You know when people change their food diet and they literally can’t wait to tell you how you’re a disgraceful person and that you’ll probably die if you keep using hospital IVs to mainline beef into your body? Well, I’m about to slip into that…
… I’ve been… using… oat milk.
NO NO NO… stay. Hear me out. It was a total accident. But, it’s pretty good. If you are buying milk, it lasts about a week, this stuff last three months. You don’t even notice the difference… and get this, it works in tea and coffee.
You also feel smug at parties.
‘Oh my gaaawd, I just won’t go without steamed oat milk in my soy-based latte’
** STANDING OVATION **
Instant rise in social standing. It’s even good for cows. Well, not my cow. Moira serves no use for me these days, carted her off to the butchers. But, you get my point.
So what do we have in the mixer for you today?
Unai Emery is in New York talking about coaching at one of those speaking circuit gigs.
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… Unai is a circuit guy. Cannot imagine the LinkedIn posts he’s dropping.
‘GOOD EBENING. A small bootless boy walked up to me 5 years ago. He asked me: ‘What must I take to succeed in this game.’ I say to him, boots little boy, boots. It is health and safety. But also, they make it easier to kick. The boy went out and bought boots. Today, he is Uber driver, but let me be honest, he wears the correct shoes for the job. Pragmatism is the essence of a good career.’
** DIGITAL STANDING OVATION FROM THE OLEG VISHNEPOLSKY CROWD**
The tickets are $299. He’s basically the headliner, David Villa is there as well. I am weighing up dropping in just to see what goes on at these things… though $299 is an expensive way to test my curiosity.
There’s a story that the manager had to move away from some Spurs fans that were heckling him on a flight. Pretty cheeky considering their season has once again finished with a grand total of zero trophies. Here’s my questions, £6m a year and you’re not in first class? Come on Unai, upgrade my man… get yourself a Net Jets account, stop slumming it with the proles. When you make that sort of money, don’t do a Corbyn and sit in coach, no one gives a fuck, roll like a big man. Neck champagne and guard that first class curtain like a madman.
‘MISS, THAT PERSON MAY NOT PASS TO BREASTFEED THEIR BABY IN OUR FIRST CLASS TOILET’
I thought some of the nonchalant reaction to Mesut yesterday perfectly summed up the internet. Firstly, I was bantering that the dictator was best man, to be honest, in the whole story, accurate R&Rs at the wedding were pretty low down my list of to-do’s. The main concern for me was that a horrible human rights abuser was front and centre at the wedding of Arsenal’s best player.
‘Should Arsenal fans really be focusing on the negatives on the man’s wedding day?’
This sort of chatter is beyond the pale. No one takes the time out to have a read up these days, just straight into, ‘well, aren’t all politicians the same’… no mate, no they’re not. Stop being so ignorant.
Anyway, point being, it’s a disgrace, the club really, really needs to exit him this summer. He’s shameful on the pitch, on the bench, even at his own wedding.
… but those Fortnite numbers.
I was having a Café au lait yesterday and Peter Dinklage stood next to me and ordered coffee. I didn’t look. I just played it cool as I sweated beads of ‘YOU WERE WELL GOOD IN GOT SIGN MY ARM PLEASE SIR.’
Apparently, Roma and Inter have pulled out of the Carrasco deal because of the financial package. I really, really, really hope we don’t offer him an outrageous deal to come to Arsenal this summer. It doesn’t seem to matter who comes in at the top of Arsenal, our execs lose their fucking minds with salaries. Carrasco is coming back from China, he should not be coming back on the money he went out on. He’s a broken player, let’s pay him in line with what he’s worth and if that’s an issue, ramp up his package with heavy bonuses.
News has shifted on Xhaka replacement front, now we’re in for Jordan Veretout. Note the age… he’s 26 years old, he plays for Fiorentina (can you smell that? Sevilla ideas burning in the toaster). We’re certainly not shooting for youth again. He certainly looks more physically able than Praet, but once again, it is hard to tell with Serie A players. Still, his game looks more action oriented than that of Xhaka’s and the fact Napoli is chasing him is usually a good sign.
