Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[KSE Comedy Club]

I wonder if he knows that it says 'Reds' in danish on his microphone (like in 'the reds'). Its an australian brand, that has nothing to do with Denmark at all or the color red, its short for rodent, with an added 'Ø' to be creative. I just find it ironic that its being used by an Arsenal fan, for his youtube show :geek:

Or maybe he does know what it means.

[Munchies]

http://www.offthepost.info/wp-content/uploads/1356803575108.gif

http://i.minus.com/iHSW8QXWp1WBZ.gif

http://i.minus.com/ibNiu4VzC93M7.gif


http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/arsen.gif

http://myloveforthegame.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Wenger-Jacket-Gif.gif

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1358365577886.gif

[milla]

The best Nike advert ever IMO. :coffee:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Josh :bow:

Me. :bow:

[Özim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFc4KJTnYCM&list=UUBTy8j2cPy6zw68godcE7MQ&feature=c4-overview


Zimm :sulk::sulk:

I'm a cool looking guy aren't I? :cool:

I should have used different words though, I don't expect anyone to run until their lungs burn. That would be cruel.

[milla]

I'm a cool looking guy aren't I? :cool:

I should have used different words though, I don't expect anyone to run until their lungs burn. That would be cruel.

Nah, you just expect them to run until their lungs die. :coffee:

[Munchies]

Guess Bendtner has seen all the Ronaldo/Messi/comparisons :haha:

Iamme,I am not trying to copy anyone or anything.I do what I like,andIdo what I want!don't like me for it?I could not care less.I'm original
https://twitter.com/bendtnerb52/status/431222359362912256

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Chezza tried to tap up Lewandonski :lol:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/05/robert-lewandowski-wojciech-szczesny-sign-for-arsenal

[Marc Overmars]

He should have joined, would have been a better move for him than Bayern.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chezza tried to tap up Lewandonski :lol:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/05/robert-lewandowski-wojciech-szczesny-sign-for-arsenal

These players really can't talk enough about themselves and who wants them, can they? What a tit, why not just keep his trap shut and get on with being a hot and cold striker?

[Munchies]

As above, Lewandowski will be shown up for how average he is at Bayern. Wouldn't of minded him here, but he isn't that much of an upgrade on Giroud.

Mandzukic is a far better player compared to him.

[Niall_Quinn]

Daily report on astoundingly poor journalism. Today is a case of picking the players who had a bad game last week and then copy/pasting the column inches:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2551546/Every-club-weak-link-Sportsmail-takes-look-Premier-League-liabilities.html

Craig "no" Hope.

[Syn]

Daily report on astoundingly poor journalism. Today is a case of picking the players who had a bad game last week and then copy/pasting the column inches:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2551546/Every-club-weak-link-Sportsmail-takes-look-Premier-League-liabilities.html

Craig "no" Hope.

That's pathetic work. How do these people have a job.

[Niall_Quinn]

And here's more from Martin Samuel, high point is his nervous breakdown at the beginning of the article where he twists like the Mamas and the Papas trying to avoid being pelted with the inconvenient facts. Arsenal remain top, the chavs are now batting 100% against victim club city. Then he settles down to slaughtering the chavs for all their financial misdeeds while condoning the gypo's for doing even worse. Apparently having two big money bags club is good for football, whereas having only the one is a vicious plot by Platini.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2552828/MARTIN-SAMUEL-THE-DEBATE-The-little-horse-Jose-s-latest-ploy-s-amazing-fans-lap-Chelsea-hypocrites-lucky-rich-rivals-City.html

This fat bastard is a laughing stock.

[Munchies]

:lol: He picked Sir Ches ???

Ches has had the most clean sheets this season , and has made some saves which have been world-class. His only real brainfart came against Newcastle, which was a fair bit ago now.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Daily report on astoundingly poor journalism. Today is a case of picking the players who had a bad game last week and then copy/pasting the column inches:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2551546/Every-club-weak-link-Sportsmail-takes-look-Premier-League-liabilities.html

Craig "no" Hope.
As soon as I saw Ches' name I stopped reading.

I knew it was gonna be bullshit.

[I am invisible]

I guess we must really be doing OK, if Szcz is the only player they could pick out as a weak link? Oh well, long may the lazy analysis and out-of-date assumptions about our team continue!

[Niall_Quinn]

Craig Hope is back, and he's found a way to get city to the top of the table. This masterpiece could also be used by Martin Samuel to prove his pointlessness.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2553796/Proof-money-buys-happiness-Manchester-City-Chelsea-Manchester-United-net-spend-charts.html

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is he suggesting being able to spend close to or over half a billion on transfers might help in winning a trophy? Including Man City and Chelsea as one entity stretches the point a bit though I would say.

Craig Hope for the Best.

[I am invisible]

Is he suggesting being able to spend close to or over half a billion on transfers might help in winning a trophy? Including Man City and Chelsea as one entity stretches the point a bit though I would say.

Craig Hope for the Best.

I know, what an eye-opener, right? I mean who would have thought that spending close to a three quarters of a billion pounds on players would drastically improve your side's chances of winning trophies AND that that would make you happier as a fan?

Hey, maybe it's not just football clubs? Maybe incredibly rich people in general are happier than the poor? Wouldn't that be something?

[Fist of Lehmann]

Had he included analysis of league point per combined wage and transfer spend he might have had a moderately non-trivial article. That at least would have told us who was over or underperforming versus their net spend.

He should have included wages anyway because having Stoke right up there in the top four made his already facile point look shakier than it should have been.

Journalism :lol:

Hopeless.

[Niall_Quinn]

Our performance so far this year has really rubbed the football establishment up the wrong way. Just who the fuck do we think we are? If something isn't done about us people will start thinking football is about 22 guys kicking a ball around.

[Özim]

Our performance so far this year has really rubbed the football establishment up the wrong way. Just who the fuck do we think we are? If something isn't done about us people will start thinking football is about 22 guys kicking a ball around.

You're such a sceptic.

[Syn]

This is all horseshit NQ. I have no doubt the establishment - and the media, really - want us to win. They just don't think we can do it, and quite frankly our own fans don't either so why should they big up our chances.

still, putting all that aside, it's clear Man City have had some incredible luck with referees. I'm not going to claim corruption but if the correct decisions were made we'd be a lot more than 2 points clear right now.

[Fist of Lehmann]

You're such a spastic.

Reported.

[Niall_Quinn]

This is all horseshit NQ. I have no doubt the establishment - and the media, really - want us to win. They just don't think we can do it, and quite frankly our own fans don't either so why should they big up our chances.

still, putting all that aside, it's clear Man City have had some incredible luck with referees. I'm not going to claim corruption but if the correct decisions were made we'd be a lot more than 2 points clear right now.

Get out of it, there's a prevailing theme and it's all about money. Money is good, greed is good, that's what they are selling and apologising for. Hardly anyone wants to talk about the type of people running these money clubs and their appalling histories. Hardly anyone wants to talk about the real effects of financial doping on the sport. Any individual who plucks up the courage to raise these issues is either ignored or submerged by popular pieces from the likes of Martin Samuel. This is the establishment protecting its own gravy train, understandable because that's what creatures of zero moral capacity do.

Regarding Arsenal, while the so-called journalists have spent a lot of time bleating about our football they have also focused far more on our lack of success rather than digging into the conditions that have made it so much more difficult to succeed now the crime clubs are in the game. Imagine if a proper journalist decided to dig into this? It's a huge story sitting in plain view and it has the potential to expose almost everyone connected with the sport. If a political figure who threatened to upset the apple cart cam along the media would be quick enough to slaughter him. When we need to go launch a war of aggression the media is only too happy to dehumanise the victims. I find it odd they have nothing of substance to say about the extremely undesirable individuals that have arrived in football. On the contrary, the media is quite happy to rubber stamp these people and will even go further by telling us how good they are for the game.

[Niall_Quinn]

You're such a sceptic.

A realist you mean?

[Marc Overmars]

Bergkamp statue unveiling later this month.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/date-set-for-bergkamp-statue-unveiling

[GP]

'Bout time.

[I am invisible]

You see, this is why the world's best players should be queuing up to join us - anyone can offer you money and trophies, but how many clubs offer you your own solid gold statue?

Bergkamp's statue is solid gold, right?

[GP]

RvP could have had a statue if he'd stayed. I hope he knows that.

