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22 Aug 2014 09:25:48
Hi Ed, what's the situation of Stephan El Shaarawy? I think he'd suit our style. He'd bring some spark to our left wing if he can stay injury-free this season.
{Ed002's Note - Very unlikely he will move this summer, although Arsenal have previously shown interest.}
1.) Okay thanks Ed, I'm really struggling to see who we could sign but luckily we'll find out soon.
04 Jan 2014 09:49:27
ed what's the situation with matthias ginter? I expected him to move last summer and we were definitely interested. are we still interested?
{Ed002's Note - Freiburg will look to hold on to Matthias Ginter until the summer when Borussia Dortmund or Bayern Munich will likely push for the defender.}
31 Jul 2013 14:53:02
ed do you know of any interest in mccarthy or ginter? heard some rumours today. {Ed027's Note - {Ed027's Note - i hear we're looking at Mathias Ginter guys, young Cb from Freiburg, been in talks for a while, Mccarthy is not a target as such, maybe an alternative in the future, if targets fail, we've looked at him}
20 Jul 2013 12:58:15
i must say when I first heard about these suarez rumours I thought no way but now cautiously optimistic. honestly he'd be a perfect fit and I used to think we should sign him but in a million years we won't. now it seems more likely though.
pretty confident 40m would do the trick. liverpool seem to demand more but they're not going to get much more. and the other option for them is to keep him. and keeping a player with suarez's mentality against his own will is, well, a frightening thought!
some are concerned about this "baggage" he has. i'm not. the most concerning part is his ban, but if he signs a 4-5 year contract that ban is really meaningless. imo his reputation doesn't work completely against him. now every defender knows he's not just a fantastic dribbler, a goal scorer and a provider, but he bites too! he makes defender's feel uneasy I can see him starting as a striker, but also as a "winger" (winger like walcott, poldi, ramsey or santi meaning he'll play more centrally than wide) alongside giroud.
1.) To be honest I'm feeling this one aswell just hope it don't go right to the wire and we drop out again last minute
2.) Still think Arsenal will end up with Higuain. This Suarez business is just some sort of mind games with Real Madrid. Selling Higuan to Arsenal will fund Real Madrid's move for Suarez but Arsenal won't pay over the odds for Higuain.
3.) Not really a rumour, but I like this post
4.) I think Wenger and the fans would be equally happy with either. No mind games, Higuain at one price, Suarez (or Rooney) at another. Any of these will do the job!
5.) Suarez interest is very real indeed. Wenger will not pay the asking price for higuain when he can get suarez for a couple million more, anmd who is a much better player in my opinion.
6.) Higuain has had second thoughts about moving to Arsenal. Personally, I don't want Suarez at the gunners. He is obnoxious and a cheat. Don't forget the whole transfer might cost us £70 million
7.) Im not concerned about his baggage either. he's a great player and it outweighs the what-ifs.
Honestly, I prefer Higuain. But i'm happy with either. Both awesome players and will be crucial in the seasons to come.
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8.) 20 Jul 2013 18:27:25
I would be happy with higuain at £23m however I would not like to see us pay much more for him seeing as he is second choice behind benzima at madrid and they play one up top usually so he is a great second choice striker for them. However I would prefer to have arguably the best striker in the premier league at the moment for an extra £17m, if we got him with the service our midfield can provide he will have a field day for us.
9.) Since when will liverpool become a feeder club to the biggest feeder club in the league? suarez will move to madrid or stay at lfc. there's an outside chance of bayern or psg. not arsenel!
30 Mar 2013 10:50:18
since the transfer talk is heating up, here's my take.
i think we need five players. cb, rb, gk, dm and st. I really like the jovetic rumours, he'd provide a different option to giroud. what is more important he's proven quality with good age and relatively large experience.
asmir begovic would be brilliant for us. I like szczesny a lot and these two would provide good competition for each other.
we need at least one cb anyway because djourou will probably leave. i'd like someone young like 23 or something because verm, kos and mert are all something like 27/28. we don't need necessarily an immediate starter because kos-mert is a really solid pairing and vermaelen is great as well if he sorts out his form.
painful to say this, but sagna is in decline. it's the right time to sell him. jenkinson is ready to become our primary starter but we need cover. I can't decide, should we buy a new one or take a gamble with bellerin? he's awesome. and of course there's yennaris as well.
finally, a dm is a must. wanyama? capoue? gonalons? I haven't seen enough of them to decide but wanyama has attracted a lot of hype and he's young as well so.
i think ramsey has been great lately. next season I think he's ready to bench arteta. I can see a midfield of *a new dm*, ramsey and wilshere bossing games with santi roaming as a winger and popping up everywhere. with jovetic and walcott up front we'd have loads of pace and technique.
the bench would also be superb. imagine ox, podolski and giroud all warming up, that would scare the hell out of oppositions. coquelin and arteta could freeze the game and protect our lead. szczesny and vermaelen would complete the defensive security if a defender picks an injury.
1.) Very good post this, in a ideal dream world I would love hummels as a new cb {Ed029's Note - I have been told by Ed2 that Hummels is off to Barcelona if he moves.}
2.) Oh reall! I didn't see us getting him just wishful thinking. Thanks for the info tho
3.) I'd be very surprised if we signed jovetic but i'd be very happy if we did class player, a pretty solid post but I disagree with playing santi on the wings he's miles better when he's allowed to roam through the middle.
4.) I think we will sign:
jovitec
Aubameyang
wanyama
amorebieta
muslera
5.) First of all I think its clear sagna is off. There have been strong solid rumours that Arsenal have an agreement with Socheux to bring Sebastian Corchia for 5m in the summer.
I think its clear as day that along Corchia, Jovetic will join very early in the summer ( it sounds excactly like podolski last year and some high profile people have been saying that jovetic is ours)
Secondly I think we will get a cheapish 4th centre back. Some unknown african or maybe Amorebieta on free.
We will most certainly get a goalkeeper. Think wenger will buy a premier made goalkeeper. Simon Mignolet, Julio Cesar both make sense. Especially if Sunderland and QPR will get relegated. If not one of those two then I think he will get Begovic.
We will get a Defensive midfielder.
We will get one of Wanyama/capoue/Gonalons.
Finally we will get a second midfielder. Diaby will be injured, rosiscky is off and arshavin is off. I have been tipped that arsenal have been in negoations with Marseille for some time regarding Francis Coquelin. Arsenal want Matheu valbuena from Marseille and I am told that is 7/10
6.) 01 Apr 2013 07:32:14
Does not one else rate fraser forster, I think he's a good young keeper that wouldn't necessarily break the bank, I think wenger would look at him before an established Pl keeper that might cost him too much?
7.) We need an older experienced keeper as we have potential at the club
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8.) We need a good CB ours aren't up to it!
9.) Actually Ed I think any transfers to barcelona will depend on them selling some players.
Also I have a feeling they won't be able to stump up over 20 million for Hummels, unless they win the champions league or reach the finals.
This summer is looking to be the war of the strikers. {Ed029's Note - They are looking to sell players like Sanchez and Villa.}
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23 Sep 2024 19:13:45
City players showing their class once again with Haaland's goal "celebration" and Silva's comments after the game. They won't mask the fact they were humiliated though. You're playing 55 mins 11 vs 10 at home and you're being made to look very average. Yes they got their goal but it's quite telling we are the ones who are disappointed with the result and not them.
Early reports saying Rodri may have suffered an ACL injury. To be clear i don't wish for an injury for any player. But a sense of karma is strong here. Last season straight away after winning the title what does he do? Has a dig at their title rival. I do hope he comes back from injury though so that we can beat them while he's on the pitch.
How good can Liverpool be this season? It's early days but my initial impression is Slot may actually be able to improve them already on his first season. That would be a phenomenal feat given he's taken the reigns from such a great coach.
1.) 23 Sep 2024 19:20:00
Rodri possibly out for the season but targeting a return against Wigan in league 1 :)
2.) 23 Sep 2024 20:02:49
I like it, but if thay kicked out of EPL, he's off to Madrid.
3.) 23 Sep 2024 21:19:25
Their arrogance and entitlement is surely some nice inspiration to win this league.
4.) 23 Sep 2024 21:42:39
“Referee Michael Oliver did not issue a yellow or red card to Haaland after deeming it was not an act of violent conduct. John Brooks was on VAR duty and agreed with Oliver, deciding that a red card for Haaland was not necessary. ”
But taking your shirt off to celebrate a goal is a yellow card - throwing a ball into someone’s face after such a late goal isn’t an-issue. ?.
01 Sep 2024 19:34:16
I wanted to do a short post about the transfer window yesterday but had to delay it because the game got my head all messed up ? Now it's slightly better so here are my thoughts:
The deals we made were smart. Calafiori and Merino fit comfortably in our budget and improve the squad. Sterling is a great addition because he improves us and the finances were very generous for us.
I terms of sales we held onto our valuations pretty well apart from Ramsdale who i thought went for a bit too low a fee. But in general i was pleased with the sales.
Now here's the more critical part. To me we did everything but the most important thing: the striker.
It feels like the requirements we have are quite strict. You have to be technical, physical, tactically smart and a good guy who fits into our "family" -like squad. And as a striker most importantly you need to be clinical as well.
It looks like this kind of a player is tough to find. The feeling i have is we maybe should have loosened the criteria just a little bit to find someone. Sterling does solve a couple things, most importantly he can be a runner-type forward which gives us more options. But he doesn't solve our box efficiency issues Arteta himself pointed out recently.
I think we have improved compared to 12 months ago. But it's a small step. I recently predicted we're going to sign Sesko and Wharton next summer. Now those two would present a leap forward similar to 22/ 23. For this season we have a strong squad who have every chance to be successful. But i know if we won't win i will be thinking back to this transfer window.
Target for this season has to be to win something. Even the league cup would be a start.
1.) 01 Sep 2024 20:38:27
Agreed and let’s be honest we haven’t addressed the inefficiencies properly in the last few windows. We have always needed better width, fullback (s) , Granit replacement and a striker. We seem to be content with not being serious or deadly or ruthless or whatever it is when it comes to really lifting the standard of the starting 11 and then the squad….
