Pet peeve of mine. Ex-players talking about how they got shit-faced before a game then scored a hattrick. Nice one. You were reckless. Your career never blew up because of it. Not sure you should be celebrating that.
Secondly. Seems like the comments section of Le Grove has turned austere in times of plenty. No one seems to fancy Dembele, preferring to invest in a creaking squad. I have to say, as much as I love the French international, spanking out £100m on one player at the minute feels a touch luxurious. We really do have very serious issues that are going to be exposed like a loose plaster trying to cover an axe wound.
Still, it is nice to see the club addressing the issues, well, if the rumours are to be true.
Pepe of Lille seems like a very hot target, and at £40m, could be a shrewd purchase. Sarr of Rennes has also been linked, could be electric if he carries on honing his craft. No doubt other clubs will be into him, like Chelsea, but we are a draw now, no doubt. We’re looking at Ramires (pictured above) from Brazil who is a center midfielder who can get about the pitch. he’s only made 11 appearances, but he’s bossed them, scored some good goals and it looks like Sven is prepared to take a risk and strike early. I LOVE that we’re trying to be a more elite Dortmund. There are also tender links to Emerson, a young Brazilian right back.
Great thing these days is this… if it looks like a hole, affects your team like a hole, it’s probably a hole in the squad the club will address within one window.
In other sexy news… Aaron Ramsey… the best Welshman in the world.. has apparently made a decision. BAYERN MUNICH. That’d be a great move for him. Germany is a wonderful country, Bayern is a huge team, they’d find a way of making him work in their setup. Well, I hope so anyway. One thing you can be sure of, he won’t be making £300k a week there… but he’ll probably win the league and be mighty well off regardless.
In Chelsea news, this BOMBSHELL dropped.
According to documents obtained by Football Leaks, and published on Thursday by the Danish newspaper Politiken, Chelsea employed Sten Christensen as an overseas scout on the same day they signed his son, Andreas, from Brondby in 2012.
Alleged copies of Chelsea’s consultancy agreements, published by Politiken, state that Sten started working for the London club on July 1 2012, the same day as his son, and was paid £11,400 per month plus VAT for four years – a total of £656,640 – while he was still working for Brondby as a goalkeeping coach.
Oh my, Chelsea, what have you done? It gets worse…
‘The Football Leaks documents also claim Manchester City, another of the five Premier League clubs under investigation by Fifa’
Now, I think we can safely assume Arsenal are not one of the clubs. I heard from a good source that we missed out on M’Bappe because we wouldn’t pay his family a chunk of cash to move to us. The big question here is this: What are FIFA going to do?
There’s talk of 2-year transfer bans. Can you imagine? It’d be unreal to watch Pep and the Manchester monstrosity function without adding six £70m players every transfer window. I mean, they’d be fine, but still, someone needs to get a grip of football.
The game is slipping away from the fans. No one has stepped in to stop blood money washing into the Premier League. No one has stopped Manchester City flagrantly break the rules. No one stopped Qatar even when it became clear they bribed their way to the World Cup.
Who and what is going to get in the way when a group of 16 or so clubs decide European football can operate like the NFL? No relegation. No way to creep into the league. I’d be appalled. As nice as it is to play great teams every week, I have a deep affection for the football of my own country. I love the rough and tumble of the league, I love the office rivalries, I love the away days I don’t go to any more.
My one hope if the Super League comes to fruition is that the fans absolutely reject it.
Football fans held captive by their bond. Shit kick-off times, expensive shirts, tickets, pies and beers… but there is always a limit to the love. I think destroying the domestic game is a gross misunderstanding of what makes football great. I’d love to see the greed punished
Big up Matty G for dropping a masterclass for France U21.
Big up the Premier League for voting in VAR next season. The masochists will be upset. Must be horrible knowing the chances of your weekend being ruined by a bad result just dropped by about 90%.
