Again like last year a fee between # 30 - 40 million would be enough to ward off any interest from a lot of mid table clubs and bring him to the Emirates.
And if we do not really get into top gear until around halfway through the season,
again like last year, it will leave us too much to do.
I will probably wear a hat
again like last year.
Not exact matches
We're getting guys who do this over and over
again, so if you look at the number of companies that have been bought in M&A over the
last 20
years, it's something
like 1,500.
As 2013 began a lot
like the
last few
years did, it's starting to feel
like déjà vu all over
again.
During the rapture hoopla
last year, I heard a commentator say, «Making fun of born
again Christians is
like hunting dairy cows with a high - powered rifle and scope.»
For a peasant woman's child in occupied territory in an out - of - the - way corner of the Roman Empire to have become the man he did, attracting what looked
like flash - in - the - pan attention during his brief
years of ministry, unknown to most of his contemporaries and viewed as an upstart, a wonder - worker, or a fanatic by most of those who knew about him, dying a felon's death deserted by most of his close and trusted friends with the incredible rumor then circulated that he had risen
again — what chance had he of any
lasting fame?
I do not
like this pope... to modern the church lost a lots of people after Vatican ii... he's the leader of the church but I don't think he understands how the church worked in the
last 2000
years... that's why we need a European pope
again they understand how dress when they read mess he's to plain... people want to see a pope in the old liturgical clothing the old Latin mass was great with the great pomp... the church can modernize but just don't give up the old I think traditions I think pope benedict understood that... he came from Bavaria where they still celebrating mass in the old baroque style he's the pope not just a simple priest... the queen of England understands that people want to see pomp pretty soon he will wear street cloth..
Question — I gave these as gifts
last year and have had so many requests
again that I'd
like to start early.
I made this
last night for supper and my five
year old (who never
likes anything I cook) not only finished everything on her plate, but asked if I would make it
again tonight!!!
Ross confirms the show will feature
again many of the specialist areas introduced
last year —
like Esoterica, with several new participating exhibitors for this
year; and the craft beer section, which will be much larger and with it's own Hopsack theatre — as well as some new ideas.
It's been nearly a
year since launching this blog, and I still haven't learned yet to cook pumpkin, so I am relying
again,
like last year's pumpkin recipes, with canned pumpkin.
I'm excited because Kroger is sponsoring the Ukrops Monument Ave 10K and I'm helping them spread the word about it
again this
year, just
like I did
last year!
We should be in for the
likes of Griezmann AND every other world class player that fits our method of playing, Ive said it time and time
again our squad is only half world class the rest are mediocre at best (yes I know Ill get thumbed down ect by all the AKB's on site) but the results over the
last ten
years are proof alone that we are NOT good enough to compete with the other Elite teams.
but u are continuinh talking about «our philosophy»...» our philosophy»
like u said has been pass the ball without any idea and without winning any mayor throphy for the
last 12
years... so let alexis do what he do... he can lose balls, but he scores, he creates, he fights, give us beautifull moments of football, and better than all, win us games... a team with 11 ozil does nt win games... with 11 alexis yes... so stop demanding more ozils and to criticate alexis... it is not a coincidence that ozil always looks for alexis, its because he knows alexis is the man who can transform him from the most creative player to the assist king, and
again, better, eho can help him to win games (i love ozil and he is a winner, do nt missundertand me)..
Speaking about Kompany's latest injury, Guardiola said that «I don't know what is going to happen.Unfortunately he is injured
again like the
last three
years.
To be honest I knew that
last year was our best opportunity for a title while Jose's around as in my opinion they will never
again have such an under par season
like that while hes at the che helm.
We slept through the first game
like last year and the
year before that, and
again we're going for miracles on the return.
Look, I can keep going — I could point out how they had Welington Castillo for six games, and how he went on to accumulate more WAR with his new team than any Mariners catcher from the
last 10
years, or I could regret to inform you that Mike Zunino is bad
again — but it seems
like overkill.
The Spanish giants lost a whole host of big names from their squad
last summer as well, with Chelsea
again benefitting as they brought in Diego Costa and Filipe Luis, while Thibaut Courtois also returned to Stamford Bridge after three
years on loan at the Vicente Calderon, making him almost
like a new signing as well.
