Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

[Syn]

Well what's the difference then? Yes, our players haven't been talking about Cahill having Arsenal DNA or any crap like that, but many of the criticisms of Barca on this and other messageboards was the fact that they were trying to get Cesc for as low a price as possible, and how this was disrespectful to Arsenal. In that regard, there is little difference between the two situations.

The bulk of the complaints were about barca's behaviour. Even at the end, wenger and the board got the blame for getting a poor price, not barca.

[Kano]

By confronting Gartside, Wenger's probably ruined the deal now. Their chairman will not want to sell to us, given he's obviously offended by the opening bid and think's Wenger's a bellend.

oh fuck off. you criticise him for a bid that was supposedly too low, then when he explains and defends his club as a manager should, you still lay into him

no way are you an arsenal fan

probably a city fan

[Ollie the Optimist]

Well what's the difference then? Yes, our players haven't been talking about Cahill having Arsenal DNA or any crap like that, but many of the criticisms of Barca on this and other messageboards was the fact that they were trying to get Cesc for as low a price as possible, and how this was disrespectful to Arsenal. In that regard, there is little difference between the two situations.

no barca offered no where near what cesc was worth and they knew that. arsenal had told them several times that cesc was not going for anything less then 35 million, bolton have said nothing. arsenal offered what htey felt was a good deal

[Joker]

oh fuck off. you criticise him for a bid that was supposedly too low, then when he explains and defends his club as a manager should, you still lay into him

no way are you an arsenal fan

probably a city fan

He should have just said that we don't talk about specific transfers publically, and if Bolton want to discuss it openly it's up to them but we won't get involved. That would have been the sensible thing to do, then sort out any issues privately. By responding publically, he's only gone and created a media frenzy that'll simply wind Bolton up even more.

[Syn]

no barca offered no where near what cesc was worth and they knew that. arsenal had told them several times that cesc was not going for anything less then 35 million, bolton have said nothing. arsenal offered what htey felt was a good deal

[Japan Shaking All Over]

No, I'm correcting Jokers accusation that we spent more on squid than the current Cahill bid... Which is bollocks. But let's not have reality get in the way of yet another boring whine about our manager.

Fucking good post AK. . . .especially last sentence. . . Im not saying that people cant have a whine but changing the fucking record

I mean even I grew up and stopped vying for the purchase of Barton (admittedly. . .exile from MOC was threatened against me by MS but. . . .you get the gist right?)

[Joker]

no barca offered no where near what cesc was worth and they knew that. arsenal had told them several times that cesc was not going for anything less then 35 million, bolton have said nothing. arsenal offered what htey felt was a good deal

On the contrary, Bolton have suggested they aren't willing to accept anything less than £16M, and yet here we are offering a measly £6M.

[Kano]

He should have just said that we don't talk about specific transfers publically, and if Bolton want to discuss it openly it's up to them but we won't get involved. That would have been the sensible thing to do, then sort out any issues privately. By responding publically, he's only gone and created a media frenzy that'll simply wind Bolton up even more.

so what. a club makes an allegation, he has every right to make a public response. we do enough things in private and given the criticism from spackers like yourself that jump all over the first negative story, then no wonder he commented about it.

[Newguy]

Hello! Footie fans are biased, or at least they should be. When Barca do it to us it's shit but when we do it to Bolton I can't see the harm at all. Fuck 'em. What's best for us is what counts. The Fab deal was shite so we are entitled to whinge, getting Cahill for £6mill (which we won't, but anyway) would be very cool. So there's no hypocrisy whatsoever if you look at it from the correct point of view.

Well said

[SayNoMore]

So who is responsible for this bid of '6 mil'? The board, Wenger or both? Because as far as i see it, its rather insulting to both Bolton, Cahil and the arsenal fans. As echoed before, Cahil is a vital player for them, English, and a good defender. 15 mil give ortake a few is where we should be at. And no we are not in a position to penny pinch, we have already shot ourselves in the foot by leaving it so late. Swiftly please Mr Wenger, stop longing everything out. It seems to take him an eternity, to fix or even notice apparant and glaring problems. Regardless, who is responsible for this weak transfer behaviour??