[I am invisible]

Yup, now he won't really be remembered at any club. Joined ManUre too late in his career to be a hero there (and looks like sulking his way out the door), and to Arsenal fans he's just some bloke who had a good 18 months for us before f--king off...

[Niall_Quinn]

RvP could have had a statue if he'd stayed. I hope he knows that.

Doubt he has time to think about that sort of stuff, he'll be way too busy engineering his next big money move.

[Ollie the Optimist]

RvP could have had a statue if he'd stayed. I hope he knows that.

yeah but then he would have missed out the chance of playing with Tom Cleverly.

[fakeyank]

I would like to see us at the Man Utd level. A net spend of 20-30 million pounds is reasonable when you think about the ticket prices, Arsenals fan following, TV money and CL money. Sure, we cannot compete all the time with the 50-60 million quid transfers but we should be one of the names when it comes to 20-30 million quid range. Players like Costa, Higuain, Dzeko, Draxler etc come in that range.

[Niall_Quinn]

That's what we've been working towards. Now we should be able to do it without any bungs from our resident criminal unlike the chavs and gypos who are 100% reliant on the proceeds of crime.

[footloose, the wanderer]

I would like to see us at the Man Utd level. A net spend of 20-30 million pounds is reasonable when you think about the ticket prices, Arsenals fan following, TV money and CL money. Sure, we cannot compete all the time with the 50-60 million quid transfers but we should be one of the names when it comes to 20-30 million quid range. Players like Costa, Higuain, Dzeko, Draxler etc come in that range.

We should be thinking bigger than that.....Manks have been spending that for 12/13 years now


PLAYER................ FROM .................FEE .................DATE
Ruud van Nistelrooy...PSV Eindhoven £19,000,000 01 Jul, 2001
Juan Veron...............Lazio £28,100,000 12 Jul, 2001
Rio Ferdinand...........Leeds £30,000,000 22 Jul, 2002
Wayne Rooney..........Everton £20,000,000 31 Aug, 2004
Michael Carrick.........Tottenham £18,600,000 31 Jul, 2006
Owen Hargreaves......B Munich £17,000,000 01 Jul, 2007
Anderson..................Porto £27,000,000 02 Jul, 2007
Nani.........................Sporting Lisbon £25,500,000 02 Jul, 2007

& that's ignoring Cronaldo and Saha for £12+ million each in (£25 million total) 03/04

That's over £220 million !!! at pre-gypos inflated prices and some beyond pre-Chavski inflated prices

[Munchies]

Bergkamp statue unveiling later this month.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/date-set-for-bergkamp-statue-unveiling

:scarf:

[fakeyank]

We should be thinking bigger than that.....Manks have been spending that for 12/13 years now


PLAYER................ FROM .................FEE .................DATE
Ruud van Nistelrooy...PSV Eindhoven £19,000,000 01 Jul, 2001
Juan Veron...............Lazio £28,100,000 12 Jul, 2001
Rio Ferdinand...........Leeds £30,000,000 22 Jul, 2002
Wayne Rooney..........Everton £20,000,000 31 Aug, 2004
Michael Carrick.........Tottenham £18,600,000 31 Jul, 2006
Owen Hargreaves......B Munich £17,000,000 01 Jul, 2007
Anderson..................Porto £27,000,000 02 Jul, 2007
Nani.........................Sporting Lisbon £25,500,000 02 Jul, 2007

& that's ignoring Cronaldo and Saha for £12+ million each in (£25 million total) 03/04

That's over £220 million !!! at pre-gypos inflated prices and some beyond pre-Chavski inflated prices

I agree.. but I'm considering net spend really. So if we can get Suarez for 50 million (never going to happen) and get 20 million for outgoing player(s), then thats good enough for me. But to not spend a single penny, like what happened this winter transfer window, when the need was visible to every tom dick and harry, was just criminal.

[Xhaka Can’t]

RvP could have had a statue if he'd stayed. I hope he knows that.

Yeah, solid chocolate.

[Master Splinter]

Would the RVC statue have a little boy inside it?

[GP]

Nah he'd be inside the little boy haha lol jk

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I would like to see us at the Man Utd level. A net spend of 20-30 million pounds is reasonable when you think about the ticket prices, Arsenals fan following, TV money and CL money. Sure, we cannot compete all the time with the 50-60 million quid transfers but we should be one of the names when it comes to 20-30 million quid range. Players like Costa, Higuain, Dzeko, Draxler etc come in that range.

Won't happen. That would require a completely different culture and manager to instigate that culture.

Under Wenger you won't see that. Maybe when a new guy comes in but with our board who knows.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=iECCIAWZ0bY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiECCIAWZ0bY%26feature%3 Dyoutu.be&app=desktop

:haha: :haha: :haha:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAy9axhXTrg

Charlie :bow:

Come back and support us mate.

[Munchies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=iECCIAWZ0bY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiECCIAWZ0bY%26feature%3 Dyoutu.be&app=desktop

:haha: :haha: :haha:

Saw this last night,

Maureen :haha: :haha:

[milla]

Interesting, a lot of fans are cashing out/selling their ManU, Liverpool and Bayern Munich home games tickets!!! There are a lot of upset fans after the mauling at Liverpool, some probably know they can't handle watching the team taking another beating from the stand :lol:

[PGFC]

So, We have a gay centre back...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26084748


"But to the outside world, I've never spoken about my sexuality."


"How can I expect other people to speak about themselves if I'm not willing to do that myself?"


"But I think I'm in a place where I feel so comfortable in my own skin, I feel so loved by the person I'm with, that I feel I can face anything."

Fair play to you Casey :clap:

[Niall_Quinn]

Interesting, a lot of fans are cashing out/selling their ManU, Liverpool and Bayern Munich home games tickets!!! There are a lot of upset fans after the mauling at Liverpool, some probably know they can't handle watching the team taking another beating from the stand :lol:

Might also have something to do with the price of prawn sandwiches being raised. Apparently they are cheaper over at the spuds place, so expect a lot of our "fans" to be heading over there for their jollies.

[Niall_Quinn]

So, We have a gay centre back...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26084748







Fair play to you Casey :clap:

Actions not words please. She needs to prove it, like by doing a video or something.

[Letters]

Actions not words please. She needs to prove it, like by doing a video or something.

Have you seen her? No thanks <_<

[Niall_Quinn]

Have you seen her? No thanks <_<

Little bit of rough never hurt and beggars can't be choosers.

[Marc Overmars]

Interesting, a lot of fans are cashing out/selling their ManU, Liverpool and Bayern Munich home games tickets!!! There are a lot of upset fans after the mauling at Liverpool, some probably know they can't handle watching the team taking another beating from the stand :lol:

Yeah I was checking earlier and a host of seats are available on TX now for those games. Really tempted to go to the Bayern match.

Arsenal. :lol:

The worst drug.

[milla]

Yeah I was checking earlier and a host of seats are available on TX now for those games. Really tempted to go to the Bayern match.

Arsenal. :lol:

The worst drug.

I bought one for Bayern Munich, section 1, row 11, seat 13. 0-3 win for Bayern Munich is pretty much guarantee IMO, I have forgotten the last time we won a game when I am at the Emirates. Arsenal :rose:

[milla]

Might also have something to do with the price of prawn sandwiches being raised. Apparently they are cheaper over at the spuds place, so expect a lot of our "fans" to be heading over there for their jollies.

I normally bring my own prawn sandwiches from home, taste better and cheaper. :good:

[Munchies]

http://distilleryimage8.ak.instagram.com/dfc51aa4927411e39227121e641f66e8_8.jpg
It's always nice to reunite with old friends. #GoodtosseyouJoseAntonio #kuki

Cesc posted this just now.

Reyes :bow:

[LDG]

REYES!!!!!!

[Munchies]

REYES!!!!!!

Always think of Motson's commentary with his Chelsea goal

Good times :rolleyes:

[Özim]

REYES!!!!!!

What a goal!!!

[Munchies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocpJ9Sfcbg

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Remember watching this game live with my dad (old man now) , that equaliser was special

[AFC Leveller]

Good news: Ribery to miss the first leg next week.

Bad news: Gotze will probably replace him.

[LDG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocpJ9Sfcbg

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Remember watching this game live with my dad (old man now) , that equaliser was special

BSP couldn't get there :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Wheelchair's baby girl. Looks exactly like him! :lol:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgINGAnIUAAQAQ8.jpg

[Munchies]

BSP couldn't get there :haha:

BSP ?

Wheelchair's baby girl. Looks exactly like him! :lol:


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgINGAnIUAAQAQ8.jpg
:lol:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Pretty sure it's referring to Scot Parker but I don't know what it stands for.


If anyone needs a good laugh by the way,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKC9KdBCgW4

[LDG]

Brave Scotty Parker

[GP]

So brave :loveblush:

[Master Splinter]

Crooknapp's mouthing off again:

http://talksport.com/football/exclusive-redknapp-backs-tottenham-overtake-arsenal-14020979105

Tbf to the old imbecile, he's not alone in seeming to think that a singular loss to Liverpool has resulted in a ten-point swing which has plummeted us closer to relegation from the Football League.

Also tbf to the braindead cretin, he says this every month without fail.

[Xhaka Can’t]

To be fair to him, he is right every year.

Whoops!, Did I say 'right'?

I meant wrong.

[Niall_Quinn]

Crooknapp's mouthing off again:

http://talksport.com/football/exclusive-redknapp-backs-tottenham-overtake-arsenal-14020979105

Tbf to the old imbecile, he's not alone in seeming to think that a singular loss to Liverpool has resulted in a ten-point swing which has plummeted us closer to relegation from the Football League.

Also tbf to the braindead cretin, he says this every month without fail.

This is what people in shadows do, they plot and plan and dream of getting out of the shadow they are forever in.

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgNbY8zIYAE1KCz.jpg

:lol:

[Power n Glory]

:haha:

[Munchies]

A BBC viewer complained about them using the Wenger photo and Lineker being a cunt, response to him:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgRiRTNCUAAjan-.png

[LDG]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgNbY8zIYAE1KCz.jpg

:lol:

Brilliant!!

:haha:

[Xhaka Can’t]

From Arsenal's facebook page:


Since Arsenal Last Won A Trophy:

- They've Spent £227,500,000 on players.
- 52 of 92 football league clubs have won a trophy.
- Arsene Wenger has earned £63.5 million pounds in wages.
- The planet Mercury has orbited the Sun 32 times.
- London won the rights to host the olympics, rebuilt Straford and then hosted the event.
- Twitter has been created and gained 500 million users.
- Over 1,000,000,000 people have been born.
- Juventus have been relegated, promoted and won back to back league titles.
- Ex Arsenal Players have won 44 medals.
- Pep Guardiola retired as a player, became a manager, won 16 trophies with Barceloona, took a year break, returned as a manager and won 2 trophies with Bayern Munich
:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

From Arsenal's facebook page:


:lol:

This is what you get when you underpay the manager.

[Niall_Quinn]

From Arsenal's facebook page:


:lol:

Hell of a lot of obvious plastics on Facebook I see. Slaughtering players will definitely help them perform if they read all that shit. Haven't been on Facebook for months. Quick visit reminded me why.

[Özim]

Hell of a lot of obvious plastics on Facebook I see. Slaughtering players will definitely help them perform if they read all that shit. Haven't been on Facebook for months. Quick visit reminded me why.

You really seem to be lacking a sense of humour these days.

[Niall_Quinn]

You really seem to be lacking a sense of humour these days.

No U

[GP]

Hell of a lot of obvious plastics on Facebook I see. Slaughtering players will definitely help them perform if they read all that shit. Haven't been on Facebook for months. Quick visit reminded me why.

Facebook is literally full of shit.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Worst things about our recent slump in form is that it allows cunts like this to make stupid comments.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/14/jose-mourinho-arsene-wenger-specialist-failure?CMP=twt_gu

fuck off Mourinho. Just completely disrespectful and classless as usual from him.


Asked why his rivals were insisting they were not contenders, the Arsenal manager said: "It is a fear to fail." Mourinho's response was to say of the Frenchman: "He is a specialist in failure. I'm not. So if supposing he's right and I'm afraid of failure, it's because I don't fail many times. So maybe he's right. I'm not used to failing.

"But the reality is he's a specialist because, eight years without a piece of silverware, that's failure. If I did that in Chelsea I'd leave and not come back."

[Power n Glory]

Totally disrespectful. For his own sense of pride, Wenger has to win the title over Mourinho. Prove him wrong. He can’t be comfortable with this guy in background mocking him.

[Niall_Quinn]

Worst things about our recent slump in form is that it allows cunts like this to make stupid comments.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/14/jose-mourinho-arsene-wenger-specialist-failure?CMP=twt_gu

fuck off Mourinho. Just completely disrespectful and classless as usual from him.

Typical Maureen. This is hardly the first time he's rolled around in the gutter. Wenger wasn't even talking about the chavs specifically, he was talking about all the contenders for the title. He only mentioned moneybags chavski in the context they had already won top spot so they could only lose it, whereas the top spot was there for the contenders to win. Maybe it's a language thing with Maureen. Or a mental defect. His crazed over-reactions in public aren't normal.

[Munchies]

Financial info being released right now, we have £120m in the bank cash reserves

https://twitter.com/DarrenArsenal1/status/434343117324447744

[GP]

Spend it all on Krispy Kreme

[McNamara That Ghost...]

£2.8 million profit I've read Reuters mention.

It does show how hard it is to make running a football club a profit making scheme and compete for buying the best players. We'll only be doing it easily next year thanks to Puma going mental.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Speaking of Krispy Kreme, we are missing out on a junk food sponser.

Liverpool recently signed a deal with Dunkin Donuts, Newcastle with Papa Johns and Man Utd have two seperate sponsers in this regard (Mamme and Mr Portato). We could probably get KFC or some Vietnamenese noodle manufacturer to chuck a few million down our way for a couple of ads involving some of the players shovelling their shite down their mouths.

[Insert witty joke]

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Liverpool recently signed a deal with Dunkin Donuts

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bew3FHyCUAIZULt.jpg

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Speaking of Krispy Kreme, we are missing out on a junk food sponser.

Liverpool recently signed a deal with Dunkin Donuts, Newcastle with Papa Johns and Man Utd have two seperate sponsers in this regard (Mamme and Mr Portato). We could probably get KFC or some Vietnamenese noodle manufacturer to chuck a few million down our way for a couple of ads involving some of the players shovelling their shite down their mouths.

[Insert witty joke]

I'd happily do the corporate talk praising KFC.

Also, Liverpool. :bow:

Good taste.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bew3FHyCUAIZULt.jpg

:bow:

Corporate whoring :bow:


Easy money for doing jack shit. Sign as many deals at once whilst our stock is high Gazidis!!

[Munchies]

:lol:

£120m in reserves.

£150m from Puma

Come on Arsene !

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Few other details emerging from the meeting:

- Emirates cup is on this year, Saturday August 2nd and Sunday August 3rd.

- Also there's only going to be two overseas matches next pre season ..... I'm guessing because of the WC. Hopefully this doesn't mean no lucrative money spinning overseas tour this summer. We need to squeeze as much commerical revenue as we can get to compete in the current climate.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/14/arsene-wenger-met-with-robin-van-persies-agent-to-discuss-transfer-back-to-arsenal-4304756/

Slow day for the rags I reckon.

[Niall_Quinn]

And another classic from that rag.
"Arsene Wenger under pressure to spend as Arsenal reveal £120million of spare funds"

The figures have just been announced. Zim hasn't even had time to ring around yet.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spare funds. :lol:

Without it we would be incurring a pretty big loss.

[Niall_Quinn]

Personally I'd be absolutely fucking outraged. Unless he scored.

[ This being a response to a post that has suddenly vanished :shrug: ]

[Niall_Quinn]

Personally I'd be absolutely fucking outraged. Unless he scored.

[ This being a response to a post that has suddenly vanished :shrug: ]

Yeah I thought that's what happened...

[ See http://www.goonersweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2730&p=371004&viewfull=1#post371004 ]

[Munchies]

‏@jenslehmann
https://twitter.com/jenslehmann/status/435486752623824896
My dear followers, I am asking for some help. My bag has been stolen today out of a red fiat500 at Duke Street, London, W1, near Selfridges.

