comment by Tu Meke Santi (U3732)
posted 7 minutes ago
https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/353446


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Still getting bites from a wum article I wrote a year ago stupid oblivious people are the gift that keep giving. There is a guy who comments on it after every poor result ffs

Strong run that saw us finish 5th. Wow.

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
We will really miss his 1 goal and 2 assists a season. Not sure how we will replace that tbh.
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You will drop to sixth. Sorry.

soccer?lol.

Sheriff you definitely wanted/thought at least one of these things:

Wanted Trump to win
Wanted brexit
Thought Mcgregor would win

These are the clearest indicators of stupidity in recent times. Come on, admit you agreed with at least 1 out those 3

comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff John Brown - bring back David Dein (U7482)
posted 2 minutes ago
The funny thing is hardly has a game exposed Wenger's tactical ineptitude more than yesterday. The quality we had out there wasn't bad. Player-for-player, we were no worse than a Liverpool team without Coutinho and Lallana. Yet, we were absolutely ripped to shreds with our Mugabe sat tight on the bench. And you still have this imbeciile saying "Wenger is still a top tier manager who can inspire a team to win trophies and go on very strong runs in the premier league".
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Did we not win a trophy and go on strong runs not long ago? What is wrong with you
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The FA Cup is nice to win and Wenger's record in the competition is outstanding, but let's not kid ourselves. We didn't move to The Emirates to compete for FA Cups, the whole purpose of moving was to compete for the league and Champions League. We have a lot of money at the club that just isn't being spent. We're set to make an £11m profit on player sales alone in this window for gods' sake. Regardless of who you want to blame for the predicament we are in, the fact of the matter is collectively we're just not willing to go the extra mile to compete with the very best.

From my point of view, everyone that runs the club from the owners to the board to the manager are all to blame and granted there are some massive problems within the hierarchy, but can you not see that Wenger isn't the man to get us to the level we aspire to be at?

He's had plenty of time to rebuild his squad and get the players he needs, to implement the tactics he wants, to change the backroom staff and get new coaches in etc, yet we're still seeing the same results year after year. If anything, we're getting worse now.

I appreciate all that he's done in the past, but he is finished at the top level.

Samir

How refreshing to see some honesty from an Arsenal fan, instead of childishly pretending all is rosey, as is the norm in recent times.

comment by Yohan's Kebab Van (U8691)
posted 5 minutes ago
Strong run that saw us finish 5th. Wow.
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You can't caveat it with our league finish. My innocuous comment was factually correct. The moron Sherrif tried to jump on it without thinking of what he was doing or saying. Now he has gone into hiding like the baitch he is

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 41 seconds ago
Samir

How refreshing to see some honesty from an Arsenal fan, instead of childishly pretending all is rosey, as is the norm in recent times.

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In all fairness Vidicschin, the tide has turned against him dramatically in the last couple of years. There's certainly many more Arsenal fans expressing their discontent and disillusionment with how things are at the moment.

There are a select few who seem to be burying their heads in the sand, but I think the majority of Arsenal fans were disappointed when Wenger announced he was signing a two-year deal after the FA Cup win.

Apart from Wemger isn't a top tier manager.

comment by Samir (U2630)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff John Brown - bring back David Dein (U7482)
posted 2 minutes ago
The funny thing is hardly has a game exposed Wenger's tactical ineptitude more than yesterday. The quality we had out there wasn't bad. Player-for-player, we were no worse than a Liverpool team without Coutinho and Lallana. Yet, we were absolutely ripped to shreds with our Mugabe sat tight on the bench. And you still have this imbeciile saying "Wenger is still a top tier manager who can inspire a team to win trophies and go on very strong runs in the premier league".
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Did we not win a trophy and go on strong runs not long ago? What is wrong with you
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The FA Cup is nice to win and Wenger's record in the competition is outstanding, but let's not kid ourselves. We didn't move to The Emirates to compete for FA Cups, the whole purpose of moving was to compete for the league and Champions League. We have a lot of money at the club that just isn't being spent. We're set to make an £11m profit on player sales alone in this window for gods' sake. Regardless of who you want to blame for the predicament we are in, the fact of the matter is collectively we're just not willing to go the extra mile to compete with the very best.

From my point of view, everyone that runs the club from the owners to the board to the manager are all to blame and granted there are some massive problems within the hierarchy, but can you not see that Wenger isn't the man to get us to the level we aspire to be at?

He's had plenty of time to rebuild his squad and get the players he needs, to implement the tactics he wants, to change the backroom staff and get new coaches in etc, yet we're still seeing the same results year after year. If anything, we're getting worse now.

I appreciate all that he's done in the past, but he is finished at the top level.
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Samir read my original comment before the idiot got involved. In summary it said Wenger is still a very good top tier manager which he is. He is still winning far more than other successful managers like Klopp, Pochetinno etc so you have to put him up there with them. However in this set up a very good top tier manager, or even a world class excellent manager is going to be held back. How many times has wenger begged to keep a player and then he is sold a few weeks later. Cesc, nasri, rvp now Ox. How many times do we have to see this before we realise the problem is far above him. Re watch his speech about Ox the other day, it's was a very emotional plea not to sell. Yet over ruled again.

We are losing exactly the type of player we should be keeping or bringing in. I would rather get rid of Ozil instead, but obviously no serious club wants him.

Godfather

Honestly, I think it's all about context. Domestic trophies like the FA Cup and League Cup are nice to win, but they're not always markers of improvement.

Pochettino and Klopp have transformed the style of play, fitness, coaching, man-management and ethos of their respective clubs. Both Spurs and Liverpool have made significant strides forward.

Even though those two managers haven't won anything in England yet, I can guarantee that most top sides would find it a lot trickier playing against them than against us.

