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One of our biggest problems is all the dross we have on big wages, we are gonna have a real problem shifting the likes of Walcott, Gibbs, Jack and Jenkinson. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
Sanchez is attracting attention and considering he's away for the summer on intentional duty again...I think this one will drag on until deadline day. Ozil could stay because it's been said nobody has come in for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
We should keep both regardless of who makes a bid a take a risk. I don't want to see under rebuilding project. We always get to this stage where we almost have the full picture to the puzzle and just need one or two more pieces but we fuck it up by chucking a few keys pieces which means we can't complete what we were originally building. We end up having to start again with a different puzzle to solve and we'll repeat the same mistake when we've almost got it nailed.
Regarding more signings, we need a replacement for Cazorla. He's an essential piece.
Get Alexis to stay and it's been a good summer. If he leaves then it doesn't matter who we sign because we'll be weaker and certainly won't be signing a better player than him this summer. Mahrez isn't fit to lace his boots.
Yes but at this point Lacazette has not be signed, so it's not in the bag yet!Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Highly rated means little in my book, so was Xhaka and he's been hopeless, prefer to judge a player when I see him play.
My point stands, 1 freebie signing thus far.
With only being allowed to increase our wage bill by 7.5% if it's not covered by an increase in revenue, we're going to have to get rid of a good number of players (hopefully some of the rubbish we have), seeing as noone seems interested in them we may have to end up buying them out of their contracts.
Thus far there's seems to be no interest in the likes of Walcott, Gibbs, Wilshere, Jenkinson, Debuchy, Welbeck, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Chambers, all players we could happily get rid of with little impact (oh and Giroud but maybe we can flog him as there seem to be a couple clubs looking at him :pray:)
In the other thread you were saying you were happy with the signing of Lacazette :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Technically you're correct of course, 1 signing so far. But this is looking like a done deal in which case it will be 2 quality signings so far, so GP's point stands.
If it falls through then fine, it's only 1, but it doesn't look like it this time.
:doh: Read it properly. You said the freebie signing was highly rated, so who do you think Zim is referring to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Yes I am if it happens, but nothing has been confirmed, with Arsenal it could still all go pearshaped, don't count your chickens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
So yes as I said 1 signing so far, good to see you agree.
Thanks for joining in but I'm not sure what you're talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
This conversation started when Ralpheroo said why do we take forever to make signings.
GP responded saying we've signed 2 good players already and it's only early July so we're not doing too bad.
Ralpheroo responded by asking which two. And Zim chimed in saying he was wondering the same.
It's obvious which two.
Kolasinac and Lacazette.
I don't care how much Kolasinac cost and I personally don't know much about him but those who do have said nice things about him and he sounds promising. Lacazette has an excellent scoring record so could be a very good signing. While he's not signed yet (well, maybe he has but it's hasn't been officially announced) by all accounts he was having a medical today, a fee has been agreed so it seems pretty much in the bag. And Zim who was declaring himself happy with the signing is now doing his trademark goalpost shift for the sake of having an argument.
Well that part I certainly agree with but this one is looking pretty much done. Never quite believe it till it's on the Arsenal site though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
You're not following. It's the German left back, Kolasinac, Zim was referring to when saying 'highly rated' means nothing until seeing him play. Not Lacazette. Happy with Lacazette but that signing hasn't been confirmed. I see no goal post shifting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
I know who he is referring to, it is you who is not following.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
The goalpost shifting is declaring himself happy with the signing in the other thread and then when GP says we've signed two players (a little presumptuous, admittedly, but it looks pretty much a done deal) playing dumb and asking which two when it's obvious what GP meant. If we do sign Lacazette then what he says will be right.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fa525e92ab.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Özim
I said to someone it's comparatively a good deal
When you consider what Liverpool paid for Salah, this does seem far better value
I'm not convinced he's the answer to the world class striker we are looking for. But frankly we just don't have the pull to get an Aubemeyang and strikers in general are in such premium.
No goalpost shifting, I would be happy with the signing if it happens as he's a goalscorer, he hasn't as of yet signed yet though however.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Well no he won't be right, because he's said two in the bag today, however thus far only 1 player has been signed, even if he signs tomorrow his original statement would be incorrect.
Anyway my point is whilst it's all looking good nothing has been confirmed yet, we've had failed medicals before (didn't we have this for that Uruguayan keeper we thought we'd signed) and until it's signed and confirmed nothing is a certainty.
Anyway I don't think making 2 signings, one free by May 5th if it is tomorrow is that great going, standard stuff really or should be.
Happy with Lacazette, you fool. :lol: That's what we've been discussing in the other thread. You still don't get it. If we sign Lacazette It's a good signing but not sure about the left back until we see him in action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Wazza linked with a move back to Everton. :lol:
Giroud has also been linked with them.
