I think Gallas should leave Arsenal 9 July, 2007
Posted by lasagnechef in Arsenal News, Transfers.trackback
Ever since he’s got here he just won’t shut the fuck up and is always moaning and putting down the team. It’s been a little while since his last outburst so he was due one. Sure enough, he’s at it again:
“What is sure, is that several players are questioning the club’s future. Around us, all the teams are recruiting but what is planned to compensate for the departure of Titi Henry? I am not at Arsenal to play for third place. It is necessary to recruit players of reputation because the young players have many qualities but the season is very long. The young players are thirsty for victories but Arsenal must obtain results to gain titles. If not, one will have to change policy and do the same as the other teams: recruit with more means.”
“I will have a discussion with Arsene Wenger and board members to know the objectives of the club this season and what they wish to set up to build an even more competitive team. Today I am at Arsenal but I do not know what can occur tomorrow. It all happens so quickly in the world of football.”
“I am not at Arsenal to play for third place”….“Today I am at Arsenal but I do not know what can occur tomorrow”…WELL FUCK OFF THEN!
Seriously, I mean it’s fair enough if he’s concerned at the current state of our squad; I think everyone’s a bit worried. But this crap you see quoted above from hi personal website is not the sort of stuff you should go around saying just before the beginning of a new season. Of course we don’t want to come third, but we have to fight and do the best we can. Also this thing about I might not be at Arsenal, well if you’re not committed, go away.
I think Gallas is a quality player, our second best centre-back and one of the best around, but I’ve simply had enough of his attitude. It’s not as if it’s a one off though. The other times I’ve just let it slip but this is pretty much the final straw for me. I don’t really want him to leave so much, our squad could do with as many players staying as possible, but I do want him to shut up.
I’m not going to go on and on about this but I wouldn’t be surprised if he handed in a transfer request soon and frankly, I wouldn’t give a shit if he did. Twat. Not usually like this over current Arsenal players but I hate it when they’re not committed.
Other news is Matthew Connolly has gone to Colchester on loan. I think this experience in the Championship will do him good; I really rate this guy and believe he is a future Arsenal captain. Walcott’s said some good words about the upcoming season and Torres says his move to England was suggested by Cesc Fabregas.
A week since the signing of Eduardo. Another one this week would be lovely. See ya.
PLEASE IF HE WANT TO GO HE SHOULD GO I FILL SORRY IF FABRIGAS KEAVE ARSENAL I DONT WORRY ABOUT HIM
I think he will go to Barcelona.
Valdes
Milito Gallas Puyol Thuram
Messi Deco Xavi Ronaldinho
Eto’o Henry
We can afford to lose a player of his ability. If his performances match those comments then i might agree. Lets hope he stays injury free, settles into the team, forms a good unit with Kolo, Clichy and Eboue and see how he handles being a senior player. He should a leader in this team, not a moaning baby.
Not too worried about Gallas but seems like he misses all those media training sessions that the communications team hold.
Deep down most of us feel the same but there is a way of saying things and he regularly chooses the wrong tact.
Is Freddy staying an if we are to buy Sagna what will happen with Gilbert and Hoyte?
That should have read “We CANT”
However Arsenal have our squad
Fabianski
Sagna Toure Senderos Clichy
Helb Gilberto Fabregas Rosicky
Dudu Van Persie
Sub: Lehmann, Eboue,Djourou,Tarore, Hoyte, Ljugberg, Denilson, Diaby, Merida, Simpson, Adebayor, Walcott, Vela (When he is back), Bendther
Freddie to Fiorentina ? , Sagna as first choice RB, Hoyte as second, Eboue to right midfield. Thats if we are even interested in signing Sagna
if everyone is to leave arsenal then they might as well close down.
Gallas should realize that succesful soccer is all about teamwork, and not about names. Wenger is the present best football coach in the world, no doubt about that. He, in all coaching experience has stated that if he had wanted to keep Henry, it would have been so easy a task, except for Henry being past his best.
I personally do not doubtd about this considering his deteroriating performance over the last two seasons. Wenger is always a sure man, Gallas should be patient, or should mention the soccer friends he so much admires for Wengers’ consideration.
My case is rested at this point, He should shut up or opt for a soft consultation with the coach. When did he ever become Wengers’ coach.
i dont think gallas should go..i think gallas is talking sense we dont look like competing this season wenger hasnt spoke so something is wrong in the arsenal camp…other teams will be better this season…somethings got to give im waiting for some signings but i dont think its going to happen..that bakari deal aint happening is it..what the fuck is going on fabs going to go then gallas.probably wenger .so whos thought is it the boards .wengers.henrys.if we cant compete sell the club to someone who can its getting worse at the arsenal camp and me as a fan are getting pissed off with it
would be another costly mistake if we let Gallas go. he’s one of the best centre backs in the premiership at present. i believe we would see the best of him this season coming, if he can stay fit.
i think him bitching is a good thing, maybe he went the wrong way about it, by spaeking out to the media, rather than gathering the squad together and drawing up the problems.
The Arsenal board and team seem to be blind to all our little errors and it’s good he’s spoken out, so the team can fix up. i do agree with him n beleive we do need to buy experience, it’s frustrating waiting for the youths in the squad to develop.
Look! Yes the guy is well known for having a bitch but he has a very good point I don’t see how with the current crop of players how we’re gonna be able to even contemplate making it to 4th place and I hate to say it spurs & hammers are even look odds on favourites to finish above us.
We need some “MADE” talents to come into the side non of this ‘he’s got potential tripe’ there’s only one way we’re gonna achieve anything this season (and not make the non silver wear run we’re on a hat trick) and that is for arsene wenger to break his transfer signing policy. But I doubt very much that is gonna happen.
i can not stand him and couldn’t care less if he left, however all he is saying is the truth, we are a joke, everyone is strenthenging except us who have gone backwards on the back of two very average years , and yes it is still early but the players who could make the difference the Ribery’s, malouda’s Anelkas and now looks like babel are all going elsewhere, and yet he wall sit waiting for some words of wisdom from wneger and we are getting nothing, at best some other second rate players may join. We are a joke at the moment and it is not funny a funny one at that. Go look at the squad list and compare it to Man utd, chelsea, liverpool and dare i say it even spuds and you will see the worst squad we have had since wenger arrived and yet we all know he probably has about 30 to 40m to spend and wenger seems to be doing nothing. as i said gallas can sod off, but unless the club are going to comment as to why we have let our captain (second in two years) to leave and why we are so timid in the transfer market, it is understandable that players will ask what the hell is going on. We all know galls doesn’t care about arsenal, none of them do, thety want to win things and this lot will win sweet FA again.
i JUST READ SOMETHING ABOUT JUVENTUS WANTING ROSINSCKY.
