Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

All depends if we want to compete for the title and make a go of the CL. If we want to do that then we'll sign a top quality midfielder and a ruthless striker. If we don't want to do that, if 3rd or 4th is the limit of our ambitions (for the coming season at least), then we are already sorted. We're too strong for all bar the manc clubs and the chavs. But the squad we have now is missing some vital pieces that will prevent us making a serious challenge for major honours. Then again, you do get weird seasons (like when Liverpool almost won it), so we have enough to nick a bigger trophy if all the cards fall in our favour. But even under such unlikely circumstances, going on to retain it would be pushing it beyond all probability. We definitely need to get the chequebook out. Ten years waiting to emerge from that financial coma, there's no justification for going back to sleep now.

If Wenget does not sign quality in the obvious areas we are lacking, then he'll deserve all the flack that comes his way. He needs to get a move on, his managerial nous is now questionable and he desperately needs quality players and squad all round to make up for his obvious limitations when it comes to gunning for the league and CL.

It's the big trophies we're after or should seriously be after, we've had enough learning from our relative poverty of bygone years, injuries, managers mistakes etc ....no more excuses and I think a lot of fans will let him have it, if he does not do his best to put us in a strongly challenging position.

Come on Wenget, one more real go for old times sake before this shit turns sour.

Jenks gets a new 5 year deal but he'll still go on loan to West Ham this season.

The chavs are after Pedro so we can rule him out as an option.

Khedira's move to Juve is complete. So now it is time for us to move for Vidal. Isn't it?

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Jenks gets a new 5 year deal but he'll still go on loan to West Ham this season.

The chavs are after Pedro so we can rule him out as an option.

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interesting, looks like we want to keep him long term....i think he's good but not that good, i'd take the money for him now from the Hammers.

I think our strategy is to make one marquee signing per season now. As much as Cech is an upgrade, I doubt he is being classed as marquee even by Wenger. So I remain hopeful that we'll sign a striker. If we don't, it could be a struggle to finish better than 4th.

Same old Wenger I'm afraid - builds up a bit of momentum with a signing like Sanchez but then has no idea on how to build on it. I doubt he is actively looking for anyone else now even though we are all aware that we still have glaring weakness's in the squad. Injury to Kos will leave us with one slow CB & an inexperienced CB - not good enough. Injury to Coq leaves us with Arteta trying to fill a role that he can't do - not good enough. Still no clinical striker at the club since RVP left - not good enough.
If we don't get Carvalho then we have missed a trick with Schneiderlein. Better final ball & assists than Coq & we could play the 2 of them in the tougher games. Also would have kept him away from the Mancs. Its no good Wenger keep saying "if we find quality we will buy" - he's missing out on quality that our competitors are snapping up & he does it every year.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

All depends if we want to compete for the title and make a go of the CL. If we want to do that then we'll sign a top quality midfielder and a ruthless striker. If we don't want to do that, if 3rd or 4th is the limit of our ambitions (for the coming season at least), then we are already sorted. We're too strong for all bar the manc clubs and the chavs. But the squad we have now is missing some vital pieces that will prevent us making a serious challenge for major honours. Then again, you do get weird seasons (like when Liverpool almost won it), so we have enough to nick a bigger trophy if all the cards fall in our favour. But even under such unlikely circumstances, going on to retain it would be pushing it beyond all probability. We definitely need to get the chequebook out. Ten years waiting to emerge from that financial coma, there's no justification for going back to sleep now.

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Yep that's my take on it too. As it stands Wenger has done enough to cement us top 4 football, if we want to really stake a claim then we will need to buy.

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Originally Posted by Dein-machine

Same old Wenger I'm afraid - builds up a bit of momentum with a signing like Sanchez but then has no idea on how to build on it. I doubt he is actively looking for anyone else now even though we are all aware that we still have glaring weakness's in the squad. Injury to Kos will leave us with one slow CB & an inexperienced CB - not good enough. Injury to Coq leaves us with Arteta trying to fill a role that he can't do - not good enough. Still no clinical striker at the club since RVP left - not good enough.
If we don't get Carvalho then we have missed a trick with Schneiderlein. Better final ball & assists than Coq & we could play the 2 of them in the tougher games. Also would have kept him away from the Mancs. Its no good Wenger keep saying "if we find quality we will buy" - he's missing out on quality that our competitors are snapping up & he does it every year.

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I pretty much agree with that......we have issued the boat again with Morgan! and the guy would have come to us too.....none of this Man U are the only club I would have signed German shit! 25mil? No brainer. We need another strong DM that can also play football and I think Morgan was the best to be had.

Carvalho had a good U21 so maybe he could help us out.....will we get him? Your guess is as good as mine

If we'd signed him, what do we do? Bench Coquelin?

There might be a few games where we'd want to play with 2 DMs but not often.
It's not as simple as you'd think.