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You people
Discussion started by Simon68 , 10 March, 2012 22:09
You people
Simon68 10 March, 2012 22:09
We've hammered Sp*rs, beaten Liverpool away and cleaned out Milan in the space of 10 days and you're still b*tching, arguing and moaning.

What does it take to satisfy some of you?

I think it must be for us to finish about 7th, so you can say 'I told you so, but I only want what's best for Arsenal!!' with a smug, self-satisfied smile on your stupid faces.

Like you know what's best.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/2012 22:10 by Simon68.

Re: You people
eduardo 10 March, 2012 22:14
7th, would take 18th for some of them to be able to say "I told you so"



*Signing Ozil is a signing Bergkamp type moment for Arsenal. It changes things utterly.*

Re: You people
Bergmars 10 March, 2012 22:15
Im happy as Larry and admit the team has suprised me and pleasantly kicked me in the nuts.

Re: You people
karteta16 10 March, 2012 22:16
Carling Cup might do for me.

Re: You people
tigerline 10 March, 2012 22:16
Thus spake Supahfan!

(Simon is a better fan than the rest of us, in case you didn't know).

Re: You people
Shane 10 March, 2012 22:23
What do you mean 'you people'?

Re: You people
celine dion 10 March, 2012 22:24
but Simon, there arent many people on here who say stuff like that except PP, who you are friends with, and me, and I have already admitted that I was badly wrong about how much sh*t we were in, which you have already acknowledged.

Most poeple here think everything is pretty good, and have said so since the start of the season. Our main concern on this site is trolling, and Jack is the truth being rude to people. But Jack actually hasnt been rude at all lately. Theres radiofreearsenal who thinks things are very very bad, but he doesnt really amount to 'you people'. So lets all just relax, and have a drink of beer.

Re: You people
Flava 10 March, 2012 22:27
It's been a great 2 weeks. Possibly Podolaki as well, we'll take that thank you.

Unfortunately we had an awful transfer window last summer, truly awful. We were 10 points behind before the season started. If we can finish above the filth, make some decent signings and shift out some of the sh.it I'll be one happy Gooner.

Re: You people
celine dion 10 March, 2012 22:29
you dont count anyway flava. you mainly live in devon drink cider and support exeter city.

Re: You people
Flava 10 March, 2012 22:30
Oh, and I'm really really pi.ssed. Great times

Re: You people
Bergmars 10 March, 2012 22:32
(Sm128)

Re: You people
tigerline 10 March, 2012 22:33
I will be a happy gooner when we beat newcastle soundly and keep this run of momentum going.

Re: You people
Flava 10 March, 2012 22:33
I do mate, Im a glory hunter. I don't support them anymore, they lost 3:0 today.

Re: You people
celine dion 10 March, 2012 22:38
Quote:
Flava
Oh, and I'm really really pi.ssed. Great times

im trying to cook curry now, But i keep burning it.


yes they lost 3-0 to milton keynes. I had them in an accumulator to lose, with charlton to beat Notts county. Notts county were 4-0 up by half time. which just shows, I literally dont have a FU*Cing clue what I am doing with football betting.

Although I do have some money riding on River Plate at the minute which I reckon is going to come good.

Re: You people
Flava 10 March, 2012 22:41
You're back betting on Argentine football again, I hope this isn't going to be the start of a problem?

Sunderland were 14/5 to beat Liverpool today, that was huge.

Re: You people
gunnersingh 10 March, 2012 22:49
Yes let's be happy with winning f.uck all and fighting to finish in the top 4. Am not happy with mediocrity, if you are Simon then you're a mug. You're the kind of fan the arsenal board love.

Re: You people
HappyGööner 10 March, 2012 23:00
Simon says, stop b*tching, and moaning!

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 10 March, 2012 23:39
Wow...there's irony, and there's irony and then there is this thread.

I have been working on a reply to your post about how nonwe of this is black-and-white and stating my agreement with that view Simon, and then you post about as black-and-white an anlysis of all this you possibly could.

The fact is you are saying we should cease to question how the club has been run the last six years is being run now or even how it may be run the next six years on the back of two weeks and three matches. And not only didn't we win a trophy but even in a brilliant effort against AC Milan we were eliminated from the last chance we had to win one. Yet you insist there is no reason to complain after six years of this and ahead of maybe another sizx years or more of it beased on two weeks and accuse those who don't see it as you do of seeing it only as black-and-white? Remarkable really...

Re: You people
karteta16 11 March, 2012 00:06
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Shane1988
What do you mean 'you people'?

(Sm6)

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 00:28
Quote:
HappyGooner
Simon says, stop b*tching, and moaning!

lol "Simon Says..."

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Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 00:58
I predicted we wont win league this year, I predicted we wont win league last year.

