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Might of been Huddersfield, like it actually matters

I'm really not sure Grenade, I honestly have no idea how much money there is to be spent or how much Arsene would realistically spend (I'm presuming not a lot).

In terms of who I would like, and who we could get, I've always been a fan of Leighton Baines. He's solid both defensively and going forward, he's English too, which reduces the chance of him leaving us, but it does up his transfer fee.

As far as central midfielders go I think our front four would benefit from having someone who is comfortable breaking up play as well as looking to start attacks. We were strongly linked with M'Vila in the summer, and if Arsene truly wants to build a team capable of winning the league again, he is the sort of player we should be looking at. His price would be big, but with the money from Cesc and Nasri still around somewhere I'm sure we could get him if we truly wanted to.

A new winger? I wouldn't know where to begin if im honest. Ideally, Hazard but that just isn't going to happen. A player that I thought would always do well for us is Adam Johnson though. The amount of chances he creates for other players would keep in line with our attack, he also has the passing ability to fit in with Arsene's criteria, he can actually cross and is not afraid to shoot from distance.

Steadman wrote:There are many worse players at Arsenal than Koscielny, Arise.

Stead, its called being facetious. Of course there are worse players.

grenade187 wrote:I find it funny that with players like Santos, Walcott, Arteta etc starting at our club Arise singles out Koscielny (arguably our best defender this season) as the weak point in the squad

Interesting. When did I ever say anything about Laurent being the weak point in the squad? Lets try to not make shit up, okay. Thanks.

Stop calling players by their first names!

There really isn't a lot of players that can gel well in our Arsenal system and be a realistic transfer.

We're like an exclusive club with "high standards" yet not a lot of people want to join anyways.

Filippo Inzaghi wrote:

grenade187 wrote:Stead which left back, winger, cm and cb would you sign ? (realistically).

Jordi Alba, Armero, Montolivo, Alex

Off top of my head i'd go for them.


A right sided winger would be better than Armero though but i can't think of anyone

Alex would be good but would you really class him as a realistic target ?
Not an expert on Alba but don't Armero and him play the same roles

As for Rosicky he's still class. Made a brilliant pass today that should have led to a goal but RVP let us down with the finish

Sean wrote:Stop calling players by their first names!

Right, obviously using their names is a bad thing.

AriseForLife wrote:

Steadman wrote:There are many worse players at Arsenal than Koscielny, Arise.

Stead, its called being facetious. Of course there are worse players.

I know what you were doing.

I just don't think you give Koscielny the credit he deserves. Admittedly, I had a problem with him at first, but he's started to win my confidence with some good performances.

I still ideally want another center back to partner Vermaelen in the future though.

AriseForLife wrote:

Steadman wrote:There are many worse players at Arsenal than Koscielny, Arise.

Stead, its called being facetious. Of course there are worse players.

grenade187 wrote:I find it funny that with players like Santos, Walcott, Arteta etc starting at our club Arise singles out Koscielny (arguably our best defender this season) as the weak point in the squad

Interesting. When did I ever say anything about Laurent being the weak point in the squad? Lets try to not make shit up, okay. Thanks.

I know but you're always slating Koscielny. Even when he's playing brilliantly you find something to say about him . Its almost like you're hating on him for some reason. The point is Koscielny is way out of the picture when you prioritize the problems with our current squad.

Anyone else get reminded more and more of Lehmann whenever you see Szczesny?

He does have that eccentric character to him.

All the crazy rushing from his box, fucking turning the strikers and shit. He's brilliant, but it scares the shit out of me

Is Farfan still good ?

He does need to tone it down a bit though. He will eventually cost us a lot of points with his antics if he carries on. I mean he should've been sent off against Chelsea and could've cost us a further goal while rushing out of his box and deciding to feint past an attacker.

Hopefully experience sorts out his decision making ability.

I think we will concede a goal one day because of his cocky dribbling.
Like a jew fifa goal.

Steadman wrote:I know what you were doing.

I just don't think you give Koscielny the credit he deserves. Admittedly, I had a problem with him at first, but he's started to win my confidence with some good performances.

I still ideally want another center back to partner Vermaelen in the future though.

I will be the first to admit I do not give him the credit he deserves. He has made tremendous strides from last season to this season, but there is just something about him that prevents me from seeing him as an Arsenal quality player. After having Keown, Adams, Campbell, Dixon, etc its hard to see Koscielny in the team sheet and be content.

