Morning Gooners,
We read all the time in the press about our barren run of what is it now, 7 years without a trophy and it washes over most Gooners heads but when you actually dwell on the subject you really have to ask why this is happening at a club who run the business so well and tell us that we should be the blueprint of how other clubs should be run. We disclose our profits every year and yes they are substantial.
Arsenal have recently entered the Asian market in order to promote our fine club and reports suggest that the Asian community have taken a liking for Arsenal, why I cannot possibly comprehend, because all they see right now is us losing or drawing. So what makes us so popular out in Asia when we struggle to win our fixtures and haven’t managed to get our hands on any silverware for seven years?
Arsenal FC may well be a financially well run club, some would say a successful club, but how many supporters really care how many millions we have made throughout the financial year? All that does is show us that money should have been available for the transfer window and as we all know, we do not spend our like a club that is successful.
Football teams and football clubs are two separate things, high finance people are employed to run the business side while for the team we have a head coach who is responsible for the footballing side of things.. Looking at the two sides of the club you have to agree that the business men are winning hands down and Arsene Wenger and his team are flagging a long way behind.
Many supporters believe that funds are being held back by the business side to make their figures look so good at the end of the year but Wenger and his team also make money for the club. The sale of players at their peak has been common at Arsenal and vast amounts of money has been paid to the club for them. This all sounds rosy as far as making money for Arsenal FC but for the supporter who pays the highest prices for his tickets, it’s not a very good return.
Stan Kroenke often comes under fire from the supporters, they seem to think that he is all about making money and filling his pockets after the profits have been released. Many believe that if we had Alisher Usmanov, our second major shareholder, in charge things would change and more money would be released for transfers, but that is only speculation.
Mr Usmanov has stated that more money would become available if he were in charge, he has also offered some of his own money for a place on the Arsenal board but are his intentions for the better of the team or for sole purpose of heading up the Arsenal ladder of hierarchy?
I for one believe that at this moment in time, Kroenke has a good record of running Arsenal as a successful club. Since he has been at the helm we have moved from Highbury to The Emirates which is a step forward and I all the time we are recording profits each year so why should we even consider Mr Usmanov?
Mr Usmanov is a very wealthy man, he’s estimated to be worth in excess of 12 billion pounds which is a huge sum of money but should he ever ‘own’ our club, how can we be sure that he would spend any of that vast amount on bettering what we have at the moment?
If Mr Usmanov was to donate some of his vast wealth for the better of the team without any strings I might feel differently, but at the moment Mr Usmanov would only part with money for favours, so this does not bode well with me. I personally would like see a ‘donation’ made with no strings from Mr Usmanov as a way of making the team more successful and in doing so, make the shares he holds more beneficial to him. But at present Kroenke holds all the keys and Mr Usmanov seems not to be in his plans.
Back to the ‘team side’ of the club and the running of it by Manager Arsene Wenger.
Now this is far from successful, no silverware for 7 years but we have qualified for the Champions League status since it began which in itself makes in excess of 30 million a year but I can only see that as beneficial to the business side as the money is not used for making the squad stronger.
How can I say that, you may ask. We really only spend within the barriers of what we have sold.
A £30 million signing is never going to happen at Arsenal, 30 bob is more our limit.
So why do we not purchase top players, after all the club can afford one at this price every year, but we never deal in amounts like this and this is why we haven’t added trophies to our name.
Arsene Wenger seems quite happy to carry on managing things as he does and he is not being pressurised by the business side of our club to be successful, in fact what he doesn’t spend goes into the kitty so why would they want to change a profitable system.
That is my is my view of the way things are in the club and I can only see things changing when we fail to qualify for Champions League and although it hurts me to say it, that could happen this season.
Arsene Wenger has a chance to change our season as the January transfer window approaches. He could sign 2/3 players who are much-needed, but I suspect that the business side have already calculated our profits for this term so maybe, and as usual, we could see just a couple of cheap players arrive, if any!
Some good news ahead of the NLD, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott, Szczesny and Gibbs should all recover from injury in time to be in the squad for Saturday. Added to that of course is the return of Wilshere after serving his one match ban.
All we need now is Diaby and Rosicky to get fit.
Why the German camp felt it necessary to play Mertesacker for 90 minutes last night I’ll never know…..
Written by Steve Palmer
Morning Gooners…
Morning Rico…
Top Post Sir Steve…
Not sure that the new stadium had anything to do with Kroenke, but it made Arsenal a better investment for him…
Fiszman was the main driving force behind the Ashburton Road project, along with Ken Friar…
Morning all. Diaby and Rosicky fit? Pffft. When has that ever happened? 🙂
Good post though.
Is Kroenke paying you for this shit?
have you tried proof reading your work ?
Good morning all,
I am one who would welcome Mr Usmanov, for one reason he has been friends with a Legend of Arsenal FC, David Dein. If just some of his love of Arsenal has rubbed off onto Mr Usmanov then we would be in for a fantastic ride.
On the business side, if all gooners that have the same concerns as the majority I read here on HH then the only way for them to get sacked/change is for the model to fail and that being all we can do is not buy merchandise and stay away from games. This wont happen but I wish it could.
I also feel that we will not qualify for the champions league this year unless the impossible happens on January 1st.
Martin Samuel@themartinsamuel
Tom Huddleston will add some sorely missed mediocrity to #England’s midfield tonight.
Like it…..
Oh yeah
“Bendtnersgone says:
November 15, 2012 at 10:01 am
Morning all. Diaby and Rosicky fit? Pffft. When has that ever happened?”
Everyone knew that these sick notes would let us done. Yet again AW being blind to whats in front of him. Honestly the is no excuse for our current squad of players.
Morning all…
A top post as usual Sir Steve…
Personally i do not fall for this whole 7/8 years no trophies rubbish.
If we look at other clubs who have moved stadium in the 5 major European leagues only the Bavarias have fared better than us and they pay in excess of 10M euros for a lot of their players. and in Bayern did not have an oiler popping their heads in the league.
Lille who on paper are one of the 3/4 most improved clubs in europe in the last 5 years have struggled to keep their better players to maintain their title winning run 2 years ago. This year they are sitting in mid-table and have only recruited free transfers to cope after their stadium re-building.
The newest built stadiums are:-
Grand Stade Lille Métropole Lille France Lille OSC 2012
Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Cornellà de Llobregat Spain RCD Espanyol
2009
Allianz Arena Munich Germany FC Bayern Munich, TSV 1860 München 2005
Estádio da Luz Lisbon
Portugal S.L. Benfica 2003
Borussia-Park Mönchengladbach Germany
Borussia Mönchengladbach
2004
Suku Saracoglu Stadium Istanbul Turkey Fenerbahçe S.K.
2006
Personally i think AW has only failed in the last 3 years only, because I doubt even Rednose could have done better than AW did between 2004-2008 with the budget he had at his disposal. And I do believe he had money this year and should have been acted like O’neil to keep one of Song or Van Pursey for this season at least to allow the new recruits to bed in first.
Apologies for the typos in my previous post…
I read somewhere that Song was disappointed to have been shown the door at Arsenal. He did not want to leave so we could have kept him.
The reason for him leaving is that he was very lazy.
Hi all, been a while.
Heard from a fat bloke in the pub last night that we have signed Icelandic wonder kid Aron Johannsson. 10 goals in 4 games. 21 years old.
I just hope AW isn’t pinning any hopes on him for this season. Get Huntelaar in!!!
Good morning all,
This debate will run and run, unfortunately without any real expectation of a resolution. Stan Kroenke has no need to sell, nor has he any inclination to sell. Alisher Usmanov would like to take control but without Kroenke’s shares he can’t.