Before I go, a quick productivity tip. I was burning 4 hours a day on my mobile phone. I ditched all the apps consuming my life (remember, I work on the internet and social media is my livelihood), and it’s been great. The time I’ve wasted online gets funneled into things like reading, creating and socialising. My head feels free when I’m not thinking about those sexy, radiant, moreish red alerts on my phone. Highly recommended. Though it was sad today when all I wanted to do was post an Instagram story of the snow with the caption ‘Happy SnowYay.’
ALSO, BIG branches from four trees fell down on my road today and someone was killed by a falling tree outside a pal’s apartment. Be careful people, trees ain’t what they used to be.
Right, that’s me done. Check out my solo podcast. The reviews were pretty good. Moving forward, I think there’s no need to go a week without dropping some dirty self-aggrandising opinions.
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Tr4phy
well done DM
top 10??
had to post this again Pierre are you thick or something? Want to know why no matter how many FA cups Wenger won, he had to go ? the answer is simple, he didn’t fix the squad problems, he was always buying just enough to paper over the cracks, it’s why we were in a bad position financially. Over payed average players, we had the highest priced tickets, we were laughed out of Europe. Wenger became a laughing stock and the arsenal name because we were associated with him The new manager gets top 4, we are happy because he… Read more »
good to know we are scouting all around the world my only fear with the Brazilians or south Americans is that they get lure by Barcelona and real Madrid easily
I have also escaped the tyranny of iPhone attention diversion after reading this article
https://link.medium.com/5J0fMrw6SR
Still with the beef against big spenders who bend the rules? That’s so FFP and Arsene through and through. Leicester. That’s all.
Should I stop shopping in Waitrose because my neighbour has to shop in Aldi? No.
“well, if the rumours are to be true.”
Gazidis is in Milan now, so maybe we can start to be more confident ?
As for Brazilians…they get fat really fast and love to party.
Nada.
Pierre is still moaning about his idol’s departure ??
Ffs, someone, anyone please, send him on Untold, once for all.
gonsterous
I’m afraid you’re wasting your time with Pierre. All the negatives you highlight mean diddly-squat as far as he’s concerned.
He is not thick, far from it. For him it’s all about loyalty and trust for a regime that died the day we moved into our new stadium. For him and for a few others, FA Cup triumphs justified Wenger’s existence and longevity at the club.
We all know that in layman’s terms it is all very simple but for Pierre it’s a little bit more complicated.
“for a regime that died the day we moved into our new stadium.”
That day for me will forever be associated to the death of our Highbury stadium.
Anyone watching the cricket?
Jesus, some of these umpires need to go to Specsavers.
May 23rd, 2018, marked the rebirth of AFC.
HighburyLegend
Although there is no disputing that the Emirates is a fine stadium, there is one significant design floor that has always bugged me.
The central hospitality band takes away from the warmth and feel of an atmospheric stadium. In a way it typifies the mindset that consumed the club over the past 12-15 years. Keep the corporate bigwigs happy at the expense of the fanbase.
The Emirates is a beautiful stadium, let’s be objective.
But on the inside it looks more like a wal-mart than a football stadium.
its a good change for us to sign these exciting youngsters
Ramires would be a great replacement for Ramsey
Ismaila Sarr or Pepe would be a great replacement for Welbeck or the wide inside forward
I know we linked to the espanyol defender but I think real Madrid will use their buy back clause of £7.5m
I love to see Pepe and Ramires come in January, bed them in first
The club doesn’t seems ready to splash the cash this january, next summer maybe ??
all these players you mentioned pedro. do you think we are the only club on their radar. get real, if push come to shove, will we never get any of them, you no why. we are no longer a big club thanks to Wenger and arsenal owner.
*know why*
“No longer a big club”
Lol I swear some people just say things for effect, what effect I have no idea…
Sack off Xhaka, keep Rambo. Wtf are we doing nursing and training a player for ten years just to give him away for free to Munich just as he enters his prime – yet we keep Xhaka and Elneny… Absolutely bat-shit stuff…
Can we assume Ramires would get a work permit if we went for him?
