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midoshairband
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- Apr 25, 2006
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strong rumours around here that he was at the Oxford United game today, with a view to signing for them. would be hilarious if true.
Erm33
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Cry me a river.
fuzzylogic
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- Aug 2, 2004
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what a shame for that little scumbag, I couldn’t give a bucket of piss for his football future! Prick
nipponyid
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- Jan 19, 2006
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Must have been some strong charley!!
CantSmileWithoutYou
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- May 20, 2015
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*don't you mean 'season long injury'? ...
Spurslove
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- Jul 6, 2012
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Spurslove
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Whisper it softly guys, but by my calculations, if we can manage a win tomorrow, we'll be top of the EPL and guess who's right on the bottom...?
Now, a table like that should be made a picture of and displayed somewhere for us all to look at whenever we need cheering up.
COME ON YOU SPURS TOMORROW!!!!!!
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Blake Griffin
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willian's going to corinthians and forgoing the two years and 20m left on his contract. fair play.
Yiddo100
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It must be bad there?
Spurslove
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- Jul 6, 2012
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No points. No goals. No decent players. No clue. No Europe and now, bottom of the EPL and their fans were traipsing out of the stadium after a half hour. Today has been a wonderful, beautiful day especially following the fantastic cricket match at Headingley.
All the drinks are on me tonight!!!!!!! (sorry, I didn't realise the time..) ?
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All the drinks are on me tonight!!!!!!! (sorry, I didn't realise the time..) ?
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HobbitSpur
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- Jun 28, 2013
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And IF we win we be the only team in all 4 divisions with a 100% record.
Any port (wine) in a storm.
whitesocks
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It was a little club from woolwich that bought their way to the top division.
Had some success a while ago, but their luck seems to have run out at long last.
It’s weird when people talk about the DNA of a club or the identity. You kind of think how can a stadium a group of 25 men and a fan base have a singular identity. But it does happen, it’s hard to quantify actually how. Quite hard to explain how in 10-15 years they’ve gone from an Elite winning club to an absolute sorry mess. I really wonder what part AFTV played in it, I’m sure there is some connection. Long may it continue ?
hellava_tough
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So Wenger left the club in May 2018 and Stan Kroenke completed his take over in August 2018.
Since then, if we just look at their signings (not including academy players, etc), their transfers 'in' have been woeful:
TOTAL SPEND: £410.99m
We all knew that their transfer business was bad, but until you lay it out in a list like that, you can't really get your head around just how bad it's been.
How do you take a Top 5/6 club, spend the best part of half a billion and turn it into a mid-table (or worse) club?
It's astonishing!
Since then, if we just look at their signings (not including academy players, etc), their transfers 'in' have been woeful:
| 2018/19 | |||
| DF | Stephan Lichtsteiner | Free transfer | |
| GK | Bernd Leno | £25.5m | |
| DF | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | £14.4m | |
| MF | Lucas Torreira | £27m | |
| MF | Matteo Guendouzi | £8m | £74.9m |
| 2019/20 | |||
| CB | William Saliba | £27m | |
| RW | Nicolas Pépé | £72m | |
| LB | Kieran Tierney | £25m | |
| CB | David Luiz | £8m | £132m |
| 2020/21 | |||
| CB | Pablo Marí | £7.2m | |
| RB | Cédric Soares | Free transfer | |
| RW | Willian | Free transfer | |
| CB | Gabriel | £23.12m | |
| GK | Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson | £1.8m | |
| DM | Thomas Partey | £45m | £77.14m |
| 2021/22 | |||
| DF | Nuno Tavares | £7.2m | |
| MF | Albert Sambi Lokonga | £15.75m | |
| DF | Ben White | £50m | |
| MF | Martin Ødegaard | £30m | |
| GK | Aaron Ramsdale | £24m | £126.95m |
TOTAL SPEND: £410.99m
We all knew that their transfer business was bad, but until you lay it out in a list like that, you can't really get your head around just how bad it's been.
How do you take a Top 5/6 club, spend the best part of half a billion and turn it into a mid-table (or worse) club?
It's astonishing!
spids
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Their problems started when Dein left. Their new stadium also cost them as it didn’t generate enough revenue to service debt and maintain their position. That coincided with Wenger’s era ending, and when one manager who has been successful for so long leave it takes time to move on (look at Utd after Fergie left). And probably most relevant of all, they were the biggest victims of Man C and Chelsea’s financial doping as it coincided with their new stadium debts. They’ve also bought incredibly badly last few seasons and got senior players who do not have the right character.
hellava_tough
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Btw, out of all those players above, I'd only say that Leno has been any good.
Tierney and Partey could have been (may still be) good, but they seem to be injured all the time.
Torriera seemed to be okay and show promise, but doesn't seem to fancy it at Arsenal for whatever reason.
I suppose Ben White might come good with a decent defensive set-up around him.
If I had the time, I'd have a look at all the young exciting prospects that were bought by other clubs over this 4 year period, to see what Arsenal could have spent their money on.
I'm fairly certain Paratici could assemble a Top-4 side for £400m from 2018-2021
Tierney and Partey could have been (may still be) good, but they seem to be injured all the time.
Torriera seemed to be okay and show promise, but doesn't seem to fancy it at Arsenal for whatever reason.
I suppose Ben White might come good with a decent defensive set-up around him.
If I had the time, I'd have a look at all the young exciting prospects that were bought by other clubs over this 4 year period, to see what Arsenal could have spent their money on.
I'm fairly certain Paratici could assemble a Top-4 side for £400m from 2018-2021
hellava_tough
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The ownership don't know what they're doing and don't seem to care either.
The first thing they should have done was put together an elite senior-management team (not hire Edu!!!).
After that, they could go about shaping the club to be a really lean, efficiently run, professional and vibrant entity.
Oh well...
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