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Van Persie, Gibbs and Vermaelen added to injury list and Wenger gets worried…

Posted on August 07, 2011 by admin

Arsene Wenger was hoping for a good test for his Arsenal team this week as it was the last warm-up before the beginning of the Premiership and he put out the strongest team available to him, but not ony did it end in defeat, the Gunners also sustained a few injuries.

Walcott, Wilshere, Diaby, Nasri, Koscielny and (of course) Fabregas are already on the treatment table and today Wenger revealed the problems inflicted during todays defeat. He said: “Regarding Van Persie, it is an ankle problem, I don’t know how bad it is. Gibbs has a muscular thigh problem and Vermaelen has a slight back problem.”

With Van Persie’s record of having ankle problems, the fans can only expect the worst, and we all know that Gibbs is also in and out of the treatment room. Vermaelen may be the biggest worry as he was expected to tighten up the defence after missing the whole of last season through injury.

A big problem could be the usual pre-season international games, as Arsenal always seem to get a couple of injury problems after these matches. Wenger himself admitted that things weren’t looking good.

“The injuries are making things difficult. We start the season next week and then we have a Champions League qualifier. We need to qualify and hopefully we won’t have any more injuries from the international matches. We could be hit hard if we lose any more.”

Am I the only one getting worried after a disastrous pre-season?

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  1. feb17 says:

    I spent some time today looking at old videos of the invincibles and its hard to say this, but as arsenal fans, i think we need to realise that glory days are long behind us and do not appear to be coming back. Soon Aston Villa, tottenham, newcastle and Everton will be our contenders.

    Yet a part of he still has faith that Wenger will do something

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  2. Shut up baz says:

    M 1st again.

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  3. Ideket says:

    Some things have to get worse before they get better. Arsenal need to be shaken out of their complacency.

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  4. riseup says:

    this SHOULD be the last straw…hopefully they will now decide to buy 3 or better 4 more players. hopefully they will stop the pathetic cheapskate approach and splash the cash. we will not qualify for UEFA at this rate.

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  5. nigerian says:

    This is really annoying news. Not because we are new to injury, but because we seem to pretend like we didn’t see it coming. Gibbs and Van Persie are almost injured by default and that translate to the necessity of adequate back-up. The addition of Gerv may suffice for VP’s absense, but how do we cope with the supposed first choice LB Gibbs’ absense? Traoure is calamitous and Verm too is beginning to seem as made of glass. I am pro-wenger but it will be tantamount to insanity if Wenger doesn’t try to ameliorate the choices we have in defense. I foresee eboue been deployed to LEFT back and song playing CB as †нє season begins if †нє situation isn’t arrested promptly. Its a shame that a week to the commencement of †нє season, we aren’t prepared. No thanks to barcelona, Nasri and Wengers hesitation to be more aggressive in †нє transfer market

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  6. Winning mentality says:

    Mountain of injuries, no new players, same old incompetent backup…

    What’s new?

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  7. Dattijo Aliyu says:

    Wenger should not gamble, let him as a matter of urgency go to transfer market.We are now face with a delima in our hands, instead of wenger to buy players in time he will not and wait for last minute so that he can go for cheap players. I still maintain that wenger is protecting someone’s interest in arsenal. Even an unborn arsenal supporter knows that arsenal can no go anywhere with the present team, i pray that we don’t get humilited by udinese. If djorou is the kind of the defender we are relying, i’m sorry for arsenal football club.

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  8. kc gunner says:

    i am very optimistic for the gunners this season but at times these media create too immense a hype that u start to being attracted to believe all false rumours…

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  9. Zambara says:

    Hey enough 4 all this nurnses us fans we suffer enough so we better leav joke or leave the arsenal coz since when do new players o powerful defensìve arive anther season widut trophy the way Aw wait 4 window close…n da the two players key a leavng …

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  10. kc gunner says:

    Am also very sure about our qualification to the Champion’s league berth……all those who doubt it sgould just see it happen!

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  11. Okey says:

    Hi my felow guanz plz help me advise wenger to go and buy play.as u can cee how our pre-season is folowing de emirate cup almost all our big player is injurie i.e fab,nasri,thoe,jack.folwing yesterday vamal,van per&gibbs.eleray is de bater to avoid insult from all des small teams plz

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  12. alex says:

    Just drop out squid, everytime he is on the pitch, something bad happens.