I suggested, yesterday, that Usmanov could use some of the estimated £2.5 billion he is about to make by floating twenty percent of his holding in telecoms company MegaFon to fund a shirt sponsorship deal to replace our present one which is about to expire.
I personally am not sure that I want either Kronke or Usmanov to have total control of our club but I would prefer to see them working together than working against each other.
If only we would spend money forget huntelaar bring in Cavani.
Anyone know how Capoue played for France last night..?
Morning all btw.
Oh, the fat bloke was Vic Akers.
Lawrence,
I’m not sure that you could describe Usmanov and Dein as friends any longer. Dein sold his shares to Usmanov, was briefly associated with Red and White Holdings and soon departed for greener fields elsewhere.
That’s interesting Rocastle, but do Icelandic players need work permits?
Capoue played very well Lee. In fact last night during the match I stated that he is the only player I have seen change his game and improved so much over a summer period.
My only concern is that he has lost that Frimps attitude he had last season. He is now playing like how MVilla was playing 2 years ago. His passing completion is nearly 88% even though most have become Ramsey/Denilson like imho.Last season even though capoue made it into Ligue 1 team of the season his pass completion was 74%-ish. His recent displays look like AW has had a word with his coach to recommend Capoue to be moved to the box-to box role as a pre-purchase ‘test drive’ if I may say. Matuidi his compatriot from Toulese is the one doing the donkey work.
I don’t see why anyone wanting to take control of Arsenal would give the club a gift to line the pockets of the board and majority share holder? If Kroenke hasn’t invested previously why would he start now?
The only way Usmanov will get Arsenal is if we carry on the way we are, no champions league football, no top quality players to sell, no more real estate left and the share price dropping. Usmanov will offer enough to allow Kroenke to come out even on his huge loan he used to buy Arsenal or even make a profit on the difference between the amount outstanding and Usmanov’s offer.
I am not sure Aron Johannsson has been bought yet. I do know he has a bit of the B-52 physique but with a better touch at 21.
Interesting rocastle if true.
Vic Akers told a friend of mine about the none deal of Scott parker too last year
Morning All,
Bradster, If AU buys the yanks shares then Stan will walk away with about 400million profit even as it stands now…. not to shabby for doing sweet FA…!
The only way the yank will walk away is if the fans make him uncomfy, he won’t like bad publicity he won’t enjoy his name on banners saying “sof off” being polite there of course…! When the fans turn on the board and on HIM he won’t like it… look at the two at livpoo… soon as it got personal and the fans got at them they did a runner…!
i think your article is total rubbish, first of all where is the real committment to make arsenal a success from the board? is it by selling your best players? secondly wengers comments that qualifying for champions league is like winning a cup, what is that telling your players? success is about trying to win things utd have done it for years wenger has deteriotaed, and when you make comments as listed by wenger it gives a real sense that arsenal are a selling club who only want to take part, i would rather usmanov at the helm rather than the american at least usmanov has put his money where his mouth is what about kroenke? allowed the sale of our best players, so before you write a article that is inept ensure you have the facts, the performances have shown we are just a mid table maybe fighting relegation side, and with wengers comments it has been shown we only take part and not try to win because what is the point of qualifying for the champions league if you know you are not going to win it?
10.01… great comment Robin….! Done any great posts yourself lately..?
Dave, no reason to call the post rubbish fella, if you don’t agree state your point which you have done but don’t call a post rubbish purely because you don’t agree with it show some respect at least for the fact someone has written a post to debate irrespective of whether you agree with it or not…!
Ha ha ha Dave. Did you land on the wrong site?
Thought the idea was to debate not act like a cnut…..
lol I was being polite Lee……… very unlike me I know but can’t have the “madam” of the house shouting at me…
Morning all! Good post again Steve. I echo your sentiment of Usmanov donating some cash off his own (Baron Green)back. Would certainly show intent, but what’s to say he hasn’t offered many times and is turned down every time? Guess we’ll never know until the next well timed RW Holdings disgruntled letter to the board (probably when Theo leaves!)
Robin & jogon Kitty – Thanks for your input! Did you read the post, take the effort to sign in especiallyto post that?! NIce! Maybe you want to re-write it all for us to show us all how clever you are? (Oh, and without meaning to be pedantic, proofreading is one word, not 2… You also shouldn’t leave a space before your question mark).
Leave them alone Wath….they don’t get out much 🙂
Morning all,
Thanks very much for your comments Sir AK Point taken but still a big debt to take on. After watching the England game last night i am a bit suprised that Ibrohimovich has not been mentioned. Now he is a match winner of the highest quality captain and motivator which never once seemed like baggage to him. Gerrard although made his hundreth cap was almost silenced by his performance but even he had to say that his wonder goal was top class. Goalkeepers are very important in football teams Joe Hart is probably one of the best out there but he was average last night he made mistakes that cost England the game, he raced out to head the ball away from the Sweed but should have stayed on his line and left the clearance to the 2 defenders that were there Joe Hart never covered himself in glory but it proves that goalkeepers are just as important as top strikers. Many thanks Rico as per usual 🙂
Lee – think we’ve attracted a few of those already this morning unfortunately…..
True Scott – Their parents don’t let them on the computers much…. must be off sick from school!
Yeah Steve, wtf do you think you are doing, upsetting Robin and Dave like that???
What a cheek….
After all Robin and Dave on on here at least once-a-year, so don’t take the piss Stevo… 😀
Steve,i hope that next time someone bags Vito or Szczesny they remember Joe Harts effort last night……that was terrible.
Great post by the way.
Lol Rocky.
Hi Scott. So the Aussies won a football match without Emile Heskey?lol
Diamond Dave, many thanks for your thoughts you seem to have it all worked out. thanks for your imput.
Enough of that Tsgh…..enough.
Emile is going well here.
So is Del Pierro.
The only big namers that fail here are the poms…..can’t handle the sun here 🙂
Hart was woeful…
Didn’t watch it as I knew it would be dreadful. Watched DIY SOS instead! Much better outcome!
Lets be honest Hart was at fault for the 3rd and the 4th goals….! He’s made a few howlers this season for sure…!
Why on earth would AU want to put any of his money into the club when the yank sits on his arse and invests not a cent…? As it stand AU could pump in 200million sponsorship and the yank takes it out and pockets it…!
I watched “how to bake a cake” miles better than the footie Rock 😉
Very true re our goalie bashing. Hart and Schwarzer have made more mistakes than Don Vito has but the media will not mention that will they?
Personally, the media do not educate me on anything especially when we have people like Big Old Tony of FC Gabala, Azerbaijan slating the management skills of AW when he could not even qualify for europe with his squad.
I know the results have been bad since the October international break but as I asked yesterday will be consider an FA or CoC win plus finishing 5th or 6th a success than finishing 3rd like last year?
So I guess the media were right that Kenny Dalglish was sacked because of the Suarez incident and not because he did not finish in the top 4 after spending £80M on a bunch of rejects? Daglish even admitted 2 weeks ago on radio that his sacking had nothing to do with the Suarez incident even though he could have handled it better in hindsight.
On the other hand though Wath,it could be that Usmanov sees how much easy cash Stan is making and wants a piece.
His intentions may be honourable………who knows?
rocastle, how’s you mate, all well I hope…!
Tottenham’s Mousa Dembélé ruled out of Arsenal match with hip injury
• Spurs midfielder fails to recover from hip problem in time
• Jermain Defoe and Kyle Walker face late fitness tests
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Least AU has offered to put money into the club though Scott the yank hasn’t….! he sits and waits to take it out…! Not even speculate to accumulate…!
