posted Jul 6, 2008

The 4th line and most of the 3rd line of the team you've put out would not be able to cope with Prem Football and also where are you planning on getting the money for Huntelaar, around 20 mil, and then also buying replacements for Hleb and Adebayor....

Your Manager's just said that he can no longer buy big, not that he has done....

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posted Jul 6, 2008

im a complete neutral just want to say that i am so impressed with what wenger is doing i think its brilliant for arsenal and football. compare how much class arsenal have about them compared to chelsea on and off the pitch.

i would love to see arsenal win the league next season they deserve it so much

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posted Jul 6, 2008

"Your Manager's just said that he can no longer buy big"

No he hasn't, a quote from News of the World says he did, personally I'm not entirely convinced by what I read in the tabloids though apparently you are.

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posted Jul 6, 2008

There seems to be a fair bit of negativty here. So lets get a few facts straight.

First. The Stadium. Is actually being paid for quicker then anticipated, due to Wenger's shrewd moves over the last two Summers. It is not a noose around our necks. On the contrary, it is the base upon whic Arsenal will be able to compete beyond the Wenger years.

Second : Arsenal have a strict wage budget. AW is asked to rank every member of the Arsenal squad on a scale of one to twelve at the beginning of every season, and they are offered wage deals accordingly. If AW thinks a player has gone up a grade he informs the board who react accordingly.

THREE... If arsenal receive an offer that matches their valuation of the player, they will sell...eg Anelka, Vieira, Overmars, Henry. Arsenal is a business like any other.

Lets not be blinkered here. Arsenal cannot ignore the real world. I dont like seeing our best players leave. But I would much rather see Arsenal have a sound base for the future. Where is Chelsea's base post Abramovich? Man United's debts are much larger than ours, as will Liverpool's be if and when they build a new ground.

We are looking sound in the medium term, compared to our rivals. If we arnt paying the same transfer fees as our rivals, it is because AW is being prudent, not because we cant afford it.

Have faith my friends. Success is close.

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posted Jul 6, 2008

ahh personally i think its about time arsenal sold to either teh amirican guy or the russian guy which ever is richer. i woudlnt be able to stand losing our best players for the next 17 yrs thats too much man....im worried bigtiem how we ment to be a big club and we keep selling our players :S:S we are gonan get weaker every season

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posted Jul 6, 2008

In four years time Arsenals annual debt payment goes down to £20million. In 2009 Arsenal will recieve nearly £200million from the sale of the highbury flats. Any talk of Arsenal struggling to pay off their debt is ridiculous.

We ended four points off the top last season. I don't think it's harsh to say we lost it rather than United won it. Four points off the top suggests that we don't need to bring in any more than a player or two, which we have done, to win the title.

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posted Jul 6, 2008

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"And just one slip and you are gone.... I cant waite for that day "
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That day will never come, and the pathetic thing about it is that you know this very well. Its very obvious how frustrated you are... being a spud your whole life. How's the weather in the bottom half of the table again?

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posted Jul 7, 2008

what i dont understand is the mixed messages that we send out. why does outr board state that wenger has money when he clearlly hasnt. why when our annual turnover is 203million and our wages our 90m does a 24m charge completly cripple our transfer sepending. My worry is taht at the rate the chasing pack are spending and hiring quality managers i think from the 2009 season onwards its going to be increasingly difficult for arsenal and liverpool to manintain top4 status

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posted Jul 7, 2008

Arsenal makes a profit even with the £24m a year to pay - a figure which is about to decline dramatically after the sale of the flats. Arsenal make a profit already taking the £24m into account. Not a big deal: Liverpool have to come up with that amount every year just to pay for the privilege of being owned by Hick et al. If their new stadium ever does get off the ground, you can bet that figure will be even higher, and as for ManU and their Three-quarter billion debt, you can just imagine what they are having to come up with. So my feeling is that AW is trying to avoid being asked for the full £30m he'll get for Ade when he looks for a new striker. Look at the quote and you'll see he's being quite clear, he says he has to spend less than he gets: a clear message to the entire transfer market.

As for the amount being spent generally - as long as the quality of football stays the same, we won't have too much to be worried about and will always enjoy a trip to the Emirates. The only worry is that without trophies, the likes of Fab et al will eventually pursue their careers elsewhere. I'd say the very most we can take of this kind of thing is maybe two more years AT THE MOST. After that (and who knows? maybe before also), there'll be tears.

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posted Jul 7, 2008

Whatever the case right now all is looking rosy
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We havent won a trophy in 3 years?! WTF is rosy about that?! Wenger is turning our team into a bloody creche....

Wenger himself has said we probably be paying 30 million a year for the next 17 years...we were better off at higbury...the emirates was a step back in my book...

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