If the back and all personal contents can be returned to me by Wednesday, I will pay 2.000 pounds. Please contact me by twitter


---
Poor Jens.

in b4 he drives a fiat. Imagine if he catched the guy, a scary sight seeing him mad at you :lol:

[Ollie the Optimist]

imagine being stupid enough to steal from Mad Jens. The blokes a nutcase, he'd kill you in a brutal way

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgtvyBLCYAEpUPn.jpg

:lol:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

@SweGoon
Interesting that we have won around 57% of our games with Arteta in the pivot and 85% without him.

:haha:

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgxGTn2CYAEpaeh.jpg

Training today.

:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

[LDG]

:lol:

[I am invisible]

‏@jenslehmann
https://twitter.com/jenslehmann/status/435486752623824896
My dear followers, I am asking for some help. My bag has been stolen today out of a red fiat500 at Duke Street, London, W1, near Selfridges.

If the back and all personal contents can be returned to me by Wednesday, I will pay 2.000 pounds. Please contact me by twitter


---
Poor Jens.

in b4 he drives a fiat. Imagine if he catched the guy, a scary sight seeing him mad at you :lol:
2 pounds :lol:

[GP]

Don't knock it.

[Letters]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgxGTn2CYAEpaeh.jpg

Training today.

:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:
:haha: :haha:

Awesome.

[Özim]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgxGTn2CYAEpaeh.jpg

Training today.

:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

:lol:

[Globalgunner]

And they say Germans have no sense of humour

[BOBN]

2 pounds :lol:
:haha:

[JonasTC]

In other news, Bendtner was of course out partying again last night till early morning... Really trying to sell himself for a big contract in the summer :d

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhA-ZWFCMAAQ7mF.jpg

8 years ago.

Remember when he scored, amazing.

Thierry :bow: :crying:

[Munchies]

Arsenal site have released 2 vids, players commentating over games :lol:

This one of Flamini/Kosc on the Tottenham home game is hilarious :haha:

http://player.arsenal.com/player/4776-unclassic-commentary

Click on it, can't seem to link to it. Kosc :bow:

[Syn]

Gay as fuck. But awesome.

He scuffed it. :lol:

I reckon Ramsey has taken Paul Scholes' title of probably being the worst person ever to have a pint with.

The Tottenham video reminds you of how good Giroud was in that game. Probably his best in an Arsenal shirt. Goal line clearance at the end too :bow:

[AFC Leveller]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhA-ZWFCMAAQ7mF.jpg

8 years ago.

Remember when he scored, amazing.

Thierry :bow: :crying:

It was all down to Thierry bouncing off fat Ronaldo and rocketing in.

[selassie]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgxGTn2CYAEpaeh.jpg

Training today.

:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

:haha:

[footloose, the wanderer]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgxGTn2CYAEpaeh.jpg

Training today.

:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

BFG is great

[selassie]

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2014/2/24/1393236515352/Mourinho-v-Wenger-005.jpg

[AFC Leveller]

I dreamt we started of really quickly against Bayern and went ahead though the OX.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

All of our league games in April are on Sky. :(

[GP]

Is that bad?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I don't know but three away games in a row does make me feel a bit :sick: and worry they me a bit more academic, hopefully academic for the other reason. Hopefully the Swansea game will break up the Run of Death.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Is that bad?


Its Dangerous.

[GP]

Could be a Thriller.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Ben.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Keep that up and the two of us won't talk no more.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Are you saying we'll be HIStory?

[Munchies]

Arsenal set to offer Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla a new £80,000 a week contract up to 2017 [Mail]

[JonasTC]

Might aswell, he's not so reliant(?) on his physique in his game, so i would imagine he could continue his awesomenezZ into mid 30s :)

[I am invisible]

You mean he's on less than £80k at the moment? That's surprising...

[JonasTC]

Believe it or not, alot of players are NOT on 100k-ish contracts as alot of people in here seem to think :)

[Munchies]

Diaby is probably on £60k
Bendtner is on £52k

If he's gettinng an increase to 80, I'd imagine Santi was on around £60k.

Theo/Ozil/Podolski are probably the only players above £100k

[JonasTC]

http://www.tsmplug.com/football/arsenal-players-salary-list-2014/

Dont know how precise it is, but it seems pretty accurate from other numbers i could find around the net. Its from last season though, so some have been renewed, som sold, etc.

[Özim]

http://www.tsmplug.com/football/arsenal-players-salary-list-2014/

Dont know how precise it is, but it seems pretty accurate from other numbers i could find around the net. Its from last season though, so some have been renewed, som sold, etc.

Sanogo writes his own pay check every month, that's why it's blank.

[Özim]

Saw something about Giroud being on 100k a week recently, not sure if it's true or not though.

[JonasTC]

I dont think so, reports were 60k-ish when we bought him, its only his 2nd season and i dont think we have offered him a new contract since we bought him.

[Heisenberg]

How the hell is Diaby on 60k a week?

[JonasTC]

I could imagine its because he signed a new contract when it seemed he was going to be world class, the few times he have actually played for us in periods without being injuried, he has looked like a beast.

[Xhaka Can’t]

How the hell is Diaby on 60k a week?

To be fair, he has been injured a lot.

[GP]

when?

[I am invisible]

Believe it or not, alot of players are NOT on 100k-ish contracts as alot of people in here seem to think :)
Santi was a pretty big signing for us at the time though - obviously I don't expect everyone to be on 100k, but I would have thought that players like him would have been on around 80k already?

[JonasTC]

He came from Spain, besides Real and Barca, most other clubs salary average is around 30-40k (and probably alot less when we get outside the top6 clubs).

We average around 60k and City around 90k, so people really need to stop saying that 100k is nothing and that its standard for decent players in todays market.

[I am invisible]

I thought Malaga were one of those crazy clubs who were throwing money at absolutely everything at the time (before they realised their new owners didn't actually have any, that is)?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The owner just realised how much money he would have to throw at it to get even relatively successful and thus decided to withold any further money being used.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Podolski came from Koln in Germany, not known for high wages and he was given 100k which at the time I found strange. Weren't too many people moaning about it though. In fact I heard far more moaning about Theo wanting to increase from 75k to 90k at the time.

[Master Splinter]

Podolski is also an international superstar for Germany, so I'm sure that factored into it.

I think Mertesacker is on relatively high wages too, so international pedigree must count for a lot.

[Marc Overmars]

Cazorla, while extremely talented was seen as B-level player in Spain. I can't imagine players outside Real/Barca earn stupid money in La Liga so that's probably why we may have got him on a relatively low wage, as he wouldn't have been earning that much anyway.

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhrEysxCYAArdtn.png

:coffee:

[IBK]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhrEysxCYAArdtn.png

:coffee:

:coffee:

[GP]

What a fucking idiot.

[Niall_Quinn]

On the other hand, if he was white he wouldn't be able to write a book about being black. Swings and roundabouts.

[Xhaka Can’t]

:lol:

[JonasTC]

Well i do think FA have handled the racist cases were unfortunately, foreign players doing something people dont even consider rascist, gets banned for ever. The ultimate racist cunt yells 'you fucking black cunt' and they spend like a year to figure out if he should even get a ban or not and then gets 4 days....

[Munchies]

Merts and Rosicky sign new contracts, Rosicky's one is 3 years so he'll get a testimonial !

[Marc Overmars]

Good stuff.

[Munchies]

Ramsey also close to to signing a new 5 year deal, double wages, £100,000 a week

[LDG]

He got a new deal last year didn't he?

He's also boring.

[GP]

no u

[Marc Overmars]

Swansea game scheduled for March 25th. In between Chelsea and City.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He got a new deal last year didn't he?

He's also boring.

Well you know he's feeling a lot more confident in front of negotiating tables.

[Özim]

Ramsey also close to to signing a new 5 year deal, double wages, £100,000 a week

Sounds good to me, he's proven himself and is a quality player, scores goals, creates goals, has good skills and works hard.

[LDG]

Well you know he's feeling a lot more confident in front of negotiating tables.

:lol:

Glad he's signing though, I must admit.

[Munchies]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/05/article-0-1C07872900000578-930_634x595.jpg

[milla]

He was two in that pic, freak of nature.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm starting a charity devoted to Craig Hope. We'll be engaging in a continual program of prayer and fasting with the aim of seeing Hope die agonisingly of cancer. If anyone is interested in joining the group please drop me a PM. Otherwise we are always happy to receive charitable donations which will go towards weapons and ammunition should our prayers not be answered.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Why do you read the Heil?

Serious question.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why do you read the Heil?

