Is Wenger playing games, or do Arsenal need to sell before buying?
No Sell No Buy (By S.H)
With 11 days left in the Winter transfer season, Arsenal still haven’t signed anyone. Arsene Wenger, as we know, is verbally parsimonious and enigmatic about recruitment. You’d never beat him in a board game of “Guess Who.” There are a plethora of Arsenal transfer rumours, linking a myriad of players to the Gunners, yet Wenger continues to refute having any interest.
Is it vintage Wenger strategy to utilise the media as pawns to avoid inflation vulnerability and pricing wars? Or is it really true he won’t sign and will hold off for another 6 months? Either way, the closing countdown of this transfer window and the urgency generated by supporters and by football analysts alike, continue to press Wenger in buying quick! Anti-Wenger fans’ barometer would have certainly forecasted a cold winter for Arsenal even from yester-summer, but does this lifeless climate in transfers mean that the start of next season will heat up? We’ve heard news of Podolski, Suarez and Cissokho as strong candidates in joining in the summer of 2012, but does that mean by the 11th hour in 11 days, fans will be bitterly disappointed?
It’s still very early to point a culpable finger to anyone for the lack of signing players, especially Wenger. After all, if the players we’re linked to aren’t permitted to leave by their clubs or the actual player wants to remain with his team for the rest of season, how can we blame our manager, scouts, negotiators or even the board? Remember we need 3 signatures from 3 different parties to close any deal.
Many other English teams, even the top 6 have been relatively quiet. We’ve heard news of Gary Cahill move to Chelsea and Newcastle capturing Cisse, but they are the only 2 major transfers so far. Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, and Tottenham haven’t committed to a significant signing yet, and it appears a common trend between these teams to release players to either free up funds or make room in the squad. Arsenal seem to be following suit, with Arshavin and Chamakh the most popular by media headlines.
We all understand that the squad needs to part with some unwanted players and reinforce itself with world class talent, or even players that are better than what we currently hold; needless to mention whom, as we know that the preferred sack list comprises of about 5-7 players. Hence, I believe that if we can’t sell our players before the window closes, this means we won’t get anyone new.
For fans bickering at Wenger, please try to understand that we cannot buy players if the room in the squad doesn’t allow it. Yes we have money, but that means nothing when you have to comply with FA team regulations and surplus wages. Without selling, we’ll just be creating new wages without terminating contracts that are inactive on the playing field. Would you run a business where you are paying someone ridiculous wages to do nothing? If your budget states you can only afford 10 employees for 500K per annum, and knowing maybe 3 are not performing well, how can you take on more staff when you’re not maximising the usage of those under-performing and have to stick to strategic budgets? The simple logic would be to release those 3 that contribute the least, and make room for potential workers that will be more productive. The only difference we have to consider which makes Football transfers a nightmare for managers, is the fact that we can’t just terminate someone unless we find them a new nest or allow a Bosman to take its natural course (which is non-profitable and never a contingency plan).
The selling activities in the following week and a half will definitely dictate how much activity we’ll experience with recruitment. I would be very disappointed if we don’t pick up anyone new, but that will mean that there is a higher chance Arsenal will be very busy again this summer transfer. Yes I agree with all who are thinking “we need players now” as Champions League qualification is vital to Arsenal having the pulling power in the transfer market to attract big names, or in RVP’s case, keeping our big names.
On the contrary, we have to understand the reality of desperately needing to offload some futile players, which is something I believe Wenger is trying very hard to achieve. I remember in the last transfer window we had to part with Clichy, Fabregas, Nasri, and the bad apples in Denilson & Bendtner were sent on loan to saliently reduce wage costs. This ALL happened before we actually bought players.
Some might debate that we only recruited players due to a hammering at Old Trafford, a game I’d rather not remind Arsenal fans of. It could be true with the non-medical-check-signing of Arteta proving very suspicious as Wenger is usually known for his meticulous and thorough ways. Regardless of what is true or not, Arteta is a good signing and has done well for the club. He is no Fabregas, nor is Ramsey, but the only midfielder in the world to replace Fabregas competently would be Xavi. I hope this understanding would assuage the feelings of some angered fans, as we seem to be over losing Fabregas, but not completely over anyone good enough to replace him.
