Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[AFC Leveller]

Draxler is NOT what we need. I've seen him a few times and i know you cannot judge a player by watching him for a few games only but what im sure of is that he is another lightweight playmaker who is best in the number 10 position. He is another Wenger type player who can play Wengerball. Not only do we not need him but we also dont need to spend THAT much money considering we need 2 strikers, a winger and a DCM.

Last season our budget went on ANOTHER playmaker (a world calss one yes but we needed players in other positions) and where has that gotten us? 5th!

I do not trust Wenger to buy what we need.

[selassie]

Draxler is NOT what we need. I've seen him a few times and i know you cannot judge a player by watching him for a few games only but what im sure of is that he is another lightweight playmaker who is best in the number 10 position. He is another Wenger type player who can play Wengerball. Not only do we not need him but we also dont need to spend THAT much money considering we need 2 strikers, a winger and a DCM.

Last season our budget went on ANOTHER playmaker (a world calss one yes but we needed players in other positions) and where has that gotten us? 5th!

I do not trust Wenger to buy what we need.

Yep I agree with you.

Draxler would be a lovely signing to supplement a solid base of signings that this team NEEDS. Unfortunately it doesn't seem our manager works like that or shares the same views.

IMHO, this team needs the following...

2 top quality strikers (1 starting striker and another very good backup striker)
a top quality DM
a 3rd choice CB, one that will push Merts for a starting spot
a top quality right back if sagna leaves.

So IMO, we will need 4 fairly expensive signings before we even consider signing "luxury projects" like Draxler.

[pakgunner]

In a new era with puma we need the following;
INS
-KLOPP
-BALOTELLI
-MORATA
-LARS BENDER
-POGBA
-SEAMUS COLEMAN
-ASHLEY WILLIAMS

OUTS
-wenger
-bentdner
-sanogo
-arteta
-diaby
-podolski
-sagna
-vermaelan

and the starting 11 could look like this

shez
coleman BFG kozzer gibbs
bender
pogba ramsey
Walcott ozil(free roaming)
balotelli
subs; fab, Williams, monreal, flamini, jack10, cazorla, morata, rosicky, ox, giroud, jenko, (obviously only seven to be selected) but that's depth.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

If Podolski is out of contract this summer (I was amazed to learn that for a second and then suddenly not amazed thinking about how much he plays) and literally nobody on this board fancies Cazorla wide left and the other half don't care whether he remains or not who exactly are we expecting to play wide left season unless we sign somebody?

I get that we need a forward and maybe even 2, but we aren't going to buy a perfectly suitable forward and play him left unless he is extremely versatile....and I can't think of many great forwards who are.

In the cold light of day we could have a heck of a lot to do this summer. Even taking Draxler out of the equation, anyone of any real quality we buy is going to cost a huge amount, UNLESS, the player is not that well known, in which case we aren't going to be that happy about said player coming in anyway!

Seriously though, how many top forwards can we seriously look at signing this summer?

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I'm not sure why we would be able to sign Pogba or Bender. Better off trying to sign M'vila!

[Globalgunner]

I'm not sure why we would be able to sign Pogba or Bender. Better off trying to sign M'vila!

Or we could go to Wolfsburg and sign Gustavo, who we should have signed last summer

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

At this rate anyone with 2 legs of a reasonable age and size would bloody do! No more Flamini type throwbacks.

[I am invisible]

If Podolski is out of contract this summer (I was amazed to learn that for a second and then suddenly not amazed thinking about how much he plays) and literally nobody on this board fancies Cazorla wide left and the other half don't care whether he remains or not who exactly are we expecting to play wide left season unless we sign somebody?

I get that we need a forward and maybe even 2, but we aren't going to buy a perfectly suitable forward and play him left unless he is extremely versatile....and I can't think of many great forwards who are.

In the cold light of day we could have a heck of a lot to do this summer. Even taking Draxler out of the equation, anyone of any real quality we buy is going to cost a huge amount, UNLESS, the player is not that well known, in which case we aren't going to be that happy about said player coming in anyway!

Seriously though, how many top forwards can we seriously look at signing this summer?

What I'd like to see is something like Liverpool's attack, where you have a 433 made up of 2 strikers, one central (Sturridge) and one who can play wide attack (Suarez) (have I got that the right way round?), a more traditional winger-type on the other side (Sterling), and a play-maker in the hole (Coutinho). We obviously have players queuing up to play in the hole (Özil, Cazorla, Rosicky, Ramsey, Wilshere, Zelalem, etc), we have a couple of budding wingers who could do the Sterling job (Chamberlain and Gnabry), and we have one wide attacker (Walcott) - beyond that I don't think our other forward options really cut it, so I'd be looking at ditching Giroud, Podolski and Bendtner (and sending Sanogo out on loan), and bringing in a new main CF, a younger understudy for him (who, ideally, would already have some decent experience under his belt), and another wide attacker like Walcott to compete with him. So 3 players.

Of those 3, I think only the main CF absolutely has to be a top signing (if by 'top' we mean an elite name signed for big money) - the others obviously need to be very good players, and add qualities we currently lack (e.g. pace, power, dynamism, hunger, etc), but I think they can be less well-known and/or signed for more modest fees? I reckon it could be done without too much hassle (IF the desire was there to do it, of course)...

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

In essence, yes.

Though recently it's been closer to just the two up front with Sterling in behind, Suarez pulling off to the right, Sturridge staying more central and Coutinho popping up here and there.

Though tbh, they do pretty much what they like.

[fakeyank]

In a new era with puma we need the following;
INS
-KLOPP

OUTS
-wenger

I'll be happy with this only tbh. I think another manager can take this current squad and do even better.