The_Hitcher89
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The financial boost is victory enough when you're not bankrolled by an oligarch tbf
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Football Thread U 2013/14 |OT8| 3rd in a 2 team league
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The financial boost is victory enough when you're not bankrolled by an oligarch tbf
Shatner's Bassoon
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Steverulez
Member
Didn't we actually finish 6th that season? RDM took a risk, CL above the Premier League, it worked, I'm not upset where we finished in the league that season.
Also, we have plenty of depth, 3 first team keepers (Cech, Schwarzer, Hilario - a bit old but they kept him around as he can do a job I guess), 2 rbs, Azpili and Ivanovic - also cover at centre back. 3 Centre backs - JT, Cahill, Luiz, 2 left backs - Bertrand and Cole.
Lampard, Rami, Mikel, Essien, Van Ginkel (injured for the season) in the pivot.
(I won't list our attacking midfielders)
And 3 strikers - Ba, Torres and Eto'o.
The team needs a bit of work, I think Cahill or Luiz will go sooner or later, get rid of Ba/Eto'o for another striker if Torres is still performing, but we have plenty of depth as shown last night. Our depth is incredible and thats why I think we will win the league.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Better to be making history than reliving it and all that...
Billy Big Bollocks
Banned
The way Arsene used Ramsey, Cazorla, Giroud, Ozil and Wilshere last night suggests at this stage he is willing to sacrifice league position for any sort of silverware
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
haha, oh shit 6th even worse. I forgot about that.But yeah maybe Arsenal should take the risk.
Chelsea have a lot of players but a lot are useless.
If Arsenal can stay healthy then we have the best starting 11 in the league. I am satisfied with all our backups if they can stay healthy and perform to their maximum.
Chelsea have a lot of players but a lot are useless.
If Arsenal can stay healthy then we have the best starting 11 in the league. I am satisfied with all our backups if they can stay healthy and perform to their maximum.
It's really not an either-or scenario. If a club is good enough to win the CL, they normally wouldn't have a problem with finishing in the top 4. What happened in 11/12 was just extraordinary and it might not be wise to take lessons from that.
Liverpool finished 5th in 2005, although we also started Anthony Le Tallec against Juve...
Yeah, Newcastle finished 5th that season. Let us never speak of it again.
Wenger really does have the faithful eating our of the palm of his hands. even they believe the rubbish that fourth place is a trophy.
And they've actually maintained most of that squad as well.
Well, we started Bertrand and Kalou on the wings in the biggest match in club football. And Bosingwa at RB.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
i couldn't care about Wenger these days and 4th is a disgrace for a club of Arsenal's standing.
Will Hughes is my dawg. He is going to impress the shit out of people whenever he does move to a PL club.
I started playing that Soccer Manager game while I was banned since why not. The one game a day and slow activity in the transfer market is frustrating.. but it seems like a pretty neat little diversion. Joined a league in its 6th season and one guy has over 100 players on Dortmund. Every young talent in world football is rotting on his bench. -____- I did just make a move to sign Agustin Allione though.
I started playing that Soccer Manager game while I was banned since why not. The one game a day and slow activity in the transfer market is frustrating.. but it seems like a pretty neat little diversion. Joined a league in its 6th season and one guy has over 100 players on Dortmund. Every young talent in world football is rotting on his bench. -____- I did just make a move to sign Agustin Allione though.
And at the beginning of that season I was disappointed we got rid of Nolan and Barton, and predicted we would get relegated cos of that....
Cos since that season everyone turned in to shit once they got found out.
José Mourinho
cocknose
I'm really not sure I understand what you're getting at here. That season we finished 6th in the BPL, which is bad, but we came away with an FA Cup and Champions League double. I would finish 6th every season if we could have those returns.
You make even less sense given that you're throwing the word history about. Nobody is going to look back in 10 years and say "Remember the 2011/12 season when Arsenal and Chelsea finished 3rd and 6th respectively?". What people will remember is that Chelsea were the first London club to win the UCL and that we also won the FA Cup. Nobody will care about 6th, and Arsenal won't even get a mention.
Edit: Also, If Arsenal really thought that they could sacrifice the league in order to win a UCL then they should do it. A trophy for the fans would be nice. You could also add second London club to win the UCL to your long illustrious history.
I'd honestly take a mid-table finish if it meant we won the CL.
Not going to happen this season though. Would be satisfied with the quarter finals.
KidA Seven
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Focusing on the CL is a weird way of saying Bayern and Barca choked.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Who could forget?!
He even set up Luis Garcia for his wondergoal.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
Fair enough, I do hope we win the thing one day. It is the only thing that stops us with our great history of truly being an elite side of Europe. But heck even Villa and forest have won it more than us haha. So small clubs like them and yourself can get lucky.
Even with your CL win, you will still only ever be the 3rd most popular club in London.
José Mourinho
cocknose
It's weird how the third most popular team in London sell more shirts globally than the two who precede them.
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1...ve-200-million-euros-sponsorship-deal?cc=5901
It will be interesting to see how this plays out with UEFA and their FFP regulatory commission.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out with UEFA and their FFP regulatory commission.
I can't imagine this will go well if UEFA takes FFP even halfway seriously.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
Last time I checked Arsenal and Chelsea were about the same despite us not winning anything. On average about 700-900 k a year over a five year period.
Although, I fully expect Arsenal to outsale Chelsea this year because of Ozil and next year because of the new Puma shirt.
Steverulez
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Lambda Pie
Banned
Zoro, Arsenal is shit.
It was in the 08/09!
José Mourinho
cocknose
About the same... but less. And we have plenty of shirt selling names, don't worry.
Sviatoslav
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Zenit just lost in the Russian Cup to a team from the Russian equivalent of League 1. fml
All kicking off at work.
Essentially CEO just took my round the block and offered me a job in such a way that I couldn't say no.
They're about to announce at the staff meeting.
But I don't even know if I want it.
I do get a bonus as part of my new contract that'd pay for my ps4.
Going on holiday to Sheffield and Preston from tomorrow. Couldn't have timed that better.
Essentially CEO just took my round the block and offered me a job in such a way that I couldn't say no.
They're about to announce at the staff meeting.
But I don't even know if I want it.
I do get a bonus as part of my new contract that'd pay for my ps4.
Going on holiday to Sheffield and Preston from tomorrow. Couldn't have timed that better.
Badass! Take it and if you're not sold after a bit, look for something new. Better to have some cash in your pocket.
And also congrats to Frank on passing the bar.
Lambda Pie
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kudos on the new job, Arnie.
my promotion is dead in the water. higher ups incompetence is a disease.
my promotion is dead in the water. higher ups incompetence is a disease.
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