Pierre,
The only reason people will see top 4 as an achievement this season is because your mate Wenger lowered expectations and the quality of this team so far from where it should be. Nothing more and nothing less. And nothing to do with Emery.
There are plenty of youngsters who would come to Arsenal for various reasons.
I think you need to get real.
It’s prob been answered already but can someone explain to this thicko why a new trade agreement wasn’t put in place first with Europ(therefore avoiding any mention of a problematic hard border) & then the 2nd phase of agreeing the “ divorce bill”& terms etc.Thus avoiding all the current turmoil? I know it’s not footie but apologies in advance.
This is where Guendouzi will be a massive help. Not only have we got a potential superstar there but young players we’re approaching can be pointed toward Guendouzi who was trusted in massive games by Emery and is getting bundles of game time.
I’d be very excited at the prospect of seeing us go for players like Pepe, Almiron, Ramires etc as opposed to Dembele and that’s it.
This is literally the whole reason we got Mislintat in. Any idiot could point at Dembele and say he’s good, not anyone could have picked out Leno, Torreira and Guendouzi.
Walukiewicz is another one Arsenal are apparently looking at, 18 year old CB.
Mislintat has already brought in Mavropanos, Guendouzi and even Torreira you could put in the young bracket.
Now you’ve got Ramires as well who is 18.
Certainly an exciting time to be an Arsenal fan. Peak BvB on steroids is what we should be aiming for.
Uwot
You’re applying logic and sound business sense.
Unfortunately, our lot are clueless tossers and lack the balls to get things moving.
Goobergoona “The only reason people will see top 4 as an achievement this season is because your mate Wenger lowered expectations” true ,but in the same token ,the only reason people didn’t see top 4 as an achievement in the last 14 years is because wenger raised the expectations with the title successes including 2 doubles and the never to be forgotten invincible season, so it works both ways.. All I’m saying is don’t let your desperation for Emery to do well blind you to what is actually happening on the pitch.. From where I’m sitting ,we haven’t turned it… Read more »
Euro Super League will never happen. They’ve been scaremongering about it for 20 years, and it’s no closer now than it was before.
Agree with you on the moral corruption of our sport, it’s a scandal, but there’s no willpower or instrumentality to deal with it. Well, only national governments have the power and (potentially) the will, but FIFA don’ like that, so… We’re stuck.
.CA
“This is literally the whole reason we got Mislintat in. Any idiot could point at Dembele and say he’s good, not anyone could have picked out Leno, Torreira and Guendouzi.”
Very well put.
Thanks for clearing that up graham lol!my thoughts exactly.😊
There is certainly the potential for a team to combine the strategies of a Monaco/Dortmund with that of a PSG/Bayern/Man City. The problem with the Dortmund/Monaco approach is that you lose your players because they want to move on to bigger clubs for bigger wages. Arsenal are a big club in their own right. If you could adopt the transfer policy of Monaco/Dortmund, but the wage bill of Bayern/City you could have the best of both worlds. Buy in high quality 17-23 year olds, but actually keep them beyond their original contract and into their prime. We nearly managed to… Read more »
I think that is exactly it. It would be very BvB for us to sign players like Walukiewicz, Ramires, Almiron etc but then BvB could not necessarily go on to spend £40 Million on Pepe and £35 Million on Hermoso just as examples whereas we can. Again with the wages, BvB can pick them up early and put them on cheap wages but can’t necessarily afford to have a load of players on £100 000 a week or more. We can easily do that. A foot in each world is what we should be doing but always being smart in… Read more »
“We nearly managed to do it 10 years ago, but the likes of Cesc, Nasri, RVP lost trust in the manager, not to mention we ignred too many holes in the team.“ Don’t go rewriting the history books, I think you’ll find all those players have more than enough goodwill toward Wenger. It was the lack of ambition shown by the club in getting more high quality players, nothing to do with distrust of Wenger. That’s a bogus narrative you’re trying to etch into the timeline as fact. In fact Nasri was pretty candid that it was the owner wanting… Read more »
We occupy a very privileged space truth be told, we can offer (with savvy recruitment) a Dortmund, Atletico, Monaco style strategy but also have the finances to compete with the wages offered elsewhere and NOT be forced into selling to predatory teams.
