Comments on: Still Boring…

By: eddy current

eddy current — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:54:10 +0000

It must be bad for someone like Wenger who can never admit they are wrong to be villified amongst the press

By: yemi

yemi — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:15:50 +0000

Breakdown of the list (as it concernes us being one of the top teams in the world.)
In the list,
arsenal 3
Manchester united 9
Manchester city 11
chelsea 8
Barcelona 8
Madrid 12
Marseille 3
Liverpool 5

and many more.

We should have at least 5 in that list
and our players are on numbers 29 (cesc),57 (arshavin) and 73 (RVP)

By: yemi

yemi — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:04:51 +0000

From simons web site
This list comes from Portuguese site futebolfinance.com and the releasing of this list appears to have crippled said website as it is seemingly down, perhaps due to mass interest. Of the 100 there are of course the usual suspects but more than a few surprises. Remember these figures are based solely on salaries paid by the player’s clubs and is presented as a monthly and annual total.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – €1.000.000 – €12.000.000
2. Lionel Messi – FC Barcelona – €875.000 – €10.500.000
3. Fernando Torres – Chelsea – €833.000 – €10.000.000
4. Yaya Toure – Manchester City – €833.000- €10.000.000
5. Wayne Rooney – Manchester United – €791.000 – €9.500.000
6. Ricardo Kaka – Real Madrid – €833.000 – €9.000.000
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – AC Milan – €833.000 – €9.000.000
8. Emmanuel Adebayor – Real Madrid – €708.000 – €8.500.000
9. Carlos Tevez – Manchester City – €666.000 – €8.000.000
10. Samuel Eto’o – Internazionale – €666.000 – €8.000.000
11. Frank Ribery – Bayern Munich – €666.000 – €8.000.000
12. John Terry – Chelsea – €625.000 – €7.500.000
13. Frank Lampard – Chelsea – €625.000 – €7.500.000
14. Steven Gerrard – Liverpool – €625.000 – €7.500.000
15. Xavi – FC Barcelona – €625.000 – €7.500.000
16. Anders Iniesta – FC Barcelona – €583.000 – €7.000.000
17. David Villa – FC Barcelona – €583.000 – €7.000.000
18. Daniel Alves – FC Barcelona – €583.000 – €7.000.000
19. Edin Dzeko – Manchester City – €541.000 – €6.500.000
20. Rio Ferdinand – Manchester United – €541.000 – €6.500.000
21. Mario Balotelli – Manchester City – €541.000 – €6.500.000
22. Kolo Toure – Manchester City – €541.000 – €6.500.000
23. Ashley Cole – Chelsea – €541.000 ¬- €6.500.000
24. Glenn Johnson – Liverpool – €541.000 – €6.500.000
25. Didier Drogba – Chelsea – €516.000 – €6.200.000
26. Iker Casillas – Real Madrid – €500.000 – €6.000.000
27. Karim Benzema – Real Madrid – €500.000 – €6.000.000
28. Gonzalo Higuain – Real Madrid – €500.000 – €6.000.000
29. Cesc Fabregas – Arsenal – €500.000 – €6.000.000
30. Peter Cech – Chelsea – €500.000 – €6.000.000
31. Gianluigi Buffon – Juventus – 500.000 – €6.000.000
32. Victor Valdez – FC Barcelona – €500.000 – €6.000.000
33. Andrea Pirlo – AC Milan – €500.000 – €6.000.000
34. Frederic Kanoute – Sevilla – €500.000 – €6.000.000
35. Francesco Totti – AS Roma – €458.000 – €5.500.000
36. Patrcik Vieira – Internazionale – €458.000 – €5.500.000
37. Kevin Kuranyi – Dinamo Moscow – €458.000 – €5.500.000
38. Bastian Schweinsteiger – Bayern Munich – €458.000 – €5.500.000
39. Gareth Barry – Manchester City – €458.000 – €5.500.000
40. Arjen Robben – Bayern Munich – €458.000 – €5.500.000
