Adam Kemp – Arsenal fans are taken for mugs once again!
Arsenal will certainly struggle to challenge for any silverware this season! by Adam Kemp
In February Arsenal’s end of year report stated ‘Arsenal holdings is now operating free of short term debt’ – unaudited net debt stands at £137.05M whilst its cash reserves have risen to £115.2M. Arsenal was in a very strong position financially before the end of last season which proves wrong that the Emirates are no longer a restriction. On turnover alone, Arsenal is one of the wealthiest clubs in the world and consistently makes a healthy pre-tax profit in excess of £30M year on year. Wenger could have spent a further £50M on players this summer without making a dent in our financial constraints.
There has been a revised Premier League broadcasting deal which Arsenal will benefit further from, Nike’s contract due for renewal and not to mention the 6.5% ticket price hike last season on what is already the most expensive venue in Europe. Add this to the combined sales of Alex Song and Robin Van Persie which saw us make another £10M transfer profit is just taking us all for idiots. Yes we brought in three experienced players whom may or may not have the required class to be potential icons. Robin Van Persie and Alex Song were arguably our best two players last season and we have not adequately replaced them. We continue with the trend of selling our best stars and replace them with slightly inferior players and integrate the stars of tomorrow to the squad.
The trouble is that this tried and tested method has seen Arsenal going from one of the planets biggest clubs to a renowned academy producing talent for its rivals in search of silverware. Whilst us fans blindly follow a tight board whose only concern is to fill their pockets. We have refused to have any aid from our billionaire tycoon shareholder whilst the fans are punished by paying the most money to watch a declining team year on year. It is not right and the blame is still to lie firmly with Wenger as he honestly believes this group of players can achieve something. When we were winning titles did Wenger ever complain about his rivals and find excuses for his shortcomings? Did he hell! He is delusional and not up to the task of taking this club back to where it belongs.
Everything about Arsenal has always been class. The style of football was pure class and the players on show were just sublime. We overhype this current squad and put the likes of Diaby in this bracket. At best this player is average along with the vast majority of his peers. Wenger states “You never expect much from us, but we always have a good potential to surprise you. If I listened to the predictions on the same day last year, it was predicted we would finish between 10th and 15th. We finished third.” No.. Robin Van Persie finished third and without him we would be playing in the Europa League this season.
He has now been sold as financially we would not offer him what he required. Giroud and Podolski have not scored and look quite average and will not be able to replace Van Persie. We needed to go out and buy somebody like Neyman or Falcao whom could have at least raised some expectation over silverware. How can we expect to sell our top stars and not replace them and then expect to improve the following season? Wenger has had the finances to go out and buy 2 or 3 top class players without compromising our morals. To make another profit on player trading for a club of Arsenal’s size and stature is beyond a joke and I am so angry at how they operate.
I would also like to congratulate Dick Law and his team for officially being the world’s worst contract negotiators. In a time where loyalty has abandoned Arsenal Mr Alex Song asks to commit his future with a £15k wage rise and a further 2 year extension. Our response was you have 3 years left to run and will talk later. Alex Song’s performances merited his requests and yet we flog him to Barcelona as our fringe players cannot be sold. Simply Arsenal has so much desire to make a profit from player trading that when they cannot sell the likes of Chamack and Bendtner they sell their better players. The contract situation with Walcott is beyond a joke and I hope that if we win nothing again Wenger resigns. Really Wenger and the board have duped all the fans and have once again screwed our chances of seeing on-the-field success.
Liverpool away and I cannot wait for Giroud’s Hat Trick!
by Adam Kemp
We were told this season that there would be £50m to spend on transfers and that the £25m from the Queensland housing development would be allocated to improving the team. WE HAVE BEEN LIED TO YET AGAIN AND IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME, AND IT WON’T BE THE LAST. This is what disappoints me the most. Not the fact that we keep selling our best players to rivals or that we’ve gone so long without winning a trophy as I have learnt to accept that . It’s the constant lies and false promises that upsets me the most, particularly when there is no competitive advantage to be compromised.
I’m beginning to feel like the club’s financial model lends itself conveniently to Economics , to satisfy political agenda and benefit the few. I can no longer fully embrace the long term gains to be had from our financial model as I am becoming increasingly skeptical as to who will ultimately wreak the rewards. I do not have a problem with how the club is run, but more with the people who are run it. Why would any true fan want to see their club owned by someone who doesn’t like the game and makes a living from buying sporting teams. How many more lies will it take for us to stop overlooking this conflict of interest. WE NEED TO KNOW THAT OUR SACRAFICES ARE NOT IN VEIN, AND NO MORE LIES!
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This is exactly how I play championship managers….. Players age slightly sell them for big money, buy potential and build my bank balance up in the real life case kronke and co are eating this money…………… My Arsenal they starting to remind my off marmite…..
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I’m sorry Adam. I used to hate you if I’m honest. Now I realise that everything you have said is correct. Again, I apologise.
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Arsenal will certainly struggle to challenge for any silverware this
season!
No doubt about it.
P.s you are the best writer on this site.
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I totally agree with you Adam Kemp..!!
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The guy is still saying let’s support the team, we have been doing this for years now and this is the result, let’s NOT support the team for once, stop filling the board pocket!
Bin Bags out, let them hear us once
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maybe its time to get a new manager
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Kemp where the hell hav u been!!!!
The rebelion must start now,we are being swindled by the FOUR HORSEMEN:
HILL-WOOD
GAZADIS
KRONKE
WENGER!