We “should” be strategising along this path, but it’s been incompetent and directionless nonsense for a handful of years instead. It needs an aggressive realignment imo, one that deals with relatively large calculated risk. Hoover up the supreme talents, and turn us into the new hotspot in town for anyone with elite tekkers and acne.
“In fact Nasri was pretty candid that it was the owner wanting him sold was he not? RvP the same, as far as being sick of the lack of investment.”
CC
I’m not having a go at you but its pertinent to point out that Wenger has also said he had full control of transfers.
Which means either one of Nasri or Wenger is lying.
Azed
With respect, you can rattle off a number of quotes attributed to various members associated with Arsenal and there will be conflicting statements made.
I’m not opening a can of worms as far as that goes, I’m pointing out that Gambon flat out lied about the circumstances of us selling previous players.
He said they lost trust in Wenger, they didn’t, the strategy suffocated our progress and left our best players frustrated.
CC
You’re still dribbling toxicity.
You seem to think that Stan rang Nasri and they had a sit-down and a coffee… Bud, that was Wenger’s role. He ran the club>>>> into the ground.
Wengers gone, its time you let go of the man’s ccok.
I don’t want us to get reiss nelson back as been tipped by major fans I want us to get someone like pepe and even increase nelson loan by six months so by January next year he will be ready and we will have two wengers….. the media and the pressure will kill him at arsenal
*wingers*
Jason
Stellar input. Toxicity in this case being any view that you don’t agree with? Terrific angle.
Only a moron would conflate the actual subject being addressed, you never disappoint in this regard.
CC
I think what they are insinuating is that the players were frustrated at wenger for failing to spend the hundreds of millions pounds that was sitting there waiting to be spent….which surprisingly or should I say unsurprisingly, has now vanished into thin air now that we have a new manager……..a situation that many seem happy with after years of complaining that wenger was sitting on fortunes…
id love to have a Brazilian in the team. They bring some flair and samba to the side. Even when they get fat, they are still good
Any Uruguayan wingers? Give Lucas a buddy in the team?
Say what you want about Alexis- but at least he had a fighting spirit on the pitch… we need that toughness in the team. Who is our tough guy? Licht? Puhhhlleaseeeee
Joke Friday – A teenage boy is getting ready to take his girlfriend to the prom. First he goes to rent a tux, but there’s a long line at the shop and it takes forever. Next, he has to get some flowers, so he heads over to the florist and there’s a huge line there. He waits forever but eventually gets the flowers. Then he heads out to rent a limousine. Unfortunately, there’s a large line at the rental office, but he’s patient and gets limo reserved. Finally, the day of the prom comes. The two are dancing happily and… Read more »
JWL- all that reading and then that ending! phhoey
Pierre
As I said to Azed, that’s a can of worms i’m not interested in opening. It’s a grey area where the facts dry up and speculation is rife. I simply refuted Gambons claim the likes of Nasri, Cesc, and RvP no longer trusted Wenger.
That claim to me undermines the very real flaw in our recruitment strategy that’s gone on for years. It’s the subject that is front and centre with the rumours of Dembele, and how Arsenal should approach transfers in the coming windows.
football will get boring soon no more flair and skills they just do what the coach tell them to do
Munich are apparently also interested in Havertz, real shock there, but if they go for Ramsey it would be great if we could grab Havertz ahead of them.
I really think there is an absolute superstar player there and he still isn’t that well known yet. But it won’t be long.
Pierre,
“which surprisingly or should I say unsurprisingly, has now vanished into thin air now that we have a new manager…”
We spent 32m on Mustafi and 40m on Ozil & 17m on Perez + ludicrous wages.
Pierre, Arsenal have a higher net spend than Madrid since 2010.
