Robin is still waiting, and so might I add are we.

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There is a lot of talk on this blog that Robin has told Gazidas that he will not sign a contract extension until he is assured we will be signing top quality players that can bring in some silverware, opinion is split as he has an appalling injury record and some say he is part of the problem, I support the boss on this issue, but does the boss practice what he preaches? Read on.

Robin is now in his mid twenties, Cesc is approaching them as was the Flamster, Rosicky and Hleb were just past them as is Arshavin, what we can see here is all the big boys get interested in our players when they get to this magical landmark, what does that say? It says that top managers realise that players are only really worth buying when the are closing in on there best years, when they have learned their trade.

That makes sense, ManU and Chelsea have won their titles with a healthy mix of youth and experience, Liverpool now have that.

What we seem to do is bring in kids, let them learn, suffer their inconsistancies only to watch them get sold when they are actually going to contribute, we then take the money and pay of the stadium debt or a new training facility or such.

The only reason we don’t slip down the table is because we have a great manager, a great manager that understands football but seems to struggle with understanding that the big boys use us as their shopping centre.

We could have won the league for the last 2 seasons had we made the investment, we put young boys in and watch them suffer injuries, why? Because they are young and their bodies are still forming, then they suddenly have the body, have the game and we do what? We sell them and bring in another crop of talented prospects that are all young, then the cycle continues, we are back to square one, Henry couldn’t wait, he left for Barca and then what? He won a Champions league medal.

Robin didn’t get injured on purpose, he got injured because he was playing at the highest level with a kids body, unable to take the crunching tackles of the big boys.

West Ham used to do this, in the days of Harry at West Ham they sold a team that together would have won the league, with names like Ferdinand, Lampard, Defoe and Carrick, so what’s the difference between what they did and what we do? The admission money! If Arsenal continue this trend, so be it, but please don’t charge us for the pleasure, our lowest season price is almost ManU’s highest, now that can’t be right.

All that Robin is saying is buy 2 or 3 top players and we can win the lot, we really can, it’s that close, don’t and we will have another season of frustration and lose yet more talented players that we have watched with frustration growing up.

Arshavin proved the difference between world class and world class potential, I agree that Song has come on, that Diaby on his day is unstoppable and that Denilson has potential, but if you are being honest would they be in your fantasy team had you a choice? I doubt it, they wouldn’t be in mine.

Arsenal, it’s time to repay the fans, it’s time to repay the players, it’s time to buy the quality players that Cesc and Robin are telling you they need.

Wether it’s a Cana or an Alonso a Chiellini or a Zapata a Benzema or a Villa, we need that quality, for me whatever that trio would cost we’d get back in prize money, TV rights and happiness, so please Arsenal, make us happy!

Finally the boss said he has made us small shareholders a lot of money as the price has rocketed since he has been here, what he fails to realise is those same shareholders have their shares to own a piece of Arsenal, to get the annual report, to feel like they belong, they would never sell them, those shares are only valuable is you have the amount that David Dein had, I would never sell my shares, they will go to my kids when I go to that great football ground in the sky, and that my friends is where the manager and this board are out of touch, it’s not about money to us, it’s about the support, the love of our great club and ultimately winning trophies. Yes even the Worthington Cup!

Have a great day today Grovers England are playing tonight, a win against Spain and a few signings would make today one to remember.

755 Responses to “Robin is still waiting, and so might I add are we.”

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  2. Stu

    MG, that part in the bracket about sickos was directed towards you. I should have just said your name as apposed to ‘sicko’.

  5. irishgunner

    Stu – Did you watch the Brazil match early?

    God Peter Collins is annoying, how does he still have a job?

  6. Stu

    I watched it Irish. And i can honestly say i dont know who that it. But they are all shit so…is there even a difference?

  7. irishgunner

    The guy doing the commentary – he is the back up guy for everything – F1, Moto Gp, Tennis, Football, GAA, Golf.

    He has the personality of a parsnip.

