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Post #491121  Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:28 pm 
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WENGER WEDNESDAY.........


But where is the Wenger 'zipper' ?


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But where is the Wenger 'zipper' ?

Water bottle? :42laughter:

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From wengers comments it sounds like he knows where he’s going next.

Rumour is he’s likely to be announced PSG general manager from January


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From wengers comments it sounds like he knows where he’s going next.

Rumour is he’s likely to be announced PSG general manager from January

Where he'll possibly do the same job as has been done by directors of football at other clubs. A post he wasn't happy about Arsenal taking anybody on for.


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I dug around a few streaming sites to watch Fever Pitch again. Just for one scene. The scene where he asks his father to take him to see the Arsenal and his father said "I thought you'd outgrow it by now"...."I'll never outgrow it!!"

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From wengers comments it sounds like he knows where he’s going next.


He sounded like he thought he knew where Arsenal were going for around 7 years. :1laughter:


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From wengers comments it sounds like he knows where he’s going next.


He sounded like he thought he knew where Arsenal were going for around 7 years. :1laughter:


:42laughter:

One statement encapsulates it all :53big-emoticons:

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I dug around a few streaming sites to watch Fever Pitch again. Just for one scene. The scene where he asks his father to take him to see the Arsenal and his father said "I thought you'd outgrow it by now"...."I'll never outgrow it!!"


AG, can you send the link?

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Congratulations Ramsey!

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... r-13439994

Interesting, Bayern's targets will be lowered after that

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This was the kind of stuff exiled would be interested in...as well as one or two who shall go un-named. :42laughter:

Arsenal announce plans to honour founder
Arsenal have announced that they are planning to pay a proper tribute to one of the club’s founders David Danksin.

It was revealed in September by CoventryLive that Danskin, who died 69 years ago, is lying in an unmarked grave in the London Road Cemetery in Coventry.

The discovery was made after an investigation by Ian Woolley, the chairman of the London Road Cemetery and Coventry City historian Lionel Bird.

Since then, conversations have been going on between Arsenal, Woolley, local historians, Arsenal supporters groups and Danksin’s family and plans have now been put in motion to honour the Scot, who was born in 1863, next year.


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This story may have some legs to it because Emery has worked with him before and we need defenders. Liverpool's Moreno transfer possible?

https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/10/18/ ... er-moreno/

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This was the kind of stuff exiled would be interested in...as well as one or two who shall go un-named.

Are you saying you hadn't blocked Exiled after all? Because he was one of the people who thought you were lying about having blocked people, and if my memory serves was the first to suggest that.


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I dug around a few streaming sites to watch Fever Pitch again. Just for one scene. The scene where he asks his father to take him to see the Arsenal and his father said "I thought you'd outgrow it by now"...."I'll never outgrow it!!"


AG, can you send the link?

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Rumors abound of Wenger going to PSG or even Bayern Munich. If either happens I wish him well. I really do. My fear is he will crash and burn and if he does, I won't be surprised. He seems way too stubborn to change things about himself and his tactics, etc. In today's footballing world you pretty much have to win from the onset, especially at the huge mega clubs. PSG and Bayern the league title is a given, its the CL he will be judged on and he's never won it.
Personally I think a national team job suits Wenger better. And not a major power like France either. But a smaller European side or even an African side. Right now, I think he needs to get back to basics. Arsenal has been his world for 22 years and then move up from there.

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Non football but I found it fascinating. Russian hacking, geo politics, etc,
https://www.pbs.org/video/malcolm-nance ... gVVAnJ6a9o

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AG, can you send the link?

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What hasn't been talked about much is just how much we missed having Santi in the side while he was out. He was the oil in the machine prior and we never really recovered after. Özil did a decent job in spurts but had Santi stayed healthy, we would have fared much better. I'm not saying we'd win the league or anything like that, but I think we might have even avoided 6th place.

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Rumors abound of Wenger going to PSG or even Bayern Munich. If either happens I wish him well. I really do.


I'd rather he go to City, Chelsea or Liverpool tbh :icon_mrgreen:


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Naughty Warrior, very naughty. :99big-emoticons:

Hmmm...what if Wenger joined a mega club, became wildly successful winning the CL in his first or 2nd season. I wonder how the gooners (myself included) who wanted him out would feel that he should have been given a bit more time.

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Giroud to West Ham? Hmmm...he's done well at Chelsea but he is 32 and West Ham is the place old pros go to die. lol

https://playingfor90.com/2018/10/19/for ... o-seasons/

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Giroud to West Ham? Hmmm...he's done well at Chelsea but he is 32 and West Ham is the place old pros go to die. lol

How well has he done well at Chelsea? There he's scored 5 goals in 26 games, a ratio of 1 goal every 5.2 games. Welbeck has scored 31 goals in 121 games for Arsenal, a significantly better ratio of 1 goal every 3.9 games.

But that hasn't stopped some Arsenal fans moaning that Welbeck doesn't score enough, so imagine what they'd say about Giroud if they supported Chelsea.


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Giroud to West Ham? Hmmm...he's done well at Chelsea but he is 32 and West Ham is the place old pros go to die. lol

How well has he done well at Chelsea? There he's scored 5 goals in 26 games, a ratio of 1 goal every 5.2 games. Welbeck has scored 31 goals in 121 games for Arsenal, a significantly better ratio of 1 goal every 3.9 games.

But that hasn't stopped some Arsenal fans moaning that Welbeck doesn't score enough, so imagine what they'd say about Giroud if they supported Chelsea.

Same issue he had at Arsenal. Very good link up player but his scoring record is poor. Better finisher than Welbeck though

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Giroud to West Ham? Hmmm...he's done well at Chelsea but he is 32 and West Ham is the place old pros go to die. lol

https://playingfor90.com/2018/10/19/for ... o-seasons/

Most old pros have been going to the MLS to die out. :angel8:

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Has this shock Bayern press conference happened yet? I thought it was today at 11am BST??


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Same issue he had at Arsenal. Very good link up player but his scoring record is poor. Better finisher than Welbeck though

I'm not convinced Welbeck is a bad finisher. His goal per minutes on the pitch equates, from memory, to a goal every little more than every two games. Yes he has missed some sitters. But off hand I can't recall all that many.


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Has this shock Bayern press conference happened yet? I thought it was today at 11am BST??


It has

They basically set up a press conference to have a go at the media for reporting their bad performances ! Nothing to do with Wenger


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Bernard wrote:
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I'm not convinced Welbeck is a bad finisher. His goal per minutes on the pitch equates, from memory, to a goal every little more than every two games. Yes he has missed some sitters. But off hand I can't recall all that many.

I think we are going to miss Welbeck more than Ramsey.

Very under rated player considering the role he does for the team.


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Giroud to West Ham? Hmmm...he's done well at Chelsea but he is 32 and West Ham is the place old pros go to die. lol

https://playingfor90.com/2018/10/19/for ... o-seasons/

Most old pros have been going to the MLS to die out. :angel8:

..and China

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Is Bayern Munich doing their best Trump impression and calling the German media fake news? lol

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45915862

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45921441

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I'm totally convinced we are set for World domination now.... :bs:

Really irks me when they pull out this nonsense about values, history and tradition, none of this has anything to do with Kroenke wanting to feather his already bloated nest which is what the self-sustaining model is really all about.

Good luck this season (because of the fans and a lesser extent the players) but I'd be a liar if I said I cared that much anymore, I like to treat people as they treat myself and we all know what Stan and co. think of us.

Whatever....

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A lot of fans (and I count myself among them) don't really know exactly what Emery's tactics are.

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A lot of fans (and I count myself among them) don't really know exactly what Emery's tactics are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myrOjVMEAds

I might be able to help you there. It is to win as many games & trophies as possible. No matter what it takes. You were probably too young for George Graham but I loved that winning feeling & if we could choke other teams to achieve it all the better. If you can achieve these aims with great football - brilliant but I still would rather win a game than have someone console me with - played well.

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Naughty Warrior, very naughty. :99big-emoticons:

Hmmm...what if Wenger joined a mega club, became wildly successful winning the CL in his first or 2nd season. I wonder how the gooners (myself included) who wanted him out would feel that he should have been given a bit more time.


If he kept to the same philosophy in managing these mega teams, expect these teams to go backwards. If he changed his tack and became successful, then I'll call him a hypocrite. He stuck to his philosophy as if he can never bend his principles, and for that, the club and fans suffered.

The more time he had at Arsenal, the worse we will become. Stan and him is not a good formula.

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I think Wenger's biggest asset is that he is a very smart man. I'd love to know his IQ and that's his biggest problem. He thinks he is smarter than everyone else and therefore doesn't need to rely on any other information than his own intelligence and thoughts.

I hope this time away from Arsenal and day to day football has made him think about what he did wrong and the strength to change if or when he is given the opportunity to manage again.

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I think Wenger's biggest asset is that he is a very smart man. I'd love to know his IQ and that's his biggest problem. He thinks he is smarter than everyone else and therefore doesn't need to rely on any other information than his own intelligence and thoughts.

A high IQ, if Wenger has one, can be perfectly compatible with making bad decisions. I'd say the arrogant attitude you describe in the paragraph above, which is likely to lead to bad decisions, is compatible with pig-headed stupidity as much as intelligence.


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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45921441

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I'm totally convinced we are set for World domination now.... :bs:

Really irks me when they pull out this nonsense about values, history and tradition, none of this has anything to do with Kroenke wanting to feather his already bloated nest which is what the self-sustaining.


How can the club harp on about values whilst forcing their smaller shareholders which were all lifelong supporters to sell their shares. They didn’t have to exercise this right and knew some of those shares had been in the club for decades and were treasured.

Anything they say from this point onwards about values and tradition is bollocks when you consider they did this. It means nothing


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How can the club harp on about values whilst forcing their smaller shareholders which were all lifelong supporters to sell their shares. They didn’t have to exercise this right and knew some of those shares had been in the club for decades and were treasured.

Anything they say from this point onwards about values and tradition is bollocks when you consider they did this. It means nothing

As someone who had to sell up, I agree with you Top Gun. Also, Wilts made a good point. The self-sustaining strategy has more to do with Kroenke not having to sink his own money into the club more than sustaining long-term values.


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Lads, you are essentially complaining about capitalism. Top level football has been big business for decades. Man City and Chelsea are the outliers here, not Arsenal. That's not to say that I don't have sympathy for you, Bernard, I do. But as you know, the markets don't work on sentiment.

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Lads, you are essentially complaining about capitalism. Top level football has been big business for decades. Man City and Chelsea are the outliers here, not Arsenal. That's not to say that I don't have sympathy for you, Bernard, I do. But as you know, the markets don't work on sentiment.

What you say is true Dec but it does make it even more sick-making that the club are banging on about ‘history and tradition’.


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