Introducing: The Forums At YouAreMyArsenal.com
Two years ago, I started this blog when a group of Arsenal supporters were feeling as if their ability to comment on the club they supported at the time was being hampered. That was the basic genesis for this site and its over riding policy of – regardless of your opinion you can have a voice here. Now, we find ourselves in a similar situation as the club we love has decided to shut down its online community.
That is why I have decided to create the Forums At YouAreMyArsenal.com. Even though we congregate in person, via twitter, blogs or Facebook, there still needs to be a place that is all about our great community of suporters. In one sense I know the rationale for the club shutting them down. Twitter and Facebook are far easier and less time consuming to manage. If you only knew what it took just go get this little one up – you’d understand. But still, it was a great tool and without so much as the rationale as to why the forum was suddenly shut down, there is concern that the fans are being left behind yet again.
Nonethless, there is still a need. Now, I don’t pretend that this will become the place to replace the Arsenal forums. However, I do believe in providing an ends to a means for Arsenal supporters. So here you are – the Forums At YouAreMyArsenal.com.
We’ve tried to keep the topics as close to what they were on the Arsenal forums however we’ve also added some of our own “flair” to it. There are likely to be some glitches – I don’t pretend to know phpbb all that well. If you spot or encounter a glitch let us know via the contact form on YouAreMyArsenal.com and we’ll be sure to fix it as soon as we can. I say we – I actually mean me. So bear with us.
There are also some enhancements to make it an even better experience than what was possible at Arsenal.com. I hope you enjoy it. I hope you use it.
To access the forums there is a link in the right side links or you can just go HERE. Please note in the early stages all registrations will have to be approved by an admin – right now that is just me. Please bear with me as I will approve everyone I can.
Cheers.
Da Admin Gooner (DAG)
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Во второй части “Гурмании” вы уже выберетесь за пределы небольшого курортного городка и сможете путешествовать по всему миру – ваша слава будет лететь впереди вас. Начинать придется (как это обычно бывает) с небольшой закусочной дядюшки Джо (гамбургеры наше все!), постепенно приступая ко все более серьезным заведениям. Жил да был один молодой человек со скромным именем Yusuki Yagami. Жил, да не тужил, а о слове “секс” (“sex”) не знал ничего, даже как оно пишется. (Удивительно, но факт). Таким образом он дожил где-то до 15 лет (еще более удивительно), когда одно событие кардинально изменило его детское мировоззрение. Как-то раньше обычного вернувшись домой из школы, он застал свою мать, весьма активно изменявшую его отцу (то бишь собственному мужу). Это событие так повлияло на неустойчивую детскую психику, что очень скоро наш юный герой о слове “секс” знал уже все что можно, что можно, но не рекомендуется, и что нельзя, но “вас все равно не спрашивали” (так вот где собака порылась!). Что неоднократно осуществлял на практике, со всеми кем мог, особенно со своей кузиной. Двоюродной сестрой, по русски. Отец его с нехорошей мамой развелся, и последующие несколько лет все в семье было хорошо. Отец все по командировкам (как никак управляющий одной солидной торговой фирмы), сынулька один в доме: Пока как-то не случилось еще одно событие, которое в очередной раз перевернуло сынулькино мировоззрение: Нет-нет, не пугайтесь – о слове “секс” он не забыл: И на мину не наступил: Просто отец женился во второй раз. Причем сын об этом узнал весьма странным образом – вернулся он домой, а там весьма роскошная женщина стоит возле двери.
Arsenal FC could bring in around GBP100m by releasing 5 players that no longer want to be at the club.
Fabregas 45m
Nasri 20m
Bendtner 13m
Diaby 10m
Denilson 8m
In reality, if we accept that CL football is the height of ambition during the later years of Wenger would we lose that much by letting these 5 go? 100m is a large capital injection that would go a long way to paying down the remaining club debt.
The impact:
1 & 2. Denilson & Diaby played minor roles last year. Indeed Diaby’s injury fragility has meant that he is incapable of accepting a leading role (even disregarding the small matter of his on-field worthiness). Denilson’s desire to leave seems well placed. He hasn’t got the edge to play EPL. The emergence of Wilshere and the return from injury of Ramsey have surely made the double D’s of lesser consequence. They can go.
3. Bendtner has had significant opportunity at first team level and yet despite his scoring stats it’s hard to feel upbeat about his on-field performances. He’s very slow turning and lacks the clinical edge that a top 4 team needs. His big headed attitude gives him a foul odour, last season Wenger clearly lost confidence in him, Arsenal these days only play one CF, we have other average options available so he can go.
4. Nasri had a stellar half season. He has always been a tad sure of his own importance. He now thinks that he has joined the greats and wants the money. Sadly, this is the reality created by Wenger-world. He has been here 3 seasons and ‘delivered’ for half a season. In ‘the clutch’ he went missing. He’s not worthy of mega-money….yet. For whatever reason we’ve let his contract run down. I’d take the 20m. We have Arshavin and err Walcott and err Rosicky. Whilst Nasri has more upside than all three, we’re in a very bad negotiating position and he’s clearly a mercenary. Let him go, if we were genuine challengers I’d fight to keep him, but alas we’re not, so let him go. We can still fight for 4th.