THEY SHOULD ALL BE REMOVED.
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“No.. Robin Van Persie finished third and without him we would be playing in the Europa League this season.”
Without Kos, Walcott or Arteta we would have finished below 3rd as well. Arsenal finished 3rd
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An honest article . Won’t be appreciated by many on here but at the end of the day it’s just the facts . Dnt hate the writer – hate the board ! Arsena ain’t innocent either – he’s Lyin steady and duping us too . Would love to get rid of the whole lot . Theyr leeches
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ok.
we know all that.
Post a article about what action can fans take.
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For once I am giving you full support @kemp
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Bleet, bleet, bleet. Here we go again with the many negative comments about how we are going to finish mid-table or even be fighting relegation and it is Arsene Wenger’s fault. I for one I am not worried. Before anyone calls me a muppet, just read all of my posting.
Firstly people blame Arsene Wenger for the clubs woes with imbecile comments like he is an economist interest in profit…..blah blah blah. I can only assume those that say this have supported the club since 2003. They for forget that prior to the stadium project Arsene bought Henry for £14m in 1999. If you adjust for inflation and the current transfer valuation madness, that is at least £25m. …………………
Read the rest of this comment here…..http://justarsenal.com/a-look-at-the-new-arsenal-squad-reveals-lack-of-depth/16001
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Last Year it was same case when Fabregas and Nasri left and Wenger didnt buy any big players but Then also we came 3rd.
RVP stepped up and so did Alex Song.
Before the last season Alex Song was not a big star and now once he left all of the sudden we have a big void in our midfield.
How can you all assume that no one will step up this year to take their places and will perform extraordinary ??
and if you are taking into account first two games of the season so i should remind you that we were in much worse position than what we are in right now
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At times there is great merit in demerit: maybe if we fail to qualify for cl next season we’ll have our financial income reduced and this will make kronke & co give room for an interesting bussiness arsenal fan bcos I don’t see arsenal finishing in the top four. Arsenal for life.
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I have a question. Can’t the “Arsenal Trust” do anything? Can’t they protest? I bet Arsene and and the owner of the club are laughing right now at all those fans who say “in arsene we trust”. Somethig must be done. there should be a petition online. We should go on the streets and make our voices heard. If we don’t do that, then we are not different from Evan Gazidis and all the greedy people who are ruining our club.
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The problem Adam, is that the ‘class football’ that you are talking was CREATED by Wenger. Before that we were boring, boring Arsenal. While I agree with you that I don’t like the direction the club has taken of late, your lambasting of Wenger for supposedly ruining the amazing football of our club is actually the football that he himself created. It just makes you sound like a small child who can’t put two and two together.
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you asked how can a team win when their best players are sold.true,but its worse when u sell them to rivals who were already above you.last year,wenger managed to nick 3rd spot LUCKILY.this time around it looks mission impossible.Obviously wenger and board knew what they were going to do and they did just that.so it does seem like sir arsene is not keen to win a trophy anytime soon…Is wenger evil along with the board ? Am starting to think that way lol.wont be surprised with walcott,everything said has been contradictor.maybe they all hav already planned to sell walcott in jan…
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Dearly boloved
We stand here today in the memory of Arsenal Football Club.
A club who loved challenging for silverware and spent cash on decent players. A club who went 49 games unbeaton, A club who would never sell to manure.
The passing of the Club was a slow and painful death and will be sadly missed by many.
It was a club I loved and and I will miss dearly.
AFC RIP
Many thanks to the Yanks and all the fatcats on the board.
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Patience only ran out last year . I think this year everybody’s patience shud run out if the same old cr*p is forced upon us . Gooners might all disagree about how to go about improving things – but we ALL want what’s best for our AFC . Who could honestly say kronke , hillwood , gazidas and even wenger want the same . Wenger might be the least of the 4 to blame – but he’s got into this habit of lying to supporters while goin on this personal quest to unearth talent and make money – ps Newcastle now have that mantle – they are now the best at it !
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i agree with you Badfan.
but we are here in India and can do nothing. all u fans in london should do something.
look if we do nothing, nothing will happen nd this wil continue.
i sincerly request admin to plan nd post some good article on this.
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Adam kemp is the only writer that actually looks at the football reality
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xxxvcx yea he is ruining the amazing club he created. is it the same as the invincibles? not it’s not. They will have no repect for us as long as we don’t do anything about it. They have the funds to spend. We want trophies and they want money.
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While the squad does still need strenghening up front and in def midfield, please remember that we did sign 3 massive players before the start of the season and we did sign some younger players last year that have yet to make an impact in the first team such as Eisfeld. Not sure how long the ryo Miyachi loan is for, but again he looks class. Maybe Wenger is looking once again to youth to fill the gaps with those 3 main signings providing the added experience.
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the problem with the “wait and see” game is that it may become abit too late and situation spiral into the likes of loserpool and top-hot-spuds..
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We will sell Santi at 35M to Man Shity next year. We are better profit making club who believe in sustainable profit than silverware. Why good player will be attracted to come to our beloved club? For barren trophy session or medicore wage system? Every team is thriving to improve. Even Spuds !! Our management only talking about bullshit sustainable. They know we supporters are only die hard loyal. Rest all (manager, board , players) think about sustainable profit. God bless us.
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This pains me t say but its we the fans who need to send a message. No more buying arsenal merchandise, no more going to games, no more watching it on TV so audience figures can encourage them!