Serious question.

I don't read it - I monitor it. I don't read ANY print media shit, except articles from the very, very few real journalists you occasionally see on page 20 or 22 or 26. Fisk for example. Pilger. If I want real news I tend to go somewhere like Rolling Stone where you'll find some of the best journalists in the business tackling some of the most important news stories.

I keep an eye on what the mainstream fuckers are up to because there's always a pattern to their propaganda and garbage that gives an indicator of whatever new scam is coming from criminals such as government or the multinationals.

When the handful of bastards fucking up the whole planet for their own selfish gains eventually get put against the wall, I hope 99.9% of journalists are at the first to be served because they are supposed to have a duty to keep the citizenry informed and therefore strong and able to exercise their role in an allegedly representative system. Almost all the cunts have abandoned that duty and now do the opposite, whore for the powerful and the few. It's one of the gravest crimes of modern times yet instead of shooting the bastards most people read their shit and then base their ideas, ideals and opinions on it. This is a global cancer.

[Munchies]

From yesterdays show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LspepLgUXyM&feature=youtu.be

[Özim]

I don't read it - I monitor it.

:lol: NQ the press CIA.

[Globalgunner]

:lol: NQ the press CIA.

NQ of GCHQ

[Munchies]

The Ian Wright doc on ITV4 is good stuff

[Munchies]

Nicklas Bendtner accused of threatening Copenhagen taxi driver in drunken rant.. on night Arsenal crashed out to Bayern




Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has been accused of threatening a taxi driver and going “berserk” on a drunken night out in Copenhagen on Tuesday night.

While his Gunners teammates were in action against European champions Bayern Munich in the Champions League, the striker reportedly “ran amok” in the Danish capital’s trendy Norrebro district, allegedly threatening the taxi driver before unbuttoning his trousers and rubbing against the side of the car.

The 26-year-old also reportedly whipped the taxi with his belt and told its driver, “I will f*** you” as well as calling him a “little bitch”.

The reports, carried this morning in Danish tabloid BT, reveals that the cab driver concerned called the police about the bizarre incident, and claimed:

“I have had drunk passengers in my car for 25 years and I have never seen anything like it.”

Bendtner’s spokeswoman Elisa Lykke declined to comment when approached by BT. The player had recently claimed that his reputation as a ''psychopath'' was harming his chances of finding a new club.

:haha:

Just fuck off already please.

[Marc Overmars]

WTF. :lol:

At least we can finally get rid of him in the summer. Can't wait until this waster is no longer associated with The Arsenal.

[Letters]

The Ian Wright doc on ITV4 is good stuff

Yeah. Wasn't what I was expecting, thought there would be more footage of him in action but it was really interesting hearing him talk about how he made it.

Ian Wright, Wright, Wright :bow:

[LDG]

Yeah. Wasn't what I was expecting, thought there would be more footage of him in action but it was really interesting hearing him talk about how he made it.

Ian Wright, Wright, Wright :bow:

King of the world.

[Munchies]

Yeah. Wasn't what I was expecting, thought there would be more footage of him in action but it was really interesting hearing him talk about how he made it.

Ian Wright, Wright, Wright :bow:

This scene was pretty amazing


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omPdemwaNzQ

[JonasTC]

The whole thing was randomly seen by a famous radio host here, who confirmed it today :d ... Earlier this month Lord Bendtner got interviewed by a danish newspaper, saying that he hates the image he has got, because he dont think he has done as much as media are reporting... Way to prove them wrong Lord Bendtner :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Now if only the twat could play like Balotelli he'll be a real contender. But just being a twat without the football bit, not so smart. It must be hard for him though, being the best striker in the world but not getting a game because those bitches at Mardrid, Bayern and Barca have snubbed him for some reason.

[Letters]

King of the world.

:lol:

[Özim]

I love Ian Wright one of my favourite ever Arsenal players, his passion, his desire and his talent were amazing. Doesn't get anywhere enough praise from the fans these days, he played in a team with little or no creativity and still scored a hatful.

I find it funny when people criticise him when he talks about the problems at Arsenal when he's Arsenal through and through and is just like one of the fans.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wrighty doesn't get much stick does he? I haven't noticed. If you mean from the cocksucking media then fuck them, they are going to be negative anyway.

[Özim]

I've seen him get stick on here when he says something some people don't like to hear.

Oh to have a striker of his quality at the club today, his goal record was sensational considering the lack of playmakers in the team when he was around.

[AFC Leveller]

Henry Winter is such a ****. City were outplayed home and away and should have lost by more yet he says they were unlukcy and brave! where as we were shit and outplayed! what a fucking prick.

[Power n Glory]

I've seen him get stick on here when he says something some people don't like to hear.

Oh to have a striker of his quality at the club today, his goal record was sensational considering the lack of playmakers in the team when he was around.

It all stems from the SWP transfer to Chelsea.

[GP]

Does it? Sounds like he did us a favour there.

Maybe it stems from him mostly talking shit whenever he's in the media.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Wrighty does spout his fair share of bile tbh.

[Niall_Quinn]

But he's undoubtedly a fan of the club. He's just lets his emotions run ahead of his brain, like most of us. I'm okay with anyone who jumps up and down in a studio when we score a goal. Better than the cunts in the media who were in fine form this week. No apology from Ashton yet, just a laughable attempt to try and launder his shitty article that he shat out literally moments after the final whistle. These are the turds we should be bagging and putting in the bin.

[Marc Overmars]

Wrighty does come across as a bit of an idiot and a hothead but his heart is in the right place.

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bim6vHvCYAAswGG.jpg

[Power n Glory]

Wright's an Arsenal legend. I've heard him criticise Arsenal but also seen and heard him support and stick up for the team when someone else criticises.

[Power n Glory]

This scene was pretty amazing


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omPdemwaNzQ

Great documentary. That was a moment.

[Özim]

Wright's an Arsenal legend. I've heard him criticise Arsenal but also seen and heard him support and stick up for the team when someone else criticises.

Spot on, he's a real legend, I grew up watching him and his love for Arsenal can't be questioned, he wears his heart on his sleeve.

It seems to me that if you don't praise Arsenal everytime you talk you get slagged off by certain people on here, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BiXlTRPIAAAPtsl.jpg

Diaby :haha: :haha:

[JonasTC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bi7g9uVIAAAvOGx.jpg

:bow:

[GP]

So Kos is twice the player Kompany is.

I mean, we knew that already, but it's nice to have confirmation.

[Marc Overmars]

Kos is boss.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Koscielny is a Godsend no doubt.

Kompany is an exceptional player and is really a player I always wish Arsenal had signed. City aren't exactly popular on here but they have a handful of players I really like. Not just for their footballing ability, but for their personalities and general persona's and Kompany is one of them.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Kos has a bigger penis than Giroud

[Xhaka Can’t]

I'm worried about you.

[Niall_Quinn]

So Kos is twice the player Kompany is.

I mean, we knew that already, but it's nice to have confirmation.

Which means he's twice over one of the top 5 players ever in the PL! If I had to pick my top 5 it would be:
1. Mike Dean
2. Phil Dowd
3. Graham Poll
4. Steve Bennett
5. That cunt who sent Ches off

[Munchies]

@mattspiro

Diaby working like mad to get back. Training at altitude in French Alps this week. Back at #AFC April 1. Desperate to play this season (FF)

@JamieDalton82: Knowing his luck he'll be buried in an avalanche.
https://twitter.com/JamieDalton82/status/445843060413722624
:haha:

Just saw the return date, April 1st :lol:

Athletics trainer working with Diaby says '9/10 players would've given up. People who say Diaby is fragile are wrong. He is Highlander' (FF)
Diaby: 'Ive never given up hope of going to World Cup. Thinking of that has kept me going. Once Im back on pitch, everything's possible (FF)

[GP]

World cup??

We're paying his wages for fuck all return and he's worried about the world cup?

[JonasTC]

Hope he gets back and stays fit, could turn into a beast for us if he ever stays fit.

[JonasTC]

https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/q71/s720x720/1798972_695242790519549_995763300_o.jpg

http://www.fcspielraum.de/product_info.php/products_id/541/ buy it here

http://www.amazon.co.uk/T-Shirt-Per-BFG-Mertesacker-football/dp/B00GMFT4BI or here

Gogo :bow:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Hope he gets back and stays fit, could turn into a beast for us if he ever stays fit.