I want a management and directors who have an ambition to win the league. Arsenal is a big club I dont believe that going 7 years without a trophy is acceptable.

It is possible we will now get a place in top four, I do hope so, but I wouldnt celebrate yet. Places and prizes are awarded in May not early March.

I dont know who these people are, its certainly not me as I get no enjoyment from failure, I cant stand losing a reserve game, but I dont consider 3rd and 4th year in year out a trophy, there should be more to it than that. I believe Wenger is a busted flush who will never win another trophy for Arsenal, but I would love to be proved wrong. And if we do win a trophy I will celebrate it as hard and as long as anyone else.
Why shouldnt I? When I started following this club it wasnt for the manger or the board.



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
gunnersingh 11 March, 2012 01:14
Padre, well said.

Re: You people
SandyB 11 March, 2012 05:06
Signs aren't good Simon is back with vengeance.

Re: You people
weedz 11 March, 2012 05:19
Ewe people(Sm22)



Since the end of WW1, 1919, when the FA restarted its 4 tier football league, with Arsenal fc in the 1st div, there’s only ever been one club to have never been relegated from Div 1/ EPL.

Arsenal fc

Let’s keep making history

Re: You people
weedz 11 March, 2012 05:21
1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10 (Sm108)



Since the end of WW1, 1919, when the FA restarted its 4 tier football league, with Arsenal fc in the 1st div, there’s only ever been one club to have never been relegated from Div 1/ EPL.

Arsenal fc

Let’s keep making history

Re: You people
SandyB 11 March, 2012 05:22
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Our main concern on this site is trolling, and Jack is the truth being rude to people. But Jack actually hasnt been rude at all lately.

This isn't correct, probably not rude to you, but he came up with a thread straight at me after the Milan 2nd leg, when I didn't even bother responding to him for a long time.

He's the guy who said, when Milan draw was set that, Arsenal is going to shi.t all over Milan. I didn't start a thread to tell him how big a muppet he looked like after the 1st leg.

The kind of things kid like Jack do here to prove that he's the biggest fan of the club and he's correct about his faith is understandable and which leave me no choice but to tell him on the face the actual reality of the outcome of the tie and I did it saying him the same thing what a Milan fan would have told him.

Anyway, people like Simon needs to understand in Arsenal, manager doesn't get fired or changes come easy. So the unhappy fans criticism only provide major checks to the clubs performance. If everybody sing the songs in praise like Simon be it win or lose, I don't think club will do any better than what they are doing.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/2012 05:26 by SandyB.

Re: You people
Boston Gooner 11 March, 2012 09:38
Quote:
Padre Pio
I predicted we wont win league this year, I predicted we wont win league last year.
I want a management and directors who have an ambition to win the league. Arsenal is a big club I dont believe that going 7 years without a trophy is acceptable.

It is possible we will now get a place in top four, I do hope so, but I wouldnt celebrate yet. Places and prizes are awarded in May not early March.

I dont know who these people are, its certainly not me as I get no enjoyment from failure, I cant stand losing a reserve game, but I dont consider 3rd and 4th year in year out a trophy, there should be more to it than that. I believe Wenger is a busted flush who will never win another trophy for Arsenal, but I would love to be proved wrong. And if we do win a trophy I will celebrate it as hard and as long as anyone else.
Why shouldnt I? When I started following this club it wasnt for the manger or the board.

This. thumbs down



“ 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓖𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓸𝓷𝔂 ”

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 09:47
good point Sandy, if no one complains then club gets more complacent, which it is enough already.

Wenger lived in denial last summer, Cesc isnt going, Nasri isnt going etc he told us. Only problem is they did go.
Sagna told Arsenal fans that when they went the team went into shock and it took them a while to recover. Obvious enough.
But if Wenger had replacements ready then team could have adjusted earlier and we wouldnt have worst start in 58 years.
By the way lets have some honest accounting - worst start in 58 years on the back of what Wenger had called his strongest squad ever.

A squad so strong that 10 left and 10 came in. Probably the biggest turnover in Arsenal's history - more chaos.

Not panic buys? Possibly not - but Benayoun not used until two thirds of way through season, and Park still not used.

No doubt it will be claimed it has all been some sort of cunning all knowing plan by Wenger.



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
Philly the kid 11 March, 2012 10:14
So what did you 'moaners' vote in the early season poll?
Where will Arsenal finish this year.....
I said at least 4th and with a trophy. So i got the trophy bit wrong. Big whoop (wanna fight about it)?
If you said 5th or below, with no trophies you were half right.
And Simon is half right.
We should all be fu(king thankful we're back in with a chance of having St Totteringhams day considering where we were in November. In that much i'm with Simon.
Wenger got the transfer window wrong last summer. He's not stupid enough to go through all that again. His project will be adapted. He WILL be proactive this year, he's already admitted as much in saying we could have news on Podolski in a few weeks. We all keep saying we need 2 or 3 quality signings. It would appear that Wenger agrees. He's witnessed the events of the last 7 years too you know. Why not give the man some credit, and one more transfer window.
Mark my words.........This time next year, we will be fighting for the title again.

