Groundhog summer transfer window thread

[green gooner]

He courted Higuain, Suarez and Ba in the summer, failed to land any of them yet now feels we have the squad needed to compete.

More smoke and mirrors from Wenger. His stance on signings changes by the hour

[chyren1]

Deadline day

Or called wankathon for some gooners here

What so special about nat btw?

[topgoon]

Deadline day

Or called wankathon for some gooners here

What so special about nat btw?

On deadline day those puppies desperately trying to get out of whatever she's wearing helps gooners forget that all around us teams are strengthening properly whilst our manager and board counts it's shillings.

I am resigned to us buying anyone and will be stunned if we don any business at all.

4th place ....just here we come

[rodders999]

Deadline day

Or called wankathon for some gooners here

What so special about nat btw?

There are two very special things about our Nat

[Theoperator]

Wenger spotted at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona were playing away...

Doesnt mean he wasnt there though maybe got the schedule wrong

[Dan_85]

Chelsea sign Salah. But of course the top players don't move in January

[swimmer1]

Chelsea sign Salah. But of course the top players don't move in January

But that is unfair on Grasshoppers they have played Basel twice already

[Leyton Gooner]

No more of this "But nobody else has signed anyone yet" bollocks anyway

[rodders999]

Chelsea sign Salah. But of course the top players don't move in January

But that is unfair on Grasshoppers they have played Basel twice already

Brilliant

[Red Gunner]

Wenger spotted at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona were playing away...

Doesnt mean he wasnt there though maybe got the schedule wrong

Barcelona are planning to reconstruct their stadium and it'll cost around 600 million Euros.

So maybe Wenger was there to consult them on how to do spend all that money on a stadium and still win trophies

[kiwomya]

We are not a mid-table team, but we are certainly not a title winning team either. I cant think of any other manager in the world, who would not think that even one signing could make a difference to this teams chances of winning the league. What frustrates me the most is that no lessons have been learned from the 07/08 season, when any decent striker would have meant we won the league, and back then we had a five point lead most of the way. how can anyone be satisfied with how the club is run?

What on earth has 2007/08 got to do with this season? That season we had Adebayor, Eduardo, Bendtner and RVP. Why would we have signed another striker?

To expand on BFG4's point, it isn't just about strikers, in 2008 it was about depth all over. This season (for me anyway) it's about strikers and CH's. But as you ask about strikers in 2008 I'll add this;

Eduardo - injured, (accepted it was after the Jan window but whilst he looked goodish, he was unproven in the PL with only 4 goals in 17 appearances. He was all about "potential").
Bendtner - seriously, are you taking the piss? 5 goals in 27 PL games??!!
RVP - perma-injured throughout that season only made 15 PL appearances and only scored 7 PL goals.
Barndoor - only striker that performed that season hitting 24 PL goals.

What 2008 has to do with this season is the fact we were in a strong position in 2008 and Wenger not bringing in players in January meant that at the tale end of the season we slipped away due to injuries, fatigue, loss of form - all the things that are beatable by having a larger squad with more depth. This season is similar. We are in a strong position but the squad is light in strikers and CH's. If Wenger doesn't address this in the next week I absolutely guarantee you we will once again just slip away as our better players get injured or tired or dip in form.

We need another forward this month, I don't disagree with that at all. I just don't see how that would have been improved in 07/08 when we were clearly not "light" on strikers. How you think we'd have fit 5 forwards (or more, I don't know how many you think we needed) into our squad is anyone's guess.

I thnk you should address DB10GOONER'S point, as he clearly shows we did not have four strikers, for most of the season, we had two. Wasn't it just before Christmas that Bendtner scored his first goal? You cant rewrite history, Wenger made mistakes that season, and he has clearly not learned from those mistakes, this time around.

In January we had at least 3 strikers available with RVP to return. You were saying we should have signed someone else in that transfer window. Without hindsight you say you'd have still signed another striker? Despite having only just signed Eduardo in the summer and Adebayor being one of the top scorers in the league.

I'm just asking the question because I didn't and still don't really understand why that's comparable to now.

[Nos89]

Wenger spotted at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona were playing away...

Doesnt mean he wasnt there though maybe got the schedule wrong

Wenger was also seen at the Mountain Warehouse, does it mean he's getting a new jacket??

[Perryashburtongroves]

Wenger spotted at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona were playing away...

Doesnt mean he wasnt there though maybe got the schedule wrong

Wenger was also seen at the Mountain Warehouse, does it mean he's getting a new jacket??

It could do but I'd imagine it would only be a short-term loan deal as the prices during January are far too high and nobody else has bothered to buy a new jacket.

[SteveO 35]

The only thing we will sign in January is a dud manager to a bumper new contract. I hate myself

Denial over !

Rodders is coming............to the BBQ

[SteveO 35]

"We have Chamberlain back, Bendtner back and I hope next week Arteta and Ramsey back, so I feel overall we have the squad needed. We have Yaya Sanogo coming back into the squad next week as well.

"Overall we have a very strong squad. If something exceptional turns up we will do it but having said that not everybody will strengthen. They buy, but buy does not always mean strengthen."


...Fuck Off, Wenger!!!

I love the way he talks about it turning up. As if Messi is going to walk into his office and say "I'm exceptional, and I've turned up....shall we do something?"

I bet that's what happened with United and Mata. They sat there "working day and night", "scouting every single player in the world", and then out of the blue Mata drove to Manchester, turned up at Carrington and said...."right I'm here, are you interested"

I wish the Self Harmer would simply say nothing at all sometimes