Mousa Dembélé has been ruled out of Tottenham Hotspur’s north London derby against Arsenal on Saturday.
Dembélé has become a key player for Spurs since his deadline day move from Fulham, but he has missed the club’s last eight games with a hip problem. The Belgian had hoped to return for Saturday’s match at the Emirates Stadium, but his manager André Villas-Boas has ruled the playmaker out of the game.
“Dembélé does not have a chance, not for this game,” Villas-Boas said. “There is a 50% chance he will be back for the Lazio game. I think surgery at the moment is out of the question, hopefully.”
Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon and Kyle Walker all suffered hamstring injuries in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester City. Lennon appears to have been given the go ahead to play against Arsenal, but Villas-Boas is unsure whether Defoe and Walker will be available.
“They haven’t trained with the team yet. They have had lighter sessions on their own,” Villas-Boas said of the trio.
“We will have to see today how they return to see if there’s any disturbance. Lennon had a scan yesterday, and it’s fine on his hamstring.”
Villas-Boas is already without long-term absentees Scott Parker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto and Younés Kaboul.
Schwarzer,who i reckon is a champion,made a few mistakes in the Aussie game…especially with set piece plays.
PHW has dropped another classic…lol
http://www.onlinegooner.com/article.php?section=exclusive&id=2818
The big BFG played the full 90 minutes last night as a n old school sweeper. Very interesting set-up Loew used against the Dutch.
Kev-its good news for us on the Dembele absence. SC19 did not play at all last night so it looks like lady luck is smiling on us again.
Scott there are always players like Schwarzer and Al-Habasi who always look inspired against us. Is it because they want to play for our very fine club.
I think you will find the reason that Dein parted company with R &W. was to do with the animosity between himself and Fiszman/Hill Wood. The board members wanted nothing to do with him and therefor would not talk to Usmanov. Unfortunately even with his departure the status quo remained.
Morning all.
Good post again Steve but I have to strongly disagree re Usmanov. We need him imho and sharpish.
And we need him to give AW a hoof up the bum and tell him to spend whatever money his is willing to part with, which could be a lot 🙂
Spot on Potter, The Dein dis-association from R&W was more so that the Board would talk to R&W as Dein wasn’t involved but even that hasn’t worked.
Yeah Ginge, i saw that about Santi, hope he doesn’t suffer any jet-lag…
Schwarzer grew up following the Arsenal.
Wasted opportunity.
Do you now that for sure Scott…?
It’s a bloody long flight AK, hope he in first and not cattle class so he can get a proper sleep and the right time and try to negate the jet lag…!
Scott, blame Mark Hughes mate…
I look forward to him getting the sack…
On the ownership subject but slightly different , I see that of The £140 million raised on the American stock market , the Glazers have walked off the best part of £ 75 million. Goes to show the danger of having one sole owner and the reason why Usmanov should be on the board to keep control of a similar situation.
Tbh Wath, Wenger has to pick his strongest team, and hope that the adrenalin based atmosphere overcomes any fatigue….
Santi/BFG have to play…
Oh Kev I am with you on the Hughes one. He is the reason why we do not have the Aussie in our goal. Schwarzer was even offered a post career role with us until MH came and messed up our plans on orders of the Scottish RedNose Don. I am certain of that.
I will jump for joy when he is kicked to the curb and repalced by ‘arry ‘red nap’.
Schwarzers dad said Mark was a Gooner when negotiations broke down.
Off to bed….have a great day guys.
Night Scott….
Also they have creamed the best part of £ 20 million in consultancy fees for all members of the family . These are the figures we rarely see for our board and majority shareholder.
Incidently apparently the week after Gazidis said that Usmanov would not be offered a seat on the board and that The Arsenal had no need of a cash injection from him, Our promotions dept sent a portfolio to Gazprom ( one of Usmanov’s companies ) to obtain a sponsorship deal.
You couldn’t make it up !
Has anyone noticed since Tottenham started playing our style of football they too have the same kind of injuries, Hamstring and hip and not from knocks.
Is the style too hard on the players to do it week in week out?
I guess Liverpool and Swansea would be teams to also see if that is the case.
you my fellow arsenal friend have fallen trap to what many other arsenals have fallen into, which is the indoctrination that arsenal are doing well, their standards have not dropped from being title winners and contenders but to 4th spot pushers and champions league group stage qualification, selling club, board having arsenal clubs success at heart and not their pockets.
im sorry, but i really hate what arsenal have become, silent stan kronke, is just interested in his pocket, and so are the other board members. wenger the muppet puppet is equally to blame albiet being a great manager for the club he has become the spokeman for the board and not the club.
bring in usamanov and david dien who we know is a winning combo when teamed up with wenger, take out and overhaul the board. we need to stand up because i for one is losing heart in watching arsenal play becoz it is painful what we have become, i am angry and frustrated becoz we cant seem to get our voice heard or they are heard but fall upon silent ears at the AGM’s, thats how i know the board do not respect the fans and in return love to milk us with ticket price hikes!
please please arsenal fans lets stand firm and root out the evil similarly how liverpools and manu fans have done.
plz post my comment!
Bradster, never watch the totts 😉
Mind you, will have to suffer them this Saturday….
Ginge, that’s the reason i never took the Taarabt rumours seriously because of Hughes’ obstructive nature to anything Arsenal, not that i want us to sign him anyway…
Thought that Raheem Sterling looked quite good last night, well from the highlights…
Lol Rico, I quite enjoyed the game against Man U. Strangely i hate Man U more than Spurs. Guess if I stayed a little closer I’d have more of a rivalry with them.
Hi Bradster, can see your theory but running and kicking a football can it be done diferently we do seem to accumulate a lot of injuries i must admit but i often wonder that if you go into tackles and are unsure of yourself i believe you will come off worse than someone that shows commitment. Watching some of our players challenging for a header do we actually call a challenge a challenge when a player hardly gets off the ground its challenges like these that i can’t understand how we get injured in the first place
I don’t really watch many other games Bradster, only us…
Not much to choose between either of them really….
A belated goodnight Scott….
I detest the vermin all day long…. Mancs dont come close to the swampies..! Mancs are an irritation that lot up the road are filth..!
I take it you don’t like them then Wath 🙂
Spurs, Liverpool and then the Mancs…..
That is my order of dislike….
Sorry, I meant hatred 😉
Stoke are higher on my dislike list than Liverpool, Rico!
Mine’s a personal thing rocky… Hate them….
I try get as much football in as my wife allows. Also gets me checking what my fantasy players are doing.
Too many soaps in my life to fit the footie in 🙂
“I for one believe that at this moment in time, Kroenke has a good record of running Arsenal as a successful club. Since he has been at the helm we have moved from Highbury to The Emirates which is a step forward and I all the time we are recording profits each year so why should we even consider Mr Usmanov?”
Stopped reading here as that fact is just wrong.
Kronke was never even in sight until AFTER the move from Highbury to Emirates. The old board with Fitzman as the majority share holder oversaw th actual move.
Welcome kiety,
Your first comment went into the trash because we don’t talk to people the way you did the author of todays post. Not everyone believes that Usmanov is the answer and we have to respect that view.
Like you, I hope for AU to take us over, inject some money into the club and get us back to having a proper squad again, one which will hopefully bring some silverware.
But, we have to hope that if that happens, AU is true to his word about keeping the club traditions….
But we don’t need too much money injected into the club…
I know, between the Kardashians, some Texas crap, Greys Anatomy, Private practice, bla bla bla. I had to buy a tablet and live stream the games on it.
You could say that SP….. 🙂
Delusional scumbags…!
Taking into consideration the quality of the defending in the Danish SuperLiga, i thiught that Johannason took his goals really well…
If the rumour is true…
Could be another Jenkinson?
