Is it time to give Arsene Wenger a break?
Arsenal have now played two games of the new season, and have gained a respectable four points and scored seven goals, but, as regular visitors to Just Arsenal News will be aware, there seem to be more and more Arsenal supporters criticizing Wenger’s ability to run Arsenal.
Everyone knows (including Wenger) that the Gunners are in desperate need of a centre-back, and could do with a world class goalkeeper. He hasn’t been able to buy either as yet, for whatever reason, but he is obviouly trying as hard as he can without advertising the fact too loudly. We still have nine days left so we shouldn’t give up hope just yet, and perhaps we should just leave Wenger alone to get on with his job?
This time last season, Arsenal were being written off as no-hopers for the League and were being quoted at a massive 12/1 after selling Adebayor and Toure to Man City, but as usual Wenger got the team back together and were in the title race right up until the last month. Why should this season be any different?
In yesterday’s game, Arsenal proved that they were back to their best. Van Persie and Fabregas both got another half hour’s play under their belts. Theo Walcott is like a new signing after missing most of last season, and Marouane Chamakh scored on his official Emirates debut. With Van Persie back from his injury and a maturing Carlos Vela, the attack is much stronger than last season.
Even in the much-debated defensive positions, Wenger has Koscielny and the returning Djourou to replace Campbell and Gallas, and when A.N.Other arrives (Squillaci?), he will replace Silvestre and Senderos who never played anyway last season!
Okay so Wenger seems reluctant to actually spend any money, but the squad will definitely be stronger this season than last, and we were only “two steps” away from the title….
So isn’t it time everyone gave Wenger a break and realised that he is doing his level best as usual?
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Maybe Wenger is saving up to buy Lionel Messi?
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true,,,,, absolutely correct..!!! i evn believe Kosclieny is bttr than gallas..!! he might not be good enuf on the defensive front yet but his presence in the dressing room is much bttr than gallas……..wilshire showed yesterday why he is so highly rated and tried to win each and evry half battle..vela showed some wonderful skills and arshavin was comfortable on the ball… our full backs had a good game too (sagna in particular)…song and vermaelen didnt hav to break a sweat and we won comprehensively..!! wid rosicky and walcott bak to their best and fabregas and van persie coming into the team along with chamakh thrs no stopping arsenal dis season,!!!! ARSENAL TILL DEATH! UP THE GUNNERS!!
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Song marshaled the defense very well with TV5, is that the reason The Prof feels reluctant to bring in another defender just to “warm” the bench? Walcott is slowly turning into the real Number 14 that he craves to be, well done Walcott! He also looked very comfortable yesterday moving into the middle as evidenced from the 2nd goal when he collected Wilshere’s pass. I agree with @admin, lets give The Prof a break for now.
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maybe u r the 1 that needs a break….bullocks article…hes said hes tryin hard to bring in players…so give him a chance
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apoligise for the above comment….i thot its another 1 of those articles which criticizes wenger but honestly ur rite we need to get of wenger’s back and give him a chance….sorry
(LOL Apology accepted! But please read the article before criticizing in future ;-} — ADMIN)
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yes its time to give wenger a break. last night was an absolute joy, to see the gunners turn it on……walcott and rosick were out of the world. both had a massive influence on the performance. just one thing that is bothering me is the fact that wenger played song in the heart of the defense.song should have been played in the mid. that’s his best position and not CB. I hope he is not needed to cover the position anymore. arsenal needs a new CB and a world class goalkeeper.
COME ON ARSENAL
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I love watching Rosiscky and finally this could be the year that he helps us win some silverware. Team looks good but I hope Wenger can get the players that he is looking to buy. If that happens, we could look forward to great season, otherwise, I don’t think we will be able to compete with Chelsea’s and Man u’s staying power. They both have got more power in their teams than us.
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Yesterday was vintage Arsenal . Can any one in the country really play closer to the level that we played ?. The answer is simply a BIG NO. With out taking any credit away from the team which played as a team , with all due respect, it was against Blackpool who failed to test our backline and GK. We never worried too much about the attack which is the best and most versatile it England.
As any gooner would know,if we could get a decent CB and Schwarzer/ any other GK it would tremendously add to the confidence levels and extremely useful in the close season. But having said that I agree that Le Boss should be left alone from constant pestering. He knows a million things within the club for which we don’t have any access. And whats more he had already revealed he is in the market for CB and GK, we all know how he deals with last minute transfers. So let us leave him alone and be patient its only nine more days for deadline.
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from your headline i thought you were saying ‘send him on holiday’
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“and we were only “two steps” away from the title…. ” …eah,the only problem is that chelski and united play in the same league as us
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What a very good article.If we are going to criticize him ,we can surely wait until the window closes or we are not in a position to challenge.Even they I don’t understand why some less than intelligent individuals ,make outrageous personal attacks on him ,rather than offer a reasonable criticism.I am aware that this site can be critical ,but that is healthy.Abuse is not
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There is no need to give any break to Wenger, unless we get a silverware we will not dare to give any break. Arsenal is a very big club, possibly we rank 5th in the world. So we need to address the dry spell on our table this season. We need another central defender and Melo Filipe from Juve
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The true is to given hin break, but what we can do with others they do not understanding nothing, just up and down, I do agree with Arsene after we fail to get titke last year, ” you can not win a title if consider 40 goals” that mean the problem was not just Almunia, but the cb. He will add another one or two cb that all, Almunia he will look best because he will protect. Just let Arsene do his job, I do believe he care for Arsenal more then any body in the earth
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you forget too fast, our first game last season, not second, the boys route and able team a top 4 contenders 6-0 but what happened later int the season. dont be too excited en forget that it may be anoter vicious circle of “being close” it is tym to win not to be close. too me, there is no substantial change inthe squad a part from the players being a year older and that is not enough. new signings are a must for trophy winning
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can we wait till nov before start praising the tight arse!!!as usual start with a bang then lose a few players to injury and it will all be over again by dec…5 years and going on 6
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I agree to an extent. However song cannot keep playing centreback because it totally weakens our midfield and puts more pressure on the defence. If we came up against chelsea or man united with song in defence they would be severely overworked because there is no longer any real protection in midfield, yet i must admit that Wilshere is a real fighter.
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we’ve given him 5breaks in 5years without any silverware,we all know that had Arsene bought a striker in january the title was ours but b’se he’s stubborn we lost and are bound to lose again except he signs a GK &CB now
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“we all know that had Arsene bought a striker in January the title was ours”.The thing is Sandile,nobody knows that.You just think that.Very different.But please tell me which assailable striker he should have bought that could guarantee us winning the title?How much was he for sale for?And who at his club agreed to let him come to us?I would appreciated answers rather than childish abuse
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Great post, give Wnger a break, he will sign someone anyway, a CB for sure, a goalkeeper? maybe but the squad is much stronger than last season, even Rosicky looks on form
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nice article Admin
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@ admin,u gave an erroneous analysis on who replaces who. In addition,u are d major problem why fans criticize AW. Arsenal needs another central defender period. Write an article,fans and shareholders respond and u sit and laugh @ responses. What does he need a break for? If not for Koscielny’s suspension,I bet that AW will not even think of signing a player. Good that its coming at d begining of the season. He has made these mistakes in the past. He is full of excuses.if song covers up for Koscielny,who covers up for song? There are big games coming with teams who might not play wit 10 players. He will only get a break when he does d ryt thing.
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This article is flawed – no offence admin.
“In yesterday’s game, Arsenal proved that they were back to their best.”
They were great. However, it is delusional to conclude that they were back to their best based on their win over Blackpool – a team that is new to the premier league. And to compound to their misery, to play against Arsenal with 10 men. Let us be realistic and beat the top teams as well first.
@ Kachingwe Malawian gunner & andrew
Well said!
@ sandile samuel
Partially agree as we don’t know for sure if Arsenal would have won. However, it did prove something to all the fans. That he would rather sacrifice the CHANCE to win the title by NOT spending any money so that he can get a striker for FREE in the summer. Basically, to run the club for profits. Before anyone starts criticizing, it was AW himself who said we were looking for a striker during that period due to injuries.
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Hi
Its still the beginning of the season and its too early to give credits. Remember last season, Arsenal faded at the end of season. But its a good start, lets hope this continues.