We are Arsenal! The Fans! w/o us they’re nothing. w/o us there’s no income, w/o income there’s wages! w/o wages there’s no players! w/o players there’s no club!
If the board thinks screwing us over and over is a sound business model they’re wrong. And it’s time to show them!
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I see Walcott going for free!
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Emery people like you make us laugh. Liverpool isn’t the only team we will face this season lol….we still have 38 matches ford gods sake and what will happen if our key players get injutred? what will happen if we don’t qualify for next year’s Champions league? Loserpool, Rottenham, Mannchester City are becoming stronger and stronger. we will all laugh at you mister BEYOND POSITIVE.
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Wenger only required to bring Falcao and this squad could win treble. Bad luck when our defence is promissing we fail at up front! Mr. Wenger the writtings are on the walls.
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Van persie said this club lacked ambition.i hate this board and wenger for proving that he was right
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Still plenty of people more than happy to argue with facts . So the board and wenger haven’t made us weaker every year , they haven’t replaced too players with lesser players , ther has been no money wasted on deadwood + players who never done anything for arsenal . I suppose we are still the best team in the country too and we’ve just been unlucky the past 8 odd years ? For f*ck sake wind ur necks in . U don’t want change ? Then u dnt want trophies either – what’s next ? Do u’z not wanna play in epl ? Thers a fot ! We could maybe win that league + get some silverware . And u say we ain’t supporters ? Joke !
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Hello gooners,
Did you believe Wenger when he said he was looking for “top, top, top class players” during the transfer window? I knew this was his way of deflecting pressure from us fans! We all know that top class players in the current climate will cost between 20k and 40k,and Wenger has never bought a player in that range, but can sell for the same. Let me remind you, last season I said that Wenger was addicted to mediocrity and he responded by saying he was addicted to the future. Which future, in 100 years? We are entering our 8th year without silverware, so when will this future come? What we have is vicious cycle of developing and selling players to our rivals — we are operating a shop (academy) for other clubs who are eager to win silverware!
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Surprise surprise Adam Kemp arrives when fans are down. Where were u when fans were looking toward to the season. Next article can u lets know when u started to support AFC. I can confirm that a lot of the 70s and 80s wasn’t sublime. Even Grahams reibcould not b called sublime. The sublime football came when AW arrived. One thing I would like is David Dean back in charge. If u want a cause this is it. Banners to b brought to all home Games. “In David Dein We Trust”. AW and David Dean had agreat partnership. He believed that we needed to buy some top top players but allow AW to delevelop the Youth. 1/2 top signings bring through the youth to keep finances correct. What AFC need is to control squad size with blend of Top players and developing players increase wage structure to encourage top players to come and stay reduce development wages and have them on better reward wages. FIALLY cut losses negotiate a pay ff for deadeood.
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WENGER AND THE BOARD MUST GO !!!! THEY ARE KILLING OUR GREAT CLUB, AS FANS WE SHOULD PUT A STOP TO THIS NOW BEFORE IT IS TO LATE !!!! WE SHOULD NOT LET THEM WALK ALL OVER US AND TREAT US LIKE IDIOTS
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Adam I agree on some of the pints you have raised but you must ask yourself why is it that the first half of wengers reign saw us winning and being challengers in all competitions then once Dein leaves it all falls apart?
I honestly believe wenger has too much to do at arsenal now Dein has gone, his support from gazidas is minimal as you’ll remember most of last August he was on holiday when he should have been hard at work. Wenger has arsenal at heart and believe if he had the likes of Deins commitment and vision from gazidas we would be winning and
Challenging once more.
The board members have created the self sustaining buisness model as a
Ship to increase their wealth via our club over an agreed period of time, 2014,
Adam has stated the stadium has already paid for itselfs so if that’s the case we should now be investing profits onto the pitch, but we are not and as 2014 approaches those certain board members are realising the money investment has no cover up anymore and must make as much money as possible before the timer runs out!
How? Sell your best assets the players. Without wenger we’d be in a worse posistion.
The only way you can bring this down is boycotting anything to do
With arsenal, it’s a hard choice as we love the club, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to love something that doesn’t love you back.
I work for a large printing firm and would love to make up some protest banners for those who still want to go to the emirates and support their team
Whilst showing the pain to those who are taking our money!
As for the arsenals supporters trust they seem to be half bought as every year they sit down with gazidas as swallow his shit, expect the same this year, what we need is a True arsenal trust who will make a difference in numbers by 1 voice.
But I guess most people here are either kids or have never been to the emirates.
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a nice article….i hate the day i started to support arsenal.the only thing i got from arsenal and wenger is LIE LIE LIE.i always wish for wenger to finish below 4th .coz for wenger qualifying for champions league is the ultimate goal so may be he will think twice if arsenal doesn’t qualify for CL. next year we will see cazorla and wilshere leaving arsenal for big clubs…..
long live for ARSENAL and DAVID DEIN
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we were first a football club before we became a business. the truth is clear, wenger preaches he is a moralist but he lies constantly to us all. Even thou we have not won silver wares for a while now,i used to be proud that we all things the right way and treat people fairly. But the club has shown that is not true, the don’t treat us fairly and give us no value for money spent.
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if you take out the billionires at chelsea and city……how many clubs can bid for a player above 20m??????
clubs like man utd liverpool, real and barca have millions and millions of fans from asia to south america to sell merchandise from…..
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M’vila was value at 25-30m in the media…Rennes only wanted 15m on the last week of transfer…..
but do anyone wants him?? only a handfull of lowly clubs….
Did newcastle spend big on Tiote, Ba, Cisse Cabaye???
