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Arsenal is NOT in crisis

Wednesday, 07 May 08, 17:46 PM

Why are there so many news-sites that carries bad news whenever it comes to Arsenal? Flamini left, so? Are there not any other midfielders out there who can be better than him? Arsenal moved on even when Pattrick Vieira left and someone by the name of Cesc Fabregas turn up in our midfield.

Its amazing how one player by the name of Flamini leaves the club and other players are supposed to follow suit. Truth is, bad news always attract more traffic or readers. Arsenal Football Club is doing fine, so there is no need to press the panic button. Over the years, so many great players come and go, some retired and we are still playing the beautiful football that makes Arsenal so famous. Not to mention the only team who went 49 games unbeaten played beautiful football, not score and park a bus at their goal mouth.

Some question Arsenal's ambition in the transfer market when Wenger chose youth over experience. But my thoughts on that matter is due to the lack of financial strength when we were building and now still financing our new stadium. So, how many Arsenal fan has at least once boasted to your friend that our club has the best facilities and the best ground in England? Maybe even Europe? 

What Arsene see is long term and if the club and Arsene had been short-sighted, we will not have moved into The Emirates because they'd want short term success by buying established players who will then get old and probably retired in a few years (players in their peak) time. The Emirates is where the money for big transfer will come from for years to come and it is also Arsene's ambition to compete with bigger clubs like Man Utd, Real Madrid, Barca, etc (with mega big stadiums and gate collection) in the transfer market.

At the moment, the club needs to spend wisely and look into ways to keep football matters balanced as well. That means trophies. Well, the club has been very thrifty over the past 3 seasons for the reasons mentioned above. I reckon that this summer we will see the beginning of some establish players coming to Arsenal. Surely more will follow in seasons to come, as well as silverwares too!

Topics: Arsenal, Rumours and Transfers
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Posted by Ducky | Comments (5)

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tom_kuhr
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tom_kuhr Wrote: | 10 days ago

its nice Aresenal has a new stadium and everything, but their performance since Christmas has just gotten worse...crisis maybe not yet, but certainly on track.


NorthBankNed
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NorthBankNed Wrote: | 10 days ago

Here is an upbeat article on what the new stadium is doing for the club.


NorthBankNed
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NorthBankNed Wrote: | 10 days ago

and here is the url: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0519/107.html


Niran
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Niran Wrote: | 10 days ago

I totally agree with you. We've got sufficient money and the talent to win trophies. It is disappointing to see your team go trophyless after a great 7-8 months but I'm still very optimistic for next season. Wenger will surely learn from his mistakes? Read somewhere that at a boardroom meeting this week...he stated he wants to sign a defender and a 'creative' playmaker. Wonder who he has in mind....hopefully not a 16 year old kid!


Raymond
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Raymond Wrote: | 9 days ago

Spot on. I'm glad some other people realise this - Arsenal need to be prudent now to secure the future. Paying big money now makes no sense and means we HAVE to win trophies - simply for the winners cheque to pay wages. In a few years with the youth policy Arsenal can hopefully afford a few superstars to go with a very solid very experienced but still young core of players.


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