06 Mar 2013 22:04:41
so according to liam brady, who has been working with arsene wenger for 17years wants wenger to stay on. He also stated that wenger hasn't had the proclaimed money to spend and hopes the board actually provide him with sufficient funds to get the squad to the level of 8 years ago.
What do you make of this?
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Could be true, could be more rubbish. Let's face it, there has been so many news stories in recent times of establishments and public figures lying and acting improperly that I can no longer trust that our beloved club is run in the correct manner. We may find out one day that they were all complicit in ruining our club.
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Believe what you want. let's see what actually happens during the summer. 8 years of the same. is it really going to change (may do if we don't get top 4)?
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I really hope he stays.
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Why does everyone think that if Arsenal do not get champions league football and lose the cash injection that comes with it that our frugal board will all of a sudden cough up MORE money when they receive less? It makes sense from a fans perspective, but the board want money. So realistically, if they don't get champions league football, expect more players to be sold and cheaper, even lesser alternatives to be bought.
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I think it's nonsense - I don't think someone like Brady would have a any more of an idea than us, just because he is employed by Arsenal. The truth is between those in charge of the funds and those who keep the accounts. Not Brady. Also, Wenger spent £50m two summers ago and half the signings were rubbish or would need at least an entire season to settle because they weren't what we needed at the time of purchase - he has had money to spend be it through player sales or a hand out, and he has still spent horribly unwisely. Nobody can defend that. It wouldn't make a difference if he had £10m or £70m he still wouldn't have bought a DM he would still keep Diaby he would still buy Santos instead of Enrique and let fantastic squad additions like Ba and Moses go to Chelsea and Mata whose value has doubled since joining Chelsea. This is not about not having money because he has sold our best players to ensure he has. What he's then done with it has been atrocious and what's even worse is that the coaching has slipped so badly at Arsenal that top players have completely flopped! It's 50-50 between making poor signings and then ruining them on top. Every single player needs coaching. Everyone. Vermaelen is a great defender who needs coaching. Santos was once a superb defender who needs coaching. So many players are flopping at Arsenal and they join with bags of talent and the guy whose remit is the opposite of seeing that happen is : WENGER
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Spot on Metal.
this suggestion that Wenger has had no money is the biggest lie and biggest load of bow locks to come out of the club.
£123 million in the bank. that money didn't just appear out of thin air. "board members" are not filling their coffers, its in the bank, sitting there, doing nothing but accruing interest while wenger convinces himself that this team is good enough without investment.
Wenger OUT!
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07 Mar 2013 15:10:00
So Liam has no idea but Metal knows
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Absolute nonsense, Wenger instigates the spending at the club. He confirmed that his was the personic 'socialist' wage policy & there is no doubt it is his decision not to spend. I think he has stubbornly held to his belief that we could produce players & compete with the big boys. He has been proved wrong as they simply depart to clubs that pay more and are generally more successful. David Dein warned the board that we needed a sugar daddy (an oligarch)in order to compete with the likes of Chelsea & Man Utd. That was before the emergence of Man City. Its time for Wenger to depart and I would love to see Mourinho installed as manager.
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I don't mind if you feel the need to get personal with me Mrs Anonymous but the simple truth is I am not alone in my thoughts and in fact millions of people worldwide including pundits and players believe there are funds so it's not a case of Brady doesn't know but Metal does - it's a case of nobody does for sure but just because he's Liam Brady doesn't mean he knows any more than anyone outside the club. Tell me how a guy with no money is allowed to spend 1m on when we have youth players as good, 1m on Campbell who we didn't need, £3m on Park who never played, £15m on the Ox who wasn't ready, etc etc etc with a £150m wage bill when there's no money? I don't see £50m being spent meaning no money? It was still there - yes he sold players to get it but Wenger HAS spent money and he's done it horribly!
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Too true metal.
we won't talk about the 10+ players who are out on loan.
the youth policy that has failed.
the constant playing players out of formation.
having no no1 gk since leahman left.