5. Fabregas wanted to go last off-season. We tugged the heart strings and he stayed and gave us an ok but not stellar season. He clearly still wants to go (and why wouldn’t he?). Let him go. You can’t keep an unhappy captain, team metronome, and superstar when you aren’t prepared to do what he wants (i.e. be truely competitive). So, let him go and get the 45m for debt repayment. The midfield can rejig and be adequate to compete for 4th.
Taking the 100m at least puts the club in a healthier fiscal position for the immediate future. It means that when Wenger leaves for PSG, probably in the next off-season, a new man can come in at Arsenal and build his own side without the board feeling nervous about the financial metrics. I say do it, take the 100m. How motivated are Fabregas and Nasri going to be anyway assuming we convinced them to stay? In all honesty what is signing a few cheapies going to do to make us competitive?
Take the money, 100m, let Wenger waste another year, by that time the remaining supporters who have been slow to cotton on to the reality of our slow-leak demise will have come on side and we can all move on to the next period in Arsenal’s history with renewed interest.
@Kiwi, Kiwi. I like your thinking, however the amounts you are quoting are NEVER going to happen… these players are not worth close to those amounts.
We aren’t getting 45 Million for Cesc. It will be 35 Million at MOST.
We aren’t getting 13 Million for Bendtner. It will be about 10 Million at MOST.
We aren’t getting 10 Million for Diaby. It will be 5 Million at MOST.
We aren’t getting more than 3 Million of Denilson.
I think we could get 20 MILLION for NASRI, if we sell him to Manchester United. Do we want to sell one of our best players to the best team in the league? That would signal SURRENDER.
So, I’d say we get about 50 Million for 4 players, and 70 if we sell Nasri and admit defeat in the league.
If we sell Nasri to Germany… 15 Million.
so, 65 Million.
How much do you think we’ll spend of that on players coming in?
40 Million? 45?
so, we’ll make a massive profit.
Dude where you been – Fenerbache have offered £10 million for Diaby.
@DaAdminGooner,
The £10 M for Diaby could be pure speculation. He just had ankle surgery. Don’t make sense for any Manager to bid on an injured player unless they manage Liverpool, Benitez – Aquilani, Kenny D – Andy Carrol. :-D
@stag133,
Point taken, with the amounts I’m speculating of course.
On Fabregas, he’s GBP45m easy. He’s prime and worldclass. The only sinker is that Barca is his preferred destination and they have this bizzare attitude whereby they’ve convinced themselves that they deserve a heavily discounted price. We need to be mercantile, bring RM or Manchester City into the negotiating picture and let market forces ensure a market price.
With Bendtner, Denilson and Diaby. The issue may be their current salaries – I’m guessing they’re way too high. So, we may have to take a hit on the transfer fee to allow a transfer to happen. So your prices may be right…..or somewhere inbetween.
On Nasri. I think we can get 20m although we aren’t in a good negotiating position with it being his last year on-contract. Why not sell to Manchester United? We aren’t trying to compete with them on the pitch so what’s the big deal? My gut feeling is that he’ll be given an obscene and unjustified payrise and then leave next summer after a meh year. Isn’t that what always happens with a disgruntled stars? Vieira, Henry, Fabregas, Nasri?
As I suggested, I would use all the money to downpay the debt and let the side limp along this season and replace Wenger in the summer. At that stage the fanbase will have well and truely turned on him. :pain:
@Kiwi, Kiwi. I like your thinking, however the amounts you are quoting are NEVER going to happen… these players are not worth close to those amounts.
We aren’t getting 45 Million for Cesc. It will be 35 Million at MOST.
We aren’t getting 13 Million for Bendtner. It will be about 10 Million at MOST.
We aren’t getting 10 Million for Diaby. It will be 5 Million at MOST.
We aren’t getting more than 3 Million of Denilson.
I think we could get 20 MILLION for NASRI, if we sell him to Manchester United. Do we want to sell one of our best players to the best team in the league? That would signal SURRENDER.
So, I’d say we get about 50 Million for 4 players, and 70 if we sell Nasri and admit defeat in the league.
If we sell Nasri to Germany… 15 Million.
so, 65 Million.
How much do you think we’ll spend of that on players coming in?
40 Million? 45?
so, we’ll make a massive profit.
Arsenal FC shut down the forums because it was too much work to maintain? or perhaps… they didn’t like what they were hearing from their fan base?
The truth hurts. :skeleton:
Arsene is getting ripped up by Mediawatch today:
http://www.football365.com/mediawatch/7008477/Mediawatch
@ChicagoGooner,
Funny they bring the letter to a fan up. That was printed on the Black Scarf group web site over a month ago. It was written by one of their members and never expected to get a response.
What the writer of this article wrote – is essentially what was on their site when the published it over a month or so ago.
@DaAdminGooner,
Who are these Black Scarves?