Arsenal Rumours Archive August 01 2011

01 Aug 2011 23:05:45
Mata deal is NOT dead His father says Arsenals offer was rejected but they are expected to make another bid.

Source: SSN Transfer Centre

I hope that mata comes to arsenal, juan mata is worth making a new bid for plz A.W do the right thing. jesus christ we need a better keeper with exspirence. plz two new cb, s and lb, plz with someone more top level than gibbs, great young talent but not there yet.frank ribery sort i luv to come the to Arsenal.diego forlan to partner R.V.B or if hes injuried.honest guys and gals aka fellow gooners we need new blood. from a fingers crossed irish fan.

01 Aug 2011 20:37:48
Personally, I think this rumour about mata's buy out clause suddenly rocketing & us missing out is bulls**t. I still have the faith to believe that wenger could not be so catastrophically slow and stupid to be caught out by something like this (if the clause even exists...). However, that said, if this rumour is true then is must be the signiture on wenger's death warrant and show us that it is time for him to go...

01 Aug 2011 19:43:02
Don't you think that arsenal are aware of this deadline for mata and maybe they gave barcelona a deadline to Sunday otherwise cesc stays which is why we never paid the fee? Just a thought.

01 Aug 2011 17:58:19
Surely I can't be the only one thinking Barton on a free is a good idea. Yes its a risk given his past but he's the sort of player that we need. A no thrills tough tackling midfielder.

GoonerLarry

Totally agree, we need someone with a bit of bottle

I would have paid a bit for him, on a free is a no brainer with all our injuries, he would do a good job for us and he has calmed down with age - GET HIM NOW

I agree.
would be a great player away at stoke, wolves etc.

we can play the tippy tappy stuff at home

Youre not alone mate. I can't stand him as a person but we wouldn't get bullied with him in the side that's for sure. What have we got to lose by signing him on a free?
Baldigooner

I wouldnt mind him at all.

No No No Never gonna happen, can you really see Wenger taking that on? The guy is not a bad footballer but bottom line a thug, there is a fuse ticking from the moment he sets foot on the pitch. I know that we all want to win things but would you really get any pleasure from watching him wear an Arsenal shirt? I for one would not.

Well if Wenger is looking for a bargain which he always is, then this is it surely.

I'm prepared to take pelters for this but I couldn't disagree more. That wee thug has no place at AFC club. He doesn't deserve to pull on an Arsenal jersey. It would leave a very bad taste in my mouth if we took him on.

Id love to see him at arsenal, him or scott Parker, this looks more likely though and for free, would be brilliant, don't let us down in the transfer Market again wenger

We should get him, great addition; loves tackling, good leader, and lets face it if someone doesnt calm Jack down he'll go down the same route and Barton could be the one to calm him

01 Aug 2011 17:47:08
I have read 3 different 'reports' that Arsenal aren't prepared to meet clubs asking price. Why is it it seems Arsenal are the only club like this or is it me being paranoid?
LincolnGooner

Errr....Barcelona and Fabregas???

01 Aug 2011 16:46:31
Where are all the true gunners ? so much pessimisim around at the moment, we need 2/3 signings and that is it, even if fabregas and nasri go 3 signings to be made this week, my guess Jagielka, Mata (that spanish correspondant is talking sh1t in my opinion) and Parker (Loan for 1 year to turn frimpong into the beast he nearly is already, Song is a weak link in my eyes). Maybe a left back however as much as i hate to admit it i was impressed with traore last game Great to see Rosicky dictating play also, he could be an important player this year

P.S ---Gervinho to be a killer, a mixture of two grets Pires and Henry

Irish Gooner

Anyone fancy starting a REAL FANS website instead of moaning sound board website. I dislike cynical, miserable by design people and that seems to be what the order of the day is. The Mata deal is still on, and Wenger is immense I have faith that even if we make no new signings we will be in the top 4 next season because apart from City, Man U and Chelsea NOBODY will keep up with us {Ed022's Note - Everyone has a right to an opinion. Yes we're angry/frustrated and moaning but people are expressing themselves. Everyone loves a good old moan! If you don't like this website and its not "real" enough for you then go make your own website and everyone can fart rainbows and you can all pretend to be happy. However, the opinions on here are REAL and that's what makes it work. If you don't like it, there's the door...}

Where are the true gunners eh?

