We might well end up with another FA cup trophy as well but something has changed, at least in the way the Gunners and our ability to really challenge the top of the table is perceived
by the football media.
The game between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Etihad stadium was billed
by the football media as being about a clash between two of the shining stars of the Premier League this season, Alexis Sanchez and Sergio Aguero.
I think it must be just another example of the anti-Arsenal stance often adopted
by the football media in England, where they love to knock anything Gunners related and especially love to have a go at our French manager Arsene Wenger.
Even though Arsenal have been one of the clubs mentioned the most
by the football media in connection with the possible transfer of the French forward prodigy Kylian Mbappe, because of the massive amount of money involved and with some of the biggest and most successful clubs in the world involved, we have come to accept that he will not be signing for Arsenal.
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Not exact matches
The former England international keeper David James has gone against the grain of the
football media and suggested that Arsenal have not done the right thing
by completing the transfer of Petr Cech from Chelsea.
A statement from the
Football Association confirmed: «Chelsea manager Andre Villas - Boas has been charged with improper conduct
by the FA, following
media comments he made about the match official after his side's match at Queens Park Rangers on 23 October 2011.
Football director is a name created
by the
media and Thats the job of Gazadis but he keep screwing it up
To be honest Arsene, there wasn't really much
football to talk about, but the fact is that every Arsenal fan knows that without a new striker we have little chance of the title this season, but according to him, the protests from the travelling fans are simply because they are being led
by the
media rather than making their own mind up.
There were some stories in the
football media suggesting that it was the young winger's decision not to come to Arsenal, but that seemed to be just more anti-Arsenal spin and has this week been declared false
by the Monaco vice-president, Metro reports.
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Keep this negative thinking
by the
media and you would have no Arsenal
football club left support your club through bad times and good times it's the players to play
football not the manager
Many Gooners and people in the
football media feel that the chances of Wenger stepping down at the end of the current season will be much bigger if the Frenchman can guide the Gunners to another Premier League title so if Howe is in the frame he did his chances of thr move no harm today, as his side did us a huge favour
by beating Liverpool.
Well the Gunners got one of those away to Middlesborough tonight, with a 2 - 1 victory over the relegation bound Boro, but our performance at the Riverside could hardly be called convincing or confidence building
by any means, and I doubt very much whether any of the recent complaints from the fans or the questions from the
football media will have gone away.
And it is a transfer that we know that Wenger wanted to make because his offer of # 40 million and a pound to Liverpool for their striker Luis Suarez back in 2013 was well publicised as well as being highly ridiculed
by the scousers and the
football media both.
Sanchez has been built up
by the the British press and
media (with the notable exception of Ian Wright) as a world beater who is vital to the future success of Arsenal
Football Club.To turn down # 60m for someone who is arguably past his best as his recent performances for club and country would suggest, is totally mad.
Louis van Gaal has pleaded with fans and
media alike for patience, citing that the first season in English
football is difficult for any player, including other signings brought in over the summer
by United.
Not
by the Spanish or English
football authorities though, or at least not to our knowledge, but
by some folk in the
football media.
Problems indeed, but not just for City, because the reports in the
football media this weekend, as reported
by The Mirror, that suggest City will break the bank for the likes of Paul Pogba, do have repercussions for us Gooners.
As reported
by Football Italia, this has been put down to the fact that the Italian
media expect the former Manchester United starlet to complete a move to Villa this week.
And my favorite book is Pet Semetary
by Stephen King, my second favorite is the 2000 Michigan
football media guide.
The theory put forward time and again
by members of the
football media was that the club and the squad did not have enough strong characters and leaders to get us through the hard times and drive the team on when it was needed.
Imagine that, Rob Gronkowksi, the shirtless party animal, the guy who has lived a life away from
football with verve while being hawked
by social
media, a man with an impromptu, exuberant style.
To be fair to them and to us, however, we have also been a lot more appreciative of his talents than the
football media who have been happy to jump on the bandwagon
by calling him lazy or saying that he doers not turn up for the really big matches.
If you were looking for a sign of whether all the confidence among us Arsenal fans and the nice things (for a change) said about us in the
football media at the minute are an accurate depiction of where the current crop of Gunners stands when compared to our main rivals for the Premier League, including the dreaded Jose Mourinho and his expensively assembled Chelsea team, then you should be encouraged
by the words of Arsene Wenger.
Its not about a bad manager its about having the finances and not buying the necessary players for the past three years that gets me, Budd you moan about the
media but its not its professionals who understand the business of
football who are all agreeing that we needed players for the past 7 transfer windows, trust me without me going in to too much details i understand how business are run and works and Arsenal is not thinking too far ahead, we have already lost ground in the world of top clubs
by not wining a major trophy, now you might not care about wining like you said couple of weeks ago but pls understand
football is a competition sport and nearly all the fans would like us to win a major trophy soon,
Not only did his superbly smashed goal seal the win for the Gunners
by putting us 3 - 0 up at the break, but it ended the mini scoring drought that people in the
football media had begun to bang on about.
The knives are out for the boss in the
football media once again, and a few of the individual players as well after another performance that has added fuel to the fire of the old adage that Arsenal have got a soft centre and don't like it up»em, with the Watford penalty scorer Troy Deeney not helping
by suggesting that exact thing.
