Arsenal Rumours Archive August 28 2011

 

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28 Aug 2011 23:00:57
arsenal to bid kevin doyle for ten mil

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That's like bidding 35 mil for Carroll ....

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Dear God... even if this is true -buy some defenders and get our defence sorted first

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Who in their right mind would come to you guys at the moment - you've definitely lost the plot

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28 Aug 2011 22:39:38
Right, firstly before I get onto the rumours, I wanna say something:

I think that the board HAVE to go, and Usmanov should make a complete take over at the club. I didn't like him at first but he would be willing to spend. Its not even that the board have no money to spend, they evidently do, and if they expect us to sit back and watch our club falling apart, without backing Wenger, and over charging for seats. I say, if we don't buy any top players by the end of the transfer window, we should protest against the board, I would say boycott the stadium but that will have a negative effect on the team. Wenger needs our backing, it may not be his fault, if the board aren't giving him complete backing financially. if Wenger was to go, I would like Owen Coyle to come in as manager with Tony Adams or Dennis Bergkamp as assistant manager.

Anyway on with the rumours:

Park Chu Young to sign fairly soon with a fee inbetween 5-10 million. Not the fans first choice but he is quite a good player, should not have been priority signing. This could be a business decision by the board, to increase popularity in Far East Asia, but youtube him, he's not bad, better than Bendtner.

Gary Cahill is very likely to come in by the end of the window, a fee of around 12-16 million, plus add ons and Miquel on loan, or a player going to Bolton. Much needed player

Hazard is possible, but its hard to say. If Arsenal pay a hefty sum, it is very unlikely that Lille will bare a grudge over Park Chu Young, and will sell. hazard is interested due to the promise of 1st team football.

Others are a possibility, with an enquiry over Eljero Elia, and rumours growing of M'Villa. These players are needed and I pray Arsenal snap up some players soon.

RVP could leave next summer, if we do not progress, he knows transfers are crucial, and as much as he loves the club, he won't stay if we are only playing Europa League next season, or worse. Bendtner will probably leave soon. Squillaci and Almunia would be leaving, if we can find some potential suitors for the two morons. Arshavin may leave in Janurary, most likely to Anzhi, his time in England is over, lacked passion since day one. People can say what they like about Chamakh, but I quite like him, just needs to be given more games, and improve his fitness.

Wenger, buy, buy, buy

Ed please put this in rumour.

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What do you think the board do with the money?

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Keep it in their pockets, they see the club as a business, rather than a football club, they don't seem to realism, that cups win get you money, and ways to win cups, is buy top class players. So they need to start spending the money to make money.

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Keep it in their pockets? you know that you can't just take money out of a limited company right.

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I agree that Park Chu Young is ok but it's come to something when the yardstick of a potential signing is that he is better than Bendtner.

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I think some action vs the board is key the challenge is to back the team we need points and though many are woefully short it is also the open tactics we play that leaves us more exposed.

kronke is a waste of space no passion for the club at all, being an executive and silent is not right might be able to get away with this is little colorado but no passion as it is he has overpaid for his asset and is now sitting on a loss unless prepared to invest thought this guy was a businessman not a leach

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I agree that, though it would get through to the board..... a home game boycott would have a really negative effect on the players and the gaffer. It's a real shame because poor Arsene is taking all the blame while the board and shareholders sit in their directors box eating prawn sandwiches and sipping champagne. And the fans cant do anything about it :(

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I seriously think we should protest, if things continue to go this way. It will show Samir Cashri that we DO have passion, and tell the board that we will not stand for them ruining our club. I agree Kronke is a leach, he doesn't care, just sees this as a business. And to the guy who said about plc, yeah I know, but they are just taking the profits, not improving the squad. Usmanov should take over, with david Dein as Chairman, as he is an Arsenal fan, and has a good relationship with Wenger, and he can control Usmanov's funds, unlike Gazidis who is useless.

Also I agree about the tactics, we are too one dimensional, and never have a plan B, but if we buy some top defenders, and maybe have Sol Campbell as defensive coach,that may be enough. Also park Chu Young is quite good, he was never going to come in as first choice, we should be going for quality strikers, but at least we have more options upfront.

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If a protest is done well, and it is not a boycott of the homes games, then it could motivate the team, as it shows that we are behind them and Wenger, and that it is the board that we don't like. i hate sitting back and helplessly watching Arsenal's demise, something has to be done after transfer deadline day if we don't bring any decent players If we do and continue to flop, then it is more of a problem with Wenger than a problem with the board. For now I have faith for Arsene, but my patience is growing thin.

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I do think that the money is being used to wipe out part of the dept from the new stadium instead of being used on better players.Getting rid of Wenger and replacing him with Owen Coyle would be a step back,when Wenger first came to Arsenal he was able to bring in high class players and show what he could do as a coach,but now I think his hands are tied.Bring back David Dein and let Arsene get the players he wants without counting the pennies all the bloody time.Because as you say,unless you win things,you won't get any extra cash.BRING BACK DAVID DEIN.

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I agree with you...Bring back David Dein and bring back the old good days....as far as i remember with not here that start all these mess

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Directors can take whatever money they like, they can just put it as directors wages. Kronke (or whatever) is sitting on a club that could give him millions in yearly wages.

We should get Adams as defensive coach, henry as striker coach and Bergkamp as assistant manager to be seen as successor to wenger. well, one can dream

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Park Chu Young is heavily rumoured to be a fee in the region of 3m EUROS +2m depending on national service (2m if he doesn't go)

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The money is not being used to pay back the loan. Because of early repayments it would actually cost too much to pay it back early

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As Paul Merson pointed out yesterday Wenger just looks exhausted and looks like a beaten man. That all because he has nobody to help him like David Dien used to.
Wenger is overworked because the board are useless. Sack them all and get rid of the american regardless of what players are or are not brought in.
In Arsene we trust.

Rob

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I feel sorry for RVP, he works very hard but achieves nothing with his in-experienced squad, his penalty proved he is under ernomous pressure.
I wont be surprised if mancity threw wands of cash at him and walcott to get them out of their frustrations, if they leave its the board's fault, why on earth are they sitting on atleast £100 million??

sundonGooner

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100% bring back David Dein, but unless that does a major trick by the end of the January transfer window it is time for Arsene to move on. I have spent the summer like last season defending him, but he has led the worst mis-management in the clubs history after leading it's best of times. Yesterday was beyond bad, beyond terrible, it was hopeless, naive, gutless, clueless, appaling etc. etc. Why because of Arsene - just as those doubles were because of him this has to be laid at his door.
What he did yesterday was the culmination of aa summer spent dismantling the club, a follow on from an end of season collapse. This isn't one or two games this is a melt down.
It's too late now for summer signings and we can only hope and pray for Wilshere, Sagna, Vermailen and Gervinho to get us temporary back into mid table. But the gap between us and United is bigger than between us and Ipswich or Charlton now.

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Stan K owns over 60% of the club so what he says goes, so the idea of "sack the board" is ridiculous, the board will only change is Stan sells up, then it is anybodies idea who we will get.
And why does everyone blame the board when it is clear that the problem is that AW will not pay "over the odds" for players but is clearly out of touch.

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The directors can't take what money they like as there are share holders. Payments have to be approved

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Is it wenger buy, buy, buy or bye, bye, bye...?

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Park. The saviour of arsenal. A 26 year old unknown nobody playing for a relegated team. Just what we need

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28 Aug 2011 22:30:36
Time to bring in Martin O'Neill with steve bould as his asistant. We need a change and no more excuses are acceptable after todays humiliation, totally gutted,won't go again while wenger is in charge or buy an merchandise. How hard can it be to teach a team to defend properly. Even a team of school kids would have shown more heart and spirit. We will not win a trophy while wenger is our manager. We need at least 6 players to compete and a big squad of experienced players not weak kids.

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Where the Hell is all this O'Neill talk coming from? any serious Arsenal would be horrified to get shot of Arsene for that idiot.

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Wise up. Martin O'neil couldn't manage a fish supper. He plays the most dull boring football and winning trophies in scotland doesn't count. Unfortunately it is going to be tough for the forseeable future as the 3 other cl clubs will buy every player available and pay them ridiculous wages and uefa will do nothing. This fair play rule will be shown to b the joke we all know it is

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Martin O'neill the halfway man never fiinishs what he starts. so he's better than AW. try this AW+GG asistant Or DB+TA asistant. because gg and ta wiil most definitely sort this sh''t defence

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Bring in Martin O Neill. Get real he has nothing on Wenger you idiot. You say we need to bring in 6 players but there's a reason why Wenger cant bring them in and it doesnt matter if another manager comes in because they too will have that problem
The board are to cheap and scabby to give the manager money to spend and have a awful wage structure that cannot work in this day & age.

BTW dont come to naymore matches and dont buy any more merchandise. Go get yourself a city jersey. we dont need fans like you. IDIOT

Rob

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Firstly Martin O'Neill is not an idiot, anyone posting such an obtuse statement could well be one though. Martin is a winner who plays to the strengths he has available to him and he fills teams with similar characteristics. He would never take the Arsenal job anyway. Martin would not take any job where he did not have full control over the playing side, including transfers. As for Steve Bould as assistant anyone who knows anything about Martin knows that John Robertson and Steve Walford and heimself come as a package.

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28 Aug 2011 22:16:50
They only player we will sign before the window will shut and that is park chu young theres only 3 days left sorry but Wenger left it to later once again he had since the start July to get players in but he leave it to the last min.

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Totally correct - wish you weren't but you are.

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If that happens wenger needs to go as clearly this would be miss management of the club (not team)

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28 Aug 2011 21:53:44
Adam Johnson will be a Arsenal player by the end of this week ....