There's not much in point winning the FA Cup if we're not using it as a platform to build on and compete for the highest honours, and we're showing the same frailties both domestically and in Europe. The 3 cup wins have papered over the cracks.

As for your point about the players we've sold, none of us truly know just how much of a say Wenger has in those decisions, but given his longstanding service to the club, the lack of footballing knowledge from senior management, and Wenger historically appointing his own bosses, my calculated guess would be that he does have an influential say in these decisions. Therefore I don't think it's farfetched to put a portion of the blame on him for some of those sales that have gone through.

comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff John Brown - bring back David Dein (U7482)
posted 2 minutes ago
The funny thing is hardly has a game exposed Wenger's tactical ineptitude more than yesterday. The quality we had out there wasn't bad. Player-for-player, we were no worse than a Liverpool team without Coutinho and Lallana. Yet, we were absolutely ripped to shreds with our Mugabe sat tight on the bench. And you still have this imbeciile saying "Wenger is still a top tier manager who can inspire a team to win trophies and go on very strong runs in the premier league".
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Did we not win a trophy and go on strong runs not long ago? What is wrong with you
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Once again no response from the butt sheriff when his inadequacy is exposed
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You must think I camp on this forum waiting for your asinine response. Continue embarrassing yourself. If you had any self-awareness, which would require slight intelligence, you might just have seen yourself for the self-parody you are.

Samir read my original comment before the idiot got involved. In summary it said Wenger is still a very good top tier manager which he is. He is still winning far more than other successful managers like Klopp, Pochetinno etc so you have to put him up there with them.
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Yes, I'm very sure when Dalglish or Harry Redknapp were winning cups while Wenger's team spent almost a decade competing for the 4th place trophy, this was your line of argument. I'm very sure it was. Who do you think you're kidding, you buffoon? Do you sit there thinking there is any Liverpool or Spurs or Man City fan from last season who would have swapped places with Arsenal last season because we won a devalued cup?

Godfather

I think are wrong on a few fronts. Before 2012 you could legitimately blame the board. However since the takeover there has been more money to spend and in fact I would say Wenger has gone the full other way not selling players when they needed to be moved on. Maybe it was a reaction to what happened to pre-2012.

Wenger is in charge of transfers and wages. Gazidis tried to introduce a director of football into the conversation and drew a hostile response by Wenger. So it is obvious he controls both those levers of power. Did you really think that Alexis, Ozil, Oxo, etc were going to commit to Arsenal last year when Wenger was holding out? I suspect he was using them to make his negotiating position stronger. If the board had any thoughts of removing Wenger I suspect the idea that players were not willing commit was a strong influence on them not to rock the boat. But they haven't committed anyway. So what persuading power does Wenger have anymore? If players are not buying into Wenger's philosophy then his position is untenable.

We are just above the relegation zone. That can be dismissed as being too early. But did you see the disorganised rabble that played Liverpool? We lost before. We have lost heavily before and you can very easily see individual mistakes as the main cause. Yesterday was just a disorganised debacle. Players had no idea what they were doing. As I said on the day. I haven't seen that sort of display since Rioch days.

I ahve said this before a good while back, but it has been more evident in recent years.

Arsene has signed too many technical p[layers and no players who have the ability to graft when the going gets tough.

How arsenal have cred out for someone like Viera, Adams, Keown, Parlour etc.

They don't have enough technical players either. It's why they're poor at retaining possession. When you have players like Giroud, Sanchez, Xhaka, Ramsey, Welbeck, Ox, Walcott and Coquelin playing in the team you'll struggle to play the football Wenger wants to play.

There is nothing technical about this team, awful in possession, get bossed in midfield against any half decent team and can't cope with high press. I don't know how Wenger has managed to acquire so many players who are dreadful on the ball.

And some of our daft fans think we shouldn't have sold Welbeck.

Yeah it's amazing that Wenger has assembled a squad that lacks the attritbutes to play the way he wants his team to play.

A better manager would get more from this squad, but a better manager wouldn't have assembled a squad this weak either.

Arsenal need Roy Keane to go in there and drop a few truth bombs.

Do you sit there thinking there is any Liverpool or Spurs or Man City fan from last season who would have swapped places with Arsenal last season because we won a devalued cup?
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How do you know what Spurs fans think or any other fan for that matter.I know lots of Spurs fans who would love to win the FA cup but Im not going to use that to argue anything

Ox made his Arsenal debut in the 8-2 to Man U.

Ends with a 4-0 loss to Liverpool.

Nice bookending, that.

comment by taxidriver (U21039)
posted 5 minutes ago
Do you sit there thinking there is any Liverpool or Spurs or Man City fan from last season who would have swapped places with Arsenal last season because we won a devalued cup?
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How do you know what Spurs fans think or any other fan for that matter.I know lots of Spurs fans who would love to win the FA cup but Im not going to use that to argue anything
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Sherrif is a moron who doesn't know about supporting arsenal other than positing on this forum like a baitch. Every spurs fan I know was devastated with us winning the cup. They finish above us for the first time in two decades and still have a less successful season. Walker left and specifically mentioned lack of trophies. Danny Rose has said the same. What person with any clue would think that spurs would not want to win a cup over finishing top four. No spurs fan expects to do well this season at Wembley and expect to go out at group stages of cl. So if they had been offered 5th and their first fa cup trophy in 25 years they would have snapped your hand off.

It's tiring having to explain simple facts to cretins but sheriff makes it necessary. Wish he'd just give up arsenal or something. Never ending stupidity

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 3 minutes ago
Ox made his Arsenal debut in the 8-2 to Man U.

Ends with a 4-0 loss to Liverpool.

Nice bookending, that.
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Today is the anniversary of that 8-2 result too