Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning Linked in OP

greendom

Connorzee wrote: »

Am i the only that thinks buying the players top teams are trying to get rid of to buy better players is a tad strange. Why arent we competing with these better teams, like Real, to get the players they want (and obv we want) instead of buying the players they're offloading to fund other players!

Ideally yes but reality bites, I'm afraid. things are improving but we're not in their league financially

EuropeanSon

Connorzee wrote: »

Am i the only that thinks buying the players top teams are trying to get rid of to buy better players is a tad strange. Why arent we competing with these better teams, like Real, to get the players they want (and obv we want) instead of buying the players they're offloading to fund other players!

Because we can't compete with Real and Barcelona, either financially or in terms of appealing to top players.

Ken Shamrock

Connorzee wrote: »

Am i the only that thinks buying the players top teams are trying to get rid of to buy better players is a tad strange. Why arent we competing with these better teams, like Real, to get the players they want (and obv we want) instead of buying the players they're offloading to fund other players!

I'm sure if i googled it i could find some great examples of teams selling players they dont want and the players finding major success elsewhere, for me Kroos is not much better than Khedira, 2 slightly diff players aswell, we also don't need certain players that teams are bringing in.

Regardless of any of that we should be focused on what WE need and not on who other teams are bringing in, do we need a holding midfielder who can play with Ozil yes? So lets get him, do we need a Winger/Striker with pace skill and technique? yes, lets get him.

Raf32 wrote: »

Biggest loss of the summer for me

Absolute babe :P

maximoose

Connorzee wrote: »

Am i the only that thinks buying the players top teams are trying to get rid of to buy better players is a tad strange. Why arent we competing with these better teams, like Real, to get the players they want (and obv we want) instead of buying the players they're offloading to fund other players!

Real Madrid are nutjobs and this has always been their way, buying the flavour of the month players and shipping out players, who are still great themselves, to pay for it.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

I'm sure if i googled it i could find some great examples of teams selling players they dont want and the players finding major success elsewhere, for me Kroos is not much better than Khedira, 2 slightly diff players aswell, we also don't need certain players that teams are bringing in.

Robben is one anyway, Real are always getting rid of great players.

Mickeroo

Ken Shamrock

"On this day in 2000, Arsenal signed Pires from Marseille. What are your favourite memories of him?" Lob vs Aston villa and that screamer against southampton?? we won like 16-0. What i'd give for a Robert Pires.

Mickeroo

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

"On this day in 2000, Arsenal signed Pires from Marseille. What are your favourite memories of him?" Lob vs Aston villa and that screamer against southampton?? we won like 16-0. What i'd give for a Robert Pires.

Winning that clear cut stone wall penalty against Portsmouth which acted as the catalyst to go on and win the league unbeaten. :cool:

Connorzee

gandalf

http://31.media.tumblr.com/fc988384af47b2f8c3e62c802da5d9ea/tumblr_mfhn951bPv1rpocrlo1_1280.jpg

Why did we let her go

Ken Shamrock

gandalf wrote: »

http://31.media.tumblr.com/fc988384af47b2f8c3e62c802da5d9ea/tumblr_mfhn951bPv1rpocrlo1_1280.jpg

Why did we let her go

Too much of a distraction for the male players, that's why we didn't win the league last year.

gandalf

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Too much of a distraction for the male players, that's why we didn't win the league last year.

Sorry I can't understand what you're saying I'm too busy drooling at the screen

Gringo180

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

"On this day in 2000, Arsenal signed Pires from Marseille. What are your favourite memories of him?" Lob vs Aston villa and that screamer against southampton?? we won like 16-0. What i'd give for a Robert Pires.

Some people wear Superman pyjamas. Superman wears Bobby Pires pyjamas.

Royale with Cheese

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

"On this day in 2000, Arsenal signed Pires from Marseille. What are your favourite memories of him?" Lob vs Aston villa and that screamer against southampton?? we won like 16-0. What i'd give for a Robert Pires.

Probably not as good as either of those goals, but my favourite of his is the winner against the Pool in a 2-1 victory at Anfield during the unbeaten season. I remember my Liverpool supporting mate telling me he was shít even after that. LOL!

