Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Are you Arsene Wenger?....."oh well he might not want to leave his current club......"

He's playing for Inter......if you want a player you go all out, sell the club to the player....give the club an offer they can't refuse...Italian football isn't rich it can't be that much.

Quite.

Good players don't just become available. You have to act in a way that opens up possibilities which would not otherwise transpire. Wenger will absolutely be in the market for a forward.....but that doesn't mean he won't be willing to simply make do if a player on his own terms and conditions cannot be signed.

[Niall_Quinn]

Elneny does not have Xhaka's passing range. Not even close.

Elneny keeps the game tidy but he not a progressive player at all.

The plaeyrs we have do not build in the first phase and do not have the ability to get it forward. Xhaka does.

By "same" I was referring to ambition in his play, he certainly displayed that early on. Maybe a bit too much. But never fear, Wenger stamped all over him and now he's passing sideways with the best of them. This new guy may well have the ability to get the ball forwards quickly and accurately, but will he be allowed to do it? I genuinely can't understand the thinking behind the way we play at the moment. The crawling tempo, the absence of urgency, the endless patience even though it is hardly ever rewarded. Is this player coming in to fix that? I hope so. But the question remains, why are we playing this way in the first place? They players are better than this, we know they are because on occasion we have seen it.

[selassie]

I dont think Sanchez is coming back. I do not believe he is the best fit. He unbalances us.

All 3 CMs fit if we start going 4-3-3 or move Ramsey or Jack out wide. A 4-3-3 with Ozil on the right would be fine too.

I dont trust Wenger to figure it out though, but I do think our next manager will.

Sanchez is the least of our problems! The fact you want Ramsey or Jack out on the flanks instead of him tells me all I need to know, you do want us to win stuff right?

[Power n Glory]

Sanchez is the least of our problems! The fact you want Ramsey or Jack out on the flanks instead of him tells me all I need to know, you do want us to win stuff right?

Yep. Sanchez was mishandled this year. As expected, he was rushed back from the Copa America because we didn't buy anyone and then picked up an injury. He's had to slowly come back to form.

The Wilshere and Ramsey idea is crazy. They don't play well in the centre together. Never have. Playing them both out wide....even if they could play those roles, they wouldn't score 17 goals like Sanchez has and this is considered to be a bad season for Sanchez. Crazy idea.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yes but the reality is what counts. These are Wenger's favourite players so they will play somewhere when/ if new signings come in. Wenger has never been shy about shoehorning players on the wing just too get them on the pitch. And given we have no discipline or tactical cohesion it hardly makes a difference where anyone plays. Let's be kind and call it flexible football.

[hobson's choice]

I dont think Sanchez is coming back. I do not believe he is the best fit. He unbalances us.

All 3 CMs fit if we start going 4-3-3 or move Ramsey or Jack out wide. A 4-3-3 with Ozil on the right would be fine too.

I dont trust Wenger to figure it out though, but I do think our next manager will.

We've had this discussion many times, if anyone unbalances our team is Ramsey. You basically have to create a role for him to hide his flaws, to the detriment off the team.


He needs to go, period.

[Munchies]

His page is: https://www.instagram.com/granitxhaka/

This is Elneny's pic
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFUggTJgnro/

It's done

[Kano]

"There is no official offer," Eberl said. "But Granit Xhaka is an issue. It's clear he has generated interest at other clubs.

"We have to wait and see what happens."

Borussia Sporting Director.

[Power n Glory]

We've had this discussion many times, if anyone unbalances our team is Ramsey. You basically have to create a role for him to hide his flaws, to the detriment off the team.


He needs to go, period.

It should be clear by now. Last season we were trying to play with Ramsey and Wilshere in the middle and looked terrible until Coquelin and Santi took. We saw a major difference in performance.

This season, when Ramsey came back into the middle, we looked terrible again. Replace him with Elneny and it looks like we have that balance back in the midfield. He’s no good for us.

[Kano]

On transfer failings

I agree [I could have done better]. I look at myself and what I could have done.

Which decisions did I not get right? Welbeck was out for a long time, Cazorla was out for five months, Coquelin out for four months.

Elneny and Iwobi have done well but you don’t find players available in January - who could have strengthened.

Some of which is good to hear (first line), most of which is not. Given our injury history and the fact that we could of found a Giroud-esque striker in January.