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What do you mean by the end of the week, the transfer window shuts on wednesday

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28 Aug 2011 21:48:22
As many of you have mentioned here today.
You know what the greatest signing this summer could be.....forget players...David Dein.
Let him work his magic with Wenger. Real forward thinker.

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Dein is not coming back. And if he did what good would he do 2 days before the window closes

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There is a January transfer window too. Dein needs to come back and the useless board need to all go

Rob

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28 Aug 2011 21:44:06
Boltons Garry Cahill has just changed his phone number...

NotHappyGunner

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What Does That Mean? {Ed028's Note - That you can't contact him on his old one}

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I wouldnt imagine Arsene had the old one anyway.
They call up Bolton not the player (thats called tapping up)

Rob

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Come on, he's a footballer so that should read - Gary Cahill asked someone how to change he's phone number and they payed someone to do it for him.

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28 Aug 2011 21:41:19
Campbell is going to Lille on loan - so Lille still get a striker so they won't be upset.

www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=291022

Romanian Gooner

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28 Aug 2011 21:36:49
Cant believe Joel Campbels work permit been rejected, is it just cause signed for Arsenal.

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No it's because he has only played a few games of professional football

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Guarantee if United had signed him, he'd have received a special talent permit.

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28 Aug 2011 21:35:58
I expect a draw against Swansea and 30-40 K in the stands. What do you say?

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You really believe that? You think that gutless bunch of losers will snatch a draw against Swansea? No way. The side will be minus - Fabregas, Nasri, Clichy, Eboue, Emmanuel-Thomas (sold), Gervinho, Song, Jenkinson (suspended), Denilson, Vela (loaned) and Vermailen, Wilshere, Diaby, Gibbs (injured) and Bendtner (somehow too bad even for this disaster). The only two fit new players will be Young and Chamberlain
You really think an even weaker side than the one that would have lost by more than 10 (thank goodness for Szczeny) at United will get that much needed second point?

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28 Aug 2011 21:34:48
Apparently this Korean player is costing Arsenal 10m, im not sure if this included wages through his contract. If not y pay so much for him whenother players proven for this ammount.

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Park chu young will be going home soon too to do his army duties for a year or 2 cant remember how long they have to do it for

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28 Aug 2011 21:29:26
We need players that will make an immediate impact; this Park fella, sorry but we're no longer interested; got enough squaddies, we need WORLD CLASS PLAYERS; **** the salary ceiling, **** the budget, we've got to go all out and spend this years, next years and the year afters transfer budget, cos at the moment we're not even looking at getting into the europa leage....
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Cahill - £12m, £4m a year contract
Vertonghen - £15m, £4m a year contract
MVilla -£20m, 4m a year contract
Hazard - £33m, 5m a year contract
Cisse - £13m, 4.5m a year contract.
RVP - 4 year deal, £5m a year
Vermaelen - 5 year deal, £4.5m a year

Call it panick buying, call it what you want; I'm totally embarassed by our team; I said before the liverpool game this was the weakest team i could remember - this has proven it.
this should've been done weeks ago ffs
AG

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Hate To Break It To You But We Dont Need Two Centre BAcks Just One No World Class cb Will Sit On The Bench We Dont Need M'villa We Have Enough dm And Cisse Is Average Park Is Much Better Value For a Squad Striker

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I think they meant vertonghen for LB, but i would still say that we should buy someone more suited to the position (like baines). we wont though - wenger has continually insisted that we have what we need there. while young is a better all-round player, cisse is better for what we need - an out and out goalscorer. he would be an eduardo-esque signing i reckon, which i would more than welcome.

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28 Aug 2011 21:26:47
Well done to the away fans today. You guys were brilliant.

Ben

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The away fans were fantastic and supported the team my heart went out to them having to endure the sheer humiliation. What is happening to my beloved club. No fight (on the pitch) No ambition (off the pitch). How long before RVP goes....

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Yeah the passion from the fans made me a proud Arsenal fan today the whole country heard you. a sad day for us all but your passion at old trafford was a bright light on a very dark day.

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100000000000% cant agree more, shame it never gets a mention

amazing.

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Well playd all the gooners who trekked up there plenty more who couldnt get there were feelin your pain. you done us proud. best away fans in the land, now that is something to build on

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And Nasri said the fans don't have passion. Poor boy, he's not only greedy, but deaf too.

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28 Aug 2011 21:23:28
No World Class players will be signed.
Count ourselves lucky if we sign Cahill
And if we get 6th, we did well, cause thats the best we can hope for.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDBLSUKJiDY&feature=youtu.be

Commical, but sadly sooo soooo true.

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28 Aug 2011 21:22:54
eden hazard is playing right now. he doesnt look good at all. we need someone better. watch him at www.livefootballstream.com click on liile vs marseille. on the other hand valbuelna scores twice

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Certainly class players never have bad games. Its a good thing clubs don't base signings off of scouting one game.

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28 Aug 2011 21:20:26
Seriously, Wenger NEEDS to change the formation to 4-4-2 That's something you can do WITHOUT signing new players

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28 Aug 2011 19:38:04
We all have a big.probblem, we have some.decent.young players and some OK players i want hazzard sneider zarate and a vidic not vidic himself but sum1 who is just hard as.anything instead of.koscialmy we need class not sum ypung striker who wont play for.5 years also we r short on players at the momoent due.to injuries but also suspensions which r ridiculous we need disiplin...... ed what do u think shall happen

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28 Aug 2011 21:02:30
god could it get any worse? How the hel are we gona be able to attract players like kaka benzema hazard cahill etc after that scoreline. who wants to jump on a sinking ship. the signings shouldve been completed along time ago to prevent days like today. shocking

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28 Aug 2011 21:02:10
What did Wilshere tweet?

Ben {Ed007's Note - He was congratulating the travelling fans etc, used some naught words, Ben.}

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28 Aug 2011 20:54:38
Hearing arsenal are interested in some Liverpool players. Apparently, Wenger believes that Degen will provide adequate cover and Poulsen will bolster and lead the defensive side of the midfield, covering for Wilshere. Last of all the real attacking element Arsenal need will come from the creativity of Joe Cole. Apparently Liverpool were more than willing to talk to Arsenal and help out Arsene.

The Rail.

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Heh nothing like kicking a team when its down scouse tool

Pardoe

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It seems to be gathering pace ,degen and joe cole will be a dark horse partnership

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Pace is certainly a word that comes to mind when I think of Degen, Cole and Poulsen.

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Well we weren't getting much sympathy last year were we ? YNWA

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Hey..as A Liverpool fan i will not kick yee when yee are down and i would hope the same from fello Reds,it wasnt that long ago we were awful..keep the heads up
Red Dave

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28 Aug 2011 20:48:18
Wenger has too go bring in Morino i cannot sit and take this no more WE ARE THE ARSENAL Wenger is driving us to be like Leeds come on the board sack him now

Crumlin Gooner

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Leeds fan here. u could never never get into a situation like us mate

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28 Aug 2011 20:39:11
Did you know that park chu young wil have to leave arsenal before 2013.


Each and every able-bodied Korean man must undergo two years in the country's armed services before the age of 28.

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Isnt that north korean....

anyway Man United's park hasn't done it

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Man utds park did it when he was 18 but the one you buyin hasnt that why liverpool didnt follow up there interest

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Its 30 years old not 28.
www.arsenalrumours.co.uk/arsenal-rumours/arsenalrumours5764.php

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Naa it is any Korean - he is 26 years old and hasn't done it yet

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Man utd's park did it when he was 19

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Is he not exsempt from it with the rest of the squad that played at the world cup ???

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He might be able to skip it, especially if South Korea manage to do anything international stage. The South Korean team from a while back that included Park Ji-Sung all got byes for doing well in the olympics I think it was.

It's the same situation with Ki Sung Yong at Celtic. Probably won't affect us though I don't see him staying much longer than 2013 though with several clubs interested and apparently offering big money (supposedly an 8.5M bid has been made and I've heard it's you guys that have made it but a lot of sites are saying it's a Russian bid).

Also, I was talking to a South Korean mate of mine who's planning on skipping it whether he was worried about getting jailed for not doing it and his reply was "well who says I need to go back to South Korea"? The player would only get in bother if they go back there and the country would probably rather negotiate a by and pick a key player for the national team than arresting him for not doing it.

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Nope, that exemption was taken away from them in 2007 by their gov. Unfair to other sport teams.

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28 Aug 2011 20:02:35
We should be singing at the next game "theres only one David dien"

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28 Aug 2011 20:02:23
Martin o'neil is free
Lets see arsene dont spend any money,
thus giving the next manager more to spend next summer.

Embarrassed to be a gooner with a manager that has lost it

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He can stay free , he is not that good , why has no one else hired him

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Clowns on/off the pitch and in the boardroom. Worst team we have ever had. Sod the injuries, they just highlight how poor our squad is. Any player who we're after now will have gone up 15% by tomorrow that's if Wenger actually intends spending any money. So embarassing

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Martin O'neil.............your having a laugh..

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28 Aug 2011 19:55:40
As Hurrican Irene subsides Arsenals meltdown heightens. Silent Stan is a businessman, not a passionate Arsenal director. Until he speaks out and invests we will be also rans. Things haven't got worse since Carling Cup final, it all started going when David Dein went 2wins in 14 games, no trophy in 6 seasons....and tactically inept.....come on Wenger...time to go. PS Don't expect major signings, do expect commercial signings. Ie. Asian nobodies

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Park is not even good enough for our first division. The two clubs (Arsenal and Lille) are only interested in shirt sales etc.
The guy will add nothing to the team, only money in the pockets of the money grabbing baster*ds who run the club.

PS- Arsene was doing a good impression of the Iraqi information minister: Telling the press that they are winning when the rumble of the American tanks was almost drowning his voice.

Who are you kidding Wenger?
Do we have to be relegated before you consider going?
Is this AS Monaco part two? Oh wait...what about AS Nancy Lorraine ?