Ever heard of the True Scotsman logical fallacy?

Just because some AFC fans don't share your optimism or ideas, does not make them any less a fan than you or anyone else.

Just look at the furore over the change in F1 coverage in the UK; from BBC to Sky. Many F1 fans will not pay for SKY TV to watch the GP - does that make them any lesser fans of F1?

Short time lurker, long time Gooner

Touche . Website's great :)

01 Aug 2011 16:44:35
Have never heard something more ridiculous than agreeing a fee and then a clause expiring I ask a question... How often does guilleme ballegue (spelling) get anything correct?

Anyway rumours are 3 to be signed this week linking to the 5th August deadline for Nasri and Fabregas situations to be decided.

The three are supposed to be Mata, jags and AND cahill. Would prefer another striker instead of 2 new CB's but you can't get evrything you want

Trophy to come next year but I couldn't claim to know which one.

p.s cracking job edd

{Ed022's Note - I'm not Ballague's biggest fan I will say that. He reeks of self importance and is often spouting off about something. He has often said "Barcelona are definitely signing Cesc Fabregas this summer..." Only problem is he's been saying that since 2008. However, to be fair, he does get some transfers ahead of announcements in addition to contract renewals etc...}

01 Aug 2011 16:29:30
the story of the fee being agree but cancelled because of the deadline is ridicilous if we have agreed a fee we will still get him having saying that i dont actually belive we made an offer in the first place

Are we just guessing who you are on about?

{Ed022's Note - He's on about Mata and everyone is guessing and speculating as to what is happening as yet, no-one knows what the hell is going on...}

01 Aug 2011 16:22:44
I can understand why people might be turning against Arsene, there is only so much time you can give somone without any significant signings or changes being made, but lets not forget what he has done for us since he started here. If this Mata transfer still goes through then i for one think il owe Arsene an apology, somtimes emotions take over and its difficult to see the challenges he faces being arsenal manager. I STILL BELEIVE

I CANNOT understand why people are turning against Arsene....this debacle with mata (if it turns out to have gone pear shaped) is surely the fault of the board, or even more likely Ivan the master negotiator. Very few managers are THAT involved in transfers...Arsene certainly couldn't ok the cash payment. Seriously, some of you guys need to get a grip and put the lynch mob on hold (or at least direct it at the right target).

01 Aug 2011 16:16:26
i feel like crying then punching arsene in the face. why the hell did they not bloody well sign mata? i thought that arsenal said they had the money so why could they not have just bought him instead of waiting to sell fabragas. Are club needs a new manager. simple

01 Aug 2011 15:54:00
if we dont sign mata i wil be infuriated as all summer it has been stated we will sign him. however, wouldnt it had been made public that he had buy out clause in his contract?

clock end gooner

I would of loved Arsene to have signed mata, a star in the making and an Arsenal player. Arsene knew about the clauses in his contract and would of signed him if he really wanted him. I don't think he ever wanted him. I hope it's a diversion for signing Hazard. He is amazing

01 Aug 2011 15:49:35
I'm not convinced by this latest news coming from Balagu- I know he can be spot on sometimes, but it doesn't make sense. yesterday he said:

"Arsenal have done everything necessary to secure the services of Juan Mata. The agreement with the player and Valencia is total and it is only London club to now disburse 22 million euros it costs the player. Valencia demands is made in cash or with the endorsement of a couple of payments and Arsenal have agreed terms".

