20 Jun 2016 13:44:15
It does my head in that some fans are saying do we need xhaka as we have le coq and elneny, don't get me wrong I am a massive le coq fan I think he has been the difference the last two years his game against man city showed he is the bollocks and personally I'd play him and xhaka together.
But don't slag a new signing off before the poor boy has played a game for us I think him and le coq sitting there will be great and hope Wenger signs that new deal in Wenger we trust!
20 Jun 2016 17:47:19
Its not about slagging off, its about priorities, unless we are going to spend huge money we have other more pressing priorities a lot more pressing. It is not personal to xhaka, its about the money left to buy the quality we need in more pressing positions. If you asked most people center mid is the last place they would strengthen. Its not a xhaka problem more a wenger one. We have regularly bought midfielders when strikers and defenders are more of a priority and that is the case here.
20 Jun 2016 18:02:13
Are you joking Steve . Bar a striker it's been a position we have needed to fill for some time, unless the Elneny signing pacified people. Every silver lining has a cloud hey.
20 Jun 2016 18:11:08
Totally agree Steve, Midfield isn't an area we are short n.
20 Jun 2016 18:12:44
Agree crybaby
Xhaka is better than Le coq, elneny and Rambo so why not sign him? He's a born leader and that's something we lack massively.
I don't know why people are crying about signing him and not a striker, the transfer window isn't over and we get will have people working hard all across the planet trying to identify the most important signing for us in years.
No need to get agitated just yet but I agree it's go BIG or go home.
20 Jun 2016 18:27:16
Striker, center back, right wing, more pressing and yes elneny was bought as the piece in the jigsaw by wenger, if not why buy him. Coq, wilshire, ramsey, caz, elneny can all play varying combinations, what are the varying center back or strikeforce of a similar strength. If we spend 150 mil this summer then great but this is arsenal andwe have a budget, i would not have blown the majority of it there, it wwould have gone into scoring and not conceding, areas we need to address first.
20 Jun 2016 19:05:09
Jegooner you make me laugh, priceless.
20 Jun 2016 19:05:17
Steve you summed it up perfectly. Priorities.
You shod be in politics :)
20 Jun 2016 19:10:50
I think despite needs elsewhere Xhaka made sense despite our current midfield. We lost Rosicky, Arteta and Flamini whilst Cazorla is now 31, I think.
We were crying out for quality replacements when Coquelin, Cazorla, Wilshere and others got injured.
Xhaka and Elneny are upgrades on the three we lost and hence make us stronger. A stronger shield in front of our back four makes us stronger.
I for sure would like to see Mertesacker replaced and a better winger but a striker is the ONE position we 1,000,000 % need to upgrade.
20 Jun 2016 20:59:08
All crying this time last year saying we need a world class cdm we don't need a CB we need cover for rb forward and rw.
20 Jun 2016 21:03:07
I see Xhaka is an upgrade to what we have, and he is defently better than what we have (le coq and el neny) not saying yhey aren't good but he is better. So that's a positive move. We all know that we are after a striker and I'm pretty sure it's going to happen. As for a CB not too sure what the hell wenger is thinking about and bit making it a too priority after many many howlers our CB had.
20 Jun 2016 23:11:50
Glad I put a smile on ya face Steve
Next il be crowbarring some positivity out of you ;)
21 Jun 2016 00:25:55
Me i'm always positive, i try to give two negatives and what does two negatives equal? Can you remember your science class.
21 Jun 2016 07:37:37
lol ofcourse ste mate
Two negatives equals a Steve r ;)