Wenger on need for centre-back or new signings
In the wake of what Wenger admits were “too many mistakes” which saw Arsenal ousted from the Champions League, questions over the ability of his backline have been raised again.
But the Arsenal manager insists finding new options at centre-back is not what is on top of his mind following Tuesday’s defeat.
“It is a question that is very difficult to answer because at the moment that is not the priority. The priority tonight is to recover from the game.” he said.
“We have played quite well with a lot of character, as ever, but we made too many mistakes. Silvestre and Campbell are two good players. That is why the choice [of who to play] is difficult.”
And in response to suggestions of reinforcements to the Arsenal squad this summer, Wenger stressed that his youthful side are a work in progress.
“We are at a stage where we develop the players. Today in midfield we had Walcott who is 21, Bendtner up front who is 22, Nasri, Diaby and Denilson are 23, 22.” he said.
“I think they have shown some great qualities and will be stronger every year. We have to add something that is for sure but we have some time to think about that.”
FOLLOW ON:
Boss, I respect you but it’s time to get back to the top! I don’t want you to leave! ~3 new players wouldn’t hurt.
LOOK LOFT ALL IM TRYING TO SAY IS HOW COULD U SAY WE MISS ADEBAYAOR?THATS WHAT I DONT GET
Where in my comment did you see that I said, “I miss, Ade?” Copy and paste, do whatever you need to do to show me when I said this. Don’t sleep on it!
still the same pathetic excusses like each year!!! Enough is enough!!! Hope Gazidis and the board will react cause at the beginning of the season he said this team has to deliver!! Surely the EPL is still possible but I dont think it will work 🙁
I am not here to say names but we need a striker like Torres or Villa ( RVP wont be injury free next season ) and a “messi-like” talent called Eden Hazard!! Who knows if he can compete in EPL but the gamble is it worth!! And of course a worldclass CB + GK. I think 4-5 players are needed.
yea you say that yet, the teams who have the players you have mentioned are no where close to where we have arriived thus far this season, so why are we so bent on getting some big name. hey these stars we speak about were once young and uncut as some of the guys we have now and the way they became reknowned was by proving themselves. that is what we have to do, win, but fuck that shit about buying any fucking name which pops into ones mind.
I have concluded that he is a delusional idiot with no ambition like the useless board that pays his salary.
For a coach of his status to be carrying bunch of potentials around for 5 trophy-less seasons claiming youth tells a lot about his ability.
The team was outplayed for two games on about 75 To 25 percent possession.
It is ridiculous for him to even think he has a team growing to be world beaters after over 6 years of his experiment.
spot on!! he earns about 5-6 mill p year to win nothing!!! The board is only obsessed with profits anymore!!! Sack the board with Wenger and bring in Kroenke to take over!!!
how can you be so fucking stupid, you should think before you keep mouthing out nonsense which makes your ignorance clear. this is sports, there can only be one winner, and it isnt a zero sum game, meaning not coming first doesnt mean that you are totally rubbish. that’s why you dont sound like a real fan of this club, if you were you would notice that though there is room for improvements( and there have been many improvements, i.e song, diaby, dennilson, et al) we are far from needed a complete overhaul of our system.
i love the way arsene manages, it reminds me of the time i spent in cuba, where one was taught to maximise the use of what you have in hand and stop whining of what you need in other to start. here is the list of teams who didnt reach as far as us, real madrid, ac millan, chelsea, juve, liverpool, and the list goes on.
you sound like a cunt, who need to grow the fuck up and stop whining like a fucking spineless wanker who cant accept that this is sports, you win some, you lose some but you get up and keep fighting, not and i repeat, you dont get up and spend money you dont have buying players who are just as a gamble as putting your faith in a core of guys who probably a yr away from glory.