And now the fee suddenly increases because of a clause that isn't applicable to arsenal anyway...? 'Arsenal have agreed terms...' let's see what happens. *Even* if they missed the 1st payment or something, I'm sure they can still negotiate, perhaps pay a penalty (no pun intended) or whatever and sort it out- I wouldn't panic just yet.
LOndon Gooner

01 Aug 2011 15:39:02
this confusing apparently mata has signed but apparently the deals off i need help ed

{Ed022's Note - We all need help mate! Im trying to dig up the information on this. As far as I know the deal could still happen. We just need to be patient im afraid as Ballague has really set the cat amongst the pigeons today!}

01 Aug 2011 15:29:33
If this is true about Mata I seriously just hate being an Arsenal fan. We're going to have exactly the same season again next year, despite everything Wenger has said our defense is still shocking and still look pathetically allergic to set pieces. We're a joke.

Feeling exactly the same mate :/

01 Aug 2011 15:27:32
Edd, is it worth reading anything into this line from Wenger at a press conference during the Emirates Cup:

"If the two go, do we need to sign 1... of course"

Does that therefore mean if 1 goes, we don't sign anyone? You'd think with 30-40m + 20m coming in and 2 of our best and most experienced first teamers leaving, it should be a no brainer that we need to buy 2 if 2 go and 1 if 1 goes at least Even if neither go, we still need to buy a CB.

Wenger stated recently that we will sign 1 player (presumably the CB he stated he is after) & possibly 2 players. Assuming both Fabregas & Nasri depart we will sign a player. I have a feeling it is linked to Fabregas, if he signs for Barcelona, then we will see if Nasri will extend his contract & if not we will try & sell him, whilst acquiring a player.

01 Aug 2011 15:18:09
I agree that what is happening is so dis-hearting for all us loyal fans, but you have to remeber arsenal is a business first run by businessmen. Their number one aim is to make a profit.( I dont agree with these but this is the way football is run now days)

It annoys me that people moan at wenger when its clearly the board. If it was the case where Mr Wenger does have the cash but doesnt spend it dont you think they would just start signing players with out his consent like a certain chelsea owner, or dont you think they would have got rid of him and got a yes man? Wenger is that yes man. He constantly has the boards backing as he helps them make a profit and doesnt complain about how much he is given to spend.

we need to respect his loyalty as many other managers would have walked away. Look at martin o'neil walked as he had no money to spend. Wenger has put his name and career on the line for us. Im sure he would love to be given 100m no questions asked sign who you like war chest but he isnt. All this with Mata. Arsene did his part and got the player and club to agree, now its the boards turn and they mess up, not Wenger. Wenger will eventually go as this is destroying hime physically and his career when he is in fact a great manager. limit fergouson or mourinho to 20m per window ant gonna happen.

Wenger will leave and we will struggle to replace him as no other manager can work with such restrictions. Thats why to Wenger 4th place is good. For us to develope back to the force we once were we need a new board or at least owners and shareholders that put money in.
dannyboiii

The problem is both wenger and the board. Wenger spends the money like its his and the board trust his judgement too much. They probably wouldn't want to upset him either by getting someone else to spend the money. The board's approach to Arsene is simple, if he's good enough to keep, they will trust every decision he makes, including the horrible ones.

Check Gazidis interveriew when he was with the fans, he made it clear that Wenger has the final decision on transfers and how much money is spent on each one.

01 Aug 2011 15:04:29
Forgive me if I am wrong but I thought we had a tranfer kitty of 30 m + without selling anyone. Therefore AW and IG could have handed Valencia the money then re couped the costs with the sales of bendtner, cesc and nasri. Why is our club becoming a leading finacial base for English football and not a team that win stuff and become a financial base. I still trust wenger however at the moment my trust is wearing thin.

If we have missed out let's hope we will can get jags and another Cb and a creative midfielder that is just as good as cesc. If not we are defo looking at either 5 th or 6 th this year

How do you work that out?Gervinho 10-11 million transfer fee plus contract worth about 10 million.That leaves around 10-15 million at best.Jim Bean

{Ed022's Note - I do keep saying that a transfer budget includes contract renewals and new signings contract. Therefore Wenger is spending what we're receiving in fees. Lets not forget Nasri could still sign a new contract and thats budget gone! We also have players such as Denilson, Bendtner, Almunia, Diaby, Rosicky, Eboue, Squillaci etc who are still on the books, still taking wages and who havent been sold to bring in some addition transfer funds...}

01 Aug 2011 14:51:07
IMO Balague makes up 100% dog s**t; he says every summer that Cesc is on his way, and every summer (so far) he's stayed. He's not a reliable source in my eyes. If this clause in contract does exist, then Arsenal would have had their man by now, no doubt, even though we are penny pinchers, i'm sure Wenger and co would have scrutinised Mata's current contract and seen this...

