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Actually we scored first.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
And, no, thinking Liverpool were going to score first isn't just you, it isn't even anti-Wenger, it's a reasoned response based on the match, as soon as Frimpong was off we just couldn't cope.
Just responding to these flippant remarks he keeps making about me to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Vela
I don't say this because I hate Wenger (though I admit he's far from my favourite person), I just say it because it's what I see based on the last 6 years.
If Wenger had signed 300 awful players and continued to win trophies you couldn't argue as he was doing the important things right, the problem has been that he's signed players (and stuck to methods/policies) and kept faith with them far too long from our perspective.
There's a stubborness about him these days, one that seems to be about proving everyone wrong which is proving detrimental to the club.
There's no flexibility in his thinking at all.
What I dont understand about what he says is. . . .he says he is waiting to find the best quality and that he is not stubborn, that he will buy but only if the player is good enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Boss
Now that is all fair and well but it also means that the players that he is talking about are yet to be discovered, something we are seriously running out of time for
Because if he turns round and buys Cahill or Jags who he has praised as being talented now after all this time (, it just smacks of idoicy (dont get me wrong I would like him to sign them but I mean what the fuck was the wait for? money? come on I am sure that could have been found!
I dont have a clue but at times I think Im not the only one
That's fair enough.
I actually agree that it went on for too long, there were simply players that weren't pulling their weight in the end and the wrong balance in the squad in terms of type of player. This summer has seen some of the detritus flung out and a different type of player being brought in, to go from lots of AMs overloaded with creativity to buying pacy wide players is a definite shift in policy and a good one as we can often do with a bit more pace, directness and width in our game imo.
Ofc, we're not buying players of the right age (although, used more as impact players and squad space rather than integral cogs they could be very useful) and it will fall apart at the end of the season again if reinforcements aren't brought in, THAT would show a complete inability to change things up imo but we've made changes and with just a few more we could be in a very good position to win something.
So we're waiting before qualifying for the Champs Lge before signing quality players.
If we go out of the Champs Lge we're therefore not signing any good players.
Makes sense.
Might have been an idea to buy these quality players before the Champs Lge first leg. Just an idea.
We have been shit for most of this calendar year, even if we do bring in a few over the next week it would still be a stretch to say they would be in a good position to win something. The squad is seeing an overhaul and the fans need to be convinced again, it will take time. I'm expecting a season not too dissimilar to 06/07 and 08/09.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Vela
Seems like mata's transfer fee was more like £30mill. I think we had a bid of £14mill rejected. Whatever is the case this isn't another 2mill short in terms of evaluation.
I think it's partly a confidence thing atm, add a little more creativity and get a few wins under our belt and I think we could build some nice momentum for the final part of the season.
We bid £14m?Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
We paid £15m for Lge 1 player Oxo?
:haha:
If we did make a bid for Mata, it was low because he was in the final year of his contract I believe. However nothing materialised there and we missed the deadline to get him on the cheap because there was a clause in his contract which automatically extended it at the end of July. So then his price went up and we were probably scared off.