The Arsenal Thread XII

I think it's Arsenal's season this year. I mean Podolski and Giroud are fantastic, and Oxlade-Chamberlain's getting better and better (he's already great)... I just have a feeling Arsenal'll do it this year.

By the way, I'm an Arsenal fan as well

I miss football

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If only everyone was as optimistic as you

I think we'd be doing very well if we managed to finish behind City, Utd and Chelsea.

I disagree with you. There is the possibility for clubs do well under the "sugar daddy" regime at the early stages. After that, there is no chance. Look at the strength PSG have, the strength City have, the strength Chelsea have.

There could be the possibility that a club in a league with a "sugar daddy" could still win it. Every team can have a bad season. However, in the Premier League, you have two teams that are run under the "Sugar daddy" philosophy. As a result, it is near on impossible for both to have a bad season.

Even then, Man Utd's owners don't care about the debt they have and are willing to spend £30m on a 19 year old Brazilian midfielder most haven't even heard of. They are also the biggest commercial powerhouse in world football and hence can get enough money through sponsors.

I just can't see Arsenal ever winning the title with 3 teams that have essentially an unlimited amount of money to spend without Wenger. That is the key part to all of this. Wenger is the only manager that can return this club to greatness. He is the only manager that could still manage to challenge even with all this going on.

My own opinion is that we never will win the title under the current plans. FFP will never stop the likes of Man City and Chelsea spending **** loads to get the best players in the world.

I hope I am proved wrong but it's just a gut feeling mind you.

What position does Valbuena play in primarily? Is he more of a winger or a CAM?

Is he even Arsenal quality?

If so, there is a chance we could get him for a decent price what with Marseille's current financial problems.

Is Yann M'vila coming or not, I don't know what too believe anymore...

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I don't understand, why doesn't want too Wenger make a move

If this was truly the case then why did we pay out £250k/day over the last year or so to service and repay that debt? We can afford to spend £50m a season and service the debts. If you look when we sold Ronaldo and didn't spend the money on the squad, the money was actually spent on refinancing this debt you speculate that the Glazers don't care about - the same debt they're looking to lessen via a share offering

I was mistaken. My point was, Man Utd can afford to spend £50 million here and there even though they have massive debt. That obviously is because of the great commercial deals you have.

Arsenal on the other hand don't have that type of funding.

Us Gunners have to wait for the Uefa Financial Fair Play rules to come in. When they do, we'll be the best around due to Wenger's smart low spending and great youth academy. Our time will come, just be patient!

Who has heard about Wenger interest in Ganso? Today Espn featured an article on Arsenal interest on Ganso. He is top quality and the making of a world class midfielder. Honestly I would be delighted if Ganso is rvps replacement. Podolski and Giroud foward with song, chamber and ganso in the midfield! Not forgeting Jack, hopefully he will get fit. Personally we would be happy. I saw the other day live and he top quality. 20 mill quid seems good. I think he will be better then Cesc.

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