Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

gosplan wrote: »

With due respect. That's not a question, you're just trying to have a go at people I can only assune you consider to be 'opposing Arsenal fans'.

All that said, to answer your extremely petty and divisive question, I can't recall anyone saying that it was 'better to wait', just that going on history it was likely we would have to.

I wasnt having a go at anyone. I just think its folly to keep propigating the end of the window for transfers when the season starts in 2 days. it makes no sense. Some posters in here have said wait until the end of the window to judge. Why? We've had 2 and a half months to strengthen the side. The sutuation is beyond farcical. The transfer market has moved forward but the club are standing still. The value they are looking for just doesnt exist anymore.

As for going by history, this is the first summer Wenger has not spent before the start of the season. Something is wrong here, and I dont think there's anything wrong with trying to highlight that.

I haven't posted in this thread for a very long time but I'm a constant reader.

Like everyone else I'm just completely baffled by the clubs lack of transfer activity apart from getting rid of the dead wood. This needed to happen and really gave a positive signal in lieu of Gazidis saying that the club now had money to spend.

However the squad is now wafer thin and completely in adequate to compete on multiple fronts for the coming months. I even go as far as to say we must have the fewest amount of first team squad members of any club in the Premier League as things stand! Correct me if I'm wrong on this.

I realise the club are trying to add to the squad judging by the names of that have been linked (Suarez, Gustavo etc.) but so far none of them have materialised and probably won't.

Its impossible to know the real reasons for this. I do not believe anything I read on twitter as its both the greatest and worst tool for conveying information known to man. The most reputable sources seems to get things wrong just as much as they get things right. You just can't tell whats truth or fiction unless the club themselves are the ones saying it.

The club must strengthen before this window is out and I'm completely confident they will. But I'm resigned to the fact that it will be squad players brought in and probably only one who will go straight into the first team.

If you look at the squad I think Wenger has his first choice in mind for each position already apart from a striker. Hence the pursuit of Suarez.

But injuries are already ruling these players out and its a glaring sign of things to come.

Wenger has to buy.

About as positive as it gets i suppose.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-ll-be-active-before-deadline

The sooner Wenger goes the better, protect some of his legacy.

Disaster of a window. All huffing and puffing in May when we got Top 4, 2 days before the first game of the season and we've done nothing.

Santi101 wrote: »

The sooner Wenger goes the better, protect some of his legacy.

Disaster of a window. All huffing and puffing in May when we got Top 4, 2 days before the first game of the season and we've done nothing.

So Wenger goes and then some alright manager takes his place who will instantly have the power to convince the Arsenal board to take a different approach to running the club?

I don't think that will happen.

if a new manager comes in the board will have to back him with transfer funds. something there, according to the board, is an abundance of.

don't post here much but do check in on the thread frequently. I ,like virtually all arsenal fans, am extremely frustrated by our lack of inactivity in strengthening this window. I know there is still time to do business, and they probably will, but it is becoming quite infuriating at times. reports now emerging that gustavo has chosen ahead of us. why is this? they've offered more money? we, once again, couldnt agree a fee with bayern? who knows. but if true, and he opts to stay in germany it's another slap in the face for us. no one knows the ins and outs of how we operate behind the scenes but something has to be inherently wrong. we've lost out on bender, higuain and now probably gustavo. we were very strongly linked with bernard, and whether a bid was made or not is unconfirmed but he has gone to shahktar. the nauseating pursuit of suarez appears to be ending with another unnsuccesful attempt to secure a player. reputable sources have confirmed the pursuit of all these players as well as capoue last january. im mainly just venting as i simply cannot explain it and it's the same story every year. wenger has said himself there are very few quality players available but to suggest our team can compete for the title without significant investment is ludicrous. the pressure has been heaped on wenger through gazidis and co expressing the size of our warchest and capabilities in the transfer market. poerhaps there has been a breakdown in comminication between the parties. i think the likes of suarez, rooney etc are unrelaistic targets and the squad could have been improved dramatically with other lesser high profile players, notably higuain. i have a lawyer friend in london whose firm represented arsenal at one point and he has confirmed to me the long suggested idea about wenger's incredible stubborness. he had worked on deals in the past for the likes of walcott and stated wenger is involved every step of the way and can be difficult to work with at times. even in trying to sell deadwood players at the time, like awuso abieye (who?) aw will try get every last penny out of a potential buyer. anyway, where do we go from here? we are mow linked with michu and dzeko and we wont sign either of these players either. the saga continues

cathalio11 wrote: »

So Wenger goes and then some alright manager takes his place who will instantly have the power to convince the Arsenal board to take a different approach to running the club?

I don't think that will happen.

The board is not the problem this Summer. Wenger is.

kronsington wrote: »

don't post here much but do check in on the thread frequently. I ,like virtually all arsenal fans, am extremely frustrated by our lack of inactivity in strengthening this window. I know there is still time to do business, and they probably will, but it is becoming quite infuriating at times. reports now emerging that gustavo has chosen ahead of us. why is this? they've offered more money? we, once again, couldnt agree a fee with bayern? who knows. but if true, and he opts to stay in germany it's another slap in the face for us. no one knows the ins and outs of how we operate behind the scenes but something has to be inherently wrong. we've lost out on bender, higuain and now probably gustavo. we were very strongly linked with bernard, and whether a bid was made or not is unconfirmed but he has gone to shahktar. the nauseating pursuit of suarez appears to be ending with another unnsuccesful attempt to secure a player. reputable sources have confirmed the pursuit of all these players as well as capoue last january. im mainly just venting as i simply cannot explain it and it's the same story every year. wenger has said himself there are very few quality players available but to suggest our team can compete for the title without significant investment is ludicrous. the pressure has been heaped on wenger through gazidis and co expressing the size of our warchest and capabilities in the transfer market. poerhaps there has been a breakdown in comminication between the parties. i think the likes of suarez, rooney etc are unrelaistic targets and the squad could have been improved dramatically with other lesser high profile players, notably higuain. i have a lawyer friend in london whose firm represented arsenal at one point and he has confirmed to me the long suggested idea about wenger's incredible stubborness. he had worked on deals in the past for the likes of walcott and stated wenger is involved every step of the way and can be difficult to work with at times. even in trying to sell deadwood players at the time, like awuso abieye (who?) aw will try get every last penny out of a potential buyer. anyway, where do we go from here? we are mow linked with michu and dzeko and we wont sign either of these players either. the saga continues

Did Gustavo make his bastarding statement yet telling he's going to Wolfsburg?

dvemail wrote: »

About as positive as it gets i suppose.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-ll-be-active-before-deadline

"We will be active until the end"

No point in being active when your not going to finalise anything.

Deleted User wrote: »

Order plenty of beers....oh and kleenex. Dont forget the kleenex

For jacking off when Wenger announces Suarez, Fabregas and a clone of 1998 Zizou?

maximoose wrote: »

For jacking off when Wenger announces Suarez, Fabregas and a clone of 1998 Zizou?