Thoughts ed and posters.....

Ben

{Ed022's Note - There is a lot of speculation. A lot of it is BS. Posters stated that Mata was at the Emirates over the weekend as a guest were wide of the mark. A) No-one ever saw him on tv. If he was there then surely the cameras would have picked him up as a story. and B) He was coming on after 64mins and playing a pre-season game for Valencia on Saturday night in Lisbon. We need to let the dust settle and see what happens...}

01 Aug 2011 14:36:08
when are all you( in wenger we trust) fans going to get it into your heads that wenger and co have out stayed there welcome at our club the reception they got at the end of the game yesterday is going to be the start of a huge revolt.
once again they have let us down in the transfer market.
IG hasnt got a clue how to complete a deal
wenger clearly does not want to spend any money on class players.
and the board are to blame, any company that has employees that under achieve and who constantly fail to get results are sacked

We are the joke of the footballing world.

Arsene wenger and gazidis said the club will be very active in this transfer window. BS

Wise words from a tottenham fan

Last time I checked the transfer window ends at the end of August, not yesterday.

Christ, talk about getting your knickers in a twist. Could you be anymore pessimistic? Arsenal have hit some really bad luck in seasons recently - we have been extremely close to winning things but haven't by small margins. No manager is a God who can control absolutely every variable and it is sometimes something small that makes the difference.

It's really shortsighted to call for Wenger's head. He done some quite incredible things for us and I don't believe he has somehow lost the plot recently.

Steve Bruce after the Sunderland game last season, "the man is a genius, I'm sure things will come good for him soon."

Who are you calling a spud what gives you the right to dare associate me with them.
i speak the way i feel seeing as i contribute to paying the clubs wage bill what do you do buy the odd d.v.d and get a replica top at x mas.
i do not care what happens at sunderland
what i care about is the state of our club on the pitch and if you think that i am the only 1 that is sick of the board and wenger remember the reception they got at the final whistle yesterday, how many people stayed behind to watch our greatest player lift the cup.
how far do you lot travel every week to watch arsenal or do any of you even go.
mark wexford

Btw, Heart of Midlothian FC, up here in Scotland, are THE joke of the footballinh world, rest assured.

01 Aug 2011 14:40:47
Guys,

Think about it this way, we are the only team in the premier league who has been able to build a new stadium and pay virtually all of it off within 5 years.

We have £115Million debt, unlike United £440M, Liverpool £320M.

Whilst is is frustrating once our debt is cleared we can work on building up the squad.

Having said all that we could buy:

Samba, Scott Parker, Mata all for around £30M

Sell

Fabregas and Nasri for in excess of £50M meaning we are still in profit.

I think/hope that once Fabregas goes we sign these guys...

And as for strike force, a fit Van Persie and Gerviniho could be pretty darn good.

You're so stupid. unless we will be getting samba and parker for free, it'll cost a fair bit more than 30 million for those 3 players. After this year a rule comes in so no, we won't be able to spend a lot of money. Arsenal are well and truly....

Liverpool have no debt. Fenway Sports Group bought all the debt last year

CrossRoss

Once we get to a point where we have no more debt we have also fallen off the champions league which means that we generate a lot less money and at that point we can no longer target world calss players

If we don't invest now we might be seriously screwed

Liverpool have £0 debt since Mr Henry took over {Ed001's Note - not quite 0, there is a small operating debt.}

01 Aug 2011 14:21:06
if its true about mata not coming to us now
i only have 1 thing to say
WENGER AND THE BOARD OUT

01 Aug 2011 14:18:01
looks like we have lost out on mata, his buyout clause went up today. Wenger has done it yet again, can't wait for another brilliant season without a trophy as an arsenal fan. We could have easily made this signing, was a bargain at 22million euros, he wanted to come to us as well.

