Winter Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

What happened with Matuidi? Too expensive?

What happened to getting in some proper cover for Giroud? If we don't at least do that then what the fuck?

[AKBapologist]

Isn't there someone in the PL we could have bought for CDM!?

FFS

[Özim]

So because we've been unlucky with injuries, you want us to bring in new starters? What when Walcott and Ramsey is back, then what? sell the 20-30m signings we just brought in 6 months earlier? We already got plenty of covers on the wings, so makes no sense bringing in a new winger. We have Wilshere to cover #8 and Flamini/Arteta for #6, but with Flamini's suspension and Wilshere unsure for next match, it makes sense bringing in a guy who can cover both positions for the next 6 months. We got Vermelean to cover defence, you wont find a better back-up than that.

Stop thinking this is football manager and start thinking realistic.

Unlucky with injuries? Are you really going to say we're "unlucky" with those, because if you are then I guess we must be cursed because injuries seem to happen with so much regularity renaming us Arsenal Hospital wouldn't be unfair.

[KSE Comedy Club]

So because we've been unlucky with injuries, you want us to bring in new starters? What when Walcott and Ramsey is back, then what? sell the 20-30m signings we just brought in 6 months earlier? We already got plenty of covers on the wings, so makes no sense bringing in a new winger. We have Wilshere to cover #8 and Flamini/Arteta for #6, but with Flamini's suspension and Wilshere unsure for next match, it makes sense bringing in a guy who can cover both positions for the next 6 months. We got Vermelean to cover defence, you wont find a better back-up than that.

Stop thinking this is football manager and start thinking realistic.

what a silly post

havent you heard of strengthening and squad depth?

[Niall_Quinn]

Has Wenger smiled at all today? Just one little smile?

[JonasTC]

Realistic is not bringing in stop gap journeymen that will sit on the books once the first team is alive again. Realistic is bringing in some competition for the first team so the whole team improves in general. We had no problem getting Ozil on the pitch even though we were overloaded with midfielders. Anyway, all our players are always injured so we need to buy twenty midfielders in this window, and thirty strikers.

I think you guys dont know enough about Kim Kallstrom. Since im from Denmark, i know quite a bit about scandinavian players and i've always rated him as a top player. Tbh i think he's on Arteta/Flamini level (they're 3 different players tho'), yes i think we should bring in a top holding midfielder, who can start ahead of Arteta and Flamini, but its not going to happend in this window. Kim Kallstrom is as good as we can get when it comes to good enough rotation/back-up.

[Power n Glory]

Realistic is not bringing in stop gap journeymen that will sit on the books once the first team is alive again. Realistic is bringing in some competition for the first team so the whole team improves in general. We had no problem getting Ozil on the pitch even though we were overloaded with midfielders. Anyway, all our players are always injured so we need to buy twenty midfielders in this window, and thirty strikers.

That's a good point about Ozil.

I hope we're not done for the day but will be bitterly disappointed if so.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

At the very least go in again for Lars Bender.

[AKBapologist]

He's not fit, has no EPL experience and wasn't exactly first choice at spartak.
Another squillachi imo.

[Darknight02]

The signing of a stop gap midfielder is concerning as it means Ramsey is out for longer than first thought which is a big worry for me and ditto re: Wilshere.

But we are still to address our problem position which is up front. I have no idea why Wenger doesn't trust Podolski. But our season will be shot with an injury to Giroud.

Really upset about Draxler especially because in summer in my opinion Arsenal are much weaker position to attract if we don't manage to win anything this year and see our season collapse.

Given that all our targets seem to have gone elsewhere - Costa for Chelsea and Grizemann eyed by Chelsea - seems all our targets will be taken by other teams.

Given that we are seeing City and Chelsea strengthen, I have a feeling by the end of today all our good will towards AW is going to start eroding especially with knowledge that there is money available.

Seems United are hellbent on going for the top Germans like Kroos and Reus.

Suddenly we are back on a possibly downward spiral.

I'll give them till end of today and reevaluate but it is concerning