NOBODY WANTS TO JOIN A MATCH FIXING TEAM.
JUVE, WE BEAT YOU WITH ALL THE STARS, SO SHUT UP FOR YOUR CASE IS STILL HOT WITH ITALIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION, OUR MAN IS NOT JOINING YOU, ATLEAST.
i want gallas to go. people say that he make those comments because he is a winner. more like a whiner. all of what he said could have been said in private to wenger and his teammate. who exactly are those teammates who are questioning the club future. kolo,ade,rvp(who must be overjoyed henry gone). who exactly. this guy is being paid too much and does not give a damn about the club. surely he should be talking about his performances and how he can improve ala walcott. let arsene and the board worry about transfer. if the club cannot match your ambition then leave. until ambro arrived at chelsea he was not exactly playing in a championship winning team.
HOW MUCH DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SPEND THIS SUMMER, CONSIDERING WE’VE BOUGHT DUDU ALREADY?
ANY1 KNO THE ACTUAL FIGURES?
actually i think Gallas should stay. He can fight for the team, maybe for the last season, to test whether this Arsenal Squad can win a couple of trophies, if not he should leave for his own good.
Now what we need is the type of player who have the desire to play for this squad (Toure, Gilberto, Ljunberg,Rosicky,Walcott, Van Persie) etc.
who the fuck put senderos in the back four he is so shit and slow i wouldnt let him bring the oranges on at half time…..dont u lot care that nothing is being said about nothing or dont wenger care because his going anyway …what about the african nations cup when we lose three players …..and our fucking best player has gone for a reason maybe he knows something
dudu was a replacement for henry. our squad is now weaker than last year and the other big three have strengthened. We need at least two more signings desperately, one of which should be a goalscoring winger. Gallas is right, and he is a winner, and obviously joined arsenal to be challenging for the title. However, he is also a moaner, bad for team morale and shouldn’t make his comments publicly. How dare he suggest that other arsenal players are considering their futures.
If he was brilliant for us last season I would forgive it, but at the moment he is doing all the talking and less of the playing.
Sell
Henry (16.2million)
Ali (2million)
Lupoli (Free)
Poom(Free)
Muama(3million)
TV Revenue(12million)
Buy
Fabianski(2million)
Du du (7million approx)
why? because he has an opinion on how his employer runs the company?
What crap, he is entitled to an opinion just like the rest of us, more so as they pay his wages.
Good for him standing up for his beliefs, perhaps if a few more players take the same stance we will make a few half decent signings this season
We should never have agreed to take him inb the ashly cole deal in the first place he is a shit player with a big mouth.
Seen as he is 30 i think we should just release him he has done abslutely nothing since he arrived but shoot his mouth off.
It almost seem’s like he misses the chelsea way …. Spend hundred’s of millions on trash.
Fuck off and shut your mouth william gallas.
AINT REALLY GOT ALOT OF MONEY. THINK IT’S TIME WE SOLD UP. DONT KNO WHY WE DONT WANA SELL UP THE CLUB. IT’S FRUSTRATING TRYIN TO SETTLE FOR 4TH PLACE. WOT IS DAT ABOUT. THATS A LOSERS PALCE. I’M SURE WE ARE NOT A BUNCH OF LOSERS.
WE NEED TO SELL THE LIKES OF SENDEROUS, LJUNBERG, ALMUNIA, SONG & HLEB. THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE TO BUY A FEW PLAYERS
Who are you people? You are happy for gallas to sit there and publically slate AFC just because he may be a world class centre back? Well sorry, but Wenger is a world class manager and it’s insulting to him to have Gallas come out and tell him how to do his job. It’s insulting to Arsenal as a club to have him mouthing off and it’s also insulting to have fans claiming Spurs and even West Ham are stronger than us. It’s not as if he has been the shining star of the Arsenal team since he’s been here anyway and to be honest most of the ‘fans’ on here are no better. If this kind of thing happened in my job i’d be fired. Gallas needs to be told to shut up and start playing. Half of you lot need to shut up and start supporting or do you think Spurs and West Ham have a better manager than us too?
Gallas has been always will be a mouthy, sulking kid. We were warned about that. Remember the accusations when he left Chelski. But this is typical of French players as we all know.
If Willy wants to play in a side full of household names to make himself feel bigger than he actually is then Willy my old son you should have stayed at Chelski. He’s been at the Arsenal and done nothing. This truely stinks of him engineering a way out just like his c*** features did before him.
William Should be given the second chance however, as i think he is the one who push the team forward, and we can’t afford to lose another Star Players, after the departure of Henry.
it sounds to me like u lot are settling for 6th place if there aint champions league football we are fucked and weve scrapped the barrel twice now so it shows we aint strong enuf dont it and we sold r top goal scorer ever if wengers been given money y aint he spending it or aint he got fuck all …..gallas has got fire in his belly whats wrong with wanting to win and compete maybe gallas should be on the board because they think its a fucking joke
“Good for him standing up for his beliefs, perhaps if a few more players take the same stance we will make a few half decent signings this season”
That’s the problem for me, the players don’t run the club or team affairs. Gallas hasn’t just gone about this the wrong way, he’s completely undermining everything we’re trying to achieve at Arsenal and being disrespectful while he’s at it.
“Today I am at Arsenal but I do not know what can occur tomorrow.”
I’m with the chef on this one, if he isn’t committed and willing to work for his silverware then he should fuck the fuck off.
Honestly, you’d think the way this guy talks it’s as if he’s the greatest player in the world, before he runs his mouth off he should take a good look at some of his performances last season.
Now Now boys- good to see we’re all vey passionate but like Gallas we should hold our horses till the end of the transfer date August 31st.
We’ll all be breathing a lot easier come then.
If ‘Sam’s Sums’ are accurate we have £20m give or take to spend to in the next 6 weeks or so.
Something will come up be patient my friends. You too Willy G
not one of wengers sheep there is no problem about critisizing your employer. but why do it in public. does he really think that the board will suddenly decide to buy ten new player because a player who joined the team a season ago and is being paid 80,000 a week while he spend half on the season on the injury list and the other half being part of one the worse defence uner wenger reign. a winner is somebody who does not cut and run at the first sign of trouble. that is the sign of a coward. kolo,gilberto has been here a long time and earn less than gallas probably yet you have not seen them come out and basically say their team mates are shit. they are talking about how to improve the team.
I think he should first asked himself what has he contributed to the club before going on with all these b/s.
He has not earned the right to be such big mouth and fuck off if he is not happy.
People are saying Gallas was making those stupid talk yet again…
But I think he has his point – Around us all the teams are recruiting but what is planned to compensate for the departure of Thierry Henry?
You didn’t see other players from other team screaming for departure – for a series of years I saw Arsenal struggling to keep its good player (every year 70% of the news are XXX tempted to leave Arsenal, etc) + failed to persuade other players to come (Have you ever seen same kind of problem for Chelski/ManU/Liverpool? No…)…while other teams keep their good players + buying good players…I am getting sick out of it…
So far – a 17 year old boy + an unproved striker….
I have faith towards the team – but not too much to be honest. Show us something Wenger….
Gallas is being built with the winning mentality from his chelsea year. That the mind set of a Champion, but what i disagree is that he should not make it in public, juz like what Reyes and Cole did it at the end of last season.
jeffors wake up and smell the coffee mate wenger is loseing respect people are taking him over now maybe he should be the youth team manager as he is good with the youngsters all them years of work fucked because everyone has gone now ther aint no winners ther just kids sell the club you load of old farts kronkes got more money than u lot
Do one Berry.
SPEAKS THE TRUTH
Kick him out for speaking the truth we all know and hope is required??? Everyone is arming to the teeth – never mind they might misfire now and then but when your adversaries arm themselves you better do same or your dead meat! Speakingon 31 August as Arseblog suggests will be too late – bolt door after the (horse) donkey has bolted? What fat use is it? Two more purchses, world class else we may be chewed up by munure, the Russian and Spanish mafia, and even the spuds. Tospeak up is to love arsenal -so lets speak up!!!
WENGER IS A PEADOPHILE! WHY’S HE ALWAYS TRYING TO BUY YOUNG KIDS?
IS HE AFRAID THE OLDER PLAYERS WONT LET HIM FONDLE THEM.
HE NEED TO FIX UP N BUY SENIOR AND MATURED PLAYERS
Gallas is calling a spade a spade.
He may be blunt..but someone needs tp put pressure on Wenger to act.
AW has been twiddling his thumbs and liverpool abt to snatch babbel from under our nose.
How many have gone the same way?
Its great to have all these well wishing thoughts for the team…but facts are its players who score goals. The best wishes aint gonna score from 30yards out and Wenger certainly isnt going to rise above 3 defenders and put the ball in the back of the net.
If this kiddies experiments…Aw will keep talking abt the future…which never comes. The long term is a series of short term so we need EVIDENCE of progress ie 4th, 3rd,2nd , 1st. “arsene knows ” just aint enough for me anymore
Lite lin
WE HAVE SOLD SINCE JANUARY.
Stokes 2 million
Larsen 500k
Lauren 500k
Pennant add on 1.5 million
Muamba 2 million down
Henry 16 milion
Reyes this week 7 million
Fllamini 2 million
WE HAVE SPENT.
Fabianski 2 million
Silva 7 millin
Nowegian 500 k down
Leaves 23 million surplus plsu allegedy 20 million avaialble from current cash flow.
Gallas would not be released hes worth 15 million.
FIRST OF ALL ARSENAL FC SHOULD MAKE A STATEMENT NOW JUST LIKE MILAN DID SAYING CESC IS NOT FOR SALE..
reason player are not yet engineering a move from chelsea. they are currently winning and are willing to pay player massive wages to sit on the bench. how else can you explain swp,bridge. gallas did engineered a move away. robben,terry,lampard are all rumoured not happy.
liverpool. owen. outside of gerard who almost moved to chelsea and xabi alonso most of their players knows that if they left liverpool they would be going to smaller clubs on smaller wage. so no reason to go. highly unlikley that man utd,barca,real,milan would want kyut,crouch,finnan etc.
man utd supposedly the biggest club in the world so any move by this logic will be a step down. the thruth of course is that had real seriously gone after ronaldo he probably would have gone. who else in their player would the other big team be interested in. milan,barca and real rarely sign english player and both beckham and ruud went to man utd. their best player are legend at old trafford who will probably end their career there. how is it that went alex sold player like ruud and becks he knew what he was doing but when wenger sold vieira and thierry he does not.
as for arsenal most of our player are coveted by italian and spanish giants because their style of play would suit those league more so than most players in any other prem team. gilberto silva and freddie will probably be able to countinue for a number of years in italy because their football are slower. fabe is spanish and rosicky wuld countinue from nevded maybe if he went to juve. surely that is testament to arsene football philosophy.
plus we cannot afford to give all our player 120,000 per week until we paid off some of our debt.
nadal chelsea has only won anything of significant in the last three season.gallas has been at chelsea much longer.
Solgooner
THANKS FOR THE UPDATE
IT’S FRUSTRATING TO KNOW WE HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT JST WAITING FOR ALL THE GOOD PLAYERS WHO WE’VE LINKED WITH JOIN OTHER TEAMS. LOOK AT BABEL FOR EXAMPLE, HE WAS WILLING TO WALK TO ARSENAL TO SIGN A DEAL WITH ARSENAL, HE MORE OR LESS LICKED ARSENE WENGER’S ARSE, BY SAYIN HE WOULD LOVE TO PLAY FOR ARSENAL, BUT NO CONTACT WAS MADE ON AGAIN.
