What did that one-nil result tell us?
Well excuse me for saying this, but it told some of us nothing we didn’t already know. But let’s have a think what it should have told the malcontents.
For starters, despite Spurs spending north of £100 million, and us having a paper thin squad ravaged by injuries, we are a better team.
I felt that we were way below our fluent best and that Santi and Rosicky, despite their efforts, had off-days. With more precisely weighted balls from them, we could have scored a bucket-full. Dont get me wrong, I am not moaning about them, or saying they were bad, just that from our two most technically gifted players, we normally see better.
The upside, which totally outweighs any small downside, is that we had a shape and a tenacity that tells me that the manager is 100% right about this group of players. I would go as far as saying that it’s the most tightly knit squad we have seen under Arsene.
Our dodgy defence is anything but dodgy, no matter what the halfwits in the media say. I still think Bac is by far and away our number one right-back, but Carl is a fine understudy.
Laurent and Per are easily the best centre-back pair in the league.
Even at this early stage. I am confident that Flamini is exactly what we have been crying out for. Not only as cover for Mikel but an actual alternative.
Now, what’s all this rubbish about Arsene not doing tactics? Those looked like different tactics to our normal stuff to me!
I really can’t say how happy I am that Arsene has once again made mugs out of his detractors. When will they learn?
Let’s see what today brings and where we are tomorrow.
Great team, great players, great manager, great club and a great future.
See you all tomorrow.
Positively Arsenal 
“perhaps last night’s signing fucks up with his ast plans and is in fear wenger will be given a 5 year contract.”
..keep it coming hunter13, ( just sent another batch of the sharpest finest to your house),….just keep it coming !!!
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11096/8904358/everyone-needs-zil
..yes, and Arsenal’s got him…
woo-hooooooo!!!
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“It is, however, frustrating that once again a window has closed with over £50m left unspent. The AST would like to see all available resources put toward strengthening the team.”
fucking clowns…the cancer in our club…..
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the enlightened and cultureless ex lawyer is part of the ast isnt he? that explains things….. maybe a large donation from usmanov and dein came their way…
what other excuse for this constant undermining and negativity ?
ego? pride? agenda? …
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I’ll take “agenda” for $5, hunter…(didn’t know he was a lawyer. explains a lot)
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Can’t do much more but shake my head at the AST. To be honest, I don’t know any Arsenal supporter who’d say he is represented by them. If you really want an organisation to represent you, there’s the AISA.
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It’s the ASTs attempt to save face. Like that was possiblecould do that after their ill timed outburst in the Spring of ’11 – when their team at that stage of the season was competing for the title?
There is no need for any further comment, they continue to discredit themselves. Even further: Entrenched. Trapped. Sado-Masochists.
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Such a shame. We all had such high hopes for the AST till it’s purpose was hijacked by a bunch of twats.
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Why would a “Supporter’s Trust” try to undermine the club two days after a famous derby win and a day after what is the biggest player signing the club has ever made (in terms of finances and stature. We bought Real Madrid’s best player after Ronaldo, not some outcast as some wobs try to make us believe).
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Aman September 3, 2013 at 1:48 pm
lol such clowns… can you believe it? always about them and THEIR needs…never about the club…..
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@finsbury
Maybe the AST needs an overhaul of their boardroom infrastructure?
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Evil September 3, 2013 at 1:55 pm
because these arsewipes are trying to get dein and usmanov in! ..the sharks who know how to play the football industry like big clubs should…..
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Sensational Arsenal
Can you make that 1.30 post into a blog article? Its gold mate .
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Evil
Perhaps they need a “Director who knows something, just anything, please, about Football”. Something like that.
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Sharks with teeth so sharp that a dead man* is still outsmarting them from his deathbed.
*Whatever we think of Fizzy he played off two ****s against each other with some skill.
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Fels like this is going to be the mother of all seasons in the EPL.
Liverpool have done pretty well with the balance of their squad.
Pocketbook specialist almost f**ked himself over trying to offload Ba b4 Romelu. How much longer will loyalty to fat Frank supercede Juan Mata?
Fergie Utd are still too “the same” for Moyes to f**k up. Will he play Fellaini ahead of Shinji? Giggs ahead of Shinji? Rooney before Shinji? (if they want to replace Scholes, they need to go get de Guzman)
It won’t take much to destabilize the Etihadists. How well will Pellegrini deal with the inquisition once they stop winning?
