Posted on Tuesday, 13th November 2012 by Tony Merakli
If you are still one of those fans who don’t believe Arsene Wenger hasn’t lost it, then his latest comments will certainly make you reconsider your stance.
Following their latest joke result against Fulham at The Emirates last Saturday, The Gunners now sit a massive 11 points behind Premier League leaders Manchester United in eighth place. But Wenger believes his side are still title contenders! Which will undoubtedly raise a few eyebrows.
In their last six Premier League games, Arsenal have only managed to accumulate seven points from a possible 18, losing to both Chelsea and Manchester United and dropping crucial points to the ‘lesser’ sides of the league.
However, Wenger and, I would think, a small group of Arsenal fans remain optimistic that they can be crowned England’s top club.
When asked whether his side can turn it around and push for the title in the second-half of the season, Wenger confidently said:
‘Of course, yes why not?
‘We had come through three difficult games, especially the first two. We had to recover from the United game and then we gave it all in Germany.
‘All of us were disappointed not to beat Fulham because we had the chances to do that and in the end we were frustrated, but there were many positives to take from the game. Our performances are not as big a disaster as some people like to portray them and I still have great belief in this team.’
I’m sorry to say this, but Arsenal will not be challenging for the title this season – no way, no how.
If anything, we’ll be struggling to make the top four by the looks of it.
We are simply too far behind, even at this early stage, and have dropped a lot of stupid points (Sunderland, Fulham and Norwich) already. I am an optimistic fan, but also a realistic one and I just can’t see this current side pushing for the title.
I know Wenger has to try and keep morale high and state that we can still win it to keep us believing. But, deep down, the Frenchman knows we haven’t got a chance.
This is of course my view on the matter – would love to know what you guys think
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November 13th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Your writing abilities are appalling… “those fans who don’t believe Arsene Wenger hasn’t lost it” and ” I am optimistic fan”….. either proof read or learn not to make these mistakes, it’s unprofessional and detracts from your argument.
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BigL Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Typical AKB (Ian). When they can’t defend Wenger they moan about spelling or grammar in order to take the focus away from the real issues.
It’s called a blog mate, the blogger isn’t writing for a tabloid newspaper.
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Man Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
I’m frustrated with Wenger aswell for a number of reasons. But poor grammar and – worse still – the use of “AKB” are inexcusable.
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Skeen Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Guys, you are arguing over poor grammar rather than discussig the issue. Who cares if the author made some minor mistakes, the real issue is Wemger’s inability to win things and appease the fans. He has lost it by claiming we are still in the title race, and anyone who still believes he is the right man. for the job has lost it too. Great article by the way mate
November 13th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
What concerns me is the players. They follow the media and read this crap and must lose all respect for him or think he’s completely deluded. There must be a big disconnect between himself and the players and no player can be happy with these sorts of comments. By trying to hoodwink supporters he’s just making Arsenal a miserable place to work, with the best players always looking to leave. For that reason alone he needs to be sacked.
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@babakrdaemi Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
One thing Arsene has got is players on his side.
They never criticise him, always the “direction of the club” adding 2with respect to the fans and Arsene.”
The players treat him like a farther and RvP said he and Fergie are equal.
The problem is the spending of the board.
I dont know if they are being safe, cautious or ripping us off. However, Arsene is doing his best with the funds given him.
Chelsea front 4 Hazard (£35m), Mata (£24m), Oscar (20 – 30m) and Torres (£50m)
Arsenal front 4 Cazorla (£15m), Podolski (£12m), gervinho (£12m) and Girod (£12m)
Thats the difference.
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Jayanta Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
What stops us geeting favourable result against 16 other teams who spend much less. Some smaller team even play much more beautiful football. Which team has defender who scores around 5 own goal and conceeds about same number of red card, still praised as a good defender? Who else to blame other than AW?
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November 13th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Mr Wenger did the right thing to sign Arteta, but in my opinion is now a misfit in the team. Why?? because now every one is passing on the ball to Arteta who is actually slowing up the Arsenal game.
Arsenal have a good foward line in Walcott,
Casarole,Giraud, Podolosky and the Ox or Gervino
(who needs to pass the ball and not hang to it).
What Arsenal now need is a another Goalkeeper and a Viera type of player who could motivate and move the ball foward.
Passing the ball from one player to another give your opponent the chance to defend which then is more difficult to score when being a goal down.
With Arteta out and a experienced Viera type of player, Arsenal will be able to get the results to finish fourth.