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@Sheeza. We are partly in agreement. The board own the shares so protesting directly at them about their own conduct wont change things. Helping them to see that the fans are behind David Dein will please bring banners “In David Dein We Trust” . Not suuporting the team at the Emirates or buying merchandise will reduce our objectivesof more sustainable wage structure to encourage best players to stay and top players to come.
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Totally agree with Adam its a joke !!!
I think the rubbish bags need to come out at the next home game, show the management what we think.
Time for change !
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go han adam, stop being so negative.
im starting to hate yu
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I will willing pay for 60,000 bin bags!!!
The board has just taken £41M from the profits!
We need to show them how we feel now or it will just go on and on!
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Adam. I like your incisive article and i follow you very much. I must say as an outside with regards to what goes on within Arsenal FC and as a fan who desperately requires on-field success, trophies and honors your article spot on. Nevertheless, i have good news for you, Arsenbal FC will NOT struggle for Siverware this season. And i repeat, we will NOT. Arsenal will have on-field success this season.
I will quickly as you all a question. What would your analysis of our activities in the transfer market be if we had brought in Podolski ONLY after we sold RVP; then we sell Alex Song, our last season ‘messi’ and brought in Santiago Carzola Gonzalez. Then late last night at 11pm AW completes a deal for Olivier Giroud after moving on Park (considering Bendtner’s not being part of the squad in a while).?
I’m sure your attitude, disposition and belief in the squad and our ability to compete for honors this term will be different. But guess what Adam? Thats exactly what we’ve got. And we got them so early that they are almost gelling together into a team. We’ve got that certain Lukaz Podolski that all Arsenal fans were going to curse Wenger for loosing when we heard he was going to join his compatriot Miroslav Klose at Lazio in a deal said to be worth £23m. AW ended up getting him and for £11m for that matter (I have a feeling Arsenal fans believe his worth and value reduces because we got him for a bargain — NOT TRUE. He is still Lukaz Podolski – A very experience German International, class player and proven goalscorer.). Then we performed a Miracle, we practically swapped our Alex ‘Messi’ Song for Santiago Carzola Gonzalez. I’m very sure that if at the beginning of the season malaga approached Arsenal and offered Carzola for Alex Song and £16m, a lot of Arsenal fans will call it a great deal. We had a pseudo creative attacking midfielder in Song (Whether we like it or not Mikel Arteta was our holding / defensive midfielder last season and he is still here) and we replaced him with a REAL WORLD CLASS creative attacking midfielder paying practically nothing extra. THIS for me is the DEAL of this transfer window. On the back of this we shifted Park who was as good as not being in the squad last season and before the final whistle was blown and covers drawn on transfer activities, we nicked Olivier Giroud. WOW The French Leagues highest GOALSCORER|!!!!!!! Again WOW!!! The same player a lot of Arsenal players have claimed if we can get one of HIM, Falcao, Cavani, Llorente, we would be fine, The ONLY problem then was that his club will want upwards of £25m for him and they are sure Wenger wont pay such. RIGHT Wenger DIDNT pay such, but Wenger DID GOT the player, which is what is most important to us. This shrewd piece of business does NOT in any way diminish the players quality. In fact, Wenger should be commended. At the back of this, we have Abou Diaby playing and getting back into form gradually, he will soon be joined in the middle of the pack by Jack Wilshere (Just assume we sold both of them last season and we just bought them back in this transfer window) you will begin to see that Arsenal havent done badly at all this summer.
Add to this the fact that Wenger is expecting the likes of Ramsey, Coquelin, Jekinson (i can see he is building his confidence in the last game, which is what i believe is missing in this guy), Frimpong will step up their games and be more impactful in the first team squad and the fact that Arsenal have one of the most interesting and existing pool of youngsters pushing for first team action in Thomas Elsfield, Serge Gnabry, Connor Henderson and Chuks Aneke to mention a few. You will understand that Wenger have multiple sources from which he is expecting improvements to the squad from. Not just from the transfer market like we are all expecting.
Arsenal FC is ambitious and Arsene Wenger is, much more. I totally disagree with your statement that ‘ Robin Van Persie finished 3rd.’ If that is the case, then it is more true that it is indeed Arsene Wenger that finsihed 3rd and NOT RVP, for 2 reasons. 1. Two seasons ago people like you were very very critical of Wenger for holding on to this guy but he held on and the guy came thru in the last 18 months for the team, but note that it was that INVESTMENT so much patience and perseverance to get the result out of RVP, against the opinion of people like you. 2. When Wenger started playing RVP as our lone striker, he was thoroughly criticized by everyone including his National Team Coach and against RVP’s will and what he thought , was his best position on the pitch, AW persisted and Alas he had his best ever season in that position. The RVP we know today is a ‘creation’ of Arsene Wenger and if the same Wenger decides ultimately to shift him, he probably has better creations in his production line and i think we should keep faith with him.
Arsenal will surprise everyone this season. MARK MY WORDS.
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How can people on here seriously doubt Wengers love for our club..His life would be much easier if he left..He wouldn,t be out work long..Its the idiots like Gazidis who surround him!!!We should protest to get David Dien back at our club..Scream and shout until it happens..He like Wenger loves our club dearly..Wenger has way to much to do nowadays..Get Dein back to take the pressure off him..So he can concentrate on the team..Dein was a master of landing Wengers targets..I Have faith in our manager..but none in the people around him..Also would like to say well done Stevie Bould..The teams defending has improved massively so far this season..If we can keep it tight tommorrow and nick a goal..Will be like the good old days..1-0 to the Arsenal…Good luck lads..