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Here is a question then.Let us assume that if we bought a top class striker we would have won the league.How much then are you willing to spent to buy that 1 trophy?20 million ,a Teves then, 80 million a Ronaldo?you tell me what price(someone else’s money of course)do you put on a tin cup?
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@ George
“A tin cup” – is that what it is to you? I hate to think of the Arsenal fans & players reaction if they heard this. Do you know the symbolism behind a trophy? Let me give you a couple of examples:
1)To the players and manager, it is an accomplishment for all the sweat, blood and tears that they have put in throughout the season.
2) To the fans, it is a symbol of success that their team has done well amidst the tough competition and something which they can all be proud of.
As for your question, why don’t you ask AW that? He was the one who said that we were looking for a striker during that period. And once again, nobody is asking for a 80 million signing. We are asking for signings within the constraints of the transfer budget – and we do have a good amount set aside for transfers which has not been used.
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still you go on about a WORLD CLASS KEEPER!!!
yet where is wenger to buy one? thier ain’t many world class keepers around,yet every one will be moaning very soon if and when scwarzer comes here, because he certainly not world class.
get a grip wenger said he’s after players, if they can’t agree a deal with the selling club then tough,fulham and sevilla are both asking far too much for average players,they not worldclass, not even great players they just average.
arsenal can’t afford world class players,like chech,messi ronaldo.we can’t really afford great players like ozil,but we can buy average players and make them at worse good,like adeybour,or great like vieria and henry.(nethier henry or vieria were world class be4 you all comment,great yes but not world class.)
so yes get off wengers back,he done a fantasic job over the years,built a two very good teams that won titles,built a great stadium, built a great training facilities,made our reserve and youth policy even better then before,producing very good youngsters,with lots off promise.
i’d rather this then the lets over spend,and risk putting the club in so much debt that the club could fold any minute just like leeds utd,and portsmouth, who both came very close to folding ,like liverpool are finding out now,and man utd trying to survive,the perils off thier greedy owners.
thanks to arsenal board room and wenger we no fear off that happening and success will come ,maybe not tomorrow,maybe not next year but it will come. clubs are starting to look over thier shoulders and worrying about the debt collecters,we ain’t ,be grateful,and support arsenal stop moaning because we ain’t sign no one,nor have many other teams in pl.or europe.
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@ demongooner
I will just sum up in a few lines. When there is a TRANSFER BUDGET which is strictly adhered to at Arsenal, it means that the club is aware that they are capable of spending X amount of money without the risk of putting the club in debt! Otherwise, the controllers should be fired!
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@gunnersfan.so that’s it?no answer then?And make up your mind .Does the manager do “blood sweat and tears” or is he a “senile retard ” as you previously suggested?
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i agree with all that,but only is right when everything is going well for us….we do not have a plan b….e.g koscienly got a red card while djorou is injured,all of a sudden we only hav 2 CB…
that then intervins with the whole squad,diaby is moved back which forces us to play good welshire but inexpierenced…\
the only way we are gonna win something this season is when AW starts his first eleven in the fa cup and carling cup…
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@ george
Please do not put words into my mouth. Since when did I call him a “senile retard”? Either find the post or stop posting false accusations. Judging from all your posts, I think that you must be really young.
As for your question, I already answered it. Go ask AW. I do not want to get into further discussion on this so it ends here.
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Good article, well balanced. The problem with our fans is that they think that they know how to run football more than Wenger yet when I read their comments I get the feeling that they do not know anything about football or Wenger’s philosophy that is for the long term sustainability of the club and not short term success. Buying a player for a club like ours is not as easy as going to the supermarket to pick a detergent or bread ! Wenger buys only players who can fit his philosophy. Give the guy a break !
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George the only senile retard I know is you, we could have bought hunterler in jan,now we are the best team in the world, we don’t need to buy nobody, we beat Barcelona 6-0.sorry to burst you pro wenger mugs it was a ten man Blackpool team we beat like gunnersfan posted a few days ago, @ gunnersfan totally agree.
