Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

It's taking Letters longer than most to realise the obvious. Took me a long time too. Others saw it sooner. It will be different for everyone. But one thing is sure, this manager is not up to the job and hasn't been for a long time. At least not up to the football side of the job. As a bank manager and accountant he's peerless. That's why the board loves his arse and unfortunately that's why he'll get another contract in 2017. Things may change when everyone eventually catches up and spots the obvious.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

What happened to Draxler? He went to Schalke this season and we were linked with him for a while.

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Draxler went to Wolfsburg. They sold De Bruyne and replaced him immediately with Draxler. This is where I have a major problem with Wenger he is just not proactive enough in the market.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...fsburg-schalke

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

I don't know where Welbeck will fit in. He needs a good run up front and has potential but he's swimming against the tide. I wasn't impressed with his outing for us last season whilst Giroud was out injured. He should have scored more goals. Played something like 10+ games in the league and Champs League and only scored twice in the league and a brace in the CL. A total of 4 goals. Maybe he needed to adapt but I'm sure if Walcott or Sanchez had a 10+ game run up front they'd do a lot better. Theo scored same amount of goals in two games. But you'll never see Theo get that same amount of time up front. Sanchez is another one that only had a game or two up front and for me, I feel he'd be a superstar striker.

Correction - Welbeck scored a hatrick in the Co. So 5 goals whilst Ground was injured but a very long run of no goals. He really needed this preseason to show his worth.

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Welbeck was pretty rubbish last season I agree, it didn't help that Wenger was still messing with his formation at the time trying to fit Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil and the other attacking midfielders into the team but Welbeck still struggled and wasn't up to scratch.

Wenger seems to like Welbeck though and I really wouldn't be that suprised if he gives him an extended run in the team once he is back.

Welbeck definitely needs to improve, he needs to be producing the numbers now, he's no kid and as such shouldn't be viewed as some kind of "development" project.

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Originally Posted by Kano

I really don’t think there is a ‘wait and see’ about this group, as depressing as that sounds. For two consecutive seasons our failings have occurred in one area - the top 8 teams in the league. 17 points in 13/14, 14 last season. We can beat the lesser teams consistently, no problem. When it comes to facing up to the better organised teams, better prepared with higher quality players, we do not have enough. It’s the same thing we see in the CL each season when we have to step up in quality. We can beat the shitkickers all day long, the bigger boys, not so much.

That is why it was essential not just to buy a striker but to re-balance the issues in our squad, none of which have been addressed. So there is no reason to think that this group of players, who have consistently failed to fix this problem will suddenly find an upturn. Even last seasons supposed ‘turn around’ was built on beating the lesser teams in the league, while we continued to struggle against the top 8. That is not going to change until we have a new manager and fix the balance and mental problems with this team which have dragged on for seasons.

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I don't think we have much choice. It's too little too late and I still say our best opportunity to win the league was when we bought Ozil and lead all the way up until January. We should have bought a striker that season because we already knew Ground wasn't good enough and Wenger knew it too.

After failing to win it that season he should have tried a different system or different type of striker up front. Sanchez should have had a proper run up front, we should have kept Joel Campbell and also given Theo a go up front because he spent way too much time on the bench whilst Welbeck was playing but not scoring goals. He should have made a lot of these decisions early last year so we're not in this position. He should know whose capable of what and he's not which leaves us in limbo again.

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Originally Posted by selassie

Draxler went to Wolfsburg. They sold De Bruyne and replaced him immediately with Draxler. This is where I have a major problem with Wenger he is just not proactive enough in the market.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...fsburg-schalke

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£25m! We can afford him no problem.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

£25m! We can afford him no problem.

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Yep, I think he would have improved the squad, he's not the finished article but is a great young talent and well worth that fee IMO.

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Originally Posted by selassie

Welbeck was pretty rubbish last season I agree, it didn't help that Wenger was still messing with his formation at the time trying to fit Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil and the other attacking midfielders into the team but Welbeck still struggled and wasn't up to scratch.

Wenger seems to like Welbeck though and I really wouldn't be that suprised if he gives him an extended run in the team once he is back.

Welbeck definitely needs to improve, he needs to be producing the numbers now, he's no kid and as such shouldn't be viewed as some kind of "development" project.

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He has potential but he'll have to wait his turn this time. Honestly, we should be giving Sanchez , Theo or Campbell a run up front. Giroud should be a bench option.

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Originally Posted by selassie

Welbeck was pretty rubbish last season I agree, it didn't help that Wenger was still messing with his formation at the time trying to fit Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil and the other attacking midfielders into the team but Welbeck still struggled and wasn't up to scratch.

Wenger seems to like Welbeck though and I really wouldn't be that suprised if he gives him an extended run in the team once he is back.

Welbeck definitely needs to improve, he needs to be producing the numbers now, he's no kid and as such shouldn't be viewed as some kind of "development" project.

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I think Welbeck will always be a useful option because of his athleticism, he just needs to explode like Sturridge did really in terms of goal scoring. I was also pretty disappointed with his return last year, the worrying thing was that you couldn't even accuse him of missing sitters because he was never in those positions to begin with, I guess that comes from learning the role and knowing when to make the runs. Some of the goals he's scored for us and also England have the hallmarks of a decent striker though, so I think he could potentially surprise us.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CN5Ko3FW8AIeZKO.jpg

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See? That's how WUMming should be done.