Gomez83 wrote:The thing is, many clubs such this year are growing at such a fast rate, Chelsea, City with massive signings.. again and Arsenal is only going in a normal pace, Arsenal are still top 10, and will contend good in UEFA, but would be lucky to be third in the league 12/13 season, expect them to finish fourth.

gunner1987 wrote:

Gomez83 wrote:The thing is, many clubs such this year are growing at such a fast rate, Chelsea, City with massive signings.. again and Arsenal is only going in a normal pace, Arsenal are still top 10, and will contend good in UEFA, but would be lucky to be third in the league 12/13 season, expect them to finish fourth.

City hasn't signed anyone have they? Unless I missed something...

Chelsea lost Drogba, Kalou, and Bosingwa. Granted adding Martin and hazard is huge, and if Hulk goes.. Not convinced Torres is ready to be the focal point of that attack though.


IF we add M'Villa and Giroud to the Podolski signing, and keep RVP, wilshere comes back healthy... I don't see how we couldn't be considered a contender for EPL/deep run in the CL.

7amood11 wrote:

mzamani wrote:Juve would demolish Arsenal? Based on what? The fact that they won serie a when it is at one of its lowest point. Plus i am pretty much sure that had Arsenal been in Serie A over the last 7 years, we would have won something, you can murder me all you like, but thats just true. Plus i do think Wenger meant a Serie A move would be a step up for RVP, trophy wise aside, which only testifies the difference in the hardness of both leagues.
Plus i am willing to make a sig bet that Arsenal would knock out Juve in a knock out tie, and will go further in the CL next season. Anyone?

If Milan can knock you guys out, we definitely can .

I'll take that bet. If you lose, Juventus logo as your avatar for a month. If I lose, Arsenal logo as my avatar for a month. If both teams get knocked out in the same stage, nothing happens. Deal?

Mr Nick09 wrote:I have a question, wasnt Wenger mocking City in a similar fashion last year when talking about Nasri?

Grande_Milano wrote:Wenger is right, if we are talking about money and hype. Trophees? I dunno. EPL state isnt as good as few years ago. Yo, and Chelsea was a fluke, you know it better than me

Out of teams right now, the only competitive team from EPL is City, from Italy-Juventus. So pretty even if you ask me

Kingofeverythingclassy wrote:Look this is the UGLY TRUTH. Everyone knows this. Seria A is a dying league. What will happen the CHL money double & Seria A has only 2 guaranteed SPots & 1 Play-Offs.

Add to it the league is sunked in debt & with FFP coming in teams like Milan have to lower their wages substantially.

Seria A has had a massive fall. You know it. Its not a Huge League anymore. And it will get worse. Wait till FFP comes in,teams have no stadiums & other teams are profiting for it. And wait till there is 2 CHL spots + 1 Playoff.


CHL money will double & EPL,BL & LA LIGA teams will get more money will Seria A will get less from the CHL pot.

Worse thing is the TV deal. Seria A what is was years back is not that good now. I would not be surprised if the deal is valued lower or has 0 growth.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:I have a question, wasnt Wenger mocking City in a similar fashion last year when talking about Nasri?

I remember him mocking Barca with Cesc but not with Nasri and City.....

In other words never believe a word that comes out of Wenger's mouth....

Tifoso Romanista wrote:

Grande_Milano wrote:Wenger is right, if we are talking about money and hype. Trophees? I dunno. EPL state isnt as good as few years ago. Yo, and Chelsea was a fluke, you know it better than me

Out of teams right now, the only competitive team from EPL is City, from Italy-Juventus. So pretty even if you ask me

come on M8t Milan got slaughtered by the referee or they would have gone through Barcelona or Napoli just needed 1 or 2 defender to dominate Europe

Lex wrote:When has Wenger mocked ANY team? Plenty of smack talk from the usual suspects, but little in terms of proof or evidence

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Lex wrote:When has Wenger mocked ANY team? Plenty of smack talk from the usual suspects, but little in terms of proof or evidence

he Frenchman said: "We have not been in touch with Barcelona. "We have an official dinner before every European Cup game and of course there is a lot of talk but there is no official meeting about Cesc.

"There is no secret meeting because we do not want to sell our players and anyway I cannot see anybody who has a competitive edge going to Spain.

"They have two good teams, I confess that. But the third-placed team [Valencia] is 24 points behind.

"This weekend the players planned to go on strike because they are not paid. "It is a league that is in complete disarray. I don't know why you want absolutely the best players who play in England to go to Spain. If you are really competitive, you stay in England.

"That is where the competition is and that is where the best players want to be. I have so many calls from Spanish players who want to join us and want to come here.

"We want to keep this team together and improve from season to season. I believe we have made a big step forward considering last season and we want to do that again next season."

Fabregas' contract at the Emirates runs until 2014 and Wenger is angered by the constant speculation surrounding his captain.

He added: "Nobody puts a gun to your head when you sign a contract. We have more players who want to join us than players who want to leave us.

"It should be absolutely logical to you that a player who is paid as he is paid respects his contract. I respect my contract because I have loyalty to the players, so why should the players not respect theirs?

"We have gone for a policy of development of the team over a longer period.

"We have stood up for these young players so it is down to them to pay us back, stay together and show that we can be successful together."

Lex wrote:Sorry, what team has he mocked there?

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
he Frenchman said: "We have not been in touch with Barcelona. "We have an official dinner before every European Cup game and of course there is a lot of talk but there is no official meeting about Cesc.

"There is no secret meeting because we do not want to sell our players and anyway I cannot see anybody who has a competitive edge going to Spain.

"They have two good teams, I confess that. But the third-placed team [Valencia] is 24 points behind."

This weekend the players planned to go on strike because they are not paid. "It is a league that is in complete disarray. I don't know why you want absolutely the best players who play in England to go to Spain. If you are really competitive, you stay in England.

"That is where the competition is and that is where the best players want to be. I have so many calls from Spanish players who want to join us and want to come here.

"We want to keep this team together and improve from season to season. I believe we have made a big step forward considering last season and we want to do that again next season."

Fabregas' contract at the Emirates runs until 2014 and Wenger is angered by the constant speculation surrounding his captain.

He added: "Nobody puts a gun to your head when you sign a contract. We have more players who want to join us than players who want to leave us.

"It should be absolutely logical to you that a player who is paid as he is paid respects his contract. I respect my contract because I have loyalty to the players, so why should the players not respect theirs?

"We have gone for a policy of development of the team over a longer period.

"We have stood up for these young players so it is down to them to pay us back, stay together and show that we can be successful together."

inderbaby wrote:I hate Arsenal with a passion, their fans are all the London dickhead hood rats that cant even speak standard english...no class...Wenger got lucky with the Invincibles coz the rest of the teams were playing shite, Wenger like Ranieri now...Always the bridesmaid, never the bride!

Forza Rossoneri wrote:Some Arsenal fans will never admit this, but Wenger has clearly lost his touch.