The Yaya Sanogo lack of Progress Thread

[SteveO 35]

Oh great....France have won the U-20s tournament. Wenger will no doubt be looking to sign the entire team on this evidence

[Henry Norris 1913]

Oh great....France have won the U-20s tournament. Wenger will no doubt be looking to sign the entire team on this evidence

whats the problem? they've won a major tournament together! It would give us a winning mentality

[SteveO 35]

Oh great....France have won the U-20s tournament. Wenger will no doubt be looking to sign the entire team on this evidence

whats the problem? they've won a major tournament together! It would give us a winning mentality

Have you been taking happy pills today?

I can almost hear the words "he is a winner" sprouting from the mouth of One Arsene Wenger

[g88ner]

Oh great....France have won the U-20s tournament. Wenger will no doubt be looking to sign the entire team on this evidence

whats the problem? they've won a major tournament together! It would give us a winning mentality

Have you been taking happy pills today?

I can almost hear the words "he is a winner" sprouting from the mouth of One Arsene Wenger

Sanogo may be the new Henry, Steveo... don't fight the optimism

[SteveO 35]

Oh great....France have won the U-20s tournament. Wenger will no doubt be looking to sign the entire team on this evidence

whats the problem? they've won a major tournament together! It would give us a winning mentality

Have you been taking happy pills today?

I can almost hear the words "he is a winner" sprouting from the mouth of One Arsene Wenger

Sanogo may be the new Henry, Steveo... don't fight the optimism

I'll remind you of that when he's on loan at Celta Vigo in October and we're behind.....wait for it......West Brom

[bergkamp10]

I think if we do end up buying just Higuain it will not improve us enough to finish higher than 4th.

As most posters on here agree we need 3/4 top quality players before we can think of closing the gap on the top 2.

^^ 100% this.

It frustrates the shit out of me how close we really are to being able to compete again. And I mean compete for an actual trophy - NOT a CL place or a bit of a cup run. Yeah, it's all doom and gloom on here, I know, and every player is shit etc etc etc. But the reality is a bit different tbh. Several seasons since 2008 we've had the necleus of a very good team but Arsene has failed to identify and strengthen when we often only needed to strengthen 2 or 3 key areas. So when the shit hits the fan late in the season our core of key top players are tired or injured and we fall by the wayside. It's like Groundhog season every year.

We have enough players of a standard that they could be useful in a squad role, we don't need anymore French Div 2 players or 16 year old Nigerian kids. We have a core of top players that would only get better by playing with other top quality players. Add 3 or 4 top quality signings to that and we could actually - I know, this bit is mental - win a trophy!

The problem is Arsene doesn't believe that. Arsene still thinks every 17 year old he signs will turn into Patrick Vieira. So on top of those 3 or 4 key signings I also still firmly believe we need a new manager that will be pragmatic and identify and sign those players. And then proceed to work out a couple of systems of play that use those players to their best abilities rather than try and wedge players into his own idealistic view of how the game should be played.

Agree 1,000,000% - Especially when the world and his dog seem to 'know' this, and yet Inspector Clueless is either oblivious (which Personally I do NOT believe) or he is simply being stubborn, because he seems to think he has some weird point to prove....the thing is the world and the prem have long moved on from when he first arrived and could 'unearth diamonds' from the Ivory Coast, or sing a real talent for peanuts and make them a legend...because all the other clubs have now caught up with Arsenal's scouting Network etc...which is why he HAS TO adopt a new philosophy and approach to how he does things....will he though!?...well he hasn't for the past 8 seasons...which is why this transfer window is HUGE for him and us...he either spends the money we all know is now available on at least 3 if not 4 already established top quality players - and not just one star signing....because if he only does the latter we are truly screwed for yet another season.

Spot on with this post. We'll extremely close to reasonably balanced squad. Needs as been stated on here already two to here quality signings. Lets hope they just actually happen this summer.....

[cardinal2011]

I have just been out to town and ordered my young lad the new away shirt. I promised him weeks ago he could get one to wear for his first game at the bowl against Villa. The man in the shop asked me did I want a name on the back of and I was very tempted to get 'Sanogo' printed on it for a laugh but I could not bring myself to do it to the lad. His face would have been a picture though!!

[officepest]

Oh great....France have won the U-20s tournament. Wenger will no doubt be looking to sign the entire team on this evidence

whats the problem? they've won a major tournament together! It would give us a winning mentality

Have you been taking happy pills today?

I can almost hear the words "he is a winner" sprouting from the mouth of One Arsene Wenger

Sanogo may be the new Henry, Steveo... don't fight the optimism

Or he could be the next Guivarc'h

[hugh jardon]

Didn't see any of the Emirates Cup so can anyone update me how Sanogo did against Galatasary?

[g88ner]

Didn't see any of the Emirates Cup so can anyone update me how Sanogo did against Galatasary?

Erm.... well.... I think you'd rather not know lets just say he's definitely not ready!

[Eboue-Why?]

Didn't see any of the Emirates Cup so can anyone update me how Sanogo did against Galatasary?

2 words for you Hugh......EMILE HESKEY. Striking resemblance in his looks but more worryingly the way he plays too!
So now we have a fear inducing strike force of Chapman and Heskey!!!!

[goonersid]

Didn't see any of the Emirates Cup so can anyone update me how Sanogo did against Galatasary?

He has 2 left feet, which is going to be a major handicap as he's right footed.

[slag]

Lucky he's not a racehorse thats all I have to say.

[SteveO 35]

Didn't see any of the Emirates Cup so can anyone update me how Sanogo did against Galatasary?

He has 2 left feet, which is going to be a major handicap as he's right footed.

I think he's got a sand wedge attached to one of them judging by his finishing prowess

Surprised there aren't more people urging us to give him time. You could tell inside 20 minutes the fella will NEVER have enough talent to play for us.

[highburyJD]

Surprised there aren't more people urging us to give him time. You could tell inside 20 minutes the fella will NEVER have enough talent to play for us.

that's a ludicrous thing to say. Did you see Benteke's first few games for Villa?
Tragic. Couldn't control a bag of cement.