Deolinx, you are talking through your arse. We played and lost to the best team on the planet with half our team missing! Get over it!!
that’s a bit harsh. a word of advice – and this goes out to all gooners: best to let emotions subside before saying something bloody ignorant. deolinx – we are all unhappy. but give me our full squad, healthy, and give me barca again. a different tie, my friend.
ur a fucking idiot if u ever read this u could go fuck urself cos u dnt know shit. thats why ur jst an idiot sitting on ur ass talkin shit and he is one of the greatest mangers in the world. so stop calling ur self an arsenal fan and FUCK OFF u dont know shit ass wip
Sure arsenal4ever we will buy villa for what 35-40m, Hazard for 20m maybe less, in today’s Market a world class cb 15m and a gk let’s go cheap and say 10m. Ok so all in all round about 70-80m for what your proposing…..WE ARE NOT CHELSEA!!!
we have 50 mill to spend!! Get real!!! But Wenger wont spend as he is stubborn idiot who wont admit he failed!! If we wont win the EPL he still will say it was a good year as everyone wrote us off before the season started!! Barca has youth with world class experienced players combined!! You need that in todays world football!!
50mil gets you nothing today for real world class quality, for me I just dont understand how you can insult wenger after all he is done. Also even though you disagree with his philosophy Wenger still proves he is the best with buys like vermaelen, and you say on the other page he didn’t replace ljunberg, pires, henry, Gilberto and Viera, let’s bot forget who bought them!!!
so you still want to see no trophies in the next years?? I know as RM did spend a lot of money dont bring you trophies but his project wont fruit if no players like Villa or Torres will come in!!!
I would love to see players like them come in but the fact is like our Jamaican friend said it is probably the boards reluctance to part with the money!!! For me also I think the worst thing that could happen to us is outside investment, I would hate to know that we rely on some other guys money for our success like a certain Chelsea team!!!
Sack the board with Wenger and bring in Kroenke to take over!!!
Silent Stan is already on the board and is on record saying he supports Wenger.
Well played!!
idiot
you know what….after being a loyal Gunners fan for well over a decade, this is what I have concluded. I don’t think there is an out and out reluctance by Wenger to not purchase the obviously needed reinforcement, I think, unbeknown to us, the board (those ultimately in charge) has restricted his spending significantly, even though this is and prob never will be declared by the boss. I can’t even begin to fathom how or rather why, a genius of his calibre would be reluctant to add to the team, especially with our team being so susceptible to a number of injuries, and instead use popular phrases suggesting the youthfulness of the current squad is sufficient. I don’t know, I think, like transformers, there is more than what meets the eye.
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realy its time wenger left he cant do anymore. he should put hes head down very low and walk away now.these players are world class when they play a team like hull but when they play a top team u can realy see how shit they realy are.and walcot is a very very shit player with a very big mouth alot off talking off the pitch but on the picth he is pure world class shit. most off these young players wel never make it in a top team. i mean they have never won anything in the life.
Jesus talk about negativity!!! We ain’t that bad!!
Calling for, Wenger’s head is ridiculous guys!
FORGET IT MAN I CANT CRIB ABOUT ADE .I CANT BELIEAVE THE NEGATIVITY THESE IDIOT GOONER ARE SHOWING
the whole team is very shit no one in the team is good great against lower teams but very shit when it matters the most.
we NEED Usmanov to take over AFC not Kronke. Only Usmanov will give 100 mil.to spend. He said it to the board but they didnt like support his idea.
Your a fucking moron! Usmanov? Really? Why do you think the board and Peter Hill wood are so reluctant to sell to this guy? They know he would be a disaster for the club. These guys are a hell of a lot smarter than we are, let them take care of the business and let us take care of supporting our team.
Silent Stan will be perfect, he sits back and let’s his organizations run themselves. He has done very well with his other teams and they are all sell sustaining.
Usmanov..hahah that’s funny. Go support Chelsea then if that’s what you want.
ALL OF U GUYS ARE BASTARDS…WHO THINK WE SHOULD SACK WENGER…U R THE MOST FICKLE MINDED PIECE OF SHITS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE…FUCK OFF(SORY,LOFT),AND GO N SUPPORT UR BELOVED BARCELONA OR WHATEVER SHIT ASS CLUB U WANT…ALL THESE DAYS NOTHING,NOW FIRE ,SACK WENGER…..ALL OF U R SPUDS
i wanker we trust not to win anything again.
Not only Fabregas, Van Persie, Arshavin and Gallas couldn’t play but also Song and Campbell – THAT’S INCREDIBLE! WHO’S TREATING THEM? FUCK HIM!
even if all them players played what would they realy do? they all bein playin for the last few seasons but what have they done?