Wenger bought pony players with the money he had, then hoarded them, then gave them all mega contracts they didn’t deserve.
He ran the club badly.
Now he’s being offered jobs at Fulham.
Unai If you care to read the article below it might help you to gain some understanding as you appear slightly ignorant on the subject ….read it and learn! As the period that was being mentioned was around the time before and after our stadium move , the information given was over a ten year period which I’m sure you will agree give a fair reflection on the amount being spent by premier league clubs. “ARSENAL’S NET SPENDING OF £48M IN A DECADE PUTS THEM 9TH IN PREMIER LEAGUE AUGUST 12, 2011 BY ADMIN By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports… Read more »
CC/Pierre
Of course “the players lost trust in Wenger”. Only a blithering idiot would argue otherwise.
Out of their supposed “goodwill” for Wenger, they would never openly promote this, nevertheless, it was obvious to us all that these so called loyal and committed players were pissed off with the “same old”, just as we were.
The body language of these players spoke volumes. If you couldn’t see it, then I can only conclude that you must have been as blind as Wenger.
Amazingly, some of you still blame it on a lack of funds.
Lol!!!!!
Pierre –
Does that article detail our wage spend over that same period vs that of Stoke’s/Villa’s/Blackburn’s, or?
Graham As I’ve said maybe 3 times already, I’ve no interest in veering away from the argument that is being presented about todays Arsenal – the transfer strategy/direction to head. You carry on with what’s “obvious”, and how he/she is blind etc. You know, that level-headed stuff you’re always preaching you come out with whilst ‘my ilk’ are up here on our high horses…. Mug. – Pedro What’s the insipid stat that Arsenal have a higher net spend than Madrid the past decade supposed to point to? If you’re trying to say we should’ve won La Liga in that time… Read more »
Pedro I agree that during this decade our spending has increased and the quality of the player brought in haven’t been up to standard which ,or course ,is down to one man . During the period before and after the stadium move ,which was the period mentioned by Gambon and Charlie , our spending power was non existent and that is why we lost players of the calibre of cole, ces,rvp,nasri,song,hleb,ade,cliche as we couldn’t keep up with our rivals ,namely Chelsea and city , financially… not because they lost faith/trust in wenger. These players lost faith in the club as… Read more »
Jamie
“Does that article detail our wage spend over that same period vs that of Stoke’s/Villa’s/Blackburn’s, or?”
Nice one Jamie , very funny….I nearly fell for that idiotic question.
“the only one who didn’t desert and stayed loyal to the bitter end was wenger ”
Pierre,
He had 7M reasons not to jump ship.
Pierre –
Aren’t idiotic questions easy to answer with real talk?
“I think that settles that little dispute ,don’t you.”
No, just confirms that Wenger (and his cohorts) we as bad at evaluating talent as they were tight (greedy?).
When Wenger and Ivan talked of self sustaining, what they really should have said was profit making. There is a distinct difference.
They were not prepared to take calculated risks at the possible expense of salary.
Anyway, it’s moot as with or without funds Wenger became a laughing stock growing increasingly embarrassing as the final years insued.
Pierre, the stadium move coincided with his decline as a visionary.
Staying gave him longevity and power he’d never have had elsewhere.
Only arsenal would have given him a retirement hobby. He was very lucky.
Can’t believe people are rearguing things that have been talked to death for years. Simply after the stadium move we were incredibly short of money for a period, the last few years we’ve spent a lot of money and for the most part not wisely. End of. What would be a more interesting subject is what the effect will be on the Spud’s. The cost of their stadium is currently two and a half times what the Emirates cost and could go higher. Their record of hiring manager’s outside of the Poch has been awful and if he leaves who… Read more »
Pedro
“Pierre, the stadium move coincided with his decline as a visionary.”
It also coincided with David Dein leaving the club, we’ll never know just how much of a counter balance he was to what I believe was an ingrained “tightness” in Wenger.
