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Wenger's THREE Arsenal mistakes all involve Everton!
The Gunners boss has made three slip-ups in his time in charge - and the names Wright, Jeffers and Rooney come to mind.
by Ed Bottomley on 16 March 2008
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As an Evertonian, I would say that the only mistakes Arsene Wenger has made - in terms of transfers - are related to my beloved Goodison side.
His first gaffe was to bring in Lord of the Fumble, Richard Wright. The hapless goalie joined Arsenal from Ipswich for £6 million, and never comfortably held down the No.1 jersey, managing to smash the ball into his own net against Charlton.
All this was to be a mere prelude to the almost daily pratfalls that we had to endure when Wright was at Everton. There are rumours that Wenger didn't want to sign Wright and that he was strong-armed into buying him by the Arsenal board - if only he had known more about Wright's clumsiness I'm sure he would have put up more of a fight.
Wenger's second mistake comes in the form of the jug-eared, spotty youth who was to be Arsenal's fox-in-the-box; the one and only Franny Jeffers - a truly incongruous sight in the glamorous and cosmopolitan Arsenal side.
Comments (9)
by king gooner on March 16, 2008
dear ed,my old sticky toffee-good artical & spot on-could you have a word on moyse's ear when we play you last home game to ask the boys not to try so hard,as we need the points for the title(assuming we're still in it)& not to play that shit kicker neville-i'm sure you'll be in europe by then,yours the king
by UPYOURARSEnal on March 16, 2008
Your wrong. On this reasoning you could say he was wrong for not signing Ronaldo, Robiniho, Pato, Buffon, Messi and every other player in the world.
by Dilyl s on March 16, 2008
yeh we really had 30mill to spend - forget the new ground
on March 16, 2008 on March 16, 2008
Got another connection !! 1 is a Dick,,, 2 is a Franny,, and 3 is Wayne Rooney...
by Al on March 16, 2008
I agree with Wenger not making ANY move for Rooney being a big mistake. Whilst I hate the little creep for DIVING @ Old Trafford he is young , extremely talented and has the killer instinct we often lack.
by Bolop Yipro on March 16, 2008
Bulldog faced thuggish Wayne Rooney is not an Arsenal calibre player.
by a h on March 17, 2008
going back to the performance saturday, we was woeful, even worse. it is an embarassment to have these ticket prices
another mistake was not buying eto'o at mallorca and making no effort whatsoever for makelele. Wayne ronney i fell would not fit into this skliied arsenal side however ade, nikclas n rvp look out of place. it is time for wenger to break his bloody stupid policy and actually buy some DECENT talent.
on March 18, 2008 on March 18, 2008
And if Eto'o wanted to stay in spain how was that a cock up?
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