DID I MENTION squillachi and chamach
metal why do you entertain posters that can't be bothered to register?
these are same prats who spoil the site
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07 Mar 2013 19:47:31
Hello Ed and fellow Gooners, AW must be held accountable for everything that goes on the pitch. His team selections, woeful tactics are at times embarrassing. He has spent money BADLY. Mertesacker, Santos Squillacci, Chamakh were awful buys. TV and Kozza are slipping because of the way he is handling the defensive problems, also he should be handling The Ox situation better than what he is. It beggars belief that Eisfeld, Gnabry and Myachi haven't had more involvement, if talent like that was avaliable to Fergie he would have no qualms throwing them in the deep end. As I said before, at that age they are eager to impress and have no fear. The amount of young talent he has signed and problems with visa and not any of them has really borne friut as of yet. His handling of Poldi is nothing short of disgraceful and I wonder if the player himself must be wondering what the e--ing hell he has got himself into. The leaving him on the bench Sunday till 10/15 mins from the end was unbelievable. I do personally believe if you gave him 75 TO 100 MILL to spend he would waste it on crap. I just can't wait for the 2 press conferences next wk before and after the Bayern game and what bull---t he will spin us. The bottom line hear is we try to stay positive but there is just nothing there to cling on to and what this manager who I once thought could walk across water ahas drag us into this downward spiral.
Thanks for the site Ed
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Spot on Metal Gooner and Champgne Charlie!
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Gimme a break, Arsene does not own the money at the club, Metal, Charlie your frustration has absolutely no proof!
I want the two of you both to show me one record or conversation or anything other than supposition that shows me any proof!
Its amazing that ex players, members of the club rnd Kroenke's proven track record with all his clubs (do you research) refute your comments yet every post you make is Arsene this, Arsene that!
Take your frustration out of the equation and just prove to me once that Arsene refuses to not spend money. In return Ill show you a detailed explanation of Kroenke's business protocol with all his franchises.
Ironic that Kroenke, Usamanov, Perez and many others in football support Arsene and would love his service but the two of you continue to bash him without any ACTUAL knowledge!
Gunners4Life In AW we trust!
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06 Mar 2013 20:59:46
Bould and Wenger both prepairing to leave. From what I have heard, it is either one or the other, Bould is upset at the fact that he hasn't been able to do much work on the training group and he would have liked too.
Whereas, Wenger is linked with Real Madrid, Chelsea, Zenit st peter.
Possible new managers: Martinz from Wigan.
Ian Holloway- Crystal Palace
Fabio Capello- Russian manager.
Neil Lennon- Celtic
Roberto Mancini- Man city (Only if new take over happens)
Also, any more news on the take over? and carlos vela?
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I tell you right now, if we get neil lennon as manager I will stop supporting the club I've supported for 27 years. celtic are the only club that would have him as manager because he's not fit to manager any other team!
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At least he's won a trophy in recent memory regardless of how good the spl is and got then relatively far in Europe all things being considered despite his management skill or lack of as you suggest. And il not a Celtic fan in any way shape or form either.
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I'd rather nearly anyone except Mancini tbh
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Laudrup!
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Thats probably the worst list of replacements I have ever seen!
Martinez has nener proven himself at the highest level, and to be honest I wouldn't want my club to be his guinea pig
Ian Holloway! I mean. Ian Holloway! Just puuhhlease
Capello, maybe, but not for me
Neil Lennon (see Ian Holloway)
Mancini, he is not a patch on Wenger, period.
To put it simply, there are very, very few managers who could replace Wenger, and we as fans should be careful what we wish for. I would vote for a change at board level over a change of manager, and if Wenger was to leave, I would pray he holds on and tries to convince Pep after he gets Munich out of his system in a few years.
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Mancini can organize a defense, band a group of individuals together for a cause, win finals, change tactics, drop big names, sell players he bought and many other things that Arsenal fans complain about Wenger.
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For the love of god please don't let any of those become the next Arsenal manager.
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Where did you get that poss list of managers from!
Martinez is the only possible, but only just
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Will not happen none of these are good enough to manage Arsenal. If it does then it would be another step backwards. I would rather Wenger stayed!
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Neil lennon is becomeing a great manager he's got plenty of fire in him he gets the best out of his players and he's proved he can get success for little to no money I think he would be a great appointment he's young he's bright and with the right coaching in the background he can become 1 of the best managers in the world your forgeting he already is the manager of one of the biggest clubs in the world so it wouldn't be much of a strech for him and forget about spl look what he's done for celtic in champions league
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Come on u wenger haters. don't invent stories just because you guys are too stupid to see how amazing he is.
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07 Mar 2013 15:53:28
Harry would do for me
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Lennon becoming a great manager, how, explain, because he's winning the domestic league unchallenged? As for getting best out of his players, what happened to ambrose the other week there against champions league, even his team mates were slagging his display! Kayal aswell, what's happened to him of recent, I remember about a year ago he was being branded one of the best in europe in his position, haha what a joke!
