Here we go again

[Dorset Gooner]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20509582

[Lar d'Arse]

if the headline read:

"WILSHERE - WENGER HASN'T OFFERED ME A CONTRACT YET"

?

[7evens]

The club have finally woken up to the dangers of not allowing players to run down their contracts until they have one leg out the door.

wd Dick law http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/ohwell.gif

[Luis Anaconda]

[Peter]

The notion that we never tried to sign these players up before is laughable

[7evens]

The alternative really is too distressing to contemplate.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Weeks ago.

[Classic Jorge]

seriously, how many games has this clown played in the last year?!?!?

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

[7evens]

http://cdn1.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/David-Morrisey-cast-as-The-Governor-The-Walking-Dead-AMC.jpg

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Dorset Gooner]

a timely manner. At least, as some have pointed out, we are trying.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Maz]

PS Neg is in your neck of the woods today and tomorrow. I say your neck of the woods, I have no idea if he is anywhere near you but he is in the land of your beloved Angela.

[JUNGLEMAN]

[Luis Anaconda]

they are all practically Belgian up there

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I recall Koscielny & Vermaelen both signed last year.

Okay, Walcott hasn't.Meh.

[Monty91]

[7evens]

Didn't we re-sign that donkey Djorou last year ?

50k a week well spent tbh

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I am genuiely no longer bothered about players leaving etc.

They are replaced by new players and the cycle continues.

[Dorset Gooner]

[Dorset Gooner]

[Monty91]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

And got upset about such things.

[Monty91]

We kept Thierry, Dennis, Paddy, Bobby, Cesc, Van Persie, et al for a fair old whack of time.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I didn't feel short changed at all nor did I feel even a smidgeon of animosity towards him for leaving.

It is quite simply how football operates.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Players leave football clubs. The players we sign have left / walked out on / **** on their clubs to join us.

Many much more talented footballers than TW have left us in recent memory.

I just don't see the point in getting upset by these things.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

http://www.awimb.com/fudforum/index.php?t=tree&th=525523 &mid=3584659&rid=173&S=69eea5377a71219b8832838a4 82c41ec&rev=&reveal= (http://www.awimb.com/fudforum/index.php?t=tree&th=525523&mid=3584659&rid=173&S=69eea5377a71219b8832838a482c41ec&rev=&reveal=)

[Monty91]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Who knows what a player he could have been.

Very overlooked by many.

[Monty91]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Maz]

I'm sure he'll be as diplomatic as ever

[Monty91]

on him leaving, when in fact it seems you are indifferent.

[Ashberto]

though.

As Arsene has recently reminded us, in case we needed reminding, we don't buy top players, we make them. That's OK when the rate of replacement is slow enough but what we are now seeing is the rapid departure of our best players - including some who took several years to bring to the boil (Robin, Theo). Their replacements will either take time to develop and mature (Ox), will not be at the technical level or require a different style of play (Giroud), or will just be a bit **** (Gervinho).

Apart from the time taken for a new side to gel together, we are having to overplay some (Cazorla, Arteta) due to lack of depth/injury elsewhere, and underplay others (Jack) due to recovery from injury.

I'm usually quite relaxed about staff churn (apart from some initial disappointment and venting) but we are rather short of quality at the moment. Losing Theo and Sagna, after Robin and Song, after Cesc, Nasri and Clichy is rather a lot to replace.

At least the young Welsher had a decent game against Villa. Apart from the one trademark silly backflick.

[Norn Iron]

and we only got 1 real good season out of him. He used that season to get a big money move to Man Utd after Wenger showed faith in him through all the years of injury.

[Luis Anaconda]

the only had one good season argument is getting a bit tired

[Norn Iron]

Thierry, Dennis, Paddy, Bobby & Cesc in terms of what he achieved or did for the club.

[Hillary]

[Alexism - Atheoist]

He was pretty to watch, but woefully ineffective in both goals and assists.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Dorset Gooner]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

Cesc joined one summer before RvP.

[redgunamo]

[Luis Anaconda]

Cesc in the summner