CC Your 14:59 post highlights just how much you bought into the “lack of investment/ambition” hype. I harp back to the body language of the players, not the staged PR or, should I say, PC communications from the players. Our on pitch brittleness became apparent when goals were conceded or situations arose that needed honest and frank responses. Heads would drop, shoulders slump and motivational defiencies became evident. The acceptance of what was unfolding was apparent to everyone. All we got was the predictable excuses, from both the manager and the players. Programmed with a mindset to accept no blame… Read more »
Marc, for sure… but I think David Dein was a mega yes man. I’m not sure he’d have dealt with Wenger’s decline, though his departure removed a slight dissenting voice… or, maybe removed someone who was a bit more proactive and aggressive.
Marc
“Can’t believe people are rearguing things that have been talked to death for years. Simply after the stadium move we were incredibly short of money for a period, the last few years we’ve spent a lot of money and for the most part not wisely. End of.”
Correct….could you explain that to Graham please.
I could put together a montage of hundreds of seperate clips from Arsenal games over the past decade highlighting this “lack of faith” in the manager. Our on field deficiencies and failings, gave a clear insight into where the real problems originated from. Emery must be shocked at what he has encountered at the club during these past few months, not just in the training/coaching/fitness regimes but, more significantly, at the total lack of belief and confidence amongst the players that progress and improvements can be attained. To blame a lack of ambition and investment for all of these failings… Read more »
Pedro
Not sure where you get “but I think David Dein was a mega yes man” view. A yes man to whom?
Pierre
Can’t be doing with people who have agenda’s that ignore the blatant facts and can’t move on.
You’ll have to work on Graham yourself or ignore him.
Pierre/ Marc
Oh boohoo, we didn’t have enough money.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Money was never the problem.
It was how we used it.
Mr Nicklas Bendtner ring a bell(amongst many others)?
Keep it coming.
Graham
You sound like some conspiracy theorist knobber when you try and reimagine a stadium move that didn’t stunt our financial capabilities.
You want to talk Wenger as usual, go for it, just do it addressing someone else because it’s a tired and boring subject given what’s in front of the club.
Marc
No “agenda”, just giving you a reality check.
As predicted, on the outside, up pops Charlie boy to give his two pennies worth.
Omg, are you all still taking your daily dose of Wenger vitamins?
Shame on you all.
Graham, stinking the place out as usual….blaming Wenger for everything. What a pillock. Everybody except for you would acknowledge that we had limited funds for at several years after the stadium build. But no, you blame Wenger….you can’t be really that thick, can you?
Graham
I don’t need a reality check and you need to re read my post. There’s no excuses just how it was, if you can’t get your head round that you need to take some time out.
If you hate Wenger just say so you don’t need to re write certain items of history to make a personal point.
He said they lost trust in Wenger, they didn’t, the strategy suffocated our progress and left our best players frustrated. I believe when you have obvious holes and issues in the squad and they continually went either unaddressed completely or were addressed with poor players I think that’s where the losing trust in Wenger comes to mind. I mean there’s no doubt we went through a period with little money sure but we also then went through a period with money being spent unwisely or not being spent at all. This is undeniable. This period is where we should have… Read more »
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject”
Fucking hell Graham didn’t know you’d met Churchill.
Mad should be made
“As predicted, on the outside, up pops Charlie boy to give his two pennies worth.“
Are you damaged?
I was posting earlier and it was you that strolled in and started calling folk “idiots” and “blind” quite literally in response to something I posted.
Seek help.
Ramsey’s wife told him to sabotage his free transfer to Bayern if tonight’s performance is anything to go by.
Sorry, couldn’t resist. Dude is so out of form it’s ridiculous.
RVP’s reaction to Chamberlain being substituted against United is a stark reminder of the disparity between how players really feel and the BS they come out in PR mode.
Jamie
Not watching the match but I thought we’d see a bump in Ramsey’s performances, players playing for a new contract or a move usually raise their levels. Ramsey’s been fucking abysmal this season far worse than what we’re used to seeing from him.
