Your opinion is wrong and daft. We've had tight money for years and as soon as we get some he splashes it. How hard is that for you to comprehend?
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Your opinion is wrong and daft. We've had tight money for years and as soon as we get some he splashes it. How hard is that for you to comprehend?
I think the other problem is that fans have a tendency to follow the ball when watching play. What Ozil does off the ball is very interesting and just as important what he does on it.
I have preferred them to Arsenal for a while now, certainly before Mourinho's return.
We don't want you. You and them go well together.
There had been claims of money being available from a few seasons (one season) back. Owners said one thing, manager said another. Not sure what the truth was. I guess this January and the summer will tell us more. My mind can be changed then.
I wouldn't want you to, Arsenal are only marginally preferable to City who themselves are marginally preferable to Liverpool.
True, his movement does create space like I have noted and he realises that. So he may take himself away from the ball but he is taking the attentions of one or two players with him. On the ball he has more to offer is just my opinion.k
Nah, you've just been the biggest Mourinho cocksucker on here ever since he was appointed.
Ah yeah that's fair Joe. I was just trying to state the importance of what players do off the ball. Players like him, Kagawa, Mata, Cazorla, Silva all move very well off the ball. However it seems that people only pick this up when they perform well even though they're still making similar movements even if their performance was not that great. it's this absolutist, glorifying the end product sort of view that bothers me.
I've seen the same people pay lip service to Ozil's "phenomenal movement" where he sort of steals the show but in a quieter performance, he's just plain shit, even though he's pulling defenders left and right with his movements. I'm not saying these movements justify a great performance but the importance of these movements should not be discounted just because a player didn't perform all that well in terms of goals/assists/overall productivity.
I'll have to correct you on the stadium finance because it isn't anywhere near paid off, I believe we took out a loan which is due to mature in 2031 so the stadium will be paid off bit by bit until then, think there is still currently over £200mill to be paid off yet. So we've got cash in the bank, a loan secured on the stadium and no other big borrowings that I'm aware of. I think 2014 was a big year for us because of the new shirt sponsors, Emirates already upped their sponsorship and the deal with Puma also will increase our income significantly. The original Nike & Emirates deal were front loaded, so a lot of the money was paid upfront back in ~2002 so we would use it to secure funding on the stadium.
I'd agree there would be a strong case for it being a labelled panic buy if we had not put in a £40mill bid for Suarez in July, it was clear early this summer that the club and Wenger was willing to spend big for the right talent. He's made a fair few mistakes in his time here but I think now we understand the constraints that were on him he kept (albeit barely last couple of seasons) us in the CL which has helped on the money side a lot.
With Ozil was up until the end of August I don't think anyone thought he would be leaving R.Madrid, IIRC a meeting in late August with the management he decided he wanted to leave. I believe the coach wanted to keep Di Maria instead, funnily enough plenty of rumours about him possibly leaving as well at the moment! The Suarez & Higuain thing were going on at the same time and we had to make a choice, Suarez clearly was the superior player so went all in for him but failed at that. I don't think we'll get any big name in January, more likely a loan deal and then make a move in the summer. Fans will be crying out for a big signing now but you can't force a club to sell and a player to leave when they don't want to!
I like to think I'm superior to everyone in real life rather than the internet
Ox is playing tonight for the U-21s.
Played the first half and played well apparently.
Hopefully he'll make the bench and get 20 minutes against the Villa.
I agree with most of your quote Jazz, but just snorted at this part:
Maybe you meant 'didn't complain about his management/the owners', in which case it's fair as he was a model employee during those years (probably always keeping an eye on the endgame, ie when the new stadium would be built), but all Wenger does is moan about one thing or another.
That's all Wenger ever does!
Maybe you meant 'didn't complain about his management/the owners', in which case it's fair as he was a model employee during those years (probably always keeping an eye on the endgame, ie when the new stadium would be built), but all Wenger does is moan about one thing or another.Without having read the whole thread am I the only one who thinks that Mourinho no longer has any of charm or charisma that they say he had in his first stint in English football? I have never liked him but I could see how some did, whereas now, he just comes across as a grumpy old man. The short grey hair has reduced him to looking, well, old.
That will be good for him, important to ease him in because with Theo out the last thing we want is to get another long term injury rushing anyone back. Some rumours yesterday or Ramsey possibly being fit
Yeah that was what I meant, he took a lot of stick but never went out and deflected the blame to the board or owners.That's all Wenger ever does!
Ah ok then! I was just unsure.
So add another Liverpool game to our already interesting February fixture list.
I'm taking solace in the fact it's at home.
The only team that will benefit from all of this is Chelsea. Yes, they've got City away, but if you compare the fixture lists of City and Arsenal to the one Chelsea have, they will be looking to get a 3-5 point lead over us both by mid-March.
The only team that will benefit from all of this is Chelsea. Yes, they've got City away, but if you compare the fixture lists of City and Arsenal to the one Chelsea have, they will be looking to get a 3-5 point lead over us both by mid-March.
It's going to be an expensive, exciting month for the fans though. I should take a vacation and finally get to the Emirates! Could you get me tickets?
So the fixture list now looks like:
Pool (A) PL, then 4 days later
Munich (?) CL, then 4 days later
Pool (H) FA Cup, then 4 days later
Man Utd (A?) PL
Maybe Arsenal fans will see some silverware next sesaon. I foretold Arsene should have treated the Carling Cup with more priority (against a weak, shit Chelsea 2nd XI at the time) earlier in this thread. Arsenal will have to send out their 3rd XI against us and I can't see us not putting out our strongest XI as we'll have our usual weekly rest.
Pool (A) PL, then 4 days later
Munich (?) CL, then 4 days later
Pool (H) FA Cup, then 4 days later
Man Utd (A?) PL
Maybe Arsenal fans will see some silverware next sesaon. I foretold Arsene should have treated the Carling Cup with more priority (against a weak, shit Chelsea 2nd XI at the time) earlier in this thread. Arsenal will have to send out their 3rd XI against us and I can't see us not putting out our strongest XI as we'll have our usual weekly rest.
If you get red membership (£30 I think) you can get tix to most games - especially singles, though the seats can be a bit rough. If you're coming let us know and I'll see what I can do - a nice pint is yours at least.
Lovely, cheers! Can we bring Alastair along too?
He can come for a pint but I'm not sitting next to a Tory all game!
If Arsenal manage to win the league this season with the fixture list they have, you'd have to applaud them.
You've got to play everyone twice - the only thing that was unfair was playing City at 12.45 on Sat when we arrived back from Naples at 4am on Thursday.
Believe it or not, I rarely use Arsenal home fixtures to air my political views. I wouldn't put Grinner through that.
Hardly surprising - you'd be strung up over the stand if you spouted that shit around us.
Political vigilante justice, one 60 quid seat at a time.
I have tea party neighbours and work colleagues. Al is tame compared to them.
I'm sure Pete would come round to my views if he was to hear them passionately presented. His loss.
Don't sit in the cheap seats and come out wiv yer ol' pony and trap
Excellent!
Get the Gooners to unite in London and then they can post a thread with pics of their adventures. Someone should make a documentary of their day together!
Holy shit has anyone seen his comments today refuting Mourinho's comments about Arsenal having an advantage because they had a day extra to rest? He went full Benitez on a fact base factual rant about facts and not opinions. If I recall Benitez' factual meltdown was when his team were finally around the top of the league and he took the chance to go on a rant while he could, is Wenger doing the same?
Yeah sure pal......
Excuse me but I'm dealing with facts, not opinions