  9. Stu

    Still dont know who you are talking about. But is he the guy that does the premiership highlights. Dark short hair and a voice thats pitch never fluctuates?

  16. Stu

    I just hate everyone on Rte, BBC and every other channel for that matter. All clueless gowls.

    Also, KC is a bit of a dope too. Mr.Eyebrow himself.

  17. irishgunner

    He’s better at the commentary than been a pundit.

    And George Hamilton is a Gunner so he can say what he wants.

  22. Stu

    I could understand starting Johnson as a left footer so he can whip crosses in but ffs Pearce thinks he has Barcas team and had a leftie on the right and vice versa. It makes Theos absence even more strange.

  23. ManGoonian

    Stu;

    Indeed mate, shudve just said my name!

    I was just about to post saying England would only be able to score from a set piece, when they got a penalty, so didnt bother, and then what??? They only effin miss it!

  25. Stu

    How the fack is that a booking? Slightly push one player and fell into another. Fuck that ref is an idiot for that!

  26. kenny smith

    Chiellini is shite.. thanks fuck we arent buying him… anyone got a link for the ENG game. Samir that one isnt working for me

  28. Stu

    Was just thinking the same Kenny. He has been shite the last 2 games and they were only against Ejypt and USA.

  31. irishgunner

    I didn’t want to say it cos I thought I’d get lynched here but really he’s not been good at all. Some awful mistakes from Chiellini.

  45. ManGoonian

    What? Chielinni is shite??? Thats akin to blasphemy innit??? There’s gonna be some trouble a brewin…

  53. Paulinho

    Mango, we’ve already got the dream defender in Gallas and yet you still get people yearning for Chiellini and the like.

    Maybe we could call him Gallasini.

  67. Stu

    HA!!! Italy are facking useless!

    HAHAH Irish, did you hear that?

    Silvio Berlisconi, your boys are taking a beating? (or somefink.

  70. Samir

    From Goonertalk:
    Almost a fortnight ago, the 25-year-old’s agent remained adamant that La Viola was the place for him and admitted that he’s tied to Fiorentina until 2012.

    “Felipe will always be grateful to Fiorentina for having established him in top level football,” Umberto Fusco said. “And now it’s right to show his attachment to the viola cause. The rest is just chit chat.

    “With regards to a contract extension, what matters is that it is the desire of both parties,” he said.

    “Above all the rumours, I always thought the lad would remain in Florence.”

    And it isn’t the first time Arsenal have shown an interest in the stocky midfield man. In December, Melo spoke about the Gunners’ interest in him and revealed that he wanted to respect the contract he currently has.

    “My agent has told me that a big side are interested in my services and it’s surely a great feeling,” he enthused.

    “The Gunners are certainly a prestigious outfit, even more so than Chelsea, but I have a four-year contract and I love it here.”

  72. irishgunner

    They haven’t anything up front have they?

    Iaqunita and Toni could have the ball five yards out with no defenders and no goalkeeper and they would still miss.

    Why not Toni to knock balls down to Rossi? The little and large combo.

    Pirlo is just looking old now.

  74. Stu

    They are just too old and slow. Its as simples as that. Cannavaro should have retired years ago, and Toni is past it too.

    Their front forwars should have been from Gilardino, Cassano, Quag and Rossi.
    And effectively 2 DM and Pirlo in midfield is just too defensive. Lippi is going mad.

  76. irishgunner

    Luca Toni is just turned 32 so hardly that old. Thing is what is he “past”, he never was that great to be honest.

    What is Joe Hart up to?

  77. irishgunner

    Actually I take that back about Luca Toni – he has a good goal ratio, better than I realized, you’d never think it watching him play.

  78. nishanth

    If he doesn’t call cassano after this then he must be surely mad.Saw samp vs milan recently.Cassano just ripped apart milan’s defense.Senderos was havuing a real tough time against him

  79. Stu

    Well he was decent for about a 2 year spell but has just gone to shit. So he is past it.

    Hart waited for a spanish player to approach him before picking up the ball. And afterward he just started laughing right into the players face in a really cuntish way. You’ld have to see it.