Bradster – Welcome to my world!
Well taken goals. The Scandinavians are very good defenders though. Daniel Agger, Gravessen Mellberg and Granqvist etc are/were good tacklers. I think they are 2nd only to the old English CB’s
Kev, that guy was born in the States and has scored 12 in 14 games this season….
Thanks to Wikki…. 😉
TW replacement?
I watch any type of European football. I have taken to the Bundesliga for the last 2-3 years again.I even watch the ladies games but not for reasons Micko and Goonie watch ladies football. 😀
Is that right Rico, hmm, still might have work permit problems, unless the club know otherwise?
I only got to watch the woman’s Olympics tsGH, hmmm, USA and Sweden have some nice looking ladies.My country, South Africa were terrible to look at though.
Rico,
firstly please accept my humble apologies for my opening liner of my first reply.
i agree, we dont need much money invested if any. but the mindset of becoming a 4th spot team needs to change quick and fast. this mentality i think has aided in losing some of our best players.
i get really annoyed when AW defends a board that clearly has £ signs as their priority and not the club, for me when he does that he loses his respect and what he stands for.
i havnt been to a single game this year and thats sad and hurtful to say.
i read an article earlier by online gooner quoting hill saying we want people with arsenal in our blood. such hypocrisy is not boding well with me and angers me.
something has to change drastically and issues needs to be addressed urgently in order for our club to be classed at the top of the EPL again.
im all for the black scarf movement and i think unity amongst fans will prevail.
He was only born there Kev, didn’t stay there though 🙂
Welcome kiety, you’ll find many on here who share your views mate…
kiety, thanks and all forgotten now.
We are a nice bunch here and don’t insult each other like other places 🙂
We pretty much feel the same here. changes are needed if we are to improve and that means SK freeing up money for AW and telling him to spend it….
😀 Bradster I shall be reporting you to Lady Rico and W.A.T.H to add you to the goonster gang.
Wenger, at the end of the day, is just an employee, even if he does realise his value to the Board…
But even he would be given the old ‘Tin Tack’ if he continually voiced his opposition to the Board’s policies…
If he didn’t care about Arsenal, he would have fcuked off years ago, probably immediately post-Dein’s sacking…
Maybe Arsene cares too much…???
But did he not say, not so long ago, that he had no objection’s to Ursmanov joining the Board…!
No doubt he still meet’s and chat’s to Dein…
😆 Tsgh, poor Bradster…
Kev – I honestly believe Wenger would welcome a Usmanov takeover tomorrow and re DD, they holiday together, they are the best of buddies…. I’m sure
Reporting tsGH? Sounds like it’s a bad thing to like hot women who like football.
I agree Rico…
http://superarsenaltv.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/laurent-koscielny-interview-2/
Cheers all I’m off, maybe catch up later tonight and you call fill me in on the “goonster gang”.
Arsenal loanee Sanchez Watt has suffered a blow with the news that the hamstring injury he has suffered is considerably worse than first feared.
Watt, who has been enjoying a very good loan spell with Colchester United in League One alongside fellow Arsenal teammate Craig Eastmond, suffered the injury during the U’s FA Cup tie with Chelmsford.
Speaking about the injury, Colchester boss Joe Dunne said
Sanchez has had his operation, and it’s pretty bad. He has torn the hamstring very badly, so he will be out for months rather than weeks. Sanchez will recover from it, but it will take time.
Watt’s loan spell from Arsenal was due to be for a three month period so it is likely that this will see him return to Arsenal to continue his rehabilitation rather than remaining with Colchester while unable to play. He made seven appearances for Colchester during his time there, finding the net twice.
See ya Brad
Adel Taarabt has signed an extension….thank fuck for that!!
TTFN Bradster…
Phew Lee…
Not good for him Kev and he was doing quite well wasn’t he…
I’m off to for a bit, later all…
morning good people, did jenks finally play for you lot? gosh another wasted career. why didnt he just turn up playing for qatar instead? you english suck at soccer(football). jeez now watch jenkinson’s career regress. hahahahaha really wanna get under WATH’s and AK”s skin this morning. hahhaahhaah but seriously guys you suck. wait till my beloved oranj get a hold of you suckers. we ll wipe the floor with your mug kissers, especially rooney’s. COYGS!
get back here rico…..i just got here.
christ it happens again…..i pop in they scram. this getting ridiculous.
alright that’s it….i give you guys to the count of 3 to get back here or am off to legrove! and am not playing.
Hi Kiety, I noticed you didn’t agree with some or all the post and of course your opinion is orth listening too. Ganted as Sir AK stated earlier the move to the Ems was not down to Kroenke but whoever it was they soon sold their shares to whoever would buy them, they made sure that they wasn’t going to be responsible for the bills but heh who cares who pays the bills eh. since Kroenke has been at the helm whether you like it or not he has helped secure the clubs future we are doing alright by the sounds of it Usmanov has sunk some money in to buy his shares so would i if i had that kind of dough, a thriving buisness is a good thing to invest in but just because a guy says he will or would release more money if he was in charge doesn’t mean he would i look at it this way we have a good club we have good people running it and in my mind we have one of the best Managers around, we have a pretty good squad and in my opinion which i know you don’t think much of i believe that when they start to fire together we will win more than we lose so for me at this present time is its better to stick with the enemy we know than a Russian stranger who no one knows where his money has come from promising to spend his money on a foreign football club which he has never ever supported before 12 billion he could afford a player or two couldn’t he wouldn’t break his bank would it it would also bring a bit of pressure on stan wouldn’t it.
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that’s it legrove here i come……..move over gambon, the goonster is on his way.
Stan you nailer….wassup?
awwwwwwww come on guys……i can’t take this no more. where are you guys? ginge,AK, lee,micko, WATH and even DG? am nothing without you all. hey what happened to adam? i missed him. come on you guys. its goonster time!
Lee re :-Taarabt wonderful how just the mention of The Arsenal brings people to the table
about time………..took you long enough lee. where’s everybody?
tarabt is shit…..i dont want him. he used to play for the scums didnt he? have we really hit rock bottom? tarabt? really?
AW has created his own legacy at our club.
He is ruining some of his early good work, and upsetting Gooners.
I believe he deserves to see out his contract to 2014.
My top replacement is David Moyes:
His squad is always prepared.
He takes no prisoners and has wonderful discipline.
Not long ago, Moyes was touted as a direct replacement for SAF.
We need to go back to a British backbone with some euro flair.
He was with Shitmakh smoking the pipe….and as you state Stan, he’s shit…couldn’t trap a bag of cement!
haahaaahaha OMG lee is on fire. i told your joke at my work place and one dude laughed so hard he farted.
Stan where you been mate, you been locked up, things have been running quite smoothly here with her ladyships leadership but i suppose you want to rattle her a bit and also to upset the old uns like wath i hope you know we will hold you responsible if the old guuzers blood pressure goes up.
Talking of shit……check this penalty out!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2012/nov/15/worst-penalty-brazil-neymar-video
HAHHAHA morning sir SP, am still breathing big guy. how’s fishing? you still owe me a cod or two steve. and i ll get it when i come visiting during the holidays.
good afternoon all
hahahahah WATH’s so old his hair curls around his big massive ears. hahhahaha
He’ll have plenty to say once his slept off his medication he comes on just to get his pulse up to permitted levels before he has another dose.
Stan if you had to live on what i catch you would need medication too, mind you you probably do anyway 🙂
hahahhah sir steve you re killing me……where is the old geezer right now. or even that irish prick micko. wanna give him a piece of my mind.
