Q. Do you think that Martin O'Neill was right to walk
out of the club over the perceived lack of funds available for squad additions and player wages?
If you listen to everything that has come
out of the club over the last day or so, it's just been your typically vague, PR, rubbish!
Not exact matches
That includes some accounts Facebook has trumpeted pretty loudly
over the past year, like the Royal Bank
of Scotland and
Club Med, plus several multinational businesses we haven't heard about before that are rolling
out the service among more than 100,000 employees such as French food giant Danone, and U.S. coffee company Starbucks.
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Club.
Yesterday it was claimed that the Arsenal forward would seek
out talks
over his future with Arsene Wenger, but the
club's stance is claimed to be leaning away from selling, especially with the «possibility that Oxlade - Chamberlain and Alexis Sanchez could be on their way
out of the
club.
After the
club's 5 - 0 win
over Sporting Gijon, manager Luis Enrique even moved to single
out Roberto, casting strong doubt on the possible return
of Bellerin.
Sakho has had his disciplinary issues
over the last 12 months while spending the second half
of last season
out on loan at Crystal Palace as it doesn't appear as though he will change Klopp's thinking and is set to be axed, providing a
club is willing to meet his asking price.
Levy has granted the 43 - year - old free reign
over the football side
of things at the
club, which is more freedom than he's granted any
of his previous managers and even has the final say
over transfers coming in and
out of White Hart Lane.
The
club has the ordenance now to fire into the big leagues and I think its about time they used it to give the fans what they have dished
out over the last ten years which is a competitive edgeand some chance
of being back with the big boys.
The Spanish international has fallen
out of favour in the Barca starting lineup since Luis Enrique took
over the
club in the summer, and has also attracted interest from Arsenal and Manchester United.
A few hours later
out at the Augusta National Golf
Club, people shaded their eyes and chattered with excitement
over the phenomenon called sunlight that warmed the spongy hills and damp foliage after days and days
of rain.
While I scream at the TV
over tactics and subs and I can admit there are better managers than Wenger
out there, I first believe AFC need to resolve the structure
of the
club before getting a new manager.
This will be the first piece
of business between the two
clubs since they fell
out over the failed signing
of Suarez back in 2013, only for the Reds to supposedly refuse to accept our offer, which was believed to have met the player's release clause.
I would like to stress
out once more that a player
of Lacazette's or better caliber won't be signed for Arsenal, firstly because the
club isn't going to spend much
over the 40 million pounds limit.
Arsenal need to make sure they are satisfied with how, who, when and where they have invested their money into and it would be a great shame to miss
out on a player
over a few extra pennies (in the mind
of a football
club)
The Colombian international was ushered
out of Stamford Bridge
over the summer after failing to find his feet in the Premier League, despite only joining the
club in January
of this year (via Metro).
If a
club plays a couple
of 21 year old's or younger, at CB, for
over half a season, highly doubtful that team will come
out on top.
Metro have reported that Roberto Fernandez who is the sporting director
of La Liga champions FC Barcelona has suggested that the Gunners may have paid way
over the odds for the German defender and if that is true, in these days
of crazy money being spent on players by Premier League
clubs, perhaps he will not turn
out to be the player we needed after all.
For the record I do not hold Wenger in anywhere near the esteem as I do with Tony Adams and never will.Any respect I did have for this man has rapidly diminished
over the last decade and the day he is
out of this
club can not come too soon for me.But
of course he did win 35 FA Cups 49 Charity Shields blah blah blah
Pellegrini has spent an incredible # 172m on just eleven players since taking
over at the Etihad Stadium, and although he won the Premier League and Capital One Cup double in his first campaign with the
club, he looks set to finish trophyless this term and possibly even
out of the top four after a surprisingly poor recent run
of form.
we haven't won at old Trafford in the prem in 12 years that's absolutely shocking and yet the
club is still offering this has been joke
of a manager new contracts and he's so
out of touch he actually thinks the team is one
of his strongest he's ever had and we're told we're
over achieving?
Olivier Giroud scored
over 100 goals for Arsenal in his five years at the
club, but he was gradually eased
out of the starting XI to make room for Alexis Sanchez a couple
of seasons ago.
I've always maintained my stance that Arsene Wenger loves French players in his team than any other players.No matter how average you are once you're French and once you're in the first team he tends to give you so many chances to prove yourself.I can start mentioning them if you want me to but I know you know them.If Lucas Perez was French he wouldn't have been
out so early believe me.I just don't know where to begin.Was Giroud bought to become a super sub or to be the leading striker?Having giving us many sesons
of failure people are now content with him being a so called super sub.A player like Giroud is not built for that kind
of role.He ws a super sub in 99 %
of those matches because he was not played when he was supposed to and we needed presence in the air.The funny thing is people are using only this season to label him as a super sub.There were so many matched that Wenger should have started Giroud but for some reason didn't start him.I only see Arsenal as the top
club who'd be crying
over Giroud.If a good offer comes we should sell.