I need another arsenal site like le grove that I can cheat on le grove with and dont mention arseblog or untold….. I want one that is balance and fill with negativity realism and positivity like le grove
” He said they lost trust in Wenger, they didn’t, the strategy suffocated our progress and left our best players frustrated.”
The strategy dictated by wenger. If they didn’t lose faith in him as a person, they lost faith in the way he managed arsenal fc.
Charlie boy seems like you’re at it again. When previously arguing with Marco, Bamford et al and they quote press articles you deride them with pomposity, yet you quote the Guardian to support your narrative this time to counter Gambon. Double standards as always with you. Why is this? Pierre: Queen of trolls Seems like your PMT is worse than ever. Is it too cold and wet to get on the golf course, so you have to vent incoherent ramblings here to pacify yourself being stuck in doors with nothing to do. Try reading a good book; self help book… Read more »
“When previously arguing with Marco, Bamford et al and they quote press articles you deride them with pomposity, yet you quote the Guardian to support your narrative this time to counter Gambon.“
Swing and a miss Del Boy, I’ve never derided anyone for supporting a POV with relevant material. I’ve done the opposite on many an occasion and asked someone to substantiate claims made.
That concludes this weeks segments of “TinyD’s talking bollocks”. Maybe read one of them books you’re keen for Pierre to get his hands on, you seem to be projecting.
back to the Wenger arguments again chaps ? here’s my 2 rupees in there, when wenger was in charge, he had the last word on almost every thing. Scouting, players wages, player fees, agent fees and so on. And when gazidis or Wenger came out with, there is 100m to spend if Wenger wants to, it was the truth, Wenger could have bid 95m for someone and the board would have forked it out. that’s how much power he had. Cut to present day, where we have a football director, and chief negotiator and many more football people, emery is… Read more »
A lot of sheer misrepresentation going on here by the usual Wenger apologists. The facts of Arsenals finances are there for all to see if you wish. Instead simpletons think domestic mortgages are the same as company mortgages. No. Arsenals revenues increased from the year we moved into the Emirates. Increased at a rate much higher than the loan repayment costs. For some reason Arsenal negotiated a mortgage with fixed rates that incurred penalties for paying back earlier. What would have hampered us more was staying at highbury. https://www.arsenaltrust.org/activity/arsenal-accounts Of course we were never going to match United or Chelsea… Read more »
Tony Difficult times ahead for you and and your young son… You spent his first years of being an Arsenal supporter brainwashing him about Arsenal/Wenger when he should have been enjoying his football and revelling in the glory of seeing his team winning trophies ….shame on you . Instead he believed that his dad ( debatable) knew best, you fed him so much negativity that sadly, his enjoyment of the game was eroded ….shame on you. At the moment I would imagine you are trying to brainwash him into thinking that Arsenal’s results are much better than before …they’re not… Read more »
Deary me you need to get out more
Ah yes ufraud…I suppose you are in the same boat really ……good luck ,you may need it.
Pierre Whatever you may think the current team/squad has improved this season. 1. Last season we struggled to win a single away game in EPL post Christmas with just one victory at end of season against Huddersfield in EPL. 2.We conceded far too many goals during the season with some very heavy defeats including against bottom of league teams. 3.Our defence was brittle conceding far too many goals from set pieces. 4.The midfield was unbalanced and pedestrian. 5.Three of our goalscoring strikers underperformed and were offloaded in January. 6The team was unsettled by the ongoing saga with both Sanchez and… Read more »
Pierre I highlighted yesterday afternoon, and I quote -“Of course the players lost faith in Wenger, only a blithering idiot would argue otherwise” My argument was based on the visible signs, the negative body language of the players, that had been evident for years. I also argued against the belief that our top players left because of a lack of ambition and investment. I pointed the finger at Wenger, which I tend to do, not because I derive enjoyment from doing so, but because of his ongoing inabilities at solving the most basic of flaws in the team. Years of… Read more »
OMG, Pierre that last paragraph. How old are you again z??
What the absolute feck are you lot talking about?