Comments on: Sunderland 1 – 1 Arsenal, Out Of Jail? More Points Dropped… http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/ Live Arsenal, Breathe Arsenal, Be Arsenal... Your World Is My World... The World of Arsenal... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-874 Steve Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:21:45 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-874 < ![CDATA[Maxi, you and anyone else who thinks Wenger should go are insane.

Arsenal are a self sustaining business unlike Chelsea, Newcastle etc. This means that any money we spend this year we will not have to spend next year. And that if we'd spent silly money buying players like Bent, Pavlunchenko, Modric or Bentley then we would not have the war chest (if £50m counts as a war chest these days) that allows Wenger to take risks signing young players like Vela, Bendtner, Denilson, Fabregas, Sagna, Adebayor etc.

Every time Wenger unearths an amazing player from the darker corners of europe then he improves the future of the club both in financial and footballing terms. There will be a time when people look back at the crazy amounts of money managers have spent and wonder how anyone thought it could last. I think Wenger makes far more rational judgements of players values than any other manager in the league.

If you think that we can spend stupid amounts of money on players and last as an independant club with any sort of soul then look at the lessons we learn from clubs like Leeds, Newcastle and Chelsea.

Yes we need one or two more experienced players and maybe a bit of grit in midfield. I'm sure Wenger has a plan, and I'm sure in the long term its better than anything Scolari, Lippi, Koelman, Hiddunk (or anyone else you care to name) could come up with.]]>

]]> By: jamesgillesp http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-873 jamesgillesp Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:37:35 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-873 < ![CDATA[yeah that was a great game, I posted a video on it a few months ago - you can look at it here:

http://arsespeak.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/kanu-loves-wenger-watch-my-favourite-kanu-goals-video-post/

Maxi seems to be a bit OTT if you ask me, lets see what the international break holds for our players and maybe we will come back better.

We are still ahead of Man Utd on points - its too early to be out of the challenge yet!]]>

]]> By: devday http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-872 devday Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:30:46 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-872 Definitely, without a doubt, that comeback, 2-0 down, 10 men, away from home, at the Reebok and miraculously come back 3-2 – and Kanu, Hatrick, Chelsea, what a come back… Does anyone remember the 5-3 against Middlesborough at Highbury – we were 3-1 down at half time and what a comeback. I’ll never forget that game!

]]> By: Dan http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-871 Dan Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:09:54 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-871 Thats right Debs. People are pretty quick to forget. You can be underdogs one month, but given good form you are transformed into the favourites. If the form doesn’t last, your branded a failure, although you were never expected to reach those heights.

]]> By: Debs http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-870 Debs Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:03:03 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-870 And I agree with Dean! That Bolton match was far more impressive than Liverpool’s, although I was really impressed with them!

]]> By: Debs http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-869 Debs Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:00:49 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-869 Max I took last season in stride cos if at the beginning of the season we’d been offered 3rd place finish and all, what with ‘doom and gloom’ predicted for us, we’d have taken it, thank you very much. But obviously when the season started and we were flying, we ended up being disappointed, owing partly to injuries, but I didn’t for once blame Wenger, and I’m not about to start now. I just hope we can exceed everybody’s expectations this time around, and win one thing at least!

]]> By: kierandelaney.net/blog http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-868 kierandelaney.net/blog Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:01:15 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-868 Three words – Kanu/Chelski/Hat-trick

]]> By: Dean http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-867 Dean Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:37:15 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-867 I really had to take exception to the comment I heard on MOTD when the announcer (not sure who it was) referred to Liverpool’s 3-2 victory over City as “one of the greatest comebacks in Premier league history”. I mean, come on, was the comeback really THAT incredible, I get the feeling the announcer is a Pool fan. Full credit on the fight back to Pool, impressive stuff, so no disrespect to their deserved victory, but you almost felt there was inevitability about the whole affair after the red card (which is a compliment to Pool). The facts are Pool scored their first in the 56th minute and played the last 25 minutes with an extra attacker. Compare this to last year when Arsenal came back from a two goal deficit to beat Bolton 3-2 after having Diaby sent off in the 31st minute, and Arsenal didn’t even get their first til the 62nd minute. Not to mention that it kept Arsenal in the title race (albeit fruitlessly in the end), coming when morale was down on the back of 4 draws (including the infamous Eduardo Birmingham game), and a loss to Chelsea where Sagna got injured as well. Now that is what I call a great comeback.

]]> By: sean http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-866 sean Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:10:06 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-866 < ![CDATA[Arsenal i am afraid will struggle to finish in the top 4 this season and heres why..

For the past four seasons we have gone back wards,any fool can see this..You cant go forwards in todays football environment without spending money..We have been living off AW knowledge, and getting away with it for years,but sadly even AW cant transform a bunch of average at best players into champions without spending..AW said last season we will come back next season stronger and fight,thats all very well AW, but since then we've let go Flamini,Hleb,Gilberto,all good seasoned players..We replaced them with a kid from cardiff,and nasri?..Yes we also got a few on free transfers,thats my point, if we wasn't good enough last season with what was a much stronger squad, what chance have we with this cheap weaker one.. We seem to be doing everything on the cheap,as in spending OUR money on the team,but they love taking it from us by god..]]>

]]> By: LEON http://worldofarsenal.co.uk/2008/10/04/sunderland-1-1-arsenal-out-of-jail-more-points-dropped/#comment-865 LEON Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:23:58 +0000 http://devday.wordpress.com/?p=598#comment-865 max sorry every one is entitled to there opinion but i totaly disagree with your comments ,delinson,song ,diaby are top quality,just because they are not house-old names does not mean they are not good enough,if you had ever sean song play you see that is solid player.you are claiming that we need hleb but he scord lees 10 goals in 3 seasons and evon less assists, and when the goaqls dried up last season were was he,no nasri playes alot more direct and is not afraid to put his foot in,delinson is an all ction type player good passing rrange,arsenal strikers are not very consistant

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