The ''no one is coming'' Transfer Thread

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xgtdec wrote:http://www.football365.com/news/assessi ... candidates

Oh dear....no mention of poor ol Giroud......
And rightly so. Giroud won't be golden boot. He's not at that level. But having Lukaku and Sturridge on there is ludicrous. Both are deeply shite strikers that can raise their game to average on a good day, of which there are few. :roll:

I would have said last May that it will be Kane this season too. But he looked physically and (maybe more importantly for a striker) psychologically shattered at the Euro's. Will be interesting to see if he delivers this season.

Vardy is the unknown quantity for me. So many things lined up perfectly for both Leicester and him last season. I'd be majorly shocked if either have anywhere near as much success this season.

Ibrahimovich is not a proper 20+ league goals a season striker. Won't be him. But he'll probably win the goal of the season with a 30 yard bicycle kick. :lol:

With Pep in charge I'd say Aguero should be favourite.

What I'd ask is why isn't Outrageous Fee-oh Walcott on that list!! :banghead: :lol: :roll:

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xgtdec wrote:http://www.football365.com/news/assessi ... candidates

Oh dear....no mention of poor ol Giroud......
And rightly so. Giroud won't be golden boot. He's not at that level. But having Lukaku and Sturridge on there is ludicrous. Both are deeply shite strikers that can raise their game to average on a good day, of which there are few. :roll:

I would have said last May that it will be Kane this season too. But he looked physically and (maybe more importantly for a striker) psychologically shattered at the Euro's. Will be interesting to see if he delivers this season.

Vardy is the unknown quantity for me. So many things lined up perfectly for both Leicester and him last season. I'd be majorly shocked if either have anywhere near as much success this season.

Ibrahimovich is not a proper 20+ league goals a season striker. Won't be him. But he'll probably win the goal of the season with a 30 yard bicycle kick. :lol:

With Pep in charge I'd say Aguero should be favourite.

What I'd ask is why isn't Outrageous Fee-oh Walcott on that list!! :banghead: :lol: :roll:
Didnt Feo claim that he'd actually be a more natural right back......or was that right wing........Have we tried him as a striker...striking defender perhaps!!

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augie wrote:
markyp wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
augie wrote:
GranadaJoe wrote:

How is he stuck in the middle? He doesn't work for AFC. He works for Sky.

The job of a pundit is to offer truthful opinions and insights on the game. Not telling the truth because you're mates with somebody or feel loyalty to a player or club is dishonest and a dereliction of your responsibilities.

Someone like Souness is willing to strongly criticise players and clubs he is associated with. Even Carragher does. Neville's a bit more reticent but still more forthright than TH14.

TH14 can't need the money, so why's he there?



For the attention - I don't care who disagrees with me on this, but henry has always been about henry. Despite winning a shed load of trophies with us, he legged it to barca the very minute he felt that we were no longer gonna challenge for the big trophies. Remember his treatment of reyes when a young prince threatened to take his crown ? People with hiv have been shunned and made an outcast less than reyes was by henry :evil:
I don't mind him fcuking off to barca back then, but to listen to some of our fans, you would think that he bleeds Arsenal :roll:
This 100%. Henry was only ever about Henry. Not necessarily the worst thing in the world, most players are, to some extent. But let's not kid ourselves that he has sacrificed anything for The Arsenal or that his time with us was an act of selfless love on his behalf. His treatment of Reyes still pisses me off.
duh,Henry is good friends with Wenger,why would he slag him off,the guy was ruthless on the pitch but obviously has morals off of it,if he was all gob and bad mouthing Arsenal you'd slag him off,he keeps quiet and you slag him off.Henry clearly has respect for Wenger but what can he do,if he was to say he needs to go he would be banned from the emirates,it aint rocket science,thats why he sits on the fence.would you prefer him to be like Roy keane a complete tool with no friends who goes around treading on toes for what?? Henry was working with the youth team for free,its obvious he loves the club he isn't going to run the regime down no more than you or I would in his position,what do you want him to be like, a kind of Boris Johnson type who stabs his mate in the back??