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  13. ssesolo rashid says:

    but when testing your first team why do you field underdogs the likes of fabianski, traore, jens etc you cant know the potential of your players. the market is still open, let wenger buy standard players otherwise am seeing arsenal in the 6th position

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  14. Kimbo says:

    Same old arsenal,same old wenger “mr arrogant”

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  15. Wenger,ARSENAL money is not your own and you have to release that £60 to go and buy more talented players to avoit regalition.SIR KBO2 M.SHINKAFA,BAUCHI-NIGERIA.

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  16. adam says:

    You guys are so stupid. believing in every single thing they say. believe me all those players injured are actually not. wenger’s making up story just to avoid the useless international friendlies

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  17. chibsah says:

    i pray tat we dont get relegated tis yr cos this is the worst arsenal team i hv ever seen.Aw is a greedy fool nd he need 2 resign now cos he lack ideas of modern futball.

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  18. Kirwa says:

    Arsenal players management and fans are getting panicky we have allow mediocrity from the press get into our system. Instead of focusing on the task at hand, we are busy chasing and buying gas about how the club is doomed if Nas and Fab leaves and us missing out on a million ‘big’ names. Lets do us a favour and relax.
    Buying may seem the immediate solution but I foresee a situation where even we’ll soon run short excuses because we are trying to deal with symptoms and not the causes. I think with the players we have, a little bit of calm and focus can get us anywhere.

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  19. Raymond nigeria says:

    I call 4 mr wenger sack and mr hill and be replace by frank rijkaard and some persons if not arsenal we not see top 10 believe me every season to season he keep on telling us excuse enough is enough.

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  20. hollyweed says:

    i was high as f*ck…
    now am sober lol.wtf.com,what is happening over here?
    why this manager never learns,how comes benfica beat us,even some pub team from Malaysia scored against us and yet we doing nothing about it,am sure yall know am tired of wenker,am even tired of mentioning his name,he’s got the choice between sharks n sardines,he choose the later,thats what we gotta deal with,weak players and they melt like chocolate comes august,he(the manager)takes the blame for all this(am happy with the squad of players i’ve got,the challenge is to keep em together)and he’s been saying it for six years,but every year we lose our captain or best player,every year
    now..you tell me
    how do i back a w*nker and you know he is

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  21. Fact is gibbs,varmaelen,van persie,are always injured,traore ang squillaci what type of defenders are these and jenkinson only knows how to kick forward. This 2nd half team could string 3passes together and you call them arsenal yeses rubbish. We will luz at newcastle go out of champions league cos of wengers stinginess. Buy defenders with the 60 we have and then wait for Cesc and Nasri money and replace them with that money Arsenal were chasing shadows at Benfica.

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  22. omole phictor says:

    wow,i pray we don’t end up 18th on table this season.it’s now clear to mr wenger that he has no team on ground.with injuries,let him come out and tell his faith in this 8day to starting of the season.Gunners is in big problem.8day to go.wenger pls buy us good players now or never.

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  23. pavic says:

    Hope he does’nt get stoned coins or pebbles in the stadium ie if it can stop at that.

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  24. hollyweed says:

    lol…

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  25. gunner says:

    what is all dis new thing abt rating d comments,still its gud tho i like it.as 4 yesterdays match wenger shud hav tried putting a strong lineup 4 d most part of d match,instead he brought in all d fringe at 2nd half.it does highlight dat arsenal subs r not d best and it will surely impact their title chances.jus before epl begins u dont want 2 try ur fringes,but rather see how d first team plays 4 a full match………

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  26. gunner says:

    this comment is hidden due 2 poo ratinng…lol :D .bring this rating 2 ur blog as well admin!!

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  27. Tanimu gusau says:

    wenger dis last opportunities 4 u dis to buy 2 to 3 players to strenqht d squad if u will relegated dis coming season

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  28. hollyweed says:

    lmao..

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  29. Tanimu gusau says:

    wenger dis the last opportunities 4 u dis week to buy 2 to 3 players so dat to strenqht d squad if not u will relegated dis coming season and if arsenal relegated they will not come back to premiership again. Think of it.

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  30. Stanley says:

    I m sure wt wat ds stupid manager called arsene wenger is doing,ds coming season ll b worst season arsenal eva,we wnt qualify 4 champ league,we wnt b in top four nd almost every players ll b out of d team,olori buruku ni wenger,stupid man wey no carry.

