Arsenal fans are the best,

[Pat Vegas]

From
:shout: We haven't won anything for ages! Wenger's lost the plot we don't even sign anyone.

:shout: See Villa beat us! Wenger has to go.

:cloud9: We signed Ozil. Wenger is a genius, we are going to win the league.

:shout: f**ked it all up again stupid Wenger it's time to go.

:cloud9: Made it to the cup final

:shout: We've f**ked it up again after the first 10 minutes :-(

:cloud9: We've won the FA cup :cloud9: Ramsey is the best.

:shout: can't believe they let Sagna go like that.

:shout: All of our players are going to get injured in international games.

:shout: :shout: :shout: I can't believe Chelsea would try to sign a player we don't really need but used to play for us.

We must appear like idiots.

[the splendor of antigone]

:hehe:

[Pat Vegas]

[the splendor of antigone]

Except Diaby

[Chief Arrowhead]

Has a deep understanding of the club. He would move right into first choice with no 'bedding in'.

A septic would be crucified on here for saying the same.

[the splendor of antigone]

[PSRB]

Wilshere, Ox should be fit and with Walcott back then we have a very, very strong midfield

Ox
Wilshere
Cazorla
Ramsey
Ozil
Rosicky
Arteta
Flamini
Diaby
Zelalem
Walcott

I also remember a common complaint, and I believe Barca fans say this as well, is that he slows up play too much

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Luis Anaconda]

and we are attempting to build the team around the equally talented yet quite different Ozil

[redgunamo]

and longevity is built around signing such players for 3 million quid, rather than 30.

Or haven't you been paying attention.

[Pat Vegas]

Get the other bits sorted.

The timing of this Fabregas stuff isn't great. Maybe if it was later on and we had done our shopping and had some money left over you can fit him in that way as a luxury.

[redgunamo]

[the splendor of antigone]

:shrug:

He's too adventurous for Barca's tiki-taka

[Luis Anaconda]

similarly talented midfielders and not quite fitting in even though he knew the fibre of the club and would have no difficulty fitting in

[Ben.]

then either our best player or our most expensive player is going to suffer, you cannot have those three all in the middle (unless you play one as a false nine, which we won't)
I'd be happier if we spent the £30m on Javi Martinez (which we won't).

[7evens]

[Pat Vegas]

[Luis Anaconda]

[Supermac1976]

where we've an overabundance of talent while we're still desperately short on other positions. Makes sense to me.

[Ben.]

[Pat Vegas]

reaction at all. It would simply be Chelsea are trying buy a great player again.

Do you think other clubs fans went mental when we signed Ozil. I am sure there was jealousy from some but not this outrage.

It's all down to the mental personal connection.

[the splendor of antigone]

GK - plenty of available free ones
RB - someone like Aurier, £8-12 million
backup CB - around £5 million
Striker - Remy £10 million, or a Benzema-like (who is available?)?

[Chief Arrowhead]

The mental gymnastics you are going through to defend this decision is Olga Korbutian.

When I said "bedding in" I really meant "knows what barber to go to".

[PSRB]

no issue at all with it






Apart from seeing him in a Chelsea shirt

[7evens]

[the splendor of antigone]

Getting him well below market value, and knowing he would choose us over our rivals. :shrugs:

[Pat Vegas]

I don't see us spending that much.

[Luis Anaconda]

that offers the pace and penetration that we need to get the best out of the creative players. Not sure what mental gymnastics you are talking about - I am making a quite simple point that we have undoubted strength in the position Cesc plays. Is that really that hard to grasp?

[Pat Vegas]

he's United career hasn't been so happy in recent times.

He'd be cheap too.

[redgunamo]

[Chief Arrowhead]

You pretend this was like us turning down the chance to buy back Almunia.
This guy was our captain, for several years by far the best f**king player at our club... and he's in his prime.

[7evens]

Not sure anyone's loyalty stretches that far.
He'd also have a better chance of winning things at the Bridge.

http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/ohwell.gif

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Use the £30m for Cesc to offer the right price for a striker instead of settling for second best in that area.

[the splendor of antigone]

[Chief Arrowhead]

I thought the whole idea was to improve the squad. So we're turning down a known quantity for a mythical "wide option" and a make weight right back?

For the first time in his tenure we don't need a creative midfielder when one of the best in the world is available for half the market rate. You can't make it up.

[redgunamo]

be the bitterness and resentment going around about our failure to sign a player that Chelsea also wanted.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

Use the £30m for Cesc to offer the right price for a striker instead of settling for second best in that area.

[PSRB]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

would settle for Remy just to get Cesc back. And it's only because it's him. If Kroos or Koke or Isco were going for £30m nobody would bitch about us not signing them.

[the splendor of antigone]

Suarez is well out of our price range.
Cavani, Falcao probably the same, or at least their wages would be astronomical.


I'm sure Wenger has someone lined up though :thumbup:

edit: I'm not being sarcastic btw., if he's willing to let Cesc go somewhere else, it's probably because he knows exactly the kind of business he'll do for the summer.
:-)

[Chief Arrowhead]

But in terms of qualty and scarcity the going market rate says different.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

wages would. But then i was thinking about it and the very best strikers should be paid more than everyone else, they're harder to find.

Similar to a quarterback in NFL, the good ones are usually paid twice as much as everyone else.

IMO we should stretch to £200k for that world class striker. We can afford it for just one player.

[Ben.]

United had supposedly agreed to sign Kroos for £20m and nobody said a thing.
I'm not sure there is a 'world class' striker we can actually get this summer in which case I would be happy with Remy and one of Sanchez,Pedro,Di Maria or Griezmann.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

and have lost their teeth.

[redgunamo]

Or even "who you need".

The Cesc thing belongs to the first instance, I think. The perception is that he is available to us.

[redgunamo]

[Ben.]

I think it would be a more attractive proposition.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

PSG might sell Cavani. It's only fair considering they have Zlatan.

Let us have one!

[Ashberto]

the thing about availability is not to be sniffed at imo.

[redgunamo]

[Chief Arrowhead]

[redgunamo]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

and beefy calves, his monstrously hairy arms and his piercing eyes, slightly too close together.

[redgunamo]

*On FIFA, according to my sons.