01 Aug 2011 13:52:54
According to balague mata's release cause ran out yesterday and now he Will cost 60 million euros

01 Aug 2011 13:49:33
Twitter has gone mad recently Not sure how reliable this guy is but he stated that the price for Mata has shot up to as much as 60 million because his buy out clause ran out yesterday This guy apparently gets his facts right most of the time and if that is the case that's just typical arsenal. But also this makes me wonder what Wenger has got in mind if fab or Nasri does leave. Surely he would have known that if he didn't put a bid in his price tag would rise? This either shows he was never interested or he has got another target?

But there is still hope if this guy is incorrect :)

01 Aug 2011 13:44:51
Matas buy out clause expired yesterday. everything was agreed yesterday for him to join and he wanted to come but valencia never recieved the money. now he will cost 60m euros

01 Aug 2011 13:33:56
(banter)

According to Arsenal News Review, where they've heard a whisper... arsenal will sign 3 experienced players this week- all internationals... 2 already playing in the epl- They reckon that wenger has finally realised that he needs to sign experienced players in order to keep his job.

IF- this is true, we could have a guess that one maybe jag, but who would be the other epl player and which overseas international...?

This sounds promising if it materialises...

01 Aug 2011 14:14:22
Well done wenger, missed out on another player because your too slow. Get out of our club and let someone with some balls have a go. In arsene we trust my... EssexGooner

01 Aug 2011 14:10:49
ed is this true that we stuffed up the mata deal?? if this is the case then there are some serious questions to be asked of gazzidis and co
jay

{Ed022's Note - Unfortunately I have been away for a couple of hours and came back to see dozens of posts saying the same sort of thing about the deal being messed up! I will look into it and see what I can dig up!}

Please ed don't let this be true . feeling very let down by all of these reports . when will we just by some big names to give us something to look forward to instead of putting our heads in our hands ??

{Ed022's Note - We're all in the same boat mate. I too am now very annoyed with our inability (it seems) to sign Mata. From the people I have spoken to just now it seems the transfer fee was agreed but the money was never sent as Wenger (as I stated a couple of days ago) refuses to buy a player whilst Fabregas and/or Nasri are still at the club. My mind boggles!}

01 Aug 2011 14:08:52
No Mata coming in. Wenger mucks it up again. With the way we are going I doubt we will be in the Champions League this year let alone next

01 Aug 2011 14:00:46
Mata deal looks to be off, his release clause of around 20 mill euros ended yesterday, we had agreed a fee and player was happy to join us but arsenal didnt want to pay for him without the money from selling fabregas.
This is yet another failure from Arsene and Ivan, they seriously need to buck their ideas up and catch up with the modern game, you cant get world class players for the prices we paid for the likes of Henry.
I am seriously losing patience. My source is Guillem Balague's twitter by the way.
YoungGunner

01 Aug 2011 13:27:57
GuillemBalague has said on twitter " News about mata coming soon and not very positive for arsenal

I'm reading this guy tweets does he want us to think mata would cost 60m. Also he struggles to write a sentence doubt he writes in a newspaper.

Balague states that the deal to sign Mata cheaper ended yesterday - an agreement between the clubs was in place but arsenal did not pay up.

Dont believe the hype. guillem balague changes his story everyday. understandably the situation changes daily but i feel he uses or foolishly reports alot of smokescreens.

Arsenal dint send the amount agreed by yesterday so now valencia want in excess of 30m euros..lts nw forget about him

Yep the clause for him to go for cheaper finished yesterday. Now they will demand alot more money :-(

Saw that too, don't see why they are saying that we were waiting to use the money from the Cesc transfer when we are meant to have funds available anyway.

Also if this is true then Wenger would have known days ago that he wouldn't have the money in time?

Why do we leave it all so long and then get the bad news why can we not move quicker in the market ???

Don't believe any of this. Who is this bloke anyway?