Mr Blobby

Jaafa wrote: »

Apparently we've bid 30mil for Khedira and Ozil is whispering in his ear.

http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140703/real-madrid/el-arsenal-a-por-khedira_54410682346.html

Seems a lot for someone whose contract ends next summer.. Even still he'd be perfect for us. Also having Ozil,Pod and BFG at the club would be a big reason for him to join.

ronjo

Mr Blobby wrote: »

Seems a lot for someone whose contract ends next summer.. Even still he'd be perfect for us. Also having Ozil,Pod and BFG at the club would be a big reason for him to join.

dont care, doesnt matter to us.... Sign him up Arsene.
Khedira, Sanchez and Debuchy...... then keep Vermaelen and sign a backup keeper and job pretty much done even without left winger.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

ronjo wrote: »

dont care, doesnt matter to us.... Sign him up Arsene.
Khedira, Sanchez and Debuchy...... then keep Vermaelen and sign a backup keeper and job pretty much done even without left winger.

Sanchez is more of a winger than a striker

Connorzee

Connorzee wrote: »

Am i the only that thinks buying the players top teams are trying to get rid of to buy better players is a tad strange. Why arent we competing with these better teams, like Real, to get the players they want (and obv we want) instead of buying the players they're offloading to fund other players!

You couldnt go by Real though. They dont structure a team specifically, they just buy who is in vogue and ship out someone regardless of how good he is.

Ill have a bit of Khedira no bother. One mans trash is another mans treasure. And to be fair also we paid through the eyeballs for Ozil. They rated him going by his valuation for sure only they had a new toy to play with at the time.

egghead.

Really hope ozil finishes the world cup with some good performances.

The criticism lately has been unfair, last thing we need is it affecting him for the new season.

tayto lover

egghead. wrote: »

Really hope ozil finishes the world cup with some good performances.

The criticism lately has been unfair, last thing we need is it affecting him for the new season.

WTF ?? He is playing very well. If he wasn't he'd be dropped.

Gringo180

egghead. wrote: »

Really hope ozil finishes the world cup with some good performances.

The criticism lately has been unfair, last thing we need is it affecting him for the new season.

The English media dont appreciate a player like Ozil they would rather somebody like Robbie Savage who just runs around the pitch like a headless chicken for 90 minutes, its no wonder there national team do so poorly.

Soups123

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

"On this day in 2000, Arsenal signed Pires from Marseille. What are your favourite memories of him?" Lob vs Aston villa and that screamer against southampton?? we won like 16-0. What i'd give for a Robert Pires.

It has to be the peno he and Henry fk'd up against Man City was comedy gold. Absolute classic and there reaction after the game

Gringo180

Gringo180 wrote: »

The English media dont appreciate a player like Ozil they would rather somebody like Robbie Savage who just runs around the pitch like a headless chicken for 90 minutes, its no wonder there national team do so poorly.

Id agree, however, Ozil can be a bit too laid back at times. He had a poor cup final though to be fair Hull came out of the traps like lunatics in that game. We might see the real Ozil next season. We only seen a fraction of what he is capable of.

Chile showed in this world cup that you can combine flair with industry.

Nice 'Chile' themed Puma boot for our impending signing
http://www.footyheadlines.com/2014/06/puma-arsenal-evopower-evospeed-tricks-boots.html

egghead.

tayto lover wrote: »

WTF ?? He is playing very well. If he wasn't he'd be dropped.

Em I know he is hence me saying unfair criticism.

A lot of idiot pundits are slating him, all I'm saying is I hope it doesn't knock his confidence.

Mr Blobby

Debuchy removed all links to Newcastle on his Twitter account.. Make of it what you will.

Jaafa

And looks like Real are gona get Kroos so might need to offload the likes of Khedira. http://www.marca.com/2014/07/03/en/football/real_madrid/1404338408.html

Mickeroo

Mr Blobby wrote: »

Debuchy removed all links to Newcastle on his Twitter account.. Make of it what you will.

I'm pretty sure that's a done deal now. Doubt he'll be unveiled officially until France are out of/win the world cup though.