(Baz, Gunnersfan, and anyone else who carries on with these puerile name calling. This is seriously your last chance. Discuss the issues about Arsenal without insulting each other or I will ban your name, your psuedonym, your email address and your IP address. I believe in free speech (or you would have been banned long ago) but please respect my website. Thank You — ADMIN)
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@Baz,Hunterler,lol,really.Enough said.Oh and thank you for calling me a “senile retard” It was at that point i realised that intellectually I was out of my depth
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6-0 at home versus a 10 man Blackpool.
Entertaing game.
Let’s not get too excited, though.
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About time the admin got a bit optimistic. Its good hear that. Lets hope these kinds of supportive articles will be posted more frequently in the future.
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Are you serious? We’re 2 games into the season and every problem we had doesn’t magically go away because we thumped a 10 man Championship team, and don’t tell me “They beat Wigan 4-0″ because Chelsea thumped Wigan 6-0.
Chamakh is still a terrible lone striker…he IS the best header of the ball in the world in my opinion, but that’s a specialty and in order to be a great striker you need to have a larger skill set. Watch the game again…how many errant passes did Chamakh make? Bad touches? Terrible shots? Too many to keep track of.
Wenger finally figured out that Rosicky and Fabregas play the same position…BRILLIANT. Nasri can’t play that position and it only took him getting injured for everyone to see it. Nasri holds the ball, he is not a killer passer.
Song did get better as the game went on, but had a terrible start at CB and I’m not entirely sure that Song’s improvement wasn’t directly correlated to the fact that Blackpool was down an attacker. Fact is, 2 games into the season and we’ve already had to tap up our emergency CB.
No one’s asking Wenger to go out there and drop 30 million pounds on a keeper or defender, but when Wenger himself acknowledges the need and won’t make the move because 3 million, instead of 2 million, for Schwarzer is too much…if 1 million pounds is the difference between 3rd and possibly winning a title then what’s the hold up?
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huntelaar is not world class by any stretch of the imagination. we had eduardo and vela. and also thought bendtner would be fit. the plan was always to bring in chamakh in the summer, so wenger was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
maybe a loan signing could have been made, granted. that is if anyone was willing to loan a striker. no big epl team would.
it is easy to make judgements when you don’t have the facts straight. do you know if any strikers were made offers for? no, I don’t think so.
instead, let’s moan moan moan like 5 yr olds.
lastly which big name striker will want to come to the arsenal and accept the wage cap? none. so get a grip
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Arsenal are the 5th largest club in the world (in revenue) and the 4 teams ahead of Arsenal either have won many trophies the last 5 years (Man U, Bayern, Barca) or are trying like hell to win trophies (Real Madrid’s spending spree).
I’m not saying Arsenal should splurge like Real Madrid, but there is plenty of gray area between the Real Madrid budget (spending hundreds of millions of Euros) and Arsenal budget (tens of millions of Euros). Arsenal should definitely spend more, and if Arsenal doesn’t it falls on Wenger. He has power with the board, he has the leverage to leave the club and leave Arsenal in ruins, and he has the football intelligence to find great players. What he also has is a cheap streak. He is CHEAP. CHEAP. CHEAP. He is insulted when Barca makes small bids for Fabregas, but he wants Fulham to give up Schwarzer for nothing and we are in no position to barter.
I also think that going out and perhaps spending a little extra on players that are needed is good for Arsenal in the long term. Teams mistrust Arsenal and Arsene because too many times he has found great players for cheap. That doesn’t work anymore. Other managers know that if Arsenal offer 10 million for a player, that player is possibly worth twice that fee.
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If only we had a manager who could see the obvious deficiencies of this team ,and listen to the all knowing fans.I mean it is clear that us fans could manage the team perfectly well .Come to think of it ,we have no need for a manager at all,We could manage the team on line and buy players by consensus
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So when someone brings up a good point George you go to forum defense mechanism number 4: “Dismiss all arguments because if you’re not the manager you’re not good enough criticize”
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No Vance,I save that answer for people who think they no more than the most successful manager in the history of the club.In other words ,you.We all have opinions on team selection and tactics ,but when it comes to the running of a huge business ,the likes of us should accept that we no nothing compared to professionals who are completely informed of all the facts ,as against people with little or no experience or insight
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And further am i to take it that your good point is that Arsene is CHEAP.CHEAP,CHEAP”or did I miss something more insightful?
