Winter Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Marc Overmars]

Must say I am little bit shocked but pleased we are willing to spunk 30m+ on a promising 20 year old.

Times have certainly changed.

[Niall_Quinn]

Lol, Cabaye saga. Which Newcastle player should we put in a lowball bid for on 31st? Can't pass up another opportunity to piss off creepy.

[Niall_Quinn]

Kenwyne jones to Cardiff.

wenger

[Syn]

I have really thought about this issue, and I have to say that I think I know where Wenger is coming from. I remember going onto Blue Moon a while back and trying to argue with a bunch of real twats about why what the likes of Citeh and Chelsea are doing to football is fundamentally different to what we have been able to do in the past as a so-called 'big' club. It may sound like sour grapes - and maybe there's some truth in that if you are a smaller EPL club. But what Arsenal has never been able to do is to stockpile 30M plus players, and use their transfers to try to hurt the competition. In Citeh's case (and Real Madrid; Barca fall into this category), their spending power has distorted the market so much that even Europe's traditional big clubs can't compete. In Chelsea's case - I have no doubt that Mata's sale was indeed agreed to by Mourinho because it might mean a point or two against Chelsea's competitors. I am sorry, but when financially doped clubs start to be able directly to influence leagues in ways that are unrelated to performance on the pitch, football starts to die.

Balanced post.

Although I'm not sure the motives of Mourinho selling him are relevant and while what you say is true, it's not even what Wenger was hinting at. The logic of his reasoning is very simple. If you are able sell players mid-season where they have and have not played certain teams, there's more potential for these sort of strategic actions.

It's not just about the January transfer window either. The summer window doesn't shut until after the season starts, so he has been campaigning for that to stop for years too: http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...-close-earlier

[Niall_Quinn]

That's certainly a big joke, the season kicking off without anyone knowing what the final squads are. Why would they even allow it! What could possibly be wrong with closing the window the day before kick off?

[Özim]

That's certainly a big joke, the season kicking off without anyone knowing what the final squads are. Why would they even allow it! What could possibly be wrong with closing the window the day before kick off?

Wenger wouldn't be able to tell us it doesn't shut until the 31st of August?

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

And now they keep losing the 'crunch clashes' to BT, they can't push their BLitW agenda with quite so much gusto.

This.

For example, there's a round of premier league fixtures on Tuesday/Wednesday and Sky are showing a grand total of zero games live. We pay 40 quid a month.

That isn't bad. It's fucking shocking.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Have we signed any/all the playa yet?


Draxler's our man this window. Has to be tbh, looks sharp and quick, would fit into our style of play perfectly.

He reminds me of Cesc mixed with RVP.

Should be good!

[Edinburgh Gooner]

What time is this supposed press conference today?

[AFC Leveller]

Man ure will be significantly improved if they get Cabaye on top of Mata. IMO Cabaye is the best central midfielder in the league.