I even thought top
clubs were in for him.Some three or 2 seasons back many here were debating why he should be our main striker.As soon as you mention any other strikers name people would come
out with stats and many things defending him.Even Wenger has defended him blindly in the past.People say Wenger's stubborn yeah.But don't we know that there's a reason why everything happens?Honestly speaking he's the reason why Arsene Wenger has failed to sign a top notch striker because he still believes in him.The funny thing is we signed Welbeck at that time who to me did nothing before to be the main man here.People keep saying Welbeck is hardworking and that he works his socks off.But the question is was that our reason for signing him.Welbeck being signed to challenge Giroud tells me a lot about Giroud's quality.Even Walcott (no offence to him) who has zero CF qualities was even chosen
over him for a string
of games and all in all I think he did well but has too many defeciencies for that role.We've compromised as a
club and it'll come back to bite us.
this is the sort
of mentality you probably haven't read it properly and jumping all
over just like after a bad result you do,
of course winning something is very important and it is directly related to progress if your view is taken then no football
club is progress the fact that they got relegated don't cancel
out the fact that they won a trophy and winning something is always good don't tell that u weren't relieved when that trophy monkey got off our back so don't talk stupid talk with relevant points.
Stoke midfielder Stephen Ireland is likely to be fit enough to start against Norwich despite limping
out of the
club's Capital One Cup win
over Tranmere Rovers on Wednesday night.
The Malaga manager Mr Pellegrini said at the time: «Economically, the
club had to make a change based on what had been proposed [there was a lot
of financial trouble — owner threatened to pull
out over TV money] and we had to sell Santi Cazorla.
The Shankly ideology was one
of setting
out to change a once - great
club through people power, something that Klopp managed brilliantly when he took
over an ailing Dortmund in 2008.
The Welsh
club have taken 20 points from 13 matches since Carlos Carvahal took
over as manager, but even that run hasn't pulled them completely
out of the relegation battle.
Clubs in the Chinese Super League splashed
out significant amounts
of money not so long ago, with a whole host
of stars from Europe moving
over to the Far East.
Speaking before the match, the Portuguese admitted there were «doubts»
over the former Borussia Dortmund man, further fuelling speculation that he's on his way
out of the
club.
Manchester City reportedly expect a bidding war to break
out between European top
clubs over securing the signing
of Sergio Aguero this summer.
In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch
of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all
of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because
of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position
over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention
of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped -
out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on
club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any
of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure
of this
club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez
of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)
Only good thing to come
out was Gabriel can certainly take
over from mert no sweat... Coq had a good game... pointless keeping ozil if we don't have targets for him may as well cash in and feather the nest
of the corporates destroying this
club...
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?
The Benin international has been an impressive performer at the Stadium
of Light
over the last couple
of seasons, but looks to have fallen
out of favour with new manager Paolo Di Canio, leading to speculation that he could leave the
club this summer.
Our player
of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice
of big
clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving
out a statement
of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point
of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send
out a message
of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question
over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid
of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end
of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix
of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive
of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.
kronkes influence
over the
club is minimal at best how many decisions does he actually make in the public
club domain that we all know
of, i am only guessing here but just because he is majority shareholder it doesn't mean he can just do what he wants without the other board members say so, i suppose the rest
of the board would vote him
out of power and liquidate his shares if he did something really wrong like leveraged the
club against a big debt.
Im a gooner now for
over 68 years abd this is one
of the worst perfomances ive witnessed in a long time, No pride, No ambition, No guts cumon and be proud
of your
club or get
out if not the fans should boycot the games make the buggers hurt in their bulging Pockets PHew bye now
As reported by the Evening Standard our manager was quick to point
out the brilliant recent run
of results that the Swiss champions have enjoyed against
clubs from the English Premier League, which includes victories
over Liverpool, Chelsea and Man United.
After the Sox had snapped
out of a nine - game losing streak with a pair
of victories
over Milwaukee, Veeck announced the
club would open its season — yes, again — on Friday night against Texas.
Still, The Sun now quote the player as casting some doubt
over his long - term Barca future, as he suggests he is unlikely to see
out the remainder
of his career with the
club due to his commitments elsewhere.
In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense
of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour...
of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team
of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage
of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations
of the modern football era... instead
of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way
out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the
club as if they were an extended member
of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits
of having someone in charge for
over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners
Speaking
of Man united, Moyes and Van gaal were literally hounded
out of the
club by the fans within a very short period.Same with literary every top
club where managers can't afford one year
of failure let alone
over a decade
of failure.
It would be really a financially incompetent and irresponsible decesion to let
over 120M walk
out of the
club at the end
of the season.
In 14 appearances for Spurs so far, the player is yet to score or assist, however it's his actions at the other end
of the pitch which show why the
club forked
out for the defender
over the summer.
However, I would be very surprised to find
out that this was the case with the Chile international star Alexis Sanchez, because the talk
of a possible move has been going on all summer but now appears to be
over, so why would he choose and open training session in front
of around 5,000 Arsenal fans to kiss the crest on his shirt and basically tell us all that he loves the
club and is going to stay, as reported by The Telegraph.
I would love to hear how the armchair experts would have navigated the
Club and Squad
over the past 11 years — instead
of just saying not good enough... spell
out what you would have done.
It feels like there's a lot
of joy
out there, and that's when its dangerous for owners / managers etc, once again you take the joy
of supporting a
club fans will get excited again, they pay for their tickets, buy their shirts, tune in to contribute to a business and feel mighty proud
of that as Gazidis suggests everyone should, they do it because they want the fun
of supporting the
club they love and not knowing what is going to happen
over the course
of a season, all they know is that their
club is trying to be as successful as possible.
we may be the only top
club fans that would allow the kind
of experimenting that he has done
over the course
of his arsenal career... some has turned
out good but 84 % has been awful... no manager has that kind
of luxury even fergie did nt..