Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Power n Glory]

We need to improve upon our home record if we want to challenge, teams that win the title are getting at least 15 home wins a season, we have managed that feat once in the last six seasons.
The problem is games where we draw at home because we aren't getting the ball out quick enough from defence and teams playing for a draw are getting back in number, and if we are to change that we cannot have someone like Arteta at the club too slow and too much of a sideways and backward passer.
Striker is a no brainer we need one of course.

Isn't the lack of goals more of a striker problem? Also, Arteta shouldn't be a starter for next season. Coquelin should be starting games ahead of him. Also, when he doesn't play, he's not the only culprit to slow our play. Ramsey and Wilshere don't drop back enough to provide and outlet when teams are pressing us high. The drift far up field waiting for a pass and won't contribute to the build up at the back. We've had this problem for donkeys and it will only get solved when we have someone that can play box to box and dictate the tempo with their passing. Rosicky has always been the guy that has done this well in the past and Cazorla did a good job last season. It's not as if Arteta is a poor passer or doesn't pass enough. It's when he can't find and outlet that we have problems and that's not helped by Wilshere and Ramsey. It's not as if they can be trusted with the ball either as they turn it over a lot.

It's that core trio Wenger needs to avoid playing together. If he can manage that, we'll do fine in the middle. Also, Giroud standing like a statue in the middle waiting to play a 5 yard pass back to the feet of Wilshere/Ramsey/Ozil etc doesn't help us break down teams either. Keeps us static.

[Munchies]

Flamini seems to be off according to the transfer talk in the papers

General consensus is that Arteta will be given one more season.

Atleast one of them is gone

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[McNamara That Ghost...]

I wonder if that is because he's on holiday.

[Niall_Quinn]

I wonder if that is because he's on holiday.

Doesn't matter, it's a nice end to his glory hunting trip. The 'legend' is on the special offers shelf. I hope that medal is adequate compensation for what he gave up in return. Meanwhile I was checking outside the stadium and I don't see his statue anywhere. Must be an oversight.

[Syn]

​I'd have him back.

[Fist of Lehmann]

I wonder if, in many aspects, Robin van Persie disagrees on the way in which the club should move forward?

[GP]

I hope he gets killed in a cheese grating accident.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I hope he gets killed in a cheese grating accident.

That would have to be quite elaborate

I tend to NOTHING most of these players after they leave the club, couldn't give a tuppeny fuck about them one way or the other. Although I don't really care about our players as long as they perform on the pitch, and don't injure themselves or get locked up off it.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Did we miss out on Martinez at 24mill?

[Globalgunner]

No, not in my opinion. A player no-one knew about until he turned 26. Now 28 and still not pulling up any trees. He is just a shade better than Welbeck. Might as well stick to the younger version. We need to go much better,or not at all.