(summer) silly season 2011 transfer thread

Originally Posted by Sandman

Wilshere & van Persie?

yep. wouldn't look twice at the rest, though the young keeper's decent.

Originally Posted by borsuk

i can see two there

into the main, CL playing semi final side?

Wilshire and van Persie are the only 2 that would come close. I wouldn't have either of them ahead of our best XI players.

Ramsay is good but he wouldn't get into our, Chelsea's, City's or even Spurs/Dippers starting XI for a major game.

Originally Posted by JakeB

Arsenal's squad is so thin and lacking in quality, shocking for a big club

If Nasri, Bendtner, and Eboue all go:

Almunia, Szczesny, Fabianski

Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Squillaci, Djorou, Jenkinson, Gibbs

Diaby, Rosicky, Ramsey, Song, Wilshere, Arshavin

van Persie, Walcott, Chamberlain, Gervinho, Miyaichi

£#%&! me I'd say they have 4 players who would get anywhere near United, City and Chelsea's sides.

I think all those in bold would get a lookin at top 4 squads, its subjective so you wouldnt swap players but they are of a high standard, its the depth and that combination that is Arsenals problem IMHO.

Where's Chamakh? Have they binned him already?

Originally Posted by dunk

Where's Chamakh? Have they binned him already?

I missed him, tbf it makes their squad look even worse if you include him.

Him and Bendtner are two of the worst strikers I've ever set eyes on in top level teams.

Originally Posted by borsuk

he's spent plenty of smalling-sized fees in his time there and bought a load of old shit. look at kościelny and that squillaci character ffs. he took 50p head the other year you think of fergie's buys like getting evra and vidic for £#%&! all, incomparable tbh.

wenger organises his team well, very regimented in the way they play and a lot of the same all the time (no plan b, easy enough for the very best teams to counter), but his record in transfers is absolutely shocking, the amount he's blown on rubbish is shocking. his two big successes are henry (who he knew from coaching him before) and fabregas (a well-known talent nicked from barca). apart from that it's hard to think of a single really good buy he's made.

Yet the media shove their "Wenger's a talent spotting/transfer genius" down our throats all the time.

Recent big buys:

Gervinho £10.6 million
Koscielny £10 million
Chamberlain £12 million
Vermaelen £10 million
Arshavin £15 million
Nasri £15.8 million

Very mixed, and larger outlays than most would have you believe

Originally Posted by borsuk

he's spent plenty of smalling-sized fees in his time there and bought a load of old shit. look at kościelny and that squillaci character ffs. he took 50p head the other year you think of fergie's buys like getting evra and vidic for £#%&! all, incomparable tbh.

wenger organises his team well, very regimented in the way they play and a lot of the same all the time (no plan b, easy enough for the very best teams to counter), but his record in transfers is absolutely shocking, the amount he's blown on rubbish is shocking. his two big successes are henry (who he knew from coaching him before) and fabregas (a well-known talent nicked from barca). apart from that it's hard to think of a single really good buy he's made.

Pires was a superb buy, to be fair.

Originally Posted by JakeB

Yet the media shove their "Wenger's a talent spotting/transfer genius" down our throats all the time.

Recent big buys:

Gervinho £10.6 million
Koscielny £10 million
Chamberlain £12 million
Vermaelen £10 million
Arshavin £15 million
Nasri £15.8 million

Very mixed, and larger outlays than most would have you believe

£#%&!ing hell, I didn't realise they paid that for him Chamberlain looks expensive too, from League 1(?) to the PL is a big step up. Not seen Gervinho yet.

Originally Posted by borsuk

he's spent plenty of smalling-sized fees in his time there and bought a load of old shit. look at kościelny and that squillaci character ffs. he took 50p head the other year you think of fergie's buys like getting evra and vidic for £#%&! all, incomparable tbh.

wenger organises his team well, very regimented in the way they play and a lot of the same all the time (no plan b, easy enough for the very best teams to counter), but his record in transfers is absolutely shocking, the amount he's blown on rubbish is shocking. his two big successes are henry (who he knew from coaching him before) and fabregas (a well-known talent nicked from barca). apart from that it's hard to think of a single really good buy he's made.

Petit
Vieira
Pires
Anelka
Overmars
Ljungberg

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Petit
Vieira
Pires
Anelka
Overmars
Ljungberg

Yes but..

1996
1997
2000
1997
1997
1998

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Petit
Vieira
Pires
Anelka
Overmars
Ljungberg

None in the last 10 years?

Originally Posted by JakeB

Yes but..

1996
1997
2000
1997

I know what years they were but i'm just answering the man's questions.

even Robin van persie was only 2.7m

Originally Posted by dunk

£#%&!ing hell, I didn't realise they paid that for him Chamberlain looks expensive too, from League 1(?) to the PL is a big step up. Not seen Gervinho yet.

Make sure you cover your eyes when you do

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Petit
Vieira
Pires
Anelka
Overmars
Ljungberg

Overmars, Pires, and Vieira weren't unknown players plucked from obscurity ffs

franny jeffers

nft

Originally Posted by Jack's Smirking Revenge

franny jeffers

nft

the fox in the box

Originally Posted by Sandman

Overmars, Pires, and Vieira weren't unknown players plucked from obscurity ffs

I didn't say they were. They were good buys though.

Originally Posted by Jack's Smirking Revenge

franny jeffers

nft

He's spent £18 million on Jeffers and Koscielny

We got Hernandez and our current captain for less than that.

Pretty conclusive.

Richard Wright

people slating wenger

he has done a great job imo. losing the plot a bit now though.

no one can cope with ferie