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@ ADMIN
I am sorry but you are seriously mistaken time around. I have not called anyone names in here today and you can confirm that by looking at my posts. I would appreciate it if you could investigate first before implicating me as you did above. I don’t get how it can be my “last chance” when I have not done anything wrong today?
And please please pleeease be FAIR and control other peoples abusive comments.
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No..i say keep the pressure on..one good result against blackpool is nothing ..play with barcelona and chelsea to realize where u stand ..we won 6-1 against everton last season ..we still came 3rd. Knowing that we need a GK and another CB is not enough …its important to act ..he needs to get good quality players in those two departments..unknown ..i don’t care..he has good scouts.. its as good as kissing good -bye to trophies..if those two minimum transfers are not made…10-12 million extra spent for once is better than going trophyless another season..he should’ve convinced Campbell to stay if he didn’t wanna buy..i m happy Gallas is out though…never liked him…
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No I don’t think it’s time to give him a break why is he leaving it so long to buy a replacement for that clown Almunia?Where is the centre back we so desperately need?Yet again the(mad)professor has pissed about in the close season when he should have been getting in the pkayers we desperately need.I get sick and tired of hearing what a great manager he is,great managers don’t go 5 seasons without winning a trophy,I think this should be his last if we end up with nothing yet again.
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Actually, if you want to get real deep I think Wenger uses cheapness as a cover for his loyalty to players he believes in. Lots of times this loyalty pays off with the emergence and coming-of-age of young talent, but when Arsenal are so close to the precipice and all that is need is improvement in certain areas, Wenger can’t bring himself to sitting one of HIS players for a newcomer. Wenger would rather play with HIS players and be able to say that the team played “good football” and “competed for the title with little spending” instead of winning trophies.
How long have credible football analysts and fans criticized the quality of Bendtner, Almunia, Fabianski, Silvestre, Denilson, and Vela? How long have credible football analysts and fans said the team is an injury away from being stretched? How long is too long? To me Arsenal has a one year window to win a trophy and win Fabregas in the process. If we go trophyless this season Fabregas is gone (he’s probably gone anyway) and his career at Arsenal was merely a development stop for Barcelona.
I am not an enemy of Wenger. I have enormous amounts of respect for him as a human being and I think he is the best combination of manager and scout in the world. Arsenal being the butt of all jokes is getting frustrating. Knowing that Arsene runs the club the right way and no one will credit Arsene for it unless we win a trophy is frustrating. I just want him and the team to win a trophy so bad, and to see him cutting off his nose to spite his face is just getting FRUSTRATING. To me Chamakh is a cop out. A free transfer that can be rationalized as “good business” instead of a “necessary improvement” at striker. If we went out and bought Edin Dzeko it would be an admission that “our way” isn’t good enough to win trophies, so we get Chamakh on a free and it’s “the Arsenal way”.
No one will remember how the club was run and everyone will forget what Arsene has built if he fails to win trophies as his careers comes to an end, I don’t want that for him or Arsenal.
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great post admin. i reckon it’s time to give Wenger a break. Firstly, with the team he’s had over the past few season, he has done a class job (don’t forget that until this summer he couldn’t sign too many top class players as we were in debt for the emirates st.) Also, if we had been in a weaker financial position this summer, the Arsenal board could have been convinced to sell Fabregas this summer. omfg, we would have been SCREWED!!!
Also, let me sum up the team for this season…
Hopefully a new keeper in goal.
Sagna, Kos, Vermaelen, Clichy (in defense)
Walcott, Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin (midfield)
V. Persie, Chamakh (attack)
Then…hopefully another CB to step in, Eboue if Walcott gets tired/injured, Rosicky for Arshavin occasionally, Song to beef up the midfield against really attacking teams, and wilshere who can also come in.
All in all, I think that AW is spot on, with a better keeper and another decent CB in reserve, we have a real chance at this seasons title
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sorry, i forgot, just to say. chelsea are in the same position we were in a few years back. In 2 years, uefa put in a financial fairplay so their money will be next to useless. Then Drogba, Lampard, Terry etc. will be too old to be effective. This was us a few years ago with henry, pires, cambell etc.
