One thing I don't think many Arsenal fans realise is that, for us to spend so little in comparison to the rest of the teams at the top and to still be there or thereabouts most years is nothing short of a miracle.

The funny thing most of them are fans, and most of them have been for 30-40 years. These are guys that were fans when we went 18 years without anything and now after 6 years they are calling for the head of the greatest manager in our history. It really is funny :lol:

What kind of mind control drugs do they feed them over there?

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6811567,00.html

What kind of mind control drugs do they feed them over there?

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6811567,00.html

I heard somewhere that Wenger produced a 5 year plan to rebuild Arsenal of 2005. As far as my maths is concerned he's in his last year. Sure Arsenal have been consistently up there but Wenger made a 5 year promise he has failed to deliver. Thats enough for most people to get up in arms, especially after the past 2 weeks.

Wenger is a tool who needs to shut his mouth but he is a good manager and I can't seen anyone doing a better job.

[size=7]Lehmann coy on Arsenal deal[/size]
[size=6]Keeper to spend six weeks coaching at Emirates[/size]

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has not ruled out the possibility of signing a short-term contract with the club.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is considering bringing in goalkeeping cover after Wojciech Szczesny joined Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone on the sidelines.

The injuries have left Manuel Almunia as Arsenal's only senior keeper and Lehmann has been linked with a return to Emirates Stadium.

Lehmann is due to spend six weeks at his old club to work on his coaching badges and was remaining coy on the possibility of being part of Wenger's squad.

"I am in London and so far have heard nothing of such plans, but you never know," Lehmann told Bild am Sonntag.

The 41-year-old spent five years with Arsenal and made almost 200 appearances for the club after his 2003 arrival from Borussia Dortmund.

He returned to the Bundesliga with Stuttgart in 2008 before the former Germany international called time on his playing career last summer.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6811303,00.html

Yo bad we don't play Chelsea again this season. I'd sign Lehmann for one game just to see him and Drogba go at it again :lol:

"Jens Lehmann is the craziest man in football. He's stark raving mad. Jens is the kind of guy who would get into a fight with his shadow, lose and demand that his shadow be sent off."

[size=6]Arsenal's goalkeeper crisis puts Lehmann in line for comeback[/size]

Arsenal are set to re-sign their former goalkeeper Jens Lehmann after injury has left Arsène Wenger without Lukasz Fabianski and Wojciech Szczesny. The manager is seeking an experienced alternative to Lehmann's former rival Manuel Almunia.

Lehmann was set to work at Arsenal for six weeks as part of his coaching badges and, like many former players, he remains in contact with the club. While he has not played since retiring last summer, he is to join Arsenal's squad as Wenger seeks cover.

The manager admitted last week that he was searching for an "emergency keeper" and that he had someone in mind, after losing his two first-choice goalkeepers to injury. Fabianski was ruled out for the rest of the season after shoulder surgery last month. His Polish compatriot, Szczesny, dislocated his finger saving a Dani Alves free-kick against Barcelona in the Nou Camp last week and will be out for the next six weeks.

These injuries have brought Almunia back into the Arsenal side. The Spaniard came on as a substitute in Barcelona and played the final 71 minutes of the game. Wenger praised him afterwards for his performance, saying that he "did very well", and describing him as having "a very professional and very dignified attitude". Almunia then played in the FA Cup defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday, only his fourth start of the calendar year.

Lehmann had five years at Arsenal, starting with the unbeaten "Invincibles" season of 2003/04, in which he played every League match. He also won the 2005 FA Cup at the club, Arsenal's last major trophy, saving from United's Paul Scholes in the deciding penalty shoot-out. Having lost his place to Almunia during 2007/08, he left at the end of the year and joined Stuttgart, where he played for two seasons before retiring last summer. Lehmann played 194 games for Arsenal and won 61 caps for Germany.

Wenger spoke warmly of Lehmann just last week, discussing his positive reaction to losing his place to Almunia, after the German was dropped in August 2007 following an error against Fulham. "When I took Lehmann out, who only made one mistake," Wenger said, "and put Almunia in, Lehmann came in the next day and fought even harder. That is what I believe our job is about."
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/arsenals-goalkeeper-crisis-puts-lehmann-in-line-for-comeback-2241894.html

A win-win situation if we do re-sign him. Just like Sol last season the experience he will add experience, a no-nonsense attidtude, he's tough as fuck and a real winning mentality. He probably won't play at all but just having him there will be a massive boost. The other thing is Manuel Almunia plays his best football with Lehmann there, probably because he's scared stiff of him :lol:

I don't think any Arsenal fan will be worried about re-signing Jens. People will say "Oh he hasn't played since last season". Well Sol had effectively not played since the season before and look how well he played, and Lehmann probably won't even play a minute :lol:

Gotta love having Mad Jens back. Will force Almunia to play better, more so because he's scared shitless of Lehmann than having pressure for his spot :lol:

Wonder what the odds are of him headbutting a player at training :lol:

How about this for a fucking ridiculous stat. This season when Johan Djourou has been on the pitch we've conceded only 4 goals. That is just unbelievable. There's 3 games where he has played but not been on the pitch when we've conceded. Against Fulham he came on 2 minutes after Diomansy Camara scored, against Villa he came on in the last few mins and against Newcastle he came off before we collapsed.

For all the pundits who say we have a soft centre, this just proves them wrong. This is all without our best defender playing basically all season. With Vermaelen fit and starting with Djourou we have a CB pairing good enough to beat anybody, and don't need to buy a first choice cb, just a better back up than Squillaci.