If “YOU” were the Arsenal manager?

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1. Rob says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:23 pm

   You can’t bring 6 new players into the starting line up and expect to finish anywhere near the top of this league. While I trust Wenger, questions need to be asked if 2 further centrebacks (one HAS to be experienced and over 25) and a central midfielder (as above) fail to materialise.

   Van Der Wiel, Zapata and Veloso would make me feel so much more confident about the season ahead, if Sagna and Almunia were deemed surplus to requirements after that I would recoup a portion of the expenditure there. Everything else I would leave excluding the imminent arrival of Schwarzer.
2. Caknucklehead says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:31 pm

   IF I were to take over from Wenger, the FIRST thing I would do is go to FIFA directly about Barca’s shameless, tasteless, hopeless pursuit of Cesc. They are are bunch of dirt,y hypocritical, sell their mamas for a buck, low-life scuzzwads! May they rot in eternal debt!
3. jjjjjj says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:32 pm

   if i was wenger i’d be looking for English talent, the young foreign players weve bought have proven that they cant all be the next cesc or henry.
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   i would personally secure Joe cole, Keep Cesc and Sol Campbell. I would add English spine of Gary Cahill, Phil Jagielka, Joe Hart and Scott Parker to the side.
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   If we’re to lose Cesc i would replace with Ozil who looks amazing during the German world cup campaign. And i would also bring Jack Wilshire into the First team reckoning as he will prove more usefull this season than rossicky, Nasri and Walcott.
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   I would sell, Diaby, Eduardo, Clichy, Fabianski and not renew Silvestre or Gallas’s contracts.
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   and my starting line up for the first game would be:
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   —————————————–Hart
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   ——–Eboue———–Cahill—————–Vermalen————-Gibbs
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   ——–J.Cole———–Song—————–Fabregas————-Arshavin
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   ———————-Van Persie————–Chamakh
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   subs:
   Almunia
   Jagielka
   Eboue
   Nasri
   Parker
   Walcott
   Bendtner
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   and use ramsey, wilshire and henry lansbury as mush as can be used throughout the season as these boys will player better in the premier league than denilson nasri etc.
4. Caknucklehead says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:33 pm

   I know, off topic but…sfw?
5. stev says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:33 pm

   if i was wenger i would buy a decent keeper, two centre halves, a midfield enforcer and another forward and throw out , vela and eduardo
6. Ahmed El Hawary says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:34 pm

   Players out :

   1-Vela
   2-Eduardo
   3-Silvestre
   4-Fabianski

   Budget : 45m

   Players in :

   1-Chamakh free
   2-Per Metsacker 12m
   3-Sebastian frey or Igor Akinfeev 6-8m
   4-Fillipe Melo or swienstiger 15m
   5-Micah richards 10m
   6-Joe Cole Free

   Team
   ____________________ Akinfeev/Frey

   Sagna__________Metsacker____Vermaelin___________Clichy

   __________________Melo/Swienstiger__________________

   ________Nasri_______________________Fabregas________

   __Van Persie__________Chamakh_____________Arshavin___

   Subs

   Almunia
   Joe Cole
   Rosicky
   Bendtner
   Richards
   Song
   Walcott
7. jjjjjj says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:35 pm

   pardon my subs on the comment above, Eboue appears on the starting line up as well as the subs. Sagna was meant to be on the Bench.
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   thanks
8. rc says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:43 pm

   sell
   clichy 8m
   arshavin16m
   vela5m
   denilson5m
   walcott8m
   eduardo 7 m
   total 49m– all too small and not up to premiership or not interested like AA
   alternatives/additions to yours
   babel 7m
   elia 5m
   cahill 13m
   c davies (villa) 4 m
   james free —bring in chesny asap

   team
   james
   sagna-cahill-tv-gibbs
   song-veloso
   cesc- nasri-elia
   rvp

   subs as per rest

   bound to have fogotten someone but the selling list is correct
9. Andrew says:
   June 30, 2010 at 1:44 pm

   Players out
   Almunia £3m
   Gallas free
   Silvestre free
   Traore £5m
   Eduardo £7m
   Rosicky £4m

