Winter Transfer Speculation

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Originally Posted by Özim

we should have signed a top class DM instead of Eleny,

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Like who?

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Originally Posted by Kano

Like who?

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Vidal, 6 months ago. Fucking scandal we let that one slip. Vidal and Coquelin coupled with Alexis and Ramsey/Campbell's work rate would have been fearsome. A genuinely rock solid but capable core to the team that could have carried Wenger's follies.

There's no point talking about this. Wenger will never balance the team. I'm off to do some work, Wenger has driven me to it.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Vidal, 6 months ago. Fucking scandal we let that one slip. Vidal and Coquelin coupled with Alexis and Ramsey/Campbell's work rate would have been fearsome. A genuinely rock solid but capable core to the team that could have carried Wenger's follies.

There's no point talking about this. Wenger will never balance the team. I'm off to do some work, Wenger has driven me to it.

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Oh come on NQ, I'm talking about January. Yes I know Wenger fucked up last summer. We should all know that by now. How long are going to keep bleating on about that rather than focus on now, the reality, present day? There is no changing that.

So the question remains, who, in this window?

Guys, DAT GUY Welbeck is back

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ499u6WAAU2nT4.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ4-9otWQAAOxr4.jpg


Like a new signing :bow:

No more Oxlade :bow:

I touched on this with Selassie a few weeks back, but TBH this has been a typical transfer window made worse by the fact that Wenger indicated at the outset that he would be 'very active' this time round. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35280259

It is really tiresome as a fan to have this 'smoke and mirrors' approach. Even more to have a manager who, no matter what he says, will simply not make pragmatic, effective purchases for the here and the now. A proven goal-scoring talent is clearly needed to really push for the league this season, as is a DMF - despite the Coq's delightfully early return. Elneny might be the latter - we don't know - but the evidence so far is that he is another 'development' type signing made with as much of an eye on not smothering his existing players as with the aim of really elevating this team.

And this approach - generally not looking to sign where a 'full blooded' signing would stifle existing players - even when they are not performing - is what justifiably leads people to ask whether Wenger has what it takes to achieve success.

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Originally Posted by Kano

Oh come on NQ, I'm talking about January. Yes I know Wenger fucked up last summer. We should all know that by now. How long are going to keep bleating on about that rather than focus on now, the reality, present day? There is no changing that.

So the question remains, who, in this window?

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It doesn't matter who, we all know Wenger is never going to address the issues, we've got our DM so we won't be signing another.

We're never going to sign the players we should be signing in the positions we need to be signing them whilst Wenger is here, that much is clear.

If we need a centre back he'll sign a full back and try to convert him, if we need a full back he'll sign a winger or bring in some unknown, if we need a striker he'll find some attacking midfielder and put him there.

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Originally Posted by Özim

It doesn't matter who, we all know Wenger is never going to address the issues, we've got our DM so we won't be signing another.

We're never going to sign the players we should be signing in the positions we need to be signing them whilst Wenger is here, that much is clear.

If we need a centre back he'll sign a full back and try to convert him, if we need a full back he'll sign a winger or bring in some unknown, if we need a striker he'll find some attacking midfielder and put him there.

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Of course it matters who. It's just lazy to say 'we should've signed top quality' like this is a video game. I haven't seen any significant transfers in Europe this window and going back across the past few, there have hardly been any. Why? Because no-one wants to sell in January. It's an extremely rare thing.

I don't care about the rest of your post because you can bang on about that with someone else. Yes Wenger fucked up in the summer. Yes he makes mistakes in signings for the right positions. I know all that. I'm not here to defend Wenger no matter what. I'm not interested in that discsusion because I've had it a hundred times early season and it's boring now. I'm asking you who instead of Elneny. You don't have a clue because firstly you hardly watch football and secondly the options are extremely minimal. That's the truth of the matter.

Must say I'm not really arsed with the January transfer window, once in a blue moon does something of note happen anywhere. WUMger fucked up 6 months ago and nothing he could have done this month would have changed that. Happy with Elmo at least, purely on the basis that he is a new option for us to try in place of underperforming players.

We're not going to find our 30 goal striker in January FFS.

Talksport vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCCTD5RQKRw

ffs :haha:

With Wenger in charge, you never know I guess

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Must say I'm not really arsed with the January transfer window, once in a blue moon does something of note happen anywhere. WUMger fucked up 6 months ago and nothing he could have done this month would have changed that. Happy with Elmo at least, purely on the basis that he is a new option for us to try in place of underperforming players.

We're not going to find our 30 goal striker in January FFS.

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That's how I feel. I'd be happy with Yarm or Isco coming in though. Whatever it takes to push us over the line and get a new dynamic flowing in the camp.