Rumours continue to persist that Kola is attracting heavy interest from Barcelona.
This does double down in the reality that so many are fighting… Arsenal had a squad good enough for top 4. It is maddening that people are still debating this point despite all the evidence on offer this season. But hey, Inter Milan are chasing Xhaka and Barca want Kola. They must see something… not that I would stand in their way, please, take them…
Which takes me to the BIG concern I have. If we hired a coach that can’t improve players, then what are aiming for next season? There’s going to be a huge turnover of talent. The manager will tell us he’s going to play the youth, like he did last season, then we’ll be in the same situation as we were last season… but with a group of players who don’t know the league. You can see the excuses at the end of the season, let me give you a clue, they’ll read like, ‘TRANSITION.’ The permanent state at Arsenal.
But let’s remain positive. Let’s keep drinking vegan milk and maybe everything might just turn out A-Ok?
P.S. Can I just recommend a book out here? Ok, The Rise and the Fall of Dinosaurs is an electrifying read if you were into Dinosaurs as a kid. The writing is so vivid, and man have I learnt a lot. Get this people, T.Rex was not that fast… he couldn’t outrun a car, so basically, SPIELBERG LIED IN THE FILM. Anyway, read that section on the Allosaurus. Terrifying.
I’m also on a couple of football books that I’ll report back on… very hipster, some of you are probably going to have to find a new blog when I start writing like a German football technician.
RIGHT, see you in the comments. x
@ Graham
A valiant fight but I think they shipped in too much and their batsmen started too slowly – or the bowlers did a great job.
Cesc
‘As you say though, some of it just goes too far and betrays petty agendas. ‘
Or may be some people just have a starkly different view of the manager from that of yours, possible ?
Red
We have to get rid of the fucker first
Not sure season will be any easier for Emery to get us into top4
Cant imagine Chavs, United and Spurs having a worse season than this one, if anything you’d think they’ll be distinctly better
This season was a huge miss and we eventually fell short because we have the worst manager in the top 6.
*Not sure next
Valentin – I was talking about elite athletes and not pudgy guys who can play for fifteen years without noticeable difference in their output.
Cesc is only 32 and he had to move to Monaco because he didn’t have stamina to play elite football anymore. Cesc wasn’t getting much game time with Chavs for past couple of seasons, Cesc wasn’t same player when he returned to England after Barca as he was before he left because he been elite for long time.
CG, I read that he alone moved seats because he didn’t want his wife and child to have to listen to the Spud scumbags. Not really cowardly.
No agenda on Xhaka.
He’s had ample time to show if he can cut it as a serious footballer.
The conclusion is there for all to see.
Pedro you’ve been exposed to linked in OLEG, he’s everywhere and there more clones of him appearing.
A networking genius or a tedious future of click bate nonsense?
Back to Arsenal I wonder what formation Emery will build around.
We look dangerous with both Auba & Laca starting which would mean 3-5-2 ? Wing backs needed over wingers this window? Can Carrasco perform that duty?
And to add salt to festering injury..
We’ve gone from been linked to thr likes of Zaha, Pepe, Ziyech, Rabiot to absolute shites like Praet, Jordan,Veretout and Under(yet another midget)
What’s the point of finally getting rid off Xhaka but to end up bringing in a worse CM?
Club is just so shit from top to bottom and it’s pretty obvious its gonna be a long summer.
No ray of hope whatsoever,no beam of light at the end of the tunnel
We appear to still be stucked exactly where wenger left us..which is NOWHERE
Xhaka doesn’t belong in the prem, too dopey. His foul on Sterling earlier giving away free kick where England hit the bar Sums his defensive play up.
If we can get 50m from Inter absolutely.
“Cant imagine Chavs, United and Spurs having a worse season than this one, if anything you’d think they’ll be distinctly better” Well it’s hard to say until we see who does what business this summer but each team has their own issues. Chelsea – new manager again, just lost their best player (one of the best in the PL) and have a transfer ban hanging over them. Spud’s – about to lose their best midfielder, have made it public they are looking to sell 12 players beyond Eriksen, including some first teamers who are good players who won’t sign new… Read more »
The Aussies collapsing at The Oval.