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  31. gakure says:

    I am a staunch arsenal fan, but I am happy that we start with problems. I think it is the only way arsenal and the board shall ever see that they need to invest in the team. I would rather we even lose out in the CL qualifiers too against Benfica so that they can see the importance of investing in the team

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  32. tony 9ja says:

    Arsene,if u really have senses.u decides not 2 spend 4 six yrs u ended up trophyless. so while not test spending 4 just one season and see what will happen.

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  33. Slick says:

    it seems all im missin now is a right back to make my team from the injured players.upfront we have walcott,van persie and nasri.in the midfield we have fabregas,wilshere and diaby,and at the back we get gibbs,vermaelen and koscielny.something seriously wrong with our medical team

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  34. Sloppy Joe says:

    Rofl copter….

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  35. fuck AW says:

    It is nw clear AW is a big fool by thinking he can continue using d fans brain The 60m wat does plan to do wit it may be he nw want to marry wit it cos I cant understand him at all. God will make him pay tediously should any of our supporter have a heart attack bcos of his stupidity. Aw better be warned!!!

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  36. LamLam says:

    If some changes are not made b4 the season starts then it’s doom for arsenal.We presently have six or seven players on injury list with no suitable replacements except for RVP(Gervinho).I see arsenal at the bottom of the table after the first three matches(though God forbid) unless AW splashes the cash not on useless players we currently have, but on qualities.

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  37. Olorunnishola Lateef Omotayo says:

    this is wake up call for us, Wenger wake up by buy 3 to 4 players. The likes of squilacci, chamak, vela, and carl doesnt deserved to be wearing Arsenal. Arsenal is not a small club. spend spend spend

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  38. thetmoewin says:

    wenger out now

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  39. im nothappy says:

    Wenger being too economical will kill the club…we all know that if u ve got 70 pounds you can t spend 80 ….but I m sorry if u have to buy a very good new fridge for 20 pounds because the old one is broken u must do it quickly because u risk to loose everything in that fridge…sometimes you must close your eyes and buy the needed things… A part from not being in football i m sure there are lots of people here who are big bosses in good companies…we re not just stupide fans without brains claping when van persie scores……

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  40. Jamo says:

    Squillaci was fucking awful against benfica and in the emirates cup, if he starts next week I’d take a draw before the whistle has been blown that is how little belief I have in this team at the moment absolute disaster

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  41. Amani says:

    Wenge if ure not buying another prayer this season u will be in hard time.dont dream to pray UEFA

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  42. Williams says:

    Let nasri leave nd use d cash 2 purchase a qaulity mildlefilder,nd enough cashing on winger. Also Ramsey is not a player 2 replace fabregas, yesterday’s match shows dat absent Jack exposes Ramsey as unqualify player, d mildle of d feild was 2 heavy 4 song, he was defending nd as well making a pass. Vermalen nd koshelny ar gud combination but dey need d right subtitute, not squilacci nd djorou.

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  43. abu says:

    very very very good,you have been told to buy players and you think us fans we are foolish,i pray all of them be injured am very sad in my heart,every good player is linked to us and end up somewhere what can arsenal fans do.You buy kids and you want them to play with top teams bullshit.

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  44. NickW says:

    These players have a history of being injury prone and not to prepare properly for that eventuality is negligent and cannot be used as an excuse for failure. Let’s face it the season hasn’t started yet and we’re down half a team already but still no new signings. The game last night showed that unless we strengthen we are in serious doodoo this season.

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  45. Kalyghani says:

    Too bad, but i guess it’s a blessin in disguise!…..let start by losing in CL against udinese, then drop 2 number 10 in EPL table, may b then AW and Board of Doom w’ll wake up!…….What a waste

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  46. para says:

    Well well well.
    Up to now i have been looking forward to the season, not wanting to beleive the general consensus concerning AFC.
    Now i have realised i cannot refuse to acknowledge that AFC is on the downward trail.
    There seems to be multiple issues wrong with this team now and it looks like disappointment a plenty during the season to come.
    O how the mighty are falling/have fallen.
    Either AW has not got as full control of the team affairs as we think he has, or he is as (substitute words here) as many have repeatedly said.
    Looking at his face during the last game, i realise that the man is well worried, and looks lost.
    This team is thrown onto the field on their own, AW might as well be at home during the games, which may well benefit us in the CL match where he is banned?
    Ah, stop grasping at straws, it looks bad, bad, bad AFC.
    Where do we go from here?

