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We signed Kallstrom with a broken back! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
If Llorente's agent is in town, then he won't be for us. Honestly, what would need him for? He'd only be adding numbers, and we're not looking for a new striker for the sake of numbers.
Just my opinion, but I think there's 2, maybe 3 forwards out there that we'd be interested in, and if one of them isn't available then we'll leave it.
Spanish rags are really running with this Busquets thing.
Must be bored.
Busquets & Lewandowski - that'll show Wenger is trying to win it.
Might at least stir things up with that younger lad, Samper, that we were looking at? If Barca come out and declare that Busquets is going nowhere, then Samper's got to be left thinking that his path to the first team is going to be blocked for a number of years yet...Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
I think Wenger may be looking for Giroud back up. More height up front and a physical presence.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
I like biscuits.
I think Busquets to this Barcelona team is the equivalent of David May to Man United at his peak
He signed Wellbeck and the guy was dogshite and still is, he paid 16 million too total ripoff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Walcott/Santi sign new deals
Walcott on £140k a week
As always, you massively exaggerate. Clearly he's not that bad, but he's not that good either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
I quite like him, he works hard and has some ability, but it's hardly a signing that shouts "title contenders" at you.
As for the fee, in a world where Benteke and Sterling are 'worth' what they went for, £16m isn't that silly. I mean, it is silly, but it's all relative in today's market.
I hope Walcott doesn't go off the boil like he did two and a half years ago after signing a new contract, lazy little bollocksQuote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Money down the drain on walcott. great about santi though.
Walcott's the one player in the squad that has to constantly prove himself over. He's got his work cut out for him this season.
And to think, we could have got Balotelli for that money. :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
£16mill a total ripoff? In today's market I'd have to agree. But I like it when we rip Utd off, I have no problem with it at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Welbeck needs a very good season as well. He won’t get many chances up front unless injury permits it and he’ll never be a first choice winger. Really needs to work his way back into the squad. I don’t see him doing it because I just don’t rate him.
whatever the reasons, he is injured too much and played out of position so he's doomed to fail at arsenal. he's got his money so he's got that at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
We’ll see what happens this season. If he gets games down the left at least or in the middle, I think we’ll see more of his true potential. Glad he’s signed up because he usually gets important goals against any opponent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano
Welbeck is the perfect squad player. Will never be prolific but he adds qualities other players don't have in terms of his athleticism and movement. I like him.
Great news about Theo and Santi, keeping the squad together is crucial right now to keep the momentum going.
Welbeck has all the tools to be a top, top striker.
He'll come good.
The guy was rubbish at Man U so much so people on here use to take the p*ss out of him referring to him as Wellsh*t, just because we signed him he doesn't suddenly improve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
IMO he's average and we really shouldn't have wasted money on him.
£140k a week really, seems you don't have to prove anything to get big money these days, this is totally ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Not convinced, he's not improved one bit since he arrived, he's still the erratic player he was at Man U, he'll never be top class just doesn't have the ability, signings like him wind me up as we could have kept the money and used it to put towards a real top class forward, instead it's looking like we won't be getting one once again despite a desperate need for one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Static
Good news about Cazorla, he's a top player and can't play well into his 30's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
As for momentum, we lost that we eased up at the end of the season and lost 2nd place.
He hasn't played in his preferred position for a proper run of games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Give that to him and he'll come good I believe.
I'd go with average, you don't need all the hyperbole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
I think our last game of the season rather made up for it. And momentum doesn't carry over from one season to the next anyway - we ended 2013/14 on a high with a good run and the FA Cup, started the next season with the Community Shield and then the start of the league season was a car crash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
It's all a bit Wengerish - give him another season and then we'll see. He might have a cracker next season but he won't avoid the injury table in the long run. Could've done with getting shot of him. Hardly irreplaceable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
I doubt he will either because in reality he's not good enough and his finishing isn't up to scratch, if you're going to play up front you need to take your chance when you get it and score goals, he just doesn't and so I see no future with him as a striker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Static
He never got his chance at Man U and won't get it with us, there's a reason he never established himself up front for Man U they never felt he was prolific enough and I've seen nothing to suggest different since he moved to us.
Fair enough. You're entitled to your opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
However, I trust both Fergie's and Wenger's opinion on Welbeck ahead of yours. Fergie clearly saw something in him and so did Wenger - he still does.
Welbeck is a good squad player and that's it. He had a good run upfront last season and didn't set the world alight. He's lucky he got that long because at most big clubs he'd get a game or two maximum. We've passed this development stage of waiting for people to come good. If we want to push on we have to join the rest of the soulless, mercenary clubs and buy in players that are ready to go.
I think his goal tally for us last season was an embarrassment frankly
Eight goals? That's two million a goal so far, and putting it really into perspective he scored a hat trick so only scored in six fixtures.
At least with Welbeck, if he does get sold, we'd get the majority of the £16m back
Walcott has done nothing to warrant the new upgraded deal. He was injured for 18 months and has probably only had one good season with us.
Guess Wenger won't be signing another striker
Welbz was worth it for the Old Trafford win tbf.
He can Sanogo it from now on if he wishes.
His goal tally was bad but he did play a lot of games on the wing and it's not easy to get goals from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
He really should have made his case to play up front but he looks lost in the middle. He isn't a physical presence or someone that can link up play like Giroud and his movement is really bad. He's got pace but we can't use it because he has no idea how or when to make runs like Theo. Reminds me of when Podolski would get games for us. Just looked lost. The fact that he hasn't featured at all in our previous season prep is a blow for him as well. I was hoping he'd at least get up to speed with our game and improve.
He's got an up hill battle for next season. Wenger gave him a lot of games over Theo and that won't happen this year.
Akpom to Hull on loan.
I'll throw myself under a bus if we sign Sergio Biscuits.
And how much do you think Theo is worth in an open market? A packet of peanuts. He has his faults and is far from perfect but I don't get why some fail to see/acknowledge his qualities and value.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies