Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Power n Glory]

er no, it was me answering your point of whats stopping him signing those players at that price. if he had 25 million to sign a striker last summer, who could we have signed? i answered that. not rocket science

And you're a football scout? Are you saying Podolski and Giroud were the best we could get afford?

But it goes back to the original point.....we could have spent more on a better striker, right? Funds were there. Who doesn't really matter because all this paper talk about Higuain, Rooney and Suarez is generated from the fact that it's now been made public that we have money to spend.

[Harland]

you mean the theory that i posted, saying there could be something to it but that it wasnt my theory? i felt there could have been something in that theory, thought it could spark an interesting debate so posted it on a message board where people debate such things.


as thinkgs stand, i dont htink we will get higuain, sounds like madrid have been dicks so we now have turned to suarez. guttted we wont get higuain, but if we end up siging suarez instead i wont be too unhappy.

Honestly i'm quite surprised that you are somewhat backing the Suarez transfer.

It would be so much easier to say 'Yeah good, I never wanted him anyway' when the transfer window closes and Sanago is our biggest signing. You probably still would but meh....

Seems like Real Madrid were being idiots indeed, lets see if Higuain does move how much it will be for and therefore we can have a reasonable expectation as to where the buck ends with regards to this deal faltering.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Suarez

This is so never happening, please come down from the clouds. The only Suarez you're likely to see in an Arsenal shirt is of his distant relatives who's either just out of nappies or going on the cheap.

again, where did i say suarez was happening. i said im gutted we wont get higuain, however replace suarez with another world class striker, and i wont be upset on missing out on higauin. sign no one. and i will be.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yes but you can't ignore how proud he is of getting 4th either, he's often congratulated his players and glorified this achievement, he genuinely thinks this a top achievement.

When it comes to being in the CL and signing players, how does that affect us? We don't sign players of a high enough calibre that that actually matters.

If the guy did everything he could to win I'd understand it more, trouble is he limits us with his strategy and tactics and refuses to see the flaws despite the same pattern appearing season after season.

People don't like to hear it but he has an incentive to achieve 4th and spend little as well, let's not forget what he earns and that by restricting spending it not only allows him to point out how much money he makes the club but also means less pressure on him from the board, since there's little outlay. He justifies his salary and no success by highlighting profit.

I think he gets a perverse satisfaction from hanging on to the coattails of city, utd and the chavs but I doubt he's happy or satisfied at having won nothing for 8 years. I would suspect he feels he's partially achieved his goals, because staying in touch when the spuds, pool and even rpq are spending stupid wads of cash is in fact an achievement. It just doesn't appear much of an achievement when set against our previously high standards. The environment has changed and Wenger has had to deal with a rapacious board as well as the limitless funds at the gypsy clubs. He's done it by playing the averages game which runs contrary to his early years at the club. People say he's stubborn and doesn't change. I think he's changed a lot. Our shit football is evidence of that.

[Özim]

again, where did i say suarez was happening. i said im gutted we wont get higuain, however replace suarez with another world class striker, and i wont be upset on missing out on higauin. sign no one. and i will be.

It's the fact you entertained the fact we might sign Suarez. It's just not happening, not in real life anyway.

[Harland]

It's the fact you entertained the fact we might sign Suarez. It's just not happening, not in real life anyway.

Works out fine doesn't it? Seems like the board and Wenger (by association) aren't living in real life.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's the fact you entertained the fact we might sign Suarez. It's just not happening, not in real life anyway.

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Suarez and Rooney were never, ever happening. Not 100% sure why we got involved with that. I think the worst but can't prove it.

[Ollie the Optimist]

It's the fact you entertained the fact we might sign Suarez. It's just not happening, not in real life anyway.

is there anything in your life that you look at in a posistive way or is everything a negative?

[Özim]

is there anything in your life that you look at in a posistive way or is everything a negative?

No my fault you just don't like to hear the truth

You constantly entertain these football manager transfers which to anyone with any sense are never going to happen and yet you complain when someone picks you up on it, be realistic when has Arsenal ever paid out big money for transfers?

[Özim]

Works out fine doesn't it? Seems like the board and Wenger (by association) aren't living in real life.

It's perfect, plus we tried our hardest this summer didn't we, I mean look at those big bids for strikers. Blasted clubs just got greedy!