{Ed022's Note - He is sky sports Spanish correspondent and he actually (depressingly) is right most of the time.}

Also just reported on sky sports news. Same old wenger.

Balague was just on sky sports news and stated exactly what he has said on his Twitter.

It might be time to forget about Mata to Arsenal or could it be some sort of smoke screen?

Season starts in a few weeks lets just sit back and see what happens.

01 Aug 2011 12:26:18
ramsey is alot better than wilshere

Thanks for the rumor

You need help mate

This is very interesting, as I think that you a comparing chalk and cheese.
Ramsey is a different type of player to Wilshere. Granted, he has scored more goals than Wilshere, but that does not make him better neccesarily.
I rate both players highly, and would say that they (Wilshere and Ramsey) playing together have gelled much more than Nasri when he has come into a central role.
Ramsey is very much in the Fabregas mould, whereas Wilshere is far more of a box to box player (in my mind) and injects pace, whereas Ramsey is very comfortable pinging the ball about and looking for the 'killer' pass.
I suppose it is all subjective really, but what you are failing to realise is that these two will be playing together for years to come. Is Xavi better than Iniesta, or are they two slightly different types of player that compliment each other very well.
An argument can be made for either, due to their different strengths and weaknesses.
In the end, this is not football Top Trumps, but individuals who make up part of a team, and have to fulfil slightly different objectives.

Kermit79

That is the most incorrect statement i have ever seen. Do you even watch arsenal.

Ridiculous statement.

LOL... You should be on stage mate.

Haha thats like saying wenger likes to spend money....

I agree ramsey will score more goals and get more assists than wilshere over the course of a full season but he would not be able to without wilshere there to cover for him i think they will be an excellent midfield partnership in the years to come i think the only reason wilshere is so much more highly regarded than ramsey is because he is English just my opinion

I seem to remember reading somewhere that, prior to his injury, Ramsey was seen as the more promising of the two players but obviously, during his recovery, Wilshere worked hard and developed so well that he effectively leap-frogged Ramsey. Both very different plYers but tbh, it excites me to think of the partnership they can develop for us over the coming years......

What drug do you take mate?

01 Aug 2011 11:47:39
Hi, big fan of the site. with no club football being played of course transfer rumors are what satisfy our unrest after a bad season.

but.

a lot of the arsenal faithful are giving up hope, already shouting out about how we need a CB or another ST. we have a few weeks left of transfer window opportunity, yet people are already attacking wenger. i think that out of anybody he is going to be the one most aware of how he has to do SOMETHING. (remember arshavin was signed on the day after the last day of the window...)

so all i ask is at least wait until transfer window closes before shouting for the heads of managers and players. because i know he has something up his sleeve.

so far he has spent almost exactly what he has brought and we know there are funds available. now, this to me suggests he is saving as much as he can for 2 or 3 top signings (eg supposed 50 mil kitty = 15mil+15mil+20mil)

so be patient...

for in wenger i and u, also should trust

We play 2 champions league games plus games against Newcastle, Liverpool and United before the transfer window closes.
So patients is not really what we need, it's time for action now to start the season with a strong team.

Wenger has lost touch w modern game; should be in charge of our youth team, not the first team.

We the fans were aware the last 6 years that the team we had was not up to it and nothing was done about it so what in your opinion has changed
mark wexford

The problems is we can't wait till the end of the Window, the squad needs to registered before Friday 5th August for the champions league. It s this week or nothing again......

Im just saying, i agree that its make or break this season. if nothing happens and we fail again. then i will jump on the booboy bandwagon. i just think this season is gonna either be our turnaround or downfall
optimistic gooner (original poster)

Yea, I agree.. obviously nobody is "happy" with the current situation but I'm going to give Wenger this season, one reason is that I want to see him build a succesful team again, and because I too feel that he has something up his sleeve

01 Aug 2011 11:14:44
i wat at that emirates yesterday and i thought we played well but need to shoot more. also arshavin and chamakh should be sold there not up to it

01 Aug 2011 10:38:05
After watching the Emirates Cup and not even winning that let alone a game in the tournament; look at the goals we conceded balls into our box not defended properly, I personally think we need 2 centre backs, Kos

To be honest, in the first game the defence was shockin when kos come off, and yesterday when we had both tv5 and kos they looked solid. I agree we need a cb, but I dont think we need 2.

