The Arsenal Thread XIX

Maybe not set us back 5 years maybe just 2 or 3 we had a team almost ready to challenge completely destroyed. Let's be honest wenger knew Cesc and nasri were leaving and he didn't buy anyone until 31st august that's a complete joke.

Yes he should have bought Mata when he had the chance, and yes he should have dealt with the departures better. But he managed to keep Cesc the previous summer from Barca and maybe felt he could do it again.

Arteta was v.good that season in all honesty. Mertesacker has turned out great. Fine Santos, Gervinho, Park were dross but we're talking about £10m done here once we sold them on.

5 years is probably quite accurate tbf on second thought. He let a team he'd spent a few years building be dismantled. A team that was only a few players away from being complete. Now we're basically at the same stage again where we need a few players and we're probably 2 years away from competing for the league/champions league consistently again. That is if he actually decides to sign players or if he ****s about again

8-2?

If we play reserves then yeah...

Pete there's a simple way to respond to this.

He said he's predicting ahead. Ahead could be 1millisecond or 1 billion years.

Youve said it yourself, Wenger builds teams up. We're midway through another cycle with no departures on the horizon.

Wenger often sees things that us mugs do not. Who saw Aaron Ramsey developing like he has or Koscielny turning into such a top defender? So I think we'll improve again next season and will be closer to the title, even if we wont win it.

13 Szczesny
06 Koscielny
20 Djourou
25 Jenkinson
30 Traore
07 Rosicky
14 Walcott (Lansbury - 83' )
16 Ramsey
23 Arshavin Booked
39 Coquelin (Oxlade-Chamberlain - 62' )
10 Van Persie (Chamakh - 83' )

Substitutes

21 Fabianski
49 Miquel
15 Oxlade-Chamberlain
46 Lansbury
53 Ozyakup
29 Chamakh
54 Sunu

How Wenger thought it would be ok to start the season with that squad i'll never know.

Who saw Aaron Ramsey developing like he has or Koscielny turning into such a top defender?

Not to toot my own horn, but I called both those when they were getting taken apart. Perhaps not Ramsey to the extent he came on this season, but in general I thought he'd come good, I'd have like him at United.

Ramsey could easily depart he's spoken about barca/madrid

Mert/koscielny don't have long left

Wouldnt say Ramsey is the type to **** Wenger over like others have though.

Awww like Cesc wasn't? Aww how cute

Fergie must have seen it as well, was raging in his autobiography that Ramsey chose Arsenal

You dont think Ramsey seem like a genuinely honest and respectful guy who knows who's been good to him? Can you imagine him refusing to train like Cesc or releasing bull**** statements like RVP? I

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Words are words though, not saying I believe Ramsey's promises, because he hasnt felt the need to make any, I'm just saying he seems like a nice, humble fella.

That's not to say he wouldnt end up joining Real/Barca should the opportunity arise, just that he would be pretty honest about things and probably would give Wenger another season at least of world class service and certainly wouldnt pull any of the nonsense that Cesc/RVP did. Foreigners...

It's not to do with joining Real or Barca, it's to do with leaving Arsenal. Fabregas, Nasri, van Persie, Hleb, Kolo, Ade, Clichy, they all left not because it was Barca/Madrid, but to win trophies at other clubs.

When was Cesc not honest about leaving? lol.