Transfer Rumours Thread

augie · Post by **augie** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:55 pm

Dilemma for me too mate - on one hand the anc has to be a major concern re any potential transfer target but on the other hand essien, who is a tough battler who is a leader and has winning experience might be just too good to turn down

rigsby · Post by **rigsby** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:02 pm

Essien wont be given to Spurs, but even if he is, he's simply not the player he was.

Barton rumours increasing. According to Micky Quinn on Talkshit we've made an approach

storrmin571 · Post by **storrmin571** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:08 pm

Barton again mentioned in the tabloids today. Along with AW being given Â£60m to spend.

Number 5 · Post by **Number 5** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:12 pm

Essien is absolutely shot to pieces now.

Such a shame as he really was the kind of player who could have turned our fortunes around even if he was the only one brought in.

Sadly I don't think he could contribute much to us these days unless he really was nursed through the season in a, one match in, two matches off capacity.

Not really what we need as I'm sure he'd still command a hefty weekly wage to go with those sporadic appearances.

Its Up 4 Grabs Now · Post by **Its Up 4 Grabs Now** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:29 pm

Number 5 wrote:Essien is absolutely shot to pieces now.

Such a shame as he really was the kind of player who could have turned our fortunes around even if he was the only one brought in.

Sadly I don't think he could contribute much to us these days unless he really was nursed through the season in a, one match in, two matches off capacity.

Not really what we need as I'm sure he'd still command a hefty weekly wage to go with those sporadic appearances.

Going by last season it def looked that way. Still maybe a bit early to write him off though. He's still relatively young, even for a player reliant on physical attributes, and the Chav midfield as a whole didn't function that well - maybe too many players of a similar-ish type (Essien, Ramires, Mikel)? Fresh start in a better balanced midfield and he might still have a lot to offer. Unlikely heâ€™s ever gonna be that Mourinho-era Essien again, but possibly still better than we're likely to find elsewhere. Could be the experience we need to bring on the likes of Frimpong too. In the same way that Song might've had an inkling of what positional sense is by now if weâ€™d kept hold of Bert.

If he'd hadn't come out of international retirement for Ghana I'd be much more inclined to say it's a worthwhile risk. Oh well, Barton it is then.

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:16 pm

augie wrote:
SWLGooner wrote:And does anyone else remember the free kick they scored their first goal from? Fucking joke of a decision.

And anybody remember below WELL BELOW average al's positioning for that free kick ? Absolutely shocking

There fixed that for you.

Number 5 · Post by **Number 5** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:02 pm

Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:
Number 5 wrote:Essien is absolutely shot to pieces now.

Such a shame as he really was the kind of player who could have turned our fortunes around even if he was the only one brought in.

Sadly I don't think he could contribute much to us these days unless he really was nursed through the season in a, one match in, two matches off capacity.

Not really what we need as I'm sure he'd still command a hefty weekly wage to go with those sporadic appearances.
Going by last season it def looked that way. Still maybe a bit early to write him off though. He's still relatively young, even for a player reliant on physical attributes, and the Chav midfield as a whole didn't function that well - maybe too many players of a similar-ish type (Essien, Ramires, Mikel)? Fresh start in a better balanced midfield and he might still have a lot to offer. Unlikely heâ€™s ever gonna be that Mourinho-era Essien again, but possibly still better than we're likely to find elsewhere. Could be the experience we need to bring on the likes of Frimpong too. In the same way that Song might've had an inkling of what positional sense is by now if weâ€™d kept hold of Bert.

If he'd hadn't come out of international retirement for Ghana I'd be much more inclined to say it's a worthwhile risk. Oh well, Barton it is then.

The quality that I've always liked best about Essien is that box to box ability to be thundering up the field on the attack one second and then busting a gut to get back and break up play the next.

And with that most certainly gone I'm not sure he has it in him to play one or the other role now. I couldn't see he would be disciplined enough to be anchoring the midfield in front of the defence and he's not quite creative enough to stay further up the field.

Fuck the Mourinho-era Essien, the Essien of Lyon is the one that I would want. An absoulte beast of a player and one who would allow a team to play with two strikers by doing the job of two midfielders a la Vieira.

Whispers the next sentence

I'm not that opposed to Barton.

Ssshhhhh.

swindongooner · Post by **swindongooner** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:29 pm

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 96,00.html

would love to see samba here, a complete powerhouse....
I have a mixed opinion on barton, but samba would be perfect in our back four... wenger sign him up

mikeyb772001 · Post by **mikeyb772001** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:13 am

So its June 20th and we still havenâ€™t signed anyone! Other clubs have managed it but we wait and wait. And for who?

Me being positive about Wenger signing quality players and making us more dynamic again have all gone. Waiting in anticipation regarding possible players like Cahill, Samba, Hazard, Benzeema , Parker , Honda, Baines and Eto have turned to the realisation of the usual cuntyness of signing Scwarzer, Upson and now a few kids that he met in McDonalds.

Sign some fucking players!!!!!!!! If its true that he has been in France this whole time trying to sort out Gery than thatâ€™s a disgrace. How fucking long does it take!!!

The more this goes on the more I realise I have been scammed again. Wenger and Arsenal should be on that Rouge traders tv programme.

augie · Post by **augie** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:14 am

Price on samba has rumoured to have increased due to a 15% sell on clause blackburn have with hertha berlin from when they bought him. Not convinced about being this guy but if the price starts getting high then there is no way we should buy him

mikeyb772001 · Post by **mikeyb772001** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:19 am

augie wrote:Price on samba has rumoured to have increased due to a 15% sell on clause blackburn have with hertha berlin from when they bought him. Not convinced about being this guy but if the price starts getting high then there is no way we should buy him

Funny that he could of gone to Arsenal in January for roughly 8 mil or less.

Wenger should of signed him then

storrmin571 · Post by **storrmin571** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:44 am

Blackburn are playing hardball just like they did with Utd over Jones.

Now we wont sign him because Arsene doesnt like to be told what to do.

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:45 am

mikeyb772001 wrote:
augie wrote:Price on samba has rumoured to have increased due to a 15% sell on clause blackburn have with hertha berlin from when they bought him. Not convinced about being this guy but if the price starts getting high then there is no way we should buy him
Funny that he could of gone to Arsenal in January for roughly 8 mil or less.

Wenger should of signed him then

+1 but of course wenger used his usual wanky excuse.....he thought the injured defender (this season TV5) would be back by February...

Wenger's just a tight **** end of.

mikeyb772001 · Post by **mikeyb772001** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:50 am

OneBardGooner wrote:
mikeyb772001 wrote:
augie wrote:Price on samba has rumoured to have increased due to a 15% sell on clause blackburn have with hertha berlin from when they bought him. Not convinced about being this guy but if the price starts getting high then there is no way we should buy him
Funny that he could of gone to Arsenal in January for roughly 8 mil or less.

Wenger should of signed him then
+1 but of course wenger used his usual wanky excuse.....he thought the injured defender (this season TV5) would be back by February...

Wenger's just a tight **** end of.

and then at the end of the season, wenger said he didnt think TV would make it back at all for the rest of the season

augie · Post by **augie** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:01 am

I find it really depressing that there is no talk of wenger being replaced and the clamour for change has gone quiet as I expected it would

Next season when we are shown up again as not being good enough, when we are getting raped tactically, when song goes awol yet again, when we go into january and feb without the anc bound gervinho and the injured rvp (

) we will again hear the demands for change but sadly at that stage there will be another season pissed away