Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

Marty McFly wrote: »

Ah come on now the whole we have money to spend just to sell season tickets argument is a load of crap really season tickets would sell regardless of what they said let's not pretend they wouldn't.

The club have tried to spend money the bid for Suarez proved that but what the club have done is made a complete and utter balls of it not only this summer but a lot of recent summers. They need to change the system they have in place it clearly isn't working or acceptable.

Many fans have refused to renew season tickets this year Marty.
Paul Merson suggested the same thing today on Sky Sports. He said there were many empty seats in the run-in last season. Fans are getting fed-up splashing out big money to see a team fight for nothing more than the Top 4 every season.

I agree with him on that as some of my friends in London are unwilling to renew theirs and won't if nothing changes.

bad2dabone wrote: »

Is gazidis in charge of player recruitment?

Looper007 wrote: »

The Club have tried my ass. We need more players then just Suarez, he could have signed a DM, CB, LW without any problem and still have gone after Suarez, he seriously needs a World Class Striker. If he doesn't get one we are screwed. But the squad needs depth and I don't see us lasting to long with the squad.

Relax yourself there

, I'm not defending the club at all, the club have tired like I said not only on Suarez but other players but they have been ridiculously incompetent.

I was saying if you read my post correctly

, that the money for transfer is there it wasn't just rouse to sell season tickets they don't need to that.

There just terrible at finalising deals and getting the players we need, they system we have in place for transfers and negotiations needs to be changed and if Wenger is to stay all the power besides picking the targets needs to be taken out of his hands completely.

Gringo180

Looper007 wrote: »

What age is he 36 or something and he's not that great of a player. Plenty of talented Defensive midfielders out there for the right price.

And to think we got slated for mentioning Shelvey and Lambert last night :rolleyes:

If Garreth Barry is what were after these days lets prepare ourselves for the Europa League.

Mr.Micro

FearDark wrote: »

Have we bid on Lambert yet :pac:

He probably not old enough yet, so not cheap enough.:D

greendom

Gringo180 wrote: »

Were an absolute joke, between our incompetence in signing players to what is worse in my book, selling our best players to our nearest rivals, criminal behaviour from the club. Does the board really care about Arsenal FC or just care about lining there own pockets?

Under investment in the squad will lead to a reduction in pocket lining. It just makes no sense

tayto lover wrote: »

Many fans have refused to renew season tickets this year Marty.
Paul Merson suggested the same thing today on Sky Sports. He said there were many empty seats in the run-in last season. Fans are getting fed-up splashing out big money to see a team fight for nothing more than the Top 4 every season.

I agree with him on that as some of my friends in London are unwilling to renew theirs and won't if nothing changes.

Yeh but for every fan that doesn't renew there is a few on the waiting list waiting to snap up them season tickets

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In fairness Merson is bit braindead :pac:. There might have been empty seats but most them seats are paid for whether empty or not.

tayto lover wrote: »

Many fans have refused to renew season tickets this year Marty.
Paul Merson suggested the same thing today on Sky Sports. He said there were many empty seats in the run-in last season. Fans are getting fed-up splashing out big money to see a team fight for nothing more than the Top 4 every season.

I agree with him on that as some of my friends in London are unwilling to renew theirs and won't if nothing changes.

I agree with any fan not to renew their season tickets, why splash out you're hard earned wages for a Club that ain't going to splash the cash and end up struggling for the whole season. Doesn't make them not love Arsenal football Club but it be nice for Arsenal Football Club to give some love back to the fan's. When's the last time we have to brag about big singings and winning stuff.

Gringo180 wrote: »

And to think we got slated for mentioning Shelvey and Lambert last night :rolleyes:

If Garreth Barry is what were after these days lets prepare ourselves for the Europa League.

Oh yeah, just cause Barry plays for City don't make him a great player. I think it shows we are slowly going down the ****ter when we're suggesting those names. Sad ending to our Club.

greendom wrote: »

Under investment in the squad will lead to a reduction in pocket lining. It just makes no sense

So they're happy then to finish 19 points behind the winners. That makes no sense either.
Our squad has been 2/3 good players short for many years with those players included we could have won. Makes no sense.

