Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[Bergkampwonderland10]

Has Kos even returned to the squad yet? There's no way he'd be ready for next week.

I think he'll try a bid for Mustafi but won't go beyond his valuation as he'd think he'd be able to wing it with Kos + Holding/Chambers and Monreal if need be until one of BFG or Gabriel comes back.

We were looking for a CB before Gabriels injury so I don't think he wants to wing it for long to be fair on Wenger. Its just whether we get gazumped on our targets yet again.

[mastermind84]

Did you watch the game today?

only saw the first half, and he didnt play well.

[Ralpheroo72]

Its a difficult market for us, but not for anyone else, especially if they are willing to pay the asking price

WENGER COY ON DEFENSIVE COVER

Arsenal suffered a defensive setback this evening as Gabriel was stretchered off in their win over Manchester City.

With Per Mertesacker facing at least four months out with injury and Laurent Koscielny only returning to training tomorrow, Gabriel's injury could leave the Gunners short for their Premier League opener next weekend.
So does Arsene Wenger plan to make signings? "I have said many times that we are in the market, but it’s not an easy market for us," he said after the game. "Let’s hope we have good news for Gabriel.

"Koscielny is back in training but we might be short for next week. If Gabriel is out, Mertesacker is out and Koscielny is out then that makes many players."

[Niall_Quinn]

Its a difficult market for us, but not for anyone else, especially if they are willing to pay the asking price

WENGER COY ON DEFENSIVE COVER

Arsenal suffered a defensive setback this evening as Gabriel was stretchered off in their win over Manchester City.

With Per Mertesacker facing at least four months out with injury and Laurent Koscielny only returning to training tomorrow, Gabriel's injury could leave the Gunners short for their Premier League opener next weekend.
So does Arsene Wenger plan to make signings? "I have said many times that we are in the market, but it’s not an easy market for us," he said after the game. "Let’s hope we have good news for Gabriel.

"Koscielny is back in training but we might be short for next week. If Gabriel is out, Mertesacker is out and Koscielny is out then that makes many players."

Hundreds of millions in the bank, and we'll be short for next week.

These guys aren't even trying to hide what they are all about. But you'll still get those mugs at the home games singing Wenger's name.

[Power n Glory]

only saw the first half, and he didnt play well.

It wasn't a good 1st half for anyone. Midfield was disjointed and it was a bit too easy for City to break up our attacks.

Ramsey and Sanchez worked well off each other but it was more a case of Ramsey making runs into the box instead of supplying the final ball as expected. But Sanchez wasn't hogging the ball and doing too much as we would usually see on the wings.

2nd half was a lot better once Elneny and Theo came on. Elneny was the main difference though. Always on the move, finding the gaps and providing an outletso we could play the ball out from deep. That wasn't really happening in the first half and we struggled. 2nd half we were all over City and bossed them. You might be right about Sanchez being more like a number 10 because he set up Theo's goal and should have had an assist for Ramsey. But overall he played well. His movement needs some work but it wasn't bad because he wasn't static and uninvolved but he wasn't ball chasing neglecting his duties as striker. First game bad so he wasn't bad at all.

[mastermind84]

It wasn't a good 1st half for anyone. Midfield was disjointed and it was a bit too easy for City to break up our attacks.

Ramsey and Sanchez worked well off each other but it was more a case of Ramsey making runs into the box instead of supplying the final ball as expected. But Sanchez wasn't hogging the ball and doing too much as we would usually see on the wings.

2nd half was a lot better once Elneny and Theo came on. Elneny was the main difference though. Always on the move, finding the gaps and providing an outletso we could play the ball out from deep. That wasn't really happening in the first half and we struggled. 2nd half we were all over City and bossed them. You might be right about Sanchez being more like a number 10 because he set up Theo's goal and should have had an assist for Ramsey. But overall he played well. His movement needs some work but it wasn't bad because he wasn't static and uninvolved but he wasn't ball chasing neglecting his duties as striker. First game bad so he wasn't bad at all.

Cool

I hope he starts at CF next week. If... err... when we don't buy anyone, Sanchez learning CF is our best solution.

[Özim]

Joke of a club and manager, all summer to find players and yet we now don't have any defenders and still don't have a striker, it's beyond ridiculous.

Beating Man City last night will convince that guy in charge that everything is hunky-dory again, come the proper stuff we'll get beaten as usual.

Awful time to be an Arsenal fan, Wenger has runined this club for me.

[Power n Glory]

Joke of a club and manager, all summer to find players and yet we now don't have any defenders and still don't have a striker, it's beyond ridiculous.

Beating Man City last night will convince that guy in charge that everything is hunky-dory again, come the proper stuff we'll get beaten as usual.

Awful time to be an Arsenal fan, Wenger has runined this club for me.

I think Wenger had already had his mind made up on the striker situation before going into yesterday’s game. I think the injury to Gabriel will force his hand though. We’re wafer thin on experienced CB’s. On the bright side at least he’s looking at Sanchez and Theo as strikers, Sanchez especially. If Sanchez hits form in that role, I think we’d have created a player that’s better than anything available on the market right now. My only hope is that we keep Giroud out of the starting line up and he’s used as a Plan B striker to come off the bench.

[Özim]

I think Wenger had already had his mind made up on the striker situation before going into yesterday’s game. I think the injury to Gabriel will force his hand though. We’re wafer thin on experienced CB’s. On the bright side at least he’s looking at Sanchez and Theo as strikers, Sanchez especially. If Sanchez hits form in that role, I think we’d have created a player that’s better than anything available on the market right now. My only hope is that we keep Giroud out of the starting line up and he’s used as a Plan B striker to come off the bench.

We still need another striker, Sanchez and Walcott up front is great but we won't be in there without a striker. We know Wenger is as cheap as they come and that he'll always look at answers within his squad of bottlers, fact is though the answer isn't in there, years of the same tells you that.

As for the CB, we won't have one next week (he's already confirmed that), Liverpool will be rubbing their hands together and may even come away with a win now and if we do sign one knowing Wenger it will be some cheap bag o' sh*te, I just don't understand how the guy can take the p*ss like this and still get away with it, even the pro Wenger fans said we needed a striker etc in the summer and yet again the man has failed to deliver.

I'm already writing off this season and expecting a few beatings to be honest from the big boys when it matters most.

[Gooner23]

If Sanchez is used as a striker then we really should be looking at another winger / wide forward. Iwobi looks great but it's too much to ask for a kid to be relied on so heavily. Ox will get injured, Theo is hit and miss (mainly miss) and Wenger clearly has no faith in Campbell so he wont be used that much.

Can't have any complaints over the CB fiasco though. We should have signed a top one at the beginning of the summer, let alone when Merts got injured.