Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Master Splinter]

Unless Wenfer decides to surprise us again, this is still overall a negligent and quite simply amateurish transfer window. Seems he will remain WUMger.

Ozil is brilliant. But he's definitely a "we've done fuck all so here's one massive coup of a signing that will hopefully more than momentarily make you forget we have a flimsy transfer strategy."

A striker with excellent pedigree and another efficient attacking player was needed. Ozil covers one of those. Considering the current state of the squad, and the ever-flimsy nature of our players, solid back-ups at the back and in midfield were required. Flamini isn't in theory a bad option for one of those requirements.

So two positions fulfilled. But there's the nagging feeling that the positions unfulfilled are where we will suffer over a long season as usual and the fact that the club didn't have the inclination or maybe more worryingly, the ability to negotiate deals successfully with all this supposed money is quite ridiculous.

Now, I wasn't voted second most optimistic poster of the year in 2006/2007 after Cripps on GW for no reason, so I'll go back to my usual Ned Flanders-esque self after this post. But as ever with Arsenal, it feels so nearly near yet so frustratingly far.

Anyway, come on Sanogo, And come on Viviano. And come on Ozil. And come on tennis.

[Rors]

White pretending that news came through on his earpiece there. Do us a lemon son...

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Unless Wenfer decides to surprise us again, this is still overall a negligent and quite simply amateurish transfer window. Seems he will remain WUMger.

Ozil is brilliant. But he's definitely a "we've done fuck all so here's one massive coup of a signing that will hopefully more than momentarily make you forget we have a flimsy transfer strategy."

A striker with excellent pedigree and another efficient attacking player was needed. Ozil covers one of those. Considering the current state of the squad, and the ever-flimsy nature of our players, solid back-ups at the back and in midfield were required. Flamini isn't in theory a bad option for one of those requirements.

So two positions fulfilled. But there's the nagging feeling that the positions unfulfilled are where we will suffer over a long season as usual and the fact that the club didn't have the inclination or maybe more worryingly, the ability to negotiate deals successfully with all this supposed money is quite ridiculous.

Now, I wasn't voted second most optimistic poster of the year in 2006/2007 after Cripps on GW for no reason, so I'll go back to my usual Ned Flanders-esque self after this post. But as ever with Arsenal, it feels so nearly near yet so frustratingly far.

Anyway, come on Sanogo, And come on Viviano. And come on Ozil. And come on tennis.

Ba to be welcomed home then?

[Cripps_orig]

We needed more than Ozil.

Have to hope Giroud doesn't get injured or we're fucked

[Japan Shaking All Over]

does seem like we shit ourselves when we got Ozil.......crawled back into our safe shell to count the pennies we still have......shame, striker is a big need still

[Boss]

Chris Borg, ESPN staff
Sheer bizarreness connected with Manchester United’s collapsed move for Ander Herrera. The Press Association takes up the story: “It appeared three United officials had arrived at La Liga headquarters in Madrid to complete the formalities that would allow Herrera to finalise a move to Old Trafford. However, it now seems the trio were imposters and had nothing to do with United at all.”

[Marc Overmars]

Unless Wenfer decides to surprise us again, this is still overall a negligent and quite simply amateurish transfer window. Seems he will remain WUMger.

Ozil is brilliant. But he's definitely a "we've done fuck all so here's one massive coup of a signing that will hopefully more than momentarily make you forget we have a flimsy transfer strategy."

A striker with excellent pedigree and another efficient attacking player was needed. Ozil covers one of those. Considering the current state of the squad, and the ever-flimsy nature of our players, solid back-ups at the back and in midfield were required. Flamini isn't in theory a bad option for one of those requirements.

So two positions fulfilled. But there's the nagging feeling that the positions unfulfilled are where we will suffer over a long season as usual and the fact that the club didn't have the inclination or maybe more worryingly, the ability to negotiate deals successfully with all this supposed money is quite ridiculous.

Now, I wasn't voted second most optimistic poster of the year in 2006/2007 after Cripps on GW for no reason, so I'll go back to my usual Ned Flanders-esque self after this post. But as ever with Arsenal, it feels so nearly near yet so frustratingly far.

Anyway, come on Sanogo, And come on Viviano. And come on Ozil. And come on tennis.

Hard to disagree.


(Seriously)

[Niall_Quinn]

Who cares. There was a huge chance we'd end up with nothing. We've ended up with Ozil. Don't care if it was a panic buy. We're going to see some genuine world class talent in our shirt again. The norm has been completely reversed. No players sold (apart from the shite) and one of the top players in the world brought in. I'll take it.

[Rors]

We're down to one minute and change!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Still time for us to blow all the money.