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Ten Things That Have Depressed Me About Arsenal's Summer So Far

14th August 2013 Administrator

You need the financial platform in order to create the sporting success, but you need the sporting success in order to supply the financial platform as well. This year we are beginning to see something we have been planning for some time, which is the escalation in our financial firepower. Our revenues will grow to put us into the top five revenue clubs in the world”, The Champions League qualifier in August won’t affect our plans. It’s never been an issue when we’ve discussed with players before and it doesn’t affect our planning. [With FFP] “football is moving powerfully in our direction

Improving This Squad Won’t Be Easy

11th August 2013 Alastair Brookshaw

Clichy, and seemed to be getting to grips with the defensive side of the game too. But even if it hadn’t all gone horribly downhill for Santos he still wasn’t good enough to push us on a level, and so after all that expenditure we had to go into the market again, essentially paying twice for the same position. When you add all his fees to the cost of the Monreal deal you see immediately how ‘expensive’ some of these ‘bargains’ end up being. The same could be said with Gervinho. Unsurprisingly there are now calls from the fans to sign just someone, ANYONE, but truthfully I’d prefer giving Gnabry a chance to buying yet another ‘almost’ player for £10 million that we have to replace in 2 seasons time.

Arsenal 3 Man City 1 – Why did Podolski start?, Rambo & Theo on the rise & More

11th August 2013 admin

The boot was on the other foot when Aaron Ramsey lifted his head and made eye contact with Theo Walcott in what was possibly our first meaningful attack. It was surreal moment for me when watching it live, almost as if I had drifted into Aaron Ramsey's mind. I had spotted Walcott leaning towards the blind side of Clichy and as soon as I thought 'go on Aaron, slip it through' the Welshman threaded through a perfectly weighted pass cutting through a number of City players for Walcott to latch onto. Theo's improvement in recent season's is such that when he finds himself in these positions I now expect a goal and I am surprised when the ball does not hit the back of the net, like in our final Emirates cup game. Yup you know the one with that wonderful pass from guess who? Aaron

Your Vision – Best Starting XI Before Major Signings

8th August 2013 admin

Sagna and Gibbs, though Monreal is a very close second left back in my estimation. He has a stronger defensive quality than Gibbs, but lacks what Gibbs has moving into attacking positions. I'd alternate these two depending on the opposition. Jenkinson is a good young right back, but he's wildly inexperienced at the moment and is not as consistent as he needs to be if he wants to be a starter. Keeping Sagna around for another season or two will teach the youngster a lot about how to defend and work

I won’t get attached, Suarez ‘Loan’ would suit me fine

7th August 2013 admin

So should Suarez sign for us then I will see it as a loan of sorts. A chance for a good player to play at a higher level (I bet that stings Liverpool fans) and under a better manager. He would give us a chance to compete for silverware as well as allowing young talents like Yaya Sanogo to mature, then

Operation Higuain abort starts to make sense & Creativity priority

6th August 2013 admin

Suarez is not going to be enough as stated above. Rosicky and Cazorla are some of the best midfield players in the middle of the pitch. They know when to beat their man, when to play it first time. Their first touches are to die for but neither at the edge of the penalty area are as good as the rest of their game, Santi to a lesser extent perhaps.

Your Vision – The Emirates Stadium move and modern football- a distancing and snubbing of long-serving supporters

6th August 2013 admin

Right this is. The stadium was supposed to put us on a more level playing field with the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona, whereas it has actually just distanced us more from them. Yes it will benefit us in the future financially, but is it worth it? Is it worth leaving your spiritual home and soul to move to a bigger, more expensive stadium where ticket prices are higher and the club and the fans are more distant? What’s more, where a lot of fans who were able to afford to go and watch their team regularly at Highbury are now priced out of going to do the same at the Emirates Stadium, like Craig?

Emirates Cup Thoughts

5th August 2013 Omomo14

I've always been sceptical about Sagna at centre back, but yesterday against Galatasaray, he kind of managed to clear my doubts. He was convincing in ground duels and for one not greatly built for a centre back, he managed to dominate in the air. Another thing I noticed is how he comfortably slotted in as a deputy right back when Jenkinson ventured forward which makes you wonder how a real DM would fit into our side and help plug gaps when Sagna acts as an auxiliary right back from his Centre

Your Vision – Arsene says we can win the league, is he barking?

4th August 2013 admin

I’ve written before about our defence and I think all we need is a suitable 4th CB cover, as the competition between Gibbs/Monreal; Koscielny/Mertesacker/Vermaelen, and Sagna/Jenkinson is good, but only 3 CB’s is not safe enough. I think that Vermaelen is still a very good defender and he suffered from what many of our players suffered from over the last two seasons, and that is a lack of competition and over confidence in their own place in the team. I think being dropped but kept as skipper is a crucial indication of Wenger’s plans. Mertesacker

My Emirates Cup Plea: Hold fire, baby porridge could still arrive

2nd August 2013 admin

Chelsea want to buy Rooney but haven't done so yet, Manchester United want to make sure they do not fall behind Manchester City but are yet to make any serious progress. This tells me that there is more to it than just wanting to get players signed. There seems to be a method to some of the madness, not all but some. The amount of people stating as fact that Arsenal will NOT sign any players this summer. 'Whenga and Gazidis are taking us for mugs, they are pocketing d cash for Stan and Whenga takes the profits home from the money we do not spend' or such nonsense. (Surely they do know that is nonsense right?)

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