TOLI83
If we can get 50 million euros for Xhaka Sanllehi will get a statue built at the stadium. A couple of months ago most fans would’ve accepted a bag of jelly beans for him.
TR7
No.
Fair criticism is fair, incessant swipes and frankly ridiculous critique like signing Meunier because he’s Emery’s mate, picking up on the most negative transfer rumours among scores of rumours etc illustrates a deep rooted agenda that frankly has been palpable since June 2018 from some on here.
“We’ve gone from been linked to thr likes of Zaha, Pepe, Ziyech, Rabiot to absolute shites like Praet, Jordan,Veretout and Under”
Under is only being chased so we can also sign Over and Dunn.
Victorious
“What’s the point of finally getting rid off Xhaka but to end up bringing in a worse CM?”
He’d have to be a dwarf with one leg to be worse than Xhaka.
Bob
You and I both know that walking away from some drunken morons is the bigger thing to do.
It just shows the level of CG’s trolling that he’s actually suggesting an Arsenal manager gets into a brawl on a trans Atlantic flight – which of course if he had of CG would be all over him for not conducting himself in an appropriate manor.
You have to remember this is a guy who the other day actually managed to say that if we sign Zaha it might stop either Chelsea or the Spud’s from signing him.
Victorious – it’s all just paper talk. If we got Doucore (possible) Tierney (possible) Ziyech (possible) Zaha (ambitious but can do it) Saliba (possible) Dunk (possible, he was a monster at the Emirates several times) .
We’ve added affordable and quality buys with some steel.
Should get 60/70m from sales by sounds of things minimum.
Maybe try a deal involving Sessignon and Chambers at Fulham.
Blood the youth next season as well. Reiss Nelson & Willock should get minutes.
Fuck under
we need better players
TOLI, he has so many EPIC things happen everyday that certainly are true and real.
Who are the “BEST” players we could sign per ‘problem’ area:
LB
RB
CB
CM
WINGER
I’m curious who folk think our grade A targets are, if at all this window?
United apparently willing to look at Trippier if Palace continue to be ridiculous with Wan Bissaka.
Would be a bad signing, Meunier would be much better. Hopefully gives us a clear run. At £20 Million, very good signing.
Pedro, true and it does start good threads.
For me, a lot of his views are idealistic (don’t get me wrong I like his views) and far detached from business realities.
What are your hopes for this upcoming season Pedro?
For me… Spurs won’t buy, a new manager for Chelsea and Ole will have fallen off the wheel by Christmas.
We get our shit together the opportunity is there for us to take no excuses!!!
CC
“Best” is an almost impossible question to answer. Firstly different people will have their own preferences. Secondly an unknown / not well known player might not sound block buster now but could turn into an amazing signing.
The most positive thing we can say is that at least we know we will sign some players. If Wenger was still in charge we’d be making excuses about not being to get anyone and this season with the transfer window closing before the season starts we’d be stuck with what we had.
Meunièr would be good for us to.
£20m isn’t much at all for his level.
TOLI, Emery out by Feb, Freddie steers the ship, new manager ready by May…. Edu masterclass next summer.
Pedro you fucking cunt
Giving your cow a brutual death because she cant give milk?
Disgraceful
Fair enough Pedro, as long as we get the success in the end and our plan B prevails (as Oleg would say!!)
Marc
I know, hence the quotation marks. Was merely asking who folk consider the best candidate per role, and why. Fully aware reasons and ideas won’t be the same.
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What is Meuniers level out of curiosity?
Be a bit questionable for us to do a Laca/Auba at RB with Bellerin to return at some point. Could we not save some coin for a more influential role, and get a RB of the Danilo/Monreal level (aka good understudy/pro)?
Depends on Bellerin’s prognosis I suppose, any word on that Pedro?
Parshad, you saw Lion King, circle of life
TOLI, what are your hopes?
Toli Agreed. I think Meunier would be very astute. Good RB, good going forward, good in defence, 6ft 3, physical player who can also provide cover at CB if needed. Our defence has been weedy for so long, Meunier, Andersen/Saliba and Holding give us some height and physicality, Tierney, if that’s the player we got at LB, has some physicality about him as well. That’s what we need, full backs who can do both sides of their role well. Then CBs who have some physicality and are ball playing. The side will drastically improve just on the basis of that.… Read more »
BobN16 Re: EmeryPlaneGate and Respect. Being abused by Spurs fans comes with the territory. (Wenger had it for years.) If the heat is too hot to handle – Get out of the Kitchen…. Its how you deal with it…..men of charisma and class dont get abused like this by oppo fans.( by and large) If you are not respected- you will get in the neck – that’s the harsh realities Spurs Fans dont respect him. Arsenal fans dont respect him The players certainly dont respect him The press dont respect him- they have given up – getting quotable copy of… Read more »
Pedro
But does Freddie get us top 4?
Wonder why most believe Emery’s second season will be worse than the first…weird but whatever
“Spurs Fans dont respect him.
Arsenal fans dont respect him
The players certainly dont respect him
The press dont respect him- they have given up – getting quotable copy of him”
Spud fans – who gives a fuck what they think.
Arsenal fans – how the fuck would someone who doesn’t go know?
The Players – well if that’s Ozil, Mustafi, Miki, Xhaka etc good they can fuck off as well.
The press – again who gives a fuck what they think.
Fucking troll.
Pedro – Emery has to show us he has what it takes, this will be his 3rd transfer window to improve the team and to show his identity with style of play.
I think he’ll last the season and get us top 4. The end game for him will show 2 years of stabilisation, a trimmed wage bill, back in Champs league, which is prob what we wanted where we will then hire someone else to take the project to next level.
TOLI the January transfer window was spent looking for loans. The club made it clear we weren’t spending in January. Saying this will be his third window and ignoring that completely doesn’t add up.
“Saying this will be his third window and ignoring that completely doesn’t add up.”
Was Dennis Suarez the best we could’ve done in Jan then?
It’s the third window because it’s coming after the second one. Can call it the second summer window if it makes you feel better, but also “doesn’t add up” to completely ignore January for what it was.
There’s a load of talent out there that would improve us short/medium term which is what we shouldn’t be humble enough to admit.
Fraser would improve us but we really should go for Brooks from Bournemouth, quality player who would be pricey but not silly money.
As Cesc rightly says Meunier would bolster us physically and give us an upgrade challenging Bellerin.
Meunier and Tierney immediately improve us defensively and going forward.
Marc
I am glad that you acknowledge that nearly half of our team ( all internationals) do not respect the current manager.
I just hope the new batch Raul is foirtering upon do so.
But I wonder for how long?
‘Meunier and Tierney immediately improve us defensively and going forward’. Completely agree. It really is quite shocking we have a squad with one full back and no wingers. Not only does this make us a one dimensional attacking force but it also means teams push up on us which creates defensive issues. City looked a different prospect altogether when they got their full backs in, whilst obviously we will pay for 2 what they paid for Walker, the point still stands. This season we’ve had no full backs, no wingers and totally ineffectual CAMs. Literally Kolasinac, Aubameyang and Lacazette carried… Read more »
Its not the third window he had to improve the squad if they was no money to spend in January. Before Suarez we refused to meet demands for Perisic and Carrasco. This idea Suarez was a special request from the manager is rubbished by the fact he barely played him.
Nor was Emery brought in to lead recruitment.
Cesc,
Point I’ve been making all season.
I sit in the North Bank @home games and it’s painful how we don’t have;
A) intelligent wide players
B) anyone who can beat a man running with the ball.
C) skilled full backs with a threat in final 3rd.
We have no trickery or direct pace. If we got 2 solid full backs that bomb on and two tricky wide players we’ve completely changed our threat and solidified the team.
Oh wow, it seems Dennis Suarez is being re-imagined as the best we could’ve done in Jan.