01 Aug 2011 10:25:00
After watching the emirates cup yesterday it is quite clear we need tosign some new players and sell.yet again it's our defence letting us down and obviously we need to new faces at the back as we can't defend against teams like boca and NYRB whhat chance have we in the prem. Aw should look to sign jagielka and enrique to strenghten the back 4 but it would be nice to see him push for marcelo who is out of favour at Madrid.The mata deal should be completed but I still think the midfield could do with a couple more faces possibly hazard and cazorla but maybe bigger dependant on the fabregas and nasri sales then we should target the de rossi and hamsik. Still I think the attack needs another player in that of benzema as gervinho looks set to play wide and vpon his own. Chamakh still doesn't look capable on his own to score and this is where benzema would fit.with news signings we will look good for wining the league but loosing fabregas and nasri and not filling the gaps we won't finish in the top 4.

We missed out on cazorla mate, his signed for malaga

Malaga are becoming like the mancity of Spain aren't they

01 Aug 2011 10:17:22
as a west ham fan i do like the way arsenal play this weekend confirmed what everybody knows you are lacking quality in certain areas you cant judge some the players on friendlies i agree . but you are talking top4 football how many headed goals will rvp get against lfc mufc mcfc cfc not many you need somebody big n strong up front some1 who can score headed goals arsenal have 4 at least the past 2 seasons have had the smallest front line defo lb gibbs needs to go out on loan if your goin to lose nasri i would av looked at adam jonson +cash ur back 4 r already leaking goals 1st 3 games nufc lfc mufc if aw gets it wrong you may not even make europe needs at least 5 players

01 Aug 2011 09:30:48
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH WENGER & IVAN ? ARE THEY ABSOLUTELY BLIND OR ARE THEY SOLELY CONCERNED WITH THE BOARDS WISHES ? THIS SITUATION IS JUST SIMPLY RIDICULOUS.

WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS MAYBE THREE PLAYERS AWAY FROM BEING FANTASTIC, WE HAVE A BILLIONAIRE OWNER, ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE SHARE HOLDER BEHIND HIM, THIS IS THE LAST YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPLASH MONEY DUE TO THE NEW REGULATIONS FROM NEXT YEAR AND THESE GUYS SIMPLY REFUSE TO DO IT. I DONT BLAME ANY OF THE FANS FROM VENTING THEIR FEELINGS YESTERDAY. THEY ARE WELL ENTITLED TO STAND UP FOR OUR CLUB BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WENGER OR THE BOARD HAVE ANY INTENTION OF DOING IT. WELL DONE GUYS, IT'S A PITY THAT THE PLAYERS HAD TO BE SUBJECTED TO IT BUT YOU HAD NO OTHER AVENUE OPEN TO YOU AS EVERY TIME YOU SPEAK TO IVAN.

I DONT BLAME CESC OR NASRI EITHER. THEY'RE CLEVER GUYS AND THEY KNOW THIS IS JUST CRAP FROM THE BOARD AND THEIR MOUTH PIECES.

ANY person COULD LAY OUT A BETTER PLAN OF ACTION THAN WENGER , IVAN & CO.

1. KEEP NASRI
2. EITHER KEEP CESC OR REPLACE HIM WITH MATA WITHIN TWO DAYS
3. BUY ONE GOOD CB
4. BUY ONE GOOD LB
5. TAKE SCOTT PARKER ON LOAN FOR THE SEASON

Firstly, it annoys everyone when you type in capital letters. BORE.

Secondly, why don't you wait a bit, loads of clubs have not done much business yet, its the way of the world. If you think your more intelligent than Gazidis and Wenger then by all means lets put you forward to run Arsenal.

We will buy cover for Fabregas and we will sign a defender, so with this its 3 quality signings. Spending and chopping and changing too much at a time hails no benefit whatsoever.

You need to remember that money does not always buy success... We are all frustrated at this point, even the most passive of fans, but your reaction is way over the top.

Stiggy

Agree with some of your points, but the caps just make this painful to read.

{Ed022's Note - I agree. Can I suggest no more posts ALL IN CAPITALS please.}

Stiggy, man united won the title last season and have already signed players, barca won the champions league and have built on their squad. We won't even get top 4 this season

01 Aug 2011 08:54:46
Those people reporting that Mata was at the emirates over the weekend, are clearly telling porkies. As Mata was with his team Valenica in a friendly against Sporting Lisbon. However saying that Mata will still be joining Arsenal, with Wenger trying to get cesc moved on ASAP to finalise the Mata deal.

Inside Goon

01 Aug 2011 08:30:34
the reason fans boo'ed is not because of that game itself , its the overall round up that we need new players and the board are doing nothing its games like that that remind the fans of games like arsenal 2-3 west brom , how can we not beat an MLS mid-table side?

01 Aug 2011 03:18:52
I'm a Chelsea fan, but have always respected the way Arsenal play.. or have played in recent seasons. I don't know your squad as well as Chelsea's, but last season the goals only really came when RvP was fit. It did seem you were reliant on him, and I'm mates with quite a few Arsenal fans who thought the same. Gervinho is a good addition and I think Mata would be too, if you could get him. The only problem with bringing in quality for RvP backup, in my opinion, is that his target man like play is a pretty specialised style of play. Benzema would not want to leave Real to be another bench player. I think Song and Wilshere are pretty solid, and that you should let Nasri leave if he is genuinely not happy. He has been linked with us, City, United etc.. but I wouldn't mind if we don't get him, it's just silly to keep an unhappy player really. I hope for your sake Fabregas makes a move soon. Him not moving seems to have stagnated you a little, and I would also hope that the fee would result in a big spend in the middle. Vermaelen at LB, Koscielny in the middle and Sagna at right back with one more CB addition would be good for you in my eyes, as Djourou can be pretty solid and you have good cover elsewhere.

Finally, we have a non-Chelsea ed or 2 on our page I believe, but they're still good at telling us the information they know as and when they know it, as well as doing their best to answer peoples questions. They do what they do for free, so appreciation is probably deserved. Good luck for the upcoming season

{Ed022's Note - Isn't it nice to have a fan from Chelsea being respectful and complimentary about Arsenal and not starting a petty argument. Some fairly agreed upon views too...}

01 Aug 2011 01:45:28
Arsenal scouts were at the Rubin - Anzhi game on Saturday, presumably to watch Christian Ansaldi, an explosive left back.

I support Rubin Kazan, and watch all their games. Benfica have had bids rejected for him, and they have quite a bit of money too, after selling Coentrao, so I doubt he'll go for less than £8m/9m.

I have posted this many times, but there is no chance of us signing an LB. Wenger has openly stated that he has got what he needs in the position. This is a complete non-starter, regardless of how good the signing might be.

Didn't say "OMG Arsenal iz gonna sign dis guy, 100%, he's my 2nd cousin", did I?

I was just saying what I know. Scouts were watching Rubin vs Anzhi.

01 Aug 2011 01:15:57
I fear after watching our dreadful performance at Emirates cup, Arsenal seem to appeal less to Mata.

Im sure a spansih international will be worried about a few pre season games. Its seems the fans get more worried and paranoid over this stuff then the players.

{Ed022's Note - Didn't Hull beat Liverpool 3-0 in a recent pre-season friendly? There's no speculation of players not joining because they lost!}

01 Aug 2011 00:51:29
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUyEFjzjKM4&feature=related

Our best chant of last season.

Ben

01 Aug 2011 00:06:18
How Can People Say We Don't Need A Striker Bendtner Is About To Be Sold (thank god he wasnt up to it) We Only Have One Title Winning Striker. All The Top Teams Have More Than One Quality Striker Arsenal Need To Fix Up