Probably will return in time to make the world cup and put in his customary two world class performances a year next season before signing a new contract at which point he'll get another long term injury. Nah, it's about time we cut our losses on the guy. I feel for him but he's in a much better position than 99% of other players who've had their careers cut early.

GP is right also. We've been paying his wages and been ethical enough to not try to use a loophole to terminate his contract and he's more focused on the World Cup?

[Marc Overmars]

To be fair he was speaking to the French media so he's obviously pandering to them.

It's best to just not even think of this guy as a footballer anymore.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a career - millions of quid a year to be pampered in a state of the art medical facility. As far as life support goes, this is the way to do it.

[Marc Overmars]

Cazorla and Ramsey sign new deals.

Zelalem also given his first pro contract.

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjBeeHyCcAEBane.png

[fakeyank]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfers-bacary-sagna-make-or-break-3250527

From the ever reliable John Cross of course.. If true, its worth giving him what he wants. Best Arsenal player for the past 6-7 seasons.

[Munchies]

£6m nowadays won't get you a top RB.

Put down Diaby and once Bendnter fucks off, put the wages towards Sagna.

Done.

[JonasTC]

He's not worth a 3-year 100k deal.... Bring in Seamus Coleman, he's only on a 25k and is atleast as good. Hell last seasons best right back, Zabaleta, is on a 70k.

[Power n Glory]

A new contract was probably the last thing on Ramsey’s mind considering he just signed a new deal. We have a strange way of doing things. Just offer a new deal when the current deal needs extending. Why react to form and act so defensive? Are we afraid the vultures will start circling if he continues to play like a superstar? If we’re afraid his head will be turned by one of the super clubs if they offered him mega bucks, this recent deal won’t make a difference. He’ll simply ask for a competitive pay rise of he’s that sort of player.

[Munchies]

He's not worth a 3-year 100k deal.... Bring in Seamus Coleman, he's only on a 25k and is atleast as good. Hell last seasons best right back, Zabaleta, is on a 70k.

He's a class RB, and can play all across the bac (pun intended) line . CB/LB/RB if needed.

£100k shouldn't be a problem when Bendtner is on 52k and is leaving.

[Power n Glory]

He's not worth a 3-year 100k deal.... Bring in Seamus Coleman, he's only on a 25k and is atleast as good. Hell last seasons best right back, Zabaleta, is on a 70k.

How much would it cost to bring in Coleman? Everton won't part with him on the cheap.

Reward loyalty ffs. Sagna's not even my favorite player but it's the principle.

[JonasTC]

How much would it cost to bring in Coleman? Everton won't part with him on the cheap.

Reward loyalty ffs. Sagna's not even my favorite player but it's the principle.

As far as the numbers i can find, we are already offering him 2 years and best paid RB in the league... I would say thats rewarding loyalty, if he is not happy with that, i dont mind seeing him leave.

[fakeyank]

It's not only the fact that he is the best RB in the league, it is also the fact that he is a senior member of the squad. I believe along with Theo, he has been around the longest. You cannot just replace that by buying some promising player.
We have been guilty of letting go off seniors too easily and I think we have felt the repercussions of that in the last few years.

Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Arsenal vs Barcelona in the UEFA youth league is on British Eurosport just now.
I'm watching here..... http://nutjob.eu/njtvx2.html
Apologies if i've posted in the wrong place. It's been a good game so far.

[Xhaka Can’t]

He's not worth a 3-year 100k deal.... Bring in Seamus Coleman, he's only on a 25k and is atleast as good. Hell last seasons best right back, Zabaleta, is on a 70k.

I think you are only saying this because it is unlikely Sagna is going to sign a new contract with us - or more specifically, we are unlikely to do enough to retain him.

[Letters]

It's not only the fact that he is the best RB in the league, it is also the fact that he is a senior member of the squad. I believe along with Theo, he has been around the longest. You cannot just replace that by buying some promising player.
We have been guilty of letting go off seniors too easily and I think we have felt the repercussions of that in the last few years.

Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
Agree. One of the reasons for our improvement this year, IMO, is keeping together the core of our best players. As good a signing as Ozil has been, and he has given us a boost despite his patchy form, it's not enough to explain this level of improvement. Have to keep that going next year and, with the right signings, build on it. Sagna is a beast, must keep him if at all possible.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sagna wants just under £22mill over 3 years. It should go without saying that's a ludicrous demand. He's 31 years old, all we'll get for the money is a player increasingly injury prone and increasingly in decline. Spend £22mill bringing a decent, younger RB in and we'll get a much better return over a longer period. Where has loyalty got us with the players so far? Diaby on the one hand, Judas Van Persie, homesick Fabregas on the other.

Obviously, get rid.

[JonasTC]

I think you are only saying this because it is unlikely Sagna is going to sign a new contract with us - or more specifically, we are unlikely to do enough to retain him.

No im saying this because im tired of money hungry players that shows no loyalty to their team. He is already rich as fuck and apperently its not enough for him to be the best paid RB in the league, he wants even more...

[Niall_Quinn]

Of course, should add - IF any of the shit in the daily bog roll is true. Which, let's face it, it highly unlikely.

[Niall_Quinn]

No im saying this because im tired of money hungry players that shows no loyalty to their team. He is already rich as fuck and apperently its not enough for him to be the best paid RB in the league, he wants even more...

It's the final pay-off of his career, unless he can wrangle a sting in the US leagues after. Fair enough, cash is his main motivation and if he can get it elsewhere then good luck to him. But I hope we aren't contemplating paying him that much. Plenty of other guys who would be willing to come here for much less and do just as good a job.

[fakeyank]

Sagna wants just under £22mill over 3 years. It should go without saying that's a ludicrous demand. He's 31 years old, all we'll get for the money is a player increasingly injury prone and increasingly in decline. Spend £22mill bringing a decent, younger RB in and we'll get a much better return over a longer period. Where has loyalty got us with the players so far? Diaby on the one hand, Judas Van Persie, homesick Fabregas on the other.

Obviously, get rid.

New promising youngster will not have these things:
- Experience
- Know how of how Arsenal play
- Dressing room effect
- Ability to play across the backline

Sagna, IMO has at least 1, if not two years at the top level as a RB*. He can then obviously be moved to CB where his declining pace will not have effect on the team. I for one, cannot think of a reason to spunk a lot of money on a player who is unknown and who will require bedding in period when we have a world class player at home. 22 million IMO is a great investment for that.

*- Who is to say he wont continue like how Rosicky is continuing at the later stage of his career? With how fit these players are these days, I wouldnt be surprised if he is awesome way past the 3 year deal he is looking for.

[Niall_Quinn]

Going with my gut instinct. First thing I thought when I saw the demands was greedy bastard.Would prefer somebody who doesn't have to be bribed and begged to play for us.

IF the Daily Dog Dropping is correct - which is close on impossible.

[Power n Glory]

People underrate the importance of a solid wing back until you end up with players like Eboue, Clichy, Jenkinson or Santos. It's an area that can easily be exploited and cost a lot of points if you get it wrong. I see no reason for getting rid of Sagna unless Wenger has identified a key player he thinks will make a world of difference to this squad and is willing to pay the price to get him. I doubt he has and we're seeing another case of penny pinching.

We bit our nose to spite our face with the Flamini contract talks and ended up losing the best years of Flamini in exchange for possibly the worst DM option in Denilson. All to save a few quid! I want the management to think what's best for the team for once and not what's going to please shareholders.

[Munchies]

New promising youngster will not have these things:
- Experience
- Know how of how Arsenal play
- Dressing room effect
- Ability to play across the backline

Sagna, IMO has at least 1, if not two years at the top level as a RB*. He can then obviously be moved to CB where his declining pace will not have effect on the team. I for one, cannot think of a reason to spunk a lot of money on a player who is unknown and who will require bedding in period when we have a world class player at home. 22 million IMO is a great investment for that.

*- Who is to say he wont continue like how Rosicky is continuing at the later stage of his career? With how fit these players are these days, I wouldnt be surprised if he is awesome way past the 3 year deal he is looking for.

Pretty much my thoughts on it. Sign him up Wenger.

[AFC Leveller]

Love sagna and would love to see him stay. Stability has bene key this season and if we want to continue improving we need to keep the team together.