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Vance.No offence but I have no idea what all that is supposed to mean.What are you saying?Is it that in your opinion that winning is the only thing that matters?If so I can understand your frustration,however,I fell that everything about our progress and development is being done in a sustainable and fair way.Just for a moment imagine that every club was operating within its means.We would be winning everything both domestically and in Europe.That will do for me.I don’t care if others buy titles,because imagine now if we do it our way!
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We could have got hunterler on loan to cover van p he was better then bent man! But wengers tightness cost us the league! Now his tightness will give us another trophy less season I hope you guys enjoy it including admin!!
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Well, everyone cares about winning, we’re talking about winning trophies though. I don’t care about trophies, to me winning a trophy is as much about luck as it is about having a good team. Having great players gives you a better chance of overcoming bad luck-injuries/refereeing/players in bad form-so I want Arsenal to have more talented players to conquer that threat.
I don’t like that Arsenal and Wenger won’t get any credit unless they win trophies. I know that Arsenal and Arsene have accomplished much with little, they don’t have to convince me or any true Arsenal fan of that, but the fact is, these other assholes who talk on the tele and support other teams won’t shut up unless we win trophies.
History is written by the winners and for the last 5 years Arsenal have not been able to pen their story of triumph through youth development, playing attractive football, and performing within your financial means. I believe Wenger’s loyalty is preventing him from spending and being cheap is a way to justify not spending. Arsenal has money to spend and can spend while still living within their means, but Arsene doesn’t want to betray HIS players by acknowledging he was wrong to believe in some of them. Look how long it took for Arsene to let go of Senderos, everyone knew his career at Arsenal was over years ago, but Arsene still kept holding on. I still don’t believe Wenger has it in him to sell Traore even though all the rumors have been pointing to Traore being good as gone. Everyone else that has left the club recently was either disgruntled or at the end of their career.
Wenger never acknowledges that some of his players just don’t give Arsenal a better chance of winning against top opposition. I don’t expect him to come out and say that a player isn’t good, but by letting players go or bringing in new players to compete you essentially deliver that message as a manager.
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Baz I’m not so sure Huntelaar could help us last year. He was absolutely dreadful for AC Milan
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@ baz
lol
hope u had a great weekend mate!
@ GoonerVance
Good points!
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@gunnersfan and goonervance
i wanna thank u 2 4 ur great remarks.
by refusing 2 buy top class players and insisting on his youngsters arsene has turned down many fans including me.if he does not change his policy every year Emirates would be the only cup we can dream of hopefully.
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Baz, Gunnerfan, hope you both good. Did you enjoy the game? I feel we played very well, Theo and Rosicky exceptional. Still everyone, do not become disalusioned by the result. This was a 10 man Blackpool team. Even Holloway said they were lucky not to have lost by a greater margine. Again i will say it we just aren’t clinical enough alot of wasted chances. Still a good result none the less.
Tranfer rumours. wooo Baz i aint seen him holding an Arsenal shirt but old Squillaci is very almost on his way. A story posted on goonernews.com reports of a number of other papers publishing this news. Rumours of Stelekenberg, im not holding my breath however at least Arsene has enquired.
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It’s natural every supporter wants to be an analyst, but as any longtime Gunners fan knows that patience is a virtue with our club. This club has a great history and presence in English and European for how they play, and deliberate pattern of molding great players into superstars not buying them. Wenger has never been a cash-splash, quick fix type of manager and he knows that real success comes with a long-term plan of consistency and progression. It looks like Squillaci will be in the squad by next week and our midfield has looked competent without Song in the last few games. One more DMF or CB should set us straight barring anymore injuries. All that’s left is to seal the Shwarzer deal and get rid of Almunia once and for all. I know that part of the point for this site is for fans to leave their replies, it just seems like many do not know the Arsenal culture and way of doing things. If I wasn’t used to it by now I’d be frustrated myself, to me that is what makes Arsenal unique. Anyways, don’t let the bandwagon get too far ahead you.
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Vance ,I think there is a lot of merit in what you are now saying.However you could also say,for example,look how long it to some fans to see why he had such faith in Song.@Baz ,you have nothing to say ,so why bother?
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http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_6330539,00.html
DEFENSIVE DEFENSIVE
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George I am entitled to my opinion as you are, even thou it dose not interest me and many others,also I see you have admin in your pocket lol @ gunnersfan and your mum am glad u guys had a good weekend as did I. Am glad mr tightness might make a signing but don’t hold your breath.
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squillaci is cummin lads, get in there!!!!! just 1 mark schwarzer needed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/8928237.stm
P.S Sorry 2 steal ur thunder admin
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squilaci will havge an arsenal medical tmoro as reported from match of the day and servilla website but still that was a very good result yesturday and walcott did alright but the real mastero who impressed me and has finally won me over is rosicky he is a wizard with the ball beautiful all around performance we just need a cover for song and a capable goalkeaper who doesnt make shit strikers look like pele
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Squlacci or what ever is having a medical tomorrow so he’s trying.
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I want to reiterate how much I love Wenger as a manager, but let’s be honest, if Henry doesn’t turn into a football God there’s a good chance Wenger has much less silverware. That’s what I mean by luck, not only luck as in lucky bounces, but luck as in sometimes you get good player and that player ends up being a legend.
We are lucky to have Fabregas the same way we were lucky to have Henry, and Wenger installed a style and players who could compliment Henry and increase our chances to win trophies. I just feel like we only have Fabregas for another year, especially if it’s another trophyless season and Arsenal hasn’t been aggressive enough in making sure that Cesc has players around him who could win. This is probably due to the debt, but either way it’s time wasted and if Fabregas leaves we’ll have no way of getting that time and opportunity back.
When the debt is paid off and Arsenal can spend some more, who is to say we will find another player as great as Henry or Fabregas, it’s important to make the most of the time you have with these great players. Barcelona play beautiful football, but they’re not the best team in the world without Messi.
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@ ADmin
I just heard the biggest breaking news for all arsenal fans (SQ)squilliac is having a medical @ the arsenal tomorrow morning from a good reliable source
1 cb in. 1 gk to go
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Well, if Squillaci is having a medical that’s great news and another step in the right direction
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@ Sina
You are more than welcome. I am glad to know that several of us are on the same page
@ URMUM & Baz
Am good here too, thanks! I thoroughly enjoyed the game and was glad chamakh managed to get on the scoresheet albeit he had to do it the more difficult hard way hehe. It will be good for his confidence.
So wow it does look like Sebastien Squilacci is gonna join! To be honest, I never heard of him before like Kos but he should do well and give us some strenghth at the back. Besides that, another benefit from his signing is that the added depth will give the other defenders a chance for a breather as well. I can’t imagine Vermaelen playing soooo many games like he did last season. There is definitley a risk that of the players burning out from too many games.
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Vance.was it luck that he signed 10 player to go with DB10 and they were INVINCABLE.Who do we think gave us the greatest team in history,the tooth fairy?He worked with Henry in France even before he came to Arsenal . There was no luck in it mate
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The papers say Squillaci signed a contract…
but Almunia is fine too…. he was amazing against barcelona!!
Now we only need Stekelenburg or Akinfeev
<3 Arsenal
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At the end of the day, none of our opinions matter. It’s the Arsenal board that decides Wenger’s fate and they’ve decided to give him a three year contract. Which leads me to my next point. I think it’s time for the people who dislike Wenger so much to put up or shut up. Manchester United fans who don’t like the Glazers have found a way to show their discontent. So have Liverpool fans, and Newcastle fans. Until I see a bunch of anti-Wenger placards at the next home game at the Emirates, I am going to from here on out assume that most anti-Wenger Arsenal fans are the sort of people who just hide behing a computer and whine but won’t do anything about it.
And by the way. About Squillaci. To everyone who doubted Wenger because they felt the transfer wasn’t happening fast enough I can now say a big fat I told you so. I never thought I would hear someone suggest Wenger should be fired because a transfer wasn’t happening fast enough. Get over yourselves.
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@Goonervance
Nice post in support of Wenger
But don’t get me wrong. I agree that winning trophies is about luck. But I believe in a different kind of luck. The kind of luck we had when we beat Fulham 1-0 last year. The kind of luck that sees a team win even when they play badly. Like Manchester United does so often.
