ALL Transfer talk - merged thread

[mcdowell42]

Where’s Steve O and the infamous red cheeked shop keeper ??

Sticking pins in a doll that looks like Arteta, I reckon

[Ed Hunter The Gooner]

So we have signed Turner, Marquinhos, Vieira and the Christ. Strong rumors about other signings have pretty much dried up but we need more, much more. Martinez maybe and that could be decent signing if we pulled it through but I don't know how critical that position is. Who else or what positions are we looking at?

[Redarmy]

Out of the strikers City have had in recent years he's been their worst. He was poor in comparison with Aguero...........and take into account the supporting cast over there, the providers. Anyway, I hope he works out, have my doubts though. Whatever happens though, we'll always have Xhaka. Always!!

Still a decent player, and worked hard with the assists at City, lets see if hes putting in the effort under arteta come the end of season
If its him and eddie upfront in the middle they will have a problem
still time to recruit, see they are looking at other creative midfielders..

Of the players available would like to have seen Bissouma, Martinez, Tielmans with another forward recruited myself

We have Odegaard, ESR, Martinelli and Saka to assist if GJ plays up front. I would prefer a defensive midfielder to add some steel. Preferably to replace Xhaka, although we know that that aint happening.

Exactly....i was just having a dig....hes obsessed with creative midfielders....seen hes looking at another at the moment and agreed personal terms with Tielmans

ESR a player i rate hugely will be totally sidelined

Transfer strategy is hard to read...honestly dont think they have a fucking idea what they are trying to do

As for Xhaka its a Total disgrace hes in our team....hes a total liability a useless arrogant despicable piece of shit, never hated an Arsenal player as much as him

would not pay a penny to the club whilst he is there...

[the playing mantis]

Have to assume Tielemans signing will be pushed ASAP and another CM otherwise we will be in big trouble

[Retro Gunner]

Out of the strikers City have had in recent years he's been their worst. He was poor in comparison with Aguero...........and take into account the supporting cast over there, the providers. Anyway, I hope he works out, have my doubts though. Whatever happens though, we'll always have Xhaka. Always!!

Still a decent player, and worked hard with the assists at City, lets see if hes putting in the effort under arteta come the end of season
If its him and eddie upfront in the middle they will have a problem
still time to recruit, see they are looking at other creative midfielders..

Of the players available would like to have seen Bissouma, Martinez, Tielmans with another forward recruited myself

We have Odegaard, ESR, Martinelli and Saka to assist if GJ plays up front. I would prefer a defensive midfielder to add some steel. Preferably to replace Xhaka, although we know that that aint happening.

Exactly....i was just having a dig....hes obsessed with creative midfielders....seen hes looking at another at the moment and agreed personal terms with Tielmans

ESR a player i rate hugely will be totally sidelined

Transfer strategy is hard to read...honestly dont think they have a fucking idea what they are trying to do

As for Xhaka its a Total disgrace hes in our team....hes a total liability a useless arrogant despicable piece of shit, never hated an Arsenal player as much as him

would not pay a penny to the club whilst he is there...

Yep, agree with all this. As for the bit in red, I keep saying that ESR won’t be getting game time. The boy is a cracking prospect, but sadly, I think he needs to leave the club to further his career. He needs to get away from Arteta. I think the same applies to Martinelli, who I think could also be starting most games on the bench.

As much as I like Saka, it’s ESR and Martinelli that I’d hate to see go, but go they must if they want to fulfill their potential.

[GoonerMuzz]

We still need another striker, immaterial of how good or bad Jesus is and how mediocre the feather is two strikers is not enough and even if you include Martinelli as a potential option none of them offer the option of holding the ball up to bring others into play.

We desperately need cover for LB, we need a better back up at RB and for the love of God we need rid of Xhaka, or at the very least need enough options so he becomes immaterial and at no time is he ever used as the answer to play any alternative position except water boy!!!!

[mcdowell42]

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[shu]

Out of the strikers City have had in recent years he's been their worst. He was poor in comparison with Aguero...........and take into account the supporting cast over there, the providers. Anyway, I hope he works out, have my doubts though. Whatever happens though, we'll always have Xhaka. Always!!

Still a decent player, and worked hard with the assists at City, lets see if hes putting in the effort under arteta come the end of season
If its him and eddie upfront in the middle they will have a problem
still time to recruit, see they are looking at other creative midfielders..

Of the players available would like to have seen Bissouma, Martinez, Tielmans with another forward recruited myself

We have Odegaard, ESR, Martinelli and Saka to assist if GJ plays up front. I would prefer a defensive midfielder to add some steel. Preferably to replace Xhaka, although we know that that aint happening.

Exactly....i was just having a dig....hes obsessed with creative midfielders....seen hes looking at another at the moment and agreed personal terms with Tielmans

ESR a player i rate hugely will be totally sidelined

Transfer strategy is hard to read...honestly dont think they have a fucking idea what they are trying to do

As for Xhaka its a Total disgrace hes in our team....hes a total liability a useless arrogant despicable piece of shit, never hated an Arsenal player as much as him

would not pay a penny to the club whilst he is there...

Yep, agree with all this. As for the bit in red, I keep saying that ESR won’t be getting game time. The boy is a cracking prospect, but sadly, I think he needs to leave the club to further his career. He needs to get away from Arteta. I think the same applies to Martinelli, who I think could also be starting most games on the bench.

As much as I like Saka, it’s ESR and Martinelli that I’d hate to see go, but go they must if they want to fulfill their potential.

I think they might let ESR go , he isn’t a starter and 50 mill or a swap for Tielmans anyone ??????