SAME OLD SAME OLD EXCUSES BY WENGER. THE SEASON WAS LOST IN JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW, IDIOT!
I am amazed we still fall for Wenger’s crap. He brought us joy in the past and for that we should be grateful. Truth is, he has taken us as far as he can go, time to change. Messi is the same age as Cesc. Pedro, Boran and Maxwell are younger than Diaby, Clichy and Walcott. This youth thing is a big joke. Most of our players are simply not good enough to match the best teams in Europe and the EPL. Wenger’s tactics are equally not good enough to win a serious trophy. IF Jose Mourinho has Wenger’s budget and the Arsenal brand, I guarantee, he will deliver trophies.
The difference between Wenger and most managers is that he not only managed the tactical aspect of the team but also the academy, the scouting of new talent,balance sheet and lets not forget The Emirates Stadium is his brain child too. He is like an institution to The Arsenal Football Club. Sack him..??
By the way, IMO between Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger, I pick Arsene Wenger to be the “Special One” hands down.
I wonder which manager can do better with transfer restriction..
If Jose Mourinho manages Arsenal, they will be relegated in next 2 seasons. That’s because, he can’t buy his player.
To finish in Top 4 with this kind of squad is good enouogh.
Here we go again with the doom and gloom . Why get rid of Gallas ?? He’s been solid for most of the season and has the required experience – it would make more sense to retain him and get another full back we can rotate with him (how I wish we could get Hangeland…). Sol is good in my opinion – he’s playing the role Silvestre was supposed to play – be a dressing room ‘booster’ with experience who plays one or two games….the plan wasn’t to have him play every game !! Almunia panics which is a problem but I think we can retain him as our number 2 – I wouldn’t mind having someone like Hugo Lloris, Akinfeev (sp) or Joe Hart as our number one.Eduardo I’m not too sure about – he’s got a good history but is definitely lacking something this season. If Chamakh omes in I think it may be worth retaining Eduardo for occasional appearances and the FA Cup and Carling Cup campaigns. We were beaten by a much superior team yesterday – the best we can do is learn from our mistakes and move on. As much as we may cry for more experienced players it’s more important to get the correct players – just imagine what would have happened if we had paid 20 million for Melo who has turned out to be a flop !!
As for sacking Wenger ?? That’s ludicrous !! The board agreed to a plan when the Emirates stadium was built and AW is making sure the set targets are met. What’s the point in buying players, spending money we can’t afford on wages, winning all and ending up like Portsmouth ?? We have a young talented squad that shall, in due course, conquer all. How many clubs have built stadiums, groomed a squad of young talented players AND been ever present in the title challenge ??
To be candid, I love the mentality of AW based on the youth players. Even barca that destroyed us yesternite brought in most of these players from their own academy. But the fact still remains that for every team there is always a way. And for Arsenal, I believe most of our players in the academy are good but cannot yet compete at the highest level of soccer. That’s where I believe AW should bring in top players to add to the squad. Coz football is all about age, experience and techniques. But he make soo much for the board in terms of income so they are not really bothered about trophies. Cheers. Gunners 4 life
u dont play 2 lefty at the defence if you wanna win a match of this nature what we need to buy is simple and clear.
1) DM
2) CD
3) striker
Look, Barcelona only took good of their time to shine against a team which had 3/4 of their first team choices out. Just imagine then having no messi, xavi, alves, bojan, all on injuries. Then have arsenal having van persie, cesc, gallas, ramsey, arshavin, song, gibbs, rosicky all fit and running. Surely barca would no have won anything.
I just think arsenal is a fantastic team but very unlucky with injuries every season. Wenger needs to add, just but a few key players as andrey noted and we shall be fine.
Seriously, I would think it is a jinx.
If Van Persie is still around, we wouldn’t in this position to begin with.
No matter how many good players you have, when 1/2 of the 1st team got injured, you only can hope miracle will happen.
Just like Arsenal vs Wolves.
Seriously, sacking Wenger will be a total disaster for Arsenal.
The patient way to success is a lonely road. I believe the same fans shouting crucify AW today, will definitely shout Hosanna tomorrow. We still have to wait till next season for our team to mature. A good finisher in the mold of Drogba, Rooney and a world class keeper like Akinfiev added to the team and big teams will shake at the mention of Arsenal. Right now, we’re not there, but we must keep the faith. See you when we get there.