It might be accurate to state that if we can at least sell 1-2 players, the chances of landing someone could increase, but then again, as mentioned earlier by Wenger, he will only sign players if he feels that:
(a) they are available on the market
(b) they will improve the squad.
Some will agree that Arsenal can easily afford players like Gotze, Eriksen, Podolski, Cissokho, Ba et al and many are pushing Wenger to buy, but have we considered that Arshavin and Chamakh were also coveted by the same fans that now want them gone? Arshavin was a big name signing (Arsenal’s most expensive) due to success with Zenit, but Chamakh was brought in because many believed Arsenal lacked physicality at the time. Both made dramatic introductions to the league, but eventually faded. Now supporters are calling for their heads! Wenger has probably processed this in his head, and it doesn’t surprise me why he may make excuses for Arshavin’s poor performances. After all, if you were a manager of a major football team and made a record signing that didn’t live up to expectations, wouldn’t that make you think a poor decision was made? What if we were to acquire the likes of our winter targets, and they end up being flops, as some would describe the Russian and the Moroccan international? Wouldn’t that be a transfer travesty? Then the same cycle from fans wanting them to leave, starts again.
Wenger is probably extra cautious recruiting a big name player this time around, not only after Arshavin’s failed impact, but due to the fact that the market is just demanding preposterous sums of money for players that would be worth half that 3-5 years ago. However, the pressure is on for at least a top 4 finish and if this winter transfer closes without defenestration activity, then it appears we’ll ride it rough for the next 4 months. If we can take any positives from not releasing or signing players now, it would be that there will definitely be some major changes in the summer.
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I understand what u mean.But they need to get rid of 3 guys.and we all know who they are.arshavin squalci and chamackh.When they do that they will get more players off the transfer market.
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Gud article..!
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Sometime we only sell but we didn’t buy
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worrying sick about our shaky defense this coming sunday. may god be on our side. We love you arsenal we do! we love you arsenal we do! we love you arsenal we do! oh arsenal we love you!
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Dont understand wenger he always says it is hard to find a good player ,but i dont understand how the other clubs manage to find them???I still dont understand why we traded jenkinson in for eboue,,and why we didnt sign cahill or samba instead of that pussy german ,santos i understand but come on ,u know i have no expactations this season we might finish under newcastle ,it is what it is ,i think wenger wont extend his contract he has a good 2 years to go i guess maybe the club needs refreshment new board new coach new players just start from scratch.
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Well it’s ovious we need to buy because there are doubts this squad is good enough to finish 4th we need to offload arshavin chamack maybe more whats the point having them when they arnt good enough to be in the team we need players that can make a difference and are reliable and what about diaby and Gibbs there on the payroll but always injured do we need players like that get rid of three and buy 3 a leftback playmaker and striker then we wud have a solid squad good enough to win titles I’m sure there’s good enough talent for sale this month
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wenger has already said, he wont buy unless we lose on sunday !. if he is worried about bringing new players in because of the expense, then he has to sell chamahk, arsavin, squllachi, rosicky. then he can spend the money from thier sells, to bring better quality players in from the prem league, for get div 1, and french 1st division. he can then keep the money he already has, for buying new players, and make the board even more richer, its the fans money remember that wenger, !
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Don’t forget we need to offload Diaby, denilson, our crap striker @ Sunderland with his massive wage as his squad number(nb52.) need to go during the summer.
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This article is flawed, Man utd and Man city have not bought, because they are 1st and 2nd, with strong squads, and because they invested in the right players during the summer transfer window.
As far as I’m concerned I don’t think Wenger believed Nasri would leave. He had no back up plan and was thrown into a difficult position, with the transfer window closing. Arteta was the best player available at short notice.
Arshavin was a wonderful signing, although perhaps a big name signing. He wasn’t known before the Euro’s. He was relatively old at 26, for a “Wenger” buy. He played in the russian league and not in Europe.
I believe that his form has dropped as a result of players such as Nasri, Fabregas and Clichy leaving, with no real quality being replaced. Is that an Excuse? No. But to any player at Arsenal it must have made him think. Why haven’t we signed someone such as: Benzema, Ozil, Gourguoff etc. etc.
