theHotHead wrote:Arsenal are a major draw to 90% of the football world, its only the best of the best and the almost best of the best that wouldn't consider coming here.
Anyone that says otherwise is chatting Hezbollah
by Nuggets » Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:17 pm
theHotHead wrote:Arsenal are a major draw to 90% of the football world, its only the best of the best and the almost best of the best that wouldn't consider coming here.
Anyone that says otherwise is chatting Hezbollah
by DiamondGooner » Sun Jun 13, 2021 3:57 pm
theHotHead wrote:Arsenal are a major draw to 90% of the football world, its only the best of the best and the almost best of the best that wouldn't consider coming here.
Anyone that says otherwise is chatting Hezbollah
by starmandb » Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:22 pm
aniym wrote:Jedi wrote:Paddy wrote:@David_Ornstein: Arsenal preparing move for Brighton defender Ben White. No club-to-club contact yet but expected in due course. Could take ~£40-50m — unlikely to be insurmountable for #AFC. Interest 1st reported by @johncrossmirror.
Wtf
What about saliba?!
Seriously this club man.
We're playing trash all over the pitch and we're gonna drop ~ 50 mil on ANOTHER centerback?????. How is another CB a priority???????????
We better have 150 mil to spend or something, otherwise this is a joke
LOL Saliba's never going to kick a ball for the senior XI.
Arteta has been acting like he doesn't exist for over a year, and it's worked. All we have done is send him the message that he isn't wanted.
by starmandb » Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:28 pm
DiamondGooner wrote:Couldn't agree more, this will cause us issues getting the targets we want, its going to be a long window and I wonder how much genuine improvement is even going to be made ........... however I'd settle for a change in personnel simply for an transfer of attitude.
But Arsenal were recently warned that many of their targets will turn them down this summer because of one key issue.
“Arsenal have never been that much of an attractive option to me,” former Celtic and West Ham man Frank McAvennie told Football Insider.
“They have too many duds. They have a lot of players who think they are better than they actually are.
“Half of their team is like that. They all think they are superstars and they aren’t. Really, they aren’t even close.
“They don’t play together, they aren’t really a team. The gap is getting further between them and those top clubs.
“Why would a decent player want to join that?”
https://www.teamtalk.com/news/arsenal-o ... o-transfer
by Angelito » Sun Jun 13, 2021 5:30 pm
by DiamondGooner » Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:12 pm
starmandb wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:Couldn't agree more, this will cause us issues getting the targets we want, its going to be a long window and I wonder how much genuine improvement is even going to be made ........... however I'd settle for a change in personnel simply for an transfer of attitude.
But Arsenal were recently warned that many of their targets will turn them down this summer because of one key issue.
“Arsenal have never been that much of an attractive option to me,” former Celtic and West Ham man Frank McAvennie told Football Insider.
“They have too many duds. They have a lot of players who think they are better than they actually are.
“Half of their team is like that. They all think they are superstars and they aren’t. Really, they aren’t even close.
“They don’t play together, they aren’t really a team. The gap is getting further between them and those top clubs.
“Why would a decent player want to join that?”
https://www.teamtalk.com/news/arsenal-o ... o-transfer
The same player that turned us down when George Graham had agreed to sign him in 1989
That went well
Arsenal won title West Ham relegated without him scoring a goal
Still it’s worth a post to have another pop at the Arsenal
by Highbury Hillbilly » Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:31 pm
by starmandb » Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:38 pm
DiamondGooner wrote:starmandb wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:Couldn't agree more, this will cause us issues getting the targets we want, its going to be a long window and I wonder how much genuine improvement is even going to be made ........... however I'd settle for a change in personnel simply for an transfer of attitude.
But Arsenal were recently warned that many of their targets will turn them down this summer because of one key issue.
“Arsenal have never been that much of an attractive option to me,” former Celtic and West Ham man Frank McAvennie told Football Insider.
“They have too many duds. They have a lot of players who think they are better than they actually are.
“Half of their team is like that. They all think they are superstars and they aren’t. Really, they aren’t even close.
“They don’t play together, they aren’t really a team. The gap is getting further between them and those top clubs.
“Why would a decent player want to join that?”
https://www.teamtalk.com/news/arsenal-o ... o-transfer
The same player that turned us down when George Graham had agreed to sign him in 1989
That went well
Arsenal won title West Ham relegated without him scoring a goal
Still it’s worth a post to have another pop at the Arsenal
Its about impressions of people outside our bubble, which depsite what some of us think, does matter.
If we were doing well people couldn't "have a pop" at Arsenal, that's what I want, us to improve how this club is run so we're not a laughing stock.
Even our opposition fans don't even bother bantering us anymore, they pity us, we're out of that conversation between Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea etc.