One thing he did say was that he would like to stay in London but his words in Spanish reported
by the Chilean website El Grafico are a little confusing because he uses the term «un equipo» which means «a team» or «one team» so the
football media are taking it that Alexis means that he wants to play for a team that will be winners and that has a winning mentality, so they take that along with the reports that Conte wants to sign him and hey presto!
He lies to the fans with high hopes He bottles things up when the chance presents itself He later comes out to say we can't win the premier league That's what happens every season still some fans haven't realised this agony His time is up to leave but he won't He favours some players than others He later blames the fans as if the fans select the players He has never blamed himself For some unknown reasons, fans continue to show their loyalty
by fully attending matches while they come out on social
media to vent their frustrations Wenger is taking the love of
football from people Hardly a day passes than Wenger not being insulted For how long will these sufferings continue?
Despite the
football media in England trying to suggest that the Chilean flying out of London the day after the Champions League disaster was down to something else, the club revealed that his time off was all planned and was brought on
by the striker having to go to Spain to deal with his involvement in a tax fraud case.
Could this just be another piece of anti-Arsenal propaganda
by our friendly
football media?
But I wonder if the Frenchman is starting to change his mind after Wilshere has continued to grow into the role to such an extent that he was the talk of the
football media after his performance against Slovenia was capped
by two stunning goals.
But what will be a big deal for the
media and the
football pundits to start rambling about is if Arsenal lost the match, a shocker punch
by Lincoln doing a giant killing act to the Gunners will be loved
by the
media and the
football pundits as they will have a selling story to start writing another round of anti-Wenger articles and do another round of anti-Wenger punditry.
I am not sure if the former Arsenal and England international striker had someone specific in mind when he said this, but having listened to some of the opinions put forward in the
football media by Ian Wright about the problems of the Gunners in recent years, I would hazard a guess that Arsene Wenger might not be too far from his thoughts.
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I don't see how any true fan can be happy about the situation we are in The club goes backwards each year but still fans on here and other social
media outlets think that the club are doing great, how can you be happy when we see the same thing year in year out, scrabble for 4th, get champions league place, scrabble out the group then get turned over
by the next big team For me this is not how a big club should be run (7th richest club in world
football) Why don't we act like it.
By contrast, he has no complaints about the
media: «We sell
football, and we give the
media the say because we take their money.
The university is expected to be charged with a «failure to monitor» for part of its athletics program, according to sources, who told NJ Advance
Media other possible violations include allegations of wrongdoing with regards to
football recruits and the program's recruiting host / hostess program as well as what's been described
by sources as «inconsistencies» in the administration of the athletic department's drug testing procedures and policies.
All this is accepted blindly as being the norms of
football for no other reason than it is what the Market wants and does (sic ``... like «trading»,
football is a results business»)-- indeed these values are lauded and held up on high so that we now reach the point here when even a truly great manager is being subjected to a witch - hunt
by sections of the
media and so - called fans who question his tenure of his post and ask what has he got to do to be sacked.
The scandal had included months of
media reporting on alleged acts of violence against women
by roughly a dozen
football players, with accusations that the school and athletic department had responded ineffectively.
Just a week ago the main theme in the
football media on the contract situations of the two Arsenal stars was being portrayed almost entirely as negative and the general consensus was that both Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil would refuse the new deals being offered to them
by the club.
With both approaching the final year of their current deals with Arsenal, talks about signing extensions are ongoing and going
by the Arsenal transfer rumours in the
football media it is the wages of the two that are the main bone of contention.
So any sign that the Arsenal boss is right and the negative
football experts are wrong is very welcome and the player himself has given us just that, with a p [ost on social
media reported
by The Mirror in which Alexis seems very happy to be getting back to what he does best and is happy to be doing it with Arsenal after posting a picture with some positive comments alongside it.
Despite some reports in the
football media yesterday suggesting that the hamstring strain, if that is what it was, picked up
by the Arsenal and Chile international forward Alexis Sanchez during the Premier League away game with Norwich City would mean three weeks on the sidelines, there is still no definite timescale.
Most fans do not give a crap about the
media, but is interested in their team of choice, all would hope to see their teams lift trophies and get to celebrate these occasions, what gets the fan piss off is when they can pin point their team weak areas without having been to the unversity of
football, but have basic knowledge of the game either
by playing or observing this wonderful sport for years.
Despite recent
media attention on concussions and other brain trauma, the majority of
football injuries occur in the lower extremities, with injuries to the knees reported to be as high as 36.5 percent, followed
by up to 18.8 percent for ankle injuries, up to 13.3 percent for shoulder injuries, 11.8 percent for head injuries and 7.2 percent for neck injuries.
Short of a grumpy social
media sphere wanting a close game, it lost nothing
by Seattle's Cover 3 turning into a two - high safety lead pipe upside Peyton Manning in what was less than engaging
football for hundreds of millions of casual viewers.
Sherman added that he felt the bad
football on the field on Thursday night games was all fabricated
by the
media, because of a lack of understanding for the condition of the players heading into those games.
Even though the Germany international Mesut Ozil came back from his long injury spell to produce his best
football for Arsenal since Arsene Wenger surprised us all
by smashing the club transfer record to sign him from Real Madrid, it is still fair to say that the jury is still out on our playmaker, both with the Arsenal fans and with the
football media in general.