Hopefully new additions will come, but I don't rule Wenger coming out with a statement
like «We finished second with this squad
last year, so (despite everybody else improving greatly) we might do it
again»!
For donkeys
years now we have done the approximately same things: 1) We have a poor start 2) We pick up in September and we all think we are going to have a good
year 3) Once the weather gets cold we lose games against all sorts and drop
like a stone 4) Towards the end of March when the weather gets better we start winning
again and we qualify for the Champions League (apart from
last year) I have a feeling it will be broadly the same this
year except Spuds and Liverpool are better for the
last couple of
years that they used to be and none of the big money three look vulnerable so we won't finish above them..
Last year when Jimmy Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts» general manager, heard that Bo might not play football
again, he said, «It's
like the music world without John Lennon.»»
No other top team is
like this, they go into a window and know what they need and who they need... case in point Bony to City, Matic
last year to Chelsea, Costa / Fabregas
again in the summer.
or simply trying to prove us all wrong
again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise,
like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the
last few
years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?
you said the same thing after this event in 2014... and
again in 2015... then
last year we did nt actually win anything but we added xhaka so lets get behind the team
like wat a «true» fan does... unlike others on this site who do nt really know anything about footie
like me even though ive been wrong about our chances for the
last 10 seasons it do nt matter coz i'm a real fan and wenger is a great bloke who knows about footie whereas all these negative fans do nt know nuffin... its
like listening to some demented uncle every xmas droning on about how things were better in the old days when everyone knew their place....
They're starting from 9 - 7, and lost more than they gained in free agency
again, so unless they draft really well or get a lot more out of what they're bringing back than
last year, they don't seem
like they're going to improve much.
Arsenal Fans are most afraid fans ever, If Wenger leaves we will never be great
again, LOL Everyone is looking Swansea game, look Arsenal from different angle, we are in this position
last 9
years, we are not able to beat big teams, and how can someone blame players LOL, i ve never seen that player is sacked, we fans are afraid of change, and that is normal, but change will come,
like it or not, Wenger getting new contract is biggest mistake, its so obvious that he cant do his job on high level, he can keep arsenal in top 4 but never win it
again, so ask yourself, do you want every
year to lie yourself about winning or accept mediocre, your choice!!!
I don't
like Cazorla / Coq, we already saw they can't handle chelsea
last year so why try them
again?
For the
last few days, Lillard has been telling everyone that his confidence in Aminu remained high and he'd start making shots
again like he has all
year.
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the
years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did
years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the
likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better
last year though)... obviously I
like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed
last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple
years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of
last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act
like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he
like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some
years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once
again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is
like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
However, probably
like @JohnSouttar I'd prefer to enjoy what goes down in his
last year (I genuinely believe the board will not extend wengers contract
again) without the eternal whinging, irrational rants and unrealistic statements made by less well informed and in some cases simply stupid plastics who never go to the emirates, don't possss any manners and live in their self obsessed narcissistic worlds.
Well we have all seen the
last ten
years that AW will NEVER spend ALL of his transfer fund and neither will he buy the players we all know we need so
again where the F@ck do you get your arsenal world view from??? The future looks EXACTLY
like it has since Silent Stan got on board and your article really cant be taken as anything serious by anyone with eyes in their heads.
Am i dreaming it seems
like we've been here before, oh yeah thats right it happened
last season and the season before that... Oh wait guys but there is hope, if i remember corectly all we have to do is wait for any serious potential threats to us retaining the Fa cup for a third time to get eliminated by lower league opponents or of course eliminate themselves by not taking this competition too seriously by fielding their second team and laugh our way to the final where we'll probably beat a sub par premier league team and repeat it all over
again next
year you know when Wenger fails to address the squad depth, the injuries mount up and are out of the champions league and title run ins by march..
And
again, this is my opinion, so, reasonable to me still may be unreasonable to Bell (or others), but it seems
like last year they offered him a contract that would have paid more than these 2
years on the FT by about 3 - 4 million.
In the old days (
like last year lol) if Arsenal (or any team in the Top Four) won the FA Cup, then the runners - up in the Cup Final would take their place in the Europa League,
like Hull did
last year, but now UEFA have changed the rules so that if Arsenal win the Cup
again, then that
last Europa place will go to the next highest - placed team in the League table.
the reason you don't get the goalkeeper argument is because fans in general don't know how to assess keepers we think if he makes a few saves he great, but thats not how it works, its a specialist position, where the lay man fan can't really see the defeciecies, the fact that Bob Wilson Wengers ass wiper himself cast doubts speaks volumes.i don't think Wenger will do whats required for us to push on hes not capable of it, not ruthless enough.We all know Arteta, Flamini an Diaby should be gone, but will they be gone thats the question.If they are still in our squad next season then Wenger has failed us
again like the
last 10
years
Much
like the
last time wenger was at the end of his contact
year its all in for any back up trophy just Incase he bottles the league title once
again.
Mourinho only took over as United manager
last season, but led the Red Devils to three trophies in his first
year in charge, with signings made this summer now strengthening the side to look
like genuine Premier League title contenders once
again.
This renewal of an event that solidly increases in stature each
year again had a setting,
like Tokyo
last year, which preserved for the Canada Cup its uniquely cosmopolitan flavor.
The
likes of Liverpool and Arsenal have failed in the
last few
years to truly build elite winning teams
again due to his mentality.
(1) this squad has way too many moving parts and very few of our players are good enough at their preferred position let alone relying on them in whatever position Wenger and his magic eight ball decide in the tunnel prior to the game... when teams do this it generally signals issues within the club, much
like Jose
last year and Van Gael before him... no one gets settled, the chemistry is almost non-existent and if provides a built - in excuse when the team comes up short... these issues fall squarely on Wenger, both for his decisions regarding players coming in and for his inability to rid the team of those players who aren't cutting it... in actually fact we have only 6 real starters on this current squad and that's being generous (Sanchez, Ozil, Lacazette, Sead, Kos & Cazorla)... which is discouraging because Cazorla is injured and might never play
again, Sanchez is wanting out and the club is lying to us about his injury status, Lacazette receives no service, Ozil is relatively disinterested out there, Kos is getting up there and Sead is just trying to settle in... there isn't a single other player that would start regularly on any of the other top 3 teams, which should be the standard... imagine this team moving forward if Wenger only sells before the window closes
If you ask most Arsenal fans whether the club could do with a defensive midfielder, be ready for a verbal hairdryer, because we have needed one for at least the
last three
years, But once
again during the summer transfer window, the Gunners have been linked with every central midfielder out there but once
again look
like going into a campaign with Mikel Arteta as the main man.
Also the writer of this article says that Wenger will look at the players in pre-season then decide who to buy.LOL.What a silly idea, we need to buy players early an have them play during our pre-season to get settled, so that we start the season running, this is what chelsea did
last year, i know its hard to get all these deals done, but they managed it with Czech, this is what annoys me the most.Wengers held back
again like every season because of sentimentality, and it just keeps holding us back
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for
years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if
last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant
again we need to be strong up the middle
again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker,
like we did in our most glorious
years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a
year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is
like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do
like the possibilities that a player
like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many
years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once
again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans
like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal
like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the
last 15
years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several
years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity,
like it ever really was...
After missing the cut
last year, I think he's back playing the weekend
again but he said he feels
like his season is really just getting started after two offseason surgeries.
Team ATO 16s just snuck into the Playoffs, just
like last year and they hope that once
again they can wear that glass slipper.
Poole was great
last year and I assume he'll be good
again, but I can't quite shake that nagging fear that he'll be a one - season wonder
like we've seen before.
Of course there are several other common concerns,
like Monreal playing against any top competition, since he proved
last year, especially against Bayern, that he will give any class player his dominant foot in and around the box time and time
again, or that we still haven't found anyone, other than the mopey Ozil, that can distribute the ball from deeper lying positions, minus the occasional gem from Xhaka, which means that we still spend way too much time trying to pass the ball into the net, but I'll save that for another time
I
like your optimisim Kos but I am sorry our season is over
again at this stage of the
year like last year.