Hi ya JM any good news from your part of the world tell me its cold and frosty there mate
well you still owe me a fish or two sir sp…….and am not taking no for an answer. i love fish but i love chicks more.
Micko is still getting over the Irish result once he has had a few dark ones his humour will return
Arsène Wenger has revealed the following team news ahead of the Tottenham game:
on team news…
Of course we have long-term injuries like Rosicky (tendon), Diaby (thigh) and Gibbs (thigh) who are not back at the moment. All the others have little knocks and those decisions will be made on Friday.
on those ‘others’…
Szczesny (ankle), Walcott (muscle), Chamberlain (hip) – they all have a chance to be in the squad. Walcott came off against Fulham and will have a test tomorrow [Friday]. So will Szczesny.
on Sagna…
He has a test tomorrow [Friday]. It is just for general fatigue. He’s played three games quickly but before that he didn’t play for six months.
on Gervinho…
He is still out [with an ankle problem]. He has a chance to be fit for next week.
Bout time you found one to settle down with we have to put up with it its only fair you get some. you would need medication for that thats a lifetime of pain
hahahaahh i bet he’s drowning his sorrows on cheap nigerian guiness. what a cheapskate…..but i love him.
Only two things smell of fish stan and ones fish
yeah i guess you re right sir sp……mama says the same thing. grrrrr, but do i have to?
Cheers Emma sound like the walking wounded, if they can’t get themselves up for this one well i just don’t know
hey emma is gibbo really fit for the spuddies? we could use him. cant watch tv5 and santo anymore.
sp, I still feel we will struggle on Saturday. Just hoping we get to the finishing line with a win. Gibbs and diaby cant be counted upon to be fit all season. Lets just hope that we can get replacement in Jan
Hey goonie I knew you were coming around. lol
According to sources you scared Clorinda away. Micko is not happy with you!
Kev- AW and Dein on holiday last year during the Cesc and Nastry saga
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3679274/Is-Arsene-Wenger-splashing-out-in-Europe.html
https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/269104462528913408
hahahaha ginge you mad cow……i didnt chase clorinda away. she ckickened out. my blonde locks scared her i guess. she couldnt handle a blonde adonis!
Adonis you say… lol
Yes the EPL teams spent a minimum of 75% of their revenue on player salaries. That does not include the gardener and the tea ladies pay etc.
howdy ginge, how re you?
never gonna happen guys…….ffp is a dream within a dream.
I am fine boss. How are you doing with the Texas size burgers?
pah i hate burgers……they give me gas. am into chicken right now. bojangles to be precise. men those guys do chicken right.
Is that spicy chicken?
no my man its grilled i think……..if you want spicy chicken here in raleigh go to pollo alabrasa. mmmmmmmmmm delicious. i dont do spice. gives me heart burn.
I hope your right Emma we should be due a win and what a good time to have one. Be nice to beef the squad up as well, mind you if we had all the squad fit all the time i wouldn’t bother just get the system right and i think we could win our fair share
is dembele still out for them? he could be the difference between us winning and they getting a draw. we missed a trick there. that guy is class plus he’s premier league proven. sometimes i dont get our transfer policy.
Hi Steve,
It’s raining now …
I’ve read about 10-15 acquisitions for January and about a half-dozen players off
The custom …
Dembele is alleged to be out but the other scums should be fit to play. Adebawhore will try to prove a point.
ade the whore is a “has been”just like WATH and AK…….all talk no action. just a bag of fart.
Liver-poo want him though. Very strange but hey if a team will sanction the purchase of Downey and charlie Adams then …
hahhaahah liverpoop is a clssic mid table team. i just hope after fergies demise manure will hit a rot too. gosh i hate those red faced bastard more than the scummers even.
I reckon the EPL investigation team will strip RedNose of at leat 2 title for the daylight robbery they practice on Arsenal.
..at least… I meant
ginge i hope they strip him off more than titles. i hate that scotish uncouth son of a whore. but we can only dream cause its never gonna happen. the FA are too lily livered. muppets all of them.
😀 not until he has passed away in years time. Even the Naples team got hit with everything in the late to early 90’s with all their connections to the Camorra.
Buona sera.
Nice to be back. I was for three days in Holland. So I could not come on this nice website before.
I am not scared of Mr Goonster. Italian mans are more romantic and better good looking.
I look forward to the game agianst our neighbours. That is the game I most want to win.
still can’t believe an average manure team has been besting us every year cause of referees and FA bias towards us. i hope he rots in hell. i ll personally provide petrol to roast him for all eternity. what a c**t.
Then you must be verry rich Mr Goonster to provide petrol for all eternity. You have an oil rig in Arabia?
I hope Jenkinson plays. He is good because he is my one of my favourite players.
clorinda, have you seen me? italian men you say? like gattuso and balotelli huh? please, am a blonde adonis maam. you better ask somebody.
yes maam i do
Because italiani mans are more romantic, give us flowers, take us to wine dinners and give us nice words.
Gattuso and Balotelli?? They are real mans who have nice bodies with six packs and muscles.
Blond Adonis?? pfffftttttttttttttt. More like blind Adonis
hahahahahhah i like that……blind adonis she says. hahaahahhhhaah HH ll be the death of me.
hey clor, calm down senorita i ve got muscles too….in the right places too. ask AGAG. she’s felt them.
Hi Clorinda. So you have perfect timing too. You come back when Goonie is on here
And we italian womans do not like to give in easily to mans. I guess by now you should know that. My papa would never allow me to love someone who I do not know.
Is it loyalty or foolishness.Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has extended his contract with Montpellier
ginge she’s telepathic i guess. can’t get enough of the goonster. yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaa men am a stud!
I told you I was in Holland for a few days because my capo send me to work there in his hotel. Could not come before.
Where you got muscles Goonster? What right places? I think it is in your fingers and tongue. You talk too much!!! and type too much.
you got no muscles in your head. And you need strength in your head to love italian womans.
hahahahaahha she loves me……….
Anyways. I write here because I want to learn about Arsenal and not because I want a stoopid Holland man. I go to Holland for that, but they are not lovely and cute.
So what you mans think about next game?
I think we will loose if we play like we have done last few games.
Good Evening my Esteemed Gunner Conspirators.
Here its raining cats and dogs.
And I am even peeing cats and dogs. I am dying from laughter. Are you sure Clorinda loves you Goonie? 😆
hahahaaahaahaha she’s pissed i see……..hey calm down clor. jeez dont insult my nationality. christ its all for fun maam. no hard feelings. hahahahahah christ in heaven.
DG she’s really pissed…….i just dont get why she takes me serious. hahahahah its all for fun maam. we re just goofing around. hahahahhaha i love this place. long live HH.
Ibrahimovic,ronaldo.cech,yar yar,these 4 players were at the arsenal and we never signed them..Why Mr Wenger..its enough to make to make you puke….no of any more….
I do not think she is pissed Goonie. Its more that you have been taken in by her. Seems as if she can twist you around her little finger and make you pant like a dog.
And she did not insult your nationality. She likes dutch people. Its someone like you who is not so romantic that gets on her nerves. 😉
hey clorinda come back mon cherie……i didnt mean it. for you i ll be a blind adonis. please dont go. hahahhahaaha. am sorry maam, its just how i roll. if you don’t like it i promise i ll stop. no hard feelings. its HH for crying out loud, we re unpredictable. once again am sorry.
Frednerk……even Drogba, Lampard and another guy from West Ham were considered or given a trial by AFC and AW. And they have never played for us.Drogba over Ibrahimovic any time mate. But I also like Zlatan.
hahahahhah DG you numpty she called me “stoopid”………..if that’s not being pissed then i don’t know what it is.
