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Robin nans persies. need a nick don't we

I do think Arsenal are probably the weakest out of the big four, Arsene Wenger balances it out a bit because of how good he is in getting players cheap and turning them into top class ones. I do think over the next couple of years we can catch up to Newcastle and Spurs and overtake them if Brendan Rogers can be as shrewd as Wenger in the transfer market but unfortunatly the Club is not big enough nor does it have a big enough ilfistructure to compete with the big four in this country, this is the reason Spurs and Newcastle will only go so high. I thought Spurs were fantastic for nearly all the season by there standards, they reached fourth place only because both Chelsea and Arsenal where dire for most of the season yet they still only finished ahead of Chelsea and were pipped by Arsenal this shows how big the gap is, if we can reach the same standard as Spurs did last season over the next 5 years I will be more than happy.

I wish fergie would retire!!!

He will eventually and who will want that job when he goes.

A poisoned chalice if ever there was one.

Pepe and Jose will most certainly both be managing Premier League teams a year from now, think Jose will replace Mancini as City wont defend there League this season and we all know Di Matteo is only caretaking Chelsea until Pepe finiushes his sabbatical. I personaly dont think either would suit United, United just need someone to keep them ticking over as they already have a winning formula like us in the 70s and 80s they dont need a revolution expect an appointment who knows United inside out.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
He won the league in Norway with Molde.

Him or Neville I reckon. I agree that it's probably best for them to appoint from within like we did. At least until the ship steadies. Then appoint Mourinho or whoever the big name is at that time.

But back to Arsenal. I know they're losing their captain and talisman but let's be honest, they've been losing their best players for years now. Henry, Cesc, Nasri, Ashley Cole, etc. Every year, some bold journalist (or Piers Morgan) that this will be the year that Arsenal finally crumble and fall out of the top 4. But it never really happens. They always seem to sort themselves out and return to their natural level of about 3rd or 4th place. I see no reason why this year will be any different. In fact, with the signings they made, I can see them making a decent title push (until about January, mind). There's no reason that Giroud, Podolski, and Cazorla can't come up with about 30 goals between them. Add Wilshere back from injury, potentially throw in Sahin and maybe an extra defender or two bought with the RVP money and they still have a very strong squad. Certainly far stronger than ours, Newcastle's, or Spurs', and it compares favorably with the Manchesters and Chelsea.

that's why i said on the "predictions" thread we're going to fight spurs and newcastle for fifth.
i think Arsenal is in for 3rd spot, don't really rate Di Matteo(though Chelsea got some great players this transfer window).

At. Least we can look forward to still having Carroll, Adam, downing + Henderson next season, as poor as they were last! With Lucas fit,Allen + borini we dont really need em too.

I personally would have offered hendo, adam, carroll + downing + 15m for van persie.

Where were we in the bidding!??? LFC .....no balls!

I've not read through the whole thread so no doubt someone has bought this up before - but Fergi is at the end of his reign and probably doesn't care for the future - he wants results, a quick fix to see him out... to cut it short, he wants that title back and he doesn't really care about the long term at this stage..

I hope he messes with his formation in order to fit RVP in - wouldn't be surprised in the slightest to be honest, I just hope to god it all goes pear shaped.

As for Arsenal... bet they replicate Spurs season from last term - typical Gunners: Lose their star player and fly out of the blocks only to collapse three quarters in... they just never seem to have the legs, god bless them..