Quote:Peter Storey
, Trophies and accolades are what matters in football, it also stops players like Fab, Nas and co @#$%& off to other clubs (And yes money s also a big motivator).
Quote:hippogunner
I wouldn't be so sure anyone of the stature of these two mystical saviours Gotze and Hazard will be coming to the club.
Quote:Philly the kid
No pleasing some people!!
Quote:Peter StoreyQuote:Philly the kid
No pleasing some people!!
Where the f.ck have we got it in our minds that we buy Nanny'Goatz or bleedin Hazard. The board and the press have talked for two seasons about big £50M warchests etc but Wenger has so far refused to spend that kind of money!
Quote:hippogunner
I wouldn't be so sure anyone of the stature of these two mystical saviours Gotze and Hazard will be coming to the club. Some people seem to think this is nailed on forgetting that its Wenger and Gazidis who control the purse strings. With those two niggardly and hesitant buyers maybe we should be expecting someone as influential as Park or Chamakh.
I agree with Peter. It's the overall picture that needs to be addressed. This is a club that's won nothing since 2005 under the stewardship of one man. A man who has proved he can win trophies but seems to have lost that ability.
Sure this recent run of results is wonderful and all credit to everyone at Arsenal but let's see where we are by May and let's see who we buy in summer otherwise next season may well be like the previous five.
Quote:hippogunner
Wenger didn't build the stadium.
I mean Wenger is an economist but I don't think he's great at mixing cement.
Other things Wenger didn't do: walk on water, turn water into wine, raise the dead.
Quote:hippogunner
Wenger didn't build the stadium.
I mean Wenger is an economist but I don't think he's great at mixing cement.
Other things Wenger didn't do: walk on water, turn water into wine, raise the dead.
Quote:eduardo
Posted by: gunnersingh (212.183.128.252)
Date: 22 March, 2012 22:32
Jack if you haven't got any thing constructive to say don't comment
oh the irony, take a look at the thread topic
Quote:That's the problem with you moaners, all you ever go on about is something expensive, not something quality.hippogunner
Hear, hear, Tigerline and Zainy.
And let's hope we can get excited after the season when we finally buy some expensive talent.
Quote:Padre Pio
Yes De Times is right, you can get quality on the cheap, Denilson, Djourou, Squillaci, Bendtner.
There is no need to pay £15million for an oxlade chamberlain
Quote:Zainy
I think you are misreading the entire mood of arsenal fans gunnersingh and your last statement isnt in keeping with your original statement.
You are asking why there is excitement amongst the Arsenal fans, and the answer is quite simple, we are playing well and winning - theres nothing more to it. And if you cant be excited and happy with that I would seriously suggest you take up another sport or team to support because the stress you would consistently be under is not healthy.
People are excited and optimistic and have every right to be, we have started playing well as a team and shown signs that there is some class in the team.
I think every fan here has stated that they dont feel this squad is complete or ready to challenge for the EPL so I dont know where you get that we are content with not winning.
So in short - Arsenal fans have every right and reason to be excited at present.
Quote:Padre Pio
Yes De Times is right, you can get quality on the cheap, Denilson, Djourou, Squillaci, Bendtner.
There is no need to pay £15million for an oxlade chamberlain
Quote:RadioFreeArsenal
Problem there is though we paid no transfer fee we paid about 20 milllion pounds for Sol Campbell.
I think if anything we should have done that more often because we would have spent our money more efficiently on better players
If you look at wages invested in those players they cost a fair bit more even over a three-year contract. so in fat we where very sharp and very clever. But again even if these players are available and not priced out of our range they will cost close to double or triple in some cases the fees you cite.
But we do have the resources to pursue them. So why don't we? We don't want to pay competitive wages because if we pay competitive wages we also pay more in transfer fees for these players. Better to only be able to buy a very few players for a fair bit less then to buy to buy a good bit more for for a fair bit more.
Quote:Mad Jens
Radio made an alt account to compliment himself. Cute.
Quote:Mad Jens
You seem to know me pretty well already Radi-, Carld...
Quote:Mad Jens
You guys really love to hear yourselves talk.
Nobody cares.
Quote:carld1989
seven of those bargains went unbeaten for a whole season, a feat never achieved tot his present day in top flight football
Quote:Optimistic GunnerQuote:carld1989
seven of those bargains went unbeaten for a whole season, a feat never achieved tot his present day in top flight football
umm, didn't Juventus just win this seasons Serie A without losing a game?
Arsenal are not only team to go a season unbeaten in a top league in recent times.