CG
There have been many a pitiful troll that’s showed up on this blog but you have to be the most abysmal poster that Pedro has allowed to continuously mess this up.
In do hope it’s just trolling because if you believe 1% of what you’re writing then God help all of us.
CC
“Oh wow, it seems Dennis Suarez is being re-imagined as the best we could’ve done in Jan.”
No ands, ifs or buts…a simple answer please.
Who else of significance moved in January?
Name one defender that moved?
The only person of note I can think of is Tiellesman who moved from Monaco in exchange for Adrien Silva. Leicester happened to have a good player who hasn’t fit in yet to swap. We don’t even have enough talk-less of surplus.
There is no best we could have done in January because there was no money for signings.
Its actually quite simple. No wow about it.
The 2nd tier of back up’s; Ospina Chambers, AMN, Iwobi, Kolasinac, Jenkison, should all be sold this window, none of them will make it.
Mustafi, Mkhi, Xhaka as well.
9 players we won’t miss should drum up around £90-100m minimum of sales. If we get 70m for Xhaka and Kola combined then we can get a load of money back from sales overall which we haven’t done in some time.
This window we need to be smart and not be afraid of change.
Ozil unfortunately we are probably stuck with!!!
TOLI, Meunier on our budget seems a weird one when we have the squad issues we have.
Wouldn’t it make sense to buy a 20 yr old over a finished product? Attack the real weaknesses with the core of the budget before doubling down on elite backup?
Reads like an indulgence.
‘You don’t turn down a good player’ is all well and good when you’re flush, we are not
Dis
I can categorically say- I ALWAYS state what I believe.
100%
Without Fear or Favour
I often get accused of being a troll- because I have a different opinion to some.( not all – I hasten to add)
Best Scenario
I honestly feel the club is going to Hell in a Handcart with the current idiots in charge.. ( Raul and Emery)
Worst Scenario
We have a ‘mini ‘ Fifth Column infiltrating the club…
Either way.
We are in for total carnage – if we dont change tactics soon.
Looks like we have lost Saliba
Man U bound
Dissenter doesn’t even matter who moved, club made it clear no permanent deals will be done in Jan as they was no budget for it. The loan deals were just a show, Emery was clearly not happy with the situation from his responses, he just carried on. Suarez was a name, an unsettled player who can be gotten on loan and can play on the wings, in the game against united at home he came on and showed what the idea was, he carried the ball up the pitch and relived pressure on the defence at a delicate moment in… Read more »
Dissenter, ‘who moved in Jan that could have helped us outside a player that could have helped us’… is an interesting question to pose
Toli “The 2nd tier of back up’s; Ospina Chambers, AMN, Iwobi, Kolasinac, Jenkison, should all be sold this window, none of them will make it.” Jenks is not “2nd tier” It’s unreasonable to lump Kolasinac with AMN and Iwobi because the former is a free transfer on a mega wage while the latter two are academy products on little money. It is not as easy as you think to sign 2nd tier players. Good players don’t move to sit on the bench. It will be daft for the club to sell Iwobi or AMN because it will cost too much… Read more »
Saliba’s agent was pictured in Manchester yes
Some say united are in for him
Others say City want to buy and loan him back to Saint Etienne. City will be looking for someone to take the place of stones who isn’t really that good.
Danny, he’s 24 years old in 2019, reckon he’ll be fine.
Regardless, why not address the major problems we face first, before indulging in a 100k+ a week player?
Should we not target the best young right back in Europe we can find that is sub 22? So if Bellerin comes back and he’s not right, we can grow the next version of him?
