe people should stop looking for people in the background to take the fall and just concentrate on riding the club of this outdated, stubborn, self serving, power hungry c.unt in charge
Btw it seems a good few people on here have started to panic about the spending going on at the shithole club in the swamp - didnt I suggest a few weeks ago that the scum selling monkeyboy would be the best thing that could happen for them as it would allow them to bring in 3 or 4 quality players to replace one ? It's not as if forecasting this happening was brilliant cos it was so obvious that stevie wonder would have seen it coming The scum will be a strong much better team this season (regardless of what wenker thinks ) especially when you factor in avb who always looked a good coach imo even when he was with the chavs and our years of doing the bare minimum and still getting 4th will finally come to an end
Noted but what I can't comprehend is that AW always seemed to reply and communicate to DD in the same role but now all of a sudden he is the one that is wrong in these trades ?
Underlying problem is forget the individual, look at the role and structure- when DD did it he was a stakeholder in the business and looked at the bigger picture but Prick Dick is only interested in his salary and profit share / bonus no doubt on his trading activities.
Whoever appointed Prick Dick must have an element of responsibility and that is the board and SK ? or Wenger ?
no matter what, it ain't working and whoever we sign nothing is being done the ' Arsenal way ' that we all used to be so proud of
