Is somebody called David Ornstein a reliable transfer news source? Says we're haggling for Lacazette.
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Is somebody called David Ornstein a reliable transfer news source? Says we're haggling for Lacazette.
He is usually trustworthy, apparently, but on this occasion he is misinformed.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Lacazette, Lemar and Mbappe all in the bag, according to my sauce :ITK:
Your sources are incorrect and I suggest they are simply guessing based on media stories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Lacazette, Lemar and Goretzka.
Funded partly by the sale of Sanchez in August.
p.s. Red - Ornstein is largely seen as being as good or trustworthy as any journalist. Make of that what you will.
Some of them are very heavy drinkers.
My word. If all that's true then Wenger must've finally flipped His lid #fourthQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Don't forget that Sir C is a muddled old goat who is currently looking forward to seeing Charlie George play again next season, anything he says must be taken with a pinch of saltQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
looooooooooooool. Goretzka. Had him on FIFA once; far too tall for our Ben & Holly midfield formation, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
We will sign Lemar and Lacazette, the other chap not a chance. Possibly a late swoop for Mahrez once Alexis is gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Opening day of the season back to the old 4-3-3 with a front 4 of Lemar, Ozil, Mahrez and Lacazette :cloud9:
IAHYKQuote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Ornstein is a bit of an arse imo - probably drinks lager tops
Puts ice cubes in his cider.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Fact!
Dirty *******- him not youQuote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
No snakebite for him then? Not a proper reporter, imo #fakenewsQuote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Talking about heavy drinking ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
So do many other news outlets. I am not expert in how this works but isn't there a good chance they are either copying each other or they all got it from the same source?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Is he any good?
Good enough for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Well put. That's exactly the right way to look at it, imo, the way things are.Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
Ornstein is a big piss on your chips type character.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
he'll always say Arsenal's business is done very early on deadline day or the day before.
Isn't the point of paying good money for players to raise the standard of what 'good enough for us' means?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Well, yes. And, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I reckon if a player is good enough for us to offer a hundred million quid for him, then the player probably feels he is good enough to be playing for Real Madrid. But now that everybody believes we have a hundred million quid to spend, that will also be the price for almost anyone else we want, who, of course, may or not be actually good enough for us. Either way, we are forced to look elsewhere, for worse.
Hence: Danny Welbeck, for example.
With respect, nobody believed that Danny was going to raise the standard. He was cover at a decent price.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Spending 50 million on a striker is a different matter altogether. Being good enough for us doesn't justify that kind of money.
Yes, it does. That is why we are reluctant to spend it on such a player; we can't really afford for it not to work out, footballistically as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It's easy to justify Mesut's price tag but a fifty million pound striker who (for whatever reason) only scored as often as Danny Welbeck would be a disaster for us. For that sort of money, we'd demand Alan Smith or Thierry Henry.
OK for exactly 90 minutes. Stops playing after that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Not for Didier, though. The one we've already got is better, he thinks.Quote:
Originally Posted by 71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat
Or maybe more suited to the style of football he wants to playQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
:nod: he likes to draw things out so that the statue of limitations* comes into play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
* I owe you a royalty for that one.
Didier also regularly decides to play Sissoko so there may be a fundamental issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Ah the heady days of last summer when a certain Canadian argued til he was even redder in the face that we had really missed the boat on Newcastle's star playerQuote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
No chance. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
I win :-)