Why is he uninspiring? Is it because he costs less? Or because he played for us before? Or is it because he is Mexican? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
His stats are among the best out there... so to me, its a great buy!
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Why is he uninspiring? Is it because he costs less? Or because he played for us before? Or is it because he is Mexican? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
His stats are among the best out there... so to me, its a great buy!
Is he the guy to take up the Wright, Bergkamp, Henry role and propel us up a level through his sheer brilliance? If yes, then great.
If no then, when are we making a proper signing?
Would Draxler or Griezmann count as a 'proper signing'?
Should provide proper cover down that right flank for a crocked Theo.
The problem with vela is that, whilst yes, he is a nice and cheap signing if we do get him back and would be a good squad addition, there is a reason why he left in the first place.
Don't forget he also went out on loan the season before he left as well and still couldnt cut it in the PL.
He may have been playing well in Spain and have some good lookin stats, but it's a different climate and different style in Spain than it is over here.
He may well come in and perform just as well as he has been doing, or he may need some time to re-adapt to the PL and not be as great.
Either way, he isn't anywhere near the level or player we need to push us on and turn us into title winners
That's understandable and he's not the one player that will make that difference to our title run but would Griezmann or Draxler be that difference?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
I just don't see it and it will take more than one major signing to get us over that title hurdle. Vela record in the Prem isn't good because he never played. He only started 8 games when he went on loan to West Brom. That's not enough to form an overall opinion. I think if he were given the sort of chance given to Ramsey, Wilshere, Gibbs, Walcott, young players that struggled but Wenger kept giving game time, we might have seen a better outcome.
If we're going to talk about the Spanish league's quality, then we may need to adjust our expectations of Measut Ozil and maybe think twice about certain other players we've been linked with.
It's not about the Spanish leagues quality. It's just a different game to the PL in terms of style, tolerance, etc.
A completely different climate to the PL in nearly all aspects.
Vela played plenty of games for us, not starting admittedly, but how many times did he start for west brom?
Maybe he didn't start and wasn't given the chances because he couldn't quite cut it....??? It's not unreasonable to suggest that to be the case.
Wenger clearly still saw something in him, hence the buy back clause. Maybe he needed to see if Vela could find his own way of sorting himself out, who knows.
I'm not dismissing him at all, as at £3.5m it's a bloody stupidly good deal!
However, griezman is clearly going to be an awsome player, but the jury is out on draxler.
I would say that based on the first time round, vela possibly won't be as good here as he is in Spain.
There are some reports that have him saying he wants to stay in Spain, so that may tell you all you need to know before it has even been confirmed one way or another.
Some sites reporting that we are in negotiations for Jackson Martinez for £30m.
He would be my first choice tbh.
Also seen an article on caught offside, that we are set to make a u turn with regards to the Cesc buyback clause......
Who knows wtf is goin on tbh :shrug:
Probably this......followed by Arsene commentating on the world cup....he'll be too busy to make signings :arry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...80_634x404.jpg
Did that start with Pod saying..."Just one drink Arsene baby, what could go wrong?" :ninja:Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Oh and reports Vela doesn't want to come back :haha: <_< :blink: