Let's laugh at Arsenal (again)!

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Well it's a trend that I am enjoying and funny enough don't feel the need to defend.

Where as you on the other hand!
 
Well it's a trend that I am enjoying and funny enough don't feel the need to defend.

Where as you on the other hand!

Ah... the old "you wouldn't talk about it if you didn't mind it" routine. A handy tool in every wum's toolbox. Not that common for moderators though, props. <ok>
 
Ah... the old "you wouldn't talk about it if you didn't mind it" routine. A handy tool in every wum's toolbox. Not that common for moderators though, props. <ok>

That's true, but you just handed me one so it's a shame not to use it.

Thanks <ok>
 
"Resources at your disposal", he said... meaning the resources you have available for use.

Where are we going? Not backwards, and not forwards. We are actually pretty consistent at finishing 3rd/4th. It's not satisfactory, but also nothing to show a clear downward trend. We are not at a worse position than we were on 2006 or 2007, we should have been a mid table team by now according to the doom mongers.

Even when RVP leaves I like our chances with this team more than the 2006/2007 or 2009/2010 season as an example.

The fact remains that, unlike Spurs, Arsenal are, and have been for some time, one of Europe's top 20 highest earning clubs. Of those 20, only one has gone longer without a trophy! Why could that be do you think?
 
AF's biggest draw was the fact that they could bride top players to join them and stay with them, and that is the only reason AFC has out-performed the mighty Spurs over the last decade. But, what we are seeing now, is AFC's top players (not its canon-fodder players) deciding that the money simply is not good enough anymore, because it has failed to buy AFC any glory. That has to come down to the poor management of Whinger. I know that all Gooners and their dogs revere Whinger as some great guru, but apart from the so-called "invincibles" (which was a team comprising mainly players that Whinger had inherited), he has done absolutely nothing or any real note. He is your problem, and until you get rid of him, you will continue to stagnate.

Yes, it is just possible that AFC will manage to cling on to a top 5 spot next season, but it is looking more and more unlikely.
 
AF's biggest draw was the fact that they could bride top players to join them and stay with them, and that is the only reason AFC has out-performed the mighty Spurs over the last decade. But, what we are seeing now, is AFC's top players (not its canon-fodder players) deciding that the money simply is not good enough anymore, because it has failed to buy AFC any glory. That has to come down to the poor management of Whinger. I know that all Gooners and their dogs revere Whinger as some great guru, but apart from the so-called "invincibles" (which was a team comprising mainly players that Whinger had inherited), he has done absolutely nothing or any real note. He is your problem, and until you get rid of him, you will continue to stagnate.

Yes, it is just possible that AFC will manage to cling on to a top 5 spot next season, but it is looking more and more unlikely.

<laugh>

In that squad, only Parlour and Keown was players that Wenger did not bring into the club or team. The starting eleven, was all Wenger players. Also, towards the end of the season, Wenger kept bringing on Keown as a sub in order for him to get a medal.
 
Okay, Whinger has put together one team that has done something of note. 8 years later, you've won nothing, despite all the revenue you've had coming in, and the exorbitant wages you bribe your players with.

It's hardly something to be proud of, is it?
 
Okay, Whinger has put together one team that has done something of note. 8 years later, you've won nothing, despite all the revenue you've had coming in, and the exorbitant wages you bribe your players with.

It's hardly something to be proud of, is it?

We won one FA Cup in that time, actually. <ok>
 
Lets all laugh at Arsenal!!!....oh wait, they finished 3rd and got champions league football whilst spurs failed to do so. Who's laughing in the big picture?? That's what i thought.
 
Lets all laugh at Arsenal!!!....oh wait, they finished 3rd and got champions league football whilst spurs failed to do so. Who's laughing in the big picture?? That's what i thought.

you have got no clue about the big picture....and actually we are laughing when it comes to it.
 
The fact that you've had champs league revenue every year since the Jol era (well, about 15 consecutive years to be precise) whereas we've only had it once. The fact you've not invested that money into maintaining a squad good enough to compete at the top and instead have allowed 'little' spurs to creep up on you is a reflection of the underlying problems at arsenal.

<doh> I actually cant believe the idiocy of this comment, your club has had every chance to make the Champs league and have failed every single time aside from one case, you make it sound like the champions league is given to us when the facts are that we earned that place. The facts are that we have spend far less than you in the last few seasons and still maintained our dominance over you in terms of league positions. And the whole selling club insult is a bit rich especially when you have lost your best players over the years to bigger clubs (Sol, Carrick, Berba) are three recent examples