We are getting close but need some key players back from injury and some tweaking
sell Almunia and Fabianski and get Lloris
sell Eduardo and Vela and Simpson and get a world class striker Villa??
Sell Randall Merida leaves and replace with another Song type player
With these 3 acquistions added to Gibbs Wilshere and Dojouro JET we are getting very close
Barca are a maverick special team but we are getting closer
ps Arshavin looks like he has lost his mojo replace with Hazard?? If he has
we need a whole set of new players or otherwise we will never ever win anything, almunia should go along with silvester. we need a better keeper two CB DM and a striker or this trophyles run will go on for another 6yrs that if our top players leave cos we cant win shit.
TO EVERYONE WHO IS SUPPORTING THE TEAM…GREAT……TO THE OTHERS…BOLLOCKS…..WE LOOSE TO THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD AND WE SUDDENLY HAVE TO SELL HALF OUR SQUAD!BULLSHIT!!
Some of you are just play stuipid. This isn’t FIFA 10 you can’t just spend and take the pretend money and do as you please. Arsenal is a business, you don’t know how much he has to spend. It’s idiots like you who want to spend the money we don’t have that put us in this economic downfall. Look at Chelsea! Look at Pool, look at Manure look at Pompey! They all are in financial trouble and in major, major debt. Sure Wegner sold Ady, Toure and some others but that doesn’t mean he gets all that money.
Plus you have to think that he’s not going to blow that money just because he has it. If you had a million dollars would you just blow it on the first piece of ass that you see? No, your going to be cautious with it and make sure you make a good investment. He didnt see anyone out there and I applaud him. With this so called 50 million you speak of keeping that and generating interest on that for a year will help pay for a new signging bonus..you have to think more than just spend spend spend. I think Wegner has put us in a very good spot for the future and doesn’t get enough credit for what he has done. He got rid of the cancers on the team and formed a TEAM, A TEAM that plays together and is one. He’s not going to mess up that chemistry by bringing in someone that doens’t fit his mold. It will be tough for the remainder of this year and next but watch in 3 to 4 years we will be the only team with money and the only team with trophies. Grow up you morons who are calling for his head and begging him to spend this so called 50 million. Wegner has guided us to the promise land and he will again soon.
Also, if you want to sack Wegner so much who are you going to get to replace him? The most popular player on the team is always the backup goalie and the next coach in line.
Grow up you no talent morons and respect your f’ing manager.
Up the Guns
usama – agree!
fully half our starting 11 out/injured. messi is arguably the best in the world. shit happens.
all these gooddamn fifa fantasy managers and their blooody foolish ideas. david villa? hazard? yes, yes, that’s right boys, its simple to plug and play players just like that. WAKE THE FUCK UP!
as i said above, give me our full squad and we’d give barca a run for their euros. shit happens. football is a damn unforgiving game. period. we were beat single handedly by probably the best player in the world – playing with two made over, aging CBs that don’t often play together. it sucks. i hate it. but it is life.
totally retooling the squad and changing the philosophy that has served the club well these last 10+ years is just silly.
let’s go gunners. keep the faith.
USA – great points as well.
all you who scream for a new manager or players after every loss – your on the wrong part of london. chelski is your team. that’s how they operate. and when roman takes his 500 million pounds and leaves, they well crash into administration. have fun with that one.
Spot on.
Read these and understand why Wegner and the board do what they do.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/35722188/Soccer_Not_Sovereign_Debt_Crisis_Hits_Home
http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney/2010/02/as-pompey-totters-arsenal-boosts-profits-cuts-debt/
The young players argue ment wont wash barcalonas average age was less than ours .messi 22 bojan19 pedro20 buskets 21
All the negativity has to stop. How many teams would kill to be in our spot – young, deep with offensive talent, having finished top 8 or better in Europe for years running now, finishing in the top 4 domestically for umpteen years. Yes, we could use a more clinical striker, a big CB with pace and a keeper worthy of a top 10 club, but the prices for those commodities, in today’s transfer markets, are ridiculous. $40 million for Villa? $25 million for 19 year old Hazard or 20 year old Dzeko? Seriously? $20 million for Subotic or Sahko? $20 million for Lloris or Akinfeev? These fees are ridiculous. Better to go youth and have patience.
