Where do I start to reply to your post AFC49 ?
Firstly let me just say that there is a huge difference in saying a player and signing a prima donna - why is it that you and a few others automatically assume any new player brought into the club will come with baggage and disrupt the harmony of the squad ? Ye are supposed to be the group defending wenger so are you now saying that you dont trust wenger to spot a player with attitude before you sign him ?
Where have I ever said that I want signings for the sake of signings ?ant signings cos the team and squad are weak in some areas and NEED signings - I could probably list off at least 10 better keepers in premiership than almunia and given the importance of a top quality keeper that aint good, van persie is almost constantly injured and it leaves us short of options up front and on the wings we have eboue(a full back),diaby and hleb + rosicky(all centre midfielders) so a winger wouldnt go amiss and like loads on here I worry about senderos. These are gaps that the vast vast majority of fans can see and could be difference between success and failure for this team.
Your point about bringing through the kids actually supports my arguement more than yours in my opinion. You say that we are best served by bring through young talent so are we now a crewe or 1980's notts forest then whereby we can only survive by following this route ?
How exactly are we better served by bringing through talent that you admit will probably fcuk off to spain or somewhere else in a few years and how is that any more of a long term stratedgy if they aint hanging around either ? How are we better off bringing through the likes of cashly "greedy *word censored*" cole, bently, pennant etc who all had the superstar attitude that you rightly criticise but had done fcuk all to merit it ?
Where or how can you back up the claims that either modric or robino turned us down ? I like to see the transfer rumours as much as the next guy but we all know that we can disregard most of what we read in the papers including who supposedly turned us down.
I understand that you wish to remain positive and upbeat afc49 but your policies make no sense to me - produce young players, sell them in a few years but dont buy any players in case they come with an attitude
We are meant to be a big big club and it would be nice if the club sometimes acted in this way instead of just talking about it - by that I mean not selling our best players everytime one of our better players is hunted by another big club and occasionaly poach one of their players or one of their transfer targets. This kind of attitude shows that we are ready to stand toe to toe with these (often) arrogant clubs and will not cowar down to them anymore. This point is for another day however and is not what I am all about now and that is the strengthening of the squad for the here and now. We have a real chance of success this season which many, including me, did not believe we would at the beginning of the season. What is important is where we go from here and how ambitous we are to acheive these goals this season.
By the way IHH I dont need any of your special smoke thanks - cant you see I am already "high on life"
