which striker (left back and backup goalie) should we buy?

[hugh jardon]

Arsenal today linked with 23 year old Burnley striker Charlie Austin.

[SteveO 35]

Arsenal today linked with 23 year old Burnley striker Charlie Austin.

He's the one that we want !

From RVP to 'super quality' from Burnley

I will absolutely wet myself laughing if this one comes true. Honestly, I won't be able to stop myself....and then Wenger signs a 3 year contract extension the next day

[highburyJD]

let's hope the title of this thread doesn't expand any further
was sort of glad to hear we were in for Julio Cesar (how sad is that - becoming like Sperz NEARLY signing players)
but when he rejected a CL club for a relegation battle (modern day footballers are w*nkers)
why didn't we buy somebody else...?
RobertGreen loves a clanger, but he's better than Mannone
If Spuds wanted to buy Lloris we should have done a Jennings and taken oldman Friedel off their hands...

I like Gibbs (clutches at straws) some players get over being injury prone when they're young
but its pretty clear we needed a backup - maybe a good utility player who can also play LB...
like Vertonghen

sh*t... just realised I'm saying we should have bought two of Spuds signings days before we play them...

[highburyJD]

as I've recommended two Spuds players I may as well go all in...
I truly passionately hate Ca$hley
he's also the best left back in the world and might be available on a free

would you have him...?

ultimately its probably moot
we couldn't sign him as his wages would be prohibitive,
if he would take £100k (prob less than he's on now) would you have him?

[flash gunner]

as I've recommended two Spuds players I may as well go all in...
I truly passionately hate Ca$hley
he's also the best left back in the world and might be available on a free

would you have him...?

ultimately its probably moot
we couldn't sign him as his wages would be prohibitive,
if he would take £100k (prob less than he's on now) would you have him?

NO!

[donaldo]

We should have signed Jaaskelainen on a two year deal.Proven in the prem and available on a free.Szczesny needs an experienced keeper to learn off and to fight for his place.He has no competition if Flappy and Manonne are back up

[Henry Norris 1913]

as I've recommended two Spuds players I may as well go all in...
I truly passionately hate Ca$hley
he's also the best left back in the world and might be available on a free

would you have him...?

ultimately its probably moot
we couldn't sign him as his wages would be prohibitive,
if he would take £100k (prob less than he's on now) would you have him?

that topic was recently covered by babs and he wanted him to come to Arsenal. he got banned.

[northbank123]

We should have signed Jaaskelainen on a two year deal.Proven in the prem and available on a free.Szczesny needs an experienced keeper to learn off and to fight for his place.He has no competition if Flappy and Manonne are back up

Agree about the proven keeper thing but Jaaskelainen has always been a huge flapper and prone to more than the odd clanger. Imo vastly overrated, he's just a modern AFC keeper. If you play for relegation fodder and you can pull off a few camera saves against the big boys then you get talked up, nobody cares if you let in a few soft goals against the likes of Stoke and Fulham. Take Paul Robinson: found out at Spurs because he's woeful in the air, goes to Blackburn and suddenly he's a great keeper again. Likewise with Foster at United, has a good game against us in the Carling Cup final and people wanted him for England.

The type of keepers that we have watched go by whilst other clubs have taken advantage are the consistently quality elder statesmen like Friedel and Given. Tbh we should have signed given a decade ago but also when he went to City (or even Villa) although he finally appears past it now, and Friedel has been very good for the scum.

[augie]

It gets better.......today we are linked with burnley left back in the daily mail At least I had heard of charlie austin

[donaldo]

We should have signed Jaaskelainen on a two year deal.Proven in the prem and available on a free.Szczesny needs an experienced keeper to learn off and to fight for his place.He has no competition if Flappy and Manonne are back up

Agree about the proven keeper thing but Jaaskelainen has always been a huge flapper and prone to more than the odd clanger. Imo vastly overrated, he's just a modern AFC keeper. If you play for relegation fodder and you can pull off a few camera saves against the big boys then you get talked up, nobody cares if you let in a few soft goals against the likes of Stoke and Fulham. Take Paul Robinson: found out at Spurs because he's woeful in the air, goes to Blackburn and suddenly he's a great keeper again. Likewise with Foster at United, has a good game against us in the Carling Cup final and people wanted him for England.

The type of keepers that we have watched go by whilst other clubs have taken advantage are the consistently quality elder statesmen like Friedel and Given. Tbh we should have signed given a decade ago but also when he went to City (or even Villa) although he finally appears past it now, and Friedel has been very good for the scum.

I am not saying for Jaaskelainen to be number 1 but to come in and play 10-12 games a season. Lloris would have been my choice as number 1 but he would have killed Szczesny's career stone dead.Agreed about Friedel though

[northbank123]

We should have signed Jaaskelainen on a two year deal.Proven in the prem and available on a free.Szczesny needs an experienced keeper to learn off and to fight for his place.He has no competition if Flappy and Manonne are back up

Agree about the proven keeper thing but Jaaskelainen has always been a huge flapper and prone to more than the odd clanger. Imo vastly overrated, he's just a modern AFC keeper. If you play for relegation fodder and you can pull off a few camera saves against the big boys then you get talked up, nobody cares if you let in a few soft goals against the likes of Stoke and Fulham. Take Paul Robinson: found out at Spurs because he's woeful in the air, goes to Blackburn and suddenly he's a great keeper again. Likewise with Foster at United, has a good game against us in the Carling Cup final and people wanted him for England.

The type of keepers that we have watched go by whilst other clubs have taken advantage are the consistently quality elder statesmen like Friedel and Given. Tbh we should have signed given a decade ago but also when he went to City (or even Villa) although he finally appears past it now, and Friedel has been very good for the scum.

I am not saying for Jaaskelainen to be number 1 but to come in and play 10-12 games a season. Lloris would have been my choice as number 1 but he would have killed Szczesny's career stone dead.Agreed about Friedel though

I agree with what you initially said about signing him, he would be a bit of a push on Szczesny and certainly an improvement on that clown Mannone.

Agree with what you're saying about Lloris damaging Szczesny's future at AFC but tbh the kid is 22 and after a great start has played like turd for the last 9 months. I can see him as a long-term keeper but I don't think he's earned the right for an unchallenged route to that career (other than the odd elder statesmen like JJ). I know he's not starting atm but Lloris is a proven keeper, keepers of his ability and experience are available at that age and price once in a blue moon, I would definitely have signed him. If he nails down a place he's our keeper for the next 7 years, sorted. If Szczesny managed to best him and knock him off the no. 1 perch then great, that'll be the making of him. I like Szczesny but atm he's just another uncertain element in our mish-mash joke of a defence, and I don't like his attitude particularly.

[highburyJD]

The type of keepers that we have watched go by whilst other clubs have taken advantage are the consistently quality elder statesmen like Friedel and Given.

I'd forgotten about Shaven Gay
that's a pretty good shout, must be available...

[highburyJD]

and would represent a symbolic Islington immigrant of choice handover
from Oirish to Polski...

[Arsenal Till I Die]

The type of keepers that we have watched go by whilst other clubs have taken advantage are the consistently quality elder statesmen like Friedel and Given.

I'd forgotten about Shaven Gay
that's a pretty good shout, must be available...

If he's sunk behind Brad Guzan what does that tell us?

[highburyJD]

he's off form - but IMO a great shot stopper
and, if we want to hold a high line, a very good sweeper/keeper
controlling his area is an issue - but flappy and mannone, who he would bounce down the order
are hardly dominant figures
Given is experienced AND always seemed to be awesome in our stadium...

he's a backup at Villa - come and compete (with an injury prone #1) for a start
and get games in the cups (maybe a two-legged semi)
he's a good option
surprised I hadn't thought if him...