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 10:20
I would give the England job credit where credit is due



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 11:06
celine you say that the problem is that i have being rude to people and its a total fabrication. its because people like gunnersingh act like little bit.ches when i respond exactly like he has done to simon on this thread, without repercussion might i add

i dont understand how someone that cries so much never gets pulled up on his unessesary insults to others. one of such insults which made me start on the little. c.unt in the first place

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 12:25
You obviously dont know you are doing it Jack. Someone puts up a thread on a perfectly valid thread and you immediately reply "Who cares".

I want to encourage discussion, within reason. Your curt dismissals of peoples topics do the opposite.

You might be having larks, but a lot of people dont see it that way.

I would like this board to be friendly and welcoming to posters issues, but hey if Jack isnt interested its written off. You have set yourself up as the arbiter of what is valid and what isnt. That's the problem, not the childish banter you get into.



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 12:38
Well said - most of us don't realize we're doing it when we do. I have certainly been guilty of that and have apologized for my share of posts and regretted not apologising for others in my day.

My one problem with Jack speaking for myself is exactly what you point pout Padre - he either genuinely doesn't realize how he treats others, otherwise he just doesn't care and come across quite hypocriitcally about how people do and should behave. I supect your analysis is correct Padre.

Re: You people
celine dion 11 March, 2012 12:41
To be honest i only meant it in a p*sstaking sense. I think everyones been getting on fine lately. Much nicer.

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 12:52
Now back to the subject - or close to it.

Simon I don't get the argument defending the Board because they didn't take dividends. The fact is it looks as if they made a lot more money be manipulating the Club's money, by limiting how of it was spent from 2005 on. Many investors do just this - they make money from their company's money rather than from their company's product.

So we have have this question. Would rather have the following

1) Shareholders taking 50 million pounds out of the club the last six six years but 18 million pounds a year more in transfer spending by the club - a net spend of 12 million pounds each year.

2) the Share price topping out at 5000-6000 per share before the club was sold off, netting shareholders profits in the range of 120-150 million pounds, but 12 million pounds more a year in transfer spending - a net spend of a bout 6 million pounds per year - the same level as from 1998-2005.

3) The share price topping out at 11700 punds per share before the club was sold, netting shareholders profits of about 300 million pounds in part because of limits on trnafer spending and top-end wages that resulted in a net transfer profit of six million pounds per year the last seven years now?

Would the Board and shareholders taking dividends have been worse for the club than the option they opted for? It is the sole reason they redeveloped Highbury by all indications since not one penny of that money has in fact been used either to increase transfer spending or decrease the stadium debt. Indeed the only part of our debt Highbury Square has paid for is fact the loan we took out to complete that single project. Classic stock doping by every indication we have.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/2012 12:52 by RadioFreeArsenal.

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 12:56
There are two ways of making money out of the club, one is a dividend, the other is equity value. By not taking dividends they sent the value of the shares rocketing. They cashed in ok, including Dein, they all made a packet.
By choosing Kroenke they all ensured they had a job for life. I used to think Kroenke would get rid of them but does he need to?
They will do his bidding and keep up the appearance of the English Heritage that rich yanks love so much.



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 13:01
So all their piety about putting Arsenal ahead of themselves was as false as it sounded are an embarassment to those who made Arsenal the great club it was - and still is in spite of them - especially those who forebearers ran the Club before them. They should be made to feel the shame they deserve to,

I agree btw with your assessment about Stan Kroenke keepinmg thewm. One more reason we should go after them for what they did now even. That will undermine their ability to be cover for him.

Re: You people
Rockstaar 11 March, 2012 13:03
personally I think people on here take themselves too serious...no one can take a p.ss any more

everyone has their style of posting and like Jack says many times he's gets it without provocation and no one bats an eyelid

I think its been more peaceful lately as celine says, not that it matters one bit to me. I enjoy it both ways...love or war..all the same, keeps the site entertaining



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Re: You people
gunnersingh 11 March, 2012 13:06
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Jack_is_the_truth
celine you say that the problem is that i have being rude to people and its a total fabrication. its because people like gunnersingh act like little bit.ches when i respond exactly like he has done to simon on this thread, without repercussion might i add
i dont understand how someone that cries so much never gets pulled up on his unessesary insults to others. one of such insults which made me start on the little. c.unt in the first place

There's a Punjabi saying: The truth comes out breaking out the walls of a fortress!

