So how is everyone feeling over transfer activity

[Özim]

See, I don't actually think there%s a whole lot wrong with our sqUad although we could do with cutting some deadwood (I'm looking at you, Denilson) and reinforcements are always!welcome, IMO the big thing which stops us winning trophies is a mental fragility and a lack of organisation (not neccessarily ability) in defenge. I honestly think our defence in the hands of a good defensive coach could be`more thAn good enough. As for the mental toughness...that's harder but c good, strong c`ptain would help. Cesc ys a great player but not a great captain. I still think Wilshere, young as he is, coulddo a job.

Personally I think we need a few leaders and a bit more bit in our team, I'd!also like to see more pace and someone up front who can(help RVP with goals.

I agree good coaching will help a lot, but we lack leader

[IBK]

Back to the origingl question, as I've said on the other thread, I'm feeli.g pretty ambivalent about transfers - because although M think the club`could d/ with a marquee signing to lift!belief at the club and Amongst the playErs the manager is too cautious/idealistic, and the board too pragmatic, businesw-wise for this too happen.

I have no crystal ball, and yes the transfer window hasn't opened yet but honestly, how likely is it that Wenger is going to change the habits of a lifetime? He wmll be mnre active than usual -

[Özim]

[QUOTE=Save me Jeebuw!;12155]I think you have to seperate this summers window with all other in the last 6 years.

The reason for that is that things are different this year. There is a completely different feel towards the team and wenger from the fans. Most have be%n supportive and fairly quiet with any criticism of the club over the previous 5 years out of respect for wenger's project.

Hnwever, come season 6 and we fail spectacularly again, the fans have had enough. Many are shouting things out at games, Comments directed at the team and wenger, Season ticket holders are suddenly not renewing, fans are getting angry and have lost their patience - and rightly so.J
Wenger, and the board do realise this Im sure, as ignorant and stubborn as they have seemed these last few years, with Kronke now on board they can no longer$be completely shut off from reality.

We have already heard a different tone at the AST meeting. Not once thap I can recall in the last 6 years has anyone ever come out and said 'you will see a turnover of the playing staff, we will be busy this transfer window' or 'we are behind wenger 100%, but ultimately, its the fans ho decide if he still has a job or not'.

Usually, we get the same old tired lines and excuses, buv there didnt seem to be any of that this year. They know that their bread and butter is"pissed off, and they now have tk do something tO rectify that.

Ive been there

[Japan Shaking All Over]

All good players, I agree, but its a fantasy list.
I bet most of those players have long term contracts and are more than happy playing at the clubs they are at. Just because we may want them at Arsenal, doesnt mean that they want to be here.

but Daddy you promised, you said I could have anything I wanted

from the list Samba is a poss and Fellaini a dream on

[Özim]

Since when are players like Samba, Sakho, Ciani, Van der Wiel, M Diarra, Toulalan fantasy players?

If they Wenger must have turned us into a nothing club. We should be able to sign all of those to be honest.

The rest may be more difficult other than Subotic maybe. All those mickey mouse signings he's made have clearly lowered expectations on what we should be able to attract.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Ill answer both.

I think he is trying to address the defence issue with PL experience, rumours point to that so far, so I will reserve judgemnet for now. We still need a top striker, Im not sure if that will happen though, and I agree about Gervinho, but Im willing to see what he can do.

Its a fantasy list, because those players might not want to come to us. It dosent matter if we bid more money for them, they could still tell us thanks but no thanks if they arent interested. Ok, wenger may not be interested in those players but we can only speculate about that.

[Darth Vela]

I think that you are missing the disconect between fans' expectations and the manager's way of doing things. The board still have faith in the manager and will back his decisions. But AW's ideas of the signings we need and those of the fans are very different. We will see new faces, and perhaps a few more new first teamers than usual. But I do not think we are going to see a revolutionary difference in this transfer window compared to the last 6.

I don't think we need a revolutionary difference, I think we might pay a little more but Wenger isn't stupid and if the players we need will cost a little more he'll go for it as it's make or break time but I don't see us spunking 80m on two or three players.

[Darth Vela]

Since when are players like Samba, Sakho, Ciani, Van der Wiel, M Diarra, Toulalan fantasy players?

If they Wenger must have turned us into a nothing club. We should be able to sign all of those to be honest.

The rest may be more difficult other than Subotic maybe. All those mickey mouse signings he's made have clearly lowered expectations on what we should be able to attract.

I dunno, they all seemed reasonable to me, especially the fact that there's a few French youngsters and nobodies there it makes me think there's a few possibilites there.

[Elche]

So past experience, no solid knowledge about what we may or may not be doing this summer.
Thought so.

Outside of GW there are a lot of well informed people. I'm linked on Twitter to Gooners and other fans that through inside information or dialog with more trusted Pundits or Journo...that have got it right on so many breaking stories this summer regarding transfer activity.

In fact it's quite incredible the information you get as opposed for waiting for Sky or reading the Sun.

So my info comes from people in the know, that have been correct about many things this summer.

Add the experience factor...and hey presto Rocket Science is not needed. The way we get information has changed forever, the information ismore fluid, more reliable and just faster now.

So you can be sceptical...no problem. But using the different mediums available, and learning who to trust...we can paint a pretty clear picture of whats happening.

Clichy.

We all seem to agree that he's leaving...we all know Liverpool are a possibility but want him cheap, Roma could offer more. But the story that broke about PSG offering 10 million that we see today was fluid on line for 4 days. The story comes from different sources of different credibilities.

So because of my conversations, dealings and understanding. I am sure this is true.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Outside of GW there are a lot of well informed people. I'm linked on Twitter to Gooners and other fans that through inside information or dialog with more trusted Pundits or Journo...that have got it right on so many breaking stories this summer regarding transfer activity.

In fact it's quite incredible the information you get as opposed for waiting for Sky or reading the Sun.

So my info comes from people in the know, that have been correct about many things this summer.

Add the experience factor...and hey presto Rocket Science is not needed. The way we get information has changed forever, the information ismore fluid, more reliable and just faster now.

So you can be sceptical...no problem. But using the different mediums available, and learning who to trust...we can paint a pretty clear picture of whats happening.

Clichy.

We all seem to agree that he's leaving...we all know Liverpool are a possibility but want him cheap, Roma could offer more. But the story that broke about PSG offering 10 million that we see today was fluid on line for 4 days. The story comes from different sources of different credibilities.

So because of my conversations, dealings and understanding. I am sure this is true.

Ok, so what have you heard about what we are doing this summer?