Would you go and dance naked in ice for me then? In one of the Keukenhof Garden foutains? And post the photo on HH?
anyway am sorry clorinda……..forgive me.
Now now Stan Clorinda needs to be swooned by your knowlege of her favorite club get that right and you might pull on her heartstrings but if she has any sense she would do better with Wath or AK at least she’d get a good drink or a cab home.
nah my mama ll disown me…..she’s all i ve got left. can’t afford to alienate her.
hahahaha sir sp….i think you re right. jeez i need to get more knowledgeable about all things arsenal and less nailing. AK maybe but WATH? paah dont make me laugh. him and micko are the worst.
But you do not understand Italian women Goonie. They are a very different breed to you Northern Europeans. You do not enter into an argument with an Italian lady and expect to win.
jeez where is the arguement DG? i only professed my goonster love to her, that’s all. maybe you re right sir sp its time i settle down. am getting kinda old for this. yikes am turning into WATH.
Goonie you are a chicken. First you say that you will do anything and then when she proposes you chicken out. Shame on you. Do you want me to persuade her to accept you?
gordon bennett…it’s a dating site…love it
nah she scares me….she’s the kind that ll beat the crap outta me at home. thanks DG but no thanks. i ll go back to my first love……AGAG. I can handle her you know.
The chicken has given up. You are a joke mate. 😉
But I can assure you that Clorinda is a very beautiful italian signorina. With a very nice smile and kind character.
Now that is what you need Stan a way with romantic Devil words he’s a right old smoothy
I see that Sagna might not play. Do you think that he can play instead of Walcott on the right and Jenkinson behind him as a defender?
Grandad is italian Sir SP. That is why I know their ways. And the way to treat Italian women is surely the use of nice romantic words.
Clorinda. Goonie is a nice fellow deep down. He is great fun, but totally different to what italian woman are used to. But deep down he is a great fellow who is still a boy at heart. He makes HH go round with his comments and friendliness.
I knew you had some inside info Devil 🙂
Dont jump to conclusions yet Clorinda Wenger often speaks with forked toungue dont rule anybody out yet
Clorinda, your better off going down to the fish counter at your local super-market, you’ll find bigger muscles there than Stan will ever have !
Tsgh, sorry mate, just can’t get into monkey tennis.
DiamondDave, what about the 3 Emirates Cup trophies, it’s all rock ‘n’ roll baby.
Frednerk, where’s Cilla Black when you need her ?
Stan, you old tart…….
“If you don’t all come back i’m going to LG, nah nah nah”
jeeez…. 🙂
Anyway, where have YOU been Stan…..?
In solitary????
Hi Kev.
What do you think of Sagna in front of Jenks? Clorinda came up with it and I sort of like the idea
So in reality we can play like this……
Mannone
Jenks, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Gibbs
Arteta, Wilshere
Sagna, Cazorla, Santos
Giroud
I think that will be a very hard team to beat.
Then I will put in Podolsi Gervinho and Theo for Sagna, Santos and Giroud.
Stan is copping it,i see.
The lovely lady has opened a can of whoop asssss on you mate lol.
Clorinda,Aussie men know just how to treat an Italian rose……..
Morning all!!
Morning Scottie Boy.
How’s the sun down under? Upside down? 😆
Hi Habib,
Bonzer Scott…
How you guys doing?
Wow, i had a serious session up the gym, i’ve gotta get in shape now that Stan is putting me forward for Cloride or whatever her name is…
What do you reckon Coach???
Ivan Gazidis: Arsenal will compete with biggest clubs in the world
By Simon Austin and David Ornstein
BBC Sport Comments (92)
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has assured fans the club will be able to compete with any side in the world over the next few seasons.
The Gunners have not won a trophy since 2005 and have made their worst start to a Premier League season.
However, Gazidis argues the club is in a powerful position for the future.
“As we look to the next two, three years we will have an outstanding platform on which to compete with any club in the world,” he told BBC Sport.
Arsenal sponsorship deals
•Shirt manufacturer: Nike. Worth £13m per season. Expires 2013/14.
•Shirt sponsor: Emirates. Worth £5.5m per season. Expires 2013/14.
•Stadium sponsor: Emirates. Worth total £42m. Expires 2020/21.
Gazidis says Arsenal should pull off major commercial deals that will strengthen their financial standing next season. The Gunners moved to the 60,361 capacity Emirates Stadium in 2006/7 and have increased their turnover from £177.7m then to £243m in their latest set of figures .
Arsenal’s shirt sponsorship and manufacturer deals are due for renewal next season and they can expect big improvements. At £5.5m per season, their shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates is dwarfed by the likes of Manchester United, who have a deal with Chevrolet worth about £28m a season.
They are also expected to be able to double the £13m shirt manufacturer deal they currently have with Nike.
“Now we are in that stadium, the first part of our vision has been realised,” said Gazidis, speaking before Arsenal’s annual general meeting last month. “Now we are at the stage where some of the commercial deals that were tied into the construction of the stadium, and enabled us to take that first big step, will be renegotiated.
“When that happens, we will take the second big step forward and that will be comparable in magnitude to moving to the stadium itself. At times it’s been a challenging project, but we will have catapulted ourselves into the elite clubs on the European scale and that, for us, has been what the last 10 years has been about.
“Very clearly, it will push the club forward and put us into the top five clubs in the world in revenue terms, which will be a fantastic position to be in.”
Gazidis believes Arsenal will also be helped by the introduction of Uefa’s financial fair play regulations next season, which allow clubs to make only set losses initially before being required to break even.
He believes the rule could help the Gunners to start competing for some of the top players in European football. In the last few seasons, key players such as Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor, Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie and Alex Song have all left the club.
Arsenal’s last trophy was the 2005 FA Cup
“As our financial capability develops, as economic rationality enters the world of football, our ability to compete at salary levels for the very best talent will be enhanced,” Gazidis said.
Clubs will be excluded from European competition if they fail to comply with FFP, and Gazidis has warned Uefa they must enforce this penalty.
“Uefa are under tremendous scrutiny and pressure,” he said. “Every indication we have ever had from Uefa is that they are very serious about this.
“(Uefa president) Michel Platini has created this as his platform and if they don’t enforce FFP well and strictly, their credibility will be shot and they are very well aware of that.”
Gazidis also believes a break-even rule is about to be introduced in the Premier League.
“There is a growing consensus among owners across the Premier League that we need tighter fiscal regulation,” he said. “That will be good for the Premier League, clubs, owners and fans.”
Gazidis, however, denies claims that such a rule would make the Premier League less competitive.
“That has been a historical concern but I think it’s becoming less and less,” he said. “We are seeing Premier League revenues growing and growing, and in spending-power terms we have separated ourselves from the other leagues.
“In general terms the talent flow of players is going to be towards the Premier League, with or without FFP. In fact over a longer period the increased stability will attract better owners and actually lead to further growth and an even more exciting future.”
Good post steve. Im for usmanov getting in. I dont see why he would go through so much troubke if he isnt willing to help us succeed. Not looking for a complete sugar daddy, but someone who wants to help get trophies.
You gotta get the right muscles in their right place mate. What do you make of my line up habib? Ain’t bad no???
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NextGen side v Athletic Bilbao: Charles-Cook, Bellerin, Monteiro, Hajrovic, Angha, Toral, Olsson, Eisfeld, Hayden, Gnabry, Akpom
Hi Tuffers
Coach, if that line-up plays, and they win, then you are a genius, and i would happily take Cloride to the restaurant of her choice…
As long as it’s in London… 😉
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Subs: Mugabo, Iliev, Bihmoutine, Jeffrey, Jebb, Lipman, Ormond-Ottewill.
