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28 Jul 2016 01:01:32
Just wondering why everyone is going mad, bar United who really has done very good business this window? Maybe I'm missing something but Liverpool have bought several as always how good they are remains to be seen. Chelsea have bought a young Belgian striker arguably not as good as Lukaku who they sold . Spurs haven't exactly been extremely busy? Sometimes you have to remember this isn't Fifa, players have break through seasons and grow as talents. Signing x x and x for this much is going to be know guarantee, quite frankly none of us could do as good a job as wenger and okay it may be frustrating that we don't get these players but your an arsenal fan and I remember when the game was more about buying this this n this player and being jealous of other clubs spending massive amounts. If you look over the years at how many big money flop signings there has been it's ridiculous. There's no guarantee these players will a fit in or b work in our system. Proven at one club doesn't necessarily mean the same at another. All I'm saying is if we don't get the big names we want don't be all doom and gloom. I don't judge who we sign or who we don't sign until I see the team on the pitch. It's a team game.

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28 Jul 2016 07:43:19
Chelsea also signed the prem's best midfielder last season and are about to sign a powerhouse centre back- if you forgot.

28 Jul 2016 10:08:36
We have an excellent squad, when fit, but we all know that we need a striker and a CB before the season starts. In the first matches, we could have Gabriel and Chambers at CB and Akpom up front. That's very worrying.
By the time the summer absentees return and we sign players, we could already be playing catch up.

28 Jul 2016 10:36:37
Exactly right RG! Every single point is vital and I can see us being out of it by the end of August. We'll then slowly catch up, finish fourth and deem it a success.

28 Jul 2016 10:56:47
Gibbs and Jenks are good cover at FB as few teams can bring in like for like in every position, mf is more than covered several times over, is Gabriel good enough or is he the best of a slightly less than good enough bunch? Is Olly good on his own? And should Aaron play on the right just so we can squeeze in all our cmf player's somewhere?

28 Jul 2016 12:37:18
If we buy a Cb and a ST who isn't 30mil + there will be definite groans. Whoever we buy don't judge til they play . Enjoy the ride.

28 Jul 2016 12:50:54
Payet: £10.7 mill
Mahrez: £400K
Kante: 5.6 million

Bet if this was our transfer dealings before these players had a good season, This page would have been calling for Wengers head.

28 Jul 2016 13:14:31
Xhaka, apart from Payet (I wanted him at Arsenal since he was at Lille and always thought he'd end up here) you're absolutely right, we, myself included would of be very critical.

And who knows, Asano could end up being the next Luis Suarez.
Holding could become the English Maldini.

But we really cannot afford to bank on 'could be'
Because if in 2-3 years when they become world class players, we've already lost Özil, Sanchez, Santi, Bellerin and others through various means.
So now we've finally got our great striker and centre half we needed, we've not got to go find a winger, a centre mid, right back and more.

There are never any guaranteed successes in football (apart from Liege's Isaac Success. ill get my coat) we could sign Messi tomorrow and he might not hack it in the prem.
Or we could sign a 16 year old left back and he could win the balon d'or next year, you cannot be sure a player will succeed.

What you be sure of, is a signing like Lacazette, like Mahrez, like (to a lesser extent) Mustafi, will get fans excited, it'll get people behind the club, it'll get players excited.
I don't think people realise how much a new signing boosts morale.
Look at all the players that were talking about how much Özil and Sanchez lifted them in training.
I mean, sure, if we sign Lacazette, you've got Giroud worried for his place and you've got Akpom and super Yaya annoyed at less playing time, but the majority of the squad will be hyped.
A new player, potentially record signing, great goal scoring record, a new dimension to the team.
It lifts people.

Signing some unknown, who might be great, won't have that effect.

28 Jul 2016 13:45:09
All hyperthetical XXC. You will never know.

But this new Stella signing is going to be I bet lol.

28 Jul 2016 14:26:29
Its coming I can promise you that.

28 Jul 2016 14:26:29
Its coming I can promise you that.

28 Jul 2016 16:55:02
CFC, if Kante was the best midfielder- why did the players vote Mahrez as the best player in the league last season?

And i get your point DoLal but it isn't just that we aren't making big signings, we are hardly making any signings for the first team full stop.







 

 

 
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