Before I say anything I would like to say that Im old enough to remember the days under Terry Neil and remember the good and the bad times. I’m grateful to Arsene for everything he has done, the football and memories of the “past” will stay with me forever. He should of been remembered as one of the greatest!

There comes a time when you just have to say “enough is enough and we need fresh ideas” and my friends that time is NOW!.. We cant keep hoping that Arsene will lead us back to the glory days when its clear as mud that with every game that passes Arsene greatness is slowly turning into madness.

This is the man who took us from 49 games unbeaten and the best team I have seen, but over the last 7 years he has slowly ripped the team apart and sold great players off and replaced them with cheap kids or rejects. Arsene has shown no ambition in the transfer market and refused time and time again to sign the players we needed. Players like Scott Parker who many of the Arsenal backroom staff wanted and was a snip at £5m. Wenger turned his nose up. Again with Samba and Cahill, Wenger was told by many around him that they were the players we needed. Again Wenger didnt want to pay the asking price. Juan Mata,Smalling and a host others, Wenger faffed around trying to get them on the cheap and missed out. But instead Wenger put his faith in players like Chamakh, squillaci, Almunia, Denilsom etc etc etc. Players who were clearly not good enough for Wigan but somehow made it at Arsenal.
In the transfer market we are a JOKE!… Sell high and buy low.. £17m in profit only this summer. Wenger looks at the transfer market with disgust, and when other managers look to bring players in to improve, our manager sits back and smiles at the bank balance.

Tactically Wenger is getting it wrong also. From subs that have Van Persie and the fans shouting out “NOOOO” and “you dont know what your doing” to the failing system that was designed only for Cesc.

Whats so wrong with playing 4/4/2? Whats so wrong with playing 2 forwards down the middle? And not asking a 6ft 3 striker in Bendtner to play on the wing? And even when Arsene makes subs the system or style of play doesn’t change. its like for like and we still remain so very predictable.

ITs time for a new face, new ideas, new tactics..

But every time I say this i get verbally attacked with “F@ck off and die your not a real gooner, your a spurs fan”.. Well let me tell you something. if you are a 15 year old and only know life under Wenger you would feel that the club would end the day Wenger walked. No doubt you feel the club was founded in the 90s by a Frenchmen called Arsene and the club was even named after him. Well sorry to break the news to you but Arsenal was already a massive club before Arsene and we won titles, doubles, Fa cups, league cups and also cups in Europe. This is Arsenal FC and not Arsene FC.

I know Arsene is not totally on his own to blame. But he picks the team. the tactics, has full control to who comes in and out the club so he needs to take most of the blame. But also the backroom staff and people at the top need to go. I’m taking about Hill-Wood and Gazidis. The people who look at this club as if its a loyal farm. our players are cattle, we sign them young with the dream of selling them on at a later age for a huge profit. That has now become the Arsenal way and that is why we are now 7th in the league 12points behind the spurs and that is why we have not won anything in 7 years.

Things need to change and now. that is why 1000s of Arsenal fans will attend the game 2morrow with black bin bags and protest. Since this was leaked on twitter and was published in the press its been 50/50 to which gooner you are. Some support and some agree with more verbal abuse towards the fans who want to see change.

You cant blame the fans for protesting, How much more of this do we have to put up with? If only we stayed at Highbury and didnt sell our souls to the devil in the hunt for greed would we have had the need to sell our best players to our rivals and sign players on the cheap?

Fans like me have had enough, and if you want to go ahead and call me plastic or a spurs fan you crack on. All i know is this, I love Arsenal and i have done since my father took me over highbury in the 80s. But I cant take no more of the lies and bullshit. I cant just sit back and watch my beloved team turn into a club that has to sell its best players and is happy with finishing 4th. Things need to change at Arsenal and by protesting it might not do much but at the very lest we are showing the board and manager that we are worried and want things to improve. And if you cant see that this is a good thing then you are almost as confused and lost as the current manager.

Bring your black bin bags and show the club that things need to change.