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  47. silah says:

    Wenger himself has admitted that we missed most of our players yesterday!Meaning he has no faith in most of those fellows that had Arsenal shirts on, how he intends to strengthen this team without a number of new experienced signings is still a puzzle to me but i am willing to wait and see. I can only judge after our first ten matches both in the EPL and CL.

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  48. bernard says:

    since arsen weng refuses 2 buy n add 2 de squared,we want de fans 2 let his family watch de game demselve.

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  49. Segun gunners 4 life says:

    Arsenal we strugle to make top 6 this season if mr wenger refuse to sign quality players.Spend the money is not your money.

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  50. if you read clearly what wenger is saying that means he won’t buy anybody else this season….

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  51. Ash says:

    Actually sums up this disastrous summer..he shud have laid out a marker and strengthened but we,ve unbeliveably and shockingly got weaker..if I was nasri and cesc and rvp I wud absolutely run a mile from arsene Wenger cos his realism doesn’t match his ambition..he is pretty deluded and I can’t quite believe that sumbody at the club can’t spot this and grab him by the scruff of the neck…FIRST THINGS FIRST-SACK THT WHOLE MEDICAL TEAM ASAP!!!!!

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  52. fatboy says:

    @adam i think your right :)

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  53. Gunnersfan! says:

    So after yesterday’s defeat Wenker said according to the official website “You could see that we missed many players…”

    I am sure all arsenal fans are familiar with this excuse and you can be sure with the injuries mounting, it will be used again.

    Had the whole summer to bring in players and still haven’t even replaced clichy and bring in a CB. He thinks the defence is great with Squllacci, djourou and kos. Every opponent who has done their homework knows that Arsenal is weak in set pieces as well as in general – defence and goalkeeping. AKBs, please stop kidding yourselves. How often have opponents tried to take advantage of the current goalkeepers?!?!? We haven’t got any NEW goalies in either, so it is the same batch that will be taken advantage of.

    He also thinks along with the AKBs that the good players will never be injured throughout the season and then when they do, he uses his rubbish excuses.

    IN WENKER AND AKBs WE RUST!!!!!!!!

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  54. chris from Cambridge says:

    Wenger get’s worried ? We are all shxxing ourselves !

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  55. gunner says:

    @silah,how come u hav already decided dat arsenal wil last 10 matches in d champs league.for all these years,wenger n co were happy as arsenal was in d champs league regularly .but dis time it seems imminent dat with or without sanchez udinese can give wenger a run 4 his money.they r arent any schoolboy club.arsene gets a bonus if arsenal reach d last 16 i guess,experts predict dat arsenal will not be in d cl dis time around……..

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  56. Donnie says:

    are people blaming wenger for players getting injoured :S

    some chilish people on here.

    in the fist half was are fist team apart from 5 players
    we won and we controlled the game.
    with out 5 fist team players.

    second half was the young players when befica brought on there more better players.

    some fans on here seems that there only arsenal fans when we are winning

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  57. hollyweed says:

    if @ your job ppl get hurt or injured too much,the manager would get the blame and will be replaced,same in football.
    i hope i don’t have to repeat this,now who’s childish

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  58. Denilson says:

    our defensive problems centre around squillaci, whenever he plays we screw up defensively (remember newcastle 4-0 up then squillaci comes on and all hell breaks loose) djourou and koscielny were solid together, im holding on to the little faith i have left, but arsenals season is crumbling into a disaster

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  59. Gunnersfan! says:

    Donnie is another shallow AKB. Nobody here is blaming Wenker for players getting injured. People blame him for not having enough depth in the squad and having quality players to cover the injured players or to take over if they need a rest. Rubbish like squallacci, diaby, rosicky etc does not count.

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  60. Malik says:

    good, i hope we don’t get UEFA CL n finish 5th this season so when board don’t get there money arsene can finally get out of my club or at least get into the transfer market, sorry gunnerz but that’s the only we r gonna get stuff happening, sad isn’t it wenger won’t even sign Per mertesacker 4 6m n give squillaci away so wenger can leave instead

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  61. savvy1 says:

    its preseason relax!

    However, I must say the team needs a backbone of steel!

    Last year we fell apart because of the stupidest of mistakes at crucial junctures. That spells of inexperience in pressure situations.

