Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[AKBapologist]

In a world where the type of striker that fulfills our expectations signs for barcelona for 80mill, you can pretty much write us off getting ready made talent in that area. Good strikers are so rare, you're better off punting on potential or sticking with what you have.

[selassie]

We should be aiming higher but unfortunately we're often faced with such dilemmas because we have a very rigid and stubborn coach. If I was certain Wenger was going to play Sanchez, Campbell or Walcott through the middle, I wouldn't sweat it. Welbeck shouldn't even be on our radar when you consider the names I just mentioned in comparison. But here we are.

[Dein-machine]

In a world where the type of striker that fulfills our expectations signs for barcelona for 80mill, you can pretty much write us off getting ready made talent in that area. Good strikers are so rare, you're better off punting on potential or sticking with what you have.

We have been "punting on potential" or "sticking with what you have " for the past decade & it doesn't bring rewards in modern football. The Chavs fucked the system with money & the Mancs are now making it worse. No manager in the modern game can take the risks of punting or sticking through fear of the sack - apart from our manager!

[Dein-machine]

Wait....wait....

Right.

Yeah, fair enough

Thank fuck for that - soon as I pressed send I saw my "effects on Arsenal Football club" & thought you would hit back about giving me English lessons!

[Letters]

Thank fuck for that - soon as I pressed send I saw my "effects on Arsenal Football club" & thought you would hit back about giving me English lessons!

Tbh I never know when to use 'effect' and when to use 'affect'. I've had it explained to me but I still don't understand it

[Niall_Quinn]

Thank fuck for that - soon as I pressed send I saw my "effects on Arsenal Football club" & thought you would hit back about giving me English lessons!

You said effects

[Dein-machine]

You said effects

See - I knew I should have kept quiet.

[Niall_Quinn]

The "serious" media is now pitching in with the Cavani rumours.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...nch-media.html

In summary:
Wenger wants Cavani.
Giroud NOT involved in swap.
Only stumbling blocks are the transfer fee, the player's wages and the fact PSG don't want to sell. Otherwise it looks done.

Canvani is coming home

[Power n Glory]

In a world where the type of striker that fulfills our expectations signs for barcelona for 80mill, you can pretty much write us off getting ready made talent in that area. Good strikers are so rare, you're better off punting on potential or sticking with what you have.

£80m is the going rate for the Spanish clubs. That's the bar they've set for themselves and nobody else. If those two clubs aren't interested in a player, you can slash that fee in half. But we've never been the sort of club to go toe to toe with our rivals in a bidding war. Why shy away all the time. If the path wasn't clear for Sanchez or Ozil, I doubt we'd have pursued so hard.

That's one matter but I'm more concerned with our scouting. We should be able to find players like Aguero, Suarez, Falcao..etc before the mega rich get to them but we're scouting garbage like Chamakh, Giroud and Sanago in the French league. Wenger's too far removed from France and he doesn't know that market anymore, hench the blunders. Before he left France, he knew of the talented young players around the country but years have passed since then. Now we're reduced to scouting the lower divisions of the French and English leagues for our talent. We need a serious upgrade.

[Dein-machine]

All bookies odds dropping on Khedira coming home aswell. If the injury to Arteta has provoked Wumger into pulling his finger out & we end up signing a Khedira or a Carvalho then it would amount to Arteta's best contribution for years.