The Spuds? ..meh, won’t matter for another year..and we know how much Levy loves summer auctions.
The Toffees have re-jigged pretty well c/o their red manc big bro…could become more of a force.
Villa play like the SWAT team that fizzled out after viagra (luckily they’re not in Europe)
All before a world cup..should be a great season.
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Evil September 3, 2013 at 1:55 pm
hahah epic!!
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Thanks George. I would love to. On it now.
Fins, who is fizzy?
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I made the mistake of reading ACLF today.
Never again.
Fuck is not the word.
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Daniel Fizman
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pedantic george September 3, 2013 at 2:20 pm
ah mate……. disbelief that he would find something to moan about…good to see majority telling him off about it well except his standard bootlickers….
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“because these arsewipes are trying to get dein and usmanov in! ..the sharks who know how to play the football industry like big clubs should…..”
hunter,
sadly even if we win a treble every year for the next 3 years, those with selfish agendas never learn. They’ll just retreat to their caves, feed on themselves, and wait for the next opportunity to undermine.
Some are born to aid decay.
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Why am I in moderation?
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Hunter,I didn’t bother with the comments,My stomach is not that strong
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“Some are born to aid decay.”
Then they should admit so and stop tarnishing good supporters as delusional or blocking them out so as to promote their selfish agendas while dismissing and debating whether wenger is fit to run our club or not. they are the ones being fascists and extremists about their “ideas”
they are cunts.
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So an opener for young Ozil at the Stadium of Light – us playing good football, not quite hit full stride yet.
Sunlun in disarray and even with three games gone feeling the fingers of relegation on their throats.
Should put another 5k on the gate
I will however be keeping a sharp eye on the German national side this week
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F•••Ing incredible.
If it’s not one thing its something else.
PERSONAL EGO??
AGENDA??
both??
Bloody hell. Doomed of you do , doomed of you don’t. Fuck this. Agents are on the take and nothing less than getting the Uzbek in the boardroom and/or change of ownership of the club will do.
They won’t bring me down no way no how. I pity the brainwashed fools lapping every spoon filled humble pie.
At least the team has shut their agents in the stadium on game day and the wins will keep on coming and shutting them up even more so. Against all odds and a section of the support has fu••Ing decided they want to be one of the odds.
Incredible. it won’t influence the them . AW will inform and protect his charges against all outside enemies and from within. Still looking forward to witnessing an extraordinary season ahead for ARSENAL.
Against all odds even the ast with its 1000 morons membership.
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Where is this AST stuff? Just looked at their site and see nothing. Is it perchance some individual maverick deluded by his imaginery power posting elsewhere without the support of his mass of, a touch over, 1000 members (lol) or am I looking in the wrong place?
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ARSENAL shall win the league despite your sorry asses.
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@ Sensational Arsenal
“Can the real supporters get together and release a statement disowning the AST and say that they have nothing to do with the real opinion of Arsenal fans?”
Count me in.
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For a c*nt to admit to being a c*nt would take all the fun out of life for a c*nt, hunter13..
’tis part of what keeps “the cycle” going…plus,
shiny metal’s their kryptonite
needed beyond measure
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ok, found it, all over the news… doh! what a bunch of cocks (although I strongly suspect my ‘maverick power crazed individual’ theory still holds some water
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Whats up folks. Strange thing that there is two german players that I always wanted to play for Arsenal and today it is a reality. Good job Arsenal…as for the AST and the other having a good moan, they need to get a life.
I am so glad for this little spot. People have claimed that there is room for debate (i agree) what there should not be room for is undermining the greatest manager ever. I can never agree with fostering a vibe that AW is at the end an era and so forth. That is obvioulsy the farthest thing from the truth but the damage has been done. People can say that it is only opinion but opinions are important and they hold influence, especially when coming from someone who is well respected. What do you do know that Arsene’s reign is as fresh as ever after months of calling quits on him? It should publicy renounced as it was publicly spouted.
For me main point of blogs should be to stir up the support to actually support. It should be that when players read the blog that they feel that the people are fully behind them. There is no way that Gervs and Ramsey could have felt that way last season and Theo the season before. A manager such as AW should not be questioned. It is easy to see what has happened over the last few seasons. Sure, Arsene made some mistakes but if he always had money to spend and could have kept his best players Fergie’s retirement would not have been so great, for the world would have recognized the greater manager in AW.
Lasty, what has come across to me is that I don’t need to read through hundreds of comments per day. I would prefer read a few choice comments (on PA) that are in full support of The Arsenal, that are full of excitment about what is happening, and that is that this team is on the rise.
So, thanks George and Adi for this little corner!
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@ hunter13 September 3, 2013 at 11:37 am
Cheers Hunter [smiley face]. I am assuming you are talking about the post I made at the other place lol
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yep sav that place of ast cunts…the changebringers…lmfao
🙂
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interesting..this:
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2013/09/03/mesut-ozils-arsenal-move-set-to-give-rot-weiss-essen-cash-boost-due-to-fifa-regulations/98382/
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even moreso:
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2013/sep/03/gareth-bale-real-madrid-video
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I had 2 Qs:
1. is Bendtner definitely staying? (I would like him to)
2. did we offload Park? (I would like us to)
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“The only fools are those who won’t entertain an alternative point of view”
now thats rich considering those with their extreme alternative views want them to be held as gospel and encourage change of staff/managers and end of eras via insulting and attacking the clubs operations.
may i ask who are these clowns who think so highly of their alternative views and have gone on an ego trip trying to turn white into black ?
sociopath is a nice kind term to describe lawyers turned into football experts…..
and why would there be any need for an alternative way of running things when the current one WORKS ?
isnt it a bit extreme to demand that the whole operations of a company sitting 6th in world rankings ( rich list or uefa coeeficient, take your pick) are changed so as to accomodate the egos and needs of 1000 bitches and their pimps ?
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(35 mins later)…no A to my Qs..ok…YES & NO works for me.
YES. NB stays and will hopefully be forced to undergo daily aroma therapy to help reduce the time he spends sniffing the opening @ the end of his alimentary canal.
NO. we either make use of Park or release him. It must be hard on the “poor” guy’s morale.
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Who in the world said that Hunter. Nothing could be further from the truth. Why should someone entertain a point of view that they find deplorable? show me someone like that and show me someone that is likely to be very unstable.
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Aman, I thought NB was off?
I would not mind him staying if he comes off of his high horse. A good player.
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ooh, good boy Nic, good boy:
http://www.sportifm.com/news/all/nicklas_bendtner_statement
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What I don’t underestand is how people can say AFC is not a well run football club. All the evidence points to the fact that it is extraordinarily well run. Anybody with a business background (and some ethics I suppose) would only have admiration for the way AFC does business. There’s some bloggers on someone’s payroll, methinks.
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Who in the world said that Hunter.
lol…
just a sad clown who thinks his alternative point of view (no matter how extreme) sits above the well-being of the club.
stinks to be honest …….its either a severe case of ego-trip or a deliberate agenda under payroll….
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Three days ago we were a club in ‘crisis’ while the noisy neighbours were being hyped up as title challengers. We have really screwed up that narrative, haven’t we?
I have read Arsenal’s announcement of Ozil several times now, and I love how the club took the opportunity to give the moaners several slaps in the face and blow all their worthless theories into the wind.
“I have said throughout the summer that we have been working hard to bring in top quality players to this football club.”
“Mr Kroenke, our controlling owner, has always fully supported Arsène and the Club in making significant investments to strengthen our squad”
“Like all of us, Mr Kroenke wants to see Arsenal winning titles and trophies and he has absolute faith and belief in our manager to achieve that.”
“I am thrilled to be joining a club of the stature of Arsenal”
“I am particularly looking forward to working with Arsène Wenger.”
“From our negotiations it is clear the Club has huge ambition”
Beautiful.
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Sav from Australia September 3, 2013 at 4:49 pm
my thoughts exactly.. only a mug would have a problem with how arsenal is ran. a company recognised and admired internationally for its ehtos and quality operational standards.
i guess we are dealing with extremists…….
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Paul-N,
seems Nic’s staying & plans to be a good boy.
AW’ll test his sincerity by playing Yaya ahead of him a few times
Hope he passes ’cause with a correctly callibrated head, NB52’s pretty ok.
DJ Cacofonix: ..with Wizard11, pretty much anyone in place can score now..oh, to be a GOONER!!!!!
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NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Not Phil Collins.
Please. Yea Football Gawds. No!
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Sorry to disagree with you there Aman. But I have extreme opinions about Phil Collins which are fortunately tolerated here.
Anyway –
Sergio Ramos:
“Özil would be the very last player who I would sell from Real, if it was up to me. I don’t understand this.”
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Sorry finsbury…..PLS DELETE video PG, DJ Cacofonix’s lost his damn mind!
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