However, if there is ano agreement in place then we have the money to find a replacement. Debuchy and Coleman are obvious candidates and would love to joins us. Both in their mid 20s (Debuchy is 28 i think) so have age on their side.

[Niall_Quinn]

People underrate the importance of a solid wing back until you end up with players like Eboue, Clichy, Jenkinson or Santos. It's an area that can easily be exploited and cost a lot of points if you get it wrong. I see no reason for getting rid of Sagna unless Wenger has identified a key player he thinks will make a world of difference to this squad and is willing to pay the price to get him. I doubt he has and we're seeing another case of penny pinching.

We bit our nose to spite our face with the Flamini contract talks and ended up losing the best years of Flamini in exchange for possibly the worst DM option in Denilson. All to save a few quid! I want the management to think what's best for the team for once and not what's going to please shareholders.

Nobody is trying to get rid of hi, are they? It's Sagna that is holding out for a big pay day. Another consequence of the scummy dopers like the chavs, gypos and comedy outfits on the continent. It's not enough to be struggle to compete with them on the pitch, you have to keep your players on planet earth too. Plainly Sagna has left orbit with his silly demands. IF THEY ARE TRUE. Who was it that was laughed at when he suggested the £100K pw contract was on the way? Now we see hopelessly hyped players like Rooney on £300K pw and even fullbacks want in on the 6 figures racket. This is part two of the great challenge. After almost a decade we can finally get some big players in. Now can we find a sane way to keep them? No point building financial stability at one end and then pissing it out the other on crazy wages. I was watching Draxler last night - £38mill, you must be having a laugh. Almost as big a laugh as £20mill for a right back at the tail end of his career. Somewhere there has to be a dose of sanity injected into this if we want to finish what we started.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Oxo lifting weights at the training ground. Instragram video so can't embed it.

http://instagram.com/p/luaZEoOswK/#



As for Sagna, I do feel his demands (if true) are way over the top and disgusting. 6 million signing bonus and a 3 year 100k a week contract is ridicolous for someone at his age and position. However like the Rooney situation, he knows he can hold the club hostage over this matter and isn't afraid or the reprucussions of doing so. Unless Wenger already knows of a cheaper replacement who gettable and wouldn't result in a drop of quality (can't think of any tbh) accepting his terms is still a no brainer. With the title race most likely going to be as tight next year as it's becoming this year, we simply can't afford to lose points by playing a substandard defender. We have the money, let's spend it.

@NQ - I agree that the salary and transfer market has become utterly ridicolous but unfortunately it's what we have to work with.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Sagna deserves every penny. Experienced, versatile defender who has stuck by us through our shit years unlike a conveyor belt of cunts that left.

Give him 100k. He could easily have left and got 150k 2 years ago.

Plus we've finally found a settled defence, the last thing we need is to disturb it. Sagna will not drop in performance as he gets older, he's not a dopey cunt.

[Munchies]

Oxo lifting weights at the training ground. Instragram video so can't embed it.

http://instagram.com/p/luaZEoOswK/#.

lol at Feo in the background

[Bumble]

Sagna deserves every penny. Experienced, versatile defender who has stuck by us through our shit years unlike a conveyor belt of cunts that left.

Give him 100k. He could easily have left and got 150k 2 years ago.

Plus we've finally found a settled defence, the last thing we need is to disturb it. Sagna will not drop in performance as he gets older, he's not a dopey cunt.

i think 90k and 2m signing on bonus would be reasonable for him. it would allow jenks to develop further and sagna is top notch right back. however if he does go then sign Coleman from Everton... he looks quality.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

100k per week is closer to exorbitant than fair, IMO, but sometimes a little flexibility has to be applied.

Anything over that, as some rags have reported (highly untrue then), and he instantly has to be seen as another Must Get Rid mercenary who needs to fuck off elsewhere.

[Power n Glory]

Nobody is trying to get rid of hi, are they? It's Sagna that is holding out for a big pay day. Another consequence of the scummy dopers like the chavs, gypos and comedy outfits on the continent. It's not enough to be struggle to compete with them on the pitch, you have to keep your players on planet earth too. Plainly Sagna has left orbit with his silly demands. IF THEY ARE TRUE. Who was it that was laughed at when he suggested the £100K pw contract was on the way? Now we see hopelessly hyped players like Rooney on £300K pw and even fullbacks want in on the 6 figures racket. This is part two of the great challenge. After almost a decade we can finally get some big players in. Now can we find a sane way to keep them? No point building financial stability at one end and then pissing it out the other on crazy wages. I was watching Draxler last night - £38mill, you must be having a laugh. Almost as big a laugh as £20mill for a right back at the tail end of his career. Somewhere there has to be a dose of sanity injected into this if we want to finish what we started.

This has nothing to do with Chelsea, City or the other super clubs that drive up wages. This is a result of our procrastination as always. We've let his contract run down and left the negotiations very late. Have we not seen this before with other players? It can't be a coincidence. Once again we have a player wondering why he hasn't been offered a new deal yet he's seen big contracts offered to Gibbs, Wilshere and Ramsey whilst he's been made to wait. Ramsey has signed two contracts in the time that Sagna has been waiting for an offer. Wenger has been weighing up whether he wants to keep him and that's the only conclusion I can draw from this situation. He's offered contracts to the young players even though there is no danger of them leaving but dragged his feet on this deal with Sagna. Even when he's finally come to the table he's offered him the same wages as he's currently on, if reports are true. 60K! He's been on those sort of wages since joining whilst new signings like Arteta, Podolski and Giroud are earning more than him even though he's been with the club longer.

This club needs to learn from past mistakes and stop rubbing players the wrong way when it's uncalled for. We've seen it with several players, including Theo and we can go as far back as Bergkamp with the rolling contract fiasco. One summer Bergkamp didn't even know if he had played his final game for Arsenal. That's pretty shabby.

Some fans are stuck in a loop when it comes to these sort of things, never learn from past mistakes and connect the dots. We culled experience from our squad way to early thinking the youth was the way only to learn that we needed the older players to guide them when things were rough. We're seeing the same sort of thing this season and your busy counting the clubs money as if we have a history of investing the money back into the squad. Around 2008, I heard the same sort of talk regarding Flamini and now the guy is back in our squad with everyone cheering him on. It's not wroth losing a valued player over this.

[Power n Glory]

i think 90k and 2m signing on bonus would be reasonable for him. it would allow jenks to develop further and sagna is top notch right back. however if he does go then sign Coleman from Everton... he looks quality.

I think he'd sign for 90k as well. That's what we usually pay our most senior players.

[Niall_Quinn]

This has nothing to do with Chelsea, City or the other super clubs that drive up wages. This is a result of our procrastination as always. We've let his contract run down and left the negotiations very late. Have we not seen this before with other players? It can't be a coincidence. Once again we have a player wondering why he hasn't been offered a new deal yet he's seen big contracts offered to Gibbs, Wilshere and Ramsey whilst he's been made to wait. Ramsey has signed two contracts in the time that Sagna has been waiting for an offer. Wenger has been weighing up whether he wants to keep him and that's the only conclusion I can draw from this situation. He's offered contracts to the young players even though there is no danger of them leaving but dragged his feet on this deal with Sagna. Even when he's finally come to the table he's offered him the same wages as he's currently on, if reports are true. 60K! He's been on those sort of wages since joining whilst new signings like Arteta, Podolski and Giroud are earning more than him even though he's been with the club longer.

This club needs to learn from past mistakes and stop rubbing players the wrong way when it's uncalled for. We've seen it with several players, including Theo and we can go as far back as Bergkamp with the rolling contract fiasco. One summer Bergkamp didn't even know if he had played his final game for Arsenal. That's pretty shabby.

Some fans are stuck in a loop when it comes to these sort of things, never learn from past mistakes and connect the dots. We culled experience from our squad way to early thinking the youth was the way only to learn that we needed the older players to guide them when things were rough. We're seeing the same sort of thing this season and your busy counting the clubs money as if we have a history of investing the money back into the squad. Around 2008, I heard the same sort of talk regarding Flamini and now the guy is back in our squad with everyone cheering him on. It's not wroth losing a valued player over this.

