Summer Transfers 2025 Missed Opportunities and Regrets

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Originally Posted by Letters

You seem quite dismissive of them when it’s Kane
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Tag, you’re in. Time for my dinner :lol:

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

Unlike Gyokeres who has reached the high levels of the Championship and the Portuguese league

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And Champions League and international football. But we're spinning a yarn so let's not spoilt it. Why do you have a hard-on for a prospect when we need a striker? Get both - no problem with that. But we ACTUALLY NEED A STRIKER - I think everyone has figured that out at this late stage.

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

What’s that terrible Shania Twain song

That don’t impress me much

He scored 4 non penalty goals in the CL, Sesko got 3. How’s that for context

I know this is very hard for you to accept, but people don’t take differing opinions to you, simply to be contrarian. And I’ve seen the kind of goals he has scored in the Portuguese league and I think the majority of them would be hard to replicate in a league where players can what do you call it? Defend

At his absolute peak I think he could be a speedy Giroud. I see in Sesko, players like Shevchenko and Haaland

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It's kind of weird how you have taken up against a player with such passion - and he's not even our player. If we'd have seen this level of commitment when Sterling was being touted I'd understand. This is why I think your "tactical analysis" is based more on you being proven right than actual developments on the pitch. This is why you think Rice is only suited to shuffling the ball in front f the back four. You have another barb thing for him too. Its weird. I have a go at Sterling because he's shit. You have a go at Rice because, for whatever reason, you don't like him. Gyokeres is your new Rice. It's weird.

Anyway - shit transfer window as always. Well done the Arsenal - you never let us down.

I just hope we don't sign Welbeck.

You laugh - but we signed Sterling.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

It's kind of weird how you have taken up against a player with such passion - and he's not even our player. If we'd have seen this level of commitment when Sterling was being touted I'd understand. This is why I think your "tactical analysis" is based more on you being proven right than actual developments on the pitch. This is why you think Rice is only suited to shuffling the ball in front f the back four. You have another barb thing for him too. Its weird. I have a go at Sterling because he's shit. You have a go at Rice because, for whatever reason, you don't like him. Gyokeres is your new Rice. It's weird.

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I don’t have anything against him, i don’t think he’s the right player for us. He could be a top player for a mid level team in the premier league. And given the distinct lack of interest in him from other clubs I’m genuinely confused as to why anyone considers him the real deal. Lots of players score in the Champions League and especially since they expanded the competition lots of shit teams play in the champions league.

What’s weird is thinking that a player who was 24 when he joined us having played his whole career at 6 both for club and country, who isn’t a natural dribbler, isn’t the quickest player going and whilst a decent passer of the ball isn’t a top passer of the ball needs to play at number 8. By all means play him there when we are playing the Real Madrids and Cities of this world where space becomes available, but against a mid block when you need things done quickly to create space no we need a second creative midfielder in there.

What’s weird to me is especially when people note our slow build up play that there is this huge objection to playing two creative midfielders.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

And Champions League and international football. But we're spinning a yarn so let's not spoilt it. Why do you have a hard-on for a prospect when we need a striker? Get both - no problem with that. But we ACTUALLY NEED A STRIKER - I think everyone has figured that out at this late stage.

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We do Need a striker and I agree when people say we really need two. But I don’t think we are going to sign two…it will make Arteta physically ill to sign just the one. And if we are going to sign only a single striker I’d rather sign one that could become Shevchenko, not one who I think is at best likely to give us Giroud returns

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

We do Need a striker and I agree when people say we really need two. But I don’t think we are going to sign two…it will make Arteta physically ill to sign just the one. And if we are going to sign only a single striker I’d rather sign one that could become Shevchenko, not one who I think is at best likely to give us Giroud returns

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Giroud was fucking great - we just got spoiled by Henry. If you could show me a Giroud out there now I'd sign him in a heartbeat. He loved the club too. Was a genuine player. Under-appreciated.

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

I don’t have anything against him, i don’t think he’s the right player for us. He could be a top player for a mid level team in the premier league. And given the distinct lack of interest in him from other clubs I’m genuinely confused as to why anyone considers him the real deal. Lots of players score in the Champions League and especially since they expanded the competition lots of shit teams play in the champions league.

What’s weird is thinking that a player who was 24 when he joined us having played his whole career at 6 both for club and country, who isn’t a natural dribbler, isn’t the quickest player going and whilst a decent passer of the ball isn’t a top passer of the ball needs to play at number 8. By all means play him there when we are playing the Real Madrids and Cities of this world where space becomes available, but against a mid block when you need things done quickly to create space no we need a second creative midfielder in there.

What’s weird to me is especially when people note our slow build up play that there is this huge objection to playing two creative midfielders.

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Creative for what? Back passing? What we need is opposition defenders with broken noses. Not opponents who occasionally need to put the teaset down and stroll into position.