Is it true, that Jens Lehmann get a job in the coaching staff?
Apparently. 1st team coach working with AW and SB.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andreas_AFC
If it is would have preferred David Seaman, much better goalkeeper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andreas_AFC
Better goalkeeper doesn't necessarily make a better coach. Not that I think Crazy Jens will be a particularly good coach.
He wasn't an especially great keeper he just had a good defence in front of him
Who? Seaman or Lehmann?Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
I know. :blink: In my previous post I said I was clear I knew who Zim meant. It's you who, once again, aren't understanding. Sit down and concentrate, I'll try to explain this slowly:Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
In the other thread he declared himself happy with the signing. He didn't say he would be pleased with it if it happened, he seemed to be accepting it was a done deal, which it looks like it is.
Now, when it suits him, he's casting doubt on it to score internet points (which, as we know, are worth their weight in space). There's the goalpost shift.
Whether Kolasinac is a good signing is more debatable but that's not the point I'm picking Zim up on. I don't care what his price is, there have plenty of very highly priced flops, by all accounts he's a good player and he sounds like the sort of player we need. I personally think it's a good signing. Whether he will fit in to the way we play and be effective for us remains to be seen but you could say that for any player, even Lacazette.
Well, quite.Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
Seaman was brilliant. Lehmann...well, he could be amazing but he was very eccentric and a bit inconsistent.
Lehmann didn't read the bit about SeamanQuote:
Originally Posted by GP
Seaman was a great keeper who could have been one of the all time greats but didn't have the impregnability of Peter Shilton
Seaman was never going to be impregnable.
Is Lacazette the first black player we've signed for the first team since Welbeck?
Does Elneny count as black?
We used to sign loads of black boys but Wenger lost his jungle fever.
I think Seaman was one of the all time greats, Schmeichal was even better. Lehmann was a big part of getting us to the CL Final but he wasn't consistently brilliant.
Emough of your smutQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
What's pink and full of sea-men?
Your mum.
Once again, as I've said about 5 times now (are you not reading it properly?), despite saying I was happy with the signing (which I would be), the signing was NOT completed, this doesn't change the fact I'm happy with it if it does indeed happen (which it looks at the moment it will), but I knew then, like I know now he's not signed yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Nothing to do with suiting or not suiting me, it's pure facts.
As for the free transfer, I'd suggest you have more chance of getting a top player if you pay for him than if you get him for free, moreover despite the fact he was free he didn't exactly have loads of top club after him, which if he was a top top player he would because he would cost them nothing.
IMO Lacazette is a safer bet than that other guy, because he's proven he can score goals regularly for several season, this other guy, well I'm not too sure what he's proven, he's relatively unknown.
Internet points :bow:
Try to follow…..in other threads, the debate was on whether Lacazette would be a good target. Zim has said he’d be happy with that signing if we get him. I’ve said the same despite some people saying he’s the ‘French Welbek’ - Following? There was no declaration that we’ve had a good summer with that signing. So early on, you’d have to be an idiot to declare something like that so early on considering we haven’t sorted business out with Sanchez and Ozil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
We haven’t even confirmed the deal for Lacazette so we should even hold off from talking about signing two players already.
He has now, but that's not what he said at the time I was making my point. He just said he was happy with the signing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
GP didn't say we'd had a good summer, all he said - this was in response to the question about why we take so long to sign players - was that we'd made 2 signings already.
Yes there is an assumption there that the Lacazette deal is in the bag so GPs comment was a little premature but this isn't paper-talk, it looks like this one is going to happen.
I'm sure we'll all feel happier when it's on the Arsenal site though.
Correlate rather highly with virginity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Pretty much. It’s not hard to follow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
If the deal is confirmed, this would be the first time I’ve seen us pursue a player so publically. From the bid to the medical, we don’t usually see deals played out in the open like this and we often fail to get our target when it’s like this. I would say things look to have changed but if we lose Sanchez and Ozil and repeat the same mistakes of the past, it paints a very different picture.
You really need to go back and read.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
At first I thought you’d take sentences out of context to suit your argument but now I’m wondering about your eyesight.
GP
RalphQuote:
Does it?
2 in the bag already, barely into July. It's a pretty good window so far.
ZimQuote:
What 2 are you. Referring to? Also worth noting how often we let 'major' players contracts hit final 12 months.
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Yeah I'm wondering too, so far all we've signed is some freebie who was simple to sign as we didn't really have much competitions and which involved no trnsfer of money.
Mind you this from the same guy who said Mbappe was our primary target which is laughable considering the cost.