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28 Aug 2011 19:53:38
Honestly who is happy with the signing of Park Chu Young, a player from the french second division?
When is this all going to end, it's like a frickin' nightmare.
LincolnGooner

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And he needs to do 2x years national service before he is 30 lol great signing

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Not only that but he has to go home for 2 years in korean army lol

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28 Aug 2011 19:30:18
Not gonna lie, it's now or never, SPEND SPEND SPEND Hazard needs to be brought in, forget Park Chu Young, let Lille have him, so they can afford to let Hazard go. Get your wallet out for Cahill, M'Vila and most of all in my opinion a suit of armor for everyone to protect against injuries

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Hazard will not come near Arsenal. Why on earth would he leave a side who will fight for the French title to join relegation fodder? Next season he can play at Barcelona or United - seriously why on earth would he join?

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Cos if he loan Campbell and Park Chu Young to Lille, that makes the club ok with it and where would Hazard fit in at Barca? He wouldn't start, and he'd start at Arsenal, he knows he'd be the key to sorting our attacking problems, now it's just defense that's an issue

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28 Aug 2011 19:28:14
ed please post this on both pages . let s be honest it was bound to happen sooner rather than later, you cant let players go and expect to win games at places like old trafford with out replacing them. we have become a laughing stock our manager cannot or will not see what he needs to bring us back it has become apparent that we will not sign anybody . yet the the board are very quiet not saying anything what does that tell you

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Too late mate. It's a combination of needing new players and having an inept manager who is Tactically blind

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Welcone to the spl

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They not saying anything becasue the are behind it all arsene was forced to sell nasri becasue they dnt want to miss out on the pocket money, noticed how at the end of last seasons we kept hearing hill n co saying we will spend blah blah fast forward to now and not even a single word in the past 2months the left arsene to be attacked by everybody media ect and he never bad mouth them becasue that's the man be he is and you got idoits here calling for him to be sacked??
Brummy gunner

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Well Said Brummy Gooner....I just wish more arsenal fans and people understand it like you have explained.
I will TRUST Arsene and I will back my club...but the board...well we need to get on their backs proper

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Dam right have a go at the board not manager

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28 Aug 2011 19:26:39
Here are some Arsenal rumours:

*within a year Wenger will be wearing a straight jacket in an all-padded room bobbing back and forth saying "we have belief. no no, 18 years old? he is too old for us to sign".

*RvP will leave next summer. who can blame him? the club owes it to him at this point. he has been so loyal and has been a true professional. he is 28 years old now and if he is going to win trophies he needs to do it now. clearly he won't do that at Arsenal.

*Wilshere and Vermaelen might leave next summer as well.

*Almunia will ask to be sold because Arsenal is not good enough for him


-----very sad and distraught Gooner =(

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The same RVP who should have buried a penalty today and perhaps turned the game around. Captains should set an example and stand up and be counted when needed. Unfair to blame all this on younger players and the manager when seasoned internationals like RVP and Arshavin fluff opportunities presented to them. Responsibility for today lies collectively. You win as a team and lose as a team.

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I could have saved that penalty.............

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You need to remain calm and have belief the youngsters will come good you'll see we dont need signings

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Arsene is building for the future. Support the team

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Sadly but nearly true

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The future of arsenal looks like everton

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Wilshere will NEVER leave arsenal If you saw his tweet, you would see how much he loves the club, and the fans As for everything else, this is gonna be a very bleak season...

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28 Aug 2011 19:24:10
Plain and simple Arsene and the board need to go,Arsene has done a great job of building a wonderful football stadium but he is tactically woeful
Ins Baines/Cahill/Jags/Parker/Kaka/Higuain/Hazard
Owen Coyle/Paul Lambert Just a thought?
Outs Arshavin/Almunia/Sqallacci/Traore/Djouru/Chamack
Today was just painfull

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28 Aug 2011 19:16:04
apparently we are signing park chu young tonight (bbc). a minor consolation, but the major problems are evidently at the other end of the pitch.

oleg maputo

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28 Aug 2011 19:10:34
3 games Arsenal have won since losing the Carling Cup. This is appauling.
£90million to spend plus selling Bendtner £12million and the likes of Squillaci £4million, Koscielny (hopefully) £6million, Diaby £4million= £126millon
Sneijder £35million
Cahill £15million
Samba £11million
Kaka LOAN £150,000 a week
Baines £15million
Benzema £25million
=£111million....simples but we have a manager like Wenger who wont buy one more player let alone 6.
His time has gone unfortuatley.

Oxford Gooner

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IMO anyone who criticises Kosielney exhibits an embarrassing lack of footballing knowledge. Adams Keown and others have been full of praise and when he plays next to a decent cb he is excellent. It isn't his fault Djourou is an appalling player. If Cahill came in and Vermaelen stayed fit then Kos would be an excellent number 3.

That said there are glaring weaknesses. Park is not a top class signing but I'll give him a shot. We really need four or five on top of him.

Mhc503

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You want Koscielny to be sold? Did you just watch the game? Its Djourou that needs to go if any..

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People playing with football manager again , this is real life. Benzema is at real , earning lots of money, Schneider 200,000 a week minimum, at least think about your posts

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Sneijder and kaka lol you need to be looking in the championship now mate shipping 8 goals and you reckon you can attract players like that

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Come on we had 8 of the first team injured or suspended lay off wenger look wot hes done for us things will be fine trust

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28 Aug 2011 19:07:15
look on the bright side we have a two week rest and then Swansea and then after that we will have near enough our full squad back which will probably be
Vermaelen
Wilshere
Gervinho
Song
Gibbs (hopeful)
Sagna
And hopefully with a couple of decent signings we could have our season back on track
I recommend we get Cahill or another powerful centre back with another addition of a creative midfielder which we clearly lack
Th fans need to forget this match and more importantly the players need

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Thank god. Someone else not calling for Wengers head. Every team goes through bad stages but we'll get on and get back on track. In arsene we trust

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Song and gervinho will STILL be suspeded, wilshere will be out for the next 5 games minimum. the bright side? sorry where is that?

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We shouldn't have to wait for 2 weeks Again AFC have waited until the very last minute to make signings. I know we have made some, but they are for the future (again). The top 3 brought early so they could bed there players in during pre season. Bring back David Dean and then order will be restored

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Woopie, Man utd didnt have Vermaelen, Wilshere, Gervinho, Song, Gibbs or Sanga either. Didnt do to bad did they? Every season all teams will get injuries and suspensions. Thats why you need a SQUAD. Ours is below par to say the least

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What if our best players come back injured?

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You are missing the point, yes they are decent players to come back and what if they get injured again, the replacements are not good enough.

Marcus ...............Banbury

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So what you are saying is that in a couple of weeks we will nearly have a full squad back that were in relegation form after losing to a team that were relegated last year - minus fabergas and nasri and clichy - that makes me feel full of hope

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I meant for after the swansea game

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Well said original poster. Everyone needs to calm down. We were brilliant in midweek according to everyone then we go to United who are in good nick, at home with our reserve team and lose heavily. A time for cool heads rather than hot headed knee jerk reactions who think the answer is simply to spend a shedload of money and sack everybody. Grow up and support your club.

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But at the same time other teams will lose players and your also underestimating players abilities in other ways they don't have to be the best but if they can help youngsters come through give them support then the replacements will be there
Man utd haven't had the best starts to seasons in the last five years and they've come back strong every season and also if you looked at their squad last season it was an ageing squad and people thought they were not good enough to win the league but they did

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Thank you 9th reply and 1st reply

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We weren't brilliant in mid week..................we played Udinese , lets remember that

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But don't forget we are still in europe so the attraction remains

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Expect half of our currently available squad to get injured while being on international duty...

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We are still In Europe, hands up anyone who thinks we will do well. THE POINT HERE IS FOLKS, we aint finishing in the top 4 this season with this squad, so for us to get CL footie next year we need to win it, we wont. So next year we will find it even harder to attract players unless we offer top dollar............will they board do that??????????

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The SQUAD. has won sweet fa for six years.
and on todays showing it wont be in my lifetime.
FFS. get it sorted, that was embarrassing

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Anyone still spouting s**te like IN ARSENE WE TRUST needs lobotomised for being a f***ing lemon

We lost 8-2 to our supposed rivals,sold two of our best players and you still blindly tust the man responsible.

f***in morons

StEvE

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Sorry the original poster has it badly wrong. I spent the summer defending Wenger, despite the fact he was clearly getting it badly wrong, but I respect what he has done for us. However, even if this was a reserve side (and since when did missing four or five players make it a reserve side?) it was beyond pathetic.
Our second best side were beyond a light year worse than Crawley at United last year You really think a United side without 11 players wouldn't still beat that side and easily?
This side has been in relgation form since Birmingham, one half decent second half in Europe cannot disguise that. If we simply forget about 8 (EIGHT) - 2 then we will miss the critical points. We need to scar this result in opur brains, the worst performance and the worst result by an Arsenal side (forget 1896).
If Wenger cannot work a miracle and I begin to doubt he can (but believe we have to give him the chance) and if the decline under Kroenke continues then relegation is as bigger threat / opportunity as the top three.

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28 Aug 2011 19:06:29
wenger has to stay, he's still a smart manager, he just has no option at the moment. We've got 10 players out, and the players were left with from our first squad dont do a good enough job. Nobody can feed RVP arshavin doesnt ever recover the ball and Djourou is one of the worst CBs in the league.

Everyone knows we need to sign players, but seriously, we all know it will be a maximum of two, three if someone is signed tonight.

Zarate and PC-Young would both be fantastic, but without any creativity in midfield they'll be useless, M'Villa is looking like our only option which is worrying if the bids rejected, and it probably will be.