Ken Shamrock

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10943227/Arsenal-planning-Chile-double-swoop-as-Arsene-Wenger-targets-Arturo-Vidal-and-Alexis-Sanchez.html

Make what you will of it, in other news Debuchy defo looks like a done deal.

Mr Blobby

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10943227/Arsenal-planning-Chile-double-swoop-as-Arsene-Wenger-targets-Arturo-Vidal-and-Alexis-Sanchez.html

Make what you will of it, in other news Debuchy defo looks like a done deal.

No way we get Vidal.

shano_88

Mr Blobby wrote: »

No way we get Vidal.

Vidal and Ramsey in midfield would be all kinds of awesome.

Ken Shamrock

Mr Blobby wrote: »

No way we get Vidal.

Agreed, but fingers crossed for Khedira over schneiderlin etc any day.

greendom

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10943227/Arsenal-planning-Chile-double-swoop-as-Arsene-Wenger-targets-Arturo-Vidal-and-Alexis-Sanchez.html

Make what you will of it, in other news Debuchy defo looks like a done deal.

Promising stuff. I'm hopeful of a big Summer ahead.;)

dinorebel

If Sanchez and Debuchy sign along with a back up goalie Cambell coming into the reckoning and Walcott being fit I would be happy enough with Remy and Schneiderlin.Someone like Richards to cover central defence that's a decent squad IMO.





Maybe even a fit Diaby as well

OneEightSeven

dinorebel wrote: »

If Sanchez and Debuchy sign along with a back up goalie Cambell coming into the reckoning and Walcott being fit I would be happy enough with Remy and Schneiderlin.Someone like Richards to cover central defence that's a decent squad IMO.

Maybe even a fit Diaby as well

I'd use Remy as a sub for Sanchez. I wasn't sure about Sanchez until I seen that video yesterday. Afterwards, I was sold on him. Love him or hate him, his ability reminded van Persie's and van Persie can finish off a game by his lonesome- well, he used to. Hopefully, RVP is past his prime. I want Manchester United to fade away like they did in the '80s.

Ken Shamrock

Needs a watch.

Bit unnecessarily long, can kinda start from 1:30

Just thought i'd tease us all some more, last time i promise :P

bad2dabone

to temper your excitement:

Liverpool are offering more for Alexis.
Arsenal’s offer of €32m was apparently €25m + €7m of ridiculous “incentives”.

FCB will keep the player if they don’t get the €40m they want.
Liverpool willing to go over that amount, if they can convince the player to sign.

greendom

And I wonder where Juve fit into all of this - his first choice apparently ?

Ken Shamrock

Source?

Alfred Borden

It will be truly unforgivable if we miss out on Sanchez over a couple of million.

Mickeroo

I hope that's BS. The days of low ball offers should be well and truly behind us at this stage.

TimeToShine

I'd rather we throw our £35m at Vidal first and see if it sticks before we try Sanchez.

fulmer1984

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Source?

Twitter :P

Muirshin Durkin

.

Sanchez says he likes beans on toast.

Ed Winchester

€40mill for Sanchez seems a lot.

Gringo180

bad2dabone wrote: »

to temper your excitement:

We really are tight bastard$ :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Mr Blobby

Ed Winchester wrote: »

€40mill for Sanchez seems a lot.

Thats what 21 goals and 12 assists cost..
Its a perfectly reasonable amount.

bad2dabone

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Source?

I've a friend who lives in barcelona, he says it's all over the catalan media and Graham hunter said as much yesterday.

it's not like we don't have history of penny pinching.

Gringo180

Ed Winchester wrote: »

€40mill for Sanchez seems a lot.

He is worth every penny in my opinion. This chap could win us a league and make us big contenders in the Champions Lge, a good friend of mine is a mad Barca fan and he reckons he has got a raw deal off the club and deserves to be one of the first players on there team sheet.

Ed Winchester

Mr Blobby wrote: »

Thats what 21 goals and 12 assists cost..
Its a perfectly reasonable amount.

Giroud scored more with similar assists. Didn't cost 40mill.
Don't get me wrong, i'd love to get him. I just thought early thirties would have been the value.
That said, in world where David Luiz is 50mill, who the f*ck knows.