Transfer Rumours Thread

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worthing_gooner
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Post by worthing_gooner »

pingu wrote:well thats it done and dusted
Fabregas to sign for Barcelona before saturday

thiago has had to move squad numbers from 4 to 11
Thiago will be better than Cesc by the time Xavi retires IMO.

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Post by augie »

worthing_gooner wrote:
pingu wrote:well thats it done and dusted
Fabregas to sign for Barcelona before saturday

thiago has had to move squad numbers from 4 to 11
Thiago will be better than Cesc by the time Xavi retires IMO.

No bloody way will he - with better players around him cesc will take control of a game and dictate the tempo and imo thiago, as good as he looks to be at the mo, is simply not that type of player imo

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Post by piresistible »

rigsby wrote:What you mean Bould who we signed from Stoke?
This is silly because we have peeps harping about Wngr inheriting Adams et al, and yet it was Wenger, not Graham, who assembled the Invincibles back four of Lauren, Campbell, Toure, and Cole. This was a greater feat than anything George Graham did.

In short, Wenger DOES know how to put together a defence, but for a variety of reasons–not least of which financial, and having to compete with sugar daddy clubs for Europe’s top players–has found it difficult to do so in recent years. “Replacingâ€

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Post by Bendtners Drinking Buddy »

piresistible wrote:
rigsby wrote:What you mean Bould who we signed from Stoke?
This is silly because we have peeps harping about Wngr inheriting Adams et al, and yet it was Wenger, not Graham, who assembled the Invincibles back four of Lauren, Campbell, Toure, and Cole. This was a greater feat than anything George Graham did.

In short, Wenger DOES know how to put together a defence, but for a variety of reasons–not least of which financial, and having to compete with sugar daddy clubs for Europe’s top players–has found it difficult to do so in recent years. “Replacingâ€

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Bendtners Drinking Buddy wrote:
piresistible wrote:
rigsby wrote:What you mean Bould who we signed from Stoke?
This is silly because we have peeps harping about Wngr inheriting Adams et al, and yet it was Wenger, not Graham, who assembled the Invincibles back four of Lauren, Campbell, Toure, and Cole. This was a greater feat than anything George Graham did.

In short, Wenger DOES know how to put together a defence, but for a variety of reasons–not least of which financial, and having to compete with sugar daddy clubs for Europe’s top players–has found it difficult to do so in recent years. “Replacingâ€

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Post by Irish Gooner »

If Nasri and Fabregas leave, 3 signings needed to challenge for 4th.

As for the title I would think 5 or even 6 signings would be needed.

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Post by augie »

SSN are reporting that we are looking for 30m for nasri............is it possible our gobshites running the club could attempt to take the piss like that ? :roll: Cesc Fabregas our captain and best player who has a few years left on his contract is out the door for 25.9m and we have an inconsistant dickhead with 1 year left on his contract and we are looking for 4m more :shock: :roll: :oops: Just sell the *word censored* for 22-25m and get rid :evil:

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Post by Bendtners Drinking Buddy »

mikeyb772001 wrote:
Bendtners Drinking Buddy wrote:
piresistible wrote:
rigsby wrote:What you mean Bould who we signed from Stoke?
This is silly because we have peeps harping about Wngr inheriting Adams et al, and yet it was Wenger, not Graham, who assembled the Invincibles back four of Lauren, Campbell, Toure, and Cole. This was a greater feat than anything George Graham did.

In short, Wenger DOES know how to put together a defence, but for a variety of reasons–not least of which financial, and having to compete with sugar daddy clubs for Europe’s top players–has found it difficult to do so in recent years. “Replacingâ€
Last edited by Bendtners Drinking Buddy on Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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augie wrote:SSN are reporting that we are looking for 30m for nasri............is it possible our gobshites running the club could attempt to take the piss like that ? :roll: Cesc Fabregas our captain and best player who has a few years left on his contract is out the door for 25.9m and we have an inconsistant dickhead with 1 year left on his contract and we are looking for 4m more :shock: :roll: :oops: Just sell the c**t for 22-25m and get rid :evil:
i dont care if he goes for free as that money will not be spent to better what we have.

It will be spent on more kids and cheaper options just so wenger gets his bonus the *word censored*

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Post by Irish Gooner »

The money doesnt matter does it. I learned that after the Adebayor transfer wasnt reinvested.

We all know its going in Kroenke and Wengers back pocket, with HW getting an allowance for cocktail money.

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Post by TeeCee »

There is no excuse whatsoever for leaving signings until a day or so before the new season. Wenger does it every year. There is also no excuse for continuing to buy cheap nothing Frenchmen or Africans who invariably turn out to be average at best. Wenger fucked up enormously paying 10-15m for Squillaci and Koscielny last year, that money would have bought an established quality CB. In his endless search for a bargain Arsole continues to put the club in jeopardy. Buying Dann is the cheap option and he's obviously not first choice or that highly regarded as we only watched him last weekend and are talking to Birmingham now. The whole things smacks of last minute panic buying, paying as cheap a fee as possible. I actually think Dann is an improvement on Kos and Squill but that doesn't mean he's the calibre of player we should be signing.
Big club? Don't be silly, we are a mid sized selling club soon to be fighting for a top 6 place. This is where Wenger and the board want to take us, so suck it up because there's no getting out of it for a year at least, until Wenger has damaged us even further.

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Post by rigsby »

This is silly
No it isn't, and your point has nothing to do with what I said. People were goinjg on about he was shit because he played in a league below, and that he was nothing compared to Bould. I pointed out Bould was signed from a 'lesser' club and went on to become a brilliant player. As have many others. It stinks a bit of snobbery is all.

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Bendtners Drinking Buddy wrote:
piresistible wrote:
rigsby wrote:What you mean Bould who we signed from Stoke?
This is silly because we have peeps harping about Wngr inheriting Adams et al, and yet it was Wenger, not Graham, who assembled the Invincibles back four of Lauren, Campbell, Toure, and Cole. This was a greater feat than anything George Graham did.

In short, Wenger DOES know how to put together a defence, but for a variety of reasons–not least of which financial, and having to compete with sugar daddy clubs for Europe’s top players–has found it difficult to do so in recent years. “Replacingâ€

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Post by SteveO 35 »

See even Hednesford Town are signing "super quality" now :D

1412: FOOTBALL - Hednesford Town, of the Northern Premier Division, have signed former Southampton and West Brom defender Pele on non-contract terms.

The Hednesford manager due to make a press conference to say how Pele has saved them from dizzying prices.....

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Post by Chips and Chocolate »

Enrique off to Liverpool. For fuck's sake how many players are we gonna lose out on?

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