Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Grebbo]

Are people forgetting we spent £42m on Ozil last summer? Wenger isn't afraid to spend money.

The margins are very thin at the top. This team doesn't need wholesale changes, one world class player can make all the difference. Look at Liverpool this season with the best striker in the league. Look at Man U last season with the best striker in the league. If we get one world class striker then we're title contenders.

[Munchies]

It doesn't really have much to do with the amount he spends, it's just that the squad needs strengthening in certain areas. We aren't far off with the right additions and stay lucky with the injuries, which never happens.

We may need 2 backup CBs if Vermaelen leaves, a GK when Fabianski leaves, Sagna's replacement, a CDM, a left winger and a striker.

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Being linked with Vela now too, he has said that we have a buy-back clause of only £3.3m . Wouldn't be a bad signing

[Power n Glory]

Arsene Wenger says Arsenal will pursue stability rather than spectacular signings this summer.

Asrenal manager warns fans not to expect an influx of star names in the summer despite their difficult season


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...is-summer.html

'No players reachable' .

The world cup ends before the half of July

Fuck him and his two year contract! He's taking the piss and I'm tired of the excuses. Fucking loser!

[Özim]

He says the same thing every summer, generally he does what he says and signs next to nothing, how many years does he have to do the same sh* t before people catch on?

[GP]

I'm still suprised anyone thinks you'll get any nugget out of Arsenal about any transfer dealings. How many years has he or the club been denying pretty much anything until a deal is done?

How can people still not get it? After all these years people are still getting worked p over paper talk?

It's embarrassing.

[Özim]

The only thing he ever does is spend all summer sitting there waiting and then signing the odd player who's nothing special, then at the very end of the transfer window usually when we've lost a game he panic buys.

[Power n Glory]

This is not the message to send out to the fans, our players, potential signings or our rivals. So last season when Ivan came out and said expect big things, that hindered our transfer activity? We signed Ozil! Of course it didn't. Even if you want to play cards close to your chest, don't say anything!

[Munchies]

Expect Gazidis to go out and say we have big money to spend etc, when the ticket renewals are up

We all know Wenger is going to use the world cup as an excuse, he has more important things to do like get extra £££ from his TV work.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Wenger just needs to spend this summer teaching the players how to find space behind defenders and how to dribble. We’re too focused on short passing and playing in front of defenders instead of getting behind them. It’s down to the way we train with the focus on passing drills and 5 aside games. Players stop taking risks and it gets monotonous. I’m already seeing it with Cazorla. He’s not a marauding dribbler type but he has nifty footwork and can get out of tight spaces, wrong footing the best of defenders when he’s on his game and weaving through tight spaces when closed down. I’ve seen less of that sort of trickery this season and he’s spraying the ball more and getting rid of it quicker. When receiving the ball in tight spaces, he’s getting caught and losing possession. It happened with Gervinho, Arshavin, Hleb and Nasri. After the first season they stopped taking as many touches and chose the easy option. Besides runners, we need more dribblers to make something happen instead of passing it backwards or sideways if their path is blocked.

I think that is a little prescriptive for Wenger's liking but I can appreciate why you would want that to happen. I've often said that a feature of a team who attack with speed is speed itself but not restricted to speed alone. The starting positions players take up, how they move with the ball and how they move without it all goes a long way in dictating a fast a team attacks. In Theo's absence we have been focussing on the lack of raw pace with is natural to an extent, but Theo is exceptionally quick by any standard and as such is in remarkably short supply.

Going back to Selassie's point, I actually like Wenger's philosophy a more traditional, direct and speedy player on one wing and more of a playmaker on the opposing wing. It helps if the target man is a little more dynamic though which we don't have and it also helps if the speedy winger isn't out injured. I think Cazorla has suffered because of it and it has exacerbated the general annoyance and distaste for seeing him play wide which imo he can actually be pretty effective at doing.


On the 2/3 players thing that Wenger said, or whatever it was he said.... 2-3 top top players might be fine if we're only losing Bendtner and Fabianski. Any more than that then it really needs to be in excess of 3 players and I think Wenger will know that without overtly expressing so.

Unlike us, he may be less resigned to the fact that Vermaelen will leave but I suspect in any case he is simply playing poker.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

This is not the message to send out to the fans, our players, potential signings or our rivals. So last season when Ivan came out and said expect big things, that hindered our transfer activity? We signed Ozil! Of course it didn't. Even if you want to play cards close to your chest, don't say anything!

Gazidis was pretty vocal last summer with his we can do things that will excite you spiel...... but it's hard to shake the feeling Wenger was probably reluctantly on board with it and it would have been very different if it had come from his own mouth.

I think Gazidis went a step further than he needed to in a sense. Forget about exciting us....just do whatever is needed to bring in genuine quality worthy of the colours. Eventually, that will garner the happiness of all!