Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Özim]

Just the usual tabloid made-up BS. It's a bit odd that you haven't signed anyone of note so far and i honestly think you will sign someone. If the current window closes without another player being signed then that would be a pisstake of fuckoff proportions.

I do think if you get a mauling like the 8-2 at OT a few years back or CL elimination then that would force the issue quite a bit.

Maulings

Panic buys

[Cripps_orig]

Just the usual tabloid made-up BS. It's a bit odd that you haven't signed anyone of note so far and i honestly think you will sign someone. If the current window closes without another player being signed then that would be a pisstake of fuckoff proportions.

I do think if you get a mauling like the 8-2 at OT a few years back or CL elimination then that would force the issue quite a bit.

I think most of us think we'll buy before the deadline slams shut but it won't be who we want or what we need. Will be players of insufficient quality like a Benayoun or an Arteta.

With you guys getting the manager we all wanted, Chelsea have more or less confirmed their top 4 spot which hasn't been the case last couple of seasons. City will be up there and Moyes influence won't have taken over fully yet so Man utd will be up there. That leaves us, Spuds and Liverpool for 4th and both have strengthened.

[StamfordBrdige]

yeah schwarzer is miles better so thats fair enough, that transfer makes sense even it is only for 1 year. (hes 40 isnt he so cant see him playing much longer) but the others just seem like squad fillers to me. their names werent mentioned often last season, like other names are. seems to be me like they could end up going the way of marko marin. decent player, no playing time, not that effectvie

Schurrle is meant to be quite good. 24 caps for the Germany and he's only 22. Doesn't sound bad at all plus he's a sizeable lad which won't hurt his chances in the PL. Of course he could flop big time but i think it's quite unlikely.

Either way any signing carries an element of risk however such is life and one must take risks if one wishes to progress.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Schurrle is meant to be quite good. 24 caps for the Germany and he's only 22. Doesn't sound bad at all plus he's a sizeable lad which won't hurt his chances in the PL. Of course he could flop big time but i think it's quite unlikely.

Either way any signing carries an element of risk however such is life and one must take risks if one wishes to progress.

they could turn out to be brilliant signings and if they do, fair play but in terms of Arsenal, they arent the level of players we need right now hence why im not fussed particually about it. i dont think they will be anything special but if arsenal were looking at those players this summer, id be pissed off

[StamfordBrdige]

I think most of us think we'll buy before the deadline slams shut but it won't be who we want or what we need. Will be players of insufficient quality like a Benayoun or an Arteta.

With you guys getting the manager we all wanted, Chelsea have more or less confirmed their top 4 spot which hasn't been the case last couple of seasons. City will be up there and Moyes influence won't have taken over fully yet so Man utd will be up there. That leaves us, Spuds and Liverpool for 4th and both have strengthened.

Yeah i see what you mean. Not sure what's going on with your club tbh. It's to the point where i can't even take the piss out of my brother and cousins (all arsenal fans) about the lack of signings anymore.

I think our spot in the top 3 is basically guaranteed unless Roman interferes with JM or sacks him or some other self-inflicted bullshit which we seem to have gotten pretty good at the last few seasons. Right now i think the PL is between us and City with ManUtd comfortably finishing 3rd. Having said that i'd happily settle for 3rd (having scored at least 80+pts) and a respectable showing in the cups (quarter or semi finals appearances).

[StamfordBrdige]

they could turn out to be brilliant signings and if they do, fair play but in terms of Arsenal, they arent the level of players we need right now hence why im not fussed particually about it. i dont think they will be anything special but if arsenal were looking at those players this summer, id be pissed off

Not quite sure what's there to be pissed off about. AW and your club have messed things up for themselves. Due to their satisfaction with 4th the perception is that if you want to win stuff you don't go to arsenal. Consequently the sort of players you are talking about won't see arsenal as a place to go to win stuff. To make it worse your wage policy makes no sense (paying crap players & youngsters who haven't done a thing loads but shirking when it comes to paying established players).

Cos of all this i don't think you guys can afford to be as picky as say Bayern or Real.

The biggest problem with your club is that you keep acting like you are some tiny ass club as opposed to the 3rd biggest club in the land. Makes no sense at all.

[Cripps_orig]

Yeah i see what you mean. Not sure what's going on with your club tbh. It's to the point where i can't even take the piss out of my brother and cousins (all arsenal fans) about the lack of signings anymore.

I think our spot in the top 3 is basically guaranteed unless Roman interfers with JM or sacks him or some other self-inflicted bullshit which we seem to have gotten pretty good at the last few seasons. Right now i think the PL is between us and City with ManUtd comfortably finishing 3rd. Having said that i'd happily settle for 3rd (having scored at least 80+pts) and a respectable showing in the cups (quarter and semi finals appearances).

It is difficult to take the piss out of a club when their own fans do it. We have become little bit laughing stock past few years but ever the optimist that I am, I'm keeping the faith. Surely Wenger and the board will have bought all the yachts there are to buy and might spend on the team.

Agree with the title race. Love for us to challenge even if we don't win it but that ain't happening. Likewise with the cups.

Same shit, different season. Our new club motto

[Japan Shaking All Over]

An 18 million pound German international squad filler, wouldn't mind us having one tbh.

Lars Bender?.....one bid.....one rejection and we go running back to our little hole in the sand. What is it with us......we obviously like a player but think only we know that players value......didn't we put a bid in for Capoue on Jan but got rejected......now I am almost positive that it was more than the figure Cardiff are throwing at his club so if we liked him in January why arent we back in again and taking advantage of the lowered price......ohyeah because we think we are getting Felliani!!!!

Why dont we just get it all bloody over with........hire a couple of temp staff contract fixers and sign every fu#cker we want......why does everything about us be so sodding painful

[Harland]

When I say he's not that good I mean he's not as good as people claim, like I said so far he's had one good season.

He's talented no doubt but I don't rate him as one of the best in the world personally, I think he's been overhyped on the back of one good season (much like Adebayor was once upon a time, though obviously he's a lot better than him) and still has a lot to prove.

Higuain scored 107 goals in 190 games for one of the biggest teams where the pressure is immense, I don't see why Suarez should be rated above him on that basis when he's got just 51 goals in 96 games in a much lower pressure environment, it's just good old English hype again.

Mainly cos Higuain was being supplied by Ronaldo, Ozil etc whilst Suarez was taking it upon himself. Who can blame him, with the likes of downing around.

Please remember that Adebayor was starting ahead of Higuain at Real.

At this point though, its really a moot thing to be arguing about. We lost out on Higuain and we wont be getting Suarez.

[Kano]

they could turn out to be brilliant signings and if they do, fair play but in terms of Arsenal, they arent the level of players we need right now hence why im not fussed particually about it. i dont think they will be anything special but if arsenal were looking at those players this summer, id be pissed off

if we were in for schurrle you'd be pissed off? have the media made you lose your mind completely? as it stands he is far more complete wide player than anything we current have. hazard will be absolutely dynamite this season after a good first season. then there is mata. then the return of lukaku who was great for west brom. but yeah sure, i'd rather have chamakh, ramsey, arteta and gervinho than any of that lot.