Winter Transfer Despair and Bafflement.

[KSE Comedy Club]

[Özim]

Johnny Evans

He's what 30 now, why would you waste money on this guy when you need a decent CB back you can build your defence round, makes zero sense, we need to find someone like Van Dijk who has a good few years ahead of him.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Why haven't City signed him? Hope they do so we can put an end to the Evans idea.

[GP]

I don't mind Evans. Fergie rated him.

TBH we could do with some experience back there. I like Holding but he's not there yet.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I thought Evans was underrated and a decent player for years too.....

However with Per retiring, Koscielny looking like he is increasingly injury prone and Mustafi blowing hot and cold I think we need to sign a CB of real quality and gravitas.

I read that Neven Subotic is out of contract this summer (or soon?), though admittedly Dortmund will probably be sick of the sight of us by now.

I think we need to be lining somebody up like Seri or whoever of quality we can go for too, but I'd concede that is far more feasible in the summer if it's something we even looking at at all.

[Marc Overmars]

Evans has always benefited from playing in the right system under coaches that value defensive tactics. He would be a disaster in our system and for what he'd cost and his age, that's definitely money that could be better spent.

[Cripps]

Is it true we have a higher 8 year net spend than Real Madrid?

Letters

[Niall_Quinn]

Evans needs to play as part of an organised unit. He's a solid, unremarkable journeyman type who will do a job if he's rehearsed through every step in a well drilled machine. Like a lot of "great" domestic defenders. He's going to be eaten alive if he has to play a Kos like role which relies on split second, panicked, last ditch recovery efforts. And if he's left in a Merts role, isolated at the back, up against two fast attackers, he's dead too. He'll be decent at set pieces, unless Wenger uses him as the out ball on the half way line, which he might.

[Cripps]

Some quotes from Wenger today:

"The way football is going is not necessarily to buy players for a huge amount of money, but to have players who care about your club, and have a sense of belonging."

I dunno what planet he's living on but premier league spending is at an all time high, we've had a £200m transfer and City are spending their bollocks off and he thinks it isn't about spending also you'd think after 234 players have left Arsenal over the past decade he'd realise players don't care one bit about the club they play for and it's all about money and winning trophies

Also he reverted to his favourite line and spoke about being financially restricted because of the stadium and owing the bank money 10 years later and he's still spouting the same old shit

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Second Aubameyang bid rejected.....