  87. ManGoonian

    Paulihno;

    This is from last night mate. You said PV4 was impressinve from that moment he made that tackle v Sheff Wed and I agree with ya. BUT, what I am saying is, that after that, he had a few poor games for him, a biut hit and miss, which have been forgotten in the misty sepia tinted re-writing of history that occurs for players we love.

    Plus we didnt have blog sites in 96 (erm, I dont think so? Well I never did anyhoo) and his every touch, mistimed tackle wasnt analysed to the nth degree. I mean, I bet if we had LG and others now, there’d be a few who wouldve called for his head when he got sent off or when he spat at that odious twat Neil Ruddock…

  88. irishgunner

    In lieu of our new Belgian under going a medical tomorrow I checked the Belgian FA website which states he is 180cm which is 5ft9″

  91. ManGoonian

    Cannot believe we are even discussing his height again tho? If he is strong in the air, tackle and doesnt mind getting stuck in and attacking the ball instead of waiting for it to land, or pick up the pieces, then he can be 5ft 9 for all i care….except of course, that he aint!

  94. Dan

    Well yes we shouldnt be discussing height because you’re right its how he attacks the ball but i just looked on yahoo converter and 180 is 5ft 10

  98. Pedro

    MG, I think a good player with a bad disciplinary record would still be loved…

    I loved the over passionate behaviour of Petit and Paddy…

    I loved going into school and everyone calling my team ‘dirty Arsenal’.

    I honestly don’t believe fans would have criticised Paddy if blogging were about way back when…

    Firstly… there would have been limited expectation of him… something Denilson and Song don’t have the advantage… Secondly, he did ooze quality regardless of a few shaky performances to begin with… thirdly… it’s players like Paddy who are causing the problems for Denilson and Song. They don’t really come close because of how good he was.

    The current Arsenal team is a group of specialists… the old teams were a core of super players…

    Ade suffered the same issues when he scored thirty… because he didn’t finish like Thierry… he was shite.

    The great players we’ve had are the reason we’re so ruthless with criticism… oh, and the promise of a competitive team…

  100. Truth

    Evening all-my calculations make 180cm equal to 5’10 and 7/8 or an 1/8 under 5’11”inches. 6’0 is equal to 183cm.

    Wiki have Gallas down as 183cm, which is the same as Toure.

  101. irishgunner

    We have to check the height for Franchise – he’d get very upset if anyone in the Arsenal team was as tall as him.

    Adebayor comes closest and that’s why he’s his favourite.

  102. ManGoonian

    True Pedro

    But we also see it now, when certain players are forgiven bad performances of excuses are made up for them…

    But, I bet ya, IF there were Arsenal blogs back then, there would be a few slating PV4 etc…. Of course, now, they wouldnt admit it!

    On a completely unrelated note, anyone seen BBK today???

  107. ManGoonian

    OK Choy, just for you, I am gonna buy Vermaellen some Sven G Eriksson style height lifts for his football boots, so he can be as tall as you want him…

    So, whatt’ll it be???

    2 inch heel lift?? 4? :D

  111. ManGoonian

    I think he’s related to Roy Keane…

    I mean, when United (unbelievably jammily) beat Bayern to clinch that effin treble, Keane said he went into the dressing room, saw all the players celebrating and was…. abso-fookin-lutley gutted and disgusted with em, coz it proved to him they fancy dan wankers!

  112. Coadsi

    Excerpt

    Real Madrid have warned Arjen Robben that they are prepared to leave him out of their squad next season if he refuses to leave the club this summer. The Dutchman is not keen to leave the Santiago Bernabéu and his father responded to reports of a move to Tottenham Hotspur by insisting there was “no way” his son would sign for the White Hart Lane club. But Robben has been left in little doubt as to his position at Madrid.

    The club’s director general, Jorge Valdano, has admitted: “It would be better if Robben listened to the offers coming in for him.” And it has now emerged that he has threatened the Dutchman with the possibility of being banished to the stands in a World Cup year if he insists on staying. Robben risks being left without a squad number and not being registered for La Liga or the Champions League.

