Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13 MOD POST #232

greendom · 31-08-2012 06:55PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Di Matteo saying he wont let Essien join Arsenal. Imagine not letting one of your players join your rivals! All the cool clubs are doing it. What do you mean its just Arsenal...

Bring back AVB! He let us have Benny (and helped us to finish above them in the league)

bad2dabone · 31-08-2012 06:57PM

greendom wrote: »

Bring back AVB! He let us have Benny (and helped us to finish above them in the league)

its ok he's gonna let us finish above spuds this year.

Marty McFly · 31-08-2012 06:59PM

Frimpong just tweeted this, I wonder is there a hint heres hoping

If Essien did ever Cum Arsenal I wud be the happiest man In the world my role Model. Love him

31-08-2012 07:06PM

Marty McFly wrote: »

Frimpong just tweeted this, I wonder is there a hint heres hoping

If Essien did ever Cum Arsenal I wud be the happiest man In the world my role Model. Love him

Wonder could Essien help him with his grammar

bad2dabone · 31-08-2012 07:09PM

Marty McFly wrote: »

Frimpong just tweeted this, I wonder is there a hint heres hoping

If Essien did ever Cum Arsenal I wud be the happiest man In the world my role Model. Love him

I don't know how comfortable i'd be with Essien "cumming" Arsenal.

sounds painful to be honest.

KINGVictor · 31-08-2012 07:28PM

AdamD wrote: »

Wonder could Essien help him with his grammar

In all fairness that is just text speak common among young people nowadays. For us to be pedantic about the use of language by uneducated footballers simply exemplifies the frustration on the lack of activity by the club so far. Hopefully some news would materialise in the next 2 hours or thereabouts

tony1kenobi · 31-08-2012 07:30PM

KINGVictor wrote: »

AdamD wrote: »

Wonder could Essien help him with his grammar

In all fairness that is just text speak common among young people nowadays. For us to be pedantic about the use of language by uneducated footballers simply exemplifies the frustration on the lack of activity by the club so far. Hopefully some news would materialise in the next 2 hours or thereabouts

Frustration "from" the lack of activity.

Redzer7 · 31-08-2012 07:30PM

Not looking good

HazDanz · 31-08-2012 07:31PM

It has been extremely quiet even by our standards.

Soups123 · 31-08-2012 07:33PM

HazDanz wrote: »

It has been extremely quiet even by our standards.

Not even a whisper all chances of a decent gone now

Marty McFly · 31-08-2012 07:34PM

Its been shocking we needed a few players we havent even got one average player, you can see the rage on twitter amongst fans starting to build as hope fades.

KINGVictor · 31-08-2012 07:34PM

tony1kenobi wrote: »

Frustration "from" the lack of activity.

Oh thanks Bruv!

gnfnrhead · 31-08-2012 07:34PM

What time last year did it go mental? Was it early or late?

keano_afc · 31-08-2012 07:36PM

Well, its looking like despite the early promise its going to be another poor summer transfer window. Let the battle for 4th commence.

Marty McFly · 31-08-2012 07:38PM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

What time last year did it go mental? Was it early or late?

As far as I can remember Arteta was signed late the rest were signed early in the day.

stuchyg · 31-08-2012 07:38PM

Just watching Stoke fans on SSN, they are one step above cavemen

Oh and go sign Dempsey FFS

HazDanz · 31-08-2012 07:39PM

At least Chelsea are getting trashed at the minute. Any chance of signing Falcao? :pac:

bad2dabone · 31-08-2012 07:40PM

Haz if you think Ivan, Stan and Arsene would spend 50m on a player (falcao's price) then sure!

gnfnrhead · 31-08-2012 07:41PM

HazDanz wrote: »

At least Chelsea are getting trashed at the minute. Any chance of signing Falcao? :pac:

Thats what I was going to suggest. Throw in a late bid and see what happens

HazDanz · 31-08-2012 07:44PM

bad2dabone wrote: »

Haz if you think Ivan, Stan and Arsene would spend 50m on a player (falcao's price) then sure!

