Didn't want Vardy here, he's not good enough, if we're not going to sign a world class forward, then let's sign a young guy with potential to score plenty like Janssen and if we don't do that, lets not bother at all, as I said above it won't make a lot of difference as we won't be competitive anyway.Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
I suppose he hasn't actually said that the deal is off - just that as far as he knows the player is staying at Leicester - so he could just be forcing Vardy's hand? I hope the veiled message here is that the offer is still on the table, but we're no longer waiting around for an answer and are gonna start sounding out other options. Basically, Vardy has until we find someone else to decide - after that the offer is withdrawn.
So he has till the last day of the window then.....
To even maintain the status quo we need a little bit of activity, particularly given Welbeck's injury....lest the next manager be given a mountain to climb.
Given your actual disposition, not least of all your view on the management, I am surprised you are particularly moved one way or another on the Vardy deal.
I'm not bothered about Vardy as mentioned, he's not good enough, I really only want a top class forward or someone at a young enough age who is scoring goals and who could become that, I don't believe in the management so new signings are really just for entertainment for me, seeing a player score some goals for us will improve the level, we won't be winnng anything significant so either way, but I don't want to be stuck with players which then prevent us signing genuine quality because we have enough players in that position.
Which one?So he has till the last day of the window then.....
Some up and coming young striker who may or may not do something, is precisely what we don't need. Not as the main answer to our long standing problem. Finding a decent striker who will begin his work in August and keep going until next May, scoring 20+ PL goals on a consistent basis, is what we must have. There's no title challenge without that. The chances of a PL novice doing it - close to zero. A Martial or Rashford to supplement an experienced pro, that would be ideal. But relying on a youngster for the 20 plus goals? Wishful thinking. One more "nearly", "almost", "would'a, could'a", season and we can start saying goodbye to our top players. They won't stay at a club that has no ambition and doesn't challenge.
The idea Vardy isn't good enough for Arsenal is tough to understand when we have dross like Walcott drawing bigger wages than he'd be on. Of course he's good enough and he'd give us everything we need in that department and at a price that satisfies the skinflints in charge. Hard to see how we'll come up with a better alternative. Certainly there will be better £50,60,70 million alternatives out there. And we won't be spending that. If it's true we have blown this because we wouldn't extend the deal from 3 to 4 years then that's crazy. Whatever Vardy decides to do, this is his last big contract. Of course he wants 4 years and I don't see what difference it would have made to us, a club that kept Diaby on the books for how long? If we could get 2 decent seasons out of Vardy that would be more than a big enough pay off. As it is we probably won't sign anyone now and we'll be in an even shittier position this time next year when not only will we still be hunting for a striker but we'll also be begging the club to spend £120mill on top to replace Ozil, Alexis and pay those replacements.
Often the cheapskate route is the expensive route in the long term. That's if it's true we baulked over 4 years. Maybe it isn't, maybe there are other reasons. But for so many reasons we should have landed this player. A big message has just rung out around the football world. One that our own players and prospective signings will notice and pay attention to. Now we need to reverse that message by getting the wallet out and shelling big money for, I suspect, somebody who won't be as good as Vardy in a real world, boots on the ground sense. £50mill on another tier 2 option like Bif - your Lukaku or Morata or Cavani - would make me cry.
£30-40mill on Vardy and a top young prospect - that was the way to go. For a brief moment there, that's where I thought we were going.
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Real would be fools to sell Morata, but he is the striker we should be going all out for, though they'd probably insert some buy back clause again there. Aubemeyang would be the perfect fit for us, but can't see him going for less than 50million which is probably the max we would ever pay for a striker. Higuain is probably the most realistic signing for around that fee.
The plan B is to hope that if Real hold on to Morata then perhaps Benzema becomes available. He seemed a little unhappy up until Zidane took over there...He'd be well-rested this summer too, might be up for a new challenge somewhere.
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Fuck no to Benzema.
Just reading the link on Arseblog about the Croatian FA, and the reasons behind all the trouble with the ultras - pretty incredible stuff...
http://arseblog.com/2016/06/arsenal-...oud-xhaka-get/
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comm..._did_croatian/
I can't condone the way the dissenting factions are going about their protests, but if any of this is true then we should steer well clear of doing any business with Dinamo Zagreb while this guy Mamic is around - sounds crooked as f--k!
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