25 Aug 2024 09:49:38
Short predictions for the final days of the window:
-moves that are likely to happen: Merino in. Nketiah (sale) , Vieira (loan) and Ramsdale (loan) out.
-I have a feeling Tierney could stay because of his injury and honestly i can see him being an useful option as a natural overlapping lb.
-I think Kiwior could go. Way down the pecking order and didn't even make the matchday squad on day one.
-Nelson might stay and currently would have a decent chance of getting more minutes. However.
-A versatile pacy forward will be signed to play on both wings. This may be more of a hope than a prediction ?.
-A backup gk will be sought but a deal for Joan Garcia won't materialize and we end up signing Dan Bentley.
Bonus predictions for next summer:
-We continue to monitor Sesko and sign him to replace Jesus.
-Adam Wharton will be signed to replace both Partey and Jorginho.
22 Aug 2024 19:12:23
Looks like Eddie is about to leave. I wonder who else might go.
Ramsdale?
Nelson?
Kiwior?
Vieira?
We could see a lot of movement in the last days of the window still. If all of the above were to leave i'd like a gk and a forward to arrive in return. I'd also like Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly get some minutes this season as well.
1.) 22 Aug 2024 20:04:23
Viera really was a poor signing for 34m - wouldn’t be upset if all except Kiwior were sold.
GK, Striker and a LW please as feel we lack top top quality there….
Great news on Merino - at last replacing Granit. Think that’s a major reason why we failed last year plus a striker to a lesser extent.
2.) 22 Aug 2024 20:05:06
Needed to get these deals wrapped up way before the Villa game - shame.
02 Jul 2024 21:53:09
Mesut Özil is finally strong enough for the premier league. Google it.
{Ed014's Note - built like a brick 5h1thouse!
1.) 03 Jul 2024 12:32:36
Saw that! Chap is ripped! Apparently, the raver is his personal trainer.
{Ed014's Note - let’s face it, it wasn’t going to be Tielemens was it! ??
2.) 04 Jul 2024 08:50:54
?? Why you trying to upset sussex?
{Ed014's Note - who me? Never ?
28 Apr 2024 07:49:16
I think the dutch market has a lot of value in it. The level is probably better than most people realize, the big clubs aren't as able (or perhaps willing) to hold onto their best players and i think the dutch football philosophy in general suits our style very well. So my pick for midfield would be Mats Wieffer from Feyenoord. Add in Ollie Watkins and we're all set imo. I see Jesus as a utility forward who can cover both wings and striker.
01 Mar 2024 15:36:08
I think he has great potential but he needs lots of coaching to maximise it. I'd agree he's not needed here because of Martinelli.
04 May 2018 07:46:32
Why would we give the new manager/ head coach any transfer budget at all given the appointment of SM and RS?
As for the candidates who see the lack of champions league football next season as a problem, i think it's better to overlook those coaches anyway. I'd rather like a coach who plans for long term instead of one season success.
As for the salary, i don't know of any details but would imagine it's just natural the new guy wouldn't earn quite as much as Wenger since he wouldn't have as many responsibilities as Wenger had (like transfers for example) . I'm sure we can still offer competitive wages.
I would also like to point out one reason why i think we will be an attractive option for any coach, and that is the way the club has handled Wenger. We are known as a club with patience and the board won't make any rash decisions based on short term results. I personally would like to see the new coach get at least two seasons time to improve our performances (unless the first season is a total disaster) .
Okay thanks Ed, I'm really struggling to see who we could sign but luckily we'll find out soon.
I thought he has a spanish passport?
08 Dec 2024 20:04:19
Ed i think Calafiori fixes our left but he's missed quite a few games already. Martinelli's one trick can be effective when properly platformed. He needs someone to provide an overlap.
{Ed025's Note - but Martinelli he can only play for half a game Iceman, hes either pulled at half time or brought on for the second half and that gives you no continuity at all mate..
08 Dec 2024 19:18:51
We had the same problem as England in the euros - no width on the left. I'd like to see Tierney get some minutes.
{Ed025's Note - your left side is awful Iceman, Martinelli is a one trick pony, Trossard is a pony with less than one trick, they can produce the goods now and again but no consistency at all im afraid mate, Kai is very similar and should have been upgraded 2 windows ago for me, this season was a great chance for Arsenal to become champions imo, but like Monica Lewinsky...i think you may have blown it..
03 Dec 2024 19:54:04
I guess it's a good thing you like your team more than ours. I suspect the opposite is true here though. Let's see what the table says after 38 games. Good luck!
06 Nov 2024 22:39:07
You have to guestion Sterling as our only attacking summer signing when he's not getting onto the pitch against either Newcastle or Inter.
06 Nov 2024 16:01:43
Seems like a good player who would no doubt improve the squad. But by how much? The fact he plays in the Portuguese league makes me wonder how well he would be able to replicate his current form for us in the premier league.
Personally i really admire Lautaro Martinez. I'm eager/ terrified to see how he does against us tonight. Would he be attainable?
{Ed002's Note - Lautaro Martinez (S) New contract and no longer available.}