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Fellas, quit letting others (blog writers and yes Wenger himself) tell you what and how to think. Think for yourselves! Evaluate for yourself the information in front of you and form an opinion. Must of you are swing voters who change your minds/opinion on a whim. It does not take a PhD in football to come to your own opinion based on the information you see.
My opinion is this; our squad is severely lacking in depth. We genuinely cannot afford any more than two or three injuries at a time. Our single only hope of winning a title is to go through the season 110% injury free – aka won’t happen. We don’t have the same overall quality in the starting eleven that City, United and Chelsea have. The weaknesses are glaring, and have been for a very long time, yet people in a position to do something about it don’t seem to care or notice them. It’s pretty apparent, that with another transfer window profit, that our ambition is as low as it has ever been. I personally don’t hold Wenger 100% responsible, but he will wear most of the blame being the manager. I place the lion-share upon the shoulders of the board members. They’re the ones that sign off on spending and who have the ultimate say in who goes out. If it were up to Wenger and the board backed him to the hill 100% with everything he wanted we’d be winning the league season after season. Why they felt that a defensive midfielder was not needed is completely beyond me. Utterly perplexed.
I think our best hope, and I’ll be held to this view, is to fail to qualify for the CL. I know Hill-C*nt said they reckon prepared financially for that to happen but are they prepared for the fan backlash? The player exodus? The challenge of attracting high quality players with no CL? I don’t think they are. After all, the fans are the ones paying the players and them. The fans pay for tickets, for gear. Without fans they’d be no TV rights and they’d be no endorsements and sponsorships because no company would pour money into something that isn’t getting the needed return. The board don’t care, so we the fans are Arsenal’s only hope of getting back to were we belong.
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Well what did you expect?…..arsenal is a club in terminal decline…like a old business unable to adapt to the new age of football. We are in a era of mega deals and super rich owners yet we bury our heads in the sand. Goodbye CL, PL, FA Cup or anything worth winning and hello to emirates cup….
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Dont you guys get tired of all this moaning? Adam you can shout as much as you want but its the same thing every season! You talk about wenger out, board out, but they are still there, right? There is nothing you can do except stop supporting the club. Leave,go and support a club that you think is being well run. Look at rangers,got relegated,is there anything the fans could do about it?? No! They went to the 3rd division and they are still supporting their club because we as fans have no power! Is there anything that you can do to stop what happens to our club every transfer window?? There isnt,because it has been going on for years! If arsenal causes you sooooo much pain,why do you keep supporting them??? This is life,even if we were to get relegated this season,what would you do?? NOTHING!!!! You would just come and write an i told you so speech on a blog that none of the fatcats at the emirates even know exists! The only thing that fans can do is support the team,owners do not care about you,players dont care about you! I used to say wenger out year after year but i just got tired! As a fan,the only power i have is to support the team,thats all i can do. Adam….if you as a fan have some sort of influence that can change the way things are done at arsenal,please show us,otherwise dont waste our time shouting about this and that because at the end of the day….the people who run the club don’t know you and even if they did you are NOTHING to them and they wouldn’t care if they lost you as a supporter! Like it or not,this is how arsenal is run,either support the team,join another team or do something about the concerns you have raised!!! Otherwise just shut up!
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I can’t pay my money and watch another team play without watching Arsenal, but the truth has to be told, Adam is very correct, I wish i can turn my back on Arsenal but i can’t see myself supporting another football club on earth. I wish i could. Arsene Wenger is a pain in my ass.
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Its a shame we are in this situation. am not happy see the club i love most struggle all the seasons. We should stop criticizing our best player who left or who want to leave. Let us fight for our right, we fans are stakeholder in these club and our support makes the club great. the board are corrupted including wenger because he please with the direction board are taking the club.
My fear is that arsenal will struggle this season. Not that the player we have will not try there best but there best will not take us to anywhere.
Arsen wenger believes in jack return but he forgot that this player needs time to reshape. when you over play a player he will get tired and later injure.
God Help arsenal fc.
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Enough with the moaning! It’s time for action! I want the current board out, replaced with x arsenal players and Usmanov! Wenger to stay coach though!
Who is going to write an intelligent article and help us get together to take action! This will continue till we, the fans, get some balls and do something about it
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@Emery is just a foolish,sentimental,stubborn and still living in illusions. Arsene has lost it,if he thinks its d likes of diaby,ramsey,jenkinson,dat are d future. So players like Ganso,Oscar,Joe allen,hazard,mbaye,etc are not good for d future right. During D invincibles era liverpool wasn’t a competition cos we wud alwasys bet em,now we have been relegated to rivalry wit d likes of spuds and Fulham,we no longer eat on d table wit d big boiz…And still one moron called @Emery can use his fingers to type crap here dat he iss looking forward to the liverpool game to prove sometin,prove wat? Dat we are a better team dan liverpool who change managers like clothes but still manage 2 win 1 or 2 trophies? Yet ur wenger who has consistently been in charge for d last 7yrs hasn’t won anything! Chelsea has undergone change but still won somtin wit a caretaker coach. We are d only club in d top four dat hasn’t won anytin in d last 7 years n its not gettin any beta. So wat do u think is d problem @Emery?-bad luck,bad weather,bad officiating,or maybe d EPL doesn’t suit our style of play n management. Stop talking abt positives and consoling urself,face d reality of d situation so we can find a solution 2 d rot.
