Clrnc Very unique player. Not seen anyone stylistically quite like him before or since. You know of anyone Clrnc?

      Claudius As soon as Stan had full control, there was an energy and seriousness around the club that we hadn’t seen since before the board started selling their shares.

      Thats re-writing history. As soon as Arteta arrived there was an energy and seriousness. Before that we had full control Stan allowing Raul to act shady and Mislintat signing his busted old mates. We had Unai looking for players and getting ones he never wanted. If we hadn't signed Arteta and he hadn't power pointed them into being serious I doubt it would have happened at all.

          Qwiss

          Arteta brought the seriousness, but the purse strings seemed like they were starting to be loosened prior to that. The clown show was all Gazidis' work.

              Lukazan Yeah the way he dribbles and pass, really can't think of anyone. Sometimes it looks like he's going to lose the ball and then he skipped past the defender like he's a fool.

                goon I think once the Kroenke's took full control they were willing to put in the money. I think initially when Raul was running things I think they were got stung a bit so had to take a step back.

                Like you say when Arteta came in, him along with Edu bought some proper focus and strategy into our transfers.

                    What a baller. Can you imaging him actually staying back then. Overmars leaving was fine, he was a permacrock and Pires was better for us anyways but Petit was just elite. Luckily we ended up getting Gilberto in the end after the world cup but Petit-Viera could have been so much better.

                    JazzG I think once the Kroenke's took full control they were willing to put in the money.

                    It was both the having full control, and the fact that the club was sliding badly at that moment … certainly the investment has been about protecting their asset.

                    The big KSE incentive for keeping us around CL territory is the exit to some kind of entrenched "super league" and the step up in stock value from that … if we drop to the mid table for five years that falls into question.

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                      I'm a simple man, post anything about Thierry, don't even care what it is, and I will automatically like it faster than he moved when he outpaced Hyppia and Carragher back in the day.

                      That one is beyond my narrow understanding of the world.

                        Wojciech Szczęsny in Foot Truck: - Where did I disappear before the penalty shootout against Wales? Official or unofficial version? I went to analyze the penalties in peace. And "in peace" means with some smoke"

                        What a fucking legend