  119. Coadsi

    it is reported that RM want 30 mil for Robben. If this article is true and everyone knows they are desparate to sell, they would be fortunate to get even 15 mil.
    Robben on the left and injury prone……..no he and Rosicky would be fighting for bench time, one of them is enough.

  120. ManGoonian

    £30m for Robben??? Not a chance! £10m max, or as I said, a loan deal to take him off the wage bill, with an option for a perm!

  122. Paulinho

    Re: Vieira.

    I think Gilberto would have been a good comparison. I know if I was posting here in 2003/04 I would have been slating him big stylee.

  124. ManGoonian

    Paulinho;

    Ooh, yeash, even better example you is right there…. Gilberto was slated to the high heavens, so Im correct again… Woo Hoo!

    Night y’all….

  125. Lou

    Vermaelen has been confirmed as being 5 feet 4 inches tall and Arshavin is 6 feet 3. I know because I read it in the Daily Mail and it has been confirmed by Myles Palmer. That’s good enough for me.

  126. Stu

    Fack that!
    I just looked up Bassong and his Wiki page (although wiki isnt always accurate) says that he was called up fr the full cameroon national side. So he is effectively an african now. IF he is going to be coming in then that is another player we are going to lose during the ACN.

    I didnt want him in the first place but i definately dont want anything to do with him now.

    And presumably once you play for one countries senior side then you cant change.

  127. Dan

    Thats right stu once he plays for cameroon seniors then he cant play for france seniors. What would you take though. one CB and a DM or two CB’s and no DM? I’d rather have the one CB and a tough tackilng DM

  128. BOY BETTER KNOW

    if i was to win the lottery,trust me there would be no disapointed twist coming from me thats fo sure

  130. PDT

    Luca Toni!!

    When I suggested his name in March, I got booed off the boards!

    I still think he will be a fine signing, especially as an impact sub.

  131. Stu

    PDT, then you obviously didnt see him playing ast night. He was useless. Couldnt even score against Ejypt!

    The only bad thing about winning the lotto is loads of cunts asking you for money. (or so i assume) And Taxes!

  134. Stu

    I certainly wouldnt moan about winning the lotto. But i probably wouldnt let many people know either. Just those i can trust. Lot of greedy people out there. I wouldnt want a certain Togolese at my door. :roll:

  135. ethangunner

    Hey PDT me old mugglar ! where u on holidays ?
    im a bit late to post myself…

    good article considering there’s nothing to talk about , totally encapsulates the stupidity of the Arsenal youth cycle and how it bum spanks us every year ! it is flawed .. and i have said so , so many times on Le grove , for that very reason .

    it takes so long to harvest a good player that
    all the down time in between see’s us loosing points and and losing ground on the other 3 .

    If this is a struggle between wenger and the other 3 sides to see who is right about how to manufacture a winning team … i can honestly say after 4 years of SWEET FUCK ALL , i think you already have your proof wenger !

    time to get with the program and pick up the odd name or 2 before Spain buys all our EPL players leaving the chev’s and man U with a huge surplus of funds to strengthen even further …

    the chev’s are only getting rid of squad players they dont really need anyhow .. deco etc. drog’s (whos seen better days)

    Man U with tevez who spends half his life sitting next to berba on the bench ..

    ronaldo is the only one i think that
    de- strengthens the British clubs EPL wise ..
    but 80 million sure helps the pain , thats 2 world class players for the price of 1 ..

  136. ethangunner

    i think go brazilian .. get 2 or 3 big names
    on the cheap from flamengo etc ..

    Amauri- Adriano – Diego -Mancini-Rafinha – Marcelo -Thiago Silva ..alve’s , jo even …

    the list is endless .. they are all class and
    have good footballing skills that suit our game ..

    go for argentine or brazil players, not only are they cheap they are REALLY FUCKING TALENTED !

