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:nod: Not asking for UAE or the Russian crook levels of investment but some, would be niceQuote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
But I thought it was all Arsene's fault, h? I thought that, once he'd gone, we were heading for broad, sunlit uplands? :rubchin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
https://www.google.com/search?q=hope...ih=597#imgrc=_Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Still don't know why I can't post images on this c*nting board :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
User error :wipecock:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
I have no idea where the blame lies b but I suspect it has something to with the crushing mediocrity of our players. Stan is likely blameless but I just needed to call him a wig wearing *****-donkey - ATV's bon mot of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
As Vince Lombardi said: "Hope is not a strategy."Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Because you are technically autistic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
The players on the pitch are mainly Arsene's players, b. There is major rebuilding work ahead for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
And if the wwcd thinks we can do it with £50m, then he can fúck off too.
They are players bought under the same budgetary restrictions that Emery faces. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
So you would like us to sign players like Van Dijk, Becker, Pogba, Aguero, Hazard (the list could well go on) with our budget restrictions?Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
If we can get £70m from Barca for Lacazette and supplement this with £40-50m from the board then we could sign 2 or 3 players to really help us out.
You might has well have thrown in Griezmann, Messi, Ronaldo, etc into your list, r :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
The owners, like Arsene (who used to moan about the ' inflated market'), are deluded if they think £50m (or whatever) is enough to make a difference to the squard.
£50m is not even a good player nowadays (unless you buy someone towards the end of their contract, not withstanding release clause valuations) in this marketplace.
The club has lost its vision imo. A footballing brand will only generate high levels in income if the delivery is on the pitch.
Youngsters growing up in North London will gravitate (without family indoctrination) towards them rather than The Arsenal if they are seen to be 'better' than us - higher league positions, CL football, etc. I hardly ever met a Chelsea fan as a kid...
We are already starting to see more empty seats at the arab dome. Yesterday, the final home game of the season, and there are loads of empty seats... the customers can't even be arséd to send the players off to the EL semi-final with a a bit of support nowadays. In fact, they were booed at the final whistle.
sad seens now and indeed for the immediate future...
I quite agree. But Kronke has made it clear that there will be no investment from the board. He is perfectly content with top six finishes. The TV money this generates is huge & really that is his only concern.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
Do you really think he cares what children in North London think? He's a businessman, not a fan.
The only point at which he will care is if his revenues start dropping, season ticket renewals atrophy and his sponsorship deals start getting a bit shÃ*te.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
By which point, of course, it will be too late.
This has been worrying me too. Quite apart from the ghastly prospect of seeing young fans with their shirts on deep in Arsenal country, the future prospects for the local fan base is a concern.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
I'm just hoping that their stadium costs will bite them hard on the bum.
I make your assessment of Kroenke right b. And do you know what that makes him hmm? Shall I tell you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
A toupée-sporting vagina-ass?Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
I definitely think that, when it came to the handing out of billionaires, we were at the back of the queue. :-(
And the ***** can't even source a decent syrup. You'd think his wife would say "Stan, you're a rich man! You don't need to buy budget syrups from Walmart - have one custom made." Probably has some kind of misplaced loyalty to Walmart because he own it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
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Originally Posted by Burney
To be fair, all Wenger leaving was ever going to do was to highlight whether it was Wenger's control on all aspects of the playing side that was causing our decline, or whether there was something much deeper wrong within the club.
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Originally Posted by IUFG
One way to supplement that is to develop young players
We're not getting much through the ranks of the youth system. We have produced very little, if any, over the last 10 years.
How many of these U18s are likely to break into the first team?
Hmmm. I'd agree, but I don't remember that degree of nuance being employed when half our fanbase were calling our greatest ever manager a senile French ***** and demanding his head on a plate. :rubchin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez
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Originally Posted by Burney
That is because the average fan has all the consistency and stability of Angel Delight..