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November 13th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Clearly the man has lost it. But this has been going on for a number of years now and he is still spitting out dribble. This man AW has taken a clubs and fans dreams of winning things to winning nothing. who has ever dreamed of 4th place arsene.
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November 13th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Of course Wenger doesn’t believe Arsenal can win the title this season. He only says it to motivate his players who are low on confidence. Arsenal are on track to finish 20 points behind the league winners again, as the did last, year and a year befor, and a year before that. Wenger must have realized that proclaiming publically that coming in fourth in the league would be treated on equal terms as winning a major trophy, was a kiss of death for his players confidence and ambitions. He is trying now to repair the damages his comments created.
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Jed Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Tom, it is not motivational to have a delusional boss, you just start thinking there is no hope of ever succeeding with this joker in charge. Why do you think our best players go/refuse to extend? He has proved season after season after season that he has lost the ability he once had to lead a trophy-winning team. It’s sad to see a once-great man sink to this. He has to go.
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November 13th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
He is taking us all for idiots.The same old diatribe pours out of him after every poor performance.he seems to have lost his tactical nous ,as well as losing power to lift his ailing team.It will all come to a head this season.Season ticket holders are already talking of not renewing next season.That long waiting list will soon disappear,unlees he either sorts it out or is sacked
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November 13th, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Why the arguement…arsene has lost it since the lost of champions league final….guys sincerely arsene needs to be sack of arsenal will fall
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November 13th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Arsene wenger and arsenal board of directors are not interested in winning trophies. All what they want is just to balance the books and shared the available profit. Get arsene and the board sacked, trophies will come.
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November 13th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Just the same headline dross as last year when we were “relegation fodder and had no chance of finishing in the top six let alone the top four”.
All you anti-Wenger bloggers keep thinking you know better than the Prof but every year he proves you all wrong by finishing in top four MINIMUM!!!!!!!!!!
Sick and tired of people like Taiye and Seedron believing they know more about football than professional managers.
Please remember what Arsene keeps achieving…how the premier league has changed since City and Chelsea found their sugar daddies.
We live within our means to ensure the club does not end up like Rangers, Portsmouth etc etc..nothing to do with making profits for the board, owner or manager.
Anyway why shouldnt they look for a return on their investments, just like any of us would do…or do you give all your money away?
Join the real world lads, being a gooner isnt easy but it is a way of life through thick and thin.
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Jed Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 6:56 pm
Ken Io, you are missing out some of the details. Last season we got back into contention because of RvP’s goals, not Wenger’s tactics/coaching/motivation/leadership. You are also missing the small matter of the £200m of cash that has been generated from players sales and used to pay down debt rather than buy their replacements. What we are seeing on the pitch now is a team that won’t play for its manager. Sure we could do with better players but the ones we have would perform much better for a boss that organised and motivated them.
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Max Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
And it wasn’t Wenger tactics to play RvP in the team. To play Walcott n Gerv n Song as suppliers to RvP. U all are just fairweather fans. Sing Arsene when we play well, sack Wenger when we are struggling. It’s not his fault d club’s policy is to sell players n no coach will do better. The problem is the team is always changing every season. Wenger was prepared to keep Nasri but the club refused. We need to play w d same team for a couple of seasons n we will do better. And yes we can win a trophy this season. U all r pathetic.
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TrueGooner Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
So why didn’t he convinced the club to keep them? I’m not sure what tactics you are talking about. Wenger is not tactically minded but rather technical. You must also realize that we drop most points due to Wenger inability to make tactical changes when things are going wrong. His insisting that he only substitute on the 65 minutes even when the blind mice can see that a player is really having a bad day. His continues insistence on playing players out of position making them look useless, yet they shine for their country. His insistence on sticking with only one player until they are injured beyond repair leading to long term injuries before playing another.
Skeen Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Ken Lo you are chatting s#it mate. Achieving a top four finish is not good enough for a club like Arsenal, especially when u consider where we were 10 years ago. Wenger out if he fauls to deliver a trophy this season
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November 13th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
All I know is that come rain, come sunshine, I’ll always keep faith in Arsenal.
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November 13th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Wenger have made me and other arsenal fans the sadest people on planet earth for good eight years.An alex ferguson,mourinho,guardiola would’ve given up since.But wenger being who he is,wants to make us miserable and sad forever.Who’ll chase him out!
