How can players like Arteta and Flamini
remain at our club when there is an abundance of better, younger and faster midfield talent available on the market?
Not exact matches
Determined for the
club to
remain neutral, Bartomeu allowed a scheduled match to go ahead on the referendum day,
at the very moment
when Spanish police were storming polling stations and beating voters with truncheons.
Toure's future came under some speculation earlier this summer
when it looked like he might leave the Etihad Stadium, though he has
remained at the
club after seemingly having a change of heart.
A real fan sticks to the
club in bad times and
remains humble and anonymous
when the team is
at its best.
Thierry Henry has said it all, that there's is a problem in arsenal, there was a time he don't even relate with his teams mate and he question why Sanchez will
remain at arsenal after the display against Liverpool, I have said it before the big issue on ground is not money that the player are demanding but the ambition of the
club... henry also said,
when u are playing for arsenal u are comfortable whether u are playing well or not because there's no pressure on u....
why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured
at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because
when was that ever a factor
at this
club except
when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage
when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even
at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our
remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this
club, on the outside looking in
I then came most, but not all games, until early last season
when SHEER DISGUST
AT HOW US FANS ARE BEING CHEATED BY THE
CLUB, INCLUDING WENGER, caused me to resolve not to give this corrupt run club another single penny of mine while Wenger rema
CLUB, INCLUDING WENGER, caused me to resolve not to give this corrupt run
club another single penny of mine while Wenger rema
club another single penny of mine while Wenger
remains.
there is some suggestion that wenger is backtracking on his fervent stance regarding what players would be staying
at the
club for the remainder of the season... some might deduce that this is all part of a much bigger, more elaborate plan... by shifting the blame wenger is attempting to, not so slyly, flip the narrative... by doing so he hopes to evoke empathy from his most ardent supporters, while attempting to rally any fence - sitters, whose faith was waning unless a more legitimate agent of blame emerges... unfortunately, and incredibly insulting to the fans,
when wenger attempts to spin a tale and / or tries to eat his own words, he doesn't seem to play it all the way through in his head, so invariably gaping holes emerge... say we believed his version of the truth, would that not make him either an incredibly well - paid custodian of destruction or a spineless jellyfish because what manager worth his weight in salt would stay
at a
club that didn't give him final say after 20 years of supposed «success»... no matter the answer, neither bodes well for us... how ironic, in a way, since many pundits claim this team has lacked a «spine» for some years now... so whether we win, lose or draw on Sunday is frankly immaterial, as the problems will
remain, and although it will be easier to digest if we left the Pool with 3 points, it might just be the worst result for the betterment of this
club... a fact that both breaks my heart and baffles the mind
Nevertheless, Gazidis addressed the situation
when asked about it
at the
club's Annual General Meeting on Monday, and although he didn't go into detail, he painted a positive picture in that he suggested the
club will do their utmost to ensure the star pair
remain for many more years.
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...
However,
when the press - savvy Jose starts publicly stating both his desire to
remain at the
club, while also saying that he has a Plan B should he find himself out of a job, things arenâ $ ™ t looking too good.
To his credit, the 32 - year - old was simply
remaining impartial as despite spending 12 years
at Old Trafford and establishing himself as a
club hero, he ultimately just gave an honest answer
when discussing Man City and the Premier League title race moving forward.
RB Leipzig
remains Germany's least liked
club, but the fans of Borussia Dortmund took their antipathy too far
when the sides met
at the weekend.
And the score
remained the same right up until the last seconds of the match
when Gerrard with a thunderbolt of a half - volley from fully 35 yards scored one of the best FA Cup final goals ever seen to draw his boyhood
club level
at the death.
Nevertheless, the Fla - Flu derby
remains one of the fiercest in world football and dates back to 1912,
when disgruntled Fluminense players left the
club to form a football section
at Flamengo who, like many football teams in Brazil, started out in life as a rowing
club.
@Enemy airships, Appreciate your opinion too mate but
when you point to Vieira, Petit, Pires, Anelka, etc as French players who have acheived
at the
club from relative obscurity there are a number of things to consider such as the fact that few of these players done more than 4 seasons
at the
club where pool, utd and chels were buying quality that have
remained and driven their
clubs forward.....
Rubin pulled off another coup,
when they convinced Yann M'Vila to
remain at the
club and sign a new contract, instead of completing a transfer to Sunderland, after the Premier League side baulked
at the $ 7m which Rubin were requesting.
Why are we telling Welbeck to go
when Young, Anderson, Cleverley, Fellaini STILL
remain at this
club?
It was always going to be a big ask for West Brom to take anything from a fixture of this magnitude regardless of
when it was, but despite the sizeable gulf in player quality and
club stature, West Brom aren't exactly a forlorn hope and the Baggies will focus all their attention on picking ip a valuable point
at Stamford Bridge by
remaining resolute and resilient
at all times.
He's made history
at this
club and I hope he continues in the same vein until he retires here,» said the coach, who replied «forever»
when he was asked how long he expected Ronaldo to
remain at the
club.
The good news, is that he's been a part of our youth setup since 2011, and
remained in Vinovo until January 2016,
when he went on loan to Virtus Lanciano in Serie B. Hence, he should already count as
club trained for both UEFA and the Serie A. Here's hoping he can make his mark this season in Serie B
at Cesena.
Pogba is a great addition to United this season, scoring five goals and assisting in three others in all competitions, which is not great, but
when you look
at the fact he's more of a provider than a goalscorer or an assist machine, which will
remain to be his role
at the
club.
A potential way around this, the
club hoped
at least, would have been to bring players in before sending them out on a short - term loan for the
remaining period of the transfer ban and bringing them back to start
when they were able to register them.
He
remains aggrieved
at the fact that Bury were relegated on the grounds that they had scored fewer goals than the
club with whom they were tied on points,
at a time
when that and not goal difference was the crucial determinant.
Then, following dinner, discover why New Orleans
remains the epicenter of traditional jazz
when you take in a spirited live revue
at a local
club.
This outfit
remains casual and can be worn
when you are going out to eat something or
when you are having a great evening in a
club or
at a festival.
Synopsis & Cast: Based on the immensely acclaimed Jonathan Franzen novel (which was the subject of controversy
when the author declined an Oprah's Book
Club endorsement), this is the story of the Lamberts, a midwestern family whose grown children have moved away to the East Coast, while the parents (Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest)
remain at home, dealing with the father's encroaching Parkinsons.