  137. BOY BETTER KNOW

    oh well not long to go untill we see wenger’s fuck up holdng up the shirt,providing he passes the medical,lets hope they don’t find nothing wrong with his teeth(fingers crossed hey)………….night y’all

  138. ethangunner

    sure there might be work permit issues , but if ade – eboue and delisong can get into the club surely big international names wont have too many problems …

  139. ethangunner

    well pedro it looks like 11.5 million in the red shortly !!!!

    ————————————————
    Thomas Vermaelen has revealed that signing for Arsenal and Arsene Wenger will be the best day of his life.

    Speaking to the Belgian press he expressed his great joy of playing under Arsene Wenger:

    “Arsene Wenger stands for nice, attacking football and dares to work with young talents. That appeals to me enormously. Not that that tipped the scales though. When a club like Arsenal stands at your door, then you just go.”

    Vermaelen, who has been holidaying in Mauritius, also revealed that he will be flying into London on Friday morning to have his medical:

    “On Friday I will fly to London to have my medical. After that I hope to put pen to paper. Boy I feel so proud, Arsenal is a fantastic club and one that, as a child, I enjoyed watching play.

    “I am deeply impressed, it’s really the best day of my life. Next year I will come face to face with the best strikers in the world. Unbelievable”

    Arsenal will pay around £11.5 for Thomas who will be the third Belgian in the Premier League after Vincent Kompany of Manchester City and Marouane Fellaini of Everton.

  140. ethangunner

    well another site has it down as 10 mil …

    probably 10 mill pounds , or 11.5 euro’s .
    well does that mean either gallas or toure’s name is written on the wall ????

    one would think so …

  141. ethangunner

    wenger on his skillful wenger ball football .

    ‘Wenger said: “It’s more difficult when you don’t win, because people want style, but people want first to win. And I refuse to go into the debate, ‘You play well, or you win’.

    “Winning is a consequence of playing well, respecting the manager’s personality. But if you try to play well and you don’t win, people say, ‘Come on, let’s get rid of that and try to win’. ”
    ————————————-
    well all i have to say on the situation is
    youve had ade the most clumsy , poor skilled striker to front you since TH14 left , you cant be serious that you still think our club offers an abundance of beautiful football .. because we gave new meaning to arsenal wining ugly last season … and to be honest since youve persisted with him so much , wenger your football has been anything but beautiful !!! FFS !
    and if you dont believe me on the ade debate , throw theo losing the ball and song and denilson’s painful rise this season and you sure have had your fare share of ugly fucking games !!

  143. ArsenalKenya

    LAST NIGHT I WAS HAPPY EGYPT DEFEATED ITALY.. ZIDAN CAN DO BETTER THAN ADE PLAY POOR…

    NOW THE STORY BELOW IS ALSO ANOTHER FINE PIECE OF BULLSHIT OCHESTRATED BY VELOSO’S AGENT..read on

    The reports that Bolton were close to signing the Sporting midfielder Miguel Veloso look like they are wide of the mark, according to a report on Setanta.

    It read: Bolton Wanderers have not renewed their interest in Sporting midfielder Miguel Veloso, his agent has exclusively told setanta.com.

    The Portugal international was the subject of a formal approach from The Trotters during the winter transfer window but Sporting were unwilling to accept €12 million for one of their star players who has also attracted interest from Arsenal and Manchester City, amongst others.

    Recent reports claimed that Bolton manager Gary Megson has made a renewed attempt to lure Veloso to The Premier League and that a deal could be struck due to issues regarding the player’s relationship with his coach, Paulo Bento.

    But the 22-year-old’s agent has denied that a move to The Reebok Stadium is currently a possibility for his client.

    “No, no it is not true. Bolton no,” Paulo Barbosa told setanta.com. “It is true they were interested in January but Sporting refused an offer for €12 million.

    “No [they have not returned with a new offer].”

    When asked about reports linking the player with a move to Manchester City and Arsenal, Barbosa replied: “We will see, we will see soon.”

    It looks like Veloso doesn’t have as much interest as last summer. Or maybe Sporting are asking for too much for him?

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