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Penalty to Bilbao as Fernandez goes down in the area (23) 0-0
Where is the Lady of the House????
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PENALTY SAVED! Charles-Cook pushes Fernandez’s spot kick around the post (24) 0-0
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RED CARD: Fernandez has been sent off for Athletic Bilbao for a possible elbow on Hajrovic (33) 0-0
Both Sagna and Santos love getting forward a lot and let’s face it……..tbh they do give good crosses and do give the odd shot at goal. Plus they can defend as well. That would mean the flanks being well protected.
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Big chance for Arsenal now against a 10-man Bilbao. They’ve played well so far, and have more than an entire half to take advantage (38) 0-0
Tbh Coach, the problem is gonna be on our other flank…
I can see Bale charging down that flank, not at Sagna…
Do you have the link Kev??? I am dying to see the nextgen!!!
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Half time: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Arsenal
This is a Twitter account i’m getting it from Coach….
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We are back underway here (46) 0-0
I agree mate with the Bale point on the left flank. Unless AW sees sense and plays Sagna and Jenks on both flanks.
Get this formation………3-4-1-2
Mannone
Koscielny,Mertesacker, Vermaelen
Jenkinson,Arteta,Wilshere,Sagna
Cazorla
Giroud, Theo.
We will murder the scum
That is a great line-up, and not far from the one i think Arsene will pick.
Switch Sagna for Jenks with Podolski on the left-flank….
Whatever we may think, we all know Arsene, bless him…
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Angha plays a lovely ball up the left and into Eisfeld in the box, whose touch takes it past the keeper but the defender clears (50) 0-0
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Gnabry cuts in from the left, touches it to Angha whose fierce shot is palmed away by the keeper (51) 0-0
It’s getting closer….
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Gnabry’s shot from outside the area is saved well by the Bilbao keeper (53)
The 3-4-1-2 formation is one I rarely use. It usually is useful when the opposition have very fast flanks but very weak centreback partnership. The spine is very strong and should be able to cope with each attack. Plus one of Wilshere and or Arteta needs to stay back to break up play.
And it is very creative.
Hi Tuffers, thank you, we all have our own wants and who’s to say one is right and one is wrong, all i know is that to get the emirates move and to finance the project a lot of things had to be changed Sir AK’s Post says a lot as far as Arsenals projected future is to be projected .Many thought that the sponsership deals we did were rubbish and we could or should have done better, at that time we were scratching for money we needed enough to finance the Stadium but we also had to make sure that we could afford the payments to keep our head above water, i read that Wenger had to agree not to spend too much for the deal to go through with the banks and he agree’d for what length of time that was i don’t know but the managment and board have had their hands tied to a certain degree but now we are getting to the time where these deals that we did are coming up for renewal and we are in a strong position to get top deals our supporters moan about the lack of investment but this had to be done to secure our future Wenger has excelled himself with what he has done with hardly any money to play with but supporters only see trophies as success our future looks very rosey but supporters would only say that if wenger went and his successor started winning things that wenger was the reason.
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Arsenal change: Anthony Jeffrey on for Jon Toral (65) 0-0
I can see where your coming from Coach, the Scummers main threat will come from Bale & Lennon, although how fit the latter is, is open to question?
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Arsenal change: Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill on for Kris Olsson (78) 0-0
He needs an early battering AK we do that and half their threat will be over.
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Close for Arsenal as Gnabry cuts in from the right past two men and hits a fierce drive that is well held by the Bilbao keeper (82) 0-0
Agree Stevo, give him a Winterburn/Dixon style challenge, just to let him know that it’s a NLD…
Steve, i have thought for a while that our future looks pretty bright, but our performance this season has shaken my confidence. I feel that we have talent, but now i dont think we are getting the most out of it. I was against selling the best striker in prem to a rival. Song and nasri were fine to go, and fabregas was a special case. Then theres also the mismanagement of walcotts contract. All of this is making our future more cloudy. And i am an Arsene fan. I know we owe so much to him, but we should be getting a little more competitive. A little investment from an owner would be nice.
Evening guys and gals….
Just popping in for an hour, been a afternoon to forget….
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Full time: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Arsenal
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I couldn’t agree more Tuffers, but i have thought that for some time i have to admit i got a bit carried away this season i really thought we had a team to compete for the league only for us not play how i think we should be able too, Van Persies sale has knocked the pipes out of a lot of the players watching him carry on scoreing for United feels criminal but we have rules in place about offering 30 year old contracts Robin wanted a longer contract i don’t know that for sure but i would imagine that was a priority for him and the rule would not be lifted so he had to go i was gutted as i’m sure many were but rules are rules and 25 mill was a good return. i honestly don’t think this kind of selling will continue as we get to the point of clearing our debt or i certainly hope so but we have had to do what we have to whether we like it or not.
hey kev, how’s tricks? i miss you big guy. me in solitary? nah they won’t have me.
Evening Rico, been busy then have you.
I’m good thanks Stan, thing’s are too quiet on here when your absent…
I know that Wath and Mick pine for you when your not In town…
And Lee really feels lonely when your not around.
Adam is very busy i believe, but he always speaks very highly of you…
Whilst Agag is desolate when your not here….
hahahaha very funny kev…..did you see how clorinda wiped me on the floor? jeez kev i was scared for a while there. anyway how’s the missus?
Steve Palmer….. The Voice of Reason
Hi Steve, had to go and check on my shoulder, then got stuck in traffic and had to resort to fish and chips for dinner which were awful…
The missus is just fine mate, she appreciates your concern..
Thanks…
How is your Mamma?
I hope you give her a ‘bell’ on a regular basis.
It must seem very quiet in your old household without you around to liven things up…
I didn’t know that you could get vegetarian fish Rico..?
Was it Quorn??? 😀
hey rico, i hold my hands up. no more womanizing on your blog. am done, washed up and hanging my boots……am losing my touch i guess. so that’s it ladies and gentlemen i ve given up nailing. no more for me ‘cept it comes easy. am settling down to raise me a family and make my mama proud.
Sorry to hear that Rico, how is the shoulder now
No more leg-spin for you madam…. 😛
yeah kev poor old edna she calls me up every now and then…..wish am home. she has athrithis(spelling) and it gets worse during the winter months. its her first winter without me. things are looking really bleak back home. wish i could be by her side.
Stan dont rush into thing my man i could see clorinda was weakening.
Evening gents and ladies..
Ah Goonie, Clorinda murdered you man! I think your proposed trip to Manila has to be brought forward now. lol
Dev I like you 3-4-1-2 formation. This tells me you are not one of the coaches who instructs my local team to play route 1 ball after 2 minutes.lol
I’m a Pescetarian Kev 🙂
Did you know though that you can get fish free fish fingers, now what is that all about 😉
ginge she took me to the cleaners..,phew for a minute there i felt like chocko the clown.
You can’t give give up Goonie, I was peeping game from you. 😀
Hi Goonie, phew, at last. Good to hear 🙂
It’s ok thanks Steve, could be a lot better but…..
It’s the other arm Kev 😉
England could do with a bit spin in India ….
Hi Tsgh – you leave goonie in retirement….
Is that like the Presbyterian for meat eater Rico? 😀
You are a what Rico???
Sounds like a Roman Legionaire.. 😉
Sorry about the shoulder boss, only joking 😳
You take care eh… 🙂
Pescetarian is one of those words you expect to hear from a girl you chart up in Hoxton square. Too modern and hype Rico.
Stan, i thought that you was ‘The Man’…..
I was taking notes mate, so that i could try out your style next time i visit the Nightclub with Wath and Mick…
………..but what am i gonna do? being a goonster is all i know. men am in trouble. so you want me to be refined like sir sp and adam? or twats like micko and lee? nah i ll rather be goonster, and there’s only one of me and he resides here in HH. COYGS!