He's had an offer on the table for since last season hasn't he? That's what I recall. If Ramsey had decided not to sign then you couldn't say look, we are dragging our feet. Players will either accept the offer or they won't. Sagna has been saying no for a while. A negotiation is not simply accepting the demands of the other party, it's also about getting something equitable in return. It's completely fair to weight up Sagna's age in this. If we are going to pay through the nose then we'll be wanting 3 years at the top level in return. There's a high risk we won't get that and the money will be blown and an opportunity cost incurred as our options for shelling out on another RB will be limited. We need strikers, midfielders too. There's an urgent rush by many to put the blame 100% on Wenger in all these things. But I don't see it as at all unreasonable to be wary about meeting such high demands from a player approaching the end of his career. What's Wenger going to get if we cave and the Sagna fades out after a year? He'll be slated for spending a fortune on a crock.

[saintnickle]

Nobody is trying to get rid of hi, are they? It's Sagna that is holding out for a big pay day. Another consequence of the scummy dopers like the chavs, gypos and comedy outfits on the continent. It's not enough to be struggle to compete with them on the pitch, you have to keep your players on planet earth too. Plainly Sagna has left orbit with his silly demands. IF THEY ARE TRUE. Who was it that was laughed at when he suggested the £100K pw contract was on the way? Now we see hopelessly hyped players like Rooney on £300K pw and even fullbacks want in on the 6 figures racket. This is part two of the great challenge. After almost a decade we can finally get some big players in. Now can we find a sane way to keep them? No point building financial stability at one end and then pissing it out the other on crazy wages. I was watching Draxler last night - £38mill, you must be having a laugh. Almost as big a laugh as £20mill for a right back at the tail end of his career. Somewhere there has to be a dose of sanity injected into this if we want to finish what we started.

Are you happy for the manager to sign a new contract then for an extra £20k a week to take his wages to £155k ??Would you say that was keeping with the scummy dopers like the chavs gypos and comedy outfits??Or is that ok?

[Niall_Quinn]

This has nothing to do with Chelsea, City or the other super clubs that drive up wages.

And that's not even in the vicinity of being true. Of course the insane wages paid by the comedy clubs have skewed the whole market. Why is Rooney on 300K? because the chavs are after him and for them money is no object. Rooney isn't worth half that in sane terms but the inflation caused by the money no object model forces other clubs to meet outrageous demands if they want to keep their team together. The comedy clubs have placed all the power in the players' hands because it's no skin of their noses if wages demands are ludicrous. Unless FFP is actually applied of course and there are a few signs it might be. Then you'll see the wages coming down. This is a last hurrah for the greedy with a bit of luck.

[Niall_Quinn]

Are you happy for the manager to sign a new contract then for an extra £20k a week to take his wages to £155k ??Would you say that was keeping with the scummy dopers like the chavs gypos and comedy outfits??Or is that ok?

100% fine with that because so far the return on investment has been realised without missing a step.

[Power n Glory]

And that's not even in the vicinity of being true. Of course the insane wages paid by the comedy clubs have skewed the whole market. Why is Rooney on 300K? because the chavs are after him and for them money is no object. Rooney isn't worth half that in sane terms but the inflation caused by the money no object model forces other clubs to meet outrageous demands if they want to keep their team together. The comedy clubs have placed all the power in the players' hands because it's no skin of their noses if wages demands are ludicrous. Unless FFP is actually applied of course and there are a few signs it might be. Then you'll see the wages coming down. This is a last hurrah for the greedy with a bit of luck.

You’re glossing over the points. As far as I’m aware, we offered him a new deal over the summer when he was in his last year and it was for 60k. If that’s true, that’s not even a wage increase because his last deal was 60k. That has nothing to do with other clubs or inflation.

[Niall_Quinn]

You’re glossing over the points. As far as I’m aware, we offered him a new deal over the summer when he was in his last year and it was for 60k. If that’s true, that’s not even a wage increase because his last deal was 60k. That has nothing to do with other clubs or inflation.

You're saying we've let his contract run down without doing anything about it. Not true. We put an offer on the table. The player rejected it. We went low, he has gone high, that's how it works isn't it? I think he'll settle for around £90K too. I still think that's way too much for a 31 year old FB but it's what the club thinks that matters.

[saintnickle]

100% fine with that because so far the return on investment has been realised without missing a step.
On one hand youve got wenger on £160k a week which is ok because he has made money in player sales and getting top 4 every year and on the other hand youve got a greedy rooney on £250k who makes the club a fortune in merchandise ,shirt sales and endorsments .He has also helped the club win a champions league ,the premiership 5 times,fifa world club and league cup twice since we last won anything..

[JonasTC]

On one hand youve got wenger on £160k a week which is ok because he has made money in player sales and getting top 4 every year and on the other hand youve got a greedy rooney on £25k who makes the club a fortune in merchandise ,shirt sales and endorsments .He has also helped the club win a champions league ,the premiership 5 times,fifa world club and league cup twice since we last won anything..

Rooney hasnt done shit, Ferguson did all that as you can see this year. Which kind of proves the point you're trying to argue against

[I am invisible]

Are you happy for the manager to sign a new contract then for an extra £20k a week to take his wages to £155k ??Would you say that was keeping with the scummy dopers like the chavs gypos and comedy outfits??Or is that ok?
To be fair, Wenger has got to that wage after nearly 2 decades at the same club - if Chelsea or City ever held on to a manager for that long then I dread to think what wages they'd be demanding!

[Power n Glory]

You're saying we've let his contract run down without doing anything about it. Not true. We put an offer on the table. The player rejected it. We went low, he has gone high, that's how it works isn't it? I think he'll settle for around £90K too. I still think that's way too much for a 31 year old FB but it's what the club thinks that matters.

An offer on the table for the same wages he’s been on since signing speaks volumes. They’ve purposely left it to the last minute because you can see how we conduct business with younger players like Wilshere and Ramsey. If your employer gave each of your colleagues a massive wage increase but only offers you a contract extension for the same money even though you’ve been one of the top performers for years, what would you think? If the club want to lowball then Sagna is within his rights to reject a deal and look elsewhere. The club just have to ask how much his contribution to the team is worth and just like our transfer dealings, this is where Wenger gets his valuation all wrong. Priorities are backwards. Why break up the one thing that has kept us in this title race?

[Globalgunner]

As far as I see it , the writing is on the wall for all to see. If the club (Wenger) wanted Sagna to stay then they wouldn't have offered him the same wages as his last contract which in essence is less, given inflation. I can only see that Wenger thinks he can do better either by pushing an incapable Jenkinson, too early or buying cheaper elsewhere. I still can't understand the concept of the manager getting paid more than the players. That is like the chief engineer getting paid more than the drivers in an FI team. The longevity argument also doesn't wash as Fergus on never got paid more than his stars even though we can easily see he contributed as much if not more than them

This is not a defence of Sagna but I can see it from his point of view when sideways Arteta is on 80 and all he does is huff about the place. He would be better off elsewhere, Tragedy is he will likely be replaced by someone much inferior. I can't see Wenger paying the 20 it will take to get Coleman from Everton

[AFC Leveller]

We had a bif rejectecd for that Athletico Madird RB last summer (Juan Fran ??) so it seems we've been looking at alternatives already.


Sep 17, 2013 11:36 By Ben Curtis Share
Share Tweet +1 Email The 28-year-old insists he is happy at the Vicente Calderon, adding that there is "no better club than Atletico"

Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno No regrets: Juanfran turned down the Gunners Juanfran, the Atletico Madrid defender, says he rejected a lucrative offer from Arsenal over the summer.

The 28-year-old has confirmed that Arsene Wenger was keen to bring him to the Premier League, as we reported in August.

But the right-back insists he is happy at his current club, despite seemingly having the opportunity to increase his wages.

And with four years left on his contract at the Vicente Calderon, the Spanish international doesn't appear likely to make a move to the Emirates or elsewhere soon.

"It is true that I had an offer from Arsenal that any player would have liked to have accepted," Juanfran said to www.marca.com.

"But I am very happy here.

"For me, as everyone knows, there is no better club than Atletico."

Juanfran has scored three goals in 94 appearances since joining from Osasuna in January 2011

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

100k per week is closer to exorbitant than fair, IMO, but sometimes a little flexibility has to be applied.

Anything over that, as some rags have reported (highly untrue then), and he instantly has to be seen as another Must Get Rid mercenary who needs to fuck off elsewhere.

Yeah, a mercenary that stuck by us through our shit years :lol: :doh:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Yeah, a mercenary that stuck by us through our shit years :lol: :doh:

You don't read very well at times, do you? :lol: