Adebayor to Spurs

[MegaGooner]

...he'd shyte a fecking brick!

Or a lung....

[AFC(BSM)Jones]

I think that loanees are offered invaluable experience that they may never get at their parent club whilst they are at the begining of their career with said club or if they are returning from an injury for example, it certainly beats sitting on the bench. However with a senior player, a well established footballer, I believe the loanee should go across on the basis that the receiving club can actually pay for the players entire salary. Fair enough this would skrew up our loanees on occasion with our stupidly high salaries for crap players, but if the loanees where from where I believe they should be, the reserves or our youngsters, then it shouldnt be too much of an issue.
Adebayor has finally completed a full transfer now, which makes me question why he wasnt just purchased prior to now, it was obvious his selfish mentally, whilst on par with the rest on the MAN C squad, just wasn't going to fit in once they had finished signing the remainder of our 2010 squad, and can you blame him, he prob missed his old hunting ground of London. Have you been to manchester, sorry but its a SHITHOLE!!
Now he has done the full circle starting at our great club and ending up at Spudsville, I'm sure he is just doing it to try and piss us off even more, though maybe its just about the money after all.
To be honest I dont think he is worth another min ute of our time talking about him, he is a money grabbing whore and I wouldnt piss on him if he were on fire.

[Deise Gooner]

so we got Giroud instead for double what Spurs paid for Adebayor

Does it ring alarm bells when City actually had to pay Spurs to take the bus dodger off their hands. No other club would touch him with a barge pole because the guy only looks out for number. Look at the number of teams he has had in the last 4 years. He has a poor attitude and by the looks of it is unwelcome anywhere he goes.

[MegaGooner]

Does it ring alarm bells when City actually had to pay Spurs to take the bus dodger off their hands. No other club would touch him with a barge pole because the guy only looks out for number. Look at the number of teams he has had in the last 4 years. He has a poor attitude and by the looks of it is unwelcome anywhere he goes.

[Babatunde]

I genuinely find it staggering that anyone who regularly watches football would take Giroud over Adebayor?!
There's a reason Bayor made it in top level football much earlier.
I agree that his attitude with us was a joke in his final season. Then again, he had a 30 goal season for us and was considered good enough to play a year under Jose.
I'm sorry but if you asked 100 neutrals who they'd take between Giroud v Bayor it'd be like an African election result.
Bayor is a tool but no way are Giroud, or Podolski for that matter, better players. I can admit that (though I know it's too objective for some to admit to)

[flash gunner]

I genuinely find it staggering that anyone who regularly watches football would take Giroud over Adebayor?!
There's a reason Bayor made it in top level football much earlier.
I agree that his attitude with us was a joke in his final season. Then again, he had a 30 goal season for us and was considered good enough to play a year under Jose.
I'm sorry but if you asked 100 neutrals who they'd take between Giroud v Bayor it'd be like an African election result.
Bayor is a tool but no way are Giroud, or Podolski for that matter, better players. I can admit that (though I know it's too objective for some to admit to)

Adebayor scored a good few goals for us in 1 season so lets not get carried away here Baba, he's no world beater and in 10 years time will be forgotten by pretty much everyone apart from the people in Togo. Personally i think i would rather have a fully commited Giroud or Podolski than a half arsed Adebayor.

Dont let your hatred of Arsenal and Arsene cloud your mind

[the moog]

I genuinely find it staggering that anyone who regularly watches football would take Giroud over Adebayor?!
There's a reason Bayor made it in top level football much earlier.
I agree that his attitude with us was a joke in his final season. Then again, he had a 30 goal season for us and was considered good enough to play a year under Jose.
I'm sorry but if you asked 100 neutrals who they'd take between Giroud v Bayor it'd be like an African election result.
Bayor is a tool but no way are Giroud, or Podolski for that matter, better players. I can admit that (though I know it's too objective for some to admit to)

the trouble with greedy is his attitude not his ability. in essance he was top quality at Arsenal for only six months. before and after he failed to produce. his attitude and his disruptive factors make him unwelcome at all his previous clubs bar real circus madrid.

[StuartL]

A huge arsehole. Both he and the scum deserve each other. How he can play for a club whose fans racially abused him and they chear a guy who they racially abused is beyond me.

Quite agree, the guy is a hypocrite of the highest order, as are the tiny totts. - but we knew that anyway.

[1989]

I genuinely find it staggering that anyone who regularly watches football would take Giroud over Adebayor?!
There's a reason Bayor made it in top level football much earlier.
I agree that his attitude with us was a joke in his final season. Then again, he had a 30 goal season for us and was considered good enough to play a year under Jose.
I'm sorry but if you asked 100 neutrals who they'd take between Giroud v Bayor it'd be like an African election result.
Bayor is a tool but no way are Giroud, or Podolski for that matter, better players. I can admit that (though I know it's too objective for some to admit to)

Drogba wasn't a star until he turned 26. Some players bloom late in their careers.

[flash gunner]

I genuinely find it staggering that anyone who regularly watches football would take Giroud over Adebayor?!
There's a reason Bayor made it in top level football much earlier.
I agree that his attitude with us was a joke in his final season. Then again, he had a 30 goal season for us and was considered good enough to play a year under Jose.
I'm sorry but if you asked 100 neutrals who they'd take between Giroud v Bayor it'd be like an African election result.
Bayor is a tool but no way are Giroud, or Podolski for that matter, better players. I can admit that (though I know it's too objective for some to admit to)

Drogba wasn't a star until he turned 26. Some players bloom late in their careers.

Forget the late bloomers, 1989 and Baba who you rather have a committed Giroud and/or Podolski or a half arsed Adebayor?

[1989]

I genuinely find it staggering that anyone who regularly watches football would take Giroud over Adebayor?!
There's a reason Bayor made it in top level football much earlier.
I agree that his attitude with us was a joke in his final season. Then again, he had a 30 goal season for us and was considered good enough to play a year under Jose.
I'm sorry but if you asked 100 neutrals who they'd take between Giroud v Bayor it'd be like an African election result.
Bayor is a tool but no way are Giroud, or Podolski for that matter, better players. I can admit that (though I know it's too objective for some to admit to)

Drogba wasn't a star until he turned 26. Some players bloom late in their careers.

Forget the late bloomers, 1989 and Baba who you rather have a committed Giroud and/or Podolski or a half arsed Adebayor?

Goes without question not sure about Babs though.

[T.S]

If this were a player signing for Arsenal, you'd expect the usual suspects to say something like - "well if he was really any good, why weren't any of the big clubs in for him?" And I suppose if Giroud signed for Sp*rs, he'd be a fucking monster.

Sorry for getting my knickers in a twist but being exiled in the US, I'm getting really tired of this partisan, biased spin bullshit - seeing as it's election season out here and all.

[Babatunde]

I genuinely find it staggering that anyone who regularly watches football would take Giroud over Adebayor?!
There's a reason Bayor made it in top level football much earlier.
I agree that his attitude with us was a joke in his final season. Then again, he had a 30 goal season for us and was considered good enough to play a year under Jose.
I'm sorry but if you asked 100 neutrals who they'd take between Giroud v Bayor it'd be like an African election result.
Bayor is a tool but no way are Giroud, or Podolski for that matter, better players. I can admit that (though I know it's too objective for some to admit to)

Adebayor scored a good few goals for us in 1 season so lets not get carried away here Baba, he's no world beater and in 10 years time will be forgotten by pretty much everyone apart from the people in Togo. Personally i think i would rather have a fully commited Giroud or Podolski than a half arsed Adebayor.

Dont let your hatred of Arsenal and Arsene cloud your mind

So in short, you'd rather have a fully committed player, who might not manage half of Bayor's 30 goal haul; than a 'half arsed' Bayor, who banged in 30 goals in a season is that what you're saying. Oh ok I see. Is that how being a 'real' fan works then?

In which case I'd much rather have a 'fully committed' Andre Santos over a 'half arsed' Ashley Cole, and rather have a 'committed' Gervinho, who actually wants to be at the club, than a 'half arsed' Samir Nasri (half the arsed but four times the talent).

[Gunnersaurus]

He scored 30 goals once, he was shit after that, you got a short memory Baba.

[Babatunde]

If this were a player signing for Arsenal, you'd expect the usual suspects to say something like - "well if he was really any good, why weren't any of the big clubs in for him?" And I suppose if Giroud signed for Sp*rs, he'd be a fucking monster.

Sorry for getting my knickers in a twist but being exiled in the US, I'm getting really tired of this partisan, biased spin bullshit - seeing as it's election season out here and all.

You're wrongTS.
We signed Cazorla and he is a quality player. No ifs, no buts (albeit one that will be playing for an actual big club within two years I predict).
If we sign Sahin, I will continue to maintian he is a quality player. He was at Real for a reason, and was Bundesliga POTY for a reason also.

Now Giroud and anyone Wenger generally brings over from France? Different matter I'm afraid. Wenger signs rubbish frm France full stop. The last quality signings he made from France over the past 7 years has been Adebayor, Nasri and Sagna (jury very much out on Koscielny I reckon) Considering the amount of French quality there has been in years gone by, that's an effin shocking record pal.

I have said it before and say it again: I am basing Giroud on what I saw of him, regularly, at Montpellier.
I suspect I have seen a dam sight more han virtually anyone on here and can name games and dates if needed.
Giroud had a hot season in France but is not a quality player. He isn't, he simply is not. He is ponderous, lacks technique and isn't clinical.

This isn't to say he cannot be moulded into something better though so don't get it twisted. He could be, he could become more lethal and polish off his weaknesses - I just doubt that like with Chamakh, that Wenger is the manager to do that. The Wenger of 2002 maybe coulda but the current dinosaur? Leave off!
Remember also pls a 20-goal season in France means nothing (ask Frau or Gignac)

And comparing every player we sign to Drogba is as ridiculous as those who use youth as an excuse. I mean someone actually said 'Oh remember how long it took Bergkamp to score for us' shock:

That would be the same Bergkamp that had previously been a big-money transfer for Inter and was a Dutch regular. In a quality Holland team.