I don’t think Henry turning into a football god was luck. I think Wenger knew. Because TH14 isn’t the only player whose potential Wenger recognized. Patrick Viera, Ashley Cole, Kolo Toure, Freddie Ldjunberg, Robert Pires, Fabregas, Nicolas Anelka, these are all players who were relative unknowns before Wenger brought them to Arsenal. It’s not just Fabreagas and Henry that Wenger has been “lucky” with. Unless you have a very short memory, or just haven’t been an Arsenal fan very long, you can’t argue that Wenger has been a genius when it comes to buying players with potential for cheap and turning them into stars. Thierry Henry wasn’t even a striker when first came to Arsenal. Juventus had him playing at left back. It was Wenger who was convinced that Henry’s ideal position was not as winger but as a center forward. And then Wenger kept faith in him as he went 8 games without scoring once. We all know how that turned out. So when I hear Wenger get blasted for keeping faith in our youngsters I really wonder if the people who are complaining truly know the history of Arsenal. And if your measure of success is trophies, then with the possible exception of Herbert Chapman I don’t think Arsenal has had a more successful coach than Wenger ever.
In the last 13 years Arsenal has qualified for the Champion’s league every year. The only other English club that has done that has been United. Not Chelsea, not Liverpool, not Tottenham, and certainly not Manchester City. So tell me, with the possible exception of Ferguson himself, which coach in England has a better track record than Wenger?
Mourinho? Benitez? Mancini? Give me a break.
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Please Please don’t get so excited!!! we beat Blackpool who just join EPL with 10 men. Remember we beat EVERTON same time last 6-1 !!!!and still did not win anything. As of now August 26, the team has a lot of holes in it defence, and a GK is traffic police which allows every one to pass him. Why don’t you guys wake and smell the fresh coffee!!! this team is set up for owners and share holders not you!!!! fans don’t mean nothing to AW. The one who pays his checque is matters most to him. 5 more days later and he would say “I have lots of confidence in the team I have, and Fabiansky is the best GK in the world”. He is toying with you this year like the past 5 years. Did you guys see the way Chelsea playing? do you think they allow our team to win any silverware!!! dream on baby. I will write my final comment on September 1st.
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why my previous comment was sensored?
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Arsenal’s early success with Wenger was because of the football revolution he started in England. Then the other teams evolved and adjusted. If not for Henry there would be no Invincibles, and yes, while Wenger knew about Henry and brought him to Arsenal, Wenger did not know what Henry would become…no one did, no one can. With new signings we all hope for the next great player, but more times than not it doesn’t happen. Wenger also thought Jose Antonio Reyes was worth 10.5 million, a lot of money at the time.
I don’t attribute all of Wenger’s success to luck, I said as much, but if Arsenal are still playing his brand of football today, and he sees this current squad as being talented enough to win the title, as he has thought the last 5 years, then why is Arsenal trophyless?
Just saying, when the Invincibles happened, Arsenal let go of Seaman and brought in Lehman. Now we’re in need of another bold move at GK. Can Wenger let go of his loyalty and do what’s necessary.
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@ David S.
The admin posted an article, which is in fact asking for people’s opinions. Nonetheless, there will always be a conflict of opinions on this forum. If you really can’t take constructive argumentation, then perhaps this is not the website for you? According to the admin, there is freedom of speech here as long as it is constructive and respectful so I don’t think you should be asking people to shut up just because their opinion doesn’t coincide with yours. Think about it.
By the way, you must have been sitting at the wrong end of the emirates because I had my anti-wenger placard up
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well said,cut the guy some slack people.
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why is everybody talking about song as a defender. SONG is a bloody defensive midfielder, we’ve got no other one. SO PLS, PLS, WENGER SHOULDN’T BE USING HIM AS A DEFENDER. THOGH HE MIGHT BE GOOD, BUT HE’S NOT, AND SHOULD PLAY HIS ROLE. AGAINST BARCA LAST SEASON, IT SHOWED, THAT HE REALLY ISN’T AN ALL OUT DEFENDER, AFTERALL.
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Well said me. Sum of these guys think Blackpool and barca are the same team, don’t realize the difference. Lol
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Absolutely agree with this post. Wenger is one of the best managers in the world; the list of people that could replace him is very small.
A lot of people posting comments seem to think that we should be buying big-name players all the time. Now what other club tried that last season and finished 5th?
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