Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Gooner23]

Welbeck is the perfect squad player. Will never be prolific but he adds qualities other players don't have in terms of his athleticism and movement. I like him.

Great news about Theo and Santi, keeping the squad together is crucial right now to keep the momentum going.

[Static]

Welbeck has all the tools to be a top, top striker.

He'll come good.

[Özim]

As always, you massively exaggerate. Clearly he's not that bad, but he's not that good either.
I quite like him, he works hard and has some ability, but it's hardly a signing that shouts "title contenders" at you.

As for the fee, in a world where Benteke and Sterling are 'worth' what they went for, £16m isn't that silly. I mean, it is silly, but it's all relative in today's market.

The guy was rubbish at Man U so much so people on here use to take the p*ss out of him referring to him as Wellsh*t, just because we signed him he doesn't suddenly improve.

IMO he's average and we really shouldn't have wasted money on him.

[Özim]

Walcott/Santi sign new deals

Walcott on £140k a week

£140k a week really, seems you don't have to prove anything to get big money these days, this is totally ridiculous.

[Özim]

Welbeck has all the tools to be a top, top striker.

He'll come good.

Not convinced, he's not improved one bit since he arrived, he's still the erratic player he was at Man U, he'll never be top class just doesn't have the ability, signings like him wind me up as we could have kept the money and used it to put towards a real top class forward, instead it's looking like we won't be getting one once again despite a desperate need for one.

[Özim]

Welbeck is the perfect squad player. Will never be prolific but he adds qualities other players don't have in terms of his athleticism and movement. I like him.

Great news about Theo and Santi, keeping the squad together is crucial right now to keep the momentum going.

Good news about Cazorla, he's a top player and can't play well into his 30's.

As for momentum, we lost that we eased up at the end of the season and lost 2nd place.

[Static]

Not convinced, he's not improved one bit since he arrived, he's still the erratic player he was at Man U, he'll never be top class just doesn't have the ability, signings like him wind me up as we could have kept the money and used it to put towards a real top class forward, instead it's looking like we won't be getting one once again despite a desperate need for one.

He hasn't played in his preferred position for a proper run of games.

Give that to him and he'll come good I believe.

[Letters]

IMO he's average and we really shouldn't have wasted money on him.

I'd go with average, you don't need all the hyperbole.

[Letters]

As for momentum, we lost that we eased up at the end of the season and lost 2nd place.

I think our last game of the season rather made up for it. And momentum doesn't carry over from one season to the next anyway - we ended 2013/14 on a high with a good run and the FA Cup, started the next season with the Community Shield and then the start of the league season was a car crash.

[Kano]

We’ll see what happens this season. If he gets games down the left at least or in the middle, I think we’ll see more of his true potential. Glad he’s signed up because he usually gets important goals against any opponent.

It's all a bit Wengerish - give him another season and then we'll see. He might have a cracker next season but he won't avoid the injury table in the long run. Could've done with getting shot of him. Hardly irreplaceable.