I THINK THE FACT THAT LIVERPOOL WANT TO GET HIM WOULD BECOME A TUG OF WAR FOR US AND LIVERPOOL, CAUSING THE ASKING PRICE TO RISE TO SOMETHING STUPID
SOL U FORGOT LARSON,EFREM AND ALIADAIRE
angelo fairplay your talking sense mate ….babel is going to liverpool now another strong player wenger missed out on sagna will be next..i dont no maybe arsenal are still on holiday…maybe when we lose against barnet saturday he might pull his finger out
wenger is taking us down the toilet i wish he would sod off already, he clearly is not building arsenal football club, how anyone can stand up for what he is doing at the moment (not committing to the future, selling our best players, not buying enough quality and experiance players to get us back in the race and to keep above those below) is beyond me, but “arsene knows” that statement gets on my bloody nerves, someone please show me a manager who has taken a team so far back in the last three years and is still held as untouchable as he is. The guy has better PR than Beckam!!!!
da silva cost 2.2m down up to 4m on results.
the money from aliaderre. its all coming out in drips now.
the effin board of directors are fucking the fans.
even grimandi has not signed as our director of football!
come back dein!
SORRY SON JUST ALI AND EFREM
LOL – err, sorry William but you’re a Centre Back – not a manager or a board member. I think he forgot that anyone gives a damn what he thinks. You’re a footballer, so stick to the football.
it is wenger not the board, why do everyone blame the board all the time, they are totally scared of weneger he can have and do what the hell he wants with no fear of recriminations from the board. i do agree they need dein mind you, he is more important than all of them wenger included.
BOYS HAVE YOU READ FERGIE’S QUOTE ON BBC TODAY SAYING THAT THE DEAL FOR TEVEZ HAD BEEN ONGOING FOR THE LAST MONTH.
THERE IS HEAPS OF WORK GOING ON THAT WE NEVER REALISE. DEALS ARE VERY RARELY SORTED WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO.
PLAYERS THROUGH THEIR AGENTS ARE THE ONES TO STIR IT UP REMEMBER TEVES BEING QUOTED LAST WEEK THAT IT WAS FANTASTIC THAT ARSENAL WERE INTERESTRED IN HIM.
ARSENE IS BUSY AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS COMPILING HIS SHOPPING LIST.
ITS JUST THAT HE’S SOOOOO UNPREDICTABLE.EVERYONE CAN SPOT A MILE AWAY WHO UTD AND CHELSEA WILL GO FOR.
FORGET ABOUT GALLAS!!!!!!!!!
i think CESC is GONE!!!!
Big blow for arsenal!!
i am disapointed we lost out on tevez, and if babel joins liverpool after saying he was gonna stay at ajax and join arsenal in the future, i am gonna lose it.
Wat abt Anelka, Hunteelar, Babel, Sagna,Tevez, Malouda, Abidal. We have been link to all, but sign none of them.
IN–> Fabianski and DU DU
footballers are interested in themselves alone, they want to win things and unless we pull our fingers out we will lose our best players whether that is fab or whoever else and will not be able to attract top players to the club.
lol: the board are scared of wenger?
what are you talking abt.
these ppl are multi millionaires. they are not scared of anyone. who do you think sets the budgets? if arsene has to build a team for 10m what do you expect? miracles?
why do you think they took out a 40m extrta loan? not for transfers. because they cannot even cover the wages. thats why they sold henry – the biggest wage earner. or do ppl still believe it was arsene wenger after he said to all the press ‘i guarantee henry will be here next season’ a week before?
wake up my fellow gooners.
dan maybe because a lot of those who support wenger realized that he has been constraint by the stadium debt. and because he care about this club,maybe more than his personal reputation and is willing to use his astuteness to keep the club in the top four for a few years until some of our debt is paid off. there is no proof that a new coach will get more money than wenger has. is there any other coach in the world who you think could do a better job with the amount he has had in the last few years. one of the reason maybe we trust wenger is because he could have gone to almost any team he wanted for the last few years but choose to stay and built a new team which might not bring him personal glory for a few years.
perhaps perhaps we will win something this season, maybe the youth league cup and Carling cup which we lost both in the final.
The Arsenal ladies are doing well, by winning five cup last season.
COme on guy, you can do it.
Arsenal 4 life.
al, if we were going to sign babel it would have happened already, or maybe we were waiting until after he claimed he was dying to join us and our rivals became interested so we could start a price war for him, you know what we arsenal are run so badly at the moment that mey even be true!!!
First point:
We only lost once to Liverpool (league) and once to Chelsea (Carling cup).
We only lost ground on the Manu, Chelsea and Liverpool, by not beating the teams we should have. That has been our problem. Putting the ball in the net. Missing absolute sitters etc. The amount of chances per game we had were astonishing. We just never seemed to put the ball in the net. When the team clicks, it really will click. Why should we just spend big all the time to compete? (championship manager mentality) There is only so much money you can throw at a team (ask roman).
Second point:
Who can you replace Henry with? Kaka? Ronaldinho? Get serious!
Henry wasn’t even all that when he came to us, he became the player we all know over time, boy how quick we forget.
I never believe AW will ever just get a “big name”. We are a very good football team, not a team made up of good footballers. Our system not the personnel is the key to our future. We just need patience, i remember watching Liam Brady play, so trust me when i say i am am patient guy.
For god´s sake, Gallas doesn´t know how to do anything, I for one,
would put my life in Wenger´s hands he has proved to us many times that his signings are excellent. If Gallas only knows how to say to The Sun:….., Arsenal need new signings, they need to spend LOADS of cash, Fuck Off scumbag !
Get Sagna in the squad he´s great:
Lehmann
Eboué Touré Sagna Clichy
Hleb Cesc Gilberto (C) Rosicky
Eduardo Van Persie
we will see if gallas ever become a coach if he can do better than wenger. dark one made a good point though. we did not lose the league becaus ethe big spender beat us but because we fuck it up against weaker opposition. that means we need to learn from our mistake,grow a harder spine and learn to defend. with the amount of goals we score last season had we had a better defense we would have probably be close to chelsea. that is what we need to work on. i would like to see the return of keown to drill the defence in the similar way he did during our cl run.
I have been waiting since…I forgot already…2004? What happened after our 59 record?
