ALL Transfer talk - merged thread

[mcdowell42]

Sokratis' father tells Greek radio station 'Radio 24/7' that Sokratis will undergo his medical tomorrow. Also says Man Utd wanted Sokratis but he chose to join #Arsenal. https://t.co/9pTub2Qar7

[augie]

The Press Association say Fellaini is in advanced negotiations with another top Premier League club. The club he is in talks with have accelerated their efforts to sign him in recent days. https://t.co/4tRnjA0Lxs



Its understood the club looking to sign Fellaini will be playing European football next season & are now very keen to get the deal over the line. https://t.co/QvdxW1UKMg

Thats us ruled out - it's a huge relief cos I was actually begin to believe that we are in for him

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

This site cracks me up no wonder none of the decent old posters return due to the negative atmosphere and we are stuck with the miserable parrot like JCLs

So much revisionist bullshit it’s unbelievable.

Walcott suddenly being competent ffs he was shite overrated man boy who was no better than the day he signed.

Yes he had a knack of scoring against the spuds but he was still average and the poster boy of the lost decade.

Lacazette may turn out shite too, but he showed more after returning from his knee op as a bustling string central striker with an eye for goal than weak wally ever did.

Get over yourself fella you're a shit poster end of but slagging off anyone else's views or getting all bent out of shape about anyone else's opinions aren't making your posts any better, only worse.

Next.

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

In fairness, Lacazette came through his barren patch and picked up again.

All things considered, we swapped Walnut and the Ox for Lacazette and got a bit of change as well. That's a pretty good deal as far as I'm concerned. Was sorry to see Ox go as I felt he had much more to give. But getting £20 million for Walcott was more than just good going.

Really?

Walcott scored 18 goals in 23 starts in his last season at one point so I don't think we've upgraded, we've gone backwards and it showed by our league position.

lacazette will easily show he's a fair better player than walcott.

Well tbf Walcott was used as a winger for 99% of his time with us but my when played intermittently as a forward scored 18 in 23 starts.

Lacazzette will never ever achieve that, ever.

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

In fairness, Lacazette came through his barren patch and picked up again.

All things considered, we swapped Walnut and the Ox for Lacazette and got a bit of change as well. That's a pretty good deal as far as I'm concerned. Was sorry to see Ox go as I felt he had much more to give. But getting £20 million for Walcott was more than just good going.

Really?

Walcott scored 18 goals in 23 starts in his last season at one point so I don't think we've upgraded, we've gone backwards and it showed by our league position.

lacazette will easily show he's a fair better player than walcott.

Wally was basically shit throughout his time with us, and I cannot understand how some people STILL look at him through rose tinted glasses

You're wrong and his stats don't lie, also he never bottled it against the big teams or the spuds where he was brilliant.

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

This site cracks me up no wonder none of the decent old posters return due to the negative atmosphere and we are stuck with the miserable parrot like JCLs

So much revisionist bullshit it’s unbelievable.

Walcott suddenly being competent ffs he was shite overrated man boy who was no better than the day he signed.

Yes he had a knack of scoring against the spuds but he was still average and the poster boy of the lost decade.

Lacazette may turn out shite too, but he showed more after returning from his knee op as a bustling string central striker with an eye for goal than weak wally ever did.

He scored goals against ALL the top teams and teams sat deeper against us because they were afraid of his pace, funny how no teams do that now and we concede more goals, it's not coincidence.

Look at the players who have raw pace in our team, ummm, bellerin who rarely ever uses it and is probably one of the worst rb in the league.

Walcott was limited of that we can all agree but he was an effective player when used correctly.

[DB10GOONER]

I'm willing to give Lacazette a chance to prove me wrong but tbh I see no real difference in quality between him and the likes of Giroud, Welbeck, Lukaku, and other second tier PL average strikers, the kind that might hit you 10 to 15 or so PL goals a season but never hit that magic 20 to 25 PL goals tally or might only hit it once maybe in their career, if ever.... hope I'm wrong but Lacazette just screams "average" at me.

[Gunnersaurus]

Fellaini - we would be a fucking laughing stock.

Wouldn't mind him myself, someone to sit infront of the defence and defend them, break up play, outmuscle opposition mids and just pass it to someone with more ability.

This team has missed someone doing that for years.

Could easily see


Felliani
Ramsey Xhaka

As a functioning midfield, the midfield under Wenger lost balance a long time ago, I'd welcome it, he's also not a reject, Jose wants to keep him but he don't want to sign, that's not a reject.

[Gunnersaurus]

Would then play

Ozil
Lacazette Aubameyang

Team would have much better balance about it than forcing Iwobi/Welbeck in as a crap wide man.

[northbank123]

Is Fellaini actually a very good DM though? Or is he just a dirty bastard who lacks discipline in every sense of the meaning?

Agree with DB10 about Lacazette. Not saying he is garbage and will hopefully show but improvement, but didn’t really set my world on fire. Looked every bit the bloke we could have signed any summer for the past half a decade and choose to this year out of desperation.

His crisis of confidence where everything bounced off him and he couldn’t hit a barn door for a month or so was completely embarrassing.

[Bradywasking]

Fellaini - we would be a fucking laughing stock.

Effort and elbows is how I would sum him up...

[northbank123]

Would then play

Ozil
Lacazette Aubameyang

Team would have much better balance about it than forcing Iwobi/Welbeck in as a crap wide man.

Not making a case for either of those two but how much balance is an Arsenal side with Ozil as part of a midfield 4 really going to have?

[A11M11]

If the Fellaini rumour is true then it pretty much proves that we are casting around looking to form a pattern of play and are trying to find round pegs for round holes within a paltry budget as opposed to fitting anyone into anywhere to make up numbers.
Not saying that he is my choice but it would show that the defensive problem has been looked at and something is being done about it.

[Gunnersaurus]

Depends how he sets the 4 up, if he puts him at the tip of the diamond he's pretty much doing what the fan boys want him to and that's be a no 10 without much need to defend much.

If he's in a midfield 3 he's a complete waste of a spot.

Biggest problem under Wenger is that he played with 3 strikers with 2 of them wingers who are not wingers, hopefully Emery has seen all this and will tweak the formation to suit the players and get everyone working as best as they can.

With these players a diamond midfield looks like it could work, one player at the base, two infront and one up top behind the strikers, think he'd get the best out of these players if he doesn't play with Wenger's formation.

[augie]

I'm willing to give Lacazette a chance to prove me wrong but tbh I see no real difference in quality between him and the likes of Giroud, Welbeck, Lukaku, and other second tier PL average strikers, the kind that might hit you 10 to 15 or so PL goals a season but never hit that magic 20 to 25 PL goals tally or might only hit it once maybe in their career, if ever.... hope I'm wrong but Lacazette just screams "average" at me.

If we play bangabang and lacazette together as part of a 2 man strikeforce, then I believe that they can be a 35-40 goals a season partnership - giroud was our number 9 (a focal point if you like) and he was needed to be the one that bagged the 20+ league goals in a season, but imo bangabang will be that player for us and lacazette chipping in with 15+ goals will be a much feared strikeforce.
However if dick continues down the ridiculous arsole wenger road of playing a 3 man forward line with bangabang pushed out wide, then lacazette will struggle to fill that main striker role