Wenger needs to stay, he has had possibly the worst luck as a manager, and its clear the board want him to spend as little as possible. Football is 11 men against 11 men, we're just struggling fielding kids.

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No more excuses - Wenger is tactically inept. For god's sake get rid now

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Explain to me how it is clear the board dont want him to spend money

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No dude, Wenger gotta go, he has to man up and admit that the type of players he buys are fragile and get injured easy. Plus the discipline problems are his responsibility too. 6 years of no winning and now this. He can be on the helm for 6 more and still win nawt

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Yes exactly 10 players out. OK then look at it this way. 10 players out of Manu, still a bloody good thrashing. This squad is far too small and under Wenger will continue being so.

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How can you say wenger has no options, he has brought all the not good enough players to the club, he must have some control over our medical staff, he must know that 1/2 the squas aint good enough, so basiclly it either his or the boards fault we are sliding down a slippery slope.

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If we get three players that means we have a net gain of one first team player ie gervino as the other two are boys who should be introduced slowly over the course of the next 12 months. Lets hope those coming in are as hi a quality as the ones we sold - do not hold your breath.

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"Wenger has to stay"? "he has had possibly the worst luck as a manager"?
Utter tosh. Football may well be 11 men against 11 me, who'se bl**dy responsibility is it to build a squad capable of fielding a strong team week in, week out? I'm not saying I am calling for Wengers head, but it has been a deregation of duty NOT to have built a suitable squad. I mean, there may be some good players..."for the future"....but who DIDN'T see a loss coming today? I went 4 - 0 before the beginning, never thought even we'd let in eight, but stop all the feeble excuses, we were an embarrassment. Who'd want to sign for us in the next three days now? Cahil must be driving himself down the M6. Kaka begging Madrid to book him a flight and take a pay cut. Hazard must relish the chance of playing with Ozayup (not Ozzies fault, but he just acnnot be regarded as ready to take on Man Utd). M'Villa will be stampeding the French ports to catch a ferry over to play with Djourou.
Max Farnham.

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Park chu young will be gone for 2 years with the korean army tho

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Djourou performance remind me Cygan, and Senderos... We really need a quality CB and LB, since Vermaelen and Gibbs seem not to be fit for whole season.

We need a striker also, when you see RVP taken PK like that.. really worry us...

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Cobblers, AW is the man who picks and buys these 'players'. He is an old man locked in the past and should be sacked today

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28 Aug 2011 19:05:48
some good news...arsenal ladies won the supercup against liverpool...hahaaha woooohhhoooo yeah

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Liverpool whooped ur boys a few wks back, so laugh on if it helps ease the pain. Truth is I understand the frustration of gunners supporters, and hope there is investment made toward new players. Money is the issue, and since you guys have a new (red) stadium, mabe dig it up & drag over to stanley park, and in exchane you guys can have joe cole or suarez (on a 60sec loan) Don't enjoy rubbing it in, but ya'll didn't hesitate to do the same last year... so

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28 Aug 2011 19:05:20
I actually want RvP to leave, a player like him doesn't deserve this.
Every single one of our players play better for international sides, where they are under different instructions.

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Sadly I find myself agreeing and I never thought that would be possible.

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28 Aug 2011 19:01:27
Wenger knew from last year we needed a quality center half, he had the whole summer and 3 days before the window shuts we still havent got one

Now prices have gone up and new signings may take time to adjust... and since we have the money available there are no excuses

Wenger will sign park in the next 24 hours, hazard looks unlikely especially since we hijacked park... Also mata looks like a player and a half, wish we signed him.

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Spot on. Until the fans really start to vent their frustrations against the board, this will always be the case. A trained chimp would have identified a centre back by now. Wenger is not the manager of AFC, he is now the fall guy for the board I don't waste my money on going to the emirates anymore, but I would like to think that the board are booed constantly as they take to their seats.

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Well we bought 2 cbs last year,they just wernt ny good

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28 Aug 2011 19:00:36
why did Wenger not change the formation..when we were losing bigtime(note-it could have been anytime 6-2,7-2 i don't know) by subbing Coquelin and bringing an attacking player when we needed some pride by protecting the defence

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Tactically inept What a shables, I feel sorry for the new signings as they would surely have been better off elsewhere.

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Simple answer - he has lost the plot - he looked beyond dreadful after the game a broken man.

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28 Aug 2011 18:52:41
Four words

bring back david dein :(

Arsenal 4 life

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The most sensible words written on this site all summer

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28 Aug 2011 18:52:05
someones going to put a note in the changing room saying 'will the last one out please turn the lights off' everyones going to want to go now

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28 Aug 2011 18:50:09
This proves my point - Arsenal are a property company with a football team attached to generate some income. They have £150m in the bank (Arsenal holding plc) and now a poor team. The problem that has built up will take cash of the amounts that Man City and Chelsea have spent. The best they will achieve this year is top 10 finish and forget Europe for a few years

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Totally agree,what will the board do with only half the stadium filled?????

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28 Aug 2011 18:50:00
hopefully now everyone will stop all the rubbish about hazard coming and mvila and the rest becuase it will not happen, why would they want to and also they wouldn't be enough we need 6 top quality players or thats it for us

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28 Aug 2011 18:49:47
So we've sold 2 of our best players, been absolutely embarrassed today, now i read on the bbc website we are set to sign a £4m rated striker who was a target for Fulham, think this just about sums up the ambition of the club at the moment

What must gary cahill and other 'targets' be thinking? Mata said he wanted to come to england to win trophies, and thats why he chose chelski. (same story with Fab and Nasri who got out to win things) we now have 3 days to convince these 'targets' to come to what appears to be a sinking ship Top players want to play champions league football, at this rate we are going to be absolutely nowhere near next season

Depressed Gooner :(

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28 Aug 2011 18:48:21
Cahill - 12million
Cissokho - 10million
M'Vila - 18million
Hazard - 25million
Higuain - 20million

I don't care if it takes 85million. We have to spend NOW

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Higuain for 20 million

pull the other one

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Cahil 12 million plus bentdner
cissoko 10 million
hazard 30 million
m'vila 22 million
zarate 12 million

arsenal vs swansea line up
>>>>>>>>>shezza

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The original poster is a foolish imbecile. why cant he understand that arsene wenger is building for the future. you get young boys and train them up.

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The future is now

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28 Aug 2011 18:44:15
Correct me if im wrong but a few years ago Arsene Wenger said if Arsenal ever floated on the stock market he would walk away. Hes still here.

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If you want to know some facts...arsenal shares have been on the OFEX excange for years...the biggest share holder is the American...and the russian has the second largest holding.....they are worth thounds of pounds per share.....so what are you on about...

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What I am on about is when Wenger took over the club were not on the stock market and Wenger stated if they ever floated he said he would walk away. This is fact. I didnt say its recent. Just stating this is what I remember.

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He also said if we sell Cesc AND/OR Nasri we will be seen as a selling club they will not be going.OOOPPPPSSSS

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28 Aug 2011 18:43:02
Just hearing that Wenger was complaining that it was unfair that we had to play Man U so early in the season.
He has had 2 months to buy players for this game and he has stuck his head in the sand

He has lost the plot

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He has a point to be fair. Why should we play Liverpool followed by Utd it gives us no time to build up the big MO.

IN ARSENE WE TRUST

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Great post. 2 months and he brings in inexperience & forwards. Wrapped up in his own eggo springs to mind

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You don't get to choose the fixtures

You've got to play everyone twice at some point in the season

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28 Aug 2011 18:42:24
Right I'm starting to get pee of with people asking for arsene to go, so my question is who would realistically can replace/ or do better job then him? Keep in mind the budget and wages the board only wants to spend...

Ps do not starting saying pep or any big names like that becasue it's not gonna happen.

Eds can you please put this in the rumours section for everyone to take part in thanks.

Brummy Gunner

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Great post
1732

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I cant believe its come to this, Wenger has done so much for Arsenal, but its clearly going wrong. I havnt a clue who I would like to take over, but I think it needs a change. Like most of you on here I feel gutted.

A GOONER

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Hopefully wenger will stay and turn it around.

A GOONER

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I feel Hodgson would be a great manager, would bring some strength to the team. Might not of had a great time at Liverpool but every great manager has had a bad club experience.

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Put steve bould in there until we can get ..someone like owen coyle...for his own sake wenger has got to go he has lost it totally

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Probably 50% of true Arsenal fans wake up and smell the coffee we are facing relegation if no more players brought in. Wenger is out of his depth. Why was he not in the dugout for 1st part of game, cause he has got no answers thats y.

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Sorry but any manager who decides to sell 2 top players the week before the transfer window closes and doesn't strengthen the team does not deserve to be managing at the top level.

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Ok so its difficult to say dont pick a big name for a start. my choice would be Marco Van Basten. young with a name and reputation in world football. would be a magnet for top players. i would also like dennis bergkamp as his number 2. he knows arsenal and the mentality needed to win and make the club great again.

paul - rochester

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Martin O'neill. Always worked on a tightish budget & talks sense.

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You see wenger sat there not doing anything , you see pat rice putting out the cones, then you see patrick viera with his city tie on watching in the stands suporting city.Today was a disgrace put some pride back in the club, Owen Coyle with Martin Keown as assistant

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Hodgson, Bould, van Basten. Very very funny. Whoever posted Hodgson is a comedy genius. Please please go into stand up as a career cause you would make a fortune.And some of you claim that Wenger has lost the plot.

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Glad to see we still have very sensible gooners left on this site :). Paul the only reason why I said no big name is becasue do you honestly believe big name manger would want to work with this board after seeing the way the treated arsene?... And my choice will be Adams Berkemp and winterburn or Steve bould. I wondnt have Berkemp as manger becasue he can't travel around europ.
Brummy gunner

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Sam alladyce is the man did wonders at bolton On a shoe string budget..now he is doing well at west ham, i would go for him definitely future England manager He'll get all the players working for each other.

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David moyes would be a good shout. worked wonders at everton

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Whoever is appointed would be stuck with the sh*t Wenger has bought - Arsenal is now a poisoned chalice. And if Wenger has been earning 7 million a year, to destroy a team, when we could have had a manager who can actually do the job for that money, I despair - we could have paid the money to get a top manager from another side for that

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Moyes would be the man for Arsenal

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28 Aug 2011 18:42:18
Adel Taarabt 4 Nicklas Bendtner Monday 5.15pm

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Lol you wrote the time at least your cherring me up

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I cant believe bendtner is going, if Wenger played him up the middle, he would always score goals. Bendtner is as good as dzeko, if not better.

A GOONER

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5:15? what if he misses the bus or theres traffic?

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28 Aug 2011 18:41:56
even if we try to sign someone world class, why would they want to come to us after today's performance?
we need a minimum of 4 players in our team, but wait how many days left? i dont think we'll be able to sign 4 players before the transfer window closes.

i dont think wenger should go, that will only make the situation worse for arsenal.

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Not being funny my friend, but how on earth can it get any worse. In the state we're in, both physically and mentally, we'll be lucky to achieve relegation. :''(
In Arsene we Rust.....

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To prove they can do a job that Fabregas and S**t Nasri couldnt do WIN some Silverware.

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So keep going with the train wreck is what you are saying?

Personally he can't go quick enough

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28 Aug 2011 17:59:05
Arsenal need these:

Cahill
Jagielka
Baines
Lloris
Sniejder
Schweinsteiger
and the rest

As a Liverpool fan I felt absolutely gutted for Arsenal fans and the way you have been treated. s**t board, Terrible tactics and the highest season tickets in the whole of Europe.

The board and Manager need to go, hopefully Wenger will resign with the slightest bit of dignity left.

This may seem as an attack but I mean no harm, the fans don't deserve this and even at 3-1 the Arsenal fans sang louder than the Scum. I hope for the Premierships sake and you good fans that this is the end of an era.

Signed Ben

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I think the Board need to get the check book out for descent contract offers and let wenger spend some money on seriuos experience in much needed positions.
There is NO WAY wenger should go Imagine arsenal without him...who would replace him Careful what we wish for...

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Thanks for the sympathy, hopefully liverpool will get em back for us

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Schweinsteiger & Sneijder are way out of Arsenal's league pal. Both would command wages of over 200k a week. Arsenal would budge past 110k a week for Nasri or Cesc.

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All those players were Wenger signings. How is that the boards fault?

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Cheers,good luck 2 liverpool

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28 Aug 2011 18:07:00
We will sign players
-the south korean bloke - young
-a centre back
-and i world class midfielder

In Arsene we have to believe
You dont lose any more points by losing by 8 goals or by 1, its just one game

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You lose respect, dignity and confidence though.

Ben

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But we did lose a goal difference of 6, that could be mean the difference between europa and champions league, the league or 2nd or even relegation

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Get real, it's the way you lose.

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Keep your head in the sand mate.

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You lose your dignaty though.. what was wenger thinking, trying to play the offside trap against a team like Man U, with a defender like Djoru (dont care how his name is spelt)

J

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Well Said...I just hope its a wake up call to the board And wenger if he was pondering on moves..

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So when we get religated on goal difference youll be happy with conceding 8 goals in one game then. Your not on the board by any chance are you?

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How many were out, upset with the result ,needs players , but don't be pathetic. Vermaelen ,sagna , wilshere, song, gervinho, gibbs, Frimpong even

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The south korean isnt even young, he is 26, do your research before you post

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How naive are you ?

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To the person who said how many were out, your missing the point, its called a squad. Our squad is crap, 1st 11 good rest oh no 8-2 says it all.

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28 Aug 2011 18:09:29
I spoke to Stewart Robson last seaon, and he told me Wenger has lost the plot and hes not even a good coach. At the time I thought he was being clever, but now I think hes right.


A GOONER

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Stewart Robson who has done what in the game? Another failed manager (like Merson) who somehow know all the answers once they are out of a job.

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Dont think this is unbelieveable, I swear on my sons life its true.

AGOONER

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Stewart Robson who claims to be an arsenal "legend", all he does is kick the team and wenger when there down..if he was any good he be managing a club of his own

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He can piss off.....Robson he walked out on us to west ham.....let him go and work over there

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28 Aug 2011 18:09:13
As good a time as any this needs to be asked.

If the board signed that deal with the Emirates Group before they moved in, why have they not re-negotiated the contract? Chelsea (who, at the time, had not won a league title in 50 years) were able to get a £25M/year deal with Samsung. Liverpool (who haven't won the title in 20 years) where able to get a sizable deal with Standard Chartered. Why haven't the board pursued the possibility of either buying out or re-negotiating the deal? They had a chance to do this after last season and didn't. The fault is on them here; had they pursued this option there would be enough revenue for AW to pursue the players he wanted.

Considering what just happened the board should let AW do what he needs to to strengthen the squad; regardless of the wage structure.

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Better ask mr gazidis why these deals havnt changed or been renegotiated . thats his job or well its meant to be

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They have the money allready, nearly 70 million from now and the money from toure and adebayor - they just do not want to spend it.

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There is no money to spend. the profit from player sales is divided by proportion between usmanov and kroenke. Meanwhile Arsene continues to build for the future.

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Simple explanation. When Arsenal signed the deal they were seen as challengers up there with United and Chelsea. Now they are worse than Blackpool and Swansea so any attempt to re-negotiate would mean a massive reduction in income, it would be like Watford wanting the same money for naming their ground etc.

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28 Aug 2011 18:08:10
With this woeful and embarrassing performance, it is clear we need:
2 strikers
1 attacking midfielder
1 defensive midfielder
2 central defensive

And a manager that can think/believe I. Winning trophies

All is nothing costly to the board than us the fans

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1 CLASS striker
1 or 2 creative midfielders
1 holding midfielder
1 left back
2 center backs

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And our class striker will be park chu young hardly oozes class and wanted to go to liverpool anyway

well probably get another midfielder and cahill.

redhead

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It wont happen though and we dont have the money for this cuz they all need to be world class to keep up with utd

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I think we need
Gary Cahill
Jan Vertonghen
Yann M'Vila
Marvin Martin
Eden Hazard or Kaka
Park Chu-Young

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I think Arsene has to be allowed to continue building for the future.

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28 Aug 2011 18:07:52
Having seen the result today against Man Utd, Arsene Wenger is in the most pressuring state of his Arsenal time, and is under most pressue of any manager in the world to spend some moner.

Like this if you think these players could turn Arsenal into at least a top 4 club

Chris Samba-12 Million
Yann M'Vila-18 Million
Kaka-Loan
Diego Forlan-Free-however he must take a wage cut

Personally i think none of these deals will happen and if they don't we will probabley finish 7th, but keep the faith...

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You are right - none will

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28 Aug 2011 18:05:00
Arsene Wenger said that he wants to bring in 2-3 players by the end of the transfer window but unless he is negotiations as we speak we will only probably only buy 1 maybe 2
from confused gunner

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Its got to be 3 world class players, no more might be world class in a few years.

A GOONER

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28 Aug 2011 18:01:47
the fantastic support from the away fans today was the most devastating part of this. big respect to any of you guys who made the trip up.

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Hi,l was at work and had radio on.wow.arsenal fans was great..please aw sign some top players.asap

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Well said mate...they were great...credit to the club

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28 Aug 2011 17:55:53
Arsenal looking to get adam johnson great addition in my eyes young talent and can see a good pass

Midland Gooner

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He wont go to arsenal, no one will

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No thanks, another lairy little s**t, with too much money.

A GOONER

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What you need is someone who can stop a good pass

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28 Aug 2011 17:54:57
VanPersie will be gone before Wednesday. Wilshere will follow in January.

And anyone wanting to come to us will think again after that performance today.

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u call yourself a fan cos of one apauling result i admit suddenly all want to leave obvivously you haven't heard of proffesionalism

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You're talking out your arse mate

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There is no professionalism in sport any more. If you are not winning things you will want to leave. I predict VanPersie to be subject of a bid from Spain or Italy and Wilshere to be suspect of a bid from ManCity in January.

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28 Aug 2011 17:51:33
Ive never felt this bad about football for a long time, i had to turn the tv off at 4-1. but u can see that its not wengers fault , hes barking orders but he simply hasnt got the players he needs. we need the board to let him increase the wage bill otherwise, our clubs going to end up a championship side

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In full agreement with you there. If we all knew that Fabs would leave why didn't they let AW replace him with someone like Mata? When Mata agreed to go to Chelsea, it only confirmed what I had already suspected: AW has no ability to sign the players he wants because that board is stingy and cheap This is all on the board and I would ask any and all of my fellow Gooners to go after the board and not AW. The board and the board alone have let this happen, not AW. SACK THE BOARD They don't deserve to continue being part of our proud football club

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He hasn't got the players but remember he signed each and every one of them. He can't complain about the quality

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Well said. I wish the mainstream media understood this as well. Wenger is taking all of the Flak and the board are sitting rich... If this was in the mainstream media then the pressure would hit the board, which is exactly what we need to loosen the pockets..

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We now have 3 days to somehow make our squad good again. its now a case of the squad writing a msg in the training room saying 'will the last 1 out please turn the lights off'

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What do you mean its not his fault, he aint got the players he needs, he is the manager with control of the team and most other things at the club - wake up fool

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Totally agree SACK THE BOARD

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28 Aug 2011 17:50:07
Three words SACK THE BOARD

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Two words...sack wenger,,

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Finally some sense (not the 'sack wenger' moron). if wenger is sacked and not the board, we will just be stuck with a lesser manager who still will not be allowed to offer competetive wages. if the board cant be intelligent about the wage structure, replace them with people who can be.

i really think that this is the core issue. the worst you can say of wenger is that he is covering for the board's needless austerity, mainly to stop the club looking like its in complete crisis. maybe now we are in crisis he will actually kick up a fuss about wage terms.

