ADP 0 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I see Klopp has issued a 'come and get me' to PL clubs. Can't help but think he will end up at City in the summer, with Arsenal missing out on a manager they should have targeted to succeed Wenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3472 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 How far is Wenger from leaving though? They've been stuck going nowhere for years now. At first you'd think it was the lack of transfer activity but they've spent heavily in the last couple of years. Depends on if they're happy with a cup every few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADP 0 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Yup, you have to wonder when the right he has earned - to decide for himself when he leaves - end. He was so forward thinking when he came to the PL, introduced British football to a continental, 21st century style of play. Mad to think that it has become outdated. Too stubborn to accept that football has adapted and moved on since his traditional 'Wenger' tactics were at the forefront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6148 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The quality of their team has dipped severely since their peak, you have to question how much of that is down to Wenger's stubbornness, or whether it's the sensible financial stewardship that ultimately has prevented them from competing for anything major of recent times. They've never replaced Fabregas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14585 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Failed to take their chances yesterday, and its difficult for anyone to win the league against the spending power of man citeh and chelsea. But he does seem to target the wrong sort of player in most windows. His acheivements in the first half of his reign turned Arsenal into the elite club in one of Europe's biggest cities though. His acheievments built the fabulous new stadium. Thats why he should get to choose when to go. And apparently theres a new contract waiting to be signed so they gooners may have to lump it for a little while longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Has a flair for buying the wrong players, Wellbeck being the latest example of a cheaper option (his prefered route). Sanchez is the only elite player he's splashed on for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4220 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Ozil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14585 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Ozil would still be at Real Madrid if he was truly top class. Hes not been doing it for Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3472 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I dont think its as simple as that. He's the kind of player who needs to have a completely free role. You cant have more than one like that in a team. Arsenal have tried to play him and the likes of Cazorla and Wilshere alongside him who like the same role with the result there always seem to be gaping holes for opponents to exploit. At Real Ozil had the likes of Alonso and Khedira doing the dirty work. At Arsenal there's noone. He's not the Sanchez type of player who'll run his socks off and be a nuisance no matter where he plays. More of a luxury player who needs to play in a certain way to be dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 As PL says not really proper elite. Plus not suited to the hustle and bustle of the PL what with his stamina and fitness issues. Just vanishes in 2nd halves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26351 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Normal service has been resumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38768 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADP 0 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Anyone else watching The Club That Vanished about Gretna FC on SS1? Absolutely class. Really interesting and highly recommended as a footy documentary if it goes onto On Demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5912 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 My old next door neighbour (Bryan Robsons brother) used to play for Gretna iirc. He drove me up to a game once when I was a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 6) Is Newcastle’s academy England’s brightest production line? Mike Ashley is big on self-sufficiency – so big indeed that Newcastle’s owner insisted a bore hole was drilled at the training ground in order to save on water bills. This aspect of his character has been a driver in Ashley’s determination to transform the club’s once fairly moribund academy into an efficient, money-saving, homegrown hero-creating, production line. Finally this vision appears to be springing into life. Recent academy graduates Paul Dummett, Rolando Aarons, Sammy Ameobi, Mehdi Abedi and Adam Armstrong all feature in Alan Pardew’s first team plans while Remi Streete made the bench for Saturday’s home win against QPR. With Peter Beardsley’s Under-21 side currently top of their league – and what a masterstroke Beardsley’s promotion to development squad manager is proving – Newcastle suddenly looks the perfect destination for talented teenagers. As Pardew – whose first-team coach, Steve Stone, spends countless hours helping the Dummetts, Aarons and Abeids bridge the gap between Beardsley’s brigade and the first team – puts it: “The chain of development can turn a good club into a great one which is something we’re all working hard to achieve at Newcastle United.” Louise Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4220 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Those last two words say it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14585 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 She maybe jumping the gun a bit there like, but I read her every week and ignoring her history with us she's a pretty fair commentator on NUFC as we sit here in 2014 iyam. As I say she's premature with her praise but there are signs that the youth policy may be baring fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 She's not the prettiest of girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 http://spielverlagerung.com/2014/11/21/the-problem-with-english-football/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19825 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 A lot of the youth players she mentioned we signed though, they're hardly the fruits of investment in the academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14585 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 True, but for years we couldn't even manage to successfully sign young players and make them into first teamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 A lot of the youth players she mentioned we signed though, they're hardly the fruits of investment in the academy. To be fair, those young players we signed were "one for the future" so it does support her claim*. * I don't agree with her claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADP 0 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 http://spielverlagerung.com/2014/11/21/the-problem-with-english-football/ cool article for my train journey today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13847 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I think the academy have to take some credit for Aarons. He can't have been looking like much a few years ago if Bristol Released him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19825 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 To be fair, those young players we signed were "one for the future" so it does support her claim*. * I don't agree with her claim. investment in the academy is without question a good thing but there's not much of an article to be written about its success when its best graduates have been poached from other clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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