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We did have Cole too until CHelsea poisoned him.

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We did have Cole too until CHelsea poisoned him.

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Yes ths is true. And would of had SWP until Chelsea bought him for no reason.

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Gallas announced he wanted to leave long before Arsenal decalred their interest.

I also dont remember Gallas, Wenger and Dein being caught in a hotel in London trying to broker a deal

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to be completely honest you are just clutching at straws now.

But yes, you are right, he fixed it............................ with Chelsea so that you gave us some money and a player in exchange for a our player that you had been caught approaching illegally.

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I thought it would have been obvious he would want to come and play for the team that plays the most attractive style of football in Europe.........

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Chelsea fobbed his carreer up though, according to him anyway.

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Nah I aint, just gets a bit annoying when so many slag us off.

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But you must see why people do...

You spend 300m+ on a squad
You go in for players you dont want just because competitors are after them
You offer transfer fees and wages to price any else out the market
Youve some of the worst players for diving and cheating (drogba and robben to name two!)
Youve a wanker of a manager who is technically great but some of the stuff he comes out with is shocking
You cheat by trying to nick players from other clubs, then think your above the law by throwing money at the problem to make it go away.

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What about Arsenal fielding no english players alot, is that not affecting english football, or should I say foreign football, that's what it is to them, oh well they do have one english player tonight, might be a record for them this season.

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yeah, but currently that isnt against the rules of the game so theya re doing nothing wrong...Chelsea were!

Now if you had said Arsenal werent playing any English players when they have to play 3 or 4 but they are just paying off the FA so get away with it then thats more along the Chelsea way of doing things.

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Yeah but it's still bloody ridiculous they don't have english football players in an english team.
Still not sure on Simao, don't think an official bid went in.

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I think you know very little about football. Arsenal have been Starting Hoyte pretty much every game. Walcotts had a start or 2 and featured in all but a couple of games. Kerrea Gilber is on loan to Cardiff to gain some experience, though he played in the first team for a bit last year, and would have done so some more had he not got injured in the 3-2 defeat to West Ham at Highbury.

Then theres the next crop of players breaking through. Matthew Connolly made his debut V West Brom in League Cup and he looks like Michael Ballack

Granted thats only 4 players but when you look at the prices of English players then you cant blame Arsenal for not wanting to put the clubs financial future at risk for the sake of buying a player wiuth a Brittish passport.

Wenger has repeatedly said that he does whats best for Arsenal Football Club, this means buying young and cheap and moulding them into the type of players he wants, Cesc, Clichy, Djourou, Senderos and Lupoli are all good examples.

I also remember Dein saying a few weeks back on SSN that the clubs net expenditure on transfers since Wenger has been at the club is £50m. and look what hes achieved with spending little.......

Im sure Robbo has something to say on that lot too

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