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Well this is certainly a debate that always opens up a huge can of worms every time, and divides fans opinions, normally to abuse, to criticism and always always being reminded of the past glory that Arsene Wenger brought to the club in his first nine years since joining in 1996 after the departures of George Graham – for me he will always be more preferred manager of choice to Arsene Wenger for his ruthlessness, his ability to mould probably the best defence the Premier League and European football ever saw, creating an England number one goalkeeper for many consistent years and six trophies, consisting of a domestic cup double in the Fa Cup and League Cup in the same season, two 1st Division titles and the European Cup Winners Cup, (major domestic trophies – not including Community Shield/Charity Shield which is certainly not a major domestic honour), in nine years as opposed to seven trophies consisting of three Premier League titles and four FA Cups – including into that two lost European finals in the Uefa Cup against Galatasaray and also the Champions League final against Barcelona.

But I truly believe that the of Arsene Wenger is shortly coming to an end, for many reasons really, but the main reason being with a number of fans alike in recent years, the fact that Arsenal for the past seven years have been in decline, largely due to the manager I would say, he has allowed our biggest players to leave the club whilst at the same time filling the boards pockets with the profits from these sales, he is far too arrogant and stubborn – always quick to blame everyone right down to the blade of grass that blew the wrong way for defeats, when it is plainly obvious that he lost his way now, this season and last season are prime examples of this, and every season since 2005, we are always contenders into the final third of a season when for some reason the club slips until we just manage to fulfil the clubs criteria of maintaining a top four finish to bring the Champions League bonus financial reward to the clubs pocket whilst at the same failing to reinvest heavily in players, the start of this season everyone and his dog knew that Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas were going to leave the club and did nothing to fill the voids left by arguably our best two creative players, he also allowed first choice left back Gael Clichy leave the club without fully covering that position.

Another factor for Wenger’s time being over is that of the fact, that for seven years we have failed to win any silverware whatsoever despite at the start of every season we hear of the potential and promise of the squad, I mean how many times have we heard, ‘the team is maturing’, the team is learning’, Wenger harping on about our mentality the list could go on and on, but the cold hard fact is that every season the team fails and comes up way short of expectations and the team seems to be never ending learning, for years we have heard Wenger going on about youth and put all his empathiseeee on that, yet what has it actually produced, three regular first team players in over 10 years in former Ashley Cole, Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere as regular first team players from grass roots, and before people mention Fabregas etc, he along with the multitude of foreign youth players never joined the club until they were 16 so did not develop from the grass roots structure that Wenger placed so much enthusiasm and potential on, in fact 98% of the potential youth players mainly British at that get loaned out never to return to wear the shirt again.

But for to long have we had to listen to years of excuses, it’s time this season for Wenger to put up or go, to bring the results of season after season of failed promises, even now it is a well needed fact we need fresh blood into the team, and yet with 12 days left to go in the transfer window not one signing has been made, with Wenger constantly saying he will not spend in this window even now Taiwo has singed for QPR, Cahill has signed for Chelsea and Hazzard looks to be on his way to Chelsea also and Remy looks set to join Spurs – infact every player we are linked with or on our radar never come, last season was a prime example in January as well, everyone from fans to pundits to critics made notions on how Wenger needed to invest – he didn’t and by mid February we had lost the Carling Cup final and our season went downhill, eventually being lucky that Spurs slipped up in their last games of the season in order for us to clinch fourth spot and bring that Champions League financial boost to the board once again.

Yes Wenger did great things for the club in years gone by, no-one not even myself can dispute that fact, but how long have we got to be reminded of Wenger achievements, yes he created the Invincibles seven years ago now, yes he developed players such as Viera, Petit, Henry, Fabregas and currently Van Persie again that fact cannot be disputed, but how long will Van Persie stay for, if we cannot win anything this season he will be off make no mistake on that, and with Wenger’s reliance and defence of a huge stockpile of fringe and deadwood players the future certainly doesn’t look bright at all for the club, and yes we can blame the board for it also but it falls squarely on the feet of a manager who really has no balls to square up to the board to confront on their philosophies and principals and wage structure etc.

