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Funny how Lille are more willing to sell Gervinho than Hazard though. Suggests to me they think he's a better player. They've pretty much said Hazard is untransferable, whilst they'd like to keep Gervinho he's not seen as important as Hazard.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
Pretty much certain he's off to cheslea now.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...001441,00.html
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"I am leaving things up to my agent," Falcao is quoted as saying by the Daily Star.
"I am very calm about the situation but I know there has been some movement.
"If Chelsea is interested in me then all that needs to happen is for negotiations to take place."
Falcao
Quotes of the week
"My ambition is to keep working hard and I am convinced I can play in a superior league like England.
"If Chelsea is interested in me then all that needs to happen is for negotiations to take place."
Hoping hes the new Kezman
Gervinho has a year left on his contract. Hazard has 4, hence why we're about to get Gervinho for less than crazy (20-30mill) money.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
The mancs got robbed paying that for young. he is no where as good as made out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
well even if they had not got him or don't they'd get someone of equal talent anyway. At least they won't get neymar.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
Fair enough, but I would have said that if we were gonna sign a striker it should be a no nonsense finisher.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
He's very much a Wenger type player, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
He suits the 4-3-3 system we play, which is better than most of our signings of late.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
We've signed an established spanish international according to twitter
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Twitter :lol:
I don't think we'll be seeing one coming in as the noises emerging from the Vela camp make it seem like he's still in Wenger's plans and he SHOULD fit that mould of the finisher, much as I like him though I think I'm with you that we need to see someone of that ilk come into the club rather than try and rely on Vela being a little more useful.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
I think Gervinho is also the right kind of guy we need to come in but whether he'll actually be any good it's pretty difficult to say, guessing I have a little more faith about this clubs ability to spot a player than you though. :)
Well, we weren't expecting him to stay so it's just like a new signing...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirjackofwilshere
http://img.skysports.com/07/09/218x2...yes_573635.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Sirjackofwilshere
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Jurado, he's garbage.....played 18 times for the Spanish U21....but then this is Twitter we're talking about!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirjackofwilshere
Diving fairies :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
I think Vela has ability but he's not cut out for the PL, couldn't even make an impact at West Brom.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Vela
As for Gervinho I think he's the striker AW is going to sign, except he's not really an out and out striker....you're right though you do have more faith in the clubs ability to spot talent.
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Originally Posted by Ach
says the person who relies on goal.com
ZingQuote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
O/\O
If you can't tell the difference between a football site and twitter where anyone can make BS up under a pretend name then there's no hope for you Ollie.
Twitter :lol:
Have to say that none of the names we are linked with (aside from Cahill) will improve our team significantly.
Gervihnio, Samba, ALvarez (who?), Jagielka etc...= average signings.
Not that Im surprised by this at all, typical AW transfer season.
Samba is better than Cahill imo.
I'd trust twitter more than goal.com ANY day of the week
At least people on twitter don't expect you to believe what they say
Goal.com is often worse than The Sun. At least The Sun occasionally has indsider info that turns out to be correct. Goal.com know fuck all about anything. In fact I think posting links to goal.com should be a bannable offense
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Doesn't Goal.com just rehash stories and quotes from other sources anyway?
Yup. That's all they do. Saves me a lot of time and hassle as I don't have to go to different sites to pick up news when its right there on Goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Twitter and its gullible loser followers :pal:
Nah, quite easy separating the wheat from the chaff if you have a brain. Half of the twitter shite makes its way on to goal.com anyway. What annoys me about goal.com the most however are:
1) goal.com reports - editorial style rumours with no foundation either stating the obvious of making shit up and seeing what sticks
2) 2+2=22 using old quotes and unconnected events with no real reporting to drive page clicks and banner advertising. Lots of sites are guilty of this, goal.com is the worst.
Guardian has the best transfer rumour success ratio because they actually do reporting, otherwise your just as much of a mug believing twitter is worse than any of the Indian sweatshop writer farms such as givemefootball and goal.com, whos job it is incidentally, to make money off spreading crap.
Who would you want us to sign?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Lahey
"news"Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
Seriously who gives a fuck? Majority of paper rumours are BS. 10 months on and people are still obsessed with where a story comes from rather than the story itself.
If its Arsenal/football related and you think its worth posting then post it whether its from twitter, goal, independant :lol:, your uncles neighbours college roommate etc
Back on topic, Mancs are after Modric now
Modric would be perfect for them, their CM is severely lacking in ability and flair.
Nah you're implying there's no way of reading the media to work out what really is and isn't concrete
Their fans have been after Modric for a while. Remember when we didn't buy him cause we had "too many midfielders"?
Don't rate Modric at all. Doesn't score and doesn't assist. Poor version of Hleb.
Spurs can keep Modric. I agree with Ach although I think that he is doing Hleb a disservice by using him as comparison for Modric.
this from BBC via the Mirror (says it all I guess)
the figure gets smallerQuote:
Arsenal are determined to keep hold of captain Cesc Fabregas and have rejected Barcelona's initial offer of £31m.
(also sorry if I'm repeating stuff, haven't checked the Cesc thread yet and won't be able to do so as I'm dashing out the office for an hour or so:wave:)
That's the thing about Fergie, he won the title got to the CL final but saw that his team we're lacking in several areas.....what does he then go and do?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Goes out and finds suitable players to improve his team as quickly as possible, got to repsect his proactive approach.
Hleb was/is sh*t....where is he now...last time I saw he was at Birmingham stinking up the place. It's a nonsense to say this guy is good, he's a lightweight headless chicken with no end product who can't shoot for sh*t.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toronto Gooner
but ashley young is shit. in all seriousness, he isnt that great. if he was here, wed all be moaning about him being inconsistent etc like bentner/denilsonQuote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
I personally think Ashley Young is awesome, pacey can cross and score goals. I've seen him for Villa a number of times and when he's on form he's usually the guy that destroys the opposition.Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Saw one game where Villa scored 4 goals in a short spell and almost all of them came through him, IMO he's an upgrade on Walcott as he's a more intelligent footballer.
He's what Man U have been missing since Ronaldo left, with him in the team they'll be much more potent going forward IMO.
If we'd signed him I'd have been happy, he's a genuine winger.
i disagree, he can be magic, so can theo but too often he goes missing. its the same with aghbonhor (no idea how to spell it) one reasonable season and everyone thinks he is great. too often they both go missing and if they were here, he would be moaningQuote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
Aghbonlahor I don't rate, but Young is good IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Theo may be a better prospect than Young but Young will develop better under Ferguson and become more potent (a la Ronaldo, Nani).
Walcott would be player of the year by now if he went to United instead of us.