   Budget £45m

   Players in
   Diego Benaglio £8m
   Laurent Koscielny £10m
   Joe Cole free
   Chamakh free
   Kjaer £13m
   Bastian Schweinsteiger £18m

   Diego Benaglio
   Sagna Kjaer Vermaelen Clichy
   Song
   Cesc Schweinsteiger
   Joe Cole Arshavin
   Van Persie

   Bench
   Fabianski
   Laurent Koscielny
   Eboue
   Diaby
   Nasri
   Walcott
   Chamakh
10. Gooner says:
    June 30, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    A more realistic line up
    Players out:
    Eduardo
    Silvstre
    Fabianksi
    Gallas
    Vela
    Budget: 47m
    Players in:
    Hart
    Kosielny
    Mertesacker
    Remy

    Hart; sagna, mertesacker, vermealen,clichy;song,cesc,diaby;nasri,v persie,arshavin
    i think diaby is a good player!
11. ciaran says:
    June 30, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    ———————————hart————————————–

    sagna——–jageilka———–vermaelan—————-clichy

    ————————–song—————————————

    —————————cesc——–ozil

    rvp——————chamkh—————arshavin
12. david says:
    June 30, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    why do ppl keep adding this van der wiel boy offensively he’s not better than eboue as a full back and not as gd defensively as bacary and don’t forget bac created a goal for france in the defeat to SA………………………anyways

    ———————–Mark Schwazer—————————–

    —-Eboue___Verm_________Chillieni_______Clichy

    __Krasic_____Cesc________Song________Arshavin

    ______________Ozil__________________________

    ____________________V.P___________________

    Bench
    Schesney/Fabianski (loan to be recalled when needed)
    Gibbs
    Sagna
    Koslieny
    Djorou–Bartley/Havard
    Diaby
    Ramsey/Lansbury
    Walcott
    Samir
    Wilshire
    Bentdner
    Chamakh

    Play 4-2-3-1 ala germans, Using Diaby as the backup dm, here i would say look at busquets they are very similar players but barca have figured out how to use busquets as efficiently as possible……

    Selling….Denilson, Vela, Traore, Mannone, Almunia, Eduardo, Rosicky=£31mil

    New Budget 61mil … purchase of Ozil, krasic (very quick skilfull winger theo can learn a thing or two).& chilleini …..samir nasri will be given the season to prove himself as left winger or babel is signed and brought in to replace him

    wilshire groomed by ozill, i know ozil is young but his movement off the ball is on the stupendous levels its better than kaka’s or messi love those late runs into the box….if wilshire can learn this we can sell on ozil in 5 yrs for a nice and tidy sum
13. bzzzzz says:
    June 30, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    1 Almunia £3m
    3 Sagna £10m
    9 Eduardo £7m
    10 Gallas £ Free
    18 Silvestre £ Free
    21 Fabianski £5m
    15 Denilson £4m

    +£29m = 59m

    IN:

    Pareiko £1m
    Rensing free
    Chamakh free
    JET promoted
    van der Wiel £11m
    Curtis Davies £5m
    Flamini £5m

    think i forgot a lot but yeah this is mine
14. jaygooner says:
    June 30, 2010 at 2:39 pm

    If I was Wenger, I would make a statement saying “Seee! I told you Cashley was a no good dirty rotten scumbag. He hates you, he loves money, Jermaine and mobile phones. “
15. Danny says:
    June 30, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    Out- Fabregas, 30mil + yaya toure, possibly? would go down well on a 4231 formation.

    His heart aint in it anymore.. just sell him, some new faces would be nice.

    budget.. 60million still!

    in.. Mertesacker, Koscieleny, schwarzer, Toure(as a part of cesc deal), Ozil, Chamakh.
    Keep campbell for another year.

    ___________________ Schwarzer

    Eboue______Mertesacker______Vermaelen________Clichy

    ______________Toure_________Song_______________

    ________Ozil________Van persie__________Arshavin____

    ____________________ Chamakh_____________________

    Van persie just behind chamakh, Arshavin and Ozil cutting in.. would work wonders i think.

