ALL Transfer talk - merged thread

[Retro Gunner]

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Can we at least nearly sign someone? What's Benzema doing these days.....can we nearly get him for a 10th time?

Yes, I think Karim is finally on his way, as I believe he was spotted in Caffe Nero at Heathrow this morning.....well, it was someone that looked vaguely like him anyway.

[Perryashburtongroves]

They have basically written off the season.

They could have got someone in who could do a job better than the donkey havertz.

Simply no will.

Yep. The reality is that they've either waved the white flag and thought it's not worth bothering about as we won't claw back nine points on the dippers or they are fucking deluded and think not having a goalscorer isn't a problem. I don't know what's worse but it's fucking horrendous mismanagement and negligence. No hiding places now.

[EC1]

Some make it seem getting a player is as straightforward as filling your car with petrol.

[Retro Gunner]

Some make it seem getting a player is as straightforward as filling your car with petrol.

Sorry, but I'm not having that. It's not as if it was only this January that it dawned on everyone (not just on here, but the footballing world at large) that we desperately needed a top quality goal scorer. In the last 4 years, having had fortunes to spend, the best that Arteta could come up with was Jesus and Havertz....both surplus to requirements at their previous clubs and in Havertz's case a total flop in 3 years at Chelsea.

For the last two years especially, people have been crying out for a striker, so to to try to paint this as people having unrealistic expectations is like an Havertz goal attempt, well wide of the target. We're also entitled to expect the manager to be able to sign the necessary players, whether it's straightforward or not....it's his job and he's paid handsomely to do it.

There are no excuses.

[the playing mantis]

Some make it seem getting a player is as straightforward as filling your car with petrol.

Oh do bore off. Many other teams have managed it.

Apologists will apologise.

It's almost as if we have needed a striker for 3 years at least...

[Retro Gunner]

They have basically written off the season.

They could have got someone in who could do a job better than the donkey havertz.

Simply no will.

Yep. The reality is that they've either waved the white flag and thought it's not worth bothering about as we won't claw back nine points on the dippers or they are fucking deluded and think not having a goalscorer isn't a problem. I don't know what's worse but it's fucking horrendous mismanagement and negligence. No hiding places now.

To be honest Perry, while either, or both of those options are possible, I genuinely think that the biggest factor is pig headed ego. Arteta is a clone of his lord and master, the Old Fraud and having undertaken his Havertz vanity project, he isn't able to admit that he fucked up. The fact that it was such a bizarre and questionable signing at the time, makes it even harder for him to accept that he got it wrong.

I said not long after we signed him that Havertz would be the rock upon which Arteta would founder and it fucking well should be, although i suspect that our clueless owners won't recognise it.

You can hear it now....five goals yesterday, five different scorers, including Kai, so who needs a striker?

[the playing mantis]

They have basically written off the season.

They could have got someone in who could do a job better than the donkey havertz.

Simply no will.

Yep. The reality is that they've either waved the white flag and thought it's not worth bothering about as we won't claw back nine points on the dippers or they are fucking deluded and think not having a goalscorer isn't a problem. I don't know what's worse but it's fucking horrendous mismanagement and negligence. No hiding places now.

To be honest Perry, while either, or both of those options are possible, I genuinely think that the biggest factor is pig headed ego. Arteta is a clone of his lord and master, the Old Fraud and having undertaken his Havertz vanity project, he isn't able to admit that he fucked up. The fact that it was such a bizarre and questionable signing at the time, makes it even harder for him to accept that he got it wrong.

I said not long after we signed him that Havertz would be the rock upon which Arteta would founder and it fucking well should be, although i suspect that our clueless owners won't recognise it.

You can hear it now....five goals yesterday, five different scorers, including Kai, so who needs a striker?

Sad thing is retro the sheep either believe that, all based on the last game, or will pretend to believe it to defend there lord and master.

We are back to akb times.

It's a personality cult as these people support the manager not the club

[Red Army 2]

They have basically written off the season.

They could have got someone in who could do a job better than the donkey havertz.

Simply no will.

Yep. The reality is that they've either waved the white flag and thought it's not worth bothering about as we won't claw back nine points on the dippers or they are fucking deluded and think not having a goalscorer isn't a problem. I don't know what's worse but it's fucking horrendous mismanagement and negligence. No hiding places now.

To be honest Perry, while either, or both of those options are possible, I genuinely think that the biggest factor is pig headed ego. Arteta is a clone of his lord and master, the Old Fraud and having undertaken his Havertz vanity project, he isn't able to admit that he fucked up. The fact that it was such a bizarre and questionable signing at the time, makes it even harder for him to accept that he got it wrong.

I said not long after we signed him that Havertz would be the rock upon which Arteta would founder and it fucking well should be, although i suspect that our clueless owners won't recognise it.

You can hear it now....five goals yesterday, five different scorers, including Kai, so who needs a striker?

Agreed 5 goals yesterday but on another day when we dominate possession and waste chances we will miss a proper goalscorer

We all know these games will come

You are right about arteta though he cant admit the mistakes he makes...fans and players will then start to question him and his £5 million a year

[BFG4]

Some make it seem getting a player is as straightforward as filling your car with petrol.

What a pathetic attempt to excuse the clubs obvious negligence. Arteta was saying at the start of the window that we didn't need a striker because apparently Jesus and Havertz were the answer in his delusional mind
Then Jesus getting injured against United changed his plans and has ended up scrambling around to sign a player that should have been lined up years ago, and has ended up with no one. Please offer an actual defence of the club instead of just blindly following

[EC1]

I never said a striker wasn’t needed, I pointed out that some seem to think Arsenal can click their fingers and simply sign a player, unfortunately it doesn’t work like that.

I’m not defending the club, i just find it amazing how many seem to think it’s a straight forward and easy transaction.

[DB10GOONER]

I never said a striker wasn’t needed, I pointed out that some seem to think Arsenal can click their fingers and simply sign a player, unfortunately it doesn’t work like that.

I’m not defending the club, i just find it amazing how many seem to think it’s a straight forward and easy transaction.

And yet other clubs can manage to sign the players they need......

[Limerick Gooner]

Arsenal are not knee jerk transfer wise. They have been in the past and it has never worked out. I think we should have a Plan B but clearly we won’t move away from key targets if it means getting anyone. I have not seen a player move this window that I would have wanted at Arsenal.

The other thing at play here is that clearly any player needs to fit into our system. I think Havertz is crap at finishing but he does serve a role in the team giving defenders a hard time and working as part of the press. If you get a new striker they have to do all of that work and also finish. I don’t know who that is. Sesko I would imagine. So it is not a great surprise that we are not going to sign anyone. Loan deals are free rolls of the dice but we don’t have any dice left unless we do a foreign loan.

[Red Army 2]

Some make it seem getting a player is as straightforward as filling your car with petrol.

What a pathetic attempt to excuse the clubs obvious negligence. Arteta was saying at the start of the window that we didn't need a striker because apparently Jesus and Havertz were the answer in his delusional mind
Then Jesus getting injured against United changed his plans and has ended up scrambling around to sign a player that should have been lined up years ago, and has ended up with no one. Please offer an actual defence of the club instead of just blindly following

absolutely...its on record him saying hes happy with what he has....

[OneBardGooner]

I never said a striker wasn’t needed, I pointed out that some seem to think Arsenal can click their fingers and simply sign a player, unfortunately it doesn’t work like that.

I’m not defending the club, i just find it amazing how many seem to think it’s a straight forward and easy transaction.

And yet other clubs can manage to sign the players they need......

Also we have taken it to the Other Extreme by signing players we don't need... so many that I can't even recall their names

[SteveO 35]

The damage was done in the last window. Never leave yourself desperate in January. In fact we've had several windows to sign a striker and failed. Managed to sell a few mind