Winter Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Özim]

So it's agreed Rosicky is injury prone and old and we should get rid.

Glad we sorted that out.

[milla]

So it's agreed Rosicky is injury prone and old and we should get rid.

Glad we sorted that out.

No

[Xhaka Can’t]

So you want an out and out goalscorer but you don't want Suarez?

Dennis Nilsen was by all accounts a good cook. But I wouldn't want to go round his gaff for dinner.

[milla]

Dennis Nilsen was by all accounts a good cook. But I wouldn't want to go round his gaff for dinner.

He'll make a pork chops out of you mate

[Power n Glory]

I'm not debating his quality as he is very good, but his fitness record is appauling, he can barely be considered a squad player with the amount of time he's spent on the treatment table, where was he last Sunday when we needed him, you guessed it.....out!

Sometimes you have to use your head, our injury record for as long as I can remember has been terrible, we always seems to have 4-5 players out and that's then used as an excuse as to why it's hard for us to compete, well this is easily sorted, start by getting rid of the injury prone players, it's no guarantee but it will certainly improve our chances of having a largely fit squad.

Why get rid of him to spend money on a squad player that will either be too young and inexperienced to have a positive impact or someone experienced but not good enough to play at the top level. It's hard to strike that balance. Santos, Squallaci and Park are key examples of that. They might as well have been injured because Wenger was reluctant to use them. Detrimental to the team some of them. It's also costly. We don't want to over shoot and by someone that will oust a main starter but at the same time you don't want to aim so low you bring in a guy ill equipped for the job when called upon.

On the other end, if we go for youth, we have a player on our hands that isn't ready at this level for a number of years but the only way to get them to that level is to keep giving them games. That's costly as well.

Rosicky is fine. Because of his injury record, he'll know he won't start every game but when he does he's not woefully out of his depth. No point in chopping away at the numbers when we need more bodies for cover. Sign him up. It's not as if we need anymore central midfield players anyway.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Dennis Nilsen was by all accounts a good cook. But I wouldn't want to go round his gaff for dinner.

I've got just the person for you

[fakeyank]

You don't want to give Rosicky a new contract because he's injury prone but then you name Pato?

1) Pato is 24
2) He has at least finished half a season, once in his life
3) Most realistic target who can play CL

[Munchies]

Rosicky has been fine as of late, touch wood, a few times he's been out for a few weeks, but nothing like it was previously. He is still a massive player for us.

[Özim]

Why get rid of him to spend money on a squad player that will either be too young and inexperienced to have a positive impact or someone experienced but not good enough to play at the top level. It's hard to strike that balance. Santos, Squallaci and Park are key examples of that. They might as well have been injured because Wenger was reluctant to use them. Detrimental to the team some of them. It's also costly. We don't want to over shoot and by someone that will oust a main starter but at the same time you don't want to aim so low you bring in a guy ill equipped for the job when called upon.

On the other end, if we go for youth, we have a player on our hands that isn't ready at this level for a number of years but the only way to get them to that level is to keep giving them games. That's costly as well.

Rosicky is fine. Because of his injury record, he'll know he won't start every game but when he does he's not woefully out of his depth. No point in chopping away at the numbers when we need more bodies for cover. Sign him up. It's not as if we need anymore central midfield players anyway.

I see your point I really do, my issue is that he really is rarely when it matters and is part of a major problem at this club, injuries. Every season we complain about injuries and make excuses about how unlucky we are because we have so many, yet we have a number of key members of the squad (and Rosicky is a key member, he's not really just a squad member) who are constantly out injured.....we don't have the money to do a Chelsea but at the same time won't cut our losses on injury prone players and replace them with quality but not injury prone ones.

We're basically cutting off our nose here, because our squad can't cope with the injuries and we can't afford to cover for them, so what do we do just keep going in the hope these guys manage to stay fit like they never have before?

[Özim]

Rosicky has been fine as of late, touch wood, a few times he's been out for a few weeks, but nothing like it was previously. He is still a massive player for us.

I'd agree with you but he only played 16 games last season.