I guess £6m per season from sky buys a lot of morals eh :roll:

Can you imagine the commotion it would create if he banned henry from the corporate cesspool ? It is easy for wenker to be the bullying arsehole and ban Jackie oatley without any blowback, but to ban the clubs all time top scorer would create an almighty shitfest on wenker :evil:
Henry doesn't have to work but he chooses to because he loves football,6m a year and morals doesn't come into it,you cant deny anybody the right to work purely based on the fact that we hate Wenger,not everybody hates Wenger,our ex pros don't,so why would they rubbish him regardless of how shit they might know he is.you only have to look at matey from Arsenal t.v,hes been banned for being anti wenger,its either gob off and be banned or keep quite,henry isn't going to wade in with a tirade against Wenger,he has everything to lose in doing so.he has actually added fuel to the fire with seleceted comments he hasnt said anything about Wenger being a god,this is real life and sometimes diplomacy is required,if any of you have ever worked for yourself or have a boss that is an arse sometimes you have to bite your tongue otherwise you are cutting off your nose to spite your face,i don't know what some of you expect him to say,what would you like Henry to publicly come out and state realistically??im seriously coming to the conclusion that every single player that ever played for us is a *word censored* the way you lot carry on,whos next for slaughtering ?Liam Brady ?Pat rice??

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DB10GOONER wrote:
xgtdec wrote:http://www.football365.com/news/assessi ... candidates

Vardy is the unknown quantity for me. So many things lined up perfectly for both Leicester and him last season. I'd be majorly shocked if either have anywhere near as much success this season.

Ibrahimovich is not a proper 20+ league goals a season striker:
Leicester and Vardy will be one hit wonders - if they make top 6 then every manager they beat should be sacked fur not being able to work out a 2nd division style. I'm putting money on Ibrahimovic. He isnt lazy but knows those 5 times a game when it's worth putting in - he and the special one will feed of each other. He will be drogba on roids. He will score 3 min goals against us over two games purely on motivation. His team's don't win trophies by coincidence. Wenger is going to look like an imposter this season against Jose, Pep and Jurgen

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mcdowell42 wrote:Rumours on Twitter that we made a30m bid for Mahrez,and it was rejected,and we have now gone back in with a bid of 35m


Yeah think they have to get real and offer a reasonable sum (thats if they are serious and its not some kind of PR job)

If they are to achieve anything other than upset the selling club or allow other clubs to step in, they have to be realistic

SKY saying No bid, as usual all crap being made up.....One thing though they have to get a CB don't they??

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DB10GOONER wrote:
markyp wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
augie wrote:
GranadaJoe wrote:

How is he stuck in the middle? He doesn't work for AFC. He works for Sky.

The job of a pundit is to offer truthful opinions and insights on the game. Not telling the truth because you're mates with somebody or feel loyalty to a player or club is dishonest and a dereliction of your responsibilities.

Someone like Souness is willing to strongly criticise players and clubs he is associated with. Even Carragher does. Neville's a bit more reticent but still more forthright than TH14.

TH14 can't need the money, so why's he there?



For the attention - I don't care who disagrees with me on this, but henry has always been about henry. Despite winning a shed load of trophies with us, he legged it to barca the very minute he felt that we were no longer gonna challenge for the big trophies. Remember his treatment of reyes when a young prince threatened to take his crown ? People with hiv have been shunned and made an outcast less than reyes was by henry :evil:
I don't mind him fcuking off to barca back then, but to listen to some of our fans, you would think that he bleeds Arsenal :roll:
This 100%. Henry was only ever about Henry. Not necessarily the worst thing in the world, most players are, to some extent. But let's not kid ourselves that he has sacrificed anything for The Arsenal or that his time with us was an act of selfless love on his behalf. His treatment of Reyes still pisses me off.
duh,Henry is good friends with Wenger,why would he slag him off,the guy was ruthless on the pitch but obviously has morals off of it,if he was all gob and bad mouthing Arsenal you'd slag him off,he keeps quiet and you slag him off.Henry clearly has respect for Wenger but what can he do,if he was to say he needs to go he would be banned from the emirates,it aint rocket science,thats why he sits on the fence.would you prefer him to be like Roy keane a complete tool with no friends who goes around treading on toes for what?? Henry was working with the youth team for free,its obvious he loves the club he isn't going to run the regime down no more than you or I would in his position,what do you want him to be like, a kind of Boris Johnson type who stabs his mate in the back??
Cool your jets there buddy. If you are going to accuse me of something, then at least accuse me of something I've actually written. I've said on here repeatedly that I have no real problem with ex-players not sticking the knife in because they know Wenger in a completely different way than we do - to them he is the man that brought them success and in many cases extended their careers. Alot of them are personal friends with him. They will also meet him at all kinds of functions throughout the year and they have to face him.

Also, they are mostly not Gooners, we are just a club they played for in a professional capacity. Their loyalty is to Wenger, not Arsenal. Distasteful for us, but still true. Add to that the probability that during their time under Wenger he was a father figure to many of them and possibly helped them through rough patches in their careers or indeed maybe their private lives - who knows?

It doesn't surprise me that few ex-players have a go at him. Why would they? My only point in the post you quoted is that Henry is all about Henry. Again I've no major issue with that either. Most elite level players are like that. But I don't hold with people saying that Henry was a die hard super loyal player or a Gooner. He fucked off to the whores for the benefit of one person; himself. That was his prerogative, fine, but I'm not going to laud him him for it or call it anything other than it was. :roll:
my rant wasn't directed at you DB10 ,sorry fella

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markyp wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
markyp wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
augie wrote:



For the attention - I don't care who disagrees with me on this, but henry has always been about henry. Despite winning a shed load of trophies with us, he legged it to barca the very minute he felt that we were no longer gonna challenge for the big trophies. Remember his treatment of reyes when a young prince threatened to take his crown ? People with hiv have been shunned and made an outcast less than reyes was by henry :evil:
I don't mind him fcuking off to barca back then, but to listen to some of our fans, you would think that he bleeds Arsenal :roll:
This 100%. Henry was only ever about Henry. Not necessarily the worst thing in the world, most players are, to some extent. But let's not kid ourselves that he has sacrificed anything for The Arsenal or that his time with us was an act of selfless love on his behalf. His treatment of Reyes still pisses me off.
duh,Henry is good friends with Wenger,why would he slag him off,the guy was ruthless on the pitch but obviously has morals off of it,if he was all gob and bad mouthing Arsenal you'd slag him off,he keeps quiet and you slag him off.Henry clearly has respect for Wenger but what can he do,if he was to say he needs to go he would be banned from the emirates,it aint rocket science,thats why he sits on the fence.would you prefer him to be like Roy keane a complete tool with no friends who goes around treading on toes for what?? Henry was working with the youth team for free,its obvious he loves the club he isn't going to run the regime down no more than you or I would in his position,what do you want him to be like, a kind of Boris Johnson type who stabs his mate in the back??
Cool your jets there buddy. If you are going to accuse me of something, then at least accuse me of something I've actually written. I've said on here repeatedly that I have no real problem with ex-players not sticking the knife in because they know Wenger in a completely different way than we do - to them he is the man that brought them success and in many cases extended their careers. Alot of them are personal friends with him. They will also meet him at all kinds of functions throughout the year and they have to face him.

Also, they are mostly not Gooners, we are just a club they played for in a professional capacity. Their loyalty is to Wenger, not Arsenal. Distasteful for us, but still true. Add to that the probability that during their time under Wenger he was a father figure to many of them and possibly helped them through rough patches in their careers or indeed maybe their private lives - who knows?

It doesn't surprise me that few ex-players have a go at him. Why would they? My only point in the post you quoted is that Henry is all about Henry. Again I've no major issue with that either. Most elite level players are like that. But I don't hold with people saying that Henry was a die hard super loyal player or a Gooner. He fucked off to the whores for the benefit of one person; himself. That was his prerogative, fine, but I'm not going to laud him him for it or call it anything other than it was. :roll:
my rant wasn't directed at you DB10 ,sorry fella
No probs, man. After I posted that novel above I kinda guessed your response was aimed more at augie! :lol: :wink:

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DB10GOONER wrote:
markyp wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
markyp wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
This 100%. Henry was only ever about Henry. Not necessarily the worst thing in the world, most players are, to some extent. But let's not kid ourselves that he has sacrificed anything for The Arsenal or that his time with us was an act of selfless love on his behalf. His treatment of Reyes still pisses me off.
duh,Henry is good friends with Wenger,why would he slag him off,the guy was ruthless on the pitch but obviously has morals off of it,if he was all gob and bad mouthing Arsenal you'd slag him off,he keeps quiet and you slag him off.Henry clearly has respect for Wenger but what can he do,if he was to say he needs to go he would be banned from the emirates,it aint rocket science,thats why he sits on the fence.would you prefer him to be like Roy keane a complete tool with no friends who goes around treading on toes for what?? Henry was working with the youth team for free,its obvious he loves the club he isn't going to run the regime down no more than you or I would in his position,what do you want him to be like, a kind of Boris Johnson type who stabs his mate in the back??
Cool your jets there buddy. If you are going to accuse me of something, then at least accuse me of something I've actually written. I've said on here repeatedly that I have no real problem with ex-players not sticking the knife in because they know Wenger in a completely different way than we do - to them he is the man that brought them success and in many cases extended their careers. Alot of them are personal friends with him. They will also meet him at all kinds of functions throughout the year and they have to face him.

Also, they are mostly not Gooners, we are just a club they played for in a professional capacity. Their loyalty is to Wenger, not Arsenal. Distasteful for us, but still true. Add to that the probability that during their time under Wenger he was a father figure to many of them and possibly helped them through rough patches in their careers or indeed maybe their private lives - who knows?

It doesn't surprise me that few ex-players have a go at him. Why would they? My only point in the post you quoted is that Henry is all about Henry. Again I've no major issue with that either. Most elite level players are like that. But I don't hold with people saying that Henry was a die hard super loyal player or a Gooner. He fucked off to the whores for the benefit of one person; himself. That was his prerogative, fine, but I'm not going to laud him him for it or call it anything other than it was. :roll:
my rant wasn't directed at you DB10 ,sorry fella
No probs, man. After I posted that novel above I kinda guessed your response was aimed more at augie! :lol: :wink:
And like your published novel, only one cunnt read it :roll: :shock: :lol:

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markyp wrote:
augie wrote:
markyp wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
augie wrote:



For the attention - I don't care who disagrees with me on this, but henry has always been about henry. Despite winning a shed load of trophies with us, he legged it to barca the very minute he felt that we were no longer gonna challenge for the big trophies. Remember his treatment of reyes when a young prince threatened to take his crown ? People with hiv have been shunned and made an outcast less than reyes was by henry :evil:
I don't mind him fcuking off to barca back then, but to listen to some of our fans, you would think that he bleeds Arsenal :roll:
This 100%. Henry was only ever about Henry. Not necessarily the worst thing in the world, most players are, to some extent. But let's not kid ourselves that he has sacrificed anything for The Arsenal or that his time with us was an act of selfless love on his behalf. His treatment of Reyes still pisses me off.
duh,Henry is good friends with Wenger,why would he slag him off,the guy was ruthless on the pitch but obviously has morals off of it,if he was all gob and bad mouthing Arsenal you'd slag him off,he keeps quiet and you slag him off.Henry clearly has respect for Wenger but what can he do,if he was to say he needs to go he would be banned from the emirates,it aint rocket science,thats why he sits on the fence.would you prefer him to be like Roy keane a complete tool with no friends who goes around treading on toes for what?? Henry was working with the youth team for free,its obvious he loves the club he isn't going to run the regime down no more than you or I would in his position,what do you want him to be like, a kind of Boris Johnson type who stabs his mate in the back??



I guess £6m per season from sky buys a lot of morals eh :roll:

Can you imagine the commotion it would create if he banned henry from the corporate cesspool ? It is easy for wenker to be the bullying arsehole and ban Jackie oatley without any blowback, but to ban the clubs all time top scorer would create an almighty shitfest on wenker :evil:
Henry doesn't have to work but he chooses to because he loves football,6m a year and morals doesn't come into it,you cant deny anybody the right to work purely based on the fact that we hate Wenger,not everybody hates Wenger,our ex pros don't,so why would they rubbish him regardless of how shit they might know he is.you only have to look at matey from Arsenal t.v,hes been banned for being anti wenger,its either gob off and be banned or keep quite,henry isn't going to wade in with a tirade against Wenger,he has everything to lose in doing so.he has actually added fuel to the fire with seleceted comments he hasnt said anything about Wenger being a god,this is real life and sometimes diplomacy is required,if any of you have ever worked for yourself or have a boss that is an arse sometimes you have to bite your tongue otherwise you are cutting off your nose to spite your face,i don't know what some of you expect him to say,what would you like Henry to publicly come out and state realistically??im seriously coming to the conclusion that every single player that ever played for us is a *word censored* the way you lot carry on,whos next for slaughtering ?Liam Brady ?Pat rice??



So he chooses to work because he loves football, but when given a choice between managing our u-18s OR working for sky, he chooses the £6m per year gig :rubchin:

I have no probs with him choosing to work for sky ahead of our club, but (a) lets not fool ourselves into thinking that money had no part to play in his decision and (b) he is being paid £6m per season to give "expert" analysis and sitting on the fence is not part of his mandate. If he cant leave his allegiances at the door on his way in, he should either not take the job, or refuse to give any comment on wenger and/or AFC - no comment with be better than ass kissing wenker/lying through his teeth :roll:

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3 days then the season starts.. Still no Cb or striker brought.

Well played arsene well played.

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augie wrote:
markyp wrote:
augie wrote:
markyp wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
This 100%. Henry was only ever about Henry. Not necessarily the worst thing in the world, most players are, to some extent. But let's not kid ourselves that he has sacrificed anything for The Arsenal or that his time with us was an act of selfless love on his behalf. His treatment of Reyes still pisses me off.
duh,Henry is good friends with Wenger,why would he slag him off,the guy was ruthless on the pitch but obviously has morals off of it,if he was all gob and bad mouthing Arsenal you'd slag him off,he keeps quiet and you slag him off.Henry clearly has respect for Wenger but what can he do,if he was to say he needs to go he would be banned from the emirates,it aint rocket science,thats why he sits on the fence.would you prefer him to be like Roy keane a complete tool with no friends who goes around treading on toes for what?? Henry was working with the youth team for free,its obvious he loves the club he isn't going to run the regime down no more than you or I would in his position,what do you want him to be like, a kind of Boris Johnson type who stabs his mate in the back??



I guess £6m per season from sky buys a lot of morals eh :roll:

Can you imagine the commotion it would create if he banned henry from the corporate cesspool ? It is easy for wenker to be the bullying arsehole and ban Jackie oatley without any blowback, but to ban the clubs all time top scorer would create an almighty shitfest on wenker :evil:
Henry doesn't have to work but he chooses to because he loves football,6m a year and morals doesn't come into it,you cant deny anybody the right to work purely based on the fact that we hate Wenger,not everybody hates Wenger,our ex pros don't,so why would they rubbish him regardless of how shit they might know he is.you only have to look at matey from Arsenal t.v,hes been banned for being anti wenger,its either gob off and be banned or keep quite,henry isn't going to wade in with a tirade against Wenger,he has everything to lose in doing so.he has actually added fuel to the fire with seleceted comments he hasnt said anything about Wenger being a god,this is real life and sometimes diplomacy is required,if any of you have ever worked for yourself or have a boss that is an arse sometimes you have to bite your tongue otherwise you are cutting off your nose to spite your face,i don't know what some of you expect him to say,what would you like Henry to publicly come out and state realistically??im seriously coming to the conclusion that every single player that ever played for us is a *word censored* the way you lot carry on,whos next for slaughtering ?Liam Brady ?Pat rice??



So he chooses to work because he loves football, but when given a choice between managing our u-18s OR working for sky, he chooses the £6m per year gig :rubchin:

I have no probs with him choosing to work for sky ahead of our club, but (a) lets not fool ourselves into thinking that money had no part to play in his decision and (b) he is being paid £6m per season to give "expert" analysis and sitting on the fence is not part of his mandate. If he cant leave his allegiances at the door on his way in, he should either not take the job, or refuse to give any comment on wenger and/or AFC - no comment with be better than ass kissing wenker/lying through his teeth :roll:
but augie no ex player or ex manager ever ever slags off their former club publicly unless they have already been ostracised,they just don't do it,can you imagine souness during Rogers regime saying the blokes got to go,the only one who says anything like that is Roy keane and hes burning bridges everywhere,the only ex players who I can remember slagging off their former employers were the likes of scholes last season but why should they care as LVG wasnt staying for long anyway

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How the fuck can we not shell out 25m for Mustafi when we clearly need a decent CB????

