The "Where is the Fabregas thread" thread

[selassie]

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Hear...il/story.html?

I always thought NQ would be more daper tbh

[Underhill and over Grove]

I know Wenger will say that we have other priorities and that signing Fabregas would "kill" Ramsey and Wilshere, but there comes a point where he needs to accept the environment he is in and that if he does not sign Fabregas, one of our biggest rivals will. Realistically only 5 clubs in the world could afford him, and 2 of these were in a city he wanted to live in.

With Chavski having Costa and Fabregas already signed, and another one of our "rivals" having stolen Sagna, we are looking a bit pathetic again.

[BOBN]

Top decision by Wenger. A lazy, specialist in failure player in decline.

Where are all those who said Fabregas would go there and prove Xavi and the like were inferior because ge can do assists? he was like a fish out of water next to real class

Heres what the official Barca website had to say:

'But despite glowing starts to each campaign, Cesc’s contributions to the cause gradually decreased as each season drew to a close. From being someone who joined in with the attack, supplying and scoring goals, the magic tended to fade later on in each season. He only scored one, six and one goals in the last 24 games of each season. For some reason, he was never as good in the second half of a season as in the first.'

Arsenals most unsuccessful captain and the root cause of our late season declines. Arsenal FC is not his personal hotel and we have other problems to worry about than signing back up for Ozil.

That Wenger is not giving a shyt about what soppy fans think proves these a gimmer of hope that theres still some vintage Wenger left in there somewhere.

[Niall_Quinn]

Simply another demonstration of just how classless Barca are.

[Grebbo]

Where are all those who said Fabregas would go there and prove Xavi and the like were inferior because ge can do assists? he was like a fish out of water next to real class

Didn't Fab provide the most assists for Barca last season? Setting up goals is a pretty good attribute tbf.

Wenger knew Fab would be available this summer. Remember when Moyes was bidding for him last summer? (Moyes ) Wenger was asked at the time about the situation and he said Fab wouldn't move that summer but would the next. So if Wenger had wanted Fab he wouldn't have bought Ozil and would've just waited another season for Fab. Wenger must think Ozil is the better player and they both can't play in the same team.

[Slacker]

Happy to out myself as a soppy fan on this one. Maybe we park this one until the end of the season and let's see how successful Cesc is in comparison to Iniesta, Xavi, Rakitic, Barca, AW, Arsenal, Man U, etc.

Off the top of my head I know for a fact that when Cesc was at Barca he scored more goals per season than Xavi and Iniesta. Considerably more goals except in his first season when Xavi scored one less. Not bad for an assist specialist.

I'm still not convinced about Ozil. Some people are saying he's going to kick on next season but I'm not sure. His demeanour and his propensity to not roll his sleeves up when we're under the cosh is totally different to Cesc, who was there on the front line in a battle.

My faith in AW is shot TBH. He reminds me of GG the season before he was sacked - happy to let things rot to prove he's the one in the right (and as we all know, he wasn't).

[Letters]

We have just won the FA Cup and finished with the most points for about 5 years.
Right now I think the decision on Cesc was the wrong one BUT our midfield is probably our strongest area squad-wise and IF we make the right signings elsewhere (big if) then it could still be a decent transfer window.

[Niall_Quinn]

We just won the FA Cup and finished with our most points for 5 years.

That's precisely why we HAD TO buy Fabregas. Momentum, morale, buzz, progress, ambition.

If we get Pogba then I'll say wow, something bigger was in the works so great. If we get Bastien, same thing.

If we get Barry then stick your head out the window and listen for gunshots because I'm going on the rampage. Every time we get a foothold the club does something to smash the fans and leave them in a big bloody pile on the ground.

It could still come, we could still bring in real quality. But there's a way to manage these things, a way to build the expectation and then deliver on it. The bods at Arsenal are masters of building desperation.

[Letters]

It does feel flat at the moment but let's see what they do this summer.
If it's nothing much or some 18 year old French kid then I'll be joining you on the rampage.

[selassie]

We have just won the FA Cup and finished with the most points for about 5 years.
Right now I think the decision on Cesc was the wrong one BUT our midfield is probably our strongest area squad-wise and IF we make the right signings elsewhere (big if) then it could still be a decent transfer window.

It might be the strongest area now but it remains to be seen whether it will be at the start of the season.

Cazorla's quotes about not wanting to discuss his future with his agent until after the world cup smacks of someone who is looking to leave, especially given Athletico Madrid's interest. If he was happy he would have put that rumour to bed.

I think we will do well to keep him, mind you it wouldn't be surprising if we sold him for 20million Euros and wheeled out the "we have Joel Campbell and Serge Gnabry, Cazorla would have killed them" type statement.