You can't manipulate people who know you well.

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 13:06
As moderator I look through post all the time, the idea that Jack doesnt provoke is laughable. He is often the one who throws out first insult.



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 13:07
Rockstaar are you on the editorial board of USA Today?

Re: You people
Rockstaar 11 March, 2012 13:15
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As moderator I look through post all the time, the idea that Jack doesnt provoke is laughable. He is often the one who throws out first insult.

yes padre, I didn't say he doesn't provoke, just that when its thrown at him first its overlooked...jack has a provocative style of posting...no different than Radio having to talk about the board in every thread or Celine who used to be a poster based on comedy, but now has become a flip flopper, you too have become a very negative poster...Im still an arrogant f.ck

we all have our style which makes the forum interesting

Quote:
Rockstaar are you on the editorial board of USA Today?

wish I knew what you were on about



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Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 13:17
You seem to be taking both sides of everything of late lol. USA Today specializes in that.

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 13:19
yes we all have our style. I am negative about fact this club wont be winning the league yet again, and not only that but not even a serious contender



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 13:19
cheers rocky

padre thats balls, celine started a thread and my first response was what a stupid thread, the thread ended up being 130 bites long

just because i think it is a pointless discussion doesnt mean that everyone else will, i am far from a trend setter on here

if people didnt throw hissy fits everytime i say who cares or call someone muppet it wouldnt have as much effect

radio you can suck my nuts

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 13:24
Who cares what you think, run along



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 13:25
(Sm6)(Sm6)

Re: You people
Rockstaar 11 March, 2012 13:39
Quote:
You seem to be taking both sides of everything of late lol. USA Today specializes in that.

I don't take both sides of anything, my point in this thread is that you should be whoever the fu.ck you are and post however you feel

some like it peaceful, others don't..I don't care either way since thats not relevant to my feelings

Quote:
yes we all have our style. I am negative about fact this club wont be winning the league yet again, and not only that but not even a serious contender

say what you want Padre, but I've been on here for a minute now and your style of posting has changed more to Miserable Mikes style...consistently negative



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Re: You people
celine dion 11 March, 2012 13:47
i think Jacks just like Tom was, Tom used to make what he saw as a humourous put down but everybody else saw it as a scurrilous insult. But Tom didnt mean anything by it and in the end it was fine.

Rockstaar, whats a flip flopper. If you mean I change my views, well, thats the best way isnt it. If someone (wenger, the club, anything really) surprises you and does not mess up the way you predicted, then you have to call it. Or you dont have to, but its better to.

Im still not Wengers biggest fan, he's messed up too many good opportunities for that. But based purely on this season, he has done very well to avoid the meltdown most of us predicted, considering where he was at the start.

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 13:50
Rocky relax it's just funny - like ren and stimpy "maybe something bad....maybe something good..."

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 13:53
celine was tom alright in the end because he stopped insulting people, cos i gotta tell you, i will always call a muppet a muppet

Re: You people
karteta16 11 March, 2012 13:58
takes one to know one jack (Sm159)

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 13:59
shut it muppet

Re: You people
Rockstaar 11 March, 2012 15:09
Quote:
i think Jacks just like Tom was, Tom used to make what he saw as a humourous put down but everybody else saw it as a scurrilous insult. But Tom didnt mean anything by it and in the end it was fine.

agree with this

as far as the flip flopper..you've explained yourself

I think you're just extreme lately, the way you post is similar to how the match threads go. One extreme to the other depending on the result and what time

because of how extreme you are went you're upset with the way things are going, when you decide to be reasonable its hard to completely negate all you've said before



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Re: You people
celine dion 11 March, 2012 15:19
yes, I change like the wind. I know that. Thing is, I started to read a lot of Arsenal blogs lately, which I never used to do, and now I kind of see both sides more. They've INFLUENCED me. I used to just shoot my mouth off. Now I dont really know what to think.

Thing is, we arent serious journalists are we. im not writing for the guardian. I cant sit here with an agenda, my agenda doesnt matter. Wengers managed, somehow to get the team to stick 5 goals past Chelsea, 5 goals past Spurs, giving me one of the best days out in living memory, and knocked up a win at Anfield a week later. We're only a point behind Spurs. It makes me feel good, so to sit around being miserable would just seem a bit pointless. Yes, I was mightitly p*ssed off before, but Im not now. Theres no point carrying on being p*ssed off to prove some kind of point, that doesnt need proving in the first place.

I still reckon Wenger should go anyway, he's been around too long, the jobs affecting him, he probably doesnt have the ingredients to take us to the next level, he's a bit too set in his ways, whether the board will give him the money or not (we probably will never know) but he's actually done really well this season considering the players he lost. So maybe he should do another year then hand over to Jurgen Klopp and move upstairs.