You may be happy with the status quo, but I want AFC to be a force in the top 4 again.
by DiamondGooner » Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:03 pm
starmandb wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:starmandb wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:Couldn't agree more, this will cause us issues getting the targets we want, its going to be a long window and I wonder how much genuine improvement is even going to be made ........... however I'd settle for a change in personnel simply for an transfer of attitude.
But Arsenal were recently warned that many of their targets will turn them down this summer because of one key issue.
“Arsenal have never been that much of an attractive option to me,” former Celtic and West Ham man Frank McAvennie told Football Insider.
“They have too many duds. They have a lot of players who think they are better than they actually are.
“Half of their team is like that. They all think they are superstars and they aren’t. Really, they aren’t even close.
“They don’t play together, they aren’t really a team. The gap is getting further between them and those top clubs.
“Why would a decent player want to join that?”
https://www.teamtalk.com/news/arsenal-o ... o-transfer
The same player that turned us down when George Graham had agreed to sign him in 1989
That went well
Arsenal won title West Ham relegated without him scoring a goal
Still it’s worth a post to have another pop at the Arsenal
Its about impressions of people outside our bubble, which depsite what some of us think, does matter.
If we were doing well people couldn't "have a pop" at Arsenal, that's what I want, us to improve how this club is run so we're not a laughing stock.
Even our opposition fans don't even bother bantering us anymore, they pity us, we're out of that conversation between Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea etc.
You may be happy with the status quo, but I want AFC to be a force in the top 4 again.
And it helps when own fans buy into shit like above how?
by Nuggets » Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:14 pm
DiamondGooner wrote:starmandb wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:starmandb wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:Couldn't agree more, this will cause us issues getting the targets we want, its going to be a long window and I wonder how much genuine improvement is even going to be made ........... however I'd settle for a change in personnel simply for an transfer of attitude.
But Arsenal were recently warned that many of their targets will turn them down this summer because of one key issue.
“Arsenal have never been that much of an attractive option to me,” former Celtic and West Ham man Frank McAvennie told Football Insider.
“They have too many duds. They have a lot of players who think they are better than they actually are.
“Half of their team is like that. They all think they are superstars and they aren’t. Really, they aren’t even close.
“They don’t play together, they aren’t really a team. The gap is getting further between them and those top clubs.
“Why would a decent player want to join that?”
https://www.teamtalk.com/news/arsenal-o ... o-transfer
The same player that turned us down when George Graham had agreed to sign him in 1989
That went well
Arsenal won title West Ham relegated without him scoring a goal
Still it’s worth a post to have another pop at the Arsenal
Its about impressions of people outside our bubble, which depsite what some of us think, does matter.
If we were doing well people couldn't "have a pop" at Arsenal, that's what I want, us to improve how this club is run so we're not a laughing stock.
Even our opposition fans don't even bother bantering us anymore, they pity us, we're out of that conversation between Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea etc.
You may be happy with the status quo, but I want AFC to be a force in the top 4 again.
And it helps when own fans buy into shit like above how?
Because a lot of what he's saying is true.
We do have too many bang average players who think they're stars yet they can't even win the Europa league for toffee, now we're not even in Europe.
The attitude at AFC is all types of wrong, we're hiring amatuers in every position of authority.
Tell me, what experience does Edu, Josh Kroenke, Vinai and Arteta have combined to run a successful football club?
Arteta's never managed before, Vinai is an Accountant, Edu is a minor league transfer fixer and Josh doesn't even know what Offside is.
........... again, you carry on treating the way AFC is run as acceptable that's your opinion, some of us want better for this club.
If we don't let AFC know that what they're doing is tarnishing the club then this new low standard becomes the new normal.
Tbf they could fix most of the above by hiring a no-nonsense well organised, experienced manager ............. you know, someone like Tuchel or Klopp who we keep passing up hanging on to deadwood managers and letting our opposition get the benefits of.
Is it co-incidence they've won PL titles and CL Cups? or was it accidental?
by starmandb » Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:00 pm
by starmandb » Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:19 pm
by DiamondGooner » Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:24 pm
starmandb wrote:What I don’t think is acceptable is for every Tom dick and Harry to have a pop at the Arsenal and it to be taken as gospel
No ceiling on my expectations for Arsenal and I am far from happy with how things are
I don’t feel the need to dive in on every negative. Misery never lacks company.
It’s the default protection position
I enjoy supporting Arsenal
by Paddy » Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:03 pm
starmandb wrote:What I don’t think is acceptable is for every Tom dick and Harry to have a pop at the Arsenal and it to be taken as gospel
No ceiling on my expectations for Arsenal and I am far from happy with how things are
I don’t feel the need to dive in on every negative. Misery never lacks company.
It’s the default protection position
I enjoy supporting Arsenal
by theHotHead » Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:18 pm
aniym wrote:Our last big name signing was PEA 3.5 seasons ago. The others have been mostly disastrous. We are seriously overrating the pull we have.