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DB10
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Perplexed at the goings on.......Don't seem to have a clue of how a 'big club' conducts itself when going for high value targets. Fully expecting Wenger to say he tried but there was no value in the market and he has faith in Giroud and existing squad.
Yeah I've turned to the darkside after early optimism.
Yeah I've turned to the darkside after early optimism.
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Robbie
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Liverpool would be the biggest fools in the world to directly strengthen a rival with their best player. There's no price you can put on making 4th place even further out of reach. They'd gain more by letting him go to Madrid for free. I'm sure they know that, and will reject every offer we make.
Our chance was getting Jovetic or Higuain. Failed miserably on both counts, and are now willing to spend more money than what both players went for on one that isn't even for sale.
adil_909
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exactly. so will you take it one step further and say wenger has gotten it wrong? arsenal fans let this man get away with murder. it is very important to see that wenger is just playing a sick game. he is a smart man, so i can only imagine this ploy was on purpose. he was not really interested in signing higuain, suarez, or rooney, and this was his way to appease the fans. it's obvious to me that is what was going on because i do think wenger is brilliant, but his end game is different than most of us. he doesn't not start the season with the aim to win the league, he just says he does, and arsenal fans keep buying what he is selling.
adil_909
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also, arsenal really ought to be worried about spurs this season. they have already bought soldado who has all the features to do well in england, and if this bale deal goes through, they are going to become major players in the remaining transfer market, further reducing the chance of arsenal signing any quality players. all in all, things are not looking good.
Robbie
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I'm not worried about spurs or getting in 4th. Our new players from last summer are all injury free, and have had a year to familiarize themselves with the new club/league/country. We'll be entering a new season with a fit Wilshere and Podolski, who both needed surgery last season. Also, we're unbeaten over the past 11 games and will be carrying that defensive record over. Everything went wrong last year and we were sitting in 17th place a few months into the season. This year we've got everything going our way to have a great start.
The frustration isn't from looking over our shoulders, but knowing that the foundation was there to challenge for trophies. If we just spent on a top striker, it would all come together. Instead, we'll slump into 3rd/4th again.
The frustration isn't from looking over our shoulders, but knowing that the foundation was there to challenge for trophies. If we just spent on a top striker, it would all come together. Instead, we'll slump into 3rd/4th again.
CevinK
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You should know that they will not be injury free for long because that´s just not the way Arsenal rolls
adil_909
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oh my...
here's my prediction for how your season will go:
august/september: strong start, winning lots of games, might even be top of premiership
october: injuries start catching up to you, start losing games
december: wenger promises signings in winter transfer window
january: have been knocked out of FA/Carling cup.
feb: no signings made, wenger reports "we don't want to sign anybody, just players that will improve our team..."
march: out of champions league, morale sinks as another trophyless season beckons
march/april: lose lots of games and sink to 5th or 6th in the table
april/march: typical arsenal end of year fight-back sees them secure fourth place. fans feel happy and report "there's always next season"
july: new transfer market opens, wenger promises to sign quality players....
let's see how things pan out then. i hope your version of events is true, but while its true you haven't lost anyone to injury yet, your optimistic plan quickly falls apart if there are injuries to just a few key players.
Robbie
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If you're going with the "more of the same" argument, you're forgetting that we've been selling our best players every season for the past decade. The only time we haven't is this summer. We have stability, a solid and improving backbone, and loads of new players we signed last summer that will be having their 2nd seasons.
The main reason we've been scraping 4th was that every summer we'd have a hole torn through our starting 11 that needed to be filled. We lost Henry in 07, lost our entire midfield bar Fabregas in 08, etc. Let's see how we do now with a team that ended the season with an 11 match unbeaten run (winning most of those games) that has stayed together for once.
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