Sky Sports news is on all the time and hourly scanning of websites and all us Arsenal fans ever get is bad news.
I really hoped there was some master plan to selling Adebayor and that we would sign the excellent Huntelaar as a replacement up wake up to the news that he looks likely to join the Spuds this week. Even worse we are being linked again with Kalou and Martins. The usual the cheap options despit having at least £25m to spend. Has Arsene forgot that after the last African Nations Cup derailed our title challenge he said he wouldn't sign any more African players? Kalou just isn't a goalscorer and Martins is inconsistent, lazy and injury-prone. I can't believe we can't try and sign the Dutchman to link up with RVP. What happened to the promise that moving to the Emirates would mean we could compete with the top clubs?
I hate transfer windows
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Re: I hate transfer windows
After Toure going yesterday, and the papers this morning.clockender wrote:Sky Sports news is on all the time and hourly scanning of websites and all us Arsenal fans ever get is bad news.
I really hoped there was some master plan to selling Adebayor and that we would sign the excellent Huntelaar as a replacement up wake up to the news that he looks likely to join the Spuds this week. Even worse we are being linked again with Kalou and Martins. The usual the cheap options despit having at least £25m to spend. Has Arsene forgot that after the last African Nations Cup derailed our title challenge he said he wouldn't sign any more African players? Kalou just isn't a goalscorer and Martins is inconsistent, lazy and injury-prone. I can't believe we can't try and sign the Dutchman to link up with RVP. What happened to the promise that moving to the Emirates would mean we could compete with the top clubs?
I bloody hate the summer now, off on holidays for two weeks, can't wait to read the news on my return.....
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I have deliberately refrained from making any comment about our recent transfers because these are generally business decisions by the club that we as fans have very little insight. Given how our club keeps its transfer business very secretive, this is a statement of fact, not an opinion. However there has been such hysteria and emotionalism in the blogs about the Ade-Kolo transfers I think a little perspective is warranted. Some common threads:
* The transfer of a player is both a business and footballing decision. Fan like or dislike of a player is not a tipping point in the process. If that was so, Sylvestre, who is roundly slagged in most blogs, would have been shown the door with Ade, while Kolo who is a fan-favorite would have been retained.
* Arsenal, like any properly run club, will always take advantage of the opportunity if there is a club willing to pay over the odds for any player. Man Utd did the same with Ronaldo while unwilling to pay over the odds for Tevez. Similarly Milan was willing to part with Kaka. Fans may wish to engage in self delusion and revisionist thinking, by slagging the departing player as a mecenary or whore, but as far as the club is concerned the sale price exceeded the value of the player. Good Bye and Good Luck.
* Every player has his price regardless of his proclaimed loyalty to a club. Cue Kolo Toro. It may make it easier to overcome the grief of losing a favorite player by denying the lure of money but it is what is, DENIAL.
Fortunately for Arsenal Football Club, AW has built a youth system that is second-to-none in England. Unlike all of its competitors, the club does not have to splash mega-cash in the transfer market to replace good players lost on transfers. Rather, we have an excellent track record of promoting from within, along with one or two key purchases, and not lose our competitiveness and ability to challenge for the top prizes in England and Europe. Of course the media and bloggers will spread doom and gloom about our imminent demise, only to be proven consistently wrong over the past four years.
* The transfer of a player is both a business and footballing decision. Fan like or dislike of a player is not a tipping point in the process. If that was so, Sylvestre, who is roundly slagged in most blogs, would have been shown the door with Ade, while Kolo who is a fan-favorite would have been retained.
* Arsenal, like any properly run club, will always take advantage of the opportunity if there is a club willing to pay over the odds for any player. Man Utd did the same with Ronaldo while unwilling to pay over the odds for Tevez. Similarly Milan was willing to part with Kaka. Fans may wish to engage in self delusion and revisionist thinking, by slagging the departing player as a mecenary or whore, but as far as the club is concerned the sale price exceeded the value of the player. Good Bye and Good Luck.
* Every player has his price regardless of his proclaimed loyalty to a club. Cue Kolo Toro. It may make it easier to overcome the grief of losing a favorite player by denying the lure of money but it is what is, DENIAL.
Fortunately for Arsenal Football Club, AW has built a youth system that is second-to-none in England. Unlike all of its competitors, the club does not have to splash mega-cash in the transfer market to replace good players lost on transfers. Rather, we have an excellent track record of promoting from within, along with one or two key purchases, and not lose our competitiveness and ability to challenge for the top prizes in England and Europe. Of course the media and bloggers will spread doom and gloom about our imminent demise, only to be proven consistently wrong over the past four years.
That be's the youth system that's produced one regular first team starter in his time at the club.ramon wrote: Fortunately for Arsenal Football Club, AW has built a youth system that is second-to-none in England. Unlike all of its competitors, the club does not have to splash mega-cash in the transfer market to replace good players lost on transfers. Rather, we have an excellent track record of promoting from within, along with one or two key purchases, and not lose our competitiveness and ability to challenge for the top prizes in England and Europe. Of course the media and bloggers will spread doom and gloom about our imminent demise, only to be proven consistently wrong over the past four years.
Excellent track record of promoting from within, aye, Vieira to Flamini to Denilson is proof of that.
Proved consistently wrong over the past four years in which we've won diddly squat from winning 5 trophies in the previous 4 years.
If you're gonna plagarise at least plagarise something worth being repeated.
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