Go to http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Arsenal and you can tell how many “negative” news that we have – and compared how positive it is for manU http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Manchester+United
Lets face the fact guys – WE HAVE NO MONEY. We are in debt. Kronke trying to buy Arsenal but the board said NO! Without his money we can’t compete with others….well we can enjoy being a mid-table team and Kronke will lose his interest….
i think there is no doubt that over the past few years he was constrained, however it seems to be faily commen knowledge that they do have momey to spend and it is wenger who is reluctant to spend it. The board and wenger himself have said there is money to spend. just on net transfers alone he has about 20m to spend, Babel for 6m anelka for 10m, there are players out there that would improve our team without being 25m, tevez and torres etc were never going to come, that is obvious. as for being scared of wenger, do you think the board should allow all this uncertainty go on for the next year? at what point do they say enough is enough we need a manager that is fully commited to the club and its future. As for wenger being a martyr for the club, i disagree he is trying to do things the anti chelssea way and that is all very noble and perhaps raevant 10 years ago, but that is not football today, there is simply too much money about and too many clubs have it. we are in a whole new world and his kind of martydom i can do with out, i would rather see a competative team.
alex, that team looks all well and good, but you need 20 quality players and after your first 11, which is not that great anyway, you have a squad full of avaerage players. quoting good results against man utd, etc from last year shows that on our day we can compete eith anyone and we all know that they can, but again football is about 60 games a year, it is a squad game and 11 good players are not going to cut it.
Arsene Wenger is the man. Believe me, he can take Arsenal to another level. Given the constraint he have now, I beleive even Ferguson, Mourinho or even Benitez manage our team. Arsenal wold be easily relegated by now. NOt in top 4.
Wenger built this team not within a year, but for the past two years, after our unbeatable season.
Player out since then (Keown,Cambell,Wright,Lauren,Cole,Edu,Vieira,Parlour,Pires,Bergkamp,Henry) that nearly whole first team
Youngster and Sub that have gone since then
(Stokes,Larson,Maumba, Kanu,Abeyie,Pennant,Bently,Lupoli)etc
going to leave us soon (Flamini,Reyes)
That alot of experience loss within the last two years, when we just built the winning team and formula to winning.
But in the past two years Wenger prove us wrong and can maintain the team within the tie budget given to him. Can you inagine Feguson with no budget, there would be simply no (Anderson, Nani, OWen,Tevez, Ronaldo,Ronney, Fernindand, Carrick, Rossi, Henzie) etc, can he win? Imagine Mourinho with no money, there would be no (Lampard,Ballack,Essien,Wright Phillps, Robben,Malouda, Drogba,Terry,cech)etc, can he win? Benitez with no money, there would be no (Xabi, Torres, Bellamy, Crouch,Kuyt,Pennant,Reina), Can he win?
The answer is obvious, please be patient with wenger, he is the only one manager in market that is the best for this job.
Can we create a winning team with youngsters, simply with no stars, the answer is no, but wenger is doing the exceptional, with exceptional talent, in spotting the talent of the future for us.
So what Wenger is trying to prove? That his econ theory works? That he can use small money to compete with Chelski? Well 3 years of time has gone, no trophy, a runner-up for CL and what we are now having is a big stadium – a soon be empty stadium.
who said arsene was ever intersted in babel. from report i read the scout were less than impressed by him and there does not seemed to be a bidding war for his signature. or for malouda for that matter.
he doesn’t have the wright to interfere on wenger’s policy the only thing he can do is leaving the club and i think he makes no differense if he do it.
the question is with all these players leaving, is why did he let them all go if they didn’t have the money to replace them all, some had to go, but why sell viera, edu, pires, lauren even TH if you know you can replace them adequately, i know you need to rebuild for the future but the process needs to work within the confines of a successful team, the ploicy has been lets get rid of them all and hope for the best with a young crop of new players. it clearly hasn’t worked, yet we have seen it continue.
Pires went to Villa real = got injured, out 4 ages (knee)
Lauren went to Portsmouth = got injured, played couple games (thigh)
Edu same Valencia = got injured (knee)
All started to become tooooo injury prone.
I agree that we are a joke but we say it to ourselves and not to the world. Anyone, except Wenger, can leave for all i care. I’m sick of players holding our beloved club to ransom every year. Henry’s gone and so can anyone elso for that matter, including Cesc and Bitchy Galas. I think Galas is a great player but not greater than the club and the fans. So shut up Galas or move the hell on.
And isnt that wat started with Henry too ? Wasnt there that story that ran about how Wenger got Henry checked out and it showed up in the report that the injuries that forced him to miss most of last season would always be there. so he was sold.
And as for new signings – its practically impossible not to listen and scour the tabloids/web but the only “source” we can trust is the club when they announce a transfer. Look at Eduardo, nothing at all on the player and then bang he was signed.
What do the names Shevchenko, Veron, Wright-Phillips and Rebrov have in common? Yep, you’ve guessed it, they were big money signings that failed to impress.
Ok, how about these crappy unknowns that were cheap and not ‘fashionable’ big money signings.. Vieira, Pires, Toure, Fabregas, Anelka, Van Persie. And that’s just from Arsenal.
So please can we stop saying stupid stuff like ‘We need to spend big money’ on every player that comes along.
But what we do need is quality players do help us progress. It appears that Sagna is on the radar but we really need a winger/wide man who can beat players, stretch the opposition and score goals. I really do hope Wenger is working behind the scenes to address this.
So the new foxy in the boxy has signed for Arsenal. It wasn’t the signing that everyone thought but hopefully Arsene has found the correct man for the job.
He is quick and likes to beat players. Hopefully he has good movement and will create passing options for Cesc, Rosicky and Hleb. Henry didn’t want to make runs, he wanted to dictate, he wanted to be on the ball, wanted to be the star of the show. Waiting for through passes wasn’t enough for Thierry.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Eduardo De Silva finished the season with more goals than the 26 million Fernando Torres or the 16.5 million Darren Bent. That would be just typical Arsene. To be honest I think he is due another gem.
I am interested to know if Arsene is going to adopt the 4-3-3 formation or continue using the 4-4-2.
Both formations seem to have pros and cons. Last seasons 4-4-2 meant that we couldn’t get the very best out of Tomas Rosicky and Alex Hleb. In a 4-3-3 both players would be alot more narrow allowing our fullbacks to get forward to provide the width. Our attacking three players would also have to take on the role of wide players when necessary. Van Persie out on the right and a new player or Eduardo on the left.
I think this could make us quite weak down the right hand side of our pitch. Eboue isn’t the most defensive and disciplined right back in the world. Hleb gives Eboue that extra bit of protection in the 4-4-2 formation.
If Arsene does adopt the 4-3-3 and he buys a natural wide man then one of Rosicky or Hleb would have to take a seat on the bench. As much as I feel we haven’t seen the best of Hleb yet I feel that Rosicky will be a very important player for us next season if he can stay fit.
Alot of people have been looking at what has been happening at Old Trafford but lets not forget the quality of Robin Van Persie, who I expect to have a massive season. We have a natural goal scorer in Eduardo which we missed last season. Cesc Fabregas has another year under his belt and hopefully with another winger and Eduardo has more decisive passing options. Tomas Rosicky will have a big season and will rise up another level. Along with progression from Diaby, Denilson, Walcott, Clichy, Eboue, Bendtner etc things look good on the pitch.
Its the off pitch crap that I am concerned about. If we can get Arsene to sign a new deal then I will be quietly confident about the new season
Please visit What do the names Shevchenko, Veron, Wright-Phillips and Rebrov have in common? Yep, you’ve guessed it, they were big money signings that failed to impress.
Ok, how about these crappy unknowns that were cheap and not ‘fashionable’ big money signings.. Vieira, Pires, Toure, Fabregas, Anelka, Van Persie. And that’s just from Arsenal.
So please can we stop saying stupid stuff like ‘We need to spend big money’ on every player that comes along.
But what we do need is quality players do help us progress. It appears that Sagna is on the radar but we really need a winger/wide man who can beat players, stretch the opposition and score goals. I really do hope Wenger is working behind the scenes to address this.
So the new foxy in the boxy has signed for Arsenal. It wasn’t the signing that everyone thought but hopefully Arsene has found the correct man for the job.
He is quick and likes to beat players. Hopefully he has good movement and will create passing options for Cesc, Rosicky and Hleb. Henry didn’t want to make runs, he wanted to dictate, he wanted to be on the ball, wanted to be the star of the show. Waiting for through passes wasn’t enough for Thierry.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Eduardo De Silva finished the season with more goals than the 26 million Fernando Torres or the 16.5 million Darren Bent. That would be just typical Arsene. To be honest I think he is due another gem.
I am interested to know if Arsene is going to adopt the 4-3-3 formation or continue using the 4-4-2.
Both formations seem to have pros and cons. Last seasons 4-4-2 meant that we couldn’t get the very best out of Tomas Rosicky and Alex Hleb. In a 4-3-3 both players would be alot more narrow allowing our fullbacks to get forward to provide the width. Our attacking three players would also have to take on the role of wide players when necessary. Van Persie out on the right and a new player or Eduardo on the left.
I think this could make us quite weak down the right hand side of our pitch. Eboue isn’t the most defensive and disciplined right back in the world. Hleb gives Eboue that extra bit of protection in the 4-4-2 formation.
If Arsene does adopt the 4-3-3 and he buys a natural wide man then one of Rosicky or Hleb would have to take a seat on the bench. As much as I feel we haven’t seen the best of Hleb yet I feel that Rosicky will be a very important player for us next season if he can stay fit.
Alot of people have been looking at what has been happening at Old Trafford but lets not forget the quality of Robin Van Persie, who I expect to have a massive season. We have a natural goal scorer in Eduardo which we missed last season. Cesc Fabregas has another year under his belt and hopefully with another winger and Eduardo has more decisive passing options. Tomas Rosicky will have a big season and will rise up another level. Along with progression from Diaby, Denilson, Walcott, Clichy, Eboue, Bendtner etc things look good on the pitch.
Its the off pitch crap that I am concerned about. If we can get Arsene to sign a new deal then I will be quietly confident about the new season
Please Visit this website: What do the names Shevchenko, Veron, Wright-Phillips and Rebrov have in common? Yep, you’ve guessed it, they were big money signings that failed to impress.
Ok, how about these crappy unknowns that were cheap and not ‘fashionable’ big money signings.. Vieira, Pires, Toure, Fabregas, Anelka, Van Persie. And that’s just from Arsenal.
So please can we stop saying stupid stuff like ‘We need to spend big money’ on every player that comes along.
But what we do need is quality players do help us progress. It appears that Sagna is on the radar but we really need a winger/wide man who can beat players, stretch the opposition and score goals. I really do hope Wenger is working behind the scenes to address this.
So the new foxy in the boxy has signed for Arsenal. It wasn’t the signing that everyone thought but hopefully Arsene has found the correct man for the job.
He is quick and likes to beat players. Hopefully he has good movement and will create passing options for Cesc, Rosicky and Hleb. Henry didn’t want to make runs, he wanted to dictate, he wanted to be on the ball, wanted to be the star of the show. Waiting for through passes wasn’t enough for Thierry.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Eduardo De Silva finished the season with more goals than the 26 million Fernando Torres or the 16.5 million Darren Bent. That would be just typical Arsene. To be honest I think he is due another gem.
I am interested to know if Arsene is going to adopt the 4-3-3 formation or continue using the 4-4-2.
Both formations seem to have pros and cons. Last seasons 4-4-2 meant that we couldn’t get the very best out of Tomas Rosicky and Alex Hleb. In a 4-3-3 both players would be alot more narrow allowing our fullbacks to get forward to provide the width. Our attacking three players would also have to take on the role of wide players when necessary. Van Persie out on the right and a new player or Eduardo on the left.
I think this could make us quite weak down the right hand side of our pitch. Eboue isn’t the most defensive and disciplined right back in the world. Hleb gives Eboue that extra bit of protection in the 4-4-2 formation.
If Arsene does adopt the 4-3-3 and he buys a natural wide man then one of Rosicky or Hleb would have to take a seat on the bench. As much as I feel we haven’t seen the best of Hleb yet I feel that Rosicky will be a very important player for us next season if he can stay fit.
Alot of people have been looking at what has been happening at Old Trafford but lets not forget the quality of Robin Van Persie, who I expect to have a massive season. We have a natural goal scorer in Eduardo which we missed last season. Cesc Fabregas has another year under his belt and hopefully with another winger and Eduardo has more decisive passing options. Tomas Rosicky will have a big season and will rise up another level. Along with progression from Diaby, Denilson, Walcott, Clichy, Eboue, Bendtner etc things look good on the pitch.
Its the off pitch crap that I am concerned about. If we can get Arsene to sign a new deal then I will be quietly confident about the new season
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=467256&in_page_id=1779&ito=newsnow
We sign Sagna in a five year deal worth 7.5 million of transfer fee.
Adams, you are amazing for that insight. Let them all go!!!! Except Wenger of course.
What you all seem to be forgetting is that young players grow and develop. We were very close to winning many games last season but ended up getting a draw or losing narrowly. If the majority of our younger players have improved by just 2 or 3% then imagine the difference next season! There’s is no need to make big money signings just because all the other teams are. Arsenal are in a unique position so should not be compared to other clubs. Fortunately, football matches are won on the pitch and any talking we do now will not have any baring on that whatsoever! I for one can’t wait for the season to start!
What do you people think of Sagna? The new topic
I dont know why people are after big name signings, Gallas is a big name signing from last year and now he is causing nothing but bother shouting his mouth off again!! Sell Gallas and make an example of him and release a statement stating that all players that are going this summer have gone, nobody else will be sold so fuck off and keep your hands off Cesc, cnuts!
Bart 61 you are right. All we need is a slight improvement from the young lads and there’ll be a difference. It would be great to have some big name signings, especially Tevez and Nani, but we don’t. We just have to urge on the young lads
i don’t think people are realistically calling for “big names” we are looking for good quality players who will add experiance and talent to the squad, we were never going to spend 25m on torres and so we shouldn’t, however an, anelka, mcCarthy, or huntelaar would all not cost 20m and would add to the squad without costing a fortune. there are other players in the 5m to 10m range who would bolster the squad. one could say 7.5m for sagna if that happens is alot for a right back (of which we have two, who are both avarage mind you), as is 2m for a 17 year old who will not see the first team for a few years. i would have bought reo cocker, sidwell or jason koumas as solid squad players and sold flam and song and could have recouped the most of the money. Woodgate went for 7m as well, he would have been a great signing. there are enough good players out there and not “big names” costing silly money.
gallas is jus shocked that Wenger is not like Mourinho..
buying overpriced players in each and every transfer window!
The problem with signing the Benny McCartys and the Anelkas that wouldn’t cost 20M is that as soon as arsenal shows an interest in them, the other club make ridiculous bids for them as well. Maybe they trust Wengers Judgment. who knows.
chisom, that seems a fairly lame reason not to try and sign players that other teams may jump on board, we now know utd, liverpool, spurs and probably chelsea are no longer in the market for a forward, so why not go for it. mccarthy would be great.
Dan, Chelsea wanted to buy McCarty and we were made to understand that Blackburn refused the offer. Bennny was quoted as saying that he wanted to join his old coach. He is good but i wouldn’t pay more than 6M for him. He has a history of indiscipline. I’d rather stick with the players we have than pay ridiculous amounts for player like some of the big clubs eg DArren Bent, Young, etc.
In regards to what Gallas said… He may well have a point, and it’s a point I think WE should discuss, but I have a HUGE problem hearing it from a player and especially from a player that’s done very little for the club. Anyone care to point out the glorious moments of the William Gallas Era at Arsenal?
This whinging about not bringing in players… someone brought it up earlier- Why did he leave chelsea then? They seem to run the business very much as he sees fit. And since when do players get so involved in board matters? I know, sign of the times and all, but I would think a player (like Gallas) would kindly STFU and graft… Perhaps a bit of hard work would make up for a lack of high-priced summer signings. I don’t know… just seems like an option to me….
As far as I’m concerned, Gallas can piss off.
ARSENAL FRUSTRATE ME. I’M A HARDCORE FAN, BUT JUST GET SO PISSED OFF WITH THE WHOLE TEAM. WE HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST TEAM AT THE MO, BUT JST NEED TO LEARN TO PUT THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET.
IF U LOOK AT THE SQUAD WE HAD THIS SEASON JST GONE. WE HAD A BRILLIANT SQAUD AND ONLY LOST ONCE TO WEST HAM (OF ALL PPL), THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
WE CAN ALWAYS BEAT THE TOP TEAMS, BUT PLAY ABSOLUTELY SHIT TO LITTLE TEAMS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LEARN TO SHOOT, BOTH MIDFIELDERS AND STRIKERS NEED TO FUCKING SHOOT N FUCK THE FANCY FOOTBALL OF TRYING TO WALK THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET.
IF WE START SHOOTING WITH THE TEAM WE CURRENTLY HAVE, I BELEIVE WE CAN WIN THE TITLE, DNT NEED ANY FANCY EXPENIVE PLAYER
lite-lin… I think you may be surprised to find that we lost TWICE to WHU, not to mention losses to the likes of Bolton, and relegated Sheffield Utd.
Renecinho
I MEANT WE LOST AT HOME ONLY ONCE RITE?
lite-lin
Fair enough. I might shoulda figured that out!
lite-in, i totally agree with you. With a few exceptions, we actually have a good team. Who knows, they may prove to be better having worked together as a team for a while. Let’s keep our finger crossed. We may spring a few surprises
Maybe this is why we wont go for Babel (if we were ever going to, all been media speculation hasnt it ?)
Liverpool have made a £10m bid for highly-rated Ajax winger Ryan Babel, BBC Five Live Sport understands.
However, the Dutch club are thought to be holding out for £13.5m for the 20-year-old, who has also been linked to Arsenal.
13.5 mil – are they serious ?
Re-sign the Dickov I say
I totally agree. Gallas needs to sort it out. He acts like he’s the owner, manager, and star player of the team. I hate players like that.
if we even do get rid of gallas sagna is a must sign
well we should give him one more season to really prove himself,but if he doesnt shut up we can tell him to fuck off
good point adam, i dont understand allthis hoolabaloo bout arsenal not buying anybody, the fact is , we dont need to buy anybody except for a winger who can play on either side, our only real problem last season was goal scoring, and that was primarilly because most of our play was engineered through henry and since he was injured for most of the season, it all went pearshaped, but for the coming season, i really expect van persie especially and the rest of the strike force to deliver. it would be a shame to let gallas go, but it woudnt be a disaster as we have a couple of players who can fill in effectively, talking bout bout gilberto and djorou, i think denilson and song can fill in effectively for the skipper. we have a good solid squad and all we need to is show them the support and confidence and im sure they would deliver
Unbelivable. Such comments made public. To me he is asking for the other teams to consider signing him right away. He is showing a deep lack of respect for our team.
What we need now is players fully commited to the club and determined to be number 1. Ask not what you team can do for you but what you can do for your team….
Let´s be champions without Gallas so he can weight his “real” impact on the team.
Rick
sagna is a good player ive been watching him last season very fast strong holds the line got a touch of a midfielder good overlaping runs and can cross a ball good from corners trust me he is far better than what we have and had there i rate him cant beleive noone has gone forhim yet…but i dont think we are going for him our it would have been done by now has anyone else seen him or got any other names in the pipeline what could come …….we are just are so quite i think wenger is embarrest to speak
Why is everyone so afraid to criticize and see what’s what? Basically people already seem to have forgotten we’ve sold a top world player for peanuts, where other clubs would’ve paid 9million more for the guy. Business is business and to sell soemone on their wishes and short change yourself of so many millions would leave anyone in their right mind asking what you playing at????! Has already been glossed over cos of a cheap purchase of a striker that so far seems a steal although we all know he’s not a replacement. So, Wenger better get on with it cos all the other clubs have sorted out their business whilst we still haven’t even got a Director of football in yet to be dealing with this….. A lot of fans wouldn’t mind if we don’t spend big but watching things like Liverpool consider Babbel where we could’ve purchased and loaned back is like seeing the whole Kewell saga again (although worked out us not getting him in the end considering injuries) A simple Fowler for experience cover without blocking youth was/is a free option and Pires has already intimated a return if we can’t sort Robihno (who’d anyway probably cost the same or more than Malouda who’s tougher for epl)
i reckon gallas is talking sense, as we need to sign some players, but as a senior player he should shut the fuck up instead of unsettling everyone else.what a wanker.he should be more like gilberto, who when drogba was gunning us-told him to shut up and started slating him – bravo GILBERTO – BRAVO!!!
where should he go?
We need the the Dickov to come back.
Why cant anyone see this?
Dickov, dickov, dickov,Dickov, dickov, dickov,Dickov, dickov, dickov,Dickov, dickov, dickov,Dickov, dickov, dickov,Dickov, dickov, dickov,Dickov, dickov, dickov,Dickov, dickov, dickov
Boyakka !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We are link with Martins, Sagna in recent weeks.
Anyone else get the feeling that with Connolly going out on loan, Djourou stating that he expects to be loaned out and Wengers lack of confidence in Senderos that we will be seeing our new captain playing centre back a bit more this season?
Another thing that is disturbing is the Baptista situation. He has stayed on our club website as one of our players even though Cygan, Ali and Henry have been removed (I know most of you will know this) but he is also displayed on the Sky sports squad lists still as well. I hope that this is an oversight and that we will not be seeing him miss penalty after penalty again this season.
Bartistas number 9 has been given to Eduardo. He will be back at Real as soon as his loan is up, some date before the start of the season.
DAN Gallas has the arsenal virus doesnt knowq when to keep his mooth shut.
As fa as babel goes he was 5 million 2 months ago now hes 13.5 million what a joke..
Sean wright phillips for 12 million would be a good buy, hes done well at the enf of last seasin without getting many opportunites
well if he goes we are fucked for real experince wise bt with arsenal you just cant know if wenger lets him go then he has it all figured out bt fuck, he shuld kip his mouth shut and only tell henry that.
gallas says buy buy buy but u r not the manager.U r the only high profile signing in the whol;e of arsen reign.Let me remind u that he doesnt just sign players just bcos he is high profile.He will sell high profile players.By the beginning of the season he will sign a couple but not the player u want .Who r u suggesting—- terry drogba lampard .
I can’t just believe the comments I’m reading in this forum and I wonder if most of you understand footballl very well. Meanhwile spend huge amount of money in transfer doesn’t guarantee any trophy. SPURS might I have spent huge amount of money in transfer deals but look their players very well, I can only pick three players that can raise their game to champion league standard. The rest are just over priced for no reason and they are just opportunists. SPURS remember whether you spend big or not you will always behind the almight ARSENAL.
woon, not any of the fucking blues bt atleast the winger we so desperately want… All the others are doing so and trust me they arent all stupid. I wont stop saying this bt BUY QUARESMA!!! Hpe uve heard the reds are after Babel…
sagna has passed his medical
http://gb.setanta.com/portal/article/football::england?open&articleid=fbdc14143d1e6db4802573140034a5d6
we need quaresma tevez anelka then we win champions league fa cup premierleague everything
I don’t get why we dont go for babel. He’s expressed his desire to join us so why are we stalling? We need that left winger and we’re set and please dont sell ljungberg please AW
We need McGoldrick then we will win a holiday ofr 2 in the costa del sol. Many attractions for auldts and children alike. Book now online for unvelievable dicount, Boo-ya
stop thinking
Just because Arsenal has gone a few seasons without winning anything, everybody is making a big fuss. Our domestic record is better than Liverpool. When did they last win the title?. How long did MU have to wait before winning the title? What about Real Madrid.? how long they had a barren season before winning the La Liga. Why can’t these jokers allow the team to develop naturally instead of pumping it with steroids (big-name players)?
Mohan,
Shut the fuck up and finger me now, go on
Arsenal haven’t won sht since Viera left, arsenal are going down the toilet fast. They’ll be lucky to finish mid table next season.
Man U – Tevez
Liverpool – Torres
Arsenal – da silva LOOOOOOL
wtf? forget it, arsenal have NO HOPE of challenging anything in the premiership.
whats more the board know arsenal fans are like little muppet dogs who will tolerate anything. Man U fans would have asked for someones head by now.
I TOTALLY understand why Henry left, why Fabregas wants to leave, why Gallas say the team question the clubs ambitions, and why Wenger wont sign a new contract,
hey remember in 1997 1998 season wen we done the double without henry being there so we can win without him weve got da silva i think arsenal will win the title this season coz weve got a team for the future so man u youd better watch out its not all about money its about playing as a team and we have a great young team