We would have to sell the majority of our first team to balance the books first

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Thats what I was going to suggest. Throw in a late bid and see what happens

11 million euros :cool:

TimeToShine · 31-08-2012 07:47PM

So what happens to the transfer budget we were supposedly allocated at the start of the window? Considering we've pretty much made a profit for three summers in a row we should have (conservatively speaking) around 75M to spend assuming it rolls over to the next year (which it probably doesn't), why aren't we spending it? Why would Wenger be at all concerned with the financial end of the club? Shouldn't his main priority be to spend whatever is given to him and let the board deal with money issues? Isn't the money given to him money that is already accounted for as spent? Why does he just give it back every summer?

I'm sure it's a lot more complex than that but it really is frustrating watching QPR and Spurs making way more progress than us. I know we've signed players but dumping our CDM and star striker and replacing them with a) nothing and b) a risky at best Ligue 1 man is not good enough.

keano_afc · 31-08-2012 07:48PM

stuchyg wrote: »

Just watching Stoke fans on SSN, they are one step above cavemen

Oh and go sign Dempsey FFS

That really is an insult to cavemen.

gnfnrhead · 31-08-2012 07:48PM

HazDanz wrote: »

11 million euros :cool:

Thats the improved offer! Our first bid would be closer to €5m :pac:

gnfnrhead · 31-08-2012 07:50PM

TimeToShine wrote: »

So what happens to the transfer budget we were supposedly allocated at the start of the window? Considering we've pretty much made a profit for three summers in a row we should have (conservatively speaking) around 75M to spend assuming it rolls over to the next year (which it probably doesn't), why aren't we spending it? Why would Wenger be at all concerned with the financial end of the club? Shouldn't his main priority be to spend whatever is given to him and let the board deal with money issues? Isn't the money given to him money that is already accounted for as spent? Why does he just give it back every summer?

I'm sure it's a lot more complex than that but it really is frustrating watching QPR and Spurs making way more progress than us. I know we've signed players but dumping our CDM and star striker and replacing them with a) nothing and b) a risky at best Ligue 1 man is not good enough.

Wage has to be included. I reckon we're close to our budget as is. No point in having £75m for transfers but nothing for wages.

TimeToShine · 31-08-2012 07:52PM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Wage has to be included. I reckon we're close to our budget as is. No point in having £75m for transfers but nothing for wages.

but isn't it the boards job to take wages into account before they allocate the budget? what's the point of "giving" him money if they're expecting it back to pay wages? they're hardly telling him he has to break even behind the scenes are they?

HazDanz · 31-08-2012 07:53PM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Wage has to be included. I reckon we're close to our budget as is. No point in having £75m for transfers but nothing for wages.

Even factoring that, losing RvP and Song in the space of a week and not replacing them is shocking form. Holding my breath until 11.

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 31-08-2012 07:55PM

Sure I nearly forgot we have Schweinsteiger arriving any minute now.

bad2dabone · 31-08-2012 07:56PM

today we've cleared the guts of 100k a week wages with ridding ourselves of bendy and park. 55k of song and whatever 80k of rvp. It's not wages holding us back, it's pig-headedness.

we could definitely use another striker.

31-08-2012 07:59PM

Well **** you too di matteo.
Pity, could've been nice.

HazDanz · 31-08-2012 07:59PM

bad2dabone wrote: »

today we've cleared the guts of 100k a week wages with ridding ourselves of bendy and park. 55k of song and whatever 80k of rvp. It's not wages holding us back, it's pig-headedness.

we could definitely use another striker.

What's bothering me is we haven't even brought in utility players for our full back positions or our holding midfield position. Either something is happening in the next two hours or Wenger is putting a lot of faith in the injured players coming back and the less experienced players in the squad stepping up.

Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13 MOD POST #232

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