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redordead Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Leave are you nuts and lose 8 million a year,
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November 13th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
What I find hard to believe is that you think Wenger should come out and say ‘no, we can’t challenge for the title, we are not good enough and the players know it’
Of course he isnt going to say this…….. Wenger will always support his team, back them, and try to fill them with confidence, IT IS WHAT MANAGERS DO!!! I can not wait for him to write his own book and make people like you look very silly, calling for the head of our GREATEST EVER manager!!!!
Get behind your team, support the club, I love arsenal, right or wrong, trophies or not…… you are the sot of fan that sits at the emirates, clapping!!!!!! not singing, chanting or showing any kind of passion, just clapping and probably at club level to!!!!!
BACK THE TEAM YOU LOVE, IF YOU CANT THEN KEEP SHTUM!!
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Skeen Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Just because other peoples opinions differ from yours doesnt mean youre right. Besides, Wenger shouldnt take us for a ride and make himself look like a prat by making such stupid comments. He needs to get the club back where it used to be or leave.
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Louis Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 10:39 am
I am struggling to see how he is making himself look a prat or taking us for a ride? please explain. It is vry easy to critisise, especially when things arent going to plan. I find it incredibly frustrating that a growing contingent think we would be better without him!!! They have short memories. As a 27 yr old, these are the worst times I have seen, but if 15 CL seasons not finishing out of the top four and being in contention for at least 3 trophies come february every season is bad, then i think i’ll survive. Thats not to say that I dont want more. We should be winning titles, but we are still in transition and a manager change will not help at this time. I for one would be disappointed to see anyone other than Pep take his place anyway. IN WENGER I TRUST and at the end of the season the majority will be singing his name again. my point is be a fan not nusance…..
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redordead Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 5:44 pm
WOW, what an idiot.
TrueGooner Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Furgerson had to problems saying his player didn’t do well when they beat us.
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November 13th, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Thanks for your interest in our affairs.
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November 13th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Ken lo p’se, shut up if u don’t know.If thats how u do yr bussiness, then i pitty u. No bussiness wil ever prosper wen using insufficient poor quality in puts. So stop talking abt self sustainance and big revenues c’se very soon every thing is going down.Unlike other bussinesses, this one’s revenues are determined by results on the pitch and for arsenal, its becoming more and more disgusting minute by minute, day by day…..
So dont expect fans to continue paying big 2 watch those boring matches and on top of that we also lose them
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ken lo Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
So then, although we are still filling the Emirates for every home game (including the capital one cup, with a waiting list for season tickets of 20,000…we are not prospering?
The reason we are still playing to a full stadium is because there is such a wide support of true gooners.
Thank god people like you are in the minority (check the attendances and waiting list)with your ridiculous statements…”everyting is going down soon”…what the hell does that mean?
Fans are continuing to back our club with their hard earnt money, while idiots like you spout off about “becoming more and more disgusting etc” …did you even see the Fulham game? Boring?? not the result we wanted but Boring???
Arsenal Football Club is a business, run so well it is now the fourth/fifth biggest football club IN THE WORLD so please tell me what I dont know?
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G Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Its idiots like you Ken Lo that have kept the board and Wenger in a job. Paying sooo much money to see this team yet they dont give u anything back. Pathetic to think that some fans out there actually think these players give a crap about us (the fans)
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ken lo Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Dont give me anything back? You stupid stupid stupid moron.
I have my club, fourth biggest in the world:
I have The Emirates stadium with 55,000 fellow goooners supporting the club:
I have memories and expectations:
I have a season ticket that I treasure (have you?)and follow my team when they play well and when they play badly.
Its morons like you who say that Arsenal are selling their best players (all of whom were offered better contracts) and then you condemn your argument by saying these players that stay dont give a crap about us (the fans) BOO HOO BOO HOO BOO HOO SPIT YOUR DUMMY OUT.
If Pursey, Na$$ri, Adebuyme etc had cared about us then we would have fulfilled our potential as Arsene had planned. He believed in them and they turned out to be Judases and left for the money.
But you blame Arsene for letting them go and then blame the players that have stayed for not giving a crap about you. And you call me an idiot???
Pathetic to think that you are a fan of Arsenal, you dont know the meaning of it.
Shay Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 10:21 pm
Ken… Couldn’t have said it better myself. Nice to see someone comment who actually knows about our club instead of regurgitating the mindless anti-Arsenal/Wenger garbage… They complain about Manure, ManShity and Chelski buying titles then cry when we are not doing the same thing. Things are not great in terms of results on the pitch now but when has ANY team won trophy after trophy year after year??? The mighty Barca went 7 seasons (99-2004) without lifting a trophy. All things in life are cyclical. Give it time, have faith and support your club through thick and thin. We will win trophies again. We are not far off. The lads will go on one of their runs like we do every season. Whether we win or lose AW is the right man for the job. How can anyone hate on AW when managers like Fergie, Mourinho, Pep, etc have said how great of a job he has done with the limited resources at his disposal…
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TrueGooner Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Ken, Don’t mistake the love of the team for agreement with the manager or board. How many times those very people who fill the stadium boo the team and the manager. How many time do they sing out loud asking the manager and board to spend some money. I am even saying it nice. They are saying the same thing as most of us are. They as well as those of us you are calling idiots for voicing our displeasure are all saying the very same thing, so don’t for a minute take love for club for being satisfy with the way things are going. A man saluting a flag and living in a country rule by a tyrant doesn’t mean he agrees with the tyranny rule. A soldier fighting on the battle field doesn’t means he like the way things are going at home.
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November 13th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
How do know there is no way, last year some idiot like you saying no way arsenal can finish forth , I know it is very very difficult but wenger is not wrong , it is still possible. Some fucking idiot like you just like people to read your stupid blog. Fuck off you are not even deserve to be a gunner fans. So just shut the fuck up
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November 13th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Come in Mr Wenger, your time is up!
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November 13th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Gunners like u will still kiss wenger a** even in relegation.Wake up to reality b4 it will b 2 late.
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ken lo Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Now we are being relegated?
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WithWengerwerust Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 5:25 am
in reply to ken
Shut up you bloody mercenary
You are a damn liar like your shit professeur.You can continue to put your head in wenger’s ass and live in your short & distorted memeories.
But that would not AFC any better nor would it solve our wage structure problem!
Nor would it stop your shit model to buy Chamack, Squillaci, Podolski, Djourou, Santos to fight for the title.
If you still believe in Wenger then u are surely mad or you are paid to protect his interest.
You can go to Hell
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November 13th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
wenger bought dis on himself, I hear he is crying over d inclusion of carzola in a friendly.shame on him,wenger went 2bed on d last day of d last transfer window.he believed in diaby,rosicky n ramsey.luk wire we r now.very annoying.
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ken lo Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Could you explain in more detail please?
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November 13th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
I once knew of an arsenal flair in the days of wiltord,ljunberg,henry ,vieira,parlour,overmas,bergkamg,edu,lauren,cole,adams,keown etc.This present team have no flair,infact they’re flairless.
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ken lo Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
I once knew a Chelsea team that was 24 hours from liquidation, then along came a russian.
I once knew a Man City team that was playing in the third division, then along came a Sheik.
These two clubs can now buy anyone they want, when will you realise times have changed and players like vanPursy and Na$$ri are the traitors, while Arsene has to try and compete withe might of the pound/dollar/greenback?
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Samson Okpe Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Ken lo,wenger and the board won’t allow progresive like usmanov to get the majority share and put us toe to toe with the likes of chelsea,man city,man u,psg.This is bcos there will b no divident to declare and share.
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ken lo Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Dont you see that the three Premier league clubs mentioned are massively in debt and are relying (in the case of Chlsea and Shitty)on one man to keep them at the top?
The Yanks are taking massive amounts of money out of United to pay for debts in their other portfolios of businees ventures. Thats why there fans are so upset with them.
That cannot happen at Arsenal because of our shareholders and board, but as they are putting their own money into the club why do you begrudge them their dividends…thats life in a capitalist society.
Look at Usmanovs background and then ask if you would trust him to be the owner of our great club!!
Shay Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
What happens when these sugar daddy owners get tired of their toys and stop pumping money into the club??? Oh right, you turn into Malaga…
@babakrdaemi Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 12:07 am
Samson
Arsenal shareholders don’t get dividends.
Plus I would rather we stay like this than buy titles. Not that I want this.
The whole principle of sport is competition.
What competition is it to spend the most to win?
OK Fergie might not spend the most; however, I would love to see him cope with what Arsene has.
I doubt he would do as well. UTD might not look as good on paper as some say, however, the front two alone cost 55m. Plus wages of 2m a month. The front two at UTD earn more in a year than we paid for our leading centre forward.