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OMG so the true story bout Song is he ask for 15k wage rise, we refuse and then sell him to Barcelona? >;o
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Kronke is a parasite and has to go – these lies and asset stripping are all down to him, he’s the only one on the board who owns any shares the rest just make up the numbers. Why Wenger lies to protect him I don’t know but it is souring his legacy and compromising his integrity. Arsenal is now purely about profit and football be damned. I for one will not spend a penny more on them until Kronke is out and if everyone else did this we’d soon get rid of this leach.
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I started to support arsenal since 1994 when I been to my country(congo drc)before mr wenger became manager,when I CAME TO ENGLAND in 2001 I was happy to see arsenal in live but now I start to became disappointed with mr wenger because good team and good manager without trophy in 8 unsuccessful years IS not what a so called big team can be rule.
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There is no gooner in their right mind who actually believes everything is rosy at the club, we all know that. Every year is the same at arsenal and i must say this deja vu is getting a tad annoying. Commenting on countless blogs is not gonna change anything, we should be looking to air our views directly to arsenal fc itself. This our club and was before wenger came and will be long after he has moved on. The direction we are going is not that of a top european powerhouse, but that of a mid table team struggling to keep afloat therefore flogging our best players to the highest bidder even if it means your opponents. I for one cannot draw ambition from that, and nor do the players and that’s why they always jump ship when the opportunity arises. Arsenal is rotting from within and this rot needs to stop! Bring back the mighty Arsenal!
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It’s not rocket science to figure out that Arsenal’s primary objective is to develop players then sell them and make money. IF on the way they can win a trophy, then all is good. The Arsenal fans are being scammed and it is time they stood up and said enough is enough.
Seeing the first two games of this year, they seem to be lost and all they do is pass the ball around, what pathos. They don’t have the courage to go forward and score. They’re afraid from counter attacks.
I just don’t believe anything that comes out of Arsenal whether from AW or the club management. It’s all lies. The only way to prove is by jingling the coffers.
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Stop crying like a baby and bloody support the team that you supposedly love! How come you never come out until the shit hits the fan Adam? Are you sure your not a spud? For once can you try to write something positive?!?!!
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I agree with emery…this deluded buffoon doesn’t know a thing about football! How much did rvp cost? 2 million. cesc? free. nasri? 10 million,clichy free,song 400,000, and here this muppet kemp speaks of how our star players have been replaced by dross! Kemp thinks running a football club is like playing football manager! Its not just about signing players,they still have to perform! Nobody ever liked song when wenger 1st put him in the team,now he is world class? they waited 8 yrs for rvp to perform yet they wont wait even a month for our new players! Illiterate bunch of no good fans,common sense it seems isnt that common nowadays! Wenger will stay and there is nothing you fools can do about it. Go get your bin bags out you cowards!!
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It is all down to timing. If we had signed Cazorla. Podolski and Giroud on the last day of the window everyone would have been happy. You are looking for quick fixes to your addiction. Find other things in life. Dont make footie your life. It will only make you miserable. Its an ugly game not a beautiful one
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This site has become full of whinners;from those who post articles to most fans.So wenger didn’t buy more,nothing much you can do about it.Just STFU and wish your team well!
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Adam, you are right about one thing and that is they way we havent spent money over the last few seasons, everything other point you have made is total garbage mate!! First off Wenger was the one who bought us Class football. Also learn your history before you start running your lips like some crazed jibba jabba, Arsenal have NEVER been prolific spenders. Its just a couple of Ameicans a Russain and a Sheikh have come along like some sort of bad joke and changed the goal posts a bit. And I dont rememeber RVP taking the ball off the goal keeper running the entirely lenght of pitch and scoring 30+ times last season, I seem to rememeber the TEAM setting his goals up. RVP and Song both quality players but to cal Podolski average is a joke mate, have u not looked at his scoring record at all? the guy has been prolific, and been a dead cert on the germany team sheet for years(when germany have been at the top of there game) so, i appreciate your passion, but learn something about the club your claim to support before you start bad mouthing it!!!!!!
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Totally agree with this article , kronke needs to be overthrown and replaced with someone who has love for the club, not just for money.
Unless stan kronke and his kronies are out, arsenal can never challenge for any major trophies and that i truly believe and hope othey fans start realizing that 2 that we are being lied to year in year out, with our best players being sold year in year out with so much funds yet no solid replacements same story every year.
Wake up and start protesting peacefully, get your banners out let them know stan knonke must go.
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show. Your. Unhappiness. By. Boycotting. A home. Match.ARSEN WILL GET THE MESSAGE.GOOD WRITING ADAM.YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH.
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d problem is dat we fans keep complaing on social networks while we ought to be complaing through our actions.let we d fans boycott 2 home matches and see if korenke and his fellow thieves wont take actions.i remain a gunner till WOLVES PLAY STOKE IN UCL FINAL
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BRING BACK DAVID DEIN!!!