Chamakh was signed to replace Bendtner, Bendtner was a direct replacement for Adebayour, but has the wrong attitude.
Denilson was a direct replacement for Gilberto, but never amounted to much.
Wilshere is the replacement for Fabregas
Gibbs for Clichy.
Those players, you could argue are like for like, apart from form in Chamakh’s case. Nasri was replaced by Arteta, a much slower player. With no incentive to take on a player which Nasri loved. A player like Nasri is our missing link. A second striker is a missing link, and the deterioration of Arshavin is a poor link.
Those 3 areas of the squad are what need addressing…..Bad luck has decimated our defence, but when healthy I would say our defence is solid:
Szcesney
Sagna Vermaelen Koscielny Gibbs
That is a great defence:
backups or rotation: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Miquel, Santos there could be an arguement that Jenkinson may not be good enough, or Santos though thats down to opinion.
In Dm we have:
Song
Frimpong
Coquelin
All 3 are great players and no need to address, M’Vila would be absolutely quality but a need? No
Mid and St is where there are holes…
RW: Walcott and oxe I am happy with them both to be rotated
LW: Gervinho, Arshavin (problem), Ryo (too young and rough to be relied upon, perhaps a loan to premiership team?)
CAM: Ramsay (not enough goals in him right now)
Wilshere
Arteta
Rosicky (I think his time is running out at Arsenal)
Benayoun (I’d be surprised if we sign him in the summer)
ST: van Persie, Chamakh (no confidence in himself, perhaps the move up was too much for him?) Park (Not what you would call quality, but haven’t seen anything of him)
we need an AMC with pace and a mind to run around opposition defenders and to keep pace with our wingers
A striker or 2, one of quality to compliment and push van Persie and a young up and coming prospect to play in Carling cups, and FA cups
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the only piece of article that makes sense that’s coming from this site for a while now.
Opinions divided. What do you think?
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I have been a big follower of Wenger. but i now believe he is making some bad decosions. After the club losing top players in the summer., you would have imagined they wud made suitable replacements. Wenger hasnt bought in quality players and is stubborn in holding onto under acheivers, arshavin walcott rosicky.. Wenger has 11 days to sort this out, but it seems his stubborness will prevail.
Opinions divided. What do you think?
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i think that when you buy somebody in lets say arshavins position, potential buyers would only bid 3/4 million because they know you are willing to sell
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It is all on wenger … if he does not sign, he has to produce! The pathetic minimum gooners now hail a success is getting fourth spot and this year it seems unlikely we will get it above our competitors, or at the very least, it is their position to throw away right now.
We sell and do not replace with the right quality and have been doing it for years. What did we expect? Now the likes of city and spurs have overtaken us, and liverpool and newcastle are fast catching us – because of proper investment.
If wenger does not invest properly then we will fall and even when we got champions league football, wenger admitted half the team wanted to leave in the summer. What will it be like if we lose another set of top players and fail to get champions league football
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cahill go to chelsea for only 6mil.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2089137/Taye-Taiwo-joins-QPR-loan.html now another heartache.
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Also. whats the point in buying young players when you sell them at there peak. the policies at Arsenal are questionable.. The club is going in the wrong direction and kreonke is to blame. his u.s. sports teams dont win much either. he is only happy in taking his profits..
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“Many other English teams, even the top 6 have been relatively quiet. We’ve heard news of Gary Cahill move to Chelsea and Newcastle capturing Cisse, but they are the only 2 major transfers so far. Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, and Tottenham haven’t committed to a significant signing yet, and it appears a common trend between these teams to release players to either free up funds or make room in the squad. Arsenal seem to be following suit, with Arshavin and Chamakh the most popular by media headlines”
Sorry. I hate this part of the article. Why must we follow suit? Do they have the kind of problems we are going through. The majority of them are above us in the table, and we are following their style in the transfer window? (sic).
Ok. Let’s agree we are following suit. But did we follow suit to strengthen our squad in the summer when they were doing theirs? What a controversy!
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Wenger is not buying anyone. I hope we win this Sunday caouse the game can be viewed by anybody live for free for the first time in the US…I hope arsenal step it up and prove themselves cause in reality the current team is very weak. GOODLUCK GUNNERS!!!
