Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[Munchies]

Top posts by NQ and Zim as per usual

[Munchies]

Denilson bought for £4m from Sau Paulo
Returned for free to Sao Paulo

Wellington the same to a different team

[Power n Glory]

Massively when you look at our noisy neighbours down the road, they built a team that challenged for the title last season largely based on youth.

The difference with their recruitment of youth seems to be that they buy specific players for specific roles. None of this shunting players all over the place to give them experience.

Poch has really shown up Wenger with Youth and our flawed youth recruitment policy. Our policy consists no more of taking random punts on youngsters hoping they come good, "hoping" is the key word here.

I can't understand how so much time had been dedicated to this and we've produced so little. We have binned the majority of our youth players.

[selassie]

I can't understand how so much time had been dedicated to this and we've produced so little. We have binned the majority of our youth players.

Me either, I've nothing against us signing young talents, it's necessary. What I would like to see is us have is a dedicated development plan for these players with a specific role in the team in mind. I don't like the way Wenger plays them all over the place to give them education/experience, it seems to screw up their development if anything.

A lot of the young british guys we've brought in young haven't really developed properly and are no closer to having specific roles in the team, even some of the guys who have come through our youth system have been moved around.

Chambers is a classic example of a player who seems to have stalled, he started well as a CB, keep him there and develop him in that position, no need to shunt him over to Right back or DM.

[Marc Overmars]

Manc bid for Pogba rejected. Will have to be £100m to get him.

Looks like the Rob Holding deal will be done this week.

[Power n Glory]

Me either, I've nothing against us signing young talents, it's necessary. What I would like to see is us have is a dedicated development plan for these players with a specific role in the team in mind. I don't like the way Wenger plays them all over the place to give them education/experience, it seems to screw up their development if anything.

A lot of the young british guys we've brought in young haven't really developed properly and are no closer to having specific roles in the team, even some of the guys who have come through our youth system have been moved around.

Chambers is a classic example of a player who seems to have stalled, he started well as a CB, keep him there and develop him in that position, no need to shunt him over to Right back or DM.

Good point about the constant swapping of positions. I can’t think of a single player it’s helped develop. I wonder about the technical advice he gives to his players because when I look at Wilshere, Ramsey and Walcott for example, their weak areas are pretty clear but I’ve seen no improvement from them. They keep making the same mistakes over and over. But at least these guys have managed to make it on to the pitch. We have a lot of players we’ve spent time looking for (Campbell) and they don’t even get the game time.

[GP]

Manc bid for Pogba rejected. Will have to be £100m to get him.

Looks like the Rob Holding deal will be done this week.

Signings

[Özim]

Looks like the Rob Holding deal will be done this week.

He'll be back playing Championship football in a few years.

[Özim]

Manc bid for Pogba rejected. Will have to be £100m to get him.

They bid 85 million apparently, I guess for some football clubs it's not all about shafting the fans.

[Power n Glory]

Manc bid for Pogba rejected. Will have to be £100m to get him.

Looks like the Rob Holding deal will be done this week.

Looking at what’s going on with Higuain and Pogba, maybe the Italian clubs are looking at the bigger picture and what selling off their best players means for their league. They won't attract the hefty sponsorship money if they keep selling their best players. Series A stock has really fallen over the years.