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We've got a deluded celtic fan there, thinking lennon is a great manager and celtic are one of the biggest clubs in the world! I enjoyed your comment about best out of players, what happened to ambrose in the champions league the other week there? kayal and emilio were apparently up there with the best in there positions, there both doing well now aren't they haha! spent little to no money? it was in a news paper the other year than celtic had spent over 35 million in the last 5 years and that wasnt counting the last 2 transfer windows! {Ed027's Note - Celtic out shun english clubs in the CL, enough said
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Mancini, Ancellotti, would both be likely, even Mourhinio, for the money they're paying Wenger they could have any damned manager in the world
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This post is pathetic!
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Dragan Stojković may well replace Wenger. If not him Martinez all the way.
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Lol the probith english fans are they don't see the bigger picture celtic are 1 of the biggest clubs in the world got one of the biggest fan bases any 1 says they aren't are persons anyway do you no how hard it is to get a team into the champions league when you have to go through 3 qualifires go through the 2nd hardest group beat the best team in the world with just 10million spend over 2 years that impressive neil lennon is a good manager he's young and with money available at arsenal he would turn arsenal into a force again yes there are other managers out there that have more experience but that is not always agood thing
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What a load of rubbish.
ian hollaway - lennon etc better off with the status quo
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Well that's where your wrong, those comments were from a Scottish Arsenal fan, who also takes some interest in the SPL and I've seen plenty of neil lennon and the way he acts to know he's not fit to manage a big club! Since neil lennon has taken over at celtic the club has spent £26.5 million a crazy amount for Scottish football!
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This is pointless. Can we all just agree on Malaga Gooner as the new manager?
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What's Martinez done? Got Wigan playing for a quarter of the season, wow, big deal
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I'd rather have Adriam Durham manage arsenal than any of those.!is that list some kind of sick joke!.
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Lol he's kept wigan up for a couple of seans and he's now good enough to manage a big club like arsenal i'd rather go for neil lennon than him at least he nos what its like to manage a big club
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If neil lennon took over I would be disgusted in my club.
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What has people got against neil lennon he's a good young manager he's already been linked with leeds and everton
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That's what's wrong with you deluded fans down south you think that no one is good enough for you. Well ill let you know a fact the best to ever manage in England have been Scottish managers and also just look at Liverpool when they had dalglish and suness to name a few. To the arsenal fans who think there world beaters why do you think yous haven't got wanyama yet, because there are bigger teams chasing him now and you aren't exactly a top 4 team now
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13 Mar 2013 00:31:23
klopp!
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06 Mar 2013 10:19:35
Martinez to take over, Wenger off to Madrid.
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Unbeleivable - not the bit about Wenger being off (totally agree with that) but Martinez?
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Why would Real Madrid want washed out Wenger. They are already behind their Madrid neighbours in the league. Ideally I would like Mourinho.
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I'd rather keep Wenger.
I swear most people are sheep. You lot listen to the plums like Shearer and Lineker say he's a good manager on MOTD and just believe it.
He's bloody dreadful. What has he done?
Kept an utterly b******* team in the EPL a few times, by the skin of their teeth. Hasn't bought a good player. We need to aim WAY higher than that.
I'm telling ya. if we get him to replace Wenger we are destined for the doldrums BIG TIME.
The thought of us signing players like Di Santo. : (
We are The Arsenal!
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06 Mar 2013 19:15:16
I would think if their is a managerial change in the summer I think it will be Ancellotti if its a manager abroad or a wild card could be Capello. I cannot see Klopp leaving Dortmund for us or Mourinho who I think is Man City bound. Any home based manager could be a straight choice between Laudrup or Moyes. Martinez is just not good enough in my opinion.
Thanks for the site Ed
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A dose of reality is required (looks like suppositary admin is required too!)
The Special One wouldn't come near the job unless he had cast-iron spending assurances. I thought he was making his play for the Utd. job with his 'the best team lost' spiel last night!
Martinez has a good tactical brain, spots unlikely talent and gets the best out of his team. He's been making silk purses out of sow's ears for some time, imagine what he could do with some silk to start with! (Jack, Santi etc). The team only needs a few players and a decent coach to vastly improve
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06 Mar 2013 22:11:49
Martinez no way, Landrup is the way.
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05 Mar 2013 19:03:02
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rumours going round that we are looking at djong from milan in the summer to add the steel to our midfield. any veiws on this? {Ed001's Note - I do think he would be a great signing for Arsenal, but I haven't heard of any moves being made to get him.}
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Gary Mendel is better
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