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win lose or draw against man u there will be no signing. Enough said.. Wenger confident that this current team can reach top four… How can we survive to top four i dont think we can!! We will be lucky reach fifth or sixth… We were struggled against fulham swansea wolve and even leeds.. Cmon this is middle club league.. And we outplayed by them.. Even newscastle sign papis cisse to power up their squad..
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of course we need to sell… wengers amassed a load of average players for 6 seasons…..
shame he only knows how to sell the ones worth keeping, nasri and cesc !
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We could sell (say) Arshavin 1st and this would make space in the budget / squad. But Wenger still wants to keep him. Very few others do ! If Walcott (or his agent) keeps asking too much we could sell him too. Where is the sale of Squillaci ? Or Bendtner ? Or Denilson ? Or Vela ? Answer …they won’t take a cut in wages and Arsenal have been over paying them !!! Other clubs might fancy them (or might not) but will certainly not pay those wages. What a bloody mess our playing staff is in.
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he wanted a left back on loan. Taiwo is going to QPR on loan until the end of the season. How come we didnt get on that? Its exactly what we needed a quality lb, with premier league experience who wont get injured easily on loan.
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Mr.Wenger is playing game with fan to ensure that we as fan are remaIN STUPID AND IDIOT , why i say this ? jan window whe will cover midfield , striker and defender . and now whao da hell he bring in , by right before the game with man utd he should have strong player to fight what a big disaster of 8-2. now he seem like wanted to loose the game and the game , even the game with swansea we unable to win so what more to expect from wenger on new player unless the player come from french country, i dun understand what this man wanted to do now and after all i understand he is making special bonus from mr.kronker if he not buy player so that he can create profit , believe me arsenal will not progress on CL with ac milan and aned of season we will be top 7 . let stop this and het the new manager before thing get worst
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We need 2 sell and buy.but what if we dont see buyers?.do we wait?.naah…buy first and see how 2 get rid of d deadwoods later if nobody is in a haste 2 buy them.
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i agree that xavi is the only replacement for fabregas…but we have better than cesc and its wilshere and also his german brother gotze
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Gud article.
But i have a doubt. You mentioned here that if we can’t buy or sell players this winter, it would be busy summer for us in transfer market. I think even in summer transfer market no team will be ready to buy our useless player. Then how we can purchase good experienced players. Then we will be forced to buy some inexperienced. They uoo will become a burden In future
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Save Arsenal FC, sign this petition!!!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-arsenal-fc/
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@Travis Bickle, good post, but having a 9 or 10 players that are good and the rest crap will not cut it if we want silverware (which as we have seen is not a priority for the board and Wenger.) Injuries are always going to play a role, so that is why any team competing for titles needs at least 15 world class players, the rest can be average. Arsenal’s financial stability is something the board and Hill-Wood love to flaunt, so why can we not flex this muscle of ours and get these players in? Rather than have 3 sh*te players, sell them and get one world class player in his place and pay him what the other three salaries accumulated to. Our squad is too big, and 2/3 of them are not good enough.
Anyway, tired of commenting on the same BS over and over again. Not like what we say on here is going to make a difference. The board need to learn the hard way, if Arsenal are on the way down, which they are, then it will affect profit of the club. Their greed will be the end of them.
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IN ARSENE I TRUST NO MORE !!! My club is bigger than any individual….m sry to say this but he has to go now and so does the management ! These people have made my club ” A CLUB WITHOUT ANY AMBITION ” HILL WOOD’S RECENT STATEMENTS SHOW THIS ONLY !
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Seeing as he doesnt do alot on the week, why not play Arshavin in the middle, behind RVP. Theo can stay on the wing, put Benayoun or OX on the right. Surely its worth a try, we cant do any worse than we are. Arshavin looks deflated most of the time cause he doesnt like playing on the wing, why? Because he isnt keen on tracking back to defend.
So what happens, we have poor jenkinson or Coquelin getting slaughtered at left back. He had better not make this error against United, Valencia will strip our left back of his pride and dignity. Just gotta hope Theo can do the same to Evra.
