RasDam wrote:

@Plan_M I'm tempted to say that Martinez is the better manager as he's turned Wigan in to a proper bogey team for us.

Yep he's a fine manager, I wonder if Aston Villa will try and persuade him to go there again this summer.

I hope Martinez doesn't take the Villa job. Villa/Lerner would be stupid if they didn't offer it to him, but I think he could do better. They've got a fair amount of journeymen on their books that he'd need to get rid of before he could really start to make an impact.

Gonzo wrote:

Exactly. Stumbled into third- with the help of shoddy goalkeeping- and still don't count yourselves lucky; Larry David's post was fine. Arsenal simply should be happy to get into the CL every year with the players they have. That is Arsene's signature achievement. They should be very happy to have done so this year, for sho.

Arsenal have had a team good enough to win the league at least once in the last seven years, so saying we should be happy to make do with fourth place and a cup run is just insulting. Two seasons ago we ended the season four points from top. Heck, last season we were looking good for at least second until that horrific collapse.

Tevez holds up a banner saying "R.I.P Fergie" at the Man City title parade. That'll go down well...

Kernowgaz wrote:

we would've of

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Matt_82 wrote:

Kernowgaz wrote:

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RasDam wrote:

I'll go in search of his actual tweets, but he basically lays in to Shearer for commenting on the incident. Says he has no right to sasy anything cosidering that he threatened the FA with retirement for England if they dared to ban him for a red card he recieved. He managed to praise him for being a better player than himself though. Edit: He hasn't deleted a single tweet. https://twitter.com/#!/joey7barton

Can't argue with his comments on Shearer or Lineker, thery're a dull pair of pricks.

RasDam wrote:

I wasn't moaning yesterday. EDIT: Something for Gooners to be proud of. We're the first sports team in the world to make £100m in a year through ticket sales!

Source?

£100m by 60,000 by what, 25 home games = £66 a ticket on average. Fucking hell. Spurs and Chelsea REALLY need a new stadium, don't they?

Do Arsenal players play for free?

WorKid wrote:

Do Arsenal players play for free?

That's probably the reason we don't buy too many players , we pay mediocre players too much

Gotze or Hazard please. City will just double whatever wages we offer for anyone though.

Does Scholes have another full season as first choice in him?  Is he first choice just now actually?

Plan_M wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Scholes to play another season.  Good news.

Whilst its very good news, I hope we still go out and buy a young midfielder. Cabaye would be ideal but I fear everyone will be sniffing around him and Tiote this summer.

Without wanting to get too sucked into the rumour mill, Kagawa looks like hot stuff.  I don't trust the Da Silva twins, and Evra's on the wane defensively, so world class full backs are also a priority for me.  Jones and Smalling can be played out of position, sure, but Jones floats the ball in like John O'Shea on a bad day.  I don't fancy getting locked into a tug of war with City for Hazard, as we've already got three decent wingers.  Fans can moan about marquee signings all they like, but if we bring in a left back, right back and attacking midfielder, promtote Will Keane as a fourth striker, plus send de Gea to a Red Meat Gym for the summer, I think we'll have a very strong squad.  Park, Owen, Bebe, Macheda and Berbatov can leave, but I'd like to see Anderson given one more season.

Funkstain wrote:

Abramovich isn't bored yet, there's plenty of money left. Chelsea will be in the mix in the next season or two.

There's always the slight possibility he'll do one if they win the CL....

WorKid wrote:

I wasn't moaning yesterday. EDIT: Something for Gooners to be proud of. We're the first sports team in the world to make £100m in a year through ticket sales!

Source? £100m by 60,000 by what, 25 home games = £66 a ticket on average. Fucking hell. Spurs and Chelsea REALLY need a new stadium, don't they?

I got that from the Arsenal Supporters Trust, although it's not particularly hard to work out. We earned close to £95m in 2010/11 and we've had a 6.5% price rise since then. Upper Tier Category A games don't go for less than £66, some go over £100. But the real money is in Club level and the corporate boxes. They make my seats look cheap in comparison.

Kernowgaz wrote:

Do Arsenal players play for free?

That's probably the reason we don't buy too many players , we pay mediocre players too much

Diaby is on £60k a week and Bendtner £52k, unfortunately we have many more like them on our wage bill. It's why moving them on is so hard, the clubs that can afford to take on those wages don't rate them.

Hazard is immensely talented but he's got an attitude problem. I don't doubt that Sir Alex will have much difficulty sorting him out though. I'm actually relieved we aren't going to sign him.