Toli Completely agree. Meunier and Tierney along with two wingers who have serious pace and at least one of which who is a good dribbler and the dynamic of the team changes instantly. More solid at the back, more attacking and also push the opposition back through fear of the pace out wide. Without even adding a CB and CM after that Arsenal would improve no end. I don’t think anyone can underplay how slow we are, that we lack any sort of width, that we have no dribbling ability as a team and that the opposition are free to… Read more »
Youth youth youth
Only way to get out of this mess
Dissenter What do you mean “of significance”? We signed Suarez who couldn’t have been less significant, quite literally to the point of us getting a better deal by NOT paying his loan fee. Queer the alternative to him must’ve been “significant” or else it’s not a worthy comment. Suarez played 95 minutes total for us in 4 sub appearances, and never made a start. Fucking John Obi-Mikel (aged 31) moved to Boro until the end of the season, played 18 games (1600 minutes), tell me he’d have been more useless than Suarez? @Pedro That’s my thought on Meunier, it’s a… Read more »
RH
It is City apparently.
Willing to pay £25 Million and then loan him back. We simply can’t do that, not if they want the money now.
Hope Saliba knows what he’s doing, Stones and Laporte are both young CBs at 25 and I’m sure Guardiola will still go out and buy a £70 Million CB on top of that for this season.
Pedro
“Dissenter, ‘who moved in Jan that could have helped us outside a player that could have helped us’… is an interesting question to pose”
There was very little movement in the January window, one if the slowest in recent memory.
I posed the right question. There was no movement and every man and his poodle knows Arsenal had no money.
“who could have helped us” means nothing when the Arsenal was only seeking loans.
CC, Victor Moses went to Turkey and scored more goals in half a season than Iwobi did in the whole of one.
Dissenter, you present an unprovable question.
Your assumption is that the best we could do is out of the group of players that moved… which assumes all options moved… which is a little naive.
@Pedro.
Full backs are so important in the prem in the modern times.
We have no strength or depth. I don’t like the term understudy or next best thing. Sure we should be going after them but we need people fighting for places and 1st teamers with serious competition here and now.
AMN will never make it and Bellerin could be out for a while. Let’s go for the ready made please.
Adidas deal with tv money and other commercials – plus money made on sales. We’re not as skint as everyone thinks, far from it.
Dissenter, What do you mean by significant? Do you want famous names who moved in the Winter transfer window or do you want names that you have never heard but could be important in the near future? For example Barcelona signed a French centre back for next season. They had initially marked him on a free for next summer, but after he was frozen by his team for refusing to sign an extension they signed him for two millions six months before the end of his contract. His is name Jean Clair Todibo. http://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/3763999/barca-complete-move-for-toulouse-defender-jean-clair-todibo There has been transfer during the… Read more »
I’d take Munier,and at £20m it would be a smart and efficient buy in my opinion.
Sell Chambers for £15-20m means the fee would be as good as covered.
We currently have ONE 1st team right back who’s recovering from an ACL injury who will also need competition when fully fit anyways. Bloody hell,
Bournemouth just paid £15m for Lloyd Kelly from Bristol Rovers (good signing) so £20m for Munier is a steal.
CC
Mikel Obi…really?
That just smacked of desperation from you, utter basement level banter but I give you credit for coming up with a name.
Besides Mikel obi cannot play the position we were seeking a player for but I’m sure you knew that when you threw you desperation banter.
“of significance ” was mentioned so that you didn’t throe in the names ofnplayers moving between league 2 teams.
Toli, totally get that… but when you’re trying to sort out you house and you have limited funds, do you buy two couches for the living room, or make sure you have a cooker before you do that?
If we’re cash strapped, shouldn’t we be investing Muenier levels into positions that are desperate for it… i.e. centre back… centre midfield… wide players. Then double down on making sure we have depth?
Cesc well that’s rotten. They buy both established and up coming now. Shows that outsmarting the market isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Carrasco is muted to be near completion for 25m euros which is a very good price. Get an established player like Meunier for 20m then we are onto something.
Pedro’
I presented an unprovable question…kind of similar to all the unprovable propositions you’ve latched unto over the years.
There was very little movement in the January window, nothing to add to that.
Valentin
Thanks for that bit of Barca info but even you must know all we were doing was kicking tires for wingers which didn’t pan out
The story is we didn’t have money for transfers. Do you have any information to the contrary.
Dissenter, I take that as… ‘yes, that is a good point’
You’ve had players pointed in your direction that would have been better and it’s pretty clear that the players that moved weren’t the only players available.