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Watch wenger’s idiotic excuses when we lose on sunday,we played with heart and desire we were a little bit unlucky,the ref made some strange decision’s all aload of bollock’s.The silly twat has to invest in a couple of decent players.
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Good piece this one!
@ Travis Bickle
You misinterpreted some pts of the article. Saying mancunians wont buy cos theyre coming 1st and 2nd is a total assumption. No team can afford complacency. Remember theyre not 2 happy bout playing in the champs league. Be patient, the window isn’t closed yet.
@BalancedView
The writer didnt mention anything about ‘thats its ok’ for Arsenal to follow suit. He/she was merely stating that it is simply a trend that teams want to get rid of players before buying.
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No, I dont believe that it’s hard to sell some of the players like arshavin, chamakh, walcott, rosicky, djourou, squillaci, (if wenger decides to sell).
Every player has a price. Why, cesc was sold (amazingly cheap considering his worldclass stature), rebel-wantaway nasri was (forced) sold to cut potential losses. With horrible players like almunia and squillaci(sorry to say), you cant expect high fees, but still saleable to cut losses in the form of their salaries. If wenger likes to buy cheap, he must be realistic that he may need to sell cheap as well. Anyway, it’s not like the club is in financial problems…and the silly PHW even said so when commenting about Arsenal not qualifying for CL next season.
BUT the crux of the matter for Arsenal NOW is to do whatever it takes to both stop the slide in form and league table position, and also to improve and climb up the table. If this is priority, then it must be wenger’s aim to take advantage of this January/winter transfer window – instead of talking crap about doing away with it! – to buy and boost the squad, especially when the team is defensively weak (injuries etc…, and should we not have bought Samba earlier?), AND because can Persie need a topclass back-up striker – not a temporary Henry. Wenger playing games is fine (if true as you said), but AFTER 7 years, it’s time to speak and deal truthfully, and also act quickly instead of waiting for the last few hours before the window close.
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We always here we want to get players that add quality. With some of the players we have that should not be a difficult proposition. Do you mean to tell us that we can’t buy anyone better then Djourou, Squillaci, Ramsey, etc. lets face it right now are quality is mediocre at best. We aren’t even using the young players that we have been hearing about for the past few years. We only bought players last summer after we were forced to by a bad start to the season. Surely, a couple of signings that amount to 25 million or so , but puts the team within competitiveness is not going to bankrupt the team is it ?
I think the decision makers are shooting themselves on the foot.
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Mike, I agree with you.
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The biggest stooge is the board as a whole. Wenger remains their preferred manager not only because he finds players on the cheap, but becuase he is quiet about what goes on behind closed doors. The Frenchman is too smart for that. He wont get into politics as it saves his job and reputation amongst the big wigs. This is the sad reality because Wenger is a great coach but he just has his hands tied.
And whoever it was above me that posted a petition site to fire the board and bring back David Dein, its useless. No matter what we say as fans, the board dont care. a petition wouldn’t even pass the secretary’s desk. Nice try but keep the passion alive. godd article overall though
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We only in this position coZ we bought shit players in to the club. Squid ect. If we bought in quality from the start instead of settling for rejects or second rated players we wouldnt be havin this debate.
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@Travis bickle
gervinho replaced nastier and will be better if not already. And he loves to take on players like u said
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Frustating Club!
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@ Kgooner
So was Koscielny, Vermaelen, Pires, Henry, Vieira, Ljungberg all shit? Wenger has bought some awesome players on the cheap. How do you know that big signings will be better for the team. Does Reyes, Wiltord, Arshavin ring a bell?? They were all expensive and didn’t make much of an impact. Everyone was questioning Vieira before he arrived and now hes a club legend. Cmon dude think about it! Really
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Great article man.
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definitely sell. we already have a big squad as it is. question is how many more chances is he going to give arshavin, chamakh, squillaci, etc before he realizes he needs to sell? Cmon AW you gotta do what everyone wants you to do this time
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F we win so the board n wenger arrogance wil keep on n trust me there wud b no more signings. f we lose i cn see this board n wenger panicking like crap. myb it is good for us to lose. since it is near to the end of the winter transfer window.
So hopefully wenger n board by then cn realise.he wil assess the situation aftr the match. so if we win he wont buy bt if we lose we wil be on panic late transfer again.