[GoonerMuzz]

Isn't he another attacking midfielder? You can never have enough I suppose

[Redarmy]

Still a decent player, and worked hard with the assists at City, lets see if hes putting in the effort under arteta come the end of season
If its him and eddie upfront in the middle they will have a problem
still time to recruit, see they are looking at other creative midfielders..

Of the players available would like to have seen Bissouma, Martinez, Tielmans with another forward recruited myself

We have Odegaard, ESR, Martinelli and Saka to assist if GJ plays up front. I would prefer a defensive midfielder to add some steel. Preferably to replace Xhaka, although we know that that aint happening.

Exactly....i was just having a dig....hes obsessed with creative midfielders....seen hes looking at another at the moment and agreed personal terms with Tielmans

ESR a player i rate hugely will be totally sidelined

Transfer strategy is hard to read...honestly dont think they have a fucking idea what they are trying to do

As for Xhaka its a Total disgrace hes in our team....hes a total liability a useless arrogant despicable piece of shit, never hated an Arsenal player as much as him

would not pay a penny to the club whilst he is there...

Yep, agree with all this. As for the bit in red, I keep saying that ESR won’t be getting game time. The boy is a cracking prospect, but sadly, I think he needs to leave the club to further his career. He needs to get away from Arteta. I think the same applies to Martinelli, who I think could also be starting most games on the bench.

As much as I like Saka, it’s ESR and Martinelli that I’d hate to see go, but go they must if they want to fulfill their potential.

I think they might let ESR go , he isn’t a starter and 50 mill or a swap for Tielmans anyone ??????

Total disgrace if they push ESR out.....he along with Martinelli and Saka are the future of the club

[Retro Gunner]

We have Odegaard, ESR, Martinelli and Saka to assist if GJ plays up front. I would prefer a defensive midfielder to add some steel. Preferably to replace Xhaka, although we know that that aint happening.

Exactly....i was just having a dig....hes obsessed with creative midfielders....seen hes looking at another at the moment and agreed personal terms with Tielmans

ESR a player i rate hugely will be totally sidelined

Transfer strategy is hard to read...honestly dont think they have a fucking idea what they are trying to do

As for Xhaka its a Total disgrace hes in our team....hes a total liability a useless arrogant despicable piece of shit, never hated an Arsenal player as much as him

would not pay a penny to the club whilst he is there...

Yep, agree with all this. As for the bit in red, I keep saying that ESR won’t be getting game time. The boy is a cracking prospect, but sadly, I think he needs to leave the club to further his career. He needs to get away from Arteta. I think the same applies to Martinelli, who I think could also be starting most games on the bench.

As much as I like Saka, it’s ESR and Martinelli that I’d hate to see go, but go they must if they want to fulfill their potential.

I think they might let ESR go , he isn’t a starter and 50 mill or a swap for Tielmans anyone ??????

Total disgrace if they push ESR out.....he along with Martinelli and Saka are the future of the club

Agreed. Fuck knows what Arteta wants from ESR that he doesn't think he's getting? First half of last season he was influencing games and was our leading scorer as a very young midfielder. He gets injured and then can't get back in the team in front of Odegaard, who for me is a neat and tidy player, who looks good when we are bossing the game, but doesn't show against the big boys, or when the going gets tough. Also scores fewer than ESR.

As I say, I've no idea what Legohead wants from the boy, when he's perfectly happy to see Xhaka stinking the place out every week.

[GoonerMuzz]

A lot depends on ESR himself, he was great for the first half of the season but poor for much of the second half.

I don't understand the whole future of the club thing, if he is good enough compared to the others great if not then he doesn't play..... I'm sure that is how it used to be.

Let's be honest how many of us on here have bemoaned it when there were squad members coasting because they were seen as indispensable by Wenger but I'm reality they were often poor but there was no decent alternative.

Every player, Xhaka aside , should expect to fight for their place.

[xgtdec]

And on the ESR front, when he plays and plays well that's great, but far too often last season he's gassed after 20 minutes and just doesn't look like he's got a full 90 in him, hopefully something thats been worked on.

But if someone comes in that can provide a similar super qualiteeee and actually go 90 minutes without looking like theyve had a day and night on the tiles then obviously that players gonna play.

ESR needs to up his fitness game, and thats no matter where he's playing or who he's playing for!

[Redarmy]

A lot depends on ESR himself, he was great for the first half of the season but poor for much of the second half.

I don't understand the whole future of the club thing, if he is good enough compared to the others great if not then he doesn't play..... I'm sure that is how it used to be.

Let's be honest how many of us on here have bemoaned it when there were squad members coasting because they were seen as indispensable by Wenger but I'm reality they were often poor but there was no decent alternative.

Every player, Xhaka aside , should expect to fight for their place.

As you say xhaka is total shit every game...hes stil here and first on team sheet

[Retro Gunner]

Interesting replies. I'd ask who was looking good during the second half of the season and why single a youngster out. He was quality for the first half of the season and then couldn't get his place back when fit. It's difficult to get up to pace and put together a run of form when you're in and out of the team and usually only getting 15-20 mins as a sub. He did often looked knackered, but apart from being young, he also puts far more in than most of the midfield.

Yep, I'm all for picking the form players, but that clearly isn't how Arteta sees it. Just like Wenger, he picks his favourites, regardless of how they perform. Does anyone honestly think that Odegaard brings more to the side? I don't. He's absolutely typical of our midfielders since 2006....neat, technically good, but lightweight, easily bullied and lacking dynamism and power.

If ESR and Martinelli go, as I'm sure they will within the next couple of years, then I hope they have fabulous careers somewhere else and make Arteta look like the mug he is. It might send a message to some of our supporters too. Under Captain Black, they're the two players that are never guaranteed a start regardless of how well they've performed.