Draxler is going to PSG for £35 million. Seems like a bit of a shit move really.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38427006
Oscar is retiring and going to China.
I don't expect us to be buying anybody but this thread is tradition.
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Draxler is going to PSG for £35 million. Seems like a bit of a shit move really.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38427006
Oscar is retiring and going to China.
I don't expect us to be buying anybody but this thread is tradition.
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It's crap because strength in depth wise we are there I think draxler is the only player we would have signed in January.
Bring back Gnabry, he is having a stellar season in Bremen. He has 7 goals in 15 games so far, would solve our left AM/WF role. :coffee:
Never understood that one, or inability to strengthen in the wide forward role. After moving Sanchez upfront we have nothing out wide in terms of real quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
Cos Wumger is stupid and he loves his brits pet project. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Maestro
I think we need a left back now or in the summer as Nacho has lost a yard of pace and Gibbs is more of a left winger than a full back.
We shall have to see who is available for that or any outfield position.
The issue was we never gave him a chance when his competition wasn't even performing well. Reminds me of the Bendter Carlos Vela situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
Depth wise we are there with a competent manager. We could have a squad full of world class players and we still wouldn't win the league with Wenger in charge, forget it...we stand no chance of winning titles until he's gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicks and chicks
Probably have the best squad in the PL. I wouldnt mind adding a pacy winger though. However, no player can help this team... we will only have a possibility to move forward if the dinosaur moves out.
If his solution is to revert back to a system that couldn't capitalise on the league title last year when Leicester City won, we have no chance this season. Going back to Giroud again...:doh: regardless of who we play and even now that we have Xhaka along with Ozil and Sanchez, Wenger still hasn't grasped the fact that Giroud's at his best when the getsun crossed in.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
I know, he won't change though, it's too late for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
I stand by what I said the other week, we're going to be in a real battle with the Spuds & Man United for a top 4 finish, it's not going to be easy.
I hope we dont get 4th place. The board needs a change in the status quo for that dinosaur to get sacked. I dont want 4th place finishes and the same BS every season.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Yep, I would happily take a season out of Europe if it meant Wenger was gone. I actually think we may properly challenge for the title with a new man in charge and no european football distractions.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
I actually had hope that he was coming to his senses. But going back to Giroud but playing the same tactics...it makes no sense. Hoping it's just a one off.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
It is Wumger's fault, still he will come back if we make him the right offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicks and chicks
Bundesliga has a lot of emerging young strikers, Timo Werner, Ousmane Dembele etc.. I wonder how long would it take before the PL clubs notice them. :coffee:
If he can't win the league with the current team, he will never win the league again IMO. We have a very strong 25 man team, but the manager is clueless and refuse to get the best out of his players. He is too stubborn with the way he wants his team to play, disregarding the talents and diversity of the players that he has within the team. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
He can only get about 60 percent of this team where as a proper manager would get 100 percent and win the title with this lot. Our first 11 is as good as any other in the league and the back ups are more than competent.
I think we will need to address the LB position very soon if not now.
John Cross (I know) today said we're not going to do any business in Jan
Not arsed, Wenger won't be able to galvanise the squad regardless of the money spent.
Wenger has finally gotten what he wanted. Nobody can be bothered about him going into the market.
Pretty much.
The window will come and go without me paying much attention. Perhaps we'll sign a kid from the French lower leagues for £50K. One for the future that's on rails.
Agreed. Couldn't give a shit anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Liverpool are after Oxlade.
Interesting.
I used to look forward to transfer windows, I don't bother now.
When Ox went off v City one of the commentators said that he was probably leaving in the Jan window, don't know how he knew anything, but he seemed sure of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
He has 18 months left on his contract and there has been no sign of us offering him an extension so there might be a lot of truth in this. Also...I read in various places we were open to offers for him in the summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonermerree
I dunno..it seems like there could be quite a high turnover of players this summer, Ozil and Sanchez contracts are still unresolved and the likes of Gibbs, Wilshere and OX have 18months or less on their contracts....going to be interesting to see what we do.
Would be interesting to see if Klopp could get anything more out of him. It should all be clicking for Ox. Has the tools to be so much more than what he currently is but he never delivers.
That seems to have happened to a lot of our players, Theo included.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Theo, Jack, Ramsey, Gibbs....many others. We haven't done a good. We've dedicated over a decade to youth development and have very little show for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonermerree
I'm not quite sure why we'd want him, why he'd want to come and why you would let him leave.
Can't see it tbh.
He might want to go somewhere else to see if he can develop more. Liverpool are in good form right now, can't see why he wouldn't want to go to you. Question is, could you use a fit Ox playing to his potential?Quote:
Originally Posted by Firmino Is Boss
I'd include Clichy in that, he seemed to be doing all right, then went right down and he is still playing for City under Pep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Yeah, Clichy is another one. It's the same pattern, they start off bright for the first season or so and then pick up bad habits and it's downhill from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goonermerree
Even unpopular players like Denilson, Djourou and Senderos. All three looked amazing in their first seasons. Senderos filling in for an injured Sol Campbell helped us win the FA Cup and kept Sol out the 2005 final. He went downhill after that.
Denilson's debut season was totally different to the rest he played. He wasn't lazy when he first arrived and I recall him working hard and putting in strong challenges but that totally disappeared from his game. Wayne Rooney ghosting right through him as he jogs casually back to our box is something I won't forget. He was a disgrace.
Ha poor Senderos, he never got over the post traumatic stress of getting bummed by Didier Drogba in the 2005 community shield.
Some players work the opposite way, Hleb his best season was his last one with us, same with Nasri.
I think young players want to impress when they first join but then they see the culture isn't as demanding as they thought and they follow the same pattern of doing just enough while getting loadsa money.
Poor little Morgan Schneiderlin ...... you lot hailed him as the second coming on here....can't get a game or a club.
Never thought he was a priority but we bought Xhaka.
Only position I can see us strengthening would be left back.
The only position we need to strengthen is the Manager.