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when does everyone panic, 31st august perhaps That's actually not a bad idea, actually waiting to see whether or not we'll make more signings rather than automatically assume that we won't. remember january 2009, that's exactly what happened - No signings and we got relegated So? no lessons seem to have been learnt then The lesson from the fact that a year and a half ago, we signed two players who unfortunately turned out to be less than satisfactory is that we'll never make any good signings again? The problem is that those two signings were made because Ashley refused to pay the money for our top targets, allegedly M'Bia and Veloso. The same happened with Victor Moses when we plumped for Leon Best as a cheap alternative. Can you honestly say this won't happen again in the next two weeks if the Arfa deal is allowed to die? No, I don't like our owner either and I realistically I think this transfer window will end with us getting a few signings at nominal cost who will boost numbers. I haven't convinced myself that "we're not going to make any singings, our current squad is going to fail miserably, and we're nailed on to be relegated so we might as well all go top ourselves now" though. i'd be more concerned if people were just happy with the situation as it is, show's at least our fan's care and want this situation to improve No, it shows that people are panicked and shitting in their pants. There's a difference between being unhappy with the current situation and "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here"

Martin Jol? When did you start supporting Arsenal?

when does everyone panic, 31st august perhaps That's actually not a bad idea, actually waiting to see whether or not we'll make more signings rather than automatically assume that we won't. remember january 2009, that's exactly what happened - No signings and we got relegated So? no lessons seem to have been learnt then The lesson from the fact that a year and a half ago, we signed two players who unfortunately turned out to be less than satisfactory is that we'll never make any good signings again? The problem is that those two signings were made because Ashley refused to pay the money for our top targets, allegedly M'Bia and Veloso. The same happened with Victor Moses when we plumped for Leon Best as a cheap alternative. Can you honestly say this won't happen again in the next two weeks if the Arfa deal is allowed to die? No, I don't like our owner either and I realistically I think this transfer window will end with us getting a few signings at nominal cost who will boost numbers. I haven't convinced myself that "we're not going to make any singings, our current squad is going to fail miserably, and we're nailed on to be relegated so we might as well all go top ourselves now" though.

when does everyone panic, 31st august perhaps That's actually not a bad idea, actually waiting to see whether or not we'll make more signings rather than automatically assume that we won't. remember january 2009, that's exactly what happened - No signings and we got relegated So? no lessons seem to have been learnt then The lesson from the fact that a year and a half ago, we signed two players who unfortunately turned out to be less than satisfactory is that we'll never make any good signings again? those two signings were signed to provide cover for injury's they were not signed to go and improve the team! this is what we need now, 2 signings that will automatically the team better and also help others i.e. a playmaker in midfield and a striker to assist carroll That would be nice, I agree. Back to the topic at hand: how does January 2009 prove to you beyond a doubt that we will not make any signings this window? because when we need signings at most in the premiership this club has failed to deliver, and I think ashley doesn't have a clue about football So basically you don't trust Mike Ashley. That's it.

when does everyone panic, 31st august perhaps That's actually not a bad idea, actually waiting to see whether or not we'll make more signings rather than automatically assume that we won't. remember january 2009, that's exactly what happened - No signings and we got relegated So? no lessons seem to have been learnt then The lesson from the fact that a year and a half ago, we signed two players who unfortunately turned out to be less than satisfactory is that we'll never make any good signings again? those two signings were signed to provide cover for injury's they were not signed to go and improve the team! this is what we need now, 2 signings that will automatically the team better and also help others i.e. a playmaker in midfield and a striker to assist carroll That would be nice, I agree. Back to the topic at hand: how does January 2009 prove to you beyond a doubt that we will not make any signings this window?

when does everyone panic, 31st august perhaps That's actually not a bad idea, actually waiting to see whether or not we'll make more signings rather than automatically assume that we won't. remember january 2009, that's exactly what happened - No signings and we got relegated So? no lessons seem to have been learnt then The lesson from the fact that a year and a half ago, we signed two players who unfortunately turned out to be less than satisfactory is that we'll never make any good signings again?

when does everyone panic, 31st august perhaps That's actually not a bad idea, actually waiting to see whether or not we'll make more signings rather than automatically assume that we won't. remember january 2009, that's exactly what happened - No signings and we got relegated So?

when does everyone panic, 31st august perhaps That's actually not a bad idea, actually waiting to see whether or not we'll make more signings rather than automatically assume that we won't.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HS1spWnkn4o/SNsCHS5b8mI/AAAAAAAACko/D4mzfM601tw/s320/panic+button.jpg I could sum up half the threads on the first page with this pic.

Spurs lost? I'm sorry, small club mentality and all that but...

I don't see how anyone could ever deny that Jonas is more than good enough for a team of our stature. The fact that he's getting shit for not tearing apart Manchester United is just.. ugh..

It's like default mode whenever anything bad happens. Start the unresolvable Mike Ashley debate again.

As opposed to the multi-million pound superstars we've been expecting all summer?

I'd just like to move on and leave this abomination of a thread behind.

I appreciate the fact that Hughton has been nothing but completely professional with the media. No random outbursts or attention-seeking rants. The man must have been embarrassed as fuck when he was forced to work under Joe Kinnear.

Fuck. Why do we have to start at old trafford and then play this lot. Where's our comfy home fixture v. Wigan? I think we'll give a decent account of ourselves. Kind of scared that I'll start hitting panic buttons if we get 0 points though.

Have to say, I expected far more people to shit themselves and panic after this. Roll on next week.

Sounds awfully familiar

Beat Nigeria 2-1 with a formation reminiscent of bielsa's for chile. Very happy with our new manager just based off this one game. The new boys he brought into the squad all preformed admirably and he seems to play a very detail-oriented, attractive brand of football.

Really? Out of all he's done THIS is the moment where you think he's crossed the line?

what if after 7 days, the deal collapses, then we have 7 less days to find a replacement. we should pull out of this deal now, as we don't seem committed to the deal (i.e. on loan deal), and marseille are f***ing us around Am I allowed to laugh at this Dave? I'm not getting whooshed again am I?

Is there anyone halfway decent out there for them to pick up? O'Neil has picked up a page from the Kevin Keegan playbook of resigning at the worst possible time.

Is it something in the water these days? Yeah, that sarcasm blocking s*** looks like it's got all the way to Seoul. Lovely. I'll hang my head in shame for the next hour now.

Is it something in the water these days?

What makes it decent? The fact that we haven't lost any of our better players? We are going up against opposition that is massively better than last years', promotion must have done our financial position a world of good, so I don't see why we couldn't expect a reasonable investment in the squad to give us a better chance of staying up..? What's happened is Ashley has lowered our expectations to the point where we are happy if anything but the worst happens.. Criminal how far we've fallen from grace in just a few years.. 1. It's a minor miracle that we haven't lost any of our better players. 2. Clubs are not lining up to sell players for nothing and players are not chomping at the bit to join a club who will be at best 12th~17th for the forseeable future. Given the circumstances, we've not done badly. Things have actually gone a lot better than I thought.