SUMMER TRANSFERS - Your thoughts on who did and did not sign

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I honestly didn't realise the squad was this thin until I looked it up on .com this morning.

I cannot understand for one second why, when the season is 2 days away, we haven't even replaced the players who have left let alone strengthened other areas. Patience is pretty much out of the window now. :cry:

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kiwomya wrote:I honestly didn't realise the squad was this thin until I looked it up on .com this morning.

I cannot understand for one second why, when the season is 2 days away, we haven't even replaced the players who have left let alone strengthened other areas. Patience is pretty much out of the window now. :cry:
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kiwomya wrote:I honestly didn't realise the squad was this thin until I looked it up on .com this morning.

I cannot understand for one second why, when the season is 2 days away, we haven't even replaced the players who have left let alone strengthened other areas. Patience is pretty much out of the window now. :cry:
Why does it suprise you? This is exactly what happened in the summer of 2011. Don't worry though we will sign quality on the final day, such as Park Chu Young and Santos.

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DB10GOONER wrote:
kiwomya wrote:I honestly didn't realise the squad was this thin until I looked it up on .com this morning.

I cannot understand for one second why, when the season is 2 days away, we haven't even replaced the players who have left let alone strengthened other areas. Patience is pretty much out of the window now. :cry:
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DB10GOONER wrote:
kiwomya wrote:I honestly didn't realise the squad was this thin until I looked it up on .com this morning.

I cannot understand for one second why, when the season is 2 days away, we haven't even replaced the players who have left let alone strengthened other areas. Patience is pretty much out of the window now. :cry:
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Does Tomas have any idea why Gustavo would want to go to Wolfsburg?

To go from the European Champions to a team where your previous team mates are going to give you a good thrashing, along with a number of other clubs, seems crazy. It's difficult to look good in a mediocre team, particularly if your competitors for a national team spot are with bigger clubs, winning matches.

However, even if Gustavo is a bit strange, if we lose out on him AW and the Board need shooting. We should have made a good offer, quickly, one that a mid-table German side couldn't compete with, so that Gustavo didn't have the option of Wolfsburg.

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spendsum4uckingmoney wrote:
kiwomya wrote:I honestly didn't realise the squad was this thin until I looked it up on .com this morning.

I cannot understand for one second why, when the season is 2 days away, we haven't even replaced the players who have left let alone strengthened other areas. Patience is pretty much out of the window now. :cry:
Why does it suprise you? This is exactly what happened in the summer of 2011. Don't worry though we will sign quality on the final day, such as Park Chu Young and Santos.
Wenger made a big thing of saying how stressful 2011 was so I don't understand why it's been allowed to happen again.

With the CL qualifier coming and the chance of injuries being high for certain players, I just can't comprehend it. :?

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kiwomya wrote:
spendsum4uckingmoney wrote:
kiwomya wrote:I honestly didn't realise the squad was this thin until I looked it up on .com this morning.

I cannot understand for one second why, when the season is 2 days away, we haven't even replaced the players who have left let alone strengthened other areas. Patience is pretty much out of the window now. :cry:
Why does it suprise you? This is exactly what happened in the summer of 2011. Don't worry though we will sign quality on the final day, such as Park Chu Young and Santos.
Wenger made a big thing of saying how stressful 2011 was so I don't understand why it's been allowed to happen again.

With the CL qualifier coming and the chance of injuries being high for certain players, I just can't comprehend it. :?
He did (although he still didn't acknowledge that it was his fault for burying his head in the sand for months).

But he has also said on multiple occasions about the last week being when the window really gets going, thinking it's the best time to buy players, and even claims that the market has not come to life yet at times when our domestic and continental rivals have all made signings and our potential signings are waning in number every week.

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How can anyone still be believing in this idiot? :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

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storrmin571 wrote:How can anyone still be believing in this idiot? :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Go on Twitter, he is a messiah to them lunatics :banghead:

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By what time would Flamini (or anyone else) have to register to play v Villa?

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http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bund ... lecht.html

Die Niedersachsen überweisen für Luiz Gustavo, der mit Brasilien am Mittwochabend im Testspiel in der Schweiz mit 0:1 verlor, rund 20 Millionen Euro an den Rekordmeister. Ein Betrag, den der ebenfalls am defensiven Mittelfeldspieler interessierte FC Arsenal nicht zu zahlen bereit war.

Kicker saying that Wolfsburg is paying 20 Million Euros for Gustavo to Bayern, something Arsenal was not willing to pay.

:twisted: WTF is going on? how stupid can one be? 20 Million Euros is a bargin for these kind of defensiv midfield player, I honestly can't belive it :oops: !

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Tomáš wrote:http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bund ... lecht.html

Die Niedersachsen überweisen für Luiz Gustavo, der mit Brasilien am Mittwochabend im Testspiel in der Schweiz mit 0:1 verlor, rund 20 Millionen Euro an den Rekordmeister. Ein Betrag, den der ebenfalls am defensiven Mittelfeldspieler interessierte FC Arsenal nicht zu zahlen bereit war.

Kicker saying that Wolfsburg is paying 20 Million Euros for Gustavo to Bayern, something Arsenal was not willing to pay.

:twisted: WTF is going on? how stupid can one be? 20 Million Euros is a bargin for these kind of defensiv midfield player, I honestly can't belive it :oops: !

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highburyJD wrote:By what time would Flamini (or anyone else) have to register to play v Villa?
Who would have thought a question like this would be relevant when Gazidis was blowing hot air out his hole last June?

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Tomáš wrote:http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bund ... lecht.html

Die Niedersachsen überweisen für Luiz Gustavo, der mit Brasilien am Mittwochabend im Testspiel in der Schweiz mit 0:1 verlor, rund 20 Millionen Euro an den Rekordmeister. Ein Betrag, den der ebenfalls am defensiven Mittelfeldspieler interessierte FC Arsenal nicht zu zahlen bereit war.

Kicker saying that Wolfsburg is paying 20 Million Euros for Gustavo to Bayern, something Arsenal was not willing to pay.

:twisted: WTF is going on? how stupid can one be? 20 Million Euros is a bargin for these kind of defensiv midfield player, I honestly can't belive it :oops: !

Cheers,
Thomas
Its the Arsenal way, never exceeding that 15 million mark, its pathetic, and this season, will see Wenger exposed for the muppet he is.

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