Looper007 wrote: »

Oh yeah, just cause Barry plays for City don't make him a great player. I think it shows we are slowly going down the ****ter when we're suggesting those names. Sad ending to our Club.

Weren't you one the ones who was talking up Lambert or Shelvey last night

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Barry is not good enough nor will he be signed.

Sad ending to our club??? Bit on the dramatic side there.

Marty McFly wrote: »

Yeh but for every fan that doesn't renew there is a few on the waiting list waiting to snap up them season tickets .

In fairness Merson is bit braindead :pac:. There might have been empty seats but most them seats are paid for whether empty or not.

Of course the seats are paid for BUT the owners didn't bother to turn up or sell their tickets. Sounds like apathy to me.

Alfred Borden

we should enjoy this summer, for a change, next year we will prob be losing Kos and Santi.

Marty McFly wrote: »

Relax yourself there , I'm not defending the club at all, the club have tired like I said not only on Suarez but other players but they have been ridiculously incompetent.

I was saying if you read my post correctly , that the money for transfer is there it wasn't just rouse to sell season tickets they don't need to that.

There just terrible at finalising deals and getting the players we need, they system we have in place for transfers and negotiations needs to be changed and if Wenger is to stay all the power besides picking the targets needs to be taken out of his hands completely.

I agree Wenger needs to hand transfer dealings to someone who can actually do the job. It be better for the club cause he's going to look bad this season if we end up flopping. I honestly believe that Wenger wants to win the league by showing Chelsea and City's of this world you can do it by spending nothing. I really think that's his plan, foolish if you ask me.

Looper007 wrote: »

I agree Wenger needs to hand transfer dealings to someone who can actually do the job. It be better for the club cause he's going to look bad this season if we end up flopping. I honestly believe that Wenger wants to win the league by showing Chelsea and City's of this world you can do it by spending nothing. I really think that's his plan, foolish if you ask me.

I hope it's not his plan really really do hope it's not his pig headness or stubborness that is holding us back but if it is yeh foolish is certainly a word I'd use to describe.

Marty McFly wrote: »

Weren't you one the ones who was talking up Lambert or Shelvey last night .

Barry is not good enough nor will he be signed.

Sad ending to our club??? Bit on the dramatic side there.

Do you think we get top 4 Marty? Honestly.
With Spures and Liverpool getting stronger. I personally don't think it's too dramatic to say that.

My worry is will Kos, Santi, Walcott and Wilshire be too happy to stay next season if we struggle.

CastingCouch

Gringo180 wrote: »

You on the wind up? Honestly we cannot be after him can we?

No someone said further up

"flamini or barry" so I'm wondering is it Gareth Barry? I would have thought he'd be a decent signing. Can keep things ticking over and same type as Arteta.

tayto lover wrote: »

Of course the seats are paid for BUT the owners didn't bother to turn up or sell their tickets. Sounds like apathy to me.

Of coarse but the club doesn't need to make up lies to sell them was what I'm getting at. Fans are clearly angry and you can see the anger growing by the day even people on twitter who have been always on the positive side and supportive of Wenger could I see today starting to turn and show anger.

But the tickets will always be sold.

Looper007 wrote: »

Do you think we get top 4 Marty? Honestly.
With Spures and Liverpool getting stronger. I personally don't think it's too dramatic to say that.

My worry is will Kos, Santi, Walcott and Wilshire be too happy to stay next season if we struggle.

As of right now I wouldn't be overly confident no in all honesty Spurs have done some good business but I'm hoping we will buy the players we need. Right now with the squad we have we would need a miracle season with injuries to top Spurs but we could still do the business and it still looks like they will be loosing there best player in Bale.

As for Liverpool don't see them as a threat at all all they have done this summer is sell mediocre English players and replaced them with equal mediocre players from Spain, not one player they have bought made me sit up and pay attention.

Mr.Micro

Looper007 wrote: »

I agree Wenger needs to hand transfer dealings to someone who can actually do the job. It be better for the club cause he's going to look bad this season if we end up flopping. I honestly believe that Wenger wants to win the league by showing Chelsea and City's of this world you can do it by spending nothing. I really think that's his plan, foolish if you ask me.

He talks a lot about buying quality, which is why he does not like the January window, he now appears to have added the summer window as well. He seems impossible to please now.

wonga77

Mr.Micro wrote: »

Many of us were very critical of Wenger at the close of the season and then relief when we made 4th spot. He appears to be carrying on as before.... a sort of indifference, apathy or unreality, or is it just plain pig headedness? Is he really up for the job any more. Ok, he is the manager and what do we know? Just saying like...... frustrated.

The big difference this year is the number of players weve let go without replacing. Things are almost so bad I wish we had kept Gerv, well almost...

Mr.Micro

wonga77 wrote: »

The big difference this year is the number of players weve let go without replacing. Things are almost so bad I wish we had kept Gerv, well almost...

We were happy to see him move, thinking he is going to be replaced immediately.

bad2dabone

Lads.

I've said it before but I still cannot believe it. We've 150million in cash. And only 2 centre backs.

It's unbelievable.

[Deleted User]

Wojciech Szczesny
Lukasz Fabianski

Bacary Sagna
Per Mertesacker
Thomas Vermaelen
Laurent Koscielny
Nacho Monreal
Carl Jenkinson
Kieran Gibbs

Tomas Rosicky
Mikel Arteta
Jack Wilshere
Aaron Ramsey
Santi Cazorla
Abou Diaby
Emmanuel Frimpong
Ryo Miyaichi

Lukas Podolski
Olivier Giroud
Theo Walcott
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Yaya Sanogo
Ju-Young Park
Nicklas Bendtner

We have 17 players who should be fit on Saturday, not even enough to fill the bench. That's not including the niggles for Walcott, Sagna, Ramsey and Rosicky. Hilarious.

Gringo180

Deleted User wrote: »

Wojciech Szczesny
Lukasz Fabianski

Bacary Sagna
Per Mertesacker
Thomas Vermaelen
Laurent Koscielny
Nacho Monreal
Carl Jenkinson
Kieran Gibbs

Tomas Rosicky
Mikel Arteta
Jack Wilshere
Aaron Ramsey
Santi Cazorla
Abou Diaby
Emmanuel Frimpong
Ryo Miyaichi

Lukas Podolski
Olivier Giroud
Theo Walcott
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Yaya Sanogo
Ju-Young Park
Nicklas Bendtner

We have 17 players who should be fit on Saturday, not even enough to fill the bench. That's not including the niggles for Walcott, Sagna, Ramsey and Rosicky. Hilarious.

That is just sickening.

SPEND SOME FOOKING CASH ARSENE

bad2dabone

you can rule park out too - no one knows where he is

and ****ING BENTNER ! MAKING THE BENCH! WHAT!

Wenger has gone full retard.

[Deleted User]

Gringo180 wrote: »

That is just sickening.

SPEND SOME FOOKING CASH ARSENE

It's fine, no need to worry, nothing to see here!

Gringo180

Deleted User wrote: »

It's fine, no need to worry, nothing to see here!

:D

There is actually a photo shopped version of that picture with him wearing an Arsenal jersey

bad2dabone

from @arsenalgent on twitter:

Our Fellaini, who art in heaven,
Marouane be thy Name.
Thy Higuain not come.
The deal not done in earth,
As it is was in Napoli.
Give us this day our daily Bernard
And forgive us our Jovetic.
As we forgive Cesc who trespassed against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from Benayoun.
For Suarez is the kingdom,
The Cesar, and the Rooney,
For Arteta's not better.

No men.

[Deleted User]

Gringo180 wrote: »

:D

There is actually a photo shopped version of that picture with him wearing an Arsenal jersey

2 years ago today. http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/arsene-wenger-is-turning-into-arsenals-comical-ali/