As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
SteveO 35 wrote:I think I am prepared to accept the title of most miserable Gooner if we end up signing Ozil for £42.5m, Viviano and Ba
Rationale:
1. How do we play Ozil and Santi. The one area of the field where I think we've already got genuine top quality and we buy another.....meaning inevitably one of them being played out of position or not at all. I like Ozil as a player but is he really what we need to blow more than half our budget on
2. I still don't think Giroud is good enough despite yesterday's heroics to lead our line for 50 games+ on his own......BUT if he gets crocked we are down to a bloke on loan from Chelsea and fuck all else. Given the previous links to Roonet, Suarez, Higuain etc this is decidedly a Grade B or C option in the position we need it most
3. The keeper in question is a walking crock who has spent 2 years trying to regain form and dropped into Serie B.
The signings give us more depth but I think we'll be looking back in May thinking, "fuck me if we'd pushed the boat out for Higuain / Suarez"...what might have been
Fuck me do some gooners ever do anything but moan, Ozil plays in the hole behind the striker, Santi generally plays a lot deeper centrally or on the wing. Dont forget we haven't had a full season with Rosicky since he came to Arsenal, so having strength in depth isn't a bad thing if we want to challenge. Our players are also versatile in that you cant necessarily pin them down to one position.
We are as we speak linked with Djemba Ba, who would be a good addition to the squad.
Get another defender and its job done as far as I am concerned.
topgoon wrote:Off out for a few hours, someone better be holding up the famous white and red jersey with a cannon on it by the time I get back or it's time to go all Ninja on the trio of knobheads dealing with transfers
topgoon wrote:Off out for a few hours, someone better be holding up the famous white and red jersey with a cannon on it by the time I get back or it's time to go all Ninja on the trio of knobheads dealing with transfers
Arrival of Ozil, di Maria or both would surely lead to Podolski departure
Or he might be transferred to play striker role as a back up for Giroud - or other way around. If Ba happens, then of course it might be other story...
Agree with the comments regarding Ba, and the need to sign a much better striker. If he signed Ozil, I'd even forgive him Podolski's departure if it meant freeing up funds for Suarez too
Swifty wrote:More key passes than Fabregas, Iniesta, Xavi combined last season
1989 wrote:Dale Johnson
Mesut Ozil played more key passes last season (78) for Real Madrid than Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Cesc Fabregas combined (75) at Barcelona.
Btw as much as I like Özil that's obviously wrong.
Fabregas played 50 key passes, Iniesta and Xavi 44 each, Busquets 10 (tbh don't know what Busquets is doing in such a list as he's a DM ) and Özil 92. That's quite a lot but obviously not more than all those players combined
A lot of people saying we do not need another midfielder, we have Arteta, Podolski and the Ox all injured, not to mention Gervinho leaving. Ozil is a world class talent, proven at the highest level, has 87 assists in Europe over the last three seasons, he would be an excellent addition. Come on... please let this be the one that we managed to complete!!!!!!!
SteveO 35 wrote:Agree with the comments regarding Ba, and the need to sign a much better striker. If he signed Ozil, I'd even forgive him Podolski's departure if it meant freeing up funds for Suarez too
Something nagging away at me telling me Pod is off.
Swifty wrote:More key passes than Fabregas, Iniesta, Xavi combined last season
1989 wrote:Dale Johnson
Mesut Ozil played more key passes last season (78) for Real Madrid than Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Cesc Fabregas combined (75) at Barcelona.
Btw as much as I like Özil that's obviously wrong.
Fabregas played 50 key passes, Iniesta and Xavi 44 each, Busquets 10 (tbh don't know what Busquets is doing in such a list as he's a DM ) and Özil 92. That's quite a lot but obviously not more than all those players combined
Perhaps confusing with Busquets incredible pass completion rate.
) and Özil 92. That's quite a lot but obviously not more than all those players combined 