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Sack Wenger too true. The guy has lost it

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28 Aug 2011 17:49:05
On The Other Hand Those Were Two Special Goals

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28 Aug 2011 17:47:39
Whats the next one up from acrisis ? This is worse than embarrasing - i feel sorry for the young players who had to play in this game. Moanchaster had 2 reserve centre backs and a centre back playing at rite back, why can they defend better than us, oh yeah fegie spent good money on good players who have had weeks to train together. What happens now, we need to spend more than 100 million in two days just to get in the top 4 Wiull any world class players want top come to AFC ?

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28 Aug 2011 17:46:49
£100m sitting in the bank.
humiliating 

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28 Aug 2011 17:45:47
would like to say one bad result doesnt define a seaon, but the way things are going one bad result turns to two etc, heres hoping wenger can get, m'villa, albiol, cahill, martin, pappis cisse, the only way is up though... hopefully

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Um why would they join us if we lose 8-2 and are scrapping for the relegation zone atm

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One bad result? barring the udinese games we've had 3 bad results on the trot

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3 bad results out of 3 - consistent if nothing else

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Why wouldnt they, ppl saying we are in crisis, how many are out injured, imo once these players return from injury/suspension, it is the squad that needs assessing not necessarrily just the first team, look at utds, bench compared to ours, end of the world.. not quite, just a blip, well bounce back,

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The only way is up hopefully yes but theres still 3 places below.

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DUde, we won 2 games since the carling cup final...that is the problem

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Everyone screaming out for signings, wenger signs one and hes slated before he kicks a ball, yeah humiliated today, a few signings in the right place, i.e. defence centre and left back, holding midfielder and creative and well be back pushing for europe, ( which weve been written off ) its not all doom and gloom, sure today it hurts like hell, next few games then see where we are in the table

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ONE BAD RESULT It was the worst result in our history It was beyond appaling. You would have thought we just lost 2-0 to Liverpool, this was humiliating, dreadful, career and status re-defining. Yesterday we moved from being a big club to being Blackpool level, entertaining but second or third tier.

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28 Aug 2011 17:43:56
Wenger has made Arsenal Fc offically FUL-Ham filled with average player (mostly).. i said it earlier, we won't win anything this season and the worse part of is that wenger is still the manager of a trophy-less team...
Wenger has been caught in his own jutsu..

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28 Aug 2011 17:41:48
guys im as angry as the rest of you...

but lets be honest really,, we needed this to happen big time. just imagine if we had won or got a draw?? wenger would believe we dont need anyone.

This shows we need 6-7 top players NOW, not 17 yr olds.. experienced players who can play football. spend money or WALK simple.

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6 players in 2 days, impossible.
Wenger is a joke and doesn't deserve to manage arsenal

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Bank manager or football manager,Wenger has to spend that game was embarassing

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Agreed. however, i thought this a few weeks ago after the liverpool game and STILL nothing happened. wenger might just say we are suffereing from a lack of personnel and had an off day or something. i dont think he will ever admit that we are several 1st team players away from a passable side. i just hope the board see this and, critically, revise our wage structure. arsene is clearly covering for them. otherwise, we will make 3-4 experienced but mediocre signings.

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THANKS ive been saying this as well also we need to spend

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Its the boards fault we cant get the big players not wenger, the board wont let us have high wages which the best players are getting

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Could not agree more if he does not realize now he has a mid table team he never will. Just wish I knew who is ultimiately responsible for signings..If its Wenger then he is on his last legs. He knew Fab was going and had to have known Nasri was not far behind if not he is to blame. He had 3 months to strengthen his team and did nothing. I am sorry but Jenkinson has troubkle walking out there. Wait until Messi gets a hold of him.

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28 Aug 2011 17:34:32
Funny how it's all gone down hill scone David Dean was pushed out. He tried to warn us to spend money and now we have learnt the hard way. With all the money that board members have, it just make this all harder to take. It's the board that should be sacked.

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Arsenal are a shambles supporter since 7 years old and never seen the team in such a state we lost the plot after the carling cup and needed CM, CD and Goalie then and we have gone the whole summer and still need the same well done wenger at this rate we will be out of the PL race by the Autumn disgrace

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How could you click unbelievable in response to this, especially after today's result

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A disgrace waiting to happen.

There was plenty of warning, it was ignored.

For all the glory, this is the worst day in Arsenal history.

Unfortunately, heads must roll.

djouru
traore
rosiky
arshavan

not good enough for the first team

solution

money

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28 Aug 2011 17:31:10
Most managers position themselves between the board and the players and are not afraid to ask the board for money and let people know if the board are refusing to pay up. Arsene is part of the board and it's impossible to get what's needed to improve the team. If Arsene loves this team as much as he says he does he should go NOW

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28 Aug 2011 17:29:57
Maybe I was wrong, it might be 8 or 9

Marcus Banbury

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28 Aug 2011 17:29:32
I think now an apology is owed to us fans. absolutley sick to my stomach watching this - who's going to want to join us after seeing the state of us right now? disgraceful, absolutely disgraceful that the club is in this sorry state.
AG

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28 Aug 2011 17:05:55
Wenger is absolutely deluded and should be sacked immediately after the game. No wonder Fergie wants people to lay off Wenger, he knows as long as Wenger is in charge that it's another rival out of the way. We have become an absolute joke and this is the worst I've seen in 35 years. Just sack him and put Steve Bould in charge til we find a replacement

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Steve Bould would do a much better job a least he would sign some defenders

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The blame does not lay with Wenger, the board is where our problems lay (in my opinon). It is quite clear to me that Wenger is willing to and wants to spend money on players, at the end of last season he said that he wanted to buy many players and it would be a busy window for us, only a couple of weeks ago he publicly admitted that he was willing to pay 30/40 million for a player.To me it is obvious that the board aren't giving Wenger the financial backing that he needs to keep the team title challengers that we should be.
These are very very hard times for us fans, and its just as hard for the players so lets stick together and get behind the side and remind sides of how good we really are and can be.
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I bet your a real quitter mate. Remember when we make signings and get our season back on track you have no right to call yourself an ARSENAL SUPPORTER

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Should have been sacked 5 years ago

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Wenger will come out with more excuses,the fans where brilliant today and deserve honesty from the players and manager,6% your having a laugh,wenger out

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"couple of weeks ago he publicly admitted that he was willing to pay 30/40 million for a player" Was i the only one that read this statement properly and it said 30/40 million on PLAYERS (note the tell tale 'S' at the end of the word player.) Look back and read it again

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Ok, that was maby a mistake by me, but 30/40 million is still a lot for us to spend in one window

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28 Aug 2011 17:05:19
in all my years as an arsenal supporter have i felt so low....ARSENAL TILL I DIE...lets continue to back our beloved team

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We all support the team, it's just the fool leading it we have issues with

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28 Aug 2011 16:53:49
The most expensive season tickets in Europe, and no marquee signing. Does wenger and the board think of the fans as mediocres. He claims he has not found the quality he needs to sign on planet earth, where is he going to get them from now. The best players dont come on the cheap this days.the fans deserve a reduction on tickets to watch an average team. Pls Ed, post this everywhere so everybody can read.

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Do what us rugby fans do. Ireland rugby put their ticket prices up to £85 for matches . the stadium holds 60,000 and only 25,000 turned up (all of these corporate seats ie. free gifts) next match tickets were £45 and the ground was full PEOPLE POWER

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28 Aug 2011 16:50:27
this is the weakest arsenal team i have ever seen..chamakh is the only outfield player to have started a premier league game..we need 3 players or we will struggle very badly this season..big 3 days coming up

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Only 3? Watching this game we need 5 or 6 Djourou aint gd enough, Jenkinson has been caught on the wrong side 2 many times, Arshavin is walking around as tho he doesnt care We're a club that should be up challenging for the title not playing for 4th, 5th or 6th

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Are you serious 3? we need atleast 7.

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28 Aug 2011 16:50:15
Djourou is the worst player ive ever seen in 40 years as an arsenal player, even worse than stepanovs and he was pish...COL

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I agree, but perhaps joint worst with the thankfully departed Senderos.

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You're an Arsenal player?
In all seriousness I agree Djourou is horrible along with every other Arsenal player. I wonder if Arsene is proud of this awful squad. It's time he left and should take all the players with him. This Man utd isn't even amazing and I don't think Arsenal would get near them even with a full strength squad.

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28 Aug 2011 16:50:12
WOOP WOOP WE CAN DO THIS COME ON LADS REMEMBER ISTANBUL '05?

Ben

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That was liverpool and we have 7 points on the board not 1 like u

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28 Aug 2011 16:46:58
3 down and it could end up 6 or 7 I kid you not. This side isnt anywhere near as good as the side that got beat 6-1 a few years ago. This surely has to show the board we need to buy, we will be bottom of the table tonight.

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Good prediction. but yeah its an absolute joke. dont even know where to start.

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28 Aug 2011 16:39:43
Our beloved Arsenal is an extraordinary club stuck with ordinary players...my heart bleeds with these words..(gooner4rm_dubai)

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28 Aug 2011 16:32:32
ASRENAL to finnish 8th this season.
Remember i told u so

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If we are lucky,its a squad game these days,we have a poor squad,we are playing for 4th but will be fortunate with 6th,what has happened to this great club?6% rise to bring in a better quality of player they said??b-sh*t,wenger out

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As high as that ..........Marcus Banbury

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Your hopeful. board won'tb happy next year, no champions league no top 6 finish. If the board don't sign some big names now I will not b back at the emirates. Season ticket for sale

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Absolutely shocking there is no spine to this team at this rate i reckon another 3 seasons before arsenal get any trophies...a decade of failures

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'wenger out' is not the solution, and is a moronic statement. the problem is that, in spite of both wenger and the board now willing to spend a lot, the board refuse to break the wage structure. they would probably bid 30-40m for some players, but they would already be getting paid way above what we 'can' afford. the wage structure has to be broken for us to attract top players, and i dont think wenger is the one standing in the way of this.

anyway yeah i agree that we are headed out of CL qualification, but if sackings are to be made it has to be at board level. otherwise wenger will just be replaced with some lesser manager who still cannot attract top players.

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Cant beleive I am saying this, but at this moment in time and the way it is looking I'd take 8th

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28 Aug 2011 16:31:48
This is absolutely ridiculous...I feel absolutely devastated. We need signings NOW, the only way we can compete is if we sign 4 QUALITY PLAYERS:
1 CB
1 LB
1 Playmaker
1 winger....

IF WENGER AND THE BOARD WERE SERIOUS ABOUT WINNING TITLES... they should:
CAHILL: 15 mil + bendtner
CISOKHO: 10 mil
SNEIJDER: 40 mil
ELIA: 20 mil

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RVP so isolated. Defence pathetic. I'm a staunch defender of Wenger but even I've nearly had enough. Ok we're missing players but our squad just doesn't have enough depth. The board need to back Wenger. Every penny must go into paying top dollar for top players.

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The only problem is, they are NOT serious about winning titles, its all about the money with these tight asses

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28 Aug 2011 16:25:44
Piss Poor.

Ben

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28 Aug 2011 15:57:12
just seen the line up and is shocking. only 1 player in team that could walk into most EPL teams and that RVP. think they will struggle big time this year. wenger must spend or resign and bring someone in that will spend to bring in world class players to the club

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Wenger & Rice out NOW...this is embarressing & shocking..Wenger has turned the once great Arsenal into a joke side.

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How much have we had to spend??? & this is our line up gods sake bring back Dein a deal maker is what we need & now

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Totally agree, enough is enough

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Totally agree,i have been listening to wenger bulls**t all summer eg,not a big club if we sell nasri/fab,only want super quality,we are trying to strenghten-now had enough sides will sell if you offer enough just look at us,if you dont want to spend then f##k off as you are taking us to mid table oblivion,you didnt buy experience and your too stuuborn to admit your mistakes,we are arsenal not f##cking bolton,and to all you idiots that defend him wake up and smell the coffee and before you comment i have supported for 40 years and i'm commenting because it hurts

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Begining to doubt RVP too, missed penalty and atleast 1-2 other chances

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28 Aug 2011 15:55:49
Ed/posters.

Where can i watch the game online?

Regards.

Ben

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Livefootballstream.net

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You dont want to watch the game

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I dont think you want to.

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28 Aug 2011 15:27:53
Given the amount of injuries we have I'd be more than happy with a draw today.
Spurs got completely thrashed by City... some sort of censelation for us

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Go on, blame injuries. The players who are injured get hurt walking about and AFC know this - only one person to blame, and of we had got the players in that we all know we have needed for a long time we would not be in this situation. I feel lioke crying, they are destroying our club.

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28 Aug 2011 15:20:13
Right so Vermaelen and Sagna are also not playing. Dear God.....

Ben

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28 Aug 2011 15:17:27
This.....
Szczesny; Jenkinson Djourou Koscielny Traore; Coquelin Ramsey Rosicky; Walcott RVP Arshavin

Is a very poor team. Feel to go home now.
Eman.

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Jenkinson cant play. he makes eboue feels like roberto carlos

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According to Wenger wee have the strongest, best squad we have ever had, lets see at the end of the game. I can allready hear his pathetic excuses.

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28 Aug 2011 15:49:16
Utd have a few weaknesses of their own. De Gea has hardly been great, They have evns in central defense and are relyign on Cleverly in midfield, for some reason they have startd with Wellbeck up front too.

come on you gunners Gooneremo

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Anyone can give me link for game pls

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Clutching at straws there first row sports

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28 Aug 2011 15:48:19
Today's team sums us up quite nicely WEAK, I am finding the way the club is being run at the moment a shambles, I am afraid unless makes 3 signings in the next 72 hours forget top 6 boys.

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28 Aug 2011 15:44:57
I was feeling optimistic about today's match until i saw Howard Webb was the ref.

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...... and our strting 11 (hope there's a God with some sort of compassion somewhere)

Class of '04

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28 Aug 2011 15:41:44
Miyachie doesnt make the bench... I think Wenger has gone for some more defensive options.

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Its because he picked up an injury yesterday

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28 Aug 2011 15:38:11
just seen the team we are going to get destroed against utd you watch the diffrence at the back when tv5 isnt playing we are a f***ing laughing stock

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They haven't got the strongest team either and with de gea theirs always a goal up for grabs

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Fully agree, first time poster on here, daily reader...this is the WORST team/squad i have seen in a long time, this will be a dark day in Arsenals History, remember the 1-6? Well that was a better team than whats going on the field today

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Calm down We all been saying we want players who want to play for Arsenal. We starting have those players. He's left it late to buy, but he will and we got to get behind the squad, the team & the manager.

Come on you gunners

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Very tough to watch this. We are missing Song, Sagna, Vermaelen, Frimpong, Gibbs and Gervinho though. Any squad would miss those players. We need Cahill, M'Vila, Park and Arteta to come in.

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He should have brought ages ago

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This was my post i told you we are f***ing rubbish sack wenger

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28 Aug 2011 14:24:32
arsenal really is on the decline nasri a whole season for us one assist..nw he already has two for mancity?? what does that tell u?? we need LETHAL finishers.
kenyan gooner

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28 Aug 2011 14:03:57
Arsenal will this week land Bolton defender Gary Cahill, despite the ill-feeling between the clubs over the potential transfer. The Gunners will go in with a fresh ­£12m bid, which could rise to around £15m over the course of a five-year contract.sunday mirror
Arsenal have targeted Everton's Mikel Arteta to fill the vacant role of midfielder creator and are ready to offer Nicklas Bendtner as part of a swap deal.
Full story: Sunday People
Chelsea centre-back Alex has emerged as a shock £6m transfer target for Arsenal, despite reports he was close to signing for Juventus.
Full story: Metro
Arsenal can sign Marseille's Lucho - but only in a £7m permanent deal. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger wanted to pay £2m to land the Argentine playmaker on a season-long loan.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

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If i was top player,or any mentioned.wouldnt join this chaos

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28 Aug 2011 13:55:40
What's Everyones Problem With This Park Kid If He's Anything Like Park From Manu He'll Be A Great Buy Plus Hes Meant To Be A Squad Player Firstly Bent Is Wackkk He Might Score Goals But He Misses Far More Often And Like Higuain Or Benzema Are Gonna Sit On Arsenals Bench:/

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28 Aug 2011 13:49:14
No big names coming in, never happened in the past so why would it start now, expect kids and the unproven and unknown, we will never be on par with united and the big boys

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Gosh your a bit of a clown. We'll never be on par with Utd or any of the big boys. Okay have Utd or any of the big boys went a season unbeaten?

StEvE

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Yeah cause we never have been on a par with the 'big boys' before with kids, unproven and the unknown have we ? ah hold on a minute

Big names per se are just that... its finding quaility players who fit into the team, who cares about rep, doesn't always work out - if wenger found an henry, piries, etc, etc who we have never heard of or only vaguely, who cares ? Just cause other clubs are buying 'big names' doesn't mean we have to.
As you already said it has never happened in the past...

it never seemed to bother us before, its cause of the money being throwing around these days like football manager for real, we've never been like that, but that doesn't mean we cannot compete as we have always done.

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28 Aug 2011 13:01:16
So lads, any team news for this afternoon? Is it true Ryo is injured? Is it true Coquelin/Ozyakup could start? After all, lest we forget, Wenger did hand the young Szczesny a PL debut in the baptism of fire...and look at him now. I personally think more players should be handed debuts in important matches. For one we can clearly identify just what they're made of, but also we have the advantage of the element of suprise over the opposition; Throw Ryo into the equation today and the manc full backs won't know what hit them. Arsenal to win by two goals. That's my dose of optimism for today. Anyone lucky enough to be goig today, get behind the team and sing your hearts out. Arsenal 'til i die.

Ben

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Hi mate I've stuck a post up with team news, just waiting for it to get posted. I don't know how reliable it is but it seems about right.

Raz

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28 Aug 2011 12:37:30
Really hope that wenger forget's about the park deal.

or hope its a smokescreen to try and get lille to deal over hazard.

This being the case i expect to see:

Cb - Cahill & Possibly Alex too.

Cm - Arteta

Striker - (instead of park) - Go for Darren Bent or Kenwyne Jones.

And Hazard as well, then sorted for the season.

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Bent is very unrealistic - he signed for Villa for what, 24m or something, in Jan. We would have to pay a fortune fo him, and we could get someone so much better for that money.

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Park is quality, great finisher and superb passer, will be a good signing, better than bent watch him on youtube

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Agree with above post

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Youtube shows nothing but his 'good moments'

As someone who watches the french league's often, i know how bad he can be, and trust me the bad far outweigh's the good.

Also see him struggling to adapt to EPL.

Not the player we need at all, we need someone better than chamakh, someone competing for first time, not someone whos just happy to fill in when all else fails.

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28 Aug 2011 12:26:46
Unfortunately i think we have to do what liverpool did and pay over the odds for players. If we dont do that its highly unlikely we will sign somebody before the window shuts. We need to pay over the odds for Hazard, Jagielka/Vertonghen and maybe Benzema. Benzema not so much, but we need someone to bolster the attack. We have Van Persie injury prone, bendtner on the way out, chamakh leaving in Jan to that ACN thing. We need a good striker, opinions for who that might be? Cheers.
Nick.