Get A Keeper, Thts It.
Get Lloris Or Akinfeev.
An Do Something With Arsenal’s Fitness Man. We Get Injured So Easily.
I definitely think there is more to it than the eye can see, all this talk bout there being money to spend is bullshit. I know most of the ppl that left comments here are not true gunner fans, just glory hunters, they just stick to the team when they perform well n ridicule it when they do bad.. So them so called fans shud just shut the fuck up. We played the best team in the world without half our squad, so we didn’t have the best game but we tried n about bringing all these so called high priced player, can anyone guarantee us success? Wenger has done an amazing job with the limited budget arsenal board actually gives him, just be glad he’s still our manager… Peace out!!!
WENGER IS SO SO STUPID TO PLAY SYLVESTRE. EVEN MY DOG CAN CHASE THE BALL BETTER THAN HIM.
donson, why don’t you personally seek wenger to replace sylvester
We need quality.. forget walcott all his got is pace no skill he cant take a player on to save his life !
buy Eden Hazard ” the next messi ” type this guy in on youtube he is actually amazing ! and only 18/19 years old!!
We need david villa a player that we can rely on to get goals on a game by game basis and we definatly need a world class CB and GK .. now weather we’ve got the money to get those player i dont no only wenger and that profit driven board no the answer to that question but that is what we need if we want to be dominating the Prem and beating the likes of Barcelona Man U and Chelski !!
Deolinx ur a fucking idiot if u ever read this u could go fuck urself cos u dnt know shit. thats why ur jst an idiot sitting on ur ass talkin shit and he is one of the greatest mangers in the world. so stop calling ur self an arsenal fan and FUCK OFF
FOOTBALLYANK….USA G, GUYS…..everyone supporting the team here simply brillaint! keep the spirit!
A SONG FOR UNITED:3-0 AND U FUCKED UP…3-0 AND U FUCKED UP….3-0!!!
It’s awfully quiet around here. Randy, can we forget about Tuesday and start making some noise heading to Saturday’s game against Spurscum?!
What’s the latest with injury news? Come on fella let’s get the ball rolling. We would appreciate it!
Go Arsenal!
Yeah, I’m still working on a positive and news worthy talking point.
LOFT…..no joy on the united loss he?
Not really, Usama. I’m really focused on the team right now. This is our final opportunity to win the title.
Do they play this Saturday or is it next Wednesday. I hope it’s Wednesday because they sure could use a break.
How about Cham scoring yesterday. He’s going to be a good signing, Wegner will look like a genius if this works out and we get him for nothing.
Randy, i am with loft about “MOVING ON” and forget about Tuesday. Looking forward to your positive and news worthy talking point.
There are some good games this weekend. Blackburn at home can hopefully contain Berby and Nani and force a tie, and I wouldn’t be to surprised if Villa take Chelsea for 1 or 0 points.
This is exciting! Would love to see Manure and Chelski tie or lose this week- those two dropping points would sure as hell put a fire in the belly of the boys and help them whoop up on the Hotsperm.
I think this weekend is the best chance we have to make up points.
UP the Guns!
My fault folks..it’s NEXT WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14TH!
Thanks, Randy! I wasn’t trying to rush you or anything.
Following fixtures…
Blackburn/ Manchester United_Apr. 11
Chelsea/ Bolton_Apr. 13
Spurscum/ Arsenal_Apr. 14
Do you guys see Manure winning? I see a tie if anything..they have no fire power with Rooney out. Imagine if Rooney was injured like RVP? They’d be fighting for the 4th spot.
Chelsea away are not that good. They will be rested and come up against a pesky Bolton side fighting for relegation.
Arsenal, well they shouldn’t be told how big this game is!
i wish usa, i wish. nani looked awfully good last nite, tho he can run hot/cold. and i’m not convinced valencia is settled yet. but i’d be tickeled effing pink with a draw.
we need to beat spurs. not only because its the derby, but we need the 3 to keep whatever [fading] hopes we have alive.
agree tho, rooney is their talisman. without him they are not at full strength. he will fight that ankle injury to the end of the season b/c SAF will keep playing him, as he knows that they are weak w/o him.