Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Niall_Quinn]

No chance was Ozil a "panic" buy. An opportunistic buy, maybe. Lots of things have to be juggled for a transfer to happen these days, it's no surprise at all if one move depends on another. I guess Ozil wouldn't have been available at all if Bale had not moved. We must have done plenty of groundwork beforehand on the offchance everything fell into place. Inconceivable a move like that would be hashed together at the last minute, too many palms to grease and lawyers to appease. I'd agree though, we'd probably have signed nobody if the Ozil deal fell through.

Of course the transfer window should be shut before the season starts.

[Globalgunner]

In other news...we are being linked to Chiek Tiote again. Before you go out to hang yourself.....remember. It may never happen.

[Niall_Quinn]

Having watched the World Cup, is anyone still convinced there are more than a handful of strikers out there who are better than Giroud (or Campbell)? Suarez, no argument there. Benzema, I think he showed enough to be considered a grade above.

Neymar - LOL
Cavani - LOL
Rooney - LOL
Balotelli - LOL LOL ROFLMAO


Who were the strikers that really stood out and you could say yes, that guy would really make the difference? How many of them are available? How many cost less than £60mill? Down the pecking order is Remy, but he apparently wanted £100kpw! LOL. So I don't think we'll see a striker coming in.

DM, maybe. CB maybe, but it's tough to find somebody who is happy to sit on the bench. That's the reason Tommy left. The same World Cup has exacerbated things for the start of the season. Normally you wouldn't see a group of players out because they had just finished playing in the final of a major tournament. But Merts will be back, Kos apparently only has a niggle and Chambers has already show he can provide the cover. Monreal is of course an issue, but we have Miquel and Bellerin. Up top we also have Akpom. Not ideal, but not a complete disaster either.

Wenger says he may bring in one more. Let's wait and see. If he doesn't, I still think it is the strongest squad we have had in a long time.

[saintnickle]

Having watched the World Cup, is anyone still convinced there are more than a handful of strikers out there who are better than Giroud (or Campbell)? Suarez, no argument there. Benzema, I think he showed enough to be considered a grade above.

Neymar - LOL
Cavani - LOL
Rooney - LOL
Balotelli - LOL LOL ROFLMAO


Who were the strikers that really stood out and you could say yes, that guy would really make the difference? How many of them are available? How many cost less than £60mill? Down the pecking order is Remy, but he apparently wanted £100kpw! LOL. So I don't think we'll see a striker coming in.

DM, maybe. CB maybe, but it's tough to find somebody who is happy to sit on the bench. That's the reason Tommy left. The same World Cup has exacerbated things for the start of the season. Normally you wouldn't see a group of players out because they had just finished playing in the final of a major tournament. But Merts will be back, Kos apparently only has a niggle and Chambers has already show he can provide the cover. Monreal is of course an issue, but we have Miquel and Bellerin. Up top we also have Akpom. Not ideal, but not a complete disaster either.

Wenger says he may bring in one more. Let's wait and see. If he doesn't, I still think it is the strongest squad we have had in a long time.

"DM, maybe. CB maybe, but it's tough to find somebody who is happy to sit on the bench"

That is where you have been brainwashed by wenger.Surely at a club as big as arsenal you want to buy players for competition so that your 2 starters merts and kos dont go stale.Chelsea didnt go for a midfielder just to sit on the bench whilst oscar and hazard played every week.No they bought fabregas to give them competition .Rememver competition for players is healthy and brings the best out of a player.

[saintnickle]

Having watched the World Cup, is anyone still convinced there are more than a handful of strikers out there who are better than Giroud (or Campbell)? Suarez, no argument there. Benzema, I think he showed enough to be considered a grade above.

Neymar - LOL
Cavani - LOL
Rooney - LOL
Balotelli - LOL LOL ROFLMAO


Who were the strikers that really stood out and you could say yes, that guy would really make the difference? How many of them are available? How many cost less than £60mill? Down the pecking order is Remy, but he apparently wanted £100kpw! LOL. So I don't think we'll see a striker coming in.

DM, maybe. CB maybe, but it's tough to find somebody who is happy to sit on the bench. That's the reason Tommy left. The same World Cup has exacerbated things for the start of the season. Normally you wouldn't see a group of players out because they had just finished playing in the final of a major tournament. But Merts will be back, Kos apparently only has a niggle and Chambers has already show he can provide the cover. Monreal is of course an issue, but we have Miquel and Bellerin. Up top we also have Akpom. Not ideal, but not a complete disaster either.

Wenger says he may bring in one more. Let's wait and see. If he doesn't, I still think it is the strongest squad we have had in a long time.

You really don't think that one of the above would make a massive difference to our team???No you probably dont that is why i think you've definitely been brainwashed.

[Power n Glory]

It's rare for the elite players to really shine in the World Cup these days but with that sort of argument, you can come away with all sorts of crazy conclusions.

Henry had a terrible World Cup in 2002 that doesn't define his overall quality. Ronaldo didn't do much for Portugal again, Messi wasn't great and it's not the first time these two haven't lived up to the World Cup hype. You can't draw too many conclusions.

[Dein-machine]

Having watched the World Cup, is anyone still convinced there are more than a handful of strikers out there who are better than Giroud (or Campbell)? Suarez, no argument there. Benzema, I think he showed enough to be considered a grade above.

Neymar - LOL
Cavani - LOL
Rooney - LOL
Balotelli - LOL LOL ROFLMAO


Who were the strikers that really stood out and you could say yes, that guy would really make the difference? How many of them are available? How many cost less than £60mill? Down the pecking order is Remy, but he apparently wanted £100kpw! LOL. So I don't think we'll see a striker coming in.

DM, maybe. CB maybe, but it's tough to find somebody who is happy to sit on the bench. That's the reason Tommy left. The same World Cup has exacerbated things for the start of the season. Normally you wouldn't see a group of players out because they had just finished playing in the final of a major tournament. But Merts will be back, Kos apparently only has a niggle and Chambers has already show he can provide the cover. Monreal is of course an issue, but we have Miquel and Bellerin. Up top we also have Akpom. Not ideal, but not a complete disaster either.

Wenger says he may bring in one more. Let's wait and see. If he doesn't, I still think it is the strongest squad we have had in a long time.

Lets just look at who's where when it comes to out & out strikers - World Cup or NO world cup.

Man City = Dzeko, Aguero, Jovetic, Negrado.
Liverpool = Sturrudge, Lambert,
Chelsea = Costa, Torres
Man Utd = Van Persie, Rooney
PSG = Faclao, Ibrahimovic
Madrid = Ronaldo, Benzema
Barca = Suarez, Messi, Neymar
Bayern = Lewandowski, Muller, Mandukic

& then Arsenal = Giroud,Sonogo,Campbell.

These are the teams we have to compete against in the PL & CL - we have been linked with good strikers like Suarez, Benzema, Hugiuin & recently Martinez but Wenger won't pay what's required to get a world class striker.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

If you want to classify the likes of Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Muller as out & out strikers then you have to put in Alexis for us.

[Letters]

You really are having to scrape the barrel now to find things to criticise Wenger for

[Syn]

If you want to classify the likes of Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Muller as out & out strikers then you have to put in Alexis for us.

And Walcott.

Enough firepower in the squad. I don't think we'll have a 30 goal a season player but between Walcott, Sanchez, Giroud, Podolski, Campbell and Ramsey there's enough there to spread out the goalscoring burden. Where we suffered last year, especially in the big games, was no pace. If we can get a good season out of Walcott when he returns, and now adding Sanchez and Campbell we've got players who can run in behind.

Keeping the goals out is more likely to be a problem. Hopefully we can press harder this year with maniacs like Sanchez and Ramsey closing down.