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All I want for Christmas is Lukaku.
Thank you Santa
You can't have him.
Evil SantaQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Coca Cola presents GP'
:p
Us being 1st going into January will hopefully give us the edge in trying to sign a top striker
Tomorrow it all begins again. :scarf:
Buy all the players. :bow:
Sell all the shitty players!Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost of Xmas Past
See Utd are linked with Barkley, probably the best English youngster since Rooney. people will say we don't need anymore midfielders but this kid is special. Far better than anything we have in a quality box to box midfieder with great strength for his age. Wenger likes him, why not go for him rather than watch him go to Man U for 10 years, winning trophies galore before we try to buy him in his late twenties for double the amount you pay now - ie like Rooney.
Chelsea sign Bertrand Traore. :lol:
When does it slam shut?
Just as it turns February 1st.
Ronaldinho is available on a free transfer. Has he still got the magic? :lol:
Another wildcard punt - Balotelli? Worth the risk or too much trouble?
Balotelli is better than anything we have.
Sign him up.
Wenger has tamed many wild players in his time. Balotelli knows the Prem, has the physical strength and pace...it could work.
Balotelli would be interesting, to say the least. Only worth signing if we have the financial capability to take on the risk he represents.
Balotelli is worth the risk as he has A-level potential and all the other A-level centre forwards are out of reach (Ibra, Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Aguero, Zlatan)
Plus he and Giroud will mesh well in terms rotation as Balotelli has everything Giroud doesnt - Athleticism and talent. Only problem is Wenger isnt really the tactician who will pick a side based on the opposition.
I would question Wenger's ability to handle a character like Balotelli personally. If he went off the rails which isn't beyond the realms of possibility, that would most certainly be it as I can't really see Wenger getting through to him.
He beats Ian Wright for being able to pick a fight in an empty room, but talented he is. He may be a wild card, but I imagine his price will be more reflective of his ability rather than the fact he is somewhat of a maverick, which does add weight to the gamble.
Balotelli would be a great signing, top class striker with huge potential, miles better than anything we have for sure.
Wenger's style of management would suit Balotelli as well, he wants to be pampered and Wenger loves to do this to his players.
Which manager, up till now, has had the ability to 'tame' him?Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
That's right. None have.
Not sure about Baloteli, I don't really think he produces enough to befit his talent, not even taking in to consideration how mental he is. Very good pelanty taker though.
He'd be worth a punt if he was cheap enough. He's probably worth around £10m or less.
Ok thats the final straw. A big player doesnt say that. Not to mention the fact that its self-serving and shows he does give a damn about the health of Arsenal FC.Quote:
"We have the players to play up front," Giroud said in an interview aired by Canal+ on Sunday morning, before his strike saw off the Magpies at St James' Park. "Lukas is having a good come-back.*Theo can play as a striker.*We have the quality and the quantity.*If the coach wants me to rest, he can do it without buying a new striker. I would rather not see a new striker come in.
Fook him im done. New striker asap.
What a load of old tosh.Quote:
Originally Posted by BOBN
I'm sure he means it as in he doesn't want to be replaced as the main striker, why would any big player want that?!?
He's not gonna say 'oh yeh I want to see another striker cause I'm out of form and not scoring much currently' is he.
If you cant see that this is not the mentality of a major player then I dont know what to say to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Go ahead and find me one top performer in any sport who has said something like that.
No. Don't want to :p
That is of no use to us.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost of Xmas Past
Balotelli is an annoying, childish cunt. No thanks :coffee:
I want to read a better translation of that Giroud interview. I seriously doubt he was that explicit in saying that we shouldn't sign a new striker, rather I suspect something more along the lines of, "We could cope with what we have" which got lost during translation or *cough* journalistic interpretation *cough* to that. I recall him actually saying during the summer window that we should sign a new striker to help him. Why would he do a complete 180 on his position?
Also, fuck no with Ballotelli. Mourinho couldn't tame him and he's been an idiot at every club he's been at. Think of Bendtner but a thousand times worse. It'll be a waste of resources and unlike the Oil giants, we don't have an unlimited supply of that.
Bendy isn't a badly behaved player at Arsenal. In fact, Wenger has gotten the best out of problem players like Ade, Anelka and RVP. They had bad reps before joining us. Jose not being able to get the best out of him doesn't prove anything because he doesn't have a rep for taming wild players. He handles problematic players in a different way to Wenger and usually turfs them to the side and out of his team because he's a disciplinarian with an ego. Wasn't there a player revolt at Madrid?
Arsenal might be the right sort of environment for him and Wenger could be good for him. Wenger has never once had a player on his hands that out right dislikes him and disrespects him in public. Balotelli may learn a lot from him.
You could use this one...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...suarez-2281784
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Olivier Giroud has revealed that he was keen for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez to join him at the Emirates.
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Originally Posted by 'Coca Cola presents GP'
:lol:Quote:
"When the name of Suarez was circulating, I honestly thought it was a good thing for the team. We could have complemented each other," Giroud told L'Equipe .
"Suarez would have been a cannon... and he can also play out wide."
However, Giroud didn't look quite so fondly upon the chase for Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain.
"It would have been difficult for me with a different player.
"We (Giroud and Higuain) would have been in direct competition because he is a pure central striker. Of course, at the time, it would have bothered me a bit. But I was not afraid of competition."
This guys a fraud. So he was cool with Suarez because he can play wide but he wants no parts of any regular striker. No wonder he misses so many chances, its what cowards do.
Oh yeah I forgot....he was misquoted :violin:
Shut up.
He was keen on Suarez because we'd play him on the flanks but he wasn't keen on Higuain because it would have been a fight for his place.
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Originally Posted by BOBN
Does not compute. :lol::lol:Quote:
But I was not afraid of competition
lol BOBN. Never change.
Thanks GP :tiphat:Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Coca Cola presents GP'
Knew it was horse twaddle.
Sure, but the WUMs will still use it against him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Thank you. These guys just parrot what Sky Sports tells them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Well yeh GP
True.....true
Balotelli has missed two pelanties this season.
A Must Not Get™.
"Hey darling, I sucked off the postman earlier, but I still love you"Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
If you cant identify the key facts in that statement, I dont know what to tell you