Suarez was a comfort signing. Total waste of money.
John Mikel Obi was good one though.
Bet you would have jumped for joy if he had arrived to play in an already crowded midfield…funny
Comfort for who? The man who barely played him?
Dissenter
1) Did Suarez address ANY issue we had with the squad when bought?
2) Was CM not an area of concern 2nd half of the season?
3) Would Obi-Mikel have offered less than 95. minutes game time?
No “basement banter” or any other such bollocks, just a pretty bog standard reply to your inane question. We signed an absolute turd in Jan and you’re giving it about ‘who else was there’, you’ve had a few names your way and you’re baselessly mugging them off and ignoring facts.
The argument that nobody is ever available in January is a false argument.
Patrice Evra was signed during the winter TW
Aubameyang was signed during the winter TW
Abou Diaby was signed during the Winter TW
This winter, a few tasty loan took place
Youri Tielemens
Adrien Silva
…
Just the CBs
Jeison Murillo to Barcelona
Jeffrey Bruma to FC Schalke 04
…
Pedro
I am not sure you know what the question at hand is
A- Arsenal has only money for transfers
B- There’s a potential player on offer like Miguel Almiron from Atlanta
C. Newcastle makes a credible transfer offer and then comes Arsenal to make an offer of a loan shout the guarantee of permanent buying the play
Who do you think wins at the end of the day?
There was nothing for a club kicking tires looking for loans. Most clubs would consider that loan offer derisory.
Danny, we’ve done plenty of business with Chelsea. Not sure they worry about that.
RH
City are pretty disgusting, but that’s the way it is. Hopefully FFP kicks them in the balls but I doubt it.
The problem is St Etienne started playing silly bollocks with the whole loan back thing. Really you want to keep your business quiet and conclude as fast as possible.
City smell something, offer £5 Million more than us and tell St Etienne they can have him back for the season.
That’s the rumour anyway.
If it’s United and they aren’t offering the loan back we should be able to compete with them.
Saliba looks a real prospect.
Dissenter, I know the question… I think you are running from it as people circle you with answers you can’t respond to.
CC > 20:17
Valentin > 20:18 + 20:05
Me > 20:04
Danny,
We are not talking about adding a world class defender for peanuts. Just a decent pro who does not have brain fart every 45 minutes for six months for a small loan fee.
I gave the name of 3 CBs who in my opinion are all better than Mustafi. We could have any of them on loan for the same loan fee than Suarez or in the case of Todibo outright for 2 millions.
Valentin
What are you going on about?
I mentioned the transfer swap deal between Monaco and Leicester when I made the initial question to CC.
The January window is notoriously a grave yard. You need some critical transfers ti set off a cascade of other transfers. that hardly ever happens in January.
Your sheer desire to win argument has you creating false ones, like going back to cite Abou Diaby’s transfer in 2006!. I was referring to this January window specifically.
You know what..you win, get yourself a nice trophy and go celebrate . Sometimes you can be so insufferable.
Danny, you’ve changed your tune… I thought yesterday Emery’s objective was to keep things the same, now we were on for top 4 and a total threat to Chelsea?
Can’t keep up here…
Pedro
Whatever, you’re arguing against yourself right now.
I know the question I asked, you wish I asked the question that helps you make your case.
“Bet you would have jumped for joy if he had arrived to play in an already crowded midfield…funny” I’d have been suitably underwhelmed, but it would’ve made sense to bring in that sort when looking for a mid-season loan. I bought the Suarez guff despite him looking like a wank signing in the making with his like 3 goals in two years or whatever it was. At least I would’ve known what we were getting with Mikel, someone to sit, and cover to let Torreira breathe and take the heat off 19 year old Guendouzi – both of which were… Read more »
Pedro
You make all this unprovable proportions all the time
Tou championed Arteta when he has zero experience as head coach
When the question was pout to you that why is isn’t anyone else seriously considering him, you came up with the unprovable but convenient excuse that he’s been promised Pep’s job when he leaves.
Yes Cesc city are indeed disgusting. I don’t like the way they carry on at all.