    Song and Toure would be solid as a rock together they could drop back and give support to Vermaelen and Mertesacker, and it would allow clichy and Eboue to push up down the wings even more..

    sub’s as usual.
16. mmmm says:
    June 30, 2010 at 2:56 pm

    funny how people still talk about Veloso who has been RUBBISH for 2 years!

    Facts: We won’t buy Ozil or Joe Cole or Mertesacker or Melo or Van Der Wiel or Gourcuff

    And we can only hope that the likes of Almunia, Fabianski, Eduardo, Denilson, never wear the shirt again.

    Fabregas is gone. Probably a week before the season starts leaving us stranded.

    Koscieny is a joke! A lower league footballer who has never kicked a ball as an International or in European Football. Absolutely ridiculous signing at £8m.

    Schwarzer is the biggest insult of all. Schwarzer??? A Z-list goalie.

    Chamakh however will be HUGE! He is made for the premiership.
    Arshavin will leave at Xmas if a decent offer comes in, and Wenger will panic buy in January after once again realising he doesn’t have a squad of any note to challenge.
17. alex says:
    June 30, 2010 at 3:43 pm

    ———————–Akinfeev————————–

    Sagna—–Mexes——Vermaelen——Gibbs

    —————–De Rossi——–Song————–

    Arshavin———-Fabregas————-Ozil—-

    ———————van Persie——————

    Out: Almunia, Fabianski, Campbell, Gallas, Denilson.

    How unrealistic. Akinfeev is manu bound, have never expressed a desire to leave, and if he does, he will cost 15m +, which is 10M to much for wenger considering that the russian is not french…Mexes is twice the defender Gallas is. Has to be injured since he didn’t play for France in WC. Roma will never let him leavefor anything under 20M. Gibbs has expressed more diciplin and better crossing than Clichy, that’s why he is 1st choice. De Rossi is the most unrealistic here. Italias hard worker and is Flamini x 5. Since he is mr Roma, there is no chance of ever signing him. And last, but not least, Ozil. Doesn’t want to play for arsenal, going to end up at Barca. That’s why Wenger sings a second division weak CB like Koscielny, a free striker and a joke of a grandpa goalie Schwarzer…. Looking forward to fighting for 4th place again..
18. Chen says:
    June 30, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    Players out:
    Clichy – 8m
    Diaby – 8m
    Fabianski – 5m(very generous)

    Total left – 51m

    Players in:
    Kocielny – 8.5m
    Handanovic – 8m
    Krasic – 15m
    Melo – 10m
    Chamackh – free

    Total spend 41.5m

    Formation:

    Handanovic
    Sagna Vermaelen Kocielny Gibbs
    Melo
    Ramsay or Nasri
    Krasic Fabregas Arshavin
    Van Persie

    Haven’t seen anything of Kocielny, but the rest is top quality. The attacking power of RVP, Krasic, Cesc and Arshavin would be second to none in the prem!! Put the class of Aaron or Samir as the link up man, and probably one of the best water carriers in world football (Melo) just behind this attack, and i reckon we’ll be in great shape!!
19. alex says:
    June 30, 2010 at 4:12 pm

    And i totally agrre with mmmm by the way. I you have a look at Koscielny you will see that he is more of a water boy than a player. SKinny, tiny slow midget that will be outmuscled by EVERYONE! Think him against the likes of Stoke the neandethals that are only out for blood and bruises… He will fall, cry and quit football. What an absolutely disaster of a transfer. Arsene, you might as well wipe ur french ass with £8M.

    Same goes for Schwarzer really. He will be Lehmann nr 2, only we will not get to see his best years like we did with mad Jens. A 37 year old grandpa who in the WC showed us how mistakeridden he is. Replacing a turd with another turd is the answer for Wenger… or so it seems. Forget Gourcuff, Ozil and Yaya. No quality player will ever be signed. We only sign 16 year olds that have statistically a 5% chance of shining in an Arsenal shirt, then just to be sold when they barely had the time to become a world class player. Need examples? sure… Vieira, Toure, Hleb, Cesc, Flamini, Gilberto Silva. I watched Brazil play, and Gilberto was fantastic, never put a foot wrong, amazing diciplin, passing and positioning. Why on gods name did Wenger let him go? Just so he can play a Flamini who became Cashley nr 2? ridiculous!! Same goes for Cesc, he will be the next Alex Hleb. Came in as noone, became well known, left, and became crap. Hleb regrets leaving, so did Henry, Overmars and Emmanuel Petit.

    Anywaym, the point is that since Wenger has a masters in economics, he sees players as an investment. Meaning buy low and sell high. Meaning that he gets Cesc free, and sells when he is at the top. Same goes for Hleb, Henry and soon Diaby. If Diaby plays like he did the first game for France consistently. In the meantime, angry gunners fans all over the world sit on websites like this, and furiously complaint, like I am doing right now. And with a reason, I mean, getting Koscielny?! Really?! WHY?!?!?! Next we will see him buying the worst goalie in the whole world for £50M…. And to all of you “dreamers”… Yaya Toure deal will never ever ever happend. If you take the time to read the 100 000 times he said that he will never play for Arsenal, we might stop seing his name popping up on all transfer wishes from the fans.

    Peace out
20. Hobart says:
    June 30, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    ————————–James—————————
    Van Der Wiel – Kjær – Vermaelen – Clichy
    ————————De Rossi————————–
    ———Fabregas——————Nasri—————-
    Affelay—————————————-Arshavin
    ————————-RVP——————————-

    Backups

    ————————Fabianski——————-
    Eboue——Koscielny—Djourou——Gibbs
    ————————Song———————–
    ———–Ramsey————Rosicky————
    Walcott————————————–Vela
    ———————-Chamackh——————

    Also in the squad

    Szsceney
    Nordviet
    Bartley
    Denilson
    Bendtner
    Lansbury
    Wilshire
    JET

    James – Free
    Van Der Wiel – £8m
    Kjær – £12m
    De Rossi – £15m
    Afellay – £10m
    Koscielny – £8.5

    Total £53.5m

    Out
    Almunia £3m
    Diaby £8m
    Sagna £10m
    Eduardo £7m
    Gallas £ Free
    Silvestre £ Free
    Traore £5m
    Campbell £ Free

    Total £32m

    Net spend £21.5
21. DanAust says:
    June 30, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    Not realistic cause theres too many changes but would be fun and give us good depth when arsenals regular run of injuries hits
    Out
    1. Almunia £3m
    2. Fabianski £5m
    3. Fabregas £40m
    4. Denilson £4m
    5. Rosicky £4m
    6. Gallas £ Free
    7. Silvestre £ Free
    8. Campbell Free
    9. Senderos Free
    10. Eduardo £7m
    £63million + £30million=93
    In
    1. Schwarzer £5mil (to become coach after 2 years)
    2. Szczęsny promoted
    3. Ozil £20m (or Gourcuff if Ozil is too much)
    4. De Jong £10m
    5. Subotic 15m
    6. Kjaer £15m
    7. Nordveit promoted
    8. Chamahk Free
    9. Suarez £20m
    £85m
    ………………….Schwarzer
    ..Sagna….Subotic…..Vermaelen ….Clichy
    ……..Song….. Ozil/Nasri…..Dejong
    …..Van Persie….Chamakh…..Suarez
22. terry says:
    June 30, 2010 at 5:11 pm

    i would bring in 2 cbs Koscielny for 8.5m and hangerland for 8-10m as roy has left the club and nows the best time to go get him… probably give him a 3 yr contract and by then bartley and Nordtveit will be ready to step into the first team……

    we should get 1 def mid…. hard working, tackling and physically well built and tall …..

    send denielson, lansbury, wilashre, jet, bartley on loan…..
23. terry says:
    June 30, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    the team that chen has put up is also a very good team….. though melo would cost more than 10m….
    and we need another cb
24. JC says:
    June 30, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    If I was the manager….

    I would buy 3 players considering Koscielny was a done deal.
    Simon Kjaer
    either or Schwarzer
    Jan Vertonghen

    If Cesc was sold, Arshavin would replace him in the formation below with Nasri being the future successor.

    I would employ a 4-2-3-1 system

    _____________Jaaskelainen
    Sagna______Kjaer_______TV________Clichy
    _________Song__________Diaby________
    RVP__________Arshavin____________Nasri
    _____________Chamakh
    Vertonghen would cover for song, diaby or either cb
    Don’t really need anyone else as there’s very promising players coming up
25. mmmm says:
    June 30, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    Arshavin in the Fabregas role will be as successful as Eboue in the Overmars role.
26. Joel says:
    June 30, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    SELL:
    1. Almunia 3m
    2. Fabianski 5m
    3. Gallas free
    4. Silvestre free
    5. Traore 5m
    6. Eduardo 7m

    TOTAL BUDGET: 50m

    Additions:
    - ST – Chamakh – free
    - GK – Akinfeev – 12m
    - CB – Koscielny – 8m
    - CB – Kjaer – 14m
    - CDM – De Jong 14m

    TOTAL SPENT: 48m

    —————Akinfeev——————-

    —Sagna—Vermaelen—Kjaer—Clichy

    ———Song———-de Jong————–

    –Nasri———Fabregas——–Arshavin

    —————–v persie———————-

    BENCH

    Mannone, Koscielny, Diaby, Walcott, Denilson, Chamakh, Bendtner

    Reserves:

    Scescny, Eboue, Campbell, Djourou, Nordtveit, Gibbs, Ramsey, Wilshere, Rosicky, Vela
27. Kirbbokir says:
    July 1, 2010 at 1:03 am

    ————-Hart
    Sagna–meterstaker–TV–chicy
    ——toure—fabregas———–
    Arshavin—–ozil—-van persie
    ————-chamak—————-

    Subs:
    Manone
    Koncielny
    Gibbs
    Nasri
    Bentner
    Walcott
    Diaby
28. Jay says:
    July 1, 2010 at 2:03 am

    Sell :
    1. Fab – 40Mil.
    2. Diaby – 3 Mil
    3. Gallas – Free
    4. Silvestre – Free
    5. Alumina – 3 Mil

    Buy :
    1. Koscielny – 8 Mil
    2. Gourcuff – 21 Mil
    3. Joe Cole – Free
    4. Chamakh – Free
    5. Hart – 10 Mil

    Net – 76Mil – 39Mil – Balance – 39Mil

    Line Up :-

    GK – Hart
    Def – Sagna, Koc, TV, Clichy
    Mid – Nasri, Gourcuff, Joe Cole, Arshavin,
    St – RVP, Chamakh

    Subs – Mannone, Eboue, Cambell, Walcott (Super Sub), Bendtner, Denilson, Song
29. JC says:
    July 1, 2010 at 8:57 am

    @mmmm says: June 30, 2010 at 6:39 pm
    except its not the fabregas role, under that formation Arshavin would be playing in his best position just like he plays with Russia, he also would’nt have to defend because we know he is not the best at that, hence the 2 DM.
30. Chen says:
    July 1, 2010 at 10:14 am

    Cheers Terry!! Reckon we could get Melo though for that price, Juve spent the same on him and would look to recoup their money. He was voted the worst signing in Italy last year, so maybe they will look to sell before his value drops even further, especially if he remains injured for the rest of the world cup where his value may start to rise.
31. Gooner4life says:
    July 1, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    Out:
    Fabregas 40m
    Traore 5m
    Sagna 10m
    Rosicky 4m
    Eduardo 7m
    Denlson 4m
    Walcott 8m
    Gallas Free
    Silvestre Free
    Arshavin 16m
    Bendtners not on that list but 10m
    + 30m starting + 91m there

    In:
    Naldo 8m
    Zapata 8m
    Van Der Wiel 8m/Azpilicueta 8m
    Anthony Annan 5m
    Toulalan 16m
    Melo 14m
    Riquelme Free
    Ozil 18m
    Gourcuff 20m
    Balotelli 15m
    Hazard 13m
    Lukaku 8m

    Almunia (one more year and then Szczeny but loan him out this year)
    Fabianski
    Mannone

    Eboue Naldo Vermaelen Clichy
    Azpilicueta/VDW Djourou Zapata Gibbs
    Campbell Nordtveit

    Melo Toulalan
    Annan Song
    Gourcuff Nasri Ozil
    Balotelli Riquelme Hazard
    Diaby

    Van Persie
    Chamakh
    Lukaku

    Give them a while to settle in then we would clean up winning everything mwahahahahaha!

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