Re: You people
Rockstaar 11 March, 2012 15:49
Quote:
yes, I change like the wind. I know that.

fairplay...can't argue with a man that knows who they are...just like I'm fully aware and unapologetic for my arrogance

But I agree with you about Wenger, feel pretty much the same way



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Re: You people
Billythekid 11 March, 2012 15:54
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Jack
celine you say that the problem is that i have being rude to people and its a total fabrication. its because people like gunnersingh act like little bit.ches

(Sm126)

Re: You people
Billythekid 11 March, 2012 15:56
(Sm22)

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 15:58
Neat Celine - "I can't have an agenda" - then you lay one out anyway. Neat. Like most of the loyalists it seems you would rather turn on the players or manager than the Board even if the Board is actually to blame. Maybe we deserve this - some of us anyway - as long as that's the case. It's sad really but if you are willing to let the people you trust cheat you over and over and choose to blame others for it when they do maybe....where's the smack your head against a wall smiley?

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 16:00
yes i realise the irony but there wasnt any other way to make the point http://www.toon-talk.co.uk/Forum/images/smilies/confusion/shrug.gif

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 16:03
radio you would be a lot more interesting if youre tireless rantings were done during the off season, you might even have some supporters

the problem is everyone is too busy supporting the team to care about the board or the senile rantings of a madman

as i type this i instantly regret it

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 16:06
Wenger is responsible for all the signings and the wages structure, and he has money to spend.
Gazides has said this again and again.

Now if it isnt true, and I think it is true, why wouldnt Wenger come out and deny it?

Wenger is the board's man because he is the man for the board.

Kroenke bought the club because he was impressed by what Wenger was doing.



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
Rockstaar 11 March, 2012 16:06
(Sm22) you just don't learn



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Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 16:26
I agree Mr. Wenger has been compromised by the Bioard and the high wages he is on.

He has to go if the policies do not change under him. But anyone who believes the policies would automtically change at all under the next manager is simply naive and setting themselves up to feel even more frustrated than they do now. Far more so in fact.

Re: You people
your mother 11 March, 2012 17:22
Quote:
Padre Pio
Wenger is responsible for all the signings and the wages structure

You can't possibly actually think this

Re: You people
celine dion 11 March, 2012 17:32
Quote:
RadioFreeArsenal
Neat Celine - "I can't have an agenda" - then you lay one out anyway. Neat. Like most of the loyalists it seems you would rather turn on the players or manager than the Board even if the Board is actually to blame. Maybe we deserve this - some of us anyway - as long as that's the case. It's sad really but if you are willing to let the people you trust cheat you over and over and choose to blame others for it when they do maybe....where's the smack your head against a wall smiley?

never turned on the players mate. Im a football supporter. Stop causing sh*t where there isnt any. I dont trust the board, I have limited trust in Wenger, but he's done well, the clubs having a decent spell, after a hard time, whats not to like. Sometimes you just need to enjoy the show and stop letting everything eat you all up, try it.

Re: You people
Padre Pio 11 March, 2012 17:54
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your mother
Quote:
Padre Pio
Wenger is responsible for all the signings and the wages structure

You can't possibly actually think this

Yes I do think that. Actually after August 31 Wenger made it clear they were his signings



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
Peter Storey 11 March, 2012 18:00
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Simon68
What does it take to satisfy some of you?
I think it must be for us to finish about 7th, so you can say 'I told you so, but I only want what's best for Arsenal!!' with a smug, self-satisfied smile on your stupid faces.

Must not get personal, must keep control.... so here goes!
List you little s.hit faced @#$%&... I've seen your like spouting on this site over last 3 yrs and time we get a little run going after a f.ckin God damn almighty f.uckin @#$%& start to a season and you think everything in the garden smells rosey! The boss @#$%& up at the beginning of the season and he also fu.cked up with his Kindergarten project, so shut the f.ck up moron!
Right back to my meditation!



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Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 18:14
who left the cage door open again

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 18:18
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celine dion
never turned on the players mate. Im a football supporter. Stop causing sh*t where there isnt any. I dont trust the board, I have limited trust in Wenger, but he's done well, the clubs having a decent spell, after a hard time, whats not to like. Sometimes you just need to enjoy the show and stop letting everything eat you all up, try it.

Fair enough in that I was commenting on a number of Gooners and not you specifically other than the whole no agenda b.s.

But I have enjoyed the last two weeks immensely as I posted earlier. Just because you are happy to ignmore the bigger picture and focus solely on the last two weeks don't tell me i ought to and unless you have been in the room with me, you have a lot of nerve suggesting I haven't enjoyed the past two weeks - which have been my best two weeks as a Gooner back to Jan of 2007. I take as much umbrage at you innaccurtaely suggesting I haven't enjoyed it as you do that I incorrectly suggested you slag the players personally.