😀 Kev. Goonie nearly convinced me he was Hitch from the movie.
I’ll have to google that Tsgh 😉
Kev, I get used to telling people i am a veggie as it’s easier. Some people, especially oldies think veggies eat chicken for some bizarre reason…
I knew Kev & I will honest 😉
Stan, you cant give up Wath will take you to the cleaners son
Hahahahah kev you crack me up…….taking notes you say. gosh HH rocks. in your face le shite!
u just got to watch her Godfather thats all
exactly sir sp….that old geezer will have my hide.i wont quit now…i ve come too far. to turn back so soon. sorry rico.
So AVB reckons his side MUST be us on Saturday, hope AW is drumming into our lot that we MUST be the Totts….
😆 goonie, you just be who you want to be….
You still in the States??
If so, when do you go back home?
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Details of Carl Jenkinson contract; until 2018, in a reported £1.6 million a year deal. The kids signed a 6 year contract on 32K pw. #afc
maam if dembele is out then we ll definitely take them apart….but if he plays wow then its a different story. how we didnt sign that guy still irks me.
Ginge i thought he was the guy in Last Tango in Paris…
That’s a true gooner for you, 6 years, just £32K a week….
Good guy…..
Wonder if Walcott has taken note, after all, both are now England internationals…
yeah am still in raleigh but mama needs me…..am torn between my work and family. she’s so lonely now that me elder sister moved out. it breaks my heart that pa died 2 years ago. at least she wont be this lonely. so sad.
Is your mum back in Holland goonie?
yes maam……just her and nobody. it hurts so bad. wish i could go home for christmas but its looking unlikely now.
Ha Ha ah Kev.
He can’t be Marlon Brando otherwise he would not have chatted an Italian lady up with a greek alias meaning beautiful boy. He would have tried with a Roman god like Plutus. The thought of money would have maybe done the trick…
Stan knock it off man your breaking me up
6 year contract on that salary wow!
Hey goonster your mum will be fine just make sure you give her a call every day. 😀
😥
am sorry sir sp but its the truth. its winter and during the winter months she finds it hard to move freely. am worried about her steve. pa was her only companion. it breaks my heart.
That’s not so good goonie, just pack up and go home…..
Cheap as chips eh Tsgh
Family is the most important thing mate fuck work go home for Christmas end of
but AK say stay and see off my contract……am so confused. am so close.
Very sweet of you mate but work ain’t worth shite so try to be with your mum if you can take time off during the festive period.
That is what I use to tell my young soldiers in Afghan if they were an only child. It ain’t worth dying for even your country sometimes.
How long do you have to go on your contract Stan?
I am cheap but not as cheap as chips Rico..lol
3 more months kev……
Hmm, that’s into February…
What about your sister, is she gonna be at home for Christmas?
Good evening sweet hearts…..how are we on this fine eve.
Gazidis opening his big mouth again i see. Bigging up all things Arsenal PLC. Sorry Ivan no one listens to you and your lies anymore.
i hope so kev……or else mama might die of a heart attack. it gets so lonely out there during winter.
That is a long contract mate. I dont know what you do but can’t you have the festive period off for a quick 2 day visit?
Then you’d better go home for Christmas, even if it’s only for a couple of days Stan….
yes i will kev..thanks for your concern mate. am thankful.
Jenks contract Tsgh, not you 😉
Ah oh Rico. 😀
But then again if he was at manure he would not be making that amount until 2 years time at least. He is roughly on the same amount of Welbeck.
Going to call it a day now guys, catch you all tomorrow..
Have a good one all, Nighty…..
night rico…..
I didn’t think that was so bad Tsgh….
Wellbeck is rubbish and overpaid 😉
Gone now….
Nte rico move over i.m on the way up nte all
What’s that formation devil?
What is that soppy mug Stanley on now… I have never ever heard such utter drivel even for him he’s out done himself…!
I see the Italian mare has soon sorted him out.. what a pansy… he could not kiss her backside quick enough….! Adonis he says… what a muppet…!
Evening all, bad news re Sat that Gibbs ain’t fit… thats a real bummer…! Not happy…!
hahahahah WATH you old goat…..i pop out and you sneak in and try to sound all macho. why dont you say it to my face you old windbag.
I’ll give you goat you pansy….!! The only one sounding all macho was you while running away from the Italian lady who whipped your arse….! So much for gods gift to women…! what a let down…! you should be hiding in disgrace…!
hahahahah WATH, she really whupped me huh? for a while there i almost shit myself.
but i bet i can still take you any day you old goat…….hahahahah.
She whipped your arse good and proper Stan, I can smell from here…!
In your dreams brlycreem boy………….
hahahha WATH, i still dont get why she freaked out mate. it was all for fun. are italians weird? maybe i have to ask dg. he seems to know a lot about them.
Smudge 9.28, agreed mate, he’s full of his own piss and shit.
Stan, you don’t live to work but work to live, get your ugly mug home for Christmas, if you got a problem with that take it up with wath.
hahaaha here comes me old pal micko…..how’s the nigerian guinees working for ya? you old cheap skate.
Micko, Funny how we left Highbury on promises of being able to compete for the worlds best players, to be one of the very top clubs in world football and yet now it’s wait 2 years and FFP kicks in and we’ll be top dogs ad able to compete and and and….. So when FFP goes tits up whats the next excuse to roll out for being able to compete in about 2018/2019….
Bullshit and bollox yet again….! Fuck the Board and the Yank, stick to Baseball Stan we don’t want your type…!
Not you Stan… Syrup head…!
Yeah man, its all good stan,
Why not serenade Clorinda with a version of ‘Just one Cornetto’
she’ll be like putty in your hands.
oh WATH, syrup head you say? what is that?
jeez micko not another word……she scares me. i ll be shitting in my pants if she ever comes on here.
Wath, it’s like you said the other day, we’re just going round in circles, its like throwing apples into an orchard.
We might have a state of art stadium now but give my right arm to be playing back at Highbury again, that was a proper stadium, the emirates doesn’t hold a candle to it and never will.
Hark at the blonde Adonis crapping his pants from a bit of skirt……… Embarrassing…!
Syrup is slang for a wig Stan… !!
Spot on matey and with the game on Sat coming up I so wish for the good ole days….! Nothing like taking liberties with the sheenies, now it’s a watered down sanitized atmosphere and they wonder why the team lacks passion…!
WATH she was like evil kernevil(spelling) in skirts. i freaked out. gosh where’s AGAG when you need her.
That’s funny Stan… AGAG will spit you out in little pieces as well.. so much for Captain charming……. I think you need lessons in love to swoon the Italian maid…! Grow some and tell her what a man you are…!
no way……..i dont even like pizza WATH, am done flirting with her. its back to my first love AGAG.
Wath, everyone knows it’s a combo, can’t forget the moustache as well.
Nite guys, off to my bunk, this Nigerian Guinness is strong stuff.
Nite Micko, am off to me pit as well…. Best you go take karate lessons Stan… man up you pansy…. 😉
Stan,Clorinda has been on Twitter telling the world you Dutch lads are sooky lalas…..it was a test and you failed dismally lol
She is coming down under where the men are men 🙂
Morning all, new post will be up in around 9.30, see you there…
Morning guys and gals. I see Gibbs is still out for this one and maybe Walcott too. Scary thing was that it was supposed to be a light knock.
So Pod will not track back nor play well without Gibbs and TV will have his work cut out with Walker and Lennon down his flank. Unless that 3-5-2 option Wenger spoke about is taken up.