    The team has the skill but suspect leadersip. If I made someone capatain, I would want that player to bleed my colours. Not make rash and ridiculous staements.

    Finally, the team is too fragile, we have tremendous skill but few players with staying power and sufficient size to hold their own for an entire season.

    Defense is required and a defender should be captain or a holding midfielder. Someone of experiece like a mid 25 to 30 year old with a bite. We need a couple of trees out their to go with the skill. Is anyone hearing me out there!

    Leave Arsene alone. Again he is doing as best he can with a limited budget, the club is still payng for the new stadium and facilities yet is still managing to hold on to a Champions league spot. However, this will be a watershed season, the compettion is geting tougher and any one of 7 or 8 teams can take the top 4 spots.

    What the club really needs is a new billionaire to invest n the club and players.

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  62. disappointed-gooner says:

    Year after year we are getting worse.Big clubs dont even consider us!What transfers are you talking about? transfers for what? Do you think that we ll win trophies this season,if we get 2-3 quality players?? its TOO LATE and the train has gone!! We couldnt even sort out Cesc situation yet.What about Nasri? Hasnt he told us that it would be sorted out in ten days?Lets say good bye to everything for another season.This team is just a headache! Im sorry..Is there anything worse than telling lies to people?? Shame on you!

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  63. aaron gun says:

    join my dreamteam pin:157243 password:12345

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  64. WOLF says:

    Has anybody just stopped and thought for a second, maybe Wenger just said these players are hurt so that they dont go out for international friendlies…just saying

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  65. andy bishop says:

    I think Wenger is only too aware the importance of the Udinese games and is protecting his players from meaningless friendlies and possible injury.

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  66. D.Bergkamp says:

    clichy cost manc city the C.shield what a noob! If you look closely it was his ball to clear first, which kompany was anticipating…well good riddance.

    If only squidworth could fk off 2

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  67. wenger go to hell we all are tired….

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  68. hollyweed says:

    hahah bergkamp..
    that guy’s a jinx

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  69. hley says:

    good good this is happening now…arsene will be forced to buy

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  70. zahru says:

    some arsenal fans are still kids they dnt hav the manners of talk,u always claimin to be arsenal fans but u were not. we real arsenal fans we still hav faith on our player wat we need is just additionl of 2 players. up gunners cheer up!!

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  71. Godwin Victor says:

    One problem with Arsenal f.c is that the bench or second eleven is not as good as the first eleven. I mean when a player injures, there should be a good if not better replacement for the injured player. Look at the likes of man.utd, chelsea,man.city, the have a second team for substitude, that is a good as the first, just in case of injury. With the league yet to start, arsenal has over 6 players of the first team injured and there are no better replacement if u ask me. That war what cost them against Benfica. And arsenal has a history of players prone to injury. Player like, r.v.p,walcott,cesc,ramsey,kocieny e.t.c. I think wenger should invest; if he wants to remain in the top flight not even winning any trophy. I still believe,love and support gunner till i breath my last air on earth.

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  72. Gunnersfan! says:

    @ savvy1

    a word of advice: you should stop using the famous AKB type of excuse “…. Again he is doing as best he can with a limited budget blah blah blah…” it’s getting really old and honestly it’s rubbish.

    what happened to the funds from selling our players our the years!? the amount received from player sales is greater than the amount spent on new players. not only that, Wenker could have added a bit more cash on top of what he paid for squallacci and/ or kos to get a QUALITY player.

    mate, that excuse doesn’t cut it anymore.

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  73. Gunnersfan! says:

    well said @ godwin victor. my sentiments exactly and AW is liable for that.

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  74. kris says:

    I believe the super quality to come next week will turn out to be Alex strongbow-chambermaid or whatever his name is. Another for future, not now when needed. Talking of injuries, I hope barton is playing next week and breaks the squids tenticles! Then we may have a chance. get rid of the two rats deserting the sinking ship, and get Mata and two quality defenders. And judging by preseason, dump song, and put in frimpong. Don’t think he b bullied around

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  75. robert says:

    Sick to my stomach with whats going on with arsenal at the minute. I could actually cry.

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  76. bob says:

    A. W. ….likes it like that, so when we do not win anything again, he can say we were missing key players…ooooo he loves it…….no need to buy players, we have all the players we need, its just that we are unlucky….missing players for key games.

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  77. Malik says:

    plz don’t excuses 4 arsene, it’s obvious now that he just wants 2 b a hero buying the cheapest team possible n winning anything is a record book achievement, i really hope Usmanov takes over kroenke(in it 4 the money) he can force arsene 2 buy , n it isn’t even a question of money anymore if it was arsene would buy mertesacker 4 6m + give squid away or samba 4 12m or sakho 4 10m + rubbish n loanees he doesn’t care about arsenal’s legacy anymore just his own it’s obvious now, but i will continue 2 watch arsenal play, watch players run away n very soon the relegation of my beloved red n white guess it’s championship football 4 me next season :(

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  78. Fan says:

    we have lost some generation of fans that support arsenal…..in the near future, all fans of arsenal will be above 30 years old, which leaves with no fan under 30. Besides this, in z long run zer won’t be a young player zat joins arsenal cuz zey will never see arsenal won a trophy with zis non sense policy zey have chosen….i foresee our club will be just like Liverpool…

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  79. gunner says:

    “We missed many players and you could see that in the second half”(read it carefully)

    wat d hell is wrong with u old man???? we hav been ‘seeing’ and ‘saying’ dat 4 d past 6yrs and only now u realise it…saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!!

    hope u ppl take my comment in d best of spirits.it was only meant 2 b a joke in these tough times.if wenger signs jus 2 more player then i am happy(EXCLUDING CHAMBERLAIN,NOT YOUTHS)….lol :D

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  80. Rob says:

    WOLF says:
    August 7, 2011 at 4:44 pmHas anybody just stopped and thought for a second, maybe Wenger just said these players are hurt so that they dont go out for international friendlies…just saying

    I think your correct with this!!!! I also think we still need to invest in some fresh quality experienced players.. we could all sit on here with our wish list! But it erks me when I see other clubs go out pay the money asked for the players they need/want, and we haggle like where buying from some market stool holders. Yet at the same time we turn down good offers for players who don’t want to play for us?! I agree some players we are looking at thier prices do look a bit steep but i think with an extra 40/50m in the bank for players sold aswell as our SUBSTANTIAL WAR CHEST (lol????) we could have wrapped up these signings that all us gunners keep looking on line to read about?!?!?!? I think we do have great young players coming through (M,UTD SCUM where once told that they wouldn’t win anything with kids?) but we need QUALITY EXPERIENCED players who want to come and play football…

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  81. savvy1 says:

    to gunnersfan who the heck needs a spoiled sot like you for a fan

    they bought a stadium you nit so your fat butt could sit in it!

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  82. IM NOTHAPPY says:

    WENGER IS A PURE DICTATOR… I’M HAPPY HE IS NOT IN THE FRENCH GOVERNEMENT

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  83. kingmuzzie says:

    Why won’t he spend ?? What is the reason im bewildered by it . Everyone can clearly see we are lacking in so many areas . Yes when the whole team is fit we can beat anybody but this never happens our backup is simply not good enough . We are desperate for atleast 2 cb and a new left back kieran gibbs is useless . I don’t rate the lad at all if something dosen’t give and quick the fans will force wenger out the club which will be a shame because the guy has done alot for arsenal but this is getting rediculous !

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  84. Baz says:

    Savvy1 gunnersfan is right that don’t cut it!! Don’t bring that stadium shit into it!! We all know we got the money but that tight prick won’t buy!!

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  85. Gunnersfan! says:

    @ baz

    hey mate! savvy1 is just a joker who can’t accept the harsh reality. highbury also had seats where I could sit in. hahaha! limited funds – just ask Wenker how much he is earning and then come back.

    AKBs, please ask yourselves – was the emirates stadium built so that we could compete at the top level with clubs like barca, man utd, chelsea etc OR was it built to line the pockets of shareholders with money?!? I think it is the latter!

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  86. Dutchfootwork says:

    BAHH… we will win the season anyways with a bunch of scrubs,fuck it we are arsenal!

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  87. Dutchfootwork says:

    The arsenal will prevail, have faith my comorades, have faith.

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  88. gunner says:

    @gunnersfan,
    u forgot 2 add ” IN WANKERS AND AKBS WE RUST” :D

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  89. gunner says:

    WAT DOES AKB IMPLY ? I DONT KNOW,ANYONE ?

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  90. Gunnersfan! says:

    @ Gunner

    AKBs are the Arsene Knows Brigade – people like SAVVY1 who defends Wenker, makes up excuses for him and thinks that he knows best. They can’t even think for themselves and even when things are obviously done wrong, they blindly follow him.