Again when you say I have no agenda the blurt an agenda or demand that the record be corrected about you and inaccuarately represent my record right immediately afterward its not very cool.

Re: You people
Peter Storey 11 March, 2012 18:30
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who left the cage door open again

Totally agree with you Jack, I cant stand those last game wonder brigade



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Re: You people
HappyGööner 11 March, 2012 18:33
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Padre Pio
I want a management and directors who have an ambition to win the league.

Padre, that is so easy. Get together with Celine, Eduardo, and Jack, pool all your money and resources, go up to Kronke and make him an offer he can't refuse.

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 18:51
no chance, wouldnt work, eduardo would want us to sign lewis holtby, padre would want wenger sacked and celine would never be sober enough to make a sensible descison

Re: You people
eduardo 11 March, 2012 20:16
that sounds a perfect mix jack



*Signing Ozil is a signing Bergkamp type moment for Arsenal. It changes things utterly.*

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 20:19
for what murder??

still we couldnt do it without a cash injection from Rocky

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 11 March, 2012 20:25
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Jack_is_the_truth
for what murder??

Careful Jack. I'm an ocean away so they could only have one target they'd agree on

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 11 March, 2012 21:26
(Sm6)

Re: You people
hippogunner 12 March, 2012 08:32
Who's @#$%&, Simon?

People on here have different viewpoints, that's what it's like in the real world.

I tend to think that Wenger will never build a team good enough to win a trophy. We haven't even claimed a top four spot yet and some people are thinking we could win the league still. I think that's crazy but all credit to Wenger if we do.

We've had two good wins and one ok one, that being the Milan game. Sure we won 3-0 but we couldn't level the tie despite having a whole second half to do so. We went out, so it wasn't that good was it?

You have not peeped over the parapet all season and then suddenly you appear because we win three games. And then you wonder why we're "@#$%&" as you say. I don't know but I suspect it's something to do with all the poor results this season, remarkably like every other season since 2006.

And it's not all down to bad ref decisions as you have often claimed. Research every club's statistics re ref decisions before you claim we're the hardest done by. And also consider cause and effect which I explained to you many months back.

Re: You people
Bergmars 12 March, 2012 09:03
We have recovered from a totally mismanaged summer and done relatively well,I have been pleasantly suprised so credit where its due.

Re: You people
Philly the kid 12 March, 2012 12:58
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Persie Van Bergmars
We have recovered from a totally mismanaged summer and done relatively well,I have been pleasantly suprised so credit where its due.

Spot on Celine.

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 12 March, 2012 13:00
are you high?

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 12 March, 2012 15:41
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Padre Pio
Wenger is responsible for all the signings and the wages structure

You can't possibly actually think this

Yes I do think that. Actually after August 31 Wenger made it clear they were his signings

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman , Ms Lewinski"

Lying is easy especially when you are paid huge money to do so and face no consequences for it, Padre.

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 12 March, 2012 15:46
He certainly won't build a championship-winning team this way, Hippo. He's built a fair few the other more ambitious way, and not just in the Preniership.

The problem is and I hate thinking this even but it appears he took the money to cover the Board and their actions, and taking it now to cover Stan Kroenke's actions and that shows ultimiately it is plain greed on the part of alrady well-off that ultimately has put us in this position and if we continue to pretend otherwise by the time we finally acknowledge this almost certainty tthe club will be far, far worse off than it is now.

Re: You people
Gööfle11 12 March, 2012 16:18
I would be the best Arsenal manager.



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Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 12 March, 2012 16:36
Wtach out Goofie...if Amit's around you may have to explain that little nugget...

Re: You people
Simon68 14 March, 2012 00:13
So it's what - 85 posts in?

And 'you people' don't get it.

Somewhere along the line I presume everyone followed or played or went to football because they enjoyed it. You may have been 5 or 15 or 50, it doesn't really matter.

You support a football team, in our case it's Arsenal. Well, I presume it is.

I've supported Arsenal since I was 7. That's 43 years of support. I get the right hump when we lose. My wife can tell whether we've won or lost just by my mood and sometimes when she hasn't even known we had a match.

Those who think I 'have not peeped over the parapet all season and then suddenly you appear because we win three games.' are talking out of their ar*ses. Surely the time to do that was when we were going from 17th to 4th which included a run of 9 wins and a draw out of 10 games? But hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your sh*te eh, hippo?

