Your right on all fronts.

Wow! Maybe I can start believing again...my biggest worry over the last 18 months has been lack of belief by many players and Wenger goes out and buys two international captains, and three experienced tough heads.

I love the smell of transfers in the morning

ML..Dont you ever sleep? Or is it the excitement that is keeping you up?Might as well be the reason.I am fairly happy about the Benayoun!
The other thing I am happy about is the fact that we have free kick takers now in Arteta and Park.
What happened to M'Villa..I hope we are active in the January window.Already looking forward to it.

yeahhhh, lovely signings all have more to them than the low transfer fee people keep moaning about. Add gervinho, AOC, ryo, campbell and it's been a far better summer than I thought it would be. Hopefully shut up a few tools who have nothing better to do than ring up newstalk and say how they lost faith in the club and wenger..... blah blah, I always new arsen would provide

IN ARSEN WE TRUST

CG...don't remind me of how I wake up many times in the middle of the night to check Arsenal transfers...Now I can get some decent sleep until the January window swings open.
I hope these signings count for something.I am particularly looking forward to Benayoun.

..... - .... I dont think that is a fair comment to fellow Gooners.People complain because they are not happy not because they just want to complain (well you might be right about some people..true..but).
If you go on the AFC site now, you will find an average of about 3000 likes for every new signing's profile statement but the club.All I am saying is that,not all those 'likes' are people who trusted in Wenger a few days back.People just want to see the club show some intent.That changes a lot of things..I am just saying.

Dont be surprised if January brings M'Vila and Hazard while dumping Rosicky and Arshavin - Squillacci will be making the coffee by the...

I forgot to say for the first time, I agree with 90% of your post..Not 99%yet!

arsene, the proff thanks for earing out the fans

Now, I don't think that anybody will complain because this is what we have been shouting for since. I think, we can now stand and match any of the top europian teams

it is better to be late than never,well done wenger.hope to see the players integrate well.Arsenal season just begun.

thanks god we have some experienced player.we all love you arsen

ha ha ha this is a good signing now wenger no is good to bring exprencise players i luv this u gunner till die.

All in all, good ending of a frustrating transfer window. Not the type of players that Arsene usually acquire- young, inexperience and unknown- the new addition will certainly bring experience, depth and new style to the team, just exactly what the current gooners lack!

Looking forward to watch the boys and the new recruits against Swansea after the international break ( hopefully all back fit)


In ARSENal we trust 

i must say am hapy today

Already we have the league coz the signings are worth especialy 4benayoun i like that player n i know he wl punish both his old clubs.Bravo wenger we trust we

well happy!! we have got rid of dead wood, a player who just wanted more money and the special case of cesc! plus still ending up making £20mil profit!!!

we have got our number 1 keeper sorted with good backup!

clichy replaced by santos! santos looks way better in attack and it cant be that hard to be better at defending than him! also he WANTS to play for arsenal!

vermaelen (who is like a new signing as was injured all last season) our number 1 defender! so therefore replaces kos6

mertesacker (actual arsenal fan) replaces djourou/squilaci! efficient german machine! exactly what we need! doesnt matter if he is slow...the rest of our team is fast!! we need him to organise and head the ball!! tv5 can do the rest!!

sagna = best right back in the league

jacky boy! dont need to say anything about this soon to be legend!

song our midfield general!

arteta replaces cesc! and before you say he not as good etc etc...what would you rather have?? cesc who wants to go home or arteta who can do the same job plus £25mil!!! look at it that way and arteta and £25mil is better than cesc who dont wanna be here!! plus he wanted to come to arsenal so bad he lowered his wage by £10k!!! who says footy players are greedy???lol ;) arteta with that gesture...i can see you quickly becoming a fan fav!!!

gervinho (arsenal fan) and theo on the wings...gervinho tricks!! theo pace! tricky for any defence!!

captain van persie best striker in the world!!!!

also alex chamberlain (arsenal fan), jenkinson (proper arsenal fan), frimpong (proper arsenal fan) ryo (wonderkid) all look like promising youngsters and 3 of them actually are arsenal fans...so with gervinho, mertesacker, alex chamberlain, jenkinson and frimpong (who again is like a new signing as was injured all last season) being all genuine arsenal FANS!! along with the passion of wilshere, van persie and tv5 is awesum!! that tells me all our players wanna actually be arsenal players (hopefully wont wanna leave for more money!) and give their all for the club!! any arsenal fan reading this..imagine if u were a pro footy player and could play for arsenal! you would give everything!!!

look who we got rid off too...eboue (never been that good!) clichy (overrated, mistake prone!) traore(awful!!!) vela on loan (not good enough YET!) denilson on loan (gone backwards!!) b52 on loan (too confident!!! prove it then come back and be as good as u think u are!!) nasri silly mercenary!! see u at spurs in a cpl of years mate!! hahaha! cesc (miss u!! but i understand barca is your home! good luck, thx for memories!)

so yeah all that plus our new number 9 super sub!! who is the captain of his country, like yossi! so those 2 must have leadership qualities! plus all the other decent players i havent named...gibbs! diaby! rosicky! arshavin! ramsey! our squad looks awesum and they all want to be there and work hard for the team!! no distractions!

our only problems now is fitness/injuries! discipline!! lol! the MEDIA who hate arsenal/ wenger! and all our deluded stupid glory supporting so called arsenal fans who want wengers head!! and arshavin noway near as good as he can be and the only piece of deadwood left...squilaci!! but cant complain too much...im loving it!!! well done wenger, i never doubted you! great business! great signings! and hopefully soon great team spirit!
UP THE ARSENAL!!

it has never happen 2 arsenal b4 2 sign more than 9 players b4 d transfer deadline, i luv d signes !!! .
But my prayer 4 them is they will not be an injury players.i luv d gunners!!!!!

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Have no idea what took so long to get moving this summer but I am happy with the signings made. Really hope that Arsene can patch up the relationship with Lille so we can take a shot at securing Hazard in January or next summer. Same applies to M/Villa. These two signings would do wonders for our midfield creativity.

I am impressed at how fast Arsene moved the past two days in getting these signings done. Good for you Arsene.

Now lets get a new coach into the lineup to work with the players on revitalizing our tactical formations. Its time we had a plan B when playing certain teams and in how we position ourselves defensively on free kicks.

GO GUNNERS...

kudos to professor wenger for buying us good nd experience players we all love u we belive u can bring back the past glory....welcome arteta,matersarkar,pack ju sung,santos and my verygud player benayon

Yes, a Hazard type would have been nice and I would have liked Fellaini or M'Vila, but let's look rationally from the beginning of last year.

Szczeny is far better than what we had at the start of last year. He will be world class.

We missed Vermaelen for most of the year. With the addition of Mertesacker we are unquestionably far stronger in central defence.

Sagna is already world class. Santos looks like he may have more end product than Clichy, hopefully his defensive duties will be better too - maybe Sagna will sit back more. Kos and Djourou are very capable at 3rd and 4th CBs. Likewise for Gibbs in left back. Jenkinson has promise but if I am honest I hope he doesn't get too much game time this year. The experience to his left will help his (so far) suspect positioning however.

Wilshere will continue to grow this year and must be better for the experience of a full season in the first team. Song certainly became more consistent across the year...

No question that losing Fabregas is massive and Arteta is not an equal replacement, but let's be clear he is no slouch and has not had the opportunity to play in a side with the speed and movement and attacking flair of this Arsenal side so arguably, he should be better than he was at Everton.

We have lost Nasri, and at his best he was world class, but he didn't deliver anywhere near consistently. Arshavin & Walcott remain and there is competition for their places which must help.

Gervinho to me has a different skill set to Nasri, but looks to be more direct and has more end-product. Benayoun is perhaps closer to Nasri in style and subject to fitness, again has more end-product and consistency than Nasri. He can also play in a Fabregas style role as cover for Arteta. Either way, I don't think we lose much and perhaps add to the team with replacement for Nasri - certainly some pace and directness with the capacity to get behind defenders.

RVP is world class and let's hope he is fit for 75% of the year or more. I don't know much about Park but Chamakh has gone completely backwards since Christmas. I would preferred Bendtner to stay but if RVp does remain fit for most of the season I think we are good.

The big improvement is defence and if the opposition does not score you cannot be beaten. This should lead AW to play a different style of game that is less tippy tappy.

I think overall our side has improved, both in terms of development to existing players (and Verm back) and with a strong defensive unit from which I expect more direct attacking play to be launched from.

The Manchester teams, if I am honest, do look too strong (particularly with an 8 point, 18 goal starting advantage) but I think we can challenge Liverpool and Chelsea over the course of the season for the top four spots. Today, I have something to hope for!

Never look down at Benayoun - he's matured and an experienced player in EPL with top teams like Liverpool, Chelsea; he's captain of his country's team; he definitely has MORE football than some players, sorry, e.g. Wallcott.

Suddenley with the players in and also those out we look more ballanced.

How many would remotely think that Santos can play in midfield?

My sleepless night vernish,i thank you God arsenal the club i love

may be it is time for arsenal to deliver now and win trophies, no more excuses that 17 year old boy was playing against man united,

Ok, it's a nice start, I was expecting 5-6 signings, got 4.5, I don't feel a big club should be getting players on loan or a stupid thing like that. Having said that, Yossi, if he returns to his form as seen on video, I see silverware this season.

So, where are we now with these signings? top four? I am saying spend another £30m for Samba and Schweinsteiger/M'villa/Hazard (pick one) in january, and we are talking top 2. Our coaching staff need to their bit, esp. on defensive tactics. The board needs awakening too, it's far from over after that humiliation.

To those saying we should be happy with top four and these signings, need to wake up and accept 6 years trophy-less is more than any big club would be willing to accept, Wenger and the board had their way, selling the idea of self-sustainable business organization, but AFC is a football club, and you measure how good you are by showing your silverware and I for one want to see that happen this season, enough is enough, come on Arsenal, glory days ahead!!

I am very greatfull about our transfer news. Please mr wenger try 2 buy another player for us in january window, we need hazard , cahill , messi. Please wenger try 2 do that

I am very greatfull about our transfer news. Please mr wenger try 2 buy another player for us in january window, we need hazard , cahill , messi. Please wenger try 2 do that

Richie,Yes we do look more balanced now.What I am wondering though what formation AW will be playing.It's funny but I sit here and think of Chamakh and I can only wonder why the heck he has ended up like this.I feel somehow someway that he has something to offer however this tippy tappy flummoxes him a little it seems.
Speaking of tippy tappy,I know you might disagree with me on this Richie but over the past couple of years, AW seems to have grown tactically inept and a little boring.No plan B or anything like that.I think we would be better served if we tweaked things around a little bit.We have a couple of players who like to shoot.But that seems to be a big NO NO around Arsenal as far as shooting goes.When players join, they seem to stop shooting.Against Man U,we conceded 2 goals from long shots if I remember correctly.We have players who love to shoot in RVP,Arteta and TV.Cesc and Nasri used to until...I dont know what happened

Slow your roll son!

guys!!!! we will have to sing again about M'Villa and HAZARD in january may be we can get one of them.
thanks

I love Yossi

..Messi? Really?

Amusing to see all the deluded A.K.B.'s out in force, praising the "virtues" of their idol. Of course simply making a few signings ( which Wenger had NO CHOICE but to do, in order to keep his job ), and we're suddenly going to reverse relegation form into trophy winning success ? Get real.
Fresh faces may help, but that's like placing a plaster on an amputated arm. It won't stop the bleeding, just stem the flow a bit. What we need is a transfusion, and a shot of adrenaline. A complete clear out of the coaching staff, and a shake up of the board, including changing the wage policy, is my prescription.
Interesting to note that after all our signings, we are left with a "healthy" profit. What a coincidence.
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Lol spectrum ...it's a decent effort don't you think? I feel It's a start.I only hope we strengthen again when the January window swings open.. It's much better than where we were at only a couple of hours back..what do you think?

Fabregas - "is Arsene Wenger determined to build a team of second rate players? "
- Why not ? He can maintain the illusion of competing, whilst continuing with the chief objective, which is the boosting of the finances. This policy keeps the docile A.K.B. supporters happy and unquestioning, and at the same time keeps the board onside. Cosy little arrangement. And it's worked a treat for years now.
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Park,santos,per,yossi n arteta are d september miracles in arsenal,YES. 4eva Gunners.

Man Utd. Killa - People can say I'm hard to please. But that's because I'm a hard taskmaster. I set the bar high for Arsenal. If more of us did the same, we wouldn't be meekly acceping the decline of our club. And that's what it is. A decline.
Arteta is an attempt at replacing Fabregas. He's a good creative player. But can't replace Fab. As for Benayoun - I agree with you, he's good. But the fact we only got him on loan suggests that we ran out of time, or lacked the willpower to BUY someone. Poor planning, don't you think ?
Instead of madly rushing at the last minute to cobble together a bunch of signings to placate the fans, we should have been replacing / introducing one or two QUALITY EXPERIENCED players EACH season over the past few years. It would have helped team cohesion and blending, and may well have shown Fab and Nasri that we were seriously ambitious. They may have stayed had we done so. But we chose the cheap option. The United rout simply forced Wenger into taking action. Wouldn't you, if you were under increasing pressure to deliver, and at risk of losing your 6 million salary ?
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kinda greatfull united dicked us 8-2, sparked a shit load of transfers, i rekon if they beat us 3-1 he would of only signed 1 player

Wenger a miracle worker ? What next, will he turn water into wine ? His followers remind me of that scene from Monty Python's "Life Of Brian" - "You're all INDIVIDUALS." Crowd ( obediently ) ; "Yes, we're ALL INDIVIDUALS ! "
" In Arsene i trust."

Hmm..nw i'm relieved of heart trouble for yossi and mikel to improve the team. Arsenal 4life.

I think what people don't realise is, we now have a team with a fair bit of depth and enough to manouvure around so no one gets burnt out and everyone gets their turn to shine. The problem last season was, we were too reliant on Cesc, then Nasri, then Chamakh and then Cesc, gradually each one faded away and we were left with no one to depend on. A fair few of Wengers signings this summer are in fact squad players, I don't expect Park or Benayoun ti get starting positions whatsoever, but they can come off the bench and make an impact I feel and I believe they offer up competition. This is all good news for Arsenal and no idea how it can be deemed negative.

A full applauce to Arsene Wenger and also To Man U 4 the 8-2 bumber lashing.if not for Man u.arsene w.wouldn't av done anything.but stil miss my world 2.Eboue, mis Nasri too.wit Yossi and Mikel i pray they use their premiership xperience for the team.

wenger knows what is the required players but he also good opf not spending

Is it fair to say that Chamakh has now become deadwood ? And why are Diaby and Squillaci still at the club ?
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A full applauce to Arsene Wenger and also To Man U 4 the 8-2 bumber lashing.if not for Man u.arsene w.wouldn't av done anything.but stil miss my world 2.Eboue, mis Nasri too.wit Yossi and Mikel i pray they use their premiership xperience for the team.

MUK,

This is why I do not believe for one moment that old Speccy is an Arsenal supporter. No matter what the result is, what players have done well, what players have been brought in, have you ever heard ANYTHING positive come from him/her? No because he/she has an agenda. I am yet to be convinced and I stand by what I said.

He is a Spud on a wind up.

"In Harry he rusts"

tnks prof, for the late our arrivals you hav givin us hop n confidenc to stay and carry on with the quest for succes, all competitions here we come up gunners

Hell all!

What a wicked wake up as we can believe in Arsene again!
First of all. Monsieur Wenger: Thank You!

Tje belief is back and I think I didn't had that feeling for a long long time... I think it was before the final of CL in 2006.

Now we have a competitive team.

Experience.

Skills.

Dribbling miedfielders.

Passers.

Eyes for shots!

And most essentially: Goals-HUNTERS.

I love Arsenal. And with such a team I can only see us beat many this coming season.

In Arsene we trust AGAIN! ... it's a good feeling that Arsenal has been touched by logic, intelligence, creativity.

It is such a relief.

I must say Arsenal fans must be having a relaxed shakra this morning and for days coming.

I expect to hear a warm crowd all along the season as between wingers and creativity in midfield we will be quite fast upfront and rock solid with a new giant in front of our net.

Welcome to Per Yossi Mikel Park and Dos Santos. All able to strike. All able to defend. All able to create.

Have a wicked amazing day and weekend fellow Gooners!

Mikee

we try our best for this transfer season

Man Utd. Killa - By the time the January transfer window opens, we could be too far behind for it to make much difference. This is our form from the first three matches ; W 0 D1 L 2 FOR 2 AGAINST 10. We have a fair bit of ground ( 8 point handicap ) to make up ALREADY.
Normally we should beat Swansea comfortably. They haven't scored a goal yet, but they haven't conceded many, either.But in the form we're in, there's a chance of an upset. Ridiculous ? Couldn't happen ? That's what we said before our home match against Blackpool a couple of seasons ago. And we had one or two new signings then, too.
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Arsenal have bought some very different players, who I frankly dont know enough about, I havent studied them in detail. I have a number of concerns but in the end its how they work together as a squad and how quickly they work as a team.

Lets pray for the best and just dream and be postive but realistic.

Mean Lean - I repeat what I said in my 5;08 post ; "People can say I'm hard to please. But that's because I'm a hard taskmaster. I set the bar high for Arsenal. If more of us did the same, we wouldn't be meekly acceping the decline of our club. And that's what it is. A decline. "
Can you not see my views from that angle ? Why continue to childishly accusing me of being a Spurs supporter ? I am pessimistic and often cynical, yes. But when I see us moving forward in EVERY area, and showing we're serious about winning things, I will change my thoughts to a more positive tone. God knows I'd like to. But if anyone thinks that belatedly buying a few players is the answer to all our troubles, then they're fooling themselves. It goes MUCH DEEPER than that.
We as Arsenal fans, should set ourselves high standards for our club. Those standards are clearly not being met, and haven't been for a long time. We shouldn't put our faith in a has-been who has seen his best years, and now is an anchor weighing us down.
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Sorry mate, I won't mess with it again

We love you Arsenal, we do!

We love you Arsenal, we do!

We love you Arsenal, we do!

Ooh Arsenal we love you!

Tottenham forever in our shadow

well man red . You realy help to expose our coach tactics, philosophy, belief and others you can think of.

Just as I suspected. A six year old kid masquerading as a serious blog writer.
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You know what I love? Nothing you say, nothing you do can change the fact that Arsene Wenger is in charge. Nothing, zilch, nadda. You spend every day wasting time trying to find fault and nothing will change.

Good luck with that.

We love you Arsenal, we do!

We love you Arsenal, we do!

We love you Arsenal, we do!

Ooh Arsenal we love you!

Tottenham forever in our shadow

Looking whose been brought in, can't see a place for diaby in the squad, nor squillaci and Miguel

i am still worry cause Manuel Almunia is still at the club

Why John, he is 3rd choice. Why worry?

i love arsenal. am d hapiest guy in africa 2day.

i love arsenal. am d hapiest guy in africa 2day.

you just mentioned players who love to shoot from long range in RVP, Arteta & TV. There's a guy called Rosicky in our squad with a famed thunderbolt of a right foot......but as you correctly mentioned he stopped pulling it out for a couple of years and now whenever he tries it - he seems to be aiming at Row Z!!! Similarly Arshavin had an awesome long ranger on him but somehow he seems to have forgotten the width of goal too!!!

I can understand spectrum feeling all blue......Spuds didn't buy much did they??? In Harry you rust.....

1.) While everyone expects the addition of Mertesacker to make Arsenal better defensively against set-pieces, his addition, along with those of Arteta and Young, will also make the club stronger offensively on set-pieces as well. While Fabregas was an excellent penalty taker and gave decent service on corners, neither he nor Nasri were especially dangerous on free kicks and Nasri's corner kicks were awful. Arteta is much more dangerous on free kicks and will definitely provide better service on corners than Van Persie, who can now go back to where he belongs in front of the net. Mertesacker will provide Crouch-like match-up nightmares for opposing clubs on corners. This should help to make up for a lot of the scoring lost by exchanging the creativity of Cesc and Nasri for that of Arteta and Benayoun.

2.) How many times have you leaped out of your seat screaming at an Arsenal player to shoot when he has an opening around the top of the 18-yard box only to slump back down after seeing him dispossessed or try unsuccessfully to make a pass to a well-defended teammate? How many times did you see Clichy cut inside with the ball and pass it back out rather than take a wide-open shot? If these highlights are any indication, Arsenal has just added at least four new players who won't be afraid to take a shot if they get an opportunity to do so. One way to keep opposing clubs from putting 10 men in the box to clog all of the passing lanes is to force them to come out and defend further away from the goal by taking the occasional shot from further out. It poses an additional threat because some of those shots will go in or test the keeper and that will help to open up some of the passing lanes for the kind of passes that Arsenal likes to make in the box. What Arteta and Benayoun may lack in terms of the kind of creativity that Fabregas and Nasri have, they, along with Santos and Young, may well be able to make up for by having more of a "nose for the goal" in a way that will open things up for Arsenal to score in a different manner.

3.) The addition of Mertesacker alone should improve Arsenal's defense (although I would argue that the problem is more one of organization than personnel), but there is a good chance that the improvement brought by the new additions won't stop there. While Cesc had a reputation for not being that good defensively, Nasri was even worse, frequently either not getting back on defense quickly after a turnover or being out-muscled by bigger foes. Arteta and Benayoun may not be significantly bigger than Cesc or Nasri, but from what I've seen of them in the past, both are willing and persistent in their own defensive end. Part of the problem with Arsenal's back four the last couple of seasons has come from the lack of support that they have received from the midfielders, which left the back four exposed far too often. Arteta and Benayoun can really help Mertesacker in solving some of Arsenal's defensive shortcomings by using their experience and taking their responsibilities on the defensive end seriously. That would serve as a good example for Arsenal's other midfielders who, with the exception of Wilshere, are inconsistent, at best, in their own end.

4.) There's no doubt that Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri are supremely talented footballers. When he's healthy and wants to play, Cesc is one of the very best creative midfielders in the game. Any club in the world would want him. But the fact of the matter is that Fabregas missed a lot of playing time the last two years due to injury and didn't want to play for Arsenal any more, which was reflected in his abysmal performance last season. If Arsenal had just lost the tremendous player who produced more assists than any other player in Europe over the last five seasons, it would be impossible to replace him. But, while it might be the player that Barca just acquired, it is not the player that Arsenal just lost. The player that Arsenal just lost was a captain who quit on his team and acted like he didn't want to be on the pitch half the time when he was able to play last season. That player is replaceable and both of the midfielders that Arsenal just added have the ability to do that, although perhaps in a different way. As for Arteta and Benayoun being injury-prone, well, Cesc missed just about half of each of the last two seasons due to injury and it doesn't matter how good a player is if he's injured and can't play.

On the other side of the coin, Samir Nasri may have a great future ahead of him--he certainly has the skills and talent. But, except for his very hot first half of last season, just how many games did he win for Arsenal with all of that talent? Yes, you can pick out a moment of brilliance here and a moment of brilliance there, but you can do that with Abou Diaby, too. Nasri didn't like playing on the wing where Wenger deployed him, preferring to play in the center of midfield. But, when Fabregas was injured and Nasri did play in the center of midfield, with the offense running through him, how well did he do at cracking open the defense when the opposition "parked the bus" in front of their goal? Except for that first half of last season and the occasional moment of brilliance, how often was Nasri, for all of his skill, the difference maker in a match? And, how much of that was offset by his defensive deficiencies? Nasri had problems with teammates on the French national team because, in many ways, he is a bit of a prima donna and, for all of his skill and talent, he may turn out to be a headache waiting to happen. Nasri may go on to have a brilliant career, but what he gave to Arsenal is replaceable: Arsenal has a stable of young players just waiting for a chance that they can prove to be just as capable, even if they lack some of Nasri's skill and talent. Can they, along with Arteta, Benayoun, Miyaichi and Oxlade-Chamberlain, exactly replace what Nasri might have brought to Arsenal had he stayed? Only time will tell. But, Nasri didn't want to stay at Arsenal--he was more interested in getting paid as much as possible as soon as possible (no matter how he tries to justify it!)--and that's not necessarily the kind of player Arsenal wants or needs in order to be successful and win silverware.

Unlike Fabregas and Nasri, the players that Arsenal has just added all WANT to play for the club. Arteta is taking less money in wages to be a Gunner. It may take these new additions time to settle in and gel with their new teammates, but these are players who are going to give the club their all. They're not going to be sulking about their contracts or wanting to go home, they're coming to the Arsenal to play. Effort and attitude can go a long way to making up for a deficit in skill or talent. And, while Arsenal will miss the skills and talent that Fabregas and Nasri have, the positive attitude and effort that the new additions bring to the club, along with their skills, should be more than enough to replace what Fabregas and Nasri gave to the club last season.

Will that be enough to lift the young Arsenal squad out of the deep hole that the departures of Fabregas and Nasri and the spanking that it got at Old Trafford put the club in? Will that be enough to secure a spot in the top four against much improve competition for those spots--and perhaps win some silverware along the way? Only time will tell. But the new additions have the ability to make Arsenal at least as good, overall, on the pitch as the club was last season, if not better. That's what the management of the club needed to do during this transfer period (could they have done it better? should they have? that's another issue). Now it is up to the manager and the players to make that happen.

wenger u jst made d unbelievable signin .diz iz wat we ar saying sign d experience nd let get throphiez .arsenal 4 lyf

You should have submitted that as a Your Vision article. Now to have a read

We have everything we need for now. Yes, we may not be as good as the invincibles, but who is. For now, that is all we need, and come by December, i bet Wenger will work his magic again. Hazard, Cahill, M'vila, Johnson and all the other players we are linked with, pretty sure, one or more of them will come and only then we can start talking about bringing back the glory days of the invincibles.

I really appreciate God for his wisdom bestowed on AW,these acquisitions will turn around arsenals season,guess we have been used to starting d league on a high and end up loosing everytyn.this year we started very badly but we will definately end very well,i believe so much in our latest acquisitions they will change d atmospohere in the Emirates for d best.IN ARSENAL WE TRUST8-)

Wenger im start become arsenal fan since 1998.last time arsenal have a great squad have ever seen they have henry.patrick veira .dennis .former england goalkeeper and etc they give impress game. Im remember 2003/2004 gunners play 28 games unbeaten run until the gunners lost to red devil 2-0 but never mind .The gunners become champion that premier league.Arsene keep going and i hope five player newcomer become stronger and strongest .good luck arsene wenger (ARSENAL FAN and forever)

YAWN

Could we maybe have this in English please?

it is fair2comparethe quality of the newcomers to old but unforgettable fantastic boys(Henry, Viera, Pires, Bergham, Leij), not with Nasri(or evenFab)who have no any footprint 4Arsenal history.
Personalty, I hope the future is bright.

Not unless we get another drubbing, and then methinks it won't be AW doing the buying.
That will be it for the season. I imagine Arsene's already feeling rather ill at spending so much

Mr. Wenger, I luv this surprised....

am happy for all gunner fans and i think with the signing we can control the pitch and play a good football.

man, i haven't been this excited about the team in quite a while. how can you not be? we finally got what we wanted, no kids, but experienced players, leaders. sadly, for many, no leonel messi, but i would prefer we never had any further business to do with such a club. not too realistic either.
sure, hazard would have been fantastic, m'vila, kaka, benzema, someone like that. all things considered, i was very surprised and pleased with our signings: mertesacker is a great defender, good in the air, just what we needed. arteta and benayoun give us much needed creativity in midfield, what we needed most. we now have 3 very good free kick takers in arteta, van persie and park chu young. Balance. Men. we're no world beaters, but will be very hard to beat, and do have what it takes to give it a go, to fight, to be a threat and to be contenders. i must admit i didn't believe it, but i was wrong, they came through, whomever it was. business has to be done in january, for hazard or m'vila, and if it isn't you would have to worry about it, but for now i think we should acknowledge a step in the right direction.
Come on you Gunners!!!

wen wil yal wake up and listen 2d voice of reason?if u ask me i'ld rate al dis playas a 4. Cant u see arsnal is jst like any other club now?wot hapnd 2al d policys?al d can do spirit?y re u al xcitd about a bunch of average players dat cld hav as wel come evn 4 free?am board,yes i am,arsenal is going 2religatn dis season so die hard fans pls live wit it.and stop rejoicing ova anada adititn 2 d pack of already religatd undachivers.am sory if am being 2critical bt dat 8.2 tumping by man u was d last straw.need i remind u of birminham? Now is not jst da time 4 arsenal.am sorry.

Happy more 4 the like per and santos hope back and do wonders :Thx wenger

bafudde ela bawede bukyanga bempanka

Thanks very much papa Wenger for job well done. I believe with God by our side and the effort of the players on the pitch things will be fine for us season.

Honestly. i am no-longer interested in those that have decided to live this season, i am only now interested in those that have decided to play for arsenal come rain come shine. As died hearted arsenal fans, let us give them our support especially for those that are just coming in. in arsenal we trust.

This is brilliant.....how gutted is spectrum.....I love it.

Are you piers morgan in disguise?

cos he's running out of things to gripe about #strawclutching

I wont sat much lets jus get on d pitch n watch sum excellent football frm d boys. IN ARSENAL WE TRUST

"I will pay 30 (million) I will even pay 40 if I find the right players. " So I take it he didn't find the right players ?
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Yeh wenger show them beggining of something bette than its end good boss

Yeh wenger show them beggining of something bette than its end good boss

Ins

gervinho =11m
aoc =15m
arteta =10m
chu =3m
Per =10m
Santos =7m
jenk =1m
Campbell =2m

Total = 59m

Outs

Fabregas=35m
Nasri =24m
Clichy =7m
Eboue =3m

Total = 68m


Net amount left ; 61 million. More or less we have spent whatever we got from player sales. Leaves us with the 50 million transfer budget we started with - effectively unspent.
61 million ( in total ) saved, and we don't put profits first ?
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Can't even be bothered to try and understand what the hell you're talking about.

I agree..fine points

goetze bid turned or have you chosen just to gloss over that so you can continue your "crusade"

you want to include the wages for all those new siginging or again do you want to leave that out just so you can continue your "crusade"

as you must know the wage budget is in with the transfer budget?
Wages for experienced internationals, along with what we will no doubt have to pay to try and keep our established stars with new contracts.

back to the drawing board for you speccie, hope your not frettin too much trying to come up with a new way to try and attack our boss

It may have shut up some of the tools but not spectrum!

No, he's a spud troll!

Benny is 31 so the club wouldn't offer him a contact of more than a year anyway! So this loan looks like an even better option.

You really should spend less time on Gooner blogs and get back to the spuds blogs.

Well, as the saying goes, you can't please all of the people all of the time. And some will always complain because that's what they get off on.
Personally, I'm glad to see some more experience in the squad. Mertesacker has been capped 75 times by Germany and he still has plenty of years left in him. He's 26, i.e. in his prime, and the last two seasons he has completed 33 and 30 Bundesliga games for Bremen, so he doesn't look very injury prone. We can't know if he will adapt to the PL until we see how he does. Certainly a class or two better than Samba IMO and probably equal to or better than Cahill. Have to say I'm glad Cahill is stuck at Bolton for another season - serves him right. If he wanted to come to us, he should have let his manager know.
Arteta is probably past his prime and has had injury problems in recent years. I seem to remember Cesc singing his praises a couple of years back. On the plus side, he knows the PL. Similarly with Yossi, who always seemed to get goals against us - let's hope he can pay back some of that. I too would have preferred to see someone with a bit more of a future than a past, but it's all very well saying who AW should have bought - how do we know that they were available? Many of the players who were touted are already with CL qualified teams so their clubs would not let them go easily.
Santos looks like an exciting player and I think Gibbs may have to take second place again. Santos looks pretty solid physically as well as having a lot of skill going forward - there are no YouTube videos of his defending though . But that has not been Gibbs's strong side either.
Certainly plenty to look forward to, starting with Swansea. If we can't win that one, we're in plenty trouble, plus we'll have bloody Spectrum on here bleating, "I told you so", which is probably worse.

The lol smiley above should have come after the bit about Santos' defending.
Get it fixed ML.

Our "bid" for Goetze was never realistic. Dortmund would not let him leave ;
http://www.sportskeeda.com/2011/08/30/arsenal-transfer-news-gunners- audacious-e40m-bid-for-german-messi-turned-down/

More likely it was designed to be a pretend show of intent. Wenger knew full well the bid would fail.
So our record fee paid remains at 15 million ( for Arshavin ). 30 -40 million ? Can you see him ever paying that much for ANYBODY ? If you believe that, you'll believe anything. Oh but wait - you probably already do.
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we did introduce one or two experienced players over the the last few years and gave experience to talneted youngsters your are a fucking fool

was it really? aye how convient for you.

I dont believe you and the shite you come out with, how does that fit into your pretty we thought process.

you are struggling spectrum, absolutley struggling, the ally you ahd on hear in MUK is even wiseing up to the stink of your jib

Why worry ? Because he's taking up space on the payroll that could be better used on more productive players. You're saying that we have to compete with high wages. Wouldn't getting rid of him help in that regard ?
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I'm on the case

I cant understand the logic of revelling in a defeat just to tell people I told you so, thats a sad sad existence or a clown at the wind up.

Feeno - Gutted ? Underwhelmed, more like it. As I said transfers will help, but they won't solve the underlying issues.
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no your gutted we have made transfers ad you are struggling to get people to agree with you, or that you are having to try really really hard to find stuff to have a go at..

You are clutching at straws. Grasping for them but even those are out of your reach.

Feeno - If the wages are allegedly such a problem, why aren't you demanding the board change their policy on it ? Seems to me you're content to just bend over and take it - like all your A.K.B. mates.
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the problem is how you have conviently missed them out to try and further your argument you welt

we should back the manager with the higher wages to take the club foward, this I agree on. I wont piss and moan on blogs like you do tho you self important arsehole. I wont try and spread a negative attiude to justify my own meagre existence like you do. Id be happy that I get to support a fantastic instution like Arsenal football club.

Strange I cant really see anyone bending over and taking anything, what a strange choice of phrasing Speccie bending over and taking a 60,000 seater stadium, bending over and taking challenging, yes challenging for the league these last few years. What exactly are we bening over and taking????

Journalist : "How did the club do in the financial year 2010?"

"Profit before tax 56.0 Million."

Journalist : "Do we have cash in the bank or some reserve? If so why don’t we pay off the remaining stadium debt?"

"Cash and bank balance in hand of 127.6 million clearly represent a very satisfactory position…

The Group’s outstanding debt now comprises solely of stadium funding bonds and supporter held debentures – both of these components are long-term and fixed interest debt. "

S. W. Wisely, Chief Financial Officer, Arsenal Holdings PLC Statement of account and annual report 2009-2010.

My comment.......
So we have a LONG TERM payment schedule on the stadium. This is our ONLY remaining debt.
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this just proves your desperation, thanks for confirming it!

Feeno - You're bending over and taking the policy that we supposedly "can't compete " on wages, yet you passively raise no objection to this policy. Why, if you want the best for the team, don't you protest to the board about this ?
Journalist : " But isn’t the players’ wages crippling us. We have a huge wage bill? "

"Wage costs rose to 110.7 million representing 49.7% of football segment revenues. Whilst this level of investment and ratio continues to fall COMFORTABLY within our target range, there continues to be very strong upward pressure on players’ wage expectations."

S. W. Wisely, Chief Financial Officer, Arsenal Holdings PLC Statement of account and annual report 2009-2010.

My comment......
So we are comfortable with the wage bill !

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Feeno - Ever hear of the expression "Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind." ? Of course normally I wouldn't want us to lose. But if that loss serves the greater objective of helping to remove Wenger, then it's worth it.
I'd rather lose a match or two, get a new manager in - with fresh ideas and tactical nous, e.t.c. and maybe WIN THE LEAGUE by doing so. In other words, a small sacrifice or two, for a GREATER GAIN.
That's the difference between you ( A.K.B. ) and I ( Realist ). You are happy to just challenge. I prefer to WIN ( i.e. trophies ).
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Feeno - Proves you won't let facts get in the way of your ignorance.
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thats you done mate, no fan wants there team to lose, your honking patter has reached a new low

maybe win the league?? what happended to not accepting anything less than first rate.

I want us to win, but we have no divine right to, a challenge is the least we can have and we do it, we fall short we pick ourselves up and get ready for the fight next again season, with one of the worlds best managers at the helm

you are all over the place speccie, your so full of shit its unbeliveable.

respect to arsene wenger ..some great deals there ..well played arsene

I bend over for no one speccie you fool, bbet you do for ol droopy puss tho eh ol wheeler dealer. I dont put any money into Arsenal football club like a season ticket holder does, so I have no place to ask for anything. But I'll be damned if a fanny like you tho is gonnae try and slate the club and the manager the way you do.

So far Ive heard you go after wenger and say you want the board to sack the manager and appoint a new manager so we can maybe win the league, after statign you dont accept anything but the best and now you are attacking the board on the wage structure, debt and money to be spent after slatign everyone for not spending money (when we had) and now that even more has been spent the ambition is not enough.

You just making sure you cover all the bases with your misinformation?

I perfectly agree with you that We should back the squad we have and support team be very optimistic that this year belongs to us.

In my opinion Wenger got it right this time but what I dont understand is why he chose rather to suffer that unnecessary humiliation before he started to listen to us

Before 2006, Wenger was doing great with average players. He was winning with players who were ready to prove something and hungry for success. If we cast our minds back to the INVINCIBLES you would agree with me that about 80% of the first teamers were average in quality when they came to arsenal but Wenger was able to raise a mountain out of them. Fab and Nasri were all average in quality when they arrived.


Now on Andre Santos I think he is better than Clichy in terms of attack and slightly ahead of clichy when defending. He can deliver quality passes when he joins the attack.

I rate Per ahead of Kos and I believe he is paired withTV5 in our central defense with Kos as the back up we would concede the least number of goals this season.

However, I see the Arteta as our most important signing in this window. He is well experienced in the premiership and plays just like Cesc and Nasri and can also drop deep in defense when we are under pressure. He plays the arsenal way and is very good at set pieces.

On Park and Yossi I believe they will be good subs and could be extremely useful when injuries and other unforseen circumstances inevitably hits our squad.

Now we can boost of one of the best clubs in the world with the likes of TV5, Per, Kos, Sagna,Santos in our defense and Arteta, Song, Wilshere, Ramsey, Rosicky, Yosi, Frimpong all in the middle with Walcott, Gervinho, Park, Ryo, Arshavin along the flanks and Persie as the main man supported by Chamack.


Lets praise Wenger and board for taking such great decisions but let give the most thanks to Alex Fergie for that humiliation which has prompted Wenger to realise how some of his decisions has fatally cost us in the recent past. Thank You Papa Wenger for these great decisions.

My fellow gooners I see this season as the end of our trophiless run with these average and ready for success players. They are the sort of players we should have signed long ago and now that Wenger is going back to his old books all we can do is to support the team throughout the season. I think the darkest our is nearest to dawn so lets put that humiliation behind us and rally behind the team cos I foresee great successes ahead.

LONG LIVE ARSENAL

SP'rectum, something makes me think you don't earn your money in the finance industry. Or you'd understand the benefits of using long term debt whilst keeping cash. Obviously pay it all off if you've got it, but they haven't..

Go back to your WHL blogs!

Don't forget the salaries.



'At spectrum we laugh'.

Change they say is constant. Fellow gunners, there is one thing i will like to correct here, which is about spectrum being too blunt. And i want him to accept change just the way Arsena Wenger did. He (Arsene) accepted change and brought in experience players, which he hardly brings in.

if no one wants to buy him or take him on loan or offer him a deal he is happy with, then it costs us money to pay up his contract.

Dont you get that?

A couple of seasons ago we beat Blackpool 6-0. Get ur facts right atleast speccy. Hey you can moan over for the entire season or support the players we've got and bring confidence and belief into them. ManU don't have all world class players in their squad yet they believe because their supporters trust their manager and the players. If we had bought Young you would still be cribbing about his quality but look what he's doing there. For once atleast cheer up. And we will win silverware this year. "In Arsene and the players we Trust".

ML, don't bother.
Even if we win everything he'll stil have a problem. Its in his viens. Can't change him.

. nicely summed up.

40 mil and just to show intent? You're kidding mate. nobody fools around with 40 mill. What if Dortmund accepted the bid?

where is the "super super quality" the deluded clown said he was bringing in Feeno ? how far do you think we will get? the signings are an improvement, that may get us in the Europa league. You are happy with that i bet, accepting mediocrity . There is no ambition, except a top 4 place and as i said earlier, if not getting top 4 gets rid of the clown, (and the fcuking board) then so be it. These new signings may save Wengers skin for a while, but ultimately it will be too little too late .

Feeno, I think all Spectrum and John are saying is that, we could have done a lot better in the transfer window.With all the money available dont you agree?I am fairly happy with what we have done so far-as long as we keep strenghening.What do you think?

Sp rectums twisted logic wouldn't understand that!

lol

couldnt agree more lubs...

Livpool,mu get ready 4 field cage rematch. Whom ever run, him mama. Especially newcastle and fucking arsenal haters!trophies inevitable this seeson 4 gunners.

You are happy to just challenge. I prefer to WIN ( i.e. trophies

well put your boots on winner and show us how its done then


did you have these aspirations and delussions of grandeur when arsenal was a dysfunctional club of alcoholic wifebeaters too ?


or was it when arsenal was winning titles back to back and european champions cups

i think john might be saying that but spectrum is going all out with that angle just to casue trouble, theres a difference, i belive john is a fan of arsenal i belive spectrum is an evil machination hell bent on spreadin negativity to an allready succeptable fan base. We obviously couldnt get the super super quality we tried for in Goetze, M'Vila and Hazzard wasnt an option this year so Benayoun on a year long loan is astop gap, I dont see ap roblem with that and as long as we do contiune to strenghthen, which i beleive we do anyway.

"Catchphrase" How did I miss that wee ditty

ahahaha Spectrum you are beyond parody

We love you Arsenal we do! Oh Arsenal we love you!

kev 11 - Correction. It wasn't Blackpool we lost at home to. It was Hull City. My point is still valid. No-one expected that result, did they ?
United supporters trust Ferguson, because he is a far better manager than Wenger. Tactically, motivationally, and also when it comes to discipline. He also doesn't tolerate laziness and repeated failure. He has a winners mentality. The same qualities that Mourinho, Hiddink, e.t.c. possess. Wenger lacks these.
Is it surprising then, that they are far more successful than us ? They don't just aim to finish top 4, and compete. They not only do that, but they go on to actually WIN things.
Ashley Young is an Arsenal fan. He is quality. We could, and SHOULD have signed him. We have plenty of money.
But as I keep saying, if you don't have a competent coach to guide and inspire them, you're not going to get the best out of a team. The two complement each other. They go together.
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Anonymous - Then who was the bright spark who signed him in the first place ?
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Andy Mack - So you know more than the Arsenal Chief Financial Officer ( 14;00 above ) ? When I place the facts before you, you deny them. Standard A.K.B. behaviour.
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Andy Mack - No, what he's saying is that because the debt is LONG TERM ( structured that way ), and at a fixed rate of interest, there is not an URGENT need to pay it off quickly. So short term profits generated can be used for re-investment i.e. team building.
But Wenger chooses not to spend most of the funds made available to him. And not just this season. Last season too, was the same scenario. It's simply not in Wenger's d.n.a. to spend big, even when it's responsible and NECESSARY to do so. And it seems the board is fine with that.
It's clear we have no ambition.
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Joker! Nasri was tapped up 2 years ago. He knew what he had in mind when he wouldn't re-sign but he kept Arsene guessing by making statments like "I want to see who "we" sign to see if the clubs signings match my ambition. Ambition? He could've gone to Real Madrid when Zidane proprosed such a move. But he chose to move to the famously great footballing club City????? To play great football and win trophees right? Get real!!!! Nasri just like his old Marseille team mate Flamini, made his move for money. Nasri is seriously Ambitious he wants to play for as much money as he can get. Winning trophees ain't what he's about! Nor is playing great football! Its all about Money Money! He's all about Money Money. Cesc took a pay cut to carry on playing tippy tappy football back in his home town, thats different.
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Well said nothing much I could disagree with.

Nothing more to say after that eh? Apart from very well said lubs.

Encore!

And you slagging our club, our manager, and our team has changed so much hasn't it??? Your still dropping your cacks for 'arry spud.

Most of us ain't forgotten that you know more than Liam Brady. Oh no sorry you said you didn't believe him!
You placed the fact as stated by SW Wisely but you obviously didn't understand them. Wage costs continue to rise. Upward pressure on players wage expectations. Whilst this level of investment ratio continues to fall comfortably into our target range. So we are managing to keep within the set target range. A target range set by the board obviously. The target range is that wage bills come solely from ticket sales.

The 4th or 5th highest debt in the Prem.
Managed coz we ain't spending on players or their wages what we ain't got. i.e. we ain't getting further in debt.

Richie,Feeno, but don't you agree that if we want to attract the very best we might need to adjust our wage budget a little bit?If we want to sign world class players,paying 100k-120k a week is not unheard of.What do you think?

Right..what you are saying makes sense..Honestly.just like you, I heard all the rumors about Gotze,M'Villa and Hazard but I cant see Wenger spending more than 15 million pounds on a player let alone 20 million.I only hope we make good on our summer pursuits in January.We will need to strengthen some more if we are to realistically challenge for trophies.On the whole, I am fairly pleased with our signings but I feel we could have done better.