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every year Arsenal sell and sell star players and replace them with cheap one..only this year we got lucky cz the cheap ones are those three (G P C)..if each year we do this we will become a feeder club..not a club challenging for success but a club striving for financial stability and profit..im not mad if the board/shareholders shares the same pain the supporters carry all this years seeing our Arsenal like this..as a supporter who trully love Arsenal i will be mad if the board/shareholders run the club, grab all or most of the profit by themselves, give Arsenal just enough to survive, and the worst of all lie to all the supporters. We supporters want the board/shareholders their pure efforts to run the club and bring Arsenal towards success.
looking at chel$ea and man €ity..the owners WANT success at their club..they spent billions for their club to acheive that..BUT im not saying that we want our Arsenal to do the same foolish mega millions spending..but at least show some EFFORT in making Arsenal moving forward towards success..at least keep our star players and we supporters dont mind (and we even be proud and glad) if the board/Wenger go for smart/cheap buys to IMPROVE the squad..as long as the word IMPROVE is there. What we see now is the board making profits and Arsenal struggles each year selling star players. Maybe wage structure should be revised..not as far as 250,000 p/w like those of chel$ea and €ity..but maybe as far as 150,000 p/w so that all star players who TRULLY love Arsenal and wanted to stay STAYS.
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agree with wht u say mostly adam, but rellly sacking arsene?? sacking the man who made us play beautiful football, the man who made rvp,henry,cesc,bergkamp, pires into world class stars, the list goes on. for example, we do not know what is going on behind the scenes with wenger and the board and how much they are giving him to spend.
STOP LAYING INTO WENGER AND THE TEAM, LAY INTO THE BOARD INSTEAD.
also, you said we should be looking at neymar and falcao, hmmmm, wake up kempy, get the f”ck out of dreamland.
IM pretty sure podolski and giroud are good replacements for rvp, podolski, absolute demon, giroud, ligue1 top scorer last season, cant ask for much better than that.
ITS CRAPPY LITTLE FANS LIKE YOU WHO, BOO AT ARSENAL MATCHES, YOU PRETTY MUCH BOOED ARSHAVIN OUT OF ARSENAL.
STOP COMPLETELY DEMORALISING ARSENAL AND START SHOWING SOME BLO0DY SUPPORT. UNLESS YOU THINK YOU CAN BE A BETTER MANAGER AND RUN ARSENAL F.C PERFECTLY, AS YOU SEEM TO HAVE GOT IT PRETTY WELL WORKEED OUT IN THAT TINY LITTLE HEAD OF YOURS. OKAY WE SHOULD BE DISSAPOOINTED THAT WE DIDNT SIGN ATLEAST 1 GOOD, PLAYER, BUT CHEER THE F”CK UP START POSTING ARTICLES SUPPORTING THE CLUB YOU SAY YOU LOVE.
AND HEY ATLEAST WE DIDNT LOSE ANY OF OUR GOOD PLAYERS THIS TIME, SO HEY IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
BUT AGAIN LOOK AT THE SPUDS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA
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Adam Kemp was noted as absent when we signed Podolski, Cazorla and Giroud and was certain to to appear this week what with all the fans complaining who didn’t get a new ‘toy’ on transfer day…he didn’t disappoint!
Surely if he were a player we would have been loaned him to Celta Vigo! Maybe we could let him go to Spurs on a Bosman.
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Arsenal board need to stop thinking of themselves, arsenal fans dont come to games to know that the board are wealthy and don’t intend on investing on the pitch. I say all fans boycott arsenal games, make sure every seat in the stadium does have a arsenal fans arse in them, so the board get the point. Please please boycott games people this could aid the future.
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Dear mr Adams
I would like to begin by saying your article was very informative. ( you are welcome). I just want to add a few things.
ONE..we need articles like yours to lend a voice to those arsenal fans that are frustrated with the way we have played in the transfer market…when fans voice their discontent with club matters ,it informs the club of our sentiments on certain issues. Checks and balances.
TWO…I know the fact that we have been able to compete in the champions league for the past 16 years shouldn’t be the only accolade in our mantle, ( look at liverpool) the ARSENAL is or should be way way better than that…But footbal has changed, because the players and their agents have changed. And we can thank man city for this change..they started this ripple and now psg and Chelsea have become pupils of this revolution..by the way I was going to use the word deflation but that would make it sound like an excuse rather than a fact. Even though the fact is deflation is causing the arsenal all sorts of problems. We sold adebayor for 25 mil quid…a couple of years later he is sold for 5 mil quid…should I explain that situation or should i assume we all understand the idea of what man city did or is doing to football and inflation.I am not even going to mention Santa Cruz.
The blues brothers (man city, psg and Chelsea) buy players buy out bidding competitors by a mile. Ask ferguson what happened to Lucas moura…by paying outlandish transfer fees for these players, other players, clubs,agents ,begging to salivate at the prospect of a move and what they are going to demand…it’s like opening a can of worms…not to mention what happensmwenma team has 80 mil quid worth or talent on the bench…now u have world class players making cameos instead of playing..their value begging to diminish along with their skills…remember, players can only keep their form or become better by playing, not making cameos…so u have players with outlandish wages on the bench..and then the next summer arrives and u want the new best thing..which means
A..u have to pay for the new best thing a lot more than you did when you bought the old best thing
B..you have pay higher wages for the new best thing than you did the old best thing
C..the old best thing wants to leave and you say go ahead, but no body wants to pay a kings ransome for a guy who made cameos instead of playing on the regular not mention they will not indulge him with his outlandish wages….all of a sudden, HOUSTON , WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
THREE..THE ARSENAL REVOLUTION OR REBELION?
We all know the difference between a REBELION and a REVOULTION is one wins the war and the other loses their head..