I don't see him as one of the problems in our current team. Then again it also depends on which team shows up game to game because we can either be shit terrible or pretty good. I have yet to see a masterclass Arsenal match this season and that is mainly because of our personnel, but I do think Laurent has done a good job this season, but I would still like to see us sign a better partner for Thomas IF Per doesn't come good or if Thomas continues to get hurt.

Splashy wrote:

Sean wrote:He just never does anything, I cant remember the last time he scored a goal.

He scored last year in the FA cup.

In the last 2 and a half years Rosicky has scored 4 goals in all competitions for Arsenal.

Even Anderson has more

Chamakh trying RVP's boxers in the hope of scoring a goal in his career.

grenade187 wrote:http://twitter.com/#!/Charlie_arlie90

Is that your twitter Mal ? Theo Walcotts brother follows that

Yes, that's me.

Ironic that Van Persie wears iPhone pants when he uses a Blackberry.



Also, Gervinho looks like an Angry Bird.

grenade187 wrote:

Filippo Inzaghi wrote:Jordi Alba, Armero, Montolivo, Alex

Off top of my head i'd go for them.


A right sided winger would be better than Armero though but i can't think of anyone

Alex would be good but would you really class him as a realistic target ?
Not an expert on Alba but don't Armero and him play the same roles

As for Rosicky he's still class. Made a brilliant pass today that should have led to a goal but RVP let us down with the finish

Well Alex doesn't even make the bench at Chelsea AVB doesn't fancy him one bit so i reckon yeah. Alba and Armero could play the same roles but as I said nobody was coming to my head I was thinking of just putting Armero on the left wing.

Filippo Inzaghi wrote:

grenade187 wrote:
Alex would be good but would you really class him as a realistic target ?
Not an expert on Alba but don't Armero and him play the same roles

As for Rosicky he's still class. Made a brilliant pass today that should have led to a goal but RVP let us down with the finish

Well Alex doesn't even make the bench at Chelsea AVB doesn't fancy him one bit so i reckon yeah. Alba and Armero could play the same roles but as I said nobody was coming to my head I was thinking of just putting Armero on the left wing.

Armero LB and Alba LW would be better but I agree both would be good targets.
And yeah Zlatan, Szczesny does remind me of Lehmann

I reckon we will come 1/2 places below Chelsea this season. It would be stupid for AVB to strengthen one of his main league rival when other clubs like Bayern (who are probably willing to pay more) are after Alex. Saying that I would still love him at AFC.

So apparently Neymar is set to join Madrid in January ? If its true that will probably mean Hazard won't join them... Still a possibility

Steadman wrote:I'm really not sure Grenade, I honestly have no idea how much money there is to be spent or how much Arsene would realistically spend (I'm presuming not a lot).

In terms of who I would like, and who we could get, I've always been a fan of Leighton Baines. He's solid both defensively and going forward, he's English too, which reduces the chance of him leaving us, but it does up his transfer fee.

As far as central midfielders go I think our front four would benefit from having someone who is comfortable breaking up play as well as looking to start attacks. We were strongly linked with M'Vila in the summer, and if Arsene truly wants to build a team capable of winning the league again, he is the sort of player we should be looking at. His price would be big, but with the money from Cesc and Nasri still around somewhere I'm sure we could get him if we truly wanted to.

A new winger? I wouldn't know where to begin if im honest. Ideally, Hazard but that just isn't going to happen. A player that I thought would always do well for us is Adam Johnson though. The amount of chances he creates for other players would keep in line with our attack, he also has the passing ability to fit in with Arsene's criteria, he can actually cross and is not afraid to shoot from distance.

Please. He deserves better than Everton. But he will improve you lot, so I hope it doesn't happen.

Adam Johnson. Meh. Goes missing too much. Got talent though.

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grenade187 wrote:So apparently Neymar is set to join Madrid in January ? If its true that will probably mean Hazard won't join them... Still a possibility

The type of money Lille want means he wont be joining us.

We should get Gaitán, Varela or Shaqiri.

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grenade187 wrote:So apparently Neymar is set to join Madrid in January ? If its true that will probably mean Hazard won't join them... Still a possibility

For the money they are paying to get him and the money he is supposedly going to be making, I don't see how they will be able to afford signing anyone. You have to be fucking kidding me, £53m for a teenager and they are supposedly paying him £250,000/week. I ain't mad at him for getting his money, but the pressure he will be under is going to be sick.

Gegilworld93 wrote:We should get Gaitán, Varela or Shaqiri.

Wenger supposedly had eyes on Shaq during the tournament, but nothing ever came of it.