That is the reality of the modern game, deal with it or do one. Dont ask the club to sack the manager, or sell to a geezer with a human rights violation hanging over his head because you want to show off to your mates that Arsenal won something.
November 13th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
So you don’t agree that man u away and schalke away are tough games, we have our third choice keeper and are suffering from other injuries. If arteta had scored this would not be happening. keep the faith or leave, negative fans like you are dragging us down
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P Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Fact is mate Wenger is declining – the trophy cabinet suggests this. Without negativity there could be no positivity. Board and Wenger have a lot to answer for when we are paying so much to go see the team
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Alex Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
I believe that the board is mainly to blame, arsene has been left with too much to do he is a world class coach and manager,who given the funds, could take us to trophies
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November 13th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
To me arsenal is a religion,i don’t know of u bcos if Gibbs hadn’t make that tackle against sunderland u wouidn’t have mentioned schalke today.
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November 13th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
What a bunch of fake Arsenal fans
Now who the f do you think can carry Arsenal to greater things on such a small budget in these times of Endless cash hand outs by Man City n Chelsea? Support the team or go to bed with Rottenham as we true Gooners enjoy
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ken lo Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Well said Mosh, through thick and thin,a true gooner!!!
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Madness Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Such a small budget?! Gazidas has just been given a 2 million pounds salary, wenger is one of the highest payed managers in the world and for what? We finish well of the big teams every year and have been trophy less for 8 years! We pay the highest ticket prices in the uk and it goes straight into the men at the tops pockets! This isn’t a football club anymore it’s a business, the board see us as customers not supporters.
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November 13th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
I want all of to know that, there is hope for Arsenal winning this league, just believe me, because every team has their Up and Down time, this is down time of Arsenal, which I believe they will come up soon
Let me remind you that there are time when Chelsea was topping the league when they were Hot butnow they are number 3 on the table which mean they have dropped their speed.
Never write off arsenal because they will still get up.
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November 13th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Mosh in case u don’t know,kroenke is a billionaire.But does he care about u the fan or his f**king investment.
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November 13th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Every team that Silent Stan is involved in win nothing FACT!
Spending big wil not bankrupt Arsenal, this will allow them to compete properly, sponsorship deals will come increasing revenue. Everybody has a scouting network around the world unfortunately Arsenal’s wage structure means we have to pin our hopes on emerging talent instead of proven players.
Manure have spent money like its going out of fashion over the years and look at the trophy s and sponsorship deals they have! Yes the fans were unhappy about the level of debt but they soon went quiet when title number 19 turned up!
Until the board and AW get off the FFP bandwagon the Arsenal with be stagnant.
….. I’m just gutted that Arsenal are being left behind
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mystic Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Mate I suggest you go and look at the record books, your FACT isn’t correct.
I think Wenger has lost it and SS is a horrendous owner, but please make sure of your FACTS before putting in to print as it only gives AKBs an opportunity to get their heroes off.
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OxonGooner Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Can you clarify what his teams have won?
Sorry I should have mentioned a title of merit???
It’s difficult trying to get your point across without some degree of anger creeping in!
Apologies !
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guy Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 11:52 pm
Silent stan owns the Denver Nuggets in the NBA and the St Luis Rams in the nfl which a two highly unsuccessful teams, and arsenal will follow suit if something is not changed
November 13th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
You don’t have to kill yourselves over this issue, for me both sides of the argument is right. Our team has been pathetic this days and we do need to spend to win something, the fans deserve that cos they are paying so much. At the same time sacking wenger is not the solution, he is one of the best coach hav ever seen, if not the best.
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November 13th, 2012 at 10:14 pm
Some spineless gunners are praising wenger for his business prudent.Have wenger ever sold any player for 50 or 80million before?Even our shirt sponsorhip deal can’t match that of our rivals.So shut your crap about him being prudent.
