The Official Santi Cazorla Thread

[Özim]

What always impressed me about Denilson was his workrate, desire and winning attitude, you'd never see players running past him as he run's casually back without a care in the world, it's just not his way.

If we bring back Denilson he will be like a new signing.

[Niall_Quinn]

He's not the answer either.

Yes he is.

Once a season. Which is better than nothing I suppose.

[GP]

You face is better than nothing lol jk

[Niall_Quinn]

Fabregas was the loss that really pushed us down a level. A lot of others can be shifted aside in the 'replaceable' category. But Fabregas was probably the best midfielder outside Barcelona when we had him. Losing difference-makers like him and RVP in successive seasons was truly alwful. You can see the difference in the Champions League - home games we used to dominate and rack up good scores with Fabregas at the heart of it, we are now labouring and getting outplayed. The RVP factor was different but almost equally key, the way he was playing and the quality of goals he was scoring for most of last season was a godsend in an average team post-Fabregas.

Santiago is lovely to watch but has a lot to prove. I think we know Podolski's game by now. Good finisher but that's about it. Olivier Sex has been #decent but look at the boots he is filling. The lack of quality matchwinners and difference-makers is clear.

Selling Fabregas and RvC, LOL. And getting just a bit more in fees than the cost of Torres. LOL. And replacing neither of them. LOL. And then selling Song too. LOL. This is the stuff that laughing stocks are made of. The lumps on Sunday Supplement actually talked some sense this morning. You take RvC out of Utd's team and put him back at Arsenal and where would both clubs be now? Would it be crisis Utd and one man Arsenal? Utd are excelling at nicking games they fall behind in with RvC leading the way with goals. We are clueless in the top third. No club could survive the loss of its top talent season after season. We need to spend around £150mill to get back to where we were just a few seasons ago. A world class striker, a world class midfielder, a world class goalkeeper and two world class defenders. Maybe it's closer to £200mill then, at current market prices and wages. Seeing as that will never happen the only way is down.

[Xhaka Can’t]

You face is better than nothing lol jk

It really isn't.

[Niall_Quinn]

You face is better than nothing lol jk

That's not what most people say - so chances are you are quite wrong.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Selling Fabregas and RvC, LOL. And getting just a bit more in fees than the cost of Torres. LOL. And replacing neither of them. LOL. And then selling Song too. LOL. This is the stuff that laughing stocks are made of. The lumps on Sunday Supplement actually talked some sense this morning. You take RvC out of Utd's team and put him back at Arsenal and where would both clubs be now? Would it be crisis Utd and one man Arsenal? Utd are excelling at nicking games they fall behind in with RvC leading the way with goals. We are clueless in the top third. No club could survive the loss of its top talent season after season. We need to spend around £150mill to get back to where we were just a few seasons ago. A world class striker, a world class midfielder, a world class goalkeeper and two world class defenders. Maybe it's closer to £200mill then, at current market prices and wages. Seeing as that will never happen the only way is down.

Spot on. especially the BIB.

[BOBN]

who remembers that smug nonsense on twitter about how carzola + podolski + giroud = the price of torres and how good we were and we should all touch ourselves.

well torres is having a better season than all three put together, and hes finished!!

[GP]

well torres is having a better season than all three put together,

Nope

[Xhaka Can’t]

Nope

There is enough material with which to bash the Club without having to make shit up.