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Were getting no big names, owner wont spend wenger too loyal to tell fans the truth.... thats the truth

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This is not fantasy football,it is not your money

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28 Aug 2011 12:23:41
Arsene said he wanted 3 more signings, looks likely the first 2 will be park and cahill.

Can't say im too optimistic about the coming season to be honest..


GJ

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28 Aug 2011 11:40:01
spurs planning to loan kaka i don't belive he'd risk playing with spam to save his carrer when he can come to the mighty gooners

midland gooner

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Real madrid want a permanent deal

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28 Aug 2011 11:18:13
Kaka to come on seaons long loan with a clause to buy if we wanted. To be completed in next 12 hours.

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28 Aug 2011 11:15:29
Choo-Choo Ch'boogie on the cheap.
Cahill for £12m + add ons + Miguel on loan
Pereira for £6m

That'll be the lot.

Gervinho, Oxbow-Lake, Jenkinson, Campbell-without-a-worl-permit, Miyaichi (work-permit, so feels like a new purchase), Choo-choo, Cahill, Pereira. Eight in.

Mickey Hazard, M'Villa, Baines, Martin, Gourcuff, Kaka, Messi, Pele, George Best never gonna happen.

And we still could lose Arsharvin, Rosicky and (sob) Nicklas Barntdoor.
KERCHING
Max Farnham

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Are u stupid perriera is worth 20mil and chelsea had a 15mil offer turned down

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28 Aug 2011 10:47:21
The only reason i hope we sign Eljero Elia is because he is probably the best winger on fifa :P

On a more serious note i hope we sign Hazard, if we put in a 35 million bid its too good for lille to turn down

lc-gooner

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28 Aug 2011 09:21:06
Arsenal closing in on world class Arteta

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World class my arse jesus christ an everton reject.Arteta we can do much better than that i would have scott parker compared to that guy. kaka on loan hazard and for got sake a cahil and samba, and world class striker why not diego forlan. teaming up with R.V.P he be a fab addition plzz tell me what you think Galway Gooner

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I for one would be happy if arteta came in I thunk he is class. And is use to the epl. Him, m'villa and jack would be a world class midfeild 3

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The to the first reply- what are you talking about? He was on the verge of the spanish 1st team before he screwed his knee and was out for a year or something. You blatantly have never watched an Everton game if you think he is pants. He is absolutely fantastic, and actually very similar to Cesc, he's playmaker, has a brilliant free kick, he is class. Go and actualy watch some games before just slating a player because he plays for Everton. Everton are a great team with an amazing squad. Bianes, Jags, Arteta, Fellaini, Osman, Rodwell, Saha, Beckford, that team should be pushing for Europe.

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I saw a lot of arteta during his time at glasgow rangers and even then you could see he was good. played in beside barry ferguson and that really brought him on. will need anoher coouple players round about him though i think

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28 Aug 2011 09:11:50
With the kind of money arsenal must have to spend we must see it spent, liverpool spent 110m rebuilding their squad and looked a solid class act against bolton, we need more of a rebuild

Lets hope the cash is splashed on rumoured targets such as

Hazard for 30m
Arteta for 15 or cash and bender swap
Cahill for 12-14m
M'Villa for 20m
Baines for 12m

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No...Bolton were s**t and the where lucky to beat us...played us at the right time and exposed us without a defensive midfielder after Frimpong was sent off.....they are not a class act.

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28 Aug 2011 09:04:45
god,give me sneijder,vertonghen, cavani n persie's fitness,then i won't ask anything else for the whole year.even for christmas.

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28 Aug 2011 06:54:13
maybe now this koreon lad is on his way people may realise that this is the type of signing wenger will continue to make. ok cahill i expect to arrive on the statutry deadline day episode but certainly NO Hazard/Benzema. toomany dreamers on here posting

paul - rochester

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28 Aug 2011 10:49:00
Rumors suggest that Arsenal could make a shock £6m bid for Chelsea's central defender Alex.

Kieron Gooner.

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Gibbs? Is that you?

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28 Aug 2011 09:48:22
talking on sky sports 1 about arteta from everton

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28 Aug 2011 01:42:43
Reports from France say that the Eden Hazard deal to Arsenal has been agreed

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Sources, please.

If you don't have sources, please don't post just to wind us up.

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French press or TV? Believe it when its official

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W.t.g hazard finally ,, and now gary cahil
and i hope a top midfield playmaker general. and striker benzema be fab. good luck tomm boys lets hammer man u. Galway Gooner.

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Ive been hearing the same thing for weeks and still no sign of him....yawn....

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Apparently,Lille want 35 for Hazard source givemefootball

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This has been said for the last 3 days

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Three words - Park Chu-Young. There is no way Hazard is coming anywhere near Arsenal - if he was we wouldn't be annoying Lille with this last minute hijack.

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The report says that he has agreed personal terms with Arsenal not that the two clubs have come to an agreement over the fee

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Lille are a proffessional club they will not give a s#@t if we poach a possible 3m signing when we will be provide them with a possible 30m war chest to go buy the 6 or 7 players the french press are linking them with

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ANNOUNCE HIM TOMMOROW
FFS

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On the metro web page arsenal are thinking of putting bid in thought to be around £35 million also bid for elias and 1 other
sourece metro

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Only way this could happen is if a deal for Hazard had already been agreed prior to the deal of park chu young. Can't see it ATM but would love to.

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Let's be serious arsenal are a joke. We sold kolo, adebayor, clichy, nasri, fabregas. All our best players and we buy cheap unproven kids to then sell on again. This chun whoever is not exactly word class. £3-5m value. Look at our depleted squad already 3 games in Get a f ing grip Wenger and get that cheque book out

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I'd like to think Hazard was coming,but it would surprise me if Lille deal with Arsenal for a while,and anyway Hazard has said when he moves he would prefer a move to Barcelona,Real Madrid etc.Pointless having players who are looking to move after a season or two.I have received so many tweets,telling me that french media are reporting Hazard has" agreed terms"that I don't even read them now.Until I see it on BBC or SPN,I myself wouldn't take it seriously.But I'm sure that Arsene has a couple of signings sorted before midnight on Wednesday.

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28 Aug 2011 00:43:49
Arsenal must have atleast 70 mil if not more so why not just go all out and do:

Sneijder for 40mil
Drogba foe 10mil
Cahill for 15mil

Then depending on how much left baines or vertonghen

Arsenal 4 life

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Jesus Wept, what is wrong with you? Drogba 10mil? Give over, he just got basically knocked out for half an hour he's not gonna play for a good few weeks, plus he's 33 and we all no Wengers policy on the over 30's, not gonna happen, and as for Sneijder as I stated earlier, he and RVP don't get along so I'm sure Wenger will bring some1 in to upset his new club captain, I'm not gonna even go into his wages all I'll say is 250k a week = NO DEAL

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Man no way sneijder is so not worth it

with that money we can buy 3 to 4 players plus he dont play arsenal way

secret rider

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We got that money but with them transfers come wages also...lets be realisticcahill,hazard,m'vila yes...sneijder and drogba...we aint playing fifaBUT in aw we trust..he knows better than all of us full stop.

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28 Aug 2011 00:23:31
if arsene wenger doesnt sign some good players especially hazardm then i think its only a matter of time before van persie leaves the club.

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28 Aug 2011 00:11:49
talksport says chelsea have agreed a deal for gregory van der viel from ajax. so i guess this explains why he is in london. to chill and watch games...yeah right

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Talksport talk s*** They say the deal is worth 28million. .

And I dont really get why Arsenal would care we have Sagna and Jenkinson :D

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27 Aug 2011 23:39:07
Gary Cahill
Park Chu-Young
Eden Hazard
all to sign before end of the transfer market

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I thougth wenger will only spend money on players who are better than what we have, so how can he bid a few million for park chu hung, we need a world class forward, not someone who is no better than what we allready have, maybe its got something to do with the asian market ?

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Matas coming for 2 months...goes Chelsea.....Alvares is coming to Arsenal...goes to inter milan......anyone else yhat we aint gonna buy...

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27 Aug 2011 22:31:26
i just heard from a close friend who knows the son of an arsenal member of staff that we will be signing yann m'villa, deal is in place and a medical should be happening very soon.
this plus the news of park is great for arsenal , hopefully we can now bring in a centre back and maybe eden hazard

brad

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I just hear from a friend whose sisters second cousin, whose girlfriends best mates uncle knows a bloke who goes to a chip shop where the bloke who cuts the chips has a mate who knows a girl who's brothers best mate's nephew once waved to George Graham when he was on the team bus, anyway apparently we are gonna sign some bloke from somewhere.

Romford Gunner.

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27 Aug 2011 21:55:18
Has anyone seen Park Chu Young's first touch. He makes Bendtner look like Messi. Check it You Tube. Physically not up to the EPL. Still he's cheap...God help us.

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U must be the only arsenal fan that would put bendtner name and messi in the same sen...and park is class

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Messi isn't too big either but think he'd b ok in premiership. Barndoor isn't that bad but not a centre forward. I personally think he's alright coming in off the wing.

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Park can finish and thats what Arsenal are lacking to the millionzzz

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Wenger to invest in crap, we need players better than what we have sold ie two world class midfield players and an international standard left back just to stay level to where we were last season, then buy more players to improve us from last season, or we will not even finish 4th - simple really - only wenger and the board cannot see this. sack the lot

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Parks only good when the ball is crossed across the goal,hes nothing special ny where else

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Parks movement off the ball is exceptional, an his neat lttle flicks and through balls will fit with the arsenal system, agree that his strengh is a concern though but i think he can hack it in epl

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27 Aug 2011 21:48:27
Campbell denied a work permit. He is off on loan

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Where did you find this out?
BD

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