Dissenter, You resort to your usual outraged virgin routine who stomp their feet and leave when you know you have lost an argument. You said nobody useful was available in January. I gave you three names and you have no come back. You can’t even argue that they are bad, because Two have signed for Barcelona so you know that they have a modicum of quality. Admit that you are wrong on that one. Raul made the strategic decisions to prioritise the midfield over the defense and loans over purchases. I disagree with those decisions, but he may have had… Read more »
There it is… Dissenter drowning, falls back on Arteta.
“I know the question I asked, you wish I asked the question that helps you make your case.” Are you sure you know the question you’ve asked? Because it sounds a lot like ‘who was available to a club with no money’. But then you’ve backhanded numerous suggestions for no money/loan despite the criteria to beat being so non-existent given the comically bad loan that was Suarez. Pires could’ve genuinely put his boots back on and been about as useful. The temerity of you to sit and dismiss anyone else with the bar so damn low is quite stunning. …who… Read more »
Gotta say, I agree with CC here… you asked a simple question, landed loads of good answers… then slagged everyone off who responded, told people they didn’t get the simple question, before dying on the sword of ‘BUT ARTETA’
Valentin You seem to be so infatuated with virgins, not the first time you’ve thrown in a comment about virgins. I think you need a good lay, maybe you need to get drunk first. “You said nobody useful was available in January” This is what I wrote to CC June 9, 2019 19:42:39 CC “Oh wow, it seems Dennis Suarez is being re-imagined as the best we could’ve done in Jan.” No ands, ifs or buts…a simple answer please. Who else of significance moved in January? Name one defender that moved? The only person of note I can think of… Read more »
@Pedro – our defence last season shows it needs major surgery. We can’t afford to start to season with some unknown or AMN. Meunier solves the problem, and isn’t mega money. I’d say realistically we have 60/70m to spend if you factor in all of our commercials. Players leaving on a free clears money off the wage bill. Very realistically we make 80m through sales. Munier and Tierney cost £35m between them. Dunk £15m Doucoure £40m Carrasco £25m ? Saliba £15m Fraser at £15m (year left on contract) or Brooks at £30m If we are smart with sales we make… Read more »
CC
You recall that ai qualified my question with “of significance” then went on to mention the Adrien Silva – Tielesman swop deal.
I wasn’t alluding to the ABSENCE of transfers but the PAUCITY of good transfers.
Hope that helps because a certain poster was dredging up Abou Diaby’s transfer in 2006.
Dissenter Then Myself, and Vlentin asked what you meant by “of significance”, and I don’t recall a reply to that. I then said Mikel went to Boro and played 18 games at a combined 1600 minutes, tell me he’d have offered less than Suarez who managed 95 minutes and not 1 start. Your response was to laugh and call that basement banter, you’ll have to explain why that’s the case. Same with any of the suggestions Valentin made in terms of defenders, same with Pedro stating Moses ducking out to Turkey. Remember the baseline here, it cannot be overstated: 95… Read more »
“You can’t even argue that they are bad, because Two have signed for Barcelona so you know that they have a modicum of quality.”
This right here proves what I have been saying for months Valentin and Pedro would say anything just to make Emery look bad.
Valentin in one hand says Barcelona signed some defenders in January so they must have some quality in a post were he is arguing that getting a player on loan from Barcelona is bad.
You can’t make this shit up.
Have to say, Im liking the Carrasco rumour.
I completely understand the concerns people have, but I think he will really feel the need to prove something, and him fucking off to China has basically halved his cost.
Its the type of smart signing we need.
Im not overly keen on the due from Sampdoria, but its worth noting that we’re building to scrape 3rd or 4th, not win the PL
“I then said Mikel went to Boro and played 18 games at a combined 1600 minutes, tell me he’d have offered less than Suarez who managed 95 minutes and not 1 start.”
What if Mikel did his ACL in his first game with us?
Guys, are we seriously about to sign a winger who can dribble defenders and put in a decent cross?!
Gambon
Having an actual winger with actual pace and actual dribbling ability.
What a treat.