Those who for some mistaken reason think I defend Arsenal's Board at all costs and am some sort of a diehard AKB need to stop selectively reading. Just because I can accept we will lose some matches and don't have an automatic right to win trophies doesn't mean that I don't think that those in charge are exempt from criticism. But when I defend the Board it's generally on the basis of 'Thank f*ck we haven't got people in charge who put us massively in unrepayable debt/make us a laughing stock/can't organize the proverbial bunkup in a brothel/have to go hands on knees with a begging bowl/make an embarrassment of themselves/total chaos/crooks/dictators. Delete as appropriate. But it's also to do with what has been delivered by the likes of Friar and Fiszman when everyone said it was impossible and Dein wanted to rent Wembley from the FA instead. Ken Friar wasn't even a shareholder as far as I was aware and started in the Highbury postroom I think it was.

When I defend Wenger it's because of what he's done and what he's trying to do when under the financial constraints he's been under for 8 years particularly in the light of the ridiculous spending of the likes of Chelsea, ManCiteh, ManU, Sp*rs and Liverpool plus others. He could have taken the Real Madrid job at any time over the past dozen years or so, but didn't because of his love for the Club. His choice of player, choice of words at press conferences and his stubbornness sometimes annoy me, but no-ones perfect, not even you RadioFreeArsenal.

But I digress.

The plain and simple point I was making is that some of you are so busy being angry at this to do with Arsenal and that to do with Arsenal and each other (not that you can do anything about it), that you have somewhere forgotten that the lows will always outweigh the highs, and to enjoy the wins over the likes of Sp*rs, Liverpool and Milan in the space of a few days. It's wins in games like these that you should enjoy for what they are (I think Celine gets it) and put aside for a while the anger you feel at our Club and those with different views and stop the moaning and b*tching.

Besides, you should know by now I'm the only one allowed to do that.

Re: You people
eduardo 14 March, 2012 00:20
(Sm128)



*Signing Ozil is a signing Bergkamp type moment for Arsenal. It changes things utterly.*

Re: You people
Padre Pio 14 March, 2012 00:21
You missed a good one last night Simon, better than Milan.
You have missed a point as well Simon, moaning when in the lows is all part of the game and enjoyment



"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
eduardo 14 March, 2012 00:25
padre but simon's point is stop the moaning in the highs, cos if you can't enjoy the good bits then whats the point of being



*Signing Ozil is a signing Bergkamp type moment for Arsenal. It changes things utterly.*

Re: You people
Simon68 14 March, 2012 00:33
Precisely ed.

Last minute winners are always great aren't they, Padre. Particularly against timewasting muppets like Newcastle, managed by a complete c*nt.

It's a shame more people don't stay and watch the whole game, isn't it?

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 14 March, 2012 01:26
I think the problem Simon is that the team and matches and the issues off the pitch are too different things. Being concerned about one even are bask in the glory of the other is not impossible as some seem to want to insist. As toyyourt description of your reasons for supporting the Boiard again your reasons are based on a false proisition - that we only have two choices moving forward - the way we moved forward or spending as much and as recklessly Chelsea and Man City and that is not honest let alone true.

Pretending that if the Board acted less out of personal self-interest was only protecting the Club from going bankrupt is aiding and abetting them in betraying all of us and our trust in them including most of all yourself if you genuinely believe all of that. There are as I suggested at least three different ways we could have moved forward without doing what Chelsea or City did and still operated profitably allowing the shareholders to earn some reward for their efforts over the years without having to further constrain our ability to compete on the pitch as you acknowldge the way we have operated has done

Curiously enough you missed that post I guess..

Re: You people
Gööfle11 14 March, 2012 02:23
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Jack_is_the_truth
celine was tom alright in the end because he stopped insulting people, cos i gotta tell you, i will always call a muppet a muppet

Your user name shames this forum.



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Re: You people
hippogunner 14 March, 2012 09:02
Ah Simon 68, let's not swear. You can be so eloquent but you have this tendency to shake your little butterfly wings and roar like a moth.

I don't care what you think, I'm just amazed that you can't use the word b*tch on this site without a flurry of asterisks and a dragoon of ampersands bearing down on you.

We've argued before. I know you think Mr.Wenger has done a sterling job and his little trickles of urine are silver-plated. I tend to disagree and there we'll have to leave it. You, snug in your knowledge that you are correct and have supported Arsenal for 43 years, and I content in my mind that I have supported Arsenal for 41 and have no less an advantage despite my insufficiency.

A man cannot change his view any more than a cat can cut its own claws.

Re: You people
Simon68 14 March, 2012 09:26
They are different things RFA, but don't miss the chance to take time out and enjoy the good stuff which right now happens to be going on out on the pitch and in the stands. Believe me, to be part of that at the Sp*rs and Milan games was something else.

And have I never suggested that the only way forward is the status quo or sugardaddy route. I just put forward some alternative ways other clubs do their business and by whom and suggested that ours isn't nearly so bad by comparison.

The notion that shareholders have taken money from the Club is wrong. They have made money from being shareholders of a business listed on the Private Stock Exchange. It's not the Clubs money and doesn't affect the financial figures the Club produces. Whether you like it or not, stock markets exist for people to buy into and make the most of. Personally, I don't like them, but there it is.

As for saying the only reason we moved to Ashburton Grove was so the shareholders could make loads of money? Whose idea was it? Arsene Wengers. Not anyone on the Board at the time. And the Club spent almost everything it earned on getting the Stadium built.

And the Highbury Square and other projects have paid off a large chunk of the debt which is down to a third of what it was a few years ago.

Re: You people
Padre Pio 14 March, 2012 09:29
I agrre with Simon on the move being Wenger's plan, and so was the project.
I never leave early myself. But my point was that so few left early this time. Yes it was great to stuff Pardew



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Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.

Re: You people
Simon68 14 March, 2012 10:05
Being eloquent and having a tendency to swear are not mutually exclusive hippo. And the thought of me having 'little butterfly wings' and to 'roar like a moth' would cause a large number of people who know me to p*ss themselves laughing.

And I have never given a moments thought to Arsene Wengers little trickles of urine. Or anyone else's for that matter.

Re: You people
Jack_is_the_truth 14 March, 2012 10:47
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Goofle11
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celine was tom alright in the end because he stopped insulting people, cos i gotta tell you, i will always call a muppet a muppet

Your user name shames this forum.

and you thought you wouldnt talk to me anymore. come here you big bunny rabbit http://www.toon-talk.co.uk/Forum/images/smilies/file003.gif

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 14 March, 2012 18:07
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Simon68
They are different things RFA, but don't miss the chance to take time out and enjoy the good stuff which right now happens to be going on out on the pitch and in the stands. Believe me, to be part of that at the Sp*rs and Milan games was something else.

Oh I have been enjoying it very much. They sent the cops to my house because my mates and I got a bit too rowdy (I live in a very wimpy sort of place really) when TV scored the winner Monday afternoon. Nothing stops me enjoying Arsenal playing for one second at any time. So save that reasoning once and for all, if you don't mind. By the way I do believe you and envy you and wish to God I was there.


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Simon68
And have I never suggested that the only way forward is the status quo or sugardaddy route. I just put forward some alternative ways other clubs do their business and by whom and suggested that ours isn't nearly so bad by comparison.

Which is doing precisely what you say you are not doing in the end. This is because you never discuss any alternative ways or endorse any alternative ways and are happy to accept the way they are doing things no matter without seriously considering such other alternatives or even happy to endorse the club making that very sort of statement in defense of its policies.

If you weant me to say you haven't used those exact words fine - Simon68 hasn't used the exact wprds in the exact order I previously posted above. But is your argument really any different from those words then?

Re: You people
Philly the kid 14 March, 2012 18:12
Radio. I know you believe you're a realist. But I've come to believe you're simply an idealistic perfectionist.
You'll simply never be happy.
Like it or not, we are run as well as any club on the planet. Just we're a little bit tight. Not the worst problem in the world. Even less so now that AW looks to be adjusting his spending policies.

Re: You people
RadioFreeArsenal 14 March, 2012 18:24
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Simon68
The notion that shareholders have taken money from the Club is wrong. They have made money from being shareholders of a business listed on the Private Stock Exchange. It's not the Clubs money and doesn't affect the financial figures the Club produces. Whether you like it or not, stock markets exist for people to buy into and make the most of. Personally, I don't like them, but there it is.

Thing is I have never said they took money out of the club. Go ahead find where I said that. Indeed if anything I have said I would have preferred the Board pay out dividends to itself and othershareholders not sell the Club, and make more of the remaining money more readily available to invest in the football team.

There is no sin in the Board making some money for all the work it has done. Indeed they should get some financial reward for it from the Club. That has never been an issue for me.

For me the issue is this should these already terrifically well-off and wealthy individuals put making even more money for themselves by betraying the trust of the Club ahead of making a bit less money for themselves and honoring the commitments we trusted them to honor on our club's behalf. It's not like they would have gone broke or had their homes foreclosed on otherwise after all.

They still would have made a pretty healthy profit to be sure , whether they took dividends at a lower share price or sold at a lower share price. Why should they sell us a defective product simply to make even more money when they are already making plenty. This is purely greed at work here and that should be unacceptable to all of us.

And this is where the club's money comes in. The Board didn't take any of it but they manipulated most if not all of it to increase the share price and interest from investors in buying the Club. They used the club's equity to make their shares more valuable, and did this by limiting transfer spending among other things. They made money from the club's money not being spent any more than it was. As Chris Matthews among others nicely puts it they made money from money.

Simple question is that any less dishonorable or dishonest than taking dividends especially since that would allow the club to have made more money availble to spend instead?



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