summer '22 transfer craziness and stupidity

[I am invisible]

I think it's more the financial documents.

It's more difficult when you have to work out the monthly payment breakdowns over 10+ years, rather than just saying 'a payment of £20m will be made'

I know, I know - I'm joking. It just feels like we spend more time preparing bids than we do actually bidding! It's one of those phrases that I get sick of hearing when it's transfer silly-season.

[Marc Overmars]

Did Pepe suffer as a result, or did we suffer as a result of bringing a player in based on nothing more than one or two good seasons in a domestic league far inferior to our own?

Was widely considered in France at the time that Lille had a huge touch with the money we offered. He was never that good and that’s proven to be the case. An obscene waste of money.

[Globalgunner]

The guys in charge of our transfers at the time were later found to be incompetent and maybe crooked or both. But we have been gash at player buying and selling since DD left. Its the history of us. The ones we want to keep, fight to leave, the ones we want to buy, cost an arm and both legs

[KSE Comedy Club]

I know, I know - I'm joking. It just feels like we spend more time preparing bids than we do actually bidding! It's one of those phrases that I get sick of hearing when it's transfer silly-season.

So was I!

more making light of our pathetic low ball offers and 'paying in instalments' deals!

[KSE Comedy Club]

Did Pepe suffer as a result, or did we suffer as a result of bringing a player in based on nothing more than one or two good seasons in a domestic league far inferior to our own?

No, I believe he suffered.

He had no pre season with us, then he was brought on in games here and there to try and get him up to speed. Then Emery was sacked and Arteta came in and didn't really like him and never gave him a chance.

If he had time to properly bed into the team, I think we would have gotten a much better version of him in the long run.

[I am invisible]

So was I!

more making light of our pathetic low ball offers and 'paying in instalments' deals!

Installments + £1

[IBK]

Our transfer business wasn't really good, it was just good.

Lokonga - not ready seemingly
Tavares - awful

then in January we stripped the squad to the bare minimum and we are now at least 6 players short, not to mention having other players we need to shift on and replace - Xhaka, Pepe, etc.

Pre season is on the 27th of June, which is a week away.

We really cannot afford to be waiting the whole window to bed in new players. It has happened the last few years and players like Pepe have suffered because of it.

I disagree. Lokonga wasn't bought as a first team player - and he looks a really decent prospect. Ben White and Ramsdale are pretty much universally regarded as excellent signings. Tomiasu was the real deal - and we dont know yet whether his injuries were because of being overplayed; bad luck or something more concerning. Odegard was the deal of the season! Jury's out on Tavares yes but he was £6.8 mil FFS.

Taken together - and factoring in transfer fees I think its harsh to say that we didn't do really good business.

The problem is that some Gooners always seem to judge the club by the standard of sheer perfection - which is unfair. I'd love to know what club ever has made 6 signings and all 6 have been instant successes. Even if you want to discount Tavares, 4.5 out of 6 - 75% sucess rate is excellent business in the real world.

[IBK]

Jesus and Fabio Viera....

[I am invisible]

The new Vieira?

[Munchies]

looks shit from the youtube scouting I've just done

And we don't need him in our team

Arteta wasting all our transfer budget on players we don't need as per usual