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November 13th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
The for against wenger arguement can get quite emotional, so I’m going to try to make my point keeping things calm. Piers Morgan, a man who I’m not exactly fond of, actually made some great points on the subject of wenger on talksport radio. What would happen if arsene rang ferguson and asked to buy rooney? I can agree with him. How pathetic that fergie rung arsene and managed to convince him that selling our best player to a team we were ‘supposed’ to be challenging for the title with was a good idea. Pathetic. Also, now my own points, since wenger has been assembling his own type of back four, why has out defence been a shambles. Why throughout most of last season was the need for a defensive coach being talked about if our manager was so tactically astute. Why do we set up in the same way game after game after game, when we clearly don’t have the players necessary to play that way anymore. Why, when its so apparent to everyone he’s not cutting the mustard, has Ramsey been picked time after time. Why was our replacement for purstrings so easy for us to buy. Chelski made a half arsed effort to buy him and other than that it was only us! I like the man and have time for him but he hasn’t shown me he’s clinical enough, and even after all that were not even using him properly. Great management. Why when we had such a great little player in Arshavin did Wenger ruin his career by playing him out of position? Why is he doing the same with Podolski. Why don’t we study to oposition? Ok, it probably isn’t his fault player contracts have run down, samir na$ri was seemingly considered a dud before his breakout half-season which is why he was able to walk, but so many other problems right now ARE his fault. Like the wages chamakh and bedtner and the rest are on. I’ve always worried what could happen if we lost Wenger, now when I hear him saying he’s happy to finish in the champions league, that’s not a man with the same ambition as the won who turnt up 16 years ago, and I worry the derection we’re heading in with a manager that two years ago said he would take second for the next 20 years. What kind of ambition is that? I’m really starting to loose faith in Arsene, a lot of our troubles have coincided with the loss of David Dein, and I think David Dein had a lot to do with the early success of Wenger as well.
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November 14th, 2012 at 12:12 am
As far as I’m concerned Arsenal are contenders until they until they are mathematically eliminated. I know that’s overly optimistic, but that’s how I choose to live my life.
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redordead Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
I agree, I am also optimistic pigs will fly one day to.
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November 14th, 2012 at 4:03 am
@ shay. Malaga have lost their best players,but they are playing better football than us. Dortmund lose their best players every year. Its not about wenger not being given cash to spend,he just looks like he needs a refresher course in coaching. We were outplayed by schalke and fulham. Fulham lost dempsey and dembele,yet they look even better than last season. Fine we cant compete with city,chelsea and united,but fulham,norwich,stoke,sunderland? Come on,wenger has lost his edge and its sad but thats the way life is. I wish he could se what i see,we never make runs off the ball,the team has no real wingers,defenders watching the ball instead marking a man. All basic mistakes that should easily be rectified. Anyway,i hope he watches back the matches and instead of watching our play,he watches the opposition(fulham and schalke),maybe he can learn a thing or to about how to create chances. I really hope he figures out the problem,because one thing is certain,he will never ever be sacked!
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Peter Atk Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
That’s the problem. He will never be sacked unless something huge happens. The even bigger problem is how right you are about how Wenger has lost his edge. He didn’t get us in to champs league last season, pursestrings did. He didn’t make the comeback from deaths door last season, pursestrings did. Well, we don’t have pursestrings no more, because Wenger was convinced by Fergie over the phone to sell him, someone Wenger says he wants to compete with?!!!!! PATHETIC. Now with no pursestrings, we’re seeing how Wenger has sunk.
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November 14th, 2012 at 4:21 am
Really arsenal will struggle to make 4th position in this season.
Who cares title ??? Only some stupid fans….
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November 14th, 2012 at 8:06 am
As long as arsen makes the board money year after year he will b manager ,in arsen I trust come the end of the season arsenal top 4 at the least goes without saying , ARSEN knows best , u will all b dick riding him after Saturday when we beat the scum
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November 14th, 2012 at 8:07 am
On paper were as good as n e one and on our day were unstoppable
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November 14th, 2012 at 11:57 am
I read all the comments made, as an Arsenal fan since 1946 I am disappointed that we have not won any trophies, my only consolation is that Arsenal in a couple of years will be financially in the black and with no debt on the Emirates.
Perhaps then the board could start spending on top players if they are not capable of having some coming up from the academy.
Well,there is a recession going on, so we have to be patient for better times perhaps we could then afford a Guardila with Wenger going upstairs.
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TrueGooner Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
But still though, until then Wenger needs to start actually coaching the players he has and using them properly as oppose to just sending them out to run around…
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November 14th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Fuck you pedophile pedophile fuck you pedophile
Kill PHW Gazidis Kroenke
Usmanov in, fire Wenger starlet craving old ass
Old ass clown just an old ass now… Retire and watch mystic river and sleeper all day long Arsene Wanker
Ps. Ramsey follow Gary Speed
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ken lo Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
That sums up everyone’s intelligence who wants Arsene Wenger out.
Surely the above post should be reported to the police?
This puts this site to shame for letting this be reproduced and I am going to try and get the police involved with this.
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November 16th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Shut up
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