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Swifty wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:
xgtdec wrote:http://www.football365.com/news/assessi ... candidates

Vardy is the unknown quantity for me. So many things lined up perfectly for both Leicester and him last season. I'd be majorly shocked if either have anywhere near as much success this season.

Ibrahimovich is not a proper 20+ league goals a season striker:
Leicester and Vardy will be one hit wonders - if they make top 6 then every manager they beat should be sacked fur not being able to work out a 2nd division style. I'm putting money on Ibrahimovic. He isnt lazy but knows those 5 times a game when it's worth putting in - he and the special one will feed of each other. He will be drogba on roids. He will score 3 min goals against us over two games purely on motivation. His team's don't win trophies by coincidence. Wenger is going to look like an imposter this season against Jose, Pep and Jurgen
Vardy will score more than Giroud, but that's not hard really is it.

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Let me start this by again saying that I don't give two fcuks if the senile olc c.unt signs anyone or not, but his transfer thinking is again showing how flawed it really is -

Football, like any business (kills me to call it a business), works on the basis of supply and demand - we have a serious need/demand for centre backs, and every potential selling club knows it. Naturally they, if they have any business acumen, will immediately increase their asking price as soon as we come knocking on their door - goes without saying that le cock hates spending money but he has two choices here.........pay the asking price or step off the transfer merry go round cos it really is that simple. When I read that negotiations with Valencia are ongoing, it both amuses me and angers me - Valencia should tell them to either stump up the cash or go with chambers and holding as your centre backs for the first few games, because the power in all this is with Valencia. Of course it is wenkers fault for dilly fcuking dallying until just before season starts as per usual, but that is par for the course with that inept c.unt

Btw isn't it ridiculous that we or any other club, can contemplate buying a player within days of the league kicking off ? How are they realistically be expected to bed in with their new team-mates and get used to a new system ? I have long since argued that the transfer window should automatically close at 12 midnight the night before the seasons kick off - I know that wont prevent this bullshit of signing a new player the week the season kicks off (which I expect us to do), but at least it would force him to get his shit together in time for the start of the season and prevent another mad trolley dash after our league campaign is put in tatters after just 3 or 4 games :roll:

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LeftfootlegendGooner wrote:
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DB10GOONER wrote:
markyp wrote:
duh,Henry is good friends with Wenger,why would he slag him off,the guy was ruthless on the pitch but obviously has morals off of it,if he was all gob and bad mouthing Arsenal you'd slag him off,he keeps quiet and you slag him off.Henry clearly has respect for Wenger but what can he do,if he was to say he needs to go he would be banned from the emirates,it aint rocket science,thats why he sits on the fence.would you prefer him to be like Roy keane a complete tool with no friends who goes around treading on toes for what?? Henry was working with the youth team for free,its obvious he loves the club he isn't going to run the regime down no more than you or I would in his position,what do you want him to be like, a kind of Boris Johnson type who stabs his mate in the back??
Cool your jets there buddy. If you are going to accuse me of something, then at least accuse me of something I've actually written. I've said on here repeatedly that I have no real problem with ex-players not sticking the knife in because they know Wenger in a completely different way than we do - to them he is the man that brought them success and in many cases extended their careers. Alot of them are personal friends with him. They will also meet him at all kinds of functions throughout the year and they have to face him.

Also, they are mostly not Gooners, we are just a club they played for in a professional capacity. Their loyalty is to Wenger, not Arsenal. Distasteful for us, but still true. Add to that the probability that during their time under Wenger he was a father figure to many of them and possibly helped them through rough patches in their careers or indeed maybe their private lives - who knows?

It doesn't surprise me that few ex-players have a go at him. Why would they? My only point in the post you quoted is that Henry is all about Henry. Again I've no major issue with that either. Most elite level players are like that. But I don't hold with people saying that Henry was a die hard super loyal player or a Gooner. He fucked off to the whores for the benefit of one person; himself. That was his prerogative, fine, but I'm not going to laud him him for it or call it anything other than it was. :roll:
my rant wasn't directed at you DB10 ,sorry fella
No probs, man. After I posted that novel above I kinda guessed your response was aimed more at augie! :lol: :wink:
And like your published novel, only one cunnt read it :roll: :shock: :lol:
How wrong you are... 8)



Two people read it! :barscarf: :lol:

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