How many of you even knew who Lemar was a few weeks ago? No doubting the quality but the hysteria over him suddenly is peculiar.
He has no more a reputation than Xhaka did when we signed him....
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How many of you even knew who Lemar was a few weeks ago? No doubting the quality but the hysteria over him suddenly is peculiar.
He has no more a reputation than Xhaka did when we signed him....
To be fair, he was part of Monacos run in the CL, so certainly higher profile than Xhaka who was unknown to most, but in essence I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Both have a decently high profile if you watch football outside the PL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
What the fuck does high profile mean? :lol: Media attention? The question is if anyone has watched him play regular football and not just CL highlights or the odd CL game.
Surely anyone watching Lemar in the French also has more of opinion on Lacazette also?
What the fuck do you think it means? It means they are highly rated because of their consistently good performances. Same goes for Kolasinic. Anyone calling anyone of them unknown are just revealing their own ignorance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
He was part of that exciting Monaco side....and still is, but until a few weeks ago I heard a lot more about at least 4 other Monaco players....now all of a sudden some are almost suggesting we're arsewipes if we don't bid at least 50 million!
Not sure there is resounding evidence it's any better a deal than Mahrez other than being younger and being with the hipsters team of choice.
I watched Monaco play more than once last season and still had little idea about him until very recently.
Im quite happy to plead ignorance on both the German tank and the French pop singer. Anybody who remembers the latter..... what are we talking here.....Iwobi with much better end product? If he's the real deal by all means....let's get him in.
How much football do you actually watch? French league football.Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
I hardly watch football at all these days so no idea what this guy is worth. But I'm guessing people commenting have watched him a regular basis to say he is worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Reputation, profile, ratings in the French league, media opinion, transfer value, counts for nothing once the player hits the pitch. As we have seen with Pogba. Mahrez wouldn't be a success at Arsenal because he's lazy and we give lazy players a free ride. He'd supply moments of brilliance and everybody would say wow, what a signing. But those moments would be few and far between over the course of a season. Lemar would be the opposite. He's got an engine like Alexis', he'd still be running when others have given up, apart from his physical attributes, his stamina and his willingness to contribute to the team he's also technical. So a rare combination very suited to the PL and Arsenal in particular. If Mbappe is 130mill and Lukaka is 100mill FFS, we know that transfer fees are make up a number, double it. So just pay what is required to get him here and make sure we keep Alexis whatever the cost. That way we now have two leaders on the pitch that will fight for the club. That's a real improvement.
I've seen Lacazette play quite a few times and, even though he scores goals (usually poaches them), he's very easy to contain. I suppose he'll get goals here too, just like Giroud does. But is he a player that will add something of significance? Not on what I have seen so far. Strange we'd pay 50 mill for him when we could have got Defoe for a fraction of the price. Defoe's the better player IMO. That's the sort of level we are talking about and I bet everyone would be disappointed if that's who we ended up signing. Just like Vardy last year - I mean why not? If we are going second tier, which is what Giroud and Lacazette are, then Vardy is up to that level.
Veratti is another player we should have been in for. Ideal replacement for a player we've missed for a long time, Santi.
It's very irritating when we refused to put in a bid that would have landed Suarez, then we end up blowing a ton of cash on players like Mustafi, Xhaka and potentially this Cassette bloke. None of these players are good enough to take us to where we want to go. All they do is hold the line and slow the decline.
I wonder how much cash Arsenal could really spend if there was some intent at this place? Lots of complacenecy in the past means a big bill to fix the problem now. A price we aren't prepared to meet. Unless you believe the Mbappe bullshit. Which is don't, for a second.