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well he might as well start panicking now silly twat that he is
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Protest will be held outside the Emirates on Sunday before and after the game against Manchester United. The fans voices need to be heard. LIKE this comment if you will protest aswell. Maybe this could wake up the board.
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You can’t feel the squad with dead wood on big wages and then just say “sorry, nothing I can do as I can’t sell them”. It’s not very proactive management. Wenger seems to have all the power but none of the responsibility where is the accountability?
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@StoogeFinder
True when u mentioned those names they Wer great players for us but they also loved the club. We not askin for 50 mill signings jus askin for players who we all know will make a difference ie podolski n players we need now ie full bak.(ally) I don’t think n e 1 of us fancies facin untd wid da team available for selection ATM. ( exption to rvp) wat pissin
Me of is at the start of transfe window wenger alway say we don’t need n dn half way through he decide we do need dn takes the piss in offering the identified players club a shit sum of money. This comes on news then other top clubs prob think ohh he probz gud arsenal are afte him. Then we get outbid (eg Alcaeaz) in the end we have to settle for second best. I know wat you mean by wat u say but we need to buy class players now or risk not finishing in the top 4. Untd n city fighting for title, spurs ( as much as it pains to say) look like dy gna get the cl spot. Chelsea adressing there probz in transfer window ( Cahill n will probz do more buy the end) and also got Torres comin bak in to form. I swear it fu£(ng hurts to say this but I don’t think we will finish top 4. I hope with all my heart I’m proved wrong. N the f€€^kd up thing is we will here the se
Bullshit at the end of te season by wenger
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wenger just talks bullsh-t
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Well we are just here talking bla bla……its all bullshit. We never can say whats going on internally as we all knw AW before today when the days was sooooo sweet. But only GOD knows what is going on. Please lets just be considerate handle all this sense of humour before we start to descriminate. AW will never allow the players to play their game but to his tactics,Rosicky and Asharvin great players in dortchmund and zenit with good shot accuracy but after they arrived to gunners there shot went dead with passing game installed to them,with all these we dont expect them to really perform not until they are blended. I just cant imagine…………
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7 years without a trophy I think the fans need to join me and protest on sunday
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oh, so the people who are fair and balanced that support both Arsenal AND Wenger are allowed to have their articles posted on the main site now?…Because I thought we were relegated to the second tier site…
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Last year you would think Wenger would of called it a day, Wake up he gets 6 millon a year to be runners up to spurs, under him Arsenal had its worse results ever he has skin thick as a rhino, protest no bums on seats no money for greedy stan and that joke hillwood, When i think of Arsenal i think history not pound notes and building flats.
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Why are you all suprised? Ten more days till the buying begins. And dont expect any big names, im tired of hearing hazard this hazard that gourcuff my arse pato bla bla bla
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In the light of recent developments from Wenger, it makes you wonder if Wenger had no choice but to sell Nasri (most likely, he was told that the offer MC made was too good to refuse, by the capitalists that now rule our club). Lets face it, if there was a detective on “the case of the decline of Arsenal over the last 6 years”, surely they would find that we ARE a selling club – therefore, not a real football club anymore (who’s main purpose is to win trophies), but a money making business for people who know how to make money from football. I’m a gooner till I die, but I (along with a lot of disillusioned fans) have now been tipped over the edge with the crap that is going on with our club. It’s not right.
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what baffles me is that the economist is sooo tight yet he dishes out shite load of money to crap players and holds back on good players…
A LE Prof.
…even when iz is playing FM2012, denilson and bentdner do not leave the club when a team comes to buy, instead they ask me THE ARSENAL MANAGER”" to pay certain percentage of wages in order to leave…
me, i say to em to ef off and let them rot in the reserves.
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But the thing is last summer we were linked with cahill mata and hazard so they were available for a move as 2 have gone to chelsea and hazard now heavily linked. So we could of had them. So why not? Instead of arteta per and park??? Also think about this. …..avb is failing at chelsea if you ask me. Look at who they buy…….all arsenal targets. Its like a school playground where money bags snatches stuff just cause you want it. Wierd. Wont work for them but pisses us off nonetheless.
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guys wengs is jus takin the pee.
When he panic and bought players, there was falco
available who ended in at.madrid. imagine him in our team.
also diego brazilian went for free i think from wolsburg to at.mad again.
he is way better that arteta imo.
if i had to buy someone now id go for christien erickson of ajax.
his going to be a beast…
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we defo need buy few players…
we need play the ox instead ov walcot no argument….
we should have kept frimpong rather than loaning him..
rosicky should play ahead ov ramsey,ramsey needs to be loaned out…
arshavin benayoun chamack denilson sqilaCHI FLAPIHANDSKI SHUD BE SOLD
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Win lose or draw arsenal for life..so stop wishing for wot we dont have and get behind our team..
Being positive is the attitude that will get us to the end of the season strong
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I hate when people said Arsenal is weak when they struggle to face Swan, Wolf, Fulham and Leed. Come on !! Sunday match we will win, they lose to blackburn, lose and draw to Newcastle, lose to unknown basle and also CRYSTAL PALACE !!!!
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being realistic podolski hazzard M suarez and baines are all afordable and needed podolski can play just behind striker can create chances score goals and makes good runs hazard on left can produce goals and create chances and maybe a lb signing i would love to see baines but i dont see tht happening all possible we have money to bring them here ofload players on big wages like diaby squalachi and arsharvin and a few more like denilson bendthner we should be sick
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blah blah blah guys. positive all the time bcoming worst! lose faith in these club.i jst wna wait till the end of the season.
If we drop into europa league.serve the board,the club arsenal n wenger right!n ol the delusioned fans!
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Under the current squad winning against man u is dream
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The article was well written.balanced in view so I don’t know why some of these comments are so negative. I’ve hopped on this site a few times now and all I read are fans bagging the team. I’ve never bothered to leave a post as I just enjoy reading, but finally someone(admin maybe?) has produced an article which shows a perspective from both sides.
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Wenger is just waiting for everyone to buy their players, so he has an excuse of saying no good players out there, or the current market price is crazy.
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are we really arsenal fans? Our comments are full of negativity that can not be found in other club’s blog. Some of our players are underperforming but is it enough reason to call them dead- wood? Look at torres of 50 mil, are chelsea fans calling him dead-word? What of carol of 30 mil, has newcsatle fans crucified him? This is the right time to get behind the club and our players. We should raise up our vioces against refs trying to kill our club with questionable and wrong calls. Wake up gunners and stand behind your team.
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ArsenaLova!! you dont have to wait next year, how about this year. We serve and encourage the fans of Manua, Man shitty to serve their players and board right, come on fans can demand more after 1 billions being spent !!! Europa League is the best you could get after 1 billion?????????? they even wait 3 years just to get in Europa, I’ll wait and see this season, if Man shitty could win anything. I think MU will take the premium and others team will take europa. Liverpool will take carling and left Man sitty with nothing except 1 billion bills. maybe they will spent another 1 billions to get on top and try to overtake Chelsea for the bills
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Those fake arsenal lover, they now only talk about EPL, no one dare to mention CL or europa because they knew the 2 best team in EPL play in Europa and the third team no even in anything. That’s the fact!! but they overseen it and no critic on these under perform team who get very tiny easy opponent in Europa which Arsenal will play kids like carling cup all he way to win, Europa is joker and the 2 big team claim its important for them, go on and drop out next year after group stage, I wouldn’t mind.
Some fans said they will protest or react if Arsenal play Europa!! well I think we have reason to burn MU, Man sitty and Tot flag now because they all in Europa and eventually 1 didn’t even make it to playoff. You only see what crisis in Arsenal with alot of injuries but you didn’t see other team with no or little injuries but still drop out important leauge like MU, MSitty and Tot. We have reason in back 4 injuries crisis what reason they have to drop in Europa? not enough players? or no enough pay?
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I understand that we need to sell before we buy, but we need to start buying like for like, the money obtained from nasri and cesc should have been used to buy only 2 quality players, only the share holders are happy with the current situation. It’s just not good enough.
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Can buy and sell at the same time what,s the problem once
the transfer window is open,so the two most obvious playe
rs to be sold are Walcott and Arshavin but is anyone listening at the Emirates head office ?
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