Arsenal squad 2014/2015 (how would it look if you were in charge?)

[Power n Glory]

Isn't all this rather pointless?

[fakeyank]

Isn't all this rather pointless?

Pretty much all debate on GW is pointless tbh. The only reasonable thread is the Cool Video thread

[Power n Glory]

To an extent but we might as well be discussing Fantasy Football teams in here.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

keeper out = Fabs (free)
keeper in = Marshall (10 mill)

Defenders out = Sagna (free), Monreal (5 mill) Vermaelen ( 10 mill )
Defenders in = Piszczek (15 mill ), Felipe Luiz (10 mill ) Varane ( 20 mill )

Midfielders out = Rosciky (5 mill), Podolski (10 mill), Arteta (10 mill), Cazorla (20 mill)
Midfieders in = Bender (20 mill), Di Maria (25 mill), Gustavo (25 mill), Draxler (30 mill)

Attackers out = Bendtner (can't give him away), Giroud (20 mill)
Attackers in = Reus (35 mill), Martinez (30 mil)

Net spend 140 mill

Sir Ches back up Marshall.

Piszchek back up Jenks ( i know!! )
Felipe Luiz " Gibbs
Merts " Varane
Kos

Gustavo " Bender ( or other way round ) - sometimes play both.
Di Maria " Drexler "
Walcott " Ox "
Ozil " Reus
Rambo " Wilshere

Martinez " Reus,Walcot,Sanogo also forward options.

Above based on 4-5-1 with Di Maria & Walcott playing wide of the 5. Could also look at 4-4-2 with Martinez & Reus up top. If we want to play defensive then 4-2-3-1 with Gustavo & Bender as the 2.
To have 10 quality midfielders may sound OTT but if you think of the injuries we continually get to key players in this area ie Ramsey, Wilshere, Walcot & the fact we are overplaying some of these players which may be the root cause of a lot of these injuries then I think we should be able to rotate the side to keep all happy.

With Wenger in charge we all know this is dreamland but IMO we do need a squad with that depth of quality to really maintain a challenge on all fronts.

[fakeyank]

^^^

Love your signature

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Very much playing champ manager but it is nice to dream. Some light healthy-unhealthy respite....

Out:

Flappy (n/a)
Vermaelen (7 million)
Bendtner (n/a)


In:

Stekelenburg (5 million)
Matthias Ginter (6 million)
Eliaquim Mangala (8 million)
Yann M'vila (10 million)
Loic Remy (Free transfer?)
Josip Drmic (5 million)
Julian Draxler (40 million)

74 million. The next would be 67 million. Still enough money to go crazy on 1 additional signing....perhaps the fabled world class forward that I'm missing?

I think we should offer Sagna what he wants and try and get Podolski to re-sign too imo. Vermaelen I'd prefer to keep but it's 50/50 as he would need to take a step down so he might not find a club he wants to join.

The ins add a little pace and finesse in attack with two potential centre forwards there too....even if they aren't both obvious choices with Draxler being the second. Remy, Draxler, Walcott, Chamberlain and Gnabry and possibly Cazorla could cover the wings so we're not likely to suffer as badly again in Theo's absence.

[AFC Leveller]

Wenger says it will be hard to sign players because of the world cup.

I wonder what his excuse was last season?

[cheesy bites]

Scz
Casillas
A.N. Other

Sagna (Sign him up)
Jenkinson

Mert
Kosc
Verm
Caulker

Gibbs
Chambers

Flamini
Ramsey
Wilshere
Ozil
Cazorla
Rosicky
Fabregas

Walcott
The Ox
Pod

Giroud
Remy
Costa
Joel Campbell

Cya Arteta and Monreal

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Wenger says it will be hard to sign players because of the world cup.

I wonder what his excuse was last season?

Wasn't last season the one with the "waiting period"? Or was that the season before? They're so painfully similar you end up getting confused.



Also @Blink, Mangala has a whopping £30 million price tag attached to his head and Man City pretty much have that deal sewn up already. They tried right at the end of the January window to get him and Fernando but were rebuffed. I'd actually post nudes of myself on here if we sign him.


Greizeeman, big black strong but technically good DM and a world class striker please.

[I am invisible]

OK, fantasy football time then...

Working on the premise(s) that we're sticking with 433 and that we need at least decent option for every position (with a few additional utility players here and there for added depth), then I think we need:

1x CF
Costa / Benzema / Cavani / Martinez / Mandzukic / Bony / Benteke / Lukaku / Morata / Michy

1x Wide striker or 1x direct winger (but ideally both)
wide strikers: Pedro / Remy / Drmic / Vela / Campbell
wingers: Griezmann / Draxler / Di Maria / Sanchez / Konoplyanka / Shaqiri

1x DCM (this can maybe wait another year, but its something we need to think about soon, and might as well do it now if the right player is there)
Pogba / Bender / Schneiderlin / Wanyama / Gustavo

1x RB (if Sagna leaves)
Aurier / Colman / Chambers / Janmaat / Richards / Junge

1/2x CBs (depending on whether Vermaelen stays)
Ginter / Veltman / Laporte / Hangeland(?) / (I really have lost touch with who the decent / available CBs are out there)

1x GK (if Fabianski leaves)
Casillas / Stekelenburg / Schmeichel / Marshall /

Bonus, total-fantasy, never-gonna-happen signing
Bring Fabregas and his Arsenal DNA home!

So there you go - anywhere between 3 and 8/9 players, depending on who stays and who goes, and whether there's enough time / money / available options to go for bonus signings.

There's a range of different players there at different prices, ranging from £50-60m+ to free - feel free to add more (or cross any off that are completely stupid - I've just stuck in players I've heard mentioned recently). Assuming we're working to a finite budget, then we won't be able to pick the most expensive name on each list (i.e. if we spank £40/50/60m on someone like Cavani or Benzema, then it's unlikely that we'll blow another £40m on a Draxleror a Di Maria), so it's all about getting the best balance for what we have, and getting more of the qualities that we lack into the team somewhere, even if we have to do it more indirectly than we've been thinking (e.g. we're all looking at the CF as being the signing that solves all of our problems, but if the awesome CF that we want isn't available, or doesn't want to sign for us, then can we work around it by getting, say, a world-class wide man instead, and getting someone a little further down our wish list as a CF?).