invisible!:

Is there any price for being a confused coach? Wenger will win it by miles!

Arsenal will not finish 4th this season, they will finish 9th but the world will not end, take hearts boys, such is life.

The guys on this thread are now talking slowly, where is that brashness in Arsenal fans, where is the optimism, the cockedness, the irritating pig-headedness of the '49 match unbeaten run days' ?

HNIC:

I don't even know what to say about the Paddy rumour.
all i know is that he would be better than Silvestre
and would slap the taste out of the mouth of any misfiring player!

debosky:

This is clearly the case. What exactly it is? No one knows. There are a number of possibilities.

1. Arsenal is in very bad financial straits and cannot afford to keep a large wage bill nor turn down offers like those for Ade & Kolo. We need the cash to stay afloat and even if that means risking CL qualification, we must try with the minimum amount of resources

2. Wenger is silently bidding for 1/2 players who he is confident will more than compensate for the losses and fire us upwards. He also realises that the players he is sold are greatly flawed and the cash is far more valuable to us. . . instead of selling too late like TH14 and Vieira arguably were.

3. Wenger is so far lost in his statistics and stubborn insistence on his 'vision' that he thinks he can win/challenge even with what he has and believes he doesn't need any more players.

Of those three options, option 3 is the worst because we will be in for a painful season if we have an unrealistic or delusional man at the helm

The sale is understandable, as was the sale of Adebayor, but Wenger has to communicate with supporters now and allay their fears that this money will be spent. The supporters need to know whether the £42 million Arsenal have now earned[b] is being thrown at the banks or the team. [/b]The supporters want new signings, particularly after[b] having been told by Wenger after 4 trophy-less years that he expected the squad to stay together and promised several new additions.[/b]

It would be completely unacceptable for Wenger, and the Arsenal board, to dismiss the supporters for a second successive season by announcing one thing then doing another whilst keeping everyone outside the club completely in the dark. At risk of sounding repetitive, the club is really asking for trouble should Arsenal suffer a similar season to last.

PDF:

We play Athletico Madrid, Valencia n the the big one begins, away to Everton on Sat d 1st, 8th and 15th Aug respectively. Judging by yesterday's game, we aint ready at all (judging just yet will be unwise, anyway). We gat about 18days or so. At the end of last night's game it seems that Emmanuel Eboue went over to the Arsenal fans, threw in his boots/shirt etc and waved goodbye. Is he going too?

I think AW wants to flush out the Africans to a minimal extent knowing how important our fixtures are btw Jan n Feb(Aston, Bolton, Everton, Man, Chelski, Liverpool, amongst others), but he needs to do that with adequate replacements. For all fans, I think this guy isn't a numskull and I think also that he'll buy. He seems to want to adopt the last minute method he used last summer and January (arshavin). He felt short in the former cos he was £2m short for Alonso n Liverpool refused to sell at that. i think also that he's rily covering up for the fiscal problems at arsenal which SAF seem to know abt.

Kip ur fingers crossed gunners!

PDF:

 i think also that he's rily covering up for the fiscal problems at arsenal which SAF seem to know abt.
Kip ur fingers crossed gunners!

just kidding

invisible!:

If you sell all your African players just because of the ANC, you will sell all your European players during the Euro, sell your Russian players during the winter!

HNIC:

Those two silly old men(Man) are geting too close for my liking!
How else can SAF know about Arsenal's fiscal problems,if not through AW!!!
@PDF
_{just kidding}

invisible!:

If you sell all your African players just because of the ANC, you will sell all your European players during the Euro, sell your Russian players during the winter!

If you sell all your African players just because of the ANC, you will sell all your European players during the Euro, sell your Russian players during the winter

HNIC:

There is absolutely no sense in the highlighted.
I have even tried to see the sense of humour in it, but only an idiot would find drivel funny!
Do you watch footie at all?
Or you think we are discussing Rugby
Stupid analogy!

presido1:

Dude don't come too hard on him, hez your london neighbour and[b] sometimes all of you think alike.[/b]

proudly9ja:

Im not sure we have 42 million to spend.
We spent 15 on arshavin and 10 on Verm in advance of receiving Ade's 25 in my opinion. So we are only left with Toure's 16M.
I think everything is down to the financial position at Arsenal.

HNIC:

There is absolutely no sense in the highlighted.
I have even tried to see the humour in it, but only an idiot would find drivel funny!
Do you watch footie at all?
Or you think we are discussing Rugby
Stupid analogy!

tkb417:

den no dey play league for europe during the euro cup oga sir

nateevs:

Is Arsenal not a listed company on the exchange?
Arsenal's financial problems don't have to come from AW. .
Isn't it in public domain.?
What Arsenal is going to do with the money they have is what may not be in public domain.

nateevs:

Is Arsenal not a listed company on the exchange?
Arsenal's financial problems don't have to come from AW. .
Isn't it in public domain.?
What Arsenal is going to do with the money they have is what may not be in public domain.

Bottom line is Arsenal's mortgage's in negative equity  . . . They are currently paying more than their stadium is worth.

And Highbury is now worth far less than they thot it'll be.  

Improper fiscal and risk analysis. . . across the board. . . field and boardroom!

nateevs:

Is Arsenal not a listed company on the exchange?
Arsenal's financial problems don't have to come from AW. .
Isn't it in public domain.?
What Arsenal is going to do with the money they have is what may not be in public domain.

Bottom line is Arsenal's mortgage's in negative equity . . . They are currently paying more than their stadium is worth.
And Highbury is now worth far less than they thot it'll be.
Improper fiscal and risk analysis. . . across the board. . . field and boardroom!

We made some tough deals early on with Emirates & Nike to secure construction of the Emirates. Compared to what other clubs are making now, we settled too low for those deals and got the cash upfront. As a result, we are not getting as much capital inflow as we might, and with the recession hitting hard, stadium revenues will be impacted to some extent – this is the main danger. TV revenue will come in, so will CL money if we do well, but if we can’t fill the stadium, the £3m gate takings per game get affected and can cause us serious harm.

Ibime:

£600m for new stadium no be yam. . . . I had heard Debo say that Arsenals debt repayments are @ £5m for 25 years, but thats just £125m. What happened to the other £475m, not to talk of interest payments. I think the cost of the new stadium looms larger than most people imagine.

justkunmi:

@debosky
So.invariably. .u.saying.Arsenal.would.remain.under.achieving.until.u.pay.off.ur.debts Or.until.a.rich.dude.buys.the.club?

ahonohai:

Not necessarily. . .the business model is essentially self sustaining if you look at the fact that gate reciepts just about equate the loan repayments. What the board are looking at is not overtly rocking the boat by being prudent financially and only making purchases that would clearly improve the team i.e AA23 and Vermaelen.

Sweet!

ahonohai:

Not necessarily. . .the business model is essentially self sustaining if you look at the fact that gate reciepts just about equate the loan repayments. What the board are looking at is not overtly rocking the boat by being prudent financially and only making purchases that would clearly improve the team i.e AA23 and Vermaelen.