At this stage of the arsenal REVOULTION , it may seem like we, the gunners, have either lost our heads, losing our heads, or about to lose our heads…I will say this..AS A FAN I WANT US TO GO AFTER FALCAO, NEYMAR, WESLEY SNEIJDER…FUCK IT PUT IN A BID MESSI OR RONALDO…but if we did we will trying emulate the blue brothers..yes it’s a tough pill for fans to swallow but I ask those fans to wait just a little bit longer…
Finally …I agree to disagree…
Diaby is not average but injury prone….jack, rosicky,cazorla, arteta, the ox ,Ramsey ,diaby…ps the only person on that list thatts not an international is our beloved arteta..
Up front..Walcott ,giroud,poldoski,gervinho, ashavin .also the ox. Possibly the newly released drogba.( this is a joke) .we’ll sign drogba just for wen we play barca…lol
In the back Sagna kos vermalen Gibs ..Metz ,yennaris,santos,jenkinson..
Remember wen we signed some kid from Southampton name ox and fans went bonkers…only several months later for those fans to boo ashavin so that kid can stay in the game..
If Liverpool to play football against the arsenal tomorrow instead of parking the bus..we have at least 4 goals tomorrow..
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Well no cups for AFC….sorry we already sold all the cups to other teams this year…better luck next year…but hey guess what arsenal fan our manager will say this” we still make to the CL next year ” but i hope they make it with the squad they have if not we might not even be playing Europa Cup. GO RVP u probably can gift a cup to arsenal by winning it at Man United.
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Don’t crucify Adams Kemp, as a fan I understand his pain. He is right in all aspect of his article. If he criticizes Wenger for destroying what he made over the years, he does not commit any atrocity. Why should someone construct a super highway then slowly destroy it? Anyway there is nothing we fans can do now. Lets get behind the team and the manager and then we convince him to buy January and this time round we want Falcao. That is when other teams will panic in their pants. AFC ALL THE WAY.
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Guys, 7 years without a single trophy! Not one! Every one of those past 7 years people say give the team a chance and by the time the team has managed to pick themselves up, it’s too late. As I said in my earlier comment, it is not rocket science to understand what’s happening to our club. What player would want to leave the Gunners if they are wining silverware? If you are in a casino playing poker and continue to lose on the table you are playing, do you stay on that table or get up and go try another one? Yet if you are wining, why would you leave and go to another unless you are retiring! Do you think Rooney will stay at Manchew for another year or two if they don’t win anything???
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I agree with kemp alot on his points! but not on wenger spending money!
While we were at highbury Arsene spend more money on players in then players out and hes spend alot asswell at times.
jeffers 10 mill!??
henry 12 mill!?
reyes 14 mill!?
Certainly not a stingy man especially as these transfers would of bin high for that years current market.
Has to be board problem i dont care how much control people think Wenger has he does not own the club!!
But lining our boards pockets certainly will keep him in a job for the next zillion years any businessman would.
Which leads back to the usual we have no ambition and quite frankly not sure why we are even a football club if we have no desire to actually win trophys.
We are a franchise now nothing more!!
And kemp is right most players now know this hense why they have no desire to play for the the once great Arsenal football club now non as “American franchise Arsenal”
We should play in the MLS.
Will take a miracle for us to win anything our current squad is bang average not one world class player.
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ps. Not botherd about the trophy drought what bothers me is that we actually dont look like wer even trying to compete properly!!
It stands out a mile to every fan and those off every other club even teams like EVEN Stoke look like their trying to improve their squad and progress!!!
When we do finish outside the top 4 this will trigger something we as fans have never seen at the Arsenal.
When some one takes money from you it plays with your mind will see how our board react to their purse strings being hit!
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More shit from Adam Kemp. When have we been one of the world’s biggest clubs? Couldn’t agree more with the financial analysis. Arsenal are a business and the board are ensuring they get their return. Our chief executive should be fired given he’s incapable of player contract negoitations or player purchases. Commercial operations are poor too! The commercial revenues secured by Mr G or well below the average. And how many times must we see talent identified by Arsenal signing for other PL teams.
But i’m not convinced we won’t put up a solid challenge this year. Defensively we look strong, in fact almost boring, boring arsenal. Real defenders versus midfielders playing in defence. We looked poor offensively in the first two games and Giroud isn’t fit. He looked exhausted for the last 20 mins today. Why didn’t Wenger bring Walcott on to replace Giroud. Liverpools defence looked spent and he was sure to get a sniff once or twice. We don’t look excited going forward against the defensively minded teams (sunderland, stoke) but with space and pace we look great today passing the ball about for fun.
Not PL winners, we don’t have enough quality on bench but top 4 should be comfortable.
Wenger – we delivered very little for years under the likes of Graham, Rioch etc. We have arguable the best stadium in PL, best training facilities, 11-12 quality players and money to spend in Jan (if the board lets Wenger spend). We have always been in ECL so give the guy a break. Or would you like to go back to a George Graham style of football in a small, outdated stadium?
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Arsenal will end up like Blackburn listening to you lot whining about not spending so much on players. Arsenal will challenge this season as always you seem to forget how much is spent and AFc is a big club and always will be if you want to see big sighninvs and money wasting buy a city shirt and wait a couple of years till they come down hard like liverpool
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How hard is it to understand; we keep looking at our money not at our opponents. The likes of City are swimmimng in cash other teams dont mind hitting the red. I we spend 30 mil, city can lure them for 40 mil,we spend 40 mil,they can do 50, you get the picture. Same for salaries we offer a player 60k a week, another team will offer them 100k a week. Are we suppose to that for every player who thinks they deserve a pay rise; we may end up with a trophy and a broke club. Start supporting the club and stop polluting the minds of the ignorant with what the club makes. THINK OF THE OTHER TEAM,its not one way traffic.
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