When you look at the Nasri situation in particular, one cannot help but look across the road at Spurs – as much as I hate to believe me, and their stance on their most creative midfielder Luka Modric whom they said firmly and flatly was not for sale at any price and going nowhere and they stuck to that resolve Modric is still there whilst the board and Wenger allowed Nasri to dictate terms and leave to join City.

Yes the changes need to be made at board level but they start at the managers office, and if by May we have failed to even get into a top four placing after so many excuses season after season and failure then it is time for Wenger to au revoir and leave the club whilst he can still hold his head slightly up, if it carries on any longer, just like in 1994 when he took a Monaco team who had become Ligue One champions once, and Champions League semi finalists once as well as one time French League Cup winners in seven years he implemented his philosophies and youth project to the French club only for them in 1994 to become a mid table team in Ligue One finishing tenth in that season before he was sacked for the decline of the team and went over to the Japanese League where as they say the rest is history

Arsene Wenger may be a great economist and businessman in that aspect, as a manager and tactician he is not great, how many times during the match do we see him sat on the bench making no notion to push the team forward.

Seven trophies in 15 years in the same two trophies is not a great record for a top four European club in that time scale, especially when you look back and think for seven years it has been barren and it doesn’t look like any honours will be brought for some time ahead, I’ll leave it for your choice for me the answer is very simple, no honours for the seventh consecutive season, then a management change is needed to fix that (what other top four club would keep a manager on that has failed consistently in seven years almost to bring honour back to the club – none!) and bring the good times back to the club, I could go on and on really, but I’ll leave it on that point for you.

By Danny Griffiths
www.arsenal-news.com

It’s fair to say that Arsenal’s Premier League campaign has been a rollercoaster. There was the forgettable start to the season, in which they took only seven points from their first seven games. At that point, Betfair Premier League betting didn’t think too favorably of their chances to finish in the top four, but then the Gunners turned it around, and from mid-October to the end of 2011, their only defeat in a 12-match stretch was a narrow 1-0 defeat at league leaders Manchester City.

That run saw Arsenal enter the new year in the top four, but said new year has opened with back-to-back defeats to Fulham and Swansea City. As controversial as both of those away setbacks may be, the bare facts are that they’ve quickly knocked the Gunners out of the top four and added yet another must-win element to Sunday’s home showdown with Manchester United.

There isn’t a match against United that isn’t a must win, because no one ever likes to a lose to a fierce rival. But getting three points on Sunday is even more imperative for Arsenal, for multiple reasons.

With those consecutive league defeats, Arsenal are now fifth in the Premier League table, four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and ten behind third-placed Tottenham. Losing more ground on those two would only serve to decrease the margin of error from here to the end of the season, but this weekend actually offers up the opportunity for the Gunners to gain some valuable ground on fourth and third with a win, as Chelsea face a tricky fixture at Norwich City on Saturday and Spurs visit Manchester City for Sunday’s early kickoff.

If there’s one thing that Arsenal have done with some consistency this season, it’s been to take care of business at the Emirates. They opened their home slate with a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool, but since then, they’ve gone 7-2-0 at home in the league. The two draws were against inferior opposition in Fulham and Wolves, but for what it’s worth, the only team in the top six who doesn’t have a surprising blemish at home is City, who have won all ten of their home matches thus far.

A big reason for Arsenal’s home success this season is defensive stinginess. Arsenal have allowed 31 goals in 21 matches this season, but only six of those goals have been let in at home. And that 2-0 defeat to Liverpool marks the only time thus far that Arsenal have allowed multiple goals in a home match in all competitions, with Sunday‘s match being the Gunners‘ 19th overall home tie this season.

Another quality defensive performance will be required on Sunday, as United are second in the Premier League in goals with 52. Wayne Rooney tops United’s goal charts with 13, and three of those 13 came the last time these two sides met.

That last meeting and the final scoreline are memorable for the wrong reasons for Arsenal, but the result at Old Trafford serves as another reason why Arsenal must win on Sunday afternoon.

It certainly can be done, as shown by last May’s 1-0 home win over United, but it will require perhaps the best performance of the season. United have been strong away from home for the most part this season, going 7-2-1, and they’ve allowed only six goals away from home so far, with half of those coming in a 3-0 defeat at Newcastle a little over two weeks ago. And it’ll be every bit as much of a must-win match for them, especially if City, who are three points ahead of United at the top of the table, defeat Spurs at home in Sunday’s early kickoff.

United will enter the match as slight favorites, but it will be far from an upset if Arsenal defend their home turf on Sunday. They were stepped up earlier this season when many had written them off, and they can certainly do the same on Sunday. And if they do, it could provide just the boost needed to land that top-four spot that few would have envisioned in October.

After another poor show by flop of the season Samir Nasri.. He was seen by a few Liverpool fans driving home who gave him a few words …

Warning – Abusive Language

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaNDKK_HGxY

You should have stayed at Arsenal Samir…

Fulham 2-1 Arsenal

Bobby Zamora scored in the final minute of injury time to help Fulham come from behind to beat 10-man Arsenal.

Arsenal dominated the first 45 minutes, but only had Laurent Koscielny’s header to show for it. But in the 2nd half it was all Fulham and the Gunners didnt even manager a single shot on target.

Its now clear that Wenger has to drop the deadwood.  Players like Almunia,Djourou, Squillaci, Rosicky, Arshavin, Chamakh need to be sold and replaced with fresh blood.

Lets hope that the penny has finally dropped and Wenger makes some signings this transfer window before we finish out of the top 5 and out of the Champions league place.

Hazard, Gotze, Podolski are the players we need.. But knowning Wenger he will go out and sign some 17 year olds or players like Silvestre!

£30m in the bank, Wenger has to now spend… its BUY BUY or BYE BYE Arsene

Arsenal Ratings
Szczesny 6.0 [very good game until he came and flapped for a cross and left his goal empty for Sidwell to score]
Mertesacker 6.5 [ Looked very good in the first half but a few mistakes in the 2nd half and crumbled]
Koscielny 7.5 [Scored our goal and at times looked fantastic]
Djourou 4.0 [ Was Senderos this bad?.. Sent off at 1-0 and then it all went wrong. Booked for a clumsy tackle and then it was only a matter of time before this clown was sent off]
Arteta 6.0 [ First half he played well but didnt get on the ball in the 2nd and the game passed him by]
Walcott 5.0 [His final ball is a joke. If he wants £85k a week he needs to show a hell of alot more then he currently is]
Ramsey 6.0 [Great pass for the goal and in the first half he played well. But not in the game at all in the 2nd and looked weak]
Song 6.5 [Gives away to many freekicks in dangerous area and gave the ball away to many times]
Coquelin 8.0 [ MOTM for me.. The kid played at Left back and didnt let us down]
Van Persie 6.0 [Not in the game at all, needs support]
Gervinho 4.5 [ Missed 2 early chances and his final ball was just as bad as Walcott. Really starting to worry me how many chances he misses.. Very poor tonight]

Subs
(Rosicky 65) 4.0 [Came on and gave the ball away]
(Squillaci 81) 4.0 [Came on and set up the winning goal]
(Benayoun 74) N/A

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Premier League
Man City 1-0 Arsenal
Silva 53

Manchester City returned to the Premier League summit after a brief hiatus as they beat Arsenal in a thrilling game.

Following Manchester United’s lunchtime win over QPR, David Silva pounced after Mario Balotelli’s shot was saved to score the only goal of the game.

Sergio Aguero could have made the win more comfortable but fired over early on, while Pablo Zabaleta hit the post.

Arsenal had a number of chances though, and Joe Hart saved from Gervinho, Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey.

Robin van Persie could not find his 20th goal of the season either, as the hosts restored their two-point lead at the top over their city rivals.

Arsenal Ratings:
Szczesny 8.5 , MOTM for Arsenal. Made a number of fine saves.
Vermaelen 8.0 , Pushed forward well and looked our most dangerous player with his long rang shooting.
Mertesacker 7.0 , Looked slow at times but played well before coming off with a knock.
Koscielny 7.5 , Made 1 fantastic run and played well before moving to RB.
Djourou 5.0 , Came off at half time injuried. Made a number of mistakes and hospital passes.
Song 6.5 , Booked early on and now misses the next game.  Clumsy and didnt have a great game.
Arteta 7.0 , Played well and picked out some nice passes. Worked hard for the team.
Ramsey 5.0 , Weak and slow, didnt win any 50/50 battles and wasted our best chance with a poor first touch.
Walcott 6.0 , Tested the keeper with a decent shoot but then taken off and he didnt look happy about it.
Van Persie 6.0 ,  Not his best game, Linked the play well but no support. And without him scoring who else is going to?
Gervinho 5.5 , Wasteful with his final pass.

Subs
Miguel 6.5 , Came on and didnt let us down
Chamakh 5.0 , Pointless
Arshavin 4.0 , Came on and gave the ball away and missed a decent late chance.

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We haven’t even reached the January transfer window and it is already a disappointing season for
Arsenal. They are outside the top four in the Premier League and now they are out of the League
Cup after losing 1-0 to Manchester City in the semifinals.

The loss to Manchester City in the League Cup was a bitter pill to swallow as Arsenal has the better
chances and easily could have had the lead before Sergio Aguero scored the only goal of the game
to win it for Manchester City. It was the 12th goal of the season for Aguero as he scored with just
about seven minutes left. Arsenal put the pressure on Manchester City goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
but they couldn’t get one past him. Early on it was Park Ju-young who was robbed by Pantilimon
who dived and tipped a shot around the post. Not long after that save it was Pantilimon stopping
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Later in the match it was Oxlade-Chamberlain being stopped again by
Pantilimon.

No Offense Without Robin
Arsenal has one of the best strikers in the world in Robin van Persie but he was unavailable for the
game against Manchester City due to suspension. Without him in the lineup the Gunners simply
had no one who could finish. To win big games you need a competent striker and Van Persie is the
all that Arsenal has. Manager Arsene Wenger tried to put a positive spin on the loss but it sounded
hollow. “You may say we lost the easiest competition to win, but if you look at this season and the
teams still in it, it doesn’t look so easy,” said Wenger. “I want to take the positives. How far can
we go this season? If we keep this attitude then we have hope.” The one hope Arsenal has for the
future is Oxlade-Chamberlain who played better than any of their other high priced players.

Arsenal Favored at Wigan
Arsenal won’t have much time to dwell on the loss to Manchester City as they take on Wigan on
Saturday. Arsenal is a big road favorite in English football betting odds against bottom feeder
Wigan. Arsenal can’t afford any letdown against Wigan as they need the full three points if they
hope to stay close to fourth-place Newcastle United. The next month will decide if Arsenal has any
chance in the Premier League as they have six games including one at first place Manchester City.

Arsenal continued to climb up the Premier League table as they came from behind to defeat Norwich City 2-1 at Carrow Road on Saturday, thanks to an inspirational performance from captain Robin van Persie.

Steve Morison gave the hosts the lead against the run of play on 16 minutes but Van Persie restored parity 10 minutes later.

Then just before the hour-mark Captain Vantastic found the target yet again to put the Gunners into the lead that they did not relinquish.

Norwich had chances of their own but the margin of defeat could have been bigger for them had Theo Walcott’s shot late in the second half not come off the woodwork.

Ratings

Szczesny 7.0 (No chance with the goal and came and handle most of the crosses well. Good with his feet also)

Koscielny 6.5 (Played RB and looked defensivly solid. Didnt give us much going forward but allowed Walcott to push forward and not worry about the defensive game)

Vermaelen 8.0 (Great game, Solid at the back and it shows how much we have missed him. Bombed forward and picked out a few great long rang passes)

Mertesacker 5.0 (Right out of the Johan school of defending for the first goal, His mistake gifted Norwich the goal but credit to him he was much better in the 2nd half)

Andre Santos 7.0 (Played very well, Good going forward and picked out some great passes. Also looked much more solid at the back today and good in the air)

Song 7.5 (Won most of the battles in the middle and picked out RVP for the winning goal)

Ramsey 6.5 (Played well and linked up the play well at times)

Arteta 7.0 (Worked hard and won the ball back countless times. Very good all round game)

Walcott, 8.5 (VERY good game, at the heart of everything good going forward. Made the first with a great run and also hit the post. Looks to be on great form)

Gervinho 5.5 (Missed to many chances and its no wonder Alex Song didnt pass to him when given the chance. Looked dangerous at times but he misses easy chances)

Van Persie 9.0 (What would we be without him? The man is a god. 31 goals in 29 league games says it all)

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Arsenal will look to keep their excellent run of form going on Saturday when they travel to Carrow Road to take on Norwich. The newly promoted side have held their own thus-far in the top flight, and will be out to get a big name scalp in front of their own fans. Football betting tips would lead the punter to back the visitors as favourites, but given Paul Lambert’s men’s battling qualities, the Gunners will need to be at their best to get three points.

A victory can move Arsenal level on points with rivals Tottenham for the time being, and would put the side right back in the mix for Champions League qualification.

Arsenal are unbeaten in seven games in all competitions, and the Emirates faithful will be pleased with their record of winning five out of their last six Premier League games. With only three points separating the Gunners from a top four place, Arsene Wenger will hope his side can continue their rich vein of form, with the likes of Liverpool and Spurs in their sights.

Main man Robin van Persie has been sent home from international duty early at Wenger’s request, and the travelling supporters will hope the Netherlands’ international can add to his 11 league goals this season.

At the back, the French coach has more options after the return to fitness of a number of central defenders, none more important than Thomas Vermaelen. Early season inconsistency has been stamped out of late, but the Gunners must focus despite having an important clash against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League four days later.

Norwich sit in 9th place ahead of the clash, and showed resolve and determination to record a 0-0 draw at Anfield back in October. That performance was backed up by a brave recovery at home to Blackburn, with two late goals giving the Canaries a point and showing the side’s heart. A defeat to Aston Villa last time out will have dented the team’s confidence slightly, but they will be pumped up to get into Arsenal’s faces come Saturday.

The game will be won in midfield, and Wenger will hope Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey can control the game adequately to let the Gunners’ quality shine through. With top four aspirations a given at a club like Arsenal, three points are a pre-requisite to keep up with the side’s main competitors for Champions League qualification.

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Saturday, 29 October 2011

Premier League

What a game!! … Im still buzzing, proud of the players and the heart they showed today. I can wear the shirt with pride for a change and it feels fantastic… ARSENAL ARE BACK!!

Robin van Persie’s hat-trick inspired Arsenal to an incredible victory against Chelsea as their recovery gathered momentum in a Stamford Bridge thriller.

The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games

Frank Lampard had headed Chelsea in front after 14 minutes but, in a game strewn with defensive errors, Van Persie put Arsenal back in contention from Gervinho’s pass.

John Terry made it 2-1 before Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata’s spectacular strike set up the finale to an enthralling encounter.

Terry lost his footing to allow Van Persie to race clear for Arsenal’s fourth after 85 minutes before the Netherlands striker completed a second treble against Chelsea by hammering his third past Petr Cech deep into stoppage time.

Arsenal Ratings.
Szczesny 7.5 ( Made some great saves and came and punched when he needed to, Got booked and could of seen red for a rash moment of madness)
Mertesacker 6.0 ( Poor defending to allow Terry to score, but overall a decent game )
Koscielny 8.0 ( Outstanding and playing very well, Didnt give Torres a sniff all game )
Santos 7.5 ( Scored the all importance goal early in the 2nd half, Started the game poor but got better towards the end and very impressive in the 2nd half )
Djourou 5.5 ( Slipping all over the place and was weak) replaced by (Jenkinson 75)
Arteta 7.0 (Controlled the game with neat passing )
Walcott 8.5 (Maybe his best game for Arsenal, ripped ashley a new arsehole..”OHH”..replaced by (Rosicky 79)
Ramsey 8.0 ( Very impressive, the more games he plays the better he looks )
Song 6.5 ( broke up the play well but gave away countless dangerous free kicks for rash tackles )
Van Persie 9.5 ( 3 goals and MOTM, Arsenal have to keep him. The man is just class)
Gervinho 7.0 ( Missed a sitter but worked hard for the team and had a hand in most things (Vermaelen 88)

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