So how is everyone feeling over transfer activity

[Alan B'stard]

The only anomaly left is that supporting arsenal is so expensive. ITs a bit like Shawn Wright Phillips. Just cos cheslea paid 25mill or whatever it doesnt change the fact that he is only a 10mill player and shold only ever be throught of as a 10 millplayer. His dad admitted as much.

Likewise Arsenal are really just a mid table team who have consistently punched above their weight in recent-ish times. The only thing that now fails to add up is that they charge title/CL winning prices. If our prices and expectations were lower, nobody would have a right to complain about anything

[AKBapologist]

Anyone else still remember the "if I wad offered 2nd place for 20 years" remark? You don't get second place by aiming for second, you get there by competing for first, as evidence this season.

If AW doesn't get how silly that remark was, he should fuck off right now.

[Cripps_orig]

we werent humiliated in the carling cup. We threw it away ourselves.
Ditto the league.
We left the CL with our heads held high.
EVen losing to united in the FA cup we created more in one match than any other visiting team in recent times.

No humliation is what leeds have gone through over the past few years, or liverpool. Having to put up withj snide remarks from 'big four' fans and the hatred of GHELs everywhere doesnt even come close

Carling Cup - We failed to win it despite being in the semi finals that consisted of 2 teams that got relegated and a shite ass Championship club. Then the way we lost the final was pretty humiliating itself.

League - From 2nd to 4th, 2 wins in 11 games at the end of the season when we were handily placed for a title run in. Home losses to shite teams like Newcastle and WBA, Losing away to Bolton, a team who had just lost a Cup semi final 5-0 and were in awful form, letting leads slip in both NLDs and the worst of the lot, the 4 goal lead we lost in 20 minutes.

FA Cup - struggled to beat Leeds, Huddersfield and Leyton Orient having needed replays for 2 of those and being outplayed in the other but just holding on. And then losing to a Man utd team that consisted of 8 defenders and the other 3 were a shite player in Gibson, a young Mexican and an off form Rooney.

CL - Not winning the easiest CL group of all time meaning we had to face Barca instead of Roma as Shakthar did. And then not having a shot at all v Barca at their ground which made a mockery of our "attacking" game.

So yeah id say pretty humilating

[AKBapologist]

The only anomaly left is that supporting arsenal is so expensive. ITs a bit like Shawn Wright Phillips. Just cos cheslea paid 25mill or whatever it doesnt change the fact that he is only a 10mill player and shold only ever be throught of as a 10 millplayer. His dad admitted as much.

Likewise Arsenal are really just a mid table team who have consistently punched above their weight in recent-ish times. The only thing that now fails to add up is that they charge title/CL winning prices. If our prices and expectations were lower, nobody would have a right to complain about anything

and yet instead of lowering prices and expectations, they raise them. Who's really to blame?

[Cripps_orig]

Anyone else still remember the "if I wad offered 2nd place for 20 years" remark? You don't get second place by aiming for second, you get there by competing for first, as evidence this season.

If AW doesn't get how silly that remark was, he should fuck off right now.

Even if he does get how silly it was, he should still fuck off

[Alan B'stard]

In a last four of a second rate Cup competition that included a Championship Club and two teams relegated to the Championship and ending up with nothing.

An anaemic performance to get knocked out of the FA Cup. - following a replays against Leeds, Leyton Orient and barely hanging on at Home to Huddersfield.

Collapsing from top of the easiest CL Group in living memory to be drawn against Barcelona.

Challenging for the league until the point of our annual collapse - despite having no other distractions as a result of the above. Rather than pushing on when in a position where winning the League was within our control to being over taken by two teams who were between 8 and 11 points behind us. And while doing this, managing to fall victim to the biggest ever comeback in Premiership history.

The constant talk of fighting to the end only to go out with the biggest wimper anyone can remember.

Yeah, nothing embarrassing about that at all.

Its very embarassing - when johnny come lately chelsea fans from thailand or surrey based mockey mancs give it the bigg'n. Or the scum want appy arry to get a knighthood for managing one CL QF with a lucky draw.
However, if you step back and look at what we achieve in a shit season the fact that we are upset at all about
4th place,
a cup final
slightly below par premiership points tally
guarnateed CL football
guarnateed relegation worry free football

-shows how much arsenal fans take for granted these days.

tell you what dont take my word for it. try that kind of rant in front of a few leeds fans. See what happens

[Cripps_orig]

and yet we still finished 4th, Wenger is doing his job then really

Making money for the board to put in to their pockets?

He sure is

[Alan B'stard]

Making money for the board to put in to their pockets?

He sure is

Very astute for once.

[Flavs]

Making money for the board to put in to their pockets?

He sure is

yep, and gaining us the income from chumps league qualification to pay off the stadium early.

[selassie]

Its very embarassing - when johnny come lately chelsea fans from thailand or surrey based mockey mancs give it the bigg'n. Or the scum want appy arry to get a knighthood for managing one CL QF with a lucky draw.
However, if you step back and look at what we achieve in a shit season the fact that we are upset at all about
4th place,
a cup final
slightly below par premiership points tally
guarnateed CL football
guarnateed relegation worry free football

-shows how much arsenal fans take for granted these days.

tell you what dont take my word for it. try that kind of rant in front of a few leeds fans. See what happens

I dunno...when problems are there for all to see and for whatever reason the Manager doesn't adequately rectify them, frustrations grow over a period of time.

This team with Arsene in charge is capable of more, this team with a bit of PROPER investment in the right places could be capable of winning major trophies.

Arsene built up the expectations through building brilliant teams in the past and maintaining our status as one of the leading clubs in England and Europe. Now is the time for him to deliver or at least improve the team in the areas it needs improving, we were use to success in the past and seeing the team improve, why should that change now?

Arsene has the tools, and should deliver the improvements by any means necessary excluding bankrupting the club.

What are we all waiting for?