41. Aleksandar Kolarov – Manchester City – €458.000 – €5.500.000
42. Joe Cole – Liverpool – €450.000 – €5.400.000
43. Mesut Ozil – Real Madrid – €416.000 – €5.000.000
44. Sami Khedira – Real Madrid – €416.000 – €5.000.000
45. Michael Ballack – Bayer Leverkusen – €416.000 – €5.000.000
46. Ronaldinho Gaucho – Flamengo – €416.000 – €5.000.000
47. Sergio Aguero – Atletico Madrid – €416.000 – €5.000.000
48. Carles Puyol – FC Barcelona – €416.000 – €5.000.000
49. Luca Toni – Juventus – €416.000 – €5.000.000
50. Lassana Diarra – Real Madrid – €416.000 – €5.000.000
51. Wayne Bridge – Manchester City – €416.000 – €5.000.000
52. Joleon Lescott – Manchester City – €416.000 – €5.000.000
53. Edwin Van der Sar – Manchester United – €416.000 – €5.000.000
54. Patrice Evra – Manchester United – €416.000 – €5.000.000
55. Andy Carroll – Liverpool – €416.000 – €5.000.000
56. Dimitar Berbatov – Manchester United – €400.000 – €4.800.000
57. Andrei Arshavin – Arsenal – €400.000 – €4.800.000
58. Nicolas Anelka – Chelsea – €400.000 – €4.800.000
59. Yoann Goucuff – Olympique Lyon – €400.000 – €4.800.000
60. Ryan Giggs – Manchester United – €400.000 – €4.800.000
61. Daniele De Rossi – AS Roma – €383.000 – €4.600.000
62. Ricardo Carvalho – Real Madrid – €375.000 – €4.500.000
63. Alessandro Nesta – AC Milan – €375.000 – €4.500.000
64. Diego Milito – Internazionale – €375.000 – €4.500.000
65. Júlio César – Internazionale – €375.000 – €4.500.000
66. Matthieu Flamini – AC Milan – €375.000 – €4.500.000
67. David Beckham – LA Galaxy – €375.000 – €4.500.000
68. Gabriel Heinze – Olympique Marseille – €375.000 – €4.500.000
69. Diego Forlan – Atletico Madrid – €375.000 – €4.500.000
70. Paul Scholes – Manchester United – €375.000 – €4.500.000
71. Xabi Alonso – Real Madrid – €375.000 – €4.500.000
72. Jamie Carragher – Liverpool – €375.000 – €4.500.000
73. Robbie Van Persie – Arsenal €375.000 – €4.500.000
74. David Silva – Manchester City – €358.000 – €4.300.000
75. Lucho Gonzalez – Olympique Marseille – €358.000 – €4.300.000
76. Floren Malouda – Chelsea – €358.000 – €4.300.000
77. Craig Bellamy – Cardiff City – €358.000 – €4.300.000
78. Amauri – Juventus – €350.000 – €4.200.000
79. Miroslav Klose – Bayern Munich – €350.000 – €4.200.000
80. Cris – Olympique Lyon – €350.000 – €4.200.000
81. Lisandro Lopez – Olympique Lyon – €341.000 – €4.100.000
82. Raul Gonzalez – Schalke 04 – €333.000 – €4.000.000
83. Mário Gomez – Bayern Munich – €333.000 – €4.000.000
84. Robinho – AC Milan – €333.000 – €4.000.000
85. Alessandro Del Piero – Juventus – €333.000 – €4.000.000
86. Wesley Sneijder – Internazionale – €333.000 – €4.000.000
87. Esteban Cambiasso – Internazionale – €333.000 – €4.000.000
88. Pepe – Real Madrid – €333.000 – €4.000.000
89. Clarence Seedorf – AC Milan – €333.000 – €4.000.000
90. Ruud Van Nistelrooy – Hamburg – €333.000 – €4.000.000
91. Deco – Fluminense – €333.000 – €4.000.000
92. Javier Marcherano – FC Barcelona – €333.000 – €4.000.000
93. Thorsten Frings – Werder Bremen – €333.000 – €4.000.000
94. Nemanja Vidic – Manchester United – €333.000 – €4.000.000
95. Diego – Wolfsburg – €333.000 – €4.000.000
96. André Pierre Gignac – Olympique Marseille – €316.000 – €3.800.000
97. Thierry Henry – New York Red Bulls – €316.000 – €3.800.000
98. Maicon – Internazionale – €316.000 – €3.800.000
99. James Milner – Manchester City – €316.000 – €3.800.000
100. Ji-Sung Park – Manchester United – €316.000 – €3.800.000

By: yemi

yemi — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:57:57 +0000

@ simon:
It’s a dicey situation concerning the wage bill, Teams have players that earn big and complement it with low earners. We have few big earners but we have a lot of underserved players earningwages higher than what they deliver on the pitch. As far as i am concerned, Nasri is worth 110K, But give him 90K for now, and get one 80-100K striker, plus another 60-80K CB plus another 60-80K winger then let go of some chaff (b52 60k?, Denilson 50K? Rosisky another 60K ?, Squillaci,) plus our 10-20M transfer war chest, plus some youth.

I don’t understand what i just calculated but what i am trying to say in essence is that if we let go of some dead wood and bring in 3 or 4(GK included) established players, plus what we have for the transfer, we should be OK. And the players will recognize the intent (bringing 4 established) so they will will accept whatever wenger is offering. But if you bring a no name again!!

What do you think the message will be if wenger brings in Given, Hangeland or Cahill or Samba or Sakho, Benzema or Lukaku plus hazard ?

I have not watched enuff of gervinho (spelling right?) to be able to make a judgement. The only thing i can ask is Must wenger go to france or Barca academy ?

@ Bonathan:
If wenger has admitted that he made mistakes, what is he doing to correct the mistakes ? The longer it takes him to sign a player in the market, the more frustrated the others get.

I know i am ranting !!!! But maybe there are one or two valid points somewhere in there

By: Berth

Berth — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:22:35 +0000

Agreed bonathän.

By: edison

edison — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:02:13 +0000

100% agree with you bonathan

By: Bonathan

Bonathan — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:26:40 +0000

There’s no doubt wenger has made mistakes in the transfer market. And I believe there’s no doubt that nasri would be staying if we had won some silverwear this season and not faded away as much as we did.

There’s nothing we can do about that now. Wenger has admitted he’s made mistakes, and has said he is looking to rectify them in the transfer market this summer. So this is it. We need to wait and see.

I personally do not blame nasri at all. Obviously he’s gonna want a decent pay raise. Is he being a bit greedy? Well, I think he’s simply asking for more money because he’s at the stage where, unless he’s getting paid top bucks, then why should he stay when there are bound to be doubts about staying anyway due to the lack of silverwear. I think negotiations would have been a lot easier if we had won something and he was a bit more convinced we were going in the right direction. Who can blame him? He’s a top player and he’s coming toward the end of his contract. Of course he’s going to consider his options given our recent slump.

Wenger needs to make signings. 3 or 4 in my opinion. Quality singnings though. We have dead wood to get rid of to help fund them and I honestly think we cash in on fabregas if the right offer comes in.

But we need to be patient. Wenger has admitted the mistake, I think he desrves the chance to put it right. But I do think he needs to be a bit sharper, and dig a little deeper into the coffers.

By: Kodjo

Kodjo — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:04:40 +0000

What’s with mutley????

with this copy and paste business…i mean you don’t have to be a journo but at least you should be able to put down your thoughts in a few lines??

By: kronke

kronke — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:05:44 +0000

It must be bad for someone like Wenger who can never admit they are wrong to be villified amongst the press, his own players and the fans of the club and yet still believe everything he has done has been good for the club. Does the word “responsibility” mean anything to him ? If Ferguson just had the same season as Arsenal just had do you really think he would be acting like Wenger does ? The players would have been read the riot act and suffered the hair dryer treatment – they would have their arses kicked and told under no uncertain terms to buck their idea’s up. What do you get with Wenger ? Nothing – Zilcho – Nada. No apology to the fans who pay the Earth to watch that and the players are jollying it up while we, the fans work hard to pay for the tickets that they charge us so highly for. The top and tail of it is that Arsenal from the players to the manager to that cancerous board of directors have no respect for the fans what so ever. We complain and Hill Wood says we are idiots – - I just hope that their season ticket sales fall through the floor – they simply do not deserve to loyal support they get.

By: yemi

yemi — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:17:04 +0000

Sell cesc to inter + schnieder