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Old 01-09-2015, 16:52
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Diddly. Not even a whisper (or a Kallstrom). Our main rivals have done £400 million worth of transfers and we can't find a single outfield player to improve us.
There's no striker out there in this little world we live in that is better than Giroud.

I swear I will party for a week the day this man leaves our great football club.
Giroud isn't the problem, it's Wenger... Wenger's job is to get the best out of his players and if they aren't good enough then ship they out and buy a better player. Look at how long Wenger kept Diaby, Bendtner etc at Arsenal when any daft baffoon would know they weren't good enough!
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Old 01-09-2015, 16:56
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€70m for Cavani is way, way too much. I don't blame our club at all for shying away from that - if we were in for him in the first place.
Agree that €70m is indeed way too much, but I DO or for now, would blame the club for shying away from that. We have the money and the requirement, no brainer really...

Time to show ambition and strengthen the team where's needed. I
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Old 01-09-2015, 16:59
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Wenger is never going to change. He's too set in his ways.

When Benzema announced his decision to stay at Real that was that for Arsenal. I don't think they had any other plans to strengthen the team other than the goalkeeping area.

The squad isn't terrible. The problem is Wenger hasn't got managed to get the best out of them and he won't until there's a shift in mentality and culture. Ozil will continue to go missing in games, Dear Leader'll continue to play certain others out of position and Giroud will miss chance after chance.

Call me crazy but we should've gone in for RVP or Adebarndoor. Even an injury prone Robin would fit the system better than Giroud.

City will comfortably win the title now and I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger's banking on that just to finish in second/third.

The club is a shambles from top to bottom. When Wenger leaves I hope they clear out the board too.
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Old 01-09-2015, 17:03
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€70m for Cavani is way, way too much. I don't blame our club at all for shying away from that - if we were in for him in the first place.
So who would you recommend since you seem to approve of Wenger's tight "conservative" dealings? Go for the cheap cheerful £5 million players? If you want this team to succeed then you need to cough up big money which is plain obvious, just as; MCFC, CFC, MUFC & even LFC have done... Unless you'll be happy with 4th-5th position end of season.
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Old 01-09-2015, 17:36
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Every transfer window this happens. Every other team has pretty much done their business pretty much.
Ozil, Wellbeck, Arteta & Arshavin were all very late buys if I remember correctly.

I have a feeling that Wenger was hoping that Walcott would shine up front so he wouldn't have to buy anyone.
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Old 01-09-2015, 17:54
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Wenger is never going to change. He's too set in his ways.

When Benzema announced his decision to stay at Real that was that for Arsenal. I don't think they had any other plans to strengthen the team other than the goalkeeping area.

The squad isn't terrible. The problem is Wenger hasn't got managed to get the best out of them and he won't until there's a shift in mentality and culture. Ozil will continue to go missing in games, Dear Leader'll continue to play certain others out of position and Giroud will miss chance after chance.

Call me crazy but we should've gone in for RVP or Adebarndoor. Even an injury prone Robin would fit the system better than Giroud.

City will comfortably win the title now and I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger's banking on that just to finish in second/third.

The club is a shambles from top to bottom. When Wenger leaves I hope they clear out the board too.
What are you smoking.
Bring back RVP or Adebayor,talk about a step back especially after the way they treated our club.Wise up.
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:02
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So who would you recommend since you seem to approve of Wenger's tight "conservative" dealings? Go for the cheap cheerful £5 million players? If you want this team to succeed then you need to cough up big money which is plain obvious, just as; MCFC, CFC, MUFC & even LFC have done... Unless you'll be happy with 4th-5th position end of season.
If he wanted cheap then Gomis at Swansea has a £7mil release clause and would be a huge improvement Giroud. Even when Gomis has fainted (which he is prone to) I'd be confident he'd still be more useful.
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:03
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Wenger is never going to change. He's too set in his ways.

When Benzema announced his decision to stay at Real that was that for Arsenal. I don't think they had any other plans to strengthen the team other than the goalkeeping area.

The squad isn't terrible. The problem is Wenger hasn't got managed to get the best out of them and he won't until there's a shift in mentality and culture. Ozil will continue to go missing in games, Dear Leader'll continue to play certain others out of position and Giroud will miss chance after chance.

Call me crazy but we should've gone in for RVP or Adebarndoor. Even an injury prone Robin would fit the system better than Giroud.

City will comfortably win the title now and I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger's banking on that just to finish in second/third.

The club is a shambles from top to bottom. When Wenger leaves I hope they clear out the board too.

If Van Persie left the proper way and didn't slag the club off, then I reckon Wenger would have had him back.

Never burn you're bridges in football.

Looking at you Nasri as well.
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:05
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Towel thrown in.
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:08
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I'm just waiting for the fool to come out with the 'we tried' excuses like he does most years.

It's simply incompetence.
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:10
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:13
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I'm just waiting for the fool to come out with the 'we tried' excuses like he does most years.

It's simply incompetence.
It's what every season Wenger does, too stuck up his own arse! Arsenal fans still haven't learned of Wenger BS by now. His attitude in the past 5 weeks showed clearly he intends not sign anymore. This whole looking for a special talent is just his constant excuse. We should've known Wenger by now after all this years that he likes playing games with the fans. We should just rid ourselves of the anxiety now and face the reality rather than breaking our own hearts..
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:17
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I'm just waiting for the fool to come out with the 'we tried' excuses like he does most years.

It's simply incompetence.
Everyone else tries and most of them succeed.
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:31
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So much for our new spending power *roll*
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:41
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I'm glad I never got my hopes up. The thing is Arsenal have some key players which would allow us to challenge for the league. Instead Arsene Wenger seems to determine to just get in the top 4 every single season. Absolutely no ambition.
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Old 01-09-2015, 18:56
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I'm glad I never got my hopes up.
Yeah, long gone are the times when I took the rumours seriously enough to hope that they're true or to bother about them. Been there, done that, won't be doing it tomorrow. The same old story is that we're two or three players down, yet we've had months to fill the gaps. Please let me eat humble pie in May.
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Old 01-09-2015, 19:15
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Out of the title race 1st September 2015.
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Old 01-09-2015, 19:22
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I tend to get the impression AW has no fallback plans. I suspect in his head Benzema was coming. When he didn't there was nothing else. I honestly don't think he does work for months on transfers. Remember Ozil was a last minute panic but, not a planned one.
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Old 01-09-2015, 19:45
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I tend to get the impression AW has no fallback plans. I suspect in his head Benzema was coming. When he didn't there was nothing else. I honestly don't think he does work for months on transfers. Remember Ozil was a last minute panic but, not a planned one.
Ozil was also let go by his 1st choice club and needed a home. Ditto Sanchez. Cech wanted out and 'self' transferred' once he got RA's permission. Wenger isn't proactive. He waits to see who's around at the last minute/free/cheap. Agree 100% on Benzema.
I'm not surprised. I can't get up any enthusiasm this season. I thought it was the terrible 'summer' but there's no way on earth I'm going to fork out £95 (cat A game Red prices) to go to any games.
I'm still a Red member though wondering if I can get my money back on that if I'm not going to use it?
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Old 01-09-2015, 21:07
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The season we finish 5th will be the year that something will change upstairs...

But as long as we finish 4th and spend as little as possible then the board will be happy.

Maybe with the hundreds of millions that wasn't spent as allocated, they could reduce the price at the stalls..... No? Course not!!!

As you can see I'm one very unhappy Gooner tonight!
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Old 01-09-2015, 21:13
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The season we finish 5th will be the year that something will change upstairs...

But as long as we finish 4th and spend as little as possible then the board will be happy.

Maybe with the hundreds of millions that wasn't spent as allocated, they could reduce the price at the stalls..... No? Course not!!!

As you can see I'm one very unhappy Gooner tonight!
Correct.

As long as Wenger gives Arsenal FC CL football nothing will change - even if we are out on our arses the moment we meet a decent team. There's money a-rollin' into the club and that's all they want. So Wenger, love him or loathe him, is there for the foreseeable.

I've given up my membership, so have my two sons. But it doesn't matter one jot, as there are thousands waiting to fill the seats. Until people stop going, what do the manager or the management care - loyal fans or tourists, it's all the same to them. Let's face it, they have to find the money for Arsene's extortionate wages from somewhere,
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Old 01-09-2015, 21:16
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In Wenger we rust...
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Old 01-09-2015, 21:29
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The season we finish 5th will be the year that something will change upstairs...

But as long as we finish 4th and spend as little as possible then the board will be happy.

Maybe with the hundreds of millions that wasn't spent as allocated, they could reduce the price at the stalls..... No? Course not!!!

As you can see I'm one very unhappy Gooner tonight!
Totally agree! As much as it hurts but a season without UCL football might give a real kicking to Wenger's ego and bring the board of Arsenal out of their love-in with Wenger.
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Old 01-09-2015, 21:33
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The manager can seek sanctuary while the interlull is on. By the time we play again then the annoyance, anger etc will have abated somewhat.
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Old 01-09-2015, 21:40
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I wonder if Ladbrokes are offering odds on when he'll concede the title
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