Summer Transfer Misery 2017/18

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Very important point, this club doesn't give a flying fuck about entertaining the fans. In fact Wenger goes out of his way to stamp out all traces of entertainment. Wouldn't be surprised if he drops Alexis for giving the fans something to watch in the second half against Brighton. I like the way he subbed Lacazette when he was on a hattrick a couple of weeks back. I was really nervous there for a moment that we might see something interesting and the player might pick up a bit of confidence, but Wenger acted swiftly and I was grateful for that. I liked it against Brighton when we had finally developed a bit of control and were starting to play watchable football, in spurts at least. Again, Wenger was on the case and rolled out Bif, Theo and Elneny. Slightly overkill if you ask me, Bif alone would have been enough to eliminate the momentum. But better safe than entertained.

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The man is full of odd decisions, when there's an obvious logical choice to make, he does the opposite, it's almost as if he does it on purpose, just as he seems to do when there's an obvious choice with signings, he does the opposite to try and prove people wrong, very odd man.

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Originally Posted by GP

Ian Wright says Sean Dyche is the man to replace Wenger.

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They seemed to be a little unsure why someone like Ancelotti might be chosen ahead of him.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

They seemed to be a little unsure why someone like Ancelotti might be chosen ahead of him.

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What does Ancelotti know about the premier League?

http://ak.c.ooyala.com/NsbzdsbTp6bPv...MDoxOjBrO-I4W8
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Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico

I think it's kind of obvious that Ozil's not really injured ....... and tbh good on the club and Wenger. I've been calling on Wenger & Gazidis to be tougher on that shitlord for ages now.

And the noise coming from those ITK was that the club legitimately tried to flog Ozil this summer but there were no interested parties. No one was willing to pay a fee, even a reduced one, for him which is indicative how underwhelming he's been for us all things considered. So I don't see why we're going suddenly going to get a plethora of takers with six months left before he's available on a free.

It'll be Iwobi/Welbeck mainly though I honestly wouldn't mind giving Jack time in Ozil's position for the rest of the season ..... albeit they were absolute filth, he did look reasonably sharp offensively against Bate Borisolv offensively .... but this has to be predicated on him committing his future to us. I'm sick of enabling players to whittle down contracts by refusing to be ruthless with them. Want serious game time Jack ..... well then sign a contract.

And any rate given Jack's injury history, new contract or not we can't rely on him as a long term solution - so I think a replacement is essential in the summer ..... probably Draxler assuming he's not content to waste his career rotting on the PSG bench being a spectator to Mbappe, Neymar and Alexis (yes I think he's going there).

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Will be interesting to see where he ends up next summer. I can see a possible move to Utd because he’s played under Jose before and he knows his potential. Will he be able to command £300k? We’ll soon see. One of the most underwhelming players I’ve seen here at Arsenal. I’ve seen endless excuses as to why he’s not performing and he’s absolutely taken the piss whilst here and managed to avoid any sort of criticism. The true Wizard of Oz. We’ll see if anyone else is willing to buy the disappearing act.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

http://ak.c.ooyala.com/NsbzdsbTp6bPv...MDoxOjBrO-I4W8
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Didn’t that guy take Hull down?

Merse woz rite

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Didn’t that guy take Hull down?

Merse woz rite

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He did the league a favour tbf.

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Originally Posted by GP

But Ozil is lazy and ineffective. Why would they want him?

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I suppose they might take a gamble on the whole Ozil is Awful (All Rights Reserved) media campaign suddenly transforming into Ozil is Wonderful (Patent Pending) if he moves there. Big risk if you ask me. I'd rate the chances of that happening as no higher than 100% at best.

Honestly could not give a feck if ozil left. In fact I think we'd be a far far better team without him, especially if we replaced him with an energetic, pressing AM, so I favour him going.

Sanchez I'd be gutted. But not borderline depressed like a few years ago because we're used to players leaving now and I understand his frustration. Hopefully we do a swap deal in Jan to get a top class replacement. Draxler would be good.

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Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur

Will be interesting to see where he ends up next summer. I can see a possible move to Utd because he’s played under Jose before and he knows his potential. Will he be able to command £300k? We’ll soon see. One of the most underwhelming players I’ve seen here at Arsenal. I’ve seen endless excuses as to why he’s not performing and he’s absolutely taken the piss whilst here and managed to avoid any sort of criticism. The true Wizard of Oz. We’ll see if anyone else is willing to buy the disappearing act.

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United have stacks of money to burn and he's available on a free so I can him getting that wage there. Plus, for as underwhelming as he's been on the pitch for us, he's a very marketable player off it ....... I think we and Puma have made stacks of money out of Ozil shirt sales around the world.

He'll probably put in a few top tier performances at the start because Mourinho will force him to before eventually reverting to type and the United fans will get the same Ozil that we've had: the talent to be majestical on his day but doesn't have the application to influence games enough on a consistent basis. Plus he'll be 29 in a couple of weeks so he approaching the tail end of his career now.