Oh don't worry about me son I'm fine.

You'll laugh but he spent the whole day cleaning the Gorgonzola from around his pecker and managed to spare 5 minutes to tell everyone how brilliant Arsene is doing. Almost as crackers as AG.

The forum needs a *%^@*** helpline

I wouldn’t mind seeing us make a move for Lascelles from Newcastle this summer. He has been very good for them, a proper leader. Young, English, good positioning, good in the ball.

Just a player I think will end up somewhere bigger than Newcastle

13 league points away from home at this stage is the not the norm for Wenger. 35-40 points league points at home is what we usually get... and it seems everyone agree that any decent manager can get more out of the current squad, so I don't think it's anything controversial to say that we have a good squad and the club is in good shape.

Been drinking again?

With Wenger as the manager, Kroenke as the owner, and almost an entire new defence being needed, how the hell can you say "the club is in good shape"?

If we can properly replace Mertesacker and Cazorla, I'm confident we will perform better next season - with or without Wenger. At the moment we can still afford to add three non-homegrown players to the squad. If the club buy 3-5 established players, can't see why we can't put up a credible title challenge.

The good thing abt Kroenke is that he doesn't interfere. But there has been changes in the background preparing for Wenger's eventual departure - appointment of Mislintat and two other guys whose names I can't remember. Plus our youths are in the Final.

As for Wenger, he has underperformed. Whoever our manager is next season, should be able to get at least 75 league points next season - we definitely have the players for that. Our away form this season is an anomaly.

As for our defence, I think Bellerin will stay, Kolasinac should improve and Monreal can give us one more season. If we can properly replace Mertesacker and relegate Koscielny to be our 4th CB with quality additions, our squad will be sttengthened significantly.

I've got a feeling we'll reach the final. Worse teams than Arsenal have beaten better sides than Atletico many times, even over two legs. I just think it's wrong to write off Arsenal's chances. Also I reckon Arsenal are the more likely to score an away goal. Atletico aren't the best going forward, despite having Griezmann, and we all know how important away goals can be in European football.

Furthermore, I feel there's another issue. With the threat to Wenger's job (the Daily Mail are saying the lack of bums on seats at the Emirates in recent weeks is worrying the club's hierarchy), it would be so Wengerish for him to save himself by winning the Europa League to get Arsenal back into the Champions League. It just strikes me as so typical of Wenger. Okay, it didn't get us in the Champions League, but beating Chelsea in the FA Cup final got him a new contract last summer.

I just don't expect Kroenke to act. Of course this could be fatal to our chances of having Ramsay renewing or Bellerin remain at the club.

Well I have been drinking ... a few hefty rums ..... but if Bellerin f***s off to some other point on the planet I'll be a happy man except for speed I just can't figure out what that ponsy little sh**t with the stupid haircut offers .

No positional sense , slows ever play down the right hand side with a pass backwards , can't cross for sh***t , so often caught out of position , mediocre defender ....... Maricon .

PS What's happened to the Cowboys this season ...Thurston is getting a bit long in the tooth but you still have an awesome squad yet you've dropped off a cliff . 1 win 5 losses

Goonie is one of the last few believers of Wenger

Sorry, my fellow mate, I went to the other side long time ago

I think Some of Chambers performances have been frankly disasterous but I would be interested to see how he fared under a different manager who marshalled him better and knew his weaknesses as he is a player with some quality. I don’t think he’s the write off many think but Wenger isn’t helping him. You don’t send a centre half in his early twenties on the pitch without serious instruction and you just know that Arsene probably barely says a word to him. You could possibly apply this to Holding too.

Did chambers make these individual mistakes when on loan to Boro?

Reading that arsenal are charging Atletico away fans £40 per ticket, but they are charging our fans £79 for away fans.

Some people suggesting we should just charge Atletico fans exactly what they are charging us and use the £39 extra to subsidise Arsenal’s away fans for their trip to Spain.

Man U did this last season and it sounds like a great idea.

Wenger has underperformed. Our away form is abysmal. All I'm saying is we have a good squad that will perform better next season be it under Wenger or a new manager. Proper replacement for Mertesacker and we'll improve considerably. Don't think it's a coincidence we have not finished top four with Mertesacker hardly playing the past two seasons. We saw the difference he made in the FA Cup final.

And I'm not sure why it's so controversial to suggest the club is in good shape. We are still a big club that can attract likes of Aubameyang and Lacazette. The club has been preparing for Wenger's evnrtual departure. And we have good young players coming up.

Wenger's KPI, I suspect is to qualify for CL. If winning the Europa League achieves this, no reason to sack him.

I think one of his self imposed KPI's this season was to get 85 points.
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Wenger has underperformed. Our away form is abysmal. All I'm saying is we have a good squad that will perform better next season be it under Wenger or a new manager. Proper replacement for Mertesacker and we'll improve considerably. Don't think it's a coincidence we have not finished top four with Mertesacker hardly playing the past two seasons. We saw the difference he made in the FA Cup final.

And I'm not sure why it's so controversial to suggest the club is in good shape. We are still a big club that can attract likes of Aubameyang and Lacazette. The club has been preparing for Wenger's evnrtual departure. And we have good young players coming up.

The club is going downhill under Wenger and will decline further if he stays. That is a reason to sack him. We can't even filll the Emirates these days.

He doesn't see it as a problem ..

Wenger says empty seats at Emirates are "not a big concern. Our crowd is pretty solid at the moment. … I believe we have a very faithful crowd, faithful fans, who will always be there to support the club."

And he adds: "We are sold out in every single game, so I don’t know where the problem is at the moment.”

Anyone who doesn't think it's a problem that only around two-thirds of season ticket holders bother going, despite having paid to attend the game, is a moron.

Anyone who doesn't think it's a problem that only around two-thirds of season ticket holders bother going, despite having paid to attend the game, is a moron.

I'm speculating but the understanding between Wenger and the board/owner could be to secure CL football at a minimum. If he does it by the back door winning the Europa League, the board/owner can't say he has not kept his end of the bargain.

Minimally a proper replacement for Mertesacker. Mustafi not working out - this happens sometimes. Another CB would be ideal as Koscielny has declined. A replacement for Cazorla would be nice too as well as a new GK - basically a new defensive spine. We really should fill our quota for non-homegrown players with top quality ones.

As to why I think we will perform better next season, simply because this season's away form is a freaky one. Usually we secure at least 30 league points away and about 40 points at home. I think normal services will resume next season - hope so anyway.

I don't think you can claim that this is a freakish statistical aberration and that the law of large numbers will eventually come into play. At some point you have to conclude that the sample size is big enough and you have to accept what the numbers are telling you. We are simply crap away from home. We are flaky and our defense is rubbish. 3 wins in 16 games is quite enough evidence as far as I am concerned.

I agree we are crap away this season. I just don't think we'd be this crappy again next season. Be that as it may, a total of 70++ points have not been good enough to see us putting a credible title challenge for the past how many seasons. I believe 07/08 was the last time we got more than 80 points.

I think Some of Chambers performances have been frankly disasterous but I would be interested to see how he fared under a different manager who marshalled him better and knew his weaknesses as he is a player with some quality. I don’t think he’s the write off many think but Wenger isn’t helping him. You don’t send a centre half in his early twenties on the pitch without serious instruction and you just know that Arsene probably barely says a word to him. You could possibly apply this to Holding too.

Mustafi too. I don't believe we were sold a dud. Its the system that is failing.