    It is due to AW and AKBs that the club is not able to progress.

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  91. gooner 4 life says:

    You guys need to relax, its quite clear we do not have that many players injured its due to the international friendlies coming up.

    All of you talking about relegation are fucking ridiculous. You are talking about the players that made up the team of last year who competed very well for all four competitions, beat barcelona at home and got robbed in the second leg, final of the league cup, led the premiership temporarily but threw away to many silly points.

    Somebody said we should get rid of song, I truly believe ur not an arsenal fan, that guy held our midfield together alone last year while fab was sulking and making stupid backflicks in the nou camp (yes, I went there)

    I have complete faith in our current squad, as if you look at all the pre season games we we’re leading before we made 5+ changes.

    Show some maturity and faith, the media gets all you lot toooo hyped up about everything, including juan mata. Do you really believe one player will win a trophy? Retards.

    Cesc is going nowhere this year if he was barca would of bought him for 40m months ago. Same as nasri.

    All we need is 2 or 3 defenders and it looks as if wenger is putting a bid in for mertesecker in the morning.

    I don’t see how all you ‘fans’ can just forget actually how well we did last season, I can’t wait in a few months this site will be dead because no one will want to admit they were wrong.

    We will bring in a couple of players still before the end of transfer window, if we don’t ill be slightly disapointed/amazed.

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  92. gunner says:

    thanks………..gunnersfan

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  93. farram says:

    some people say that they hope it wouldn´t work out for arsenal coming two weeks so arsene would realize the problem. well, he hasn´t done last 4-5 years. why would he realize now? he has run out of idea and motivation. he is a broken man and therefore a very bad boss….out of our club….

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  94. zack gooner says:

    wenger u never learn…..

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  95. richie says:

    Defensively we are screwed, squillaci on the starting line-up can only be translated into 2-4 goals to be conceded.

    And the other problem is that we should be fine with vela and gervinho up front. But then the fact is that I’m afraid chamack will be first choice, so i don’t expect many goals. Hence it looks like it will be most certainly a loss, and probably we will not make it into the UCL.

    Someone should have bought that CB and that “super quality” EARLIER!! OR AT LEAST TRY TO GET THEM NOW!!!!

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  96. Mike Kenya says:

    wenger u lucky son of a bitch. i wish u wer a coach at chelsea. u wud hav bin sackd at the spot. Kroenka, grow some nuts, sack tht loser of a professor. u as the owner shud knw ths, please the fans by adding depth to the team hence more wins n more ticket sales,better revenue.

    Av bin supportin ths team since i was a kid bt wengerz lettin me down big time. look at the invincibles, there was depth n aged maturity unlike our so called wengerz philosophy that is a bunch of crap.

    i even see the real reason y nasri n fab want to leave. they aint machines, they cant play a whole season hence they need good replacements to win games unlike ramsey, squilachy, gibbs, chamark.

    This is to u wenger, stop investing on kids. its evident it cant work in the EPL.

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  97. waihintn says:

    winger buy to

    adam johnson

    stekelenberg ( gk)

    samba

    cahill and jajiaker mata kaka benzema
    for sign

    nasri (150000) or nasri=adam johnson + 20000000

    for out

    fabregtas arshavin chamark rosicky bandtner squilarci fabianski
    diaby

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  98. Malik says:

    @gunnersfan

    u 4get as well the fact that arsene sold the stadium name 4 100m approx n spent next 2 nothing 4 6 seasons straight n lastly qualifying 4 CL every year which rakes an average of 20m a season NOT 2 forget we pay the highest ticket prices in england, add 2 this (as mentioned) the fact we sold flamini, ade, toure, hleb, henry n many more

    we have the money but it’s not 4 the team it’s 4 the board we spent a total of 4m this season 10m (gervinho) 1m (jenkinson) n 7m 4 clichy

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  99. waihintn says:

    stekalenberg
    …………..sagna ……….cahill…….jajiaka……….afobe
    ……………sambal…………song…………………………………….
    …………………..jack…………….
    ………………..kaka…………….nasri(mata)
    ……….vanpersi(gervinho)

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  100. hollyweed says:

    why u banned me from the rating room u “w*nker’s”
    you want me to be a cheap following the troops,
    f*ck outta here,u can ban me from here aswell
    *middle fingers*

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