by EliteKiller » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:19 am
by Fran Solo » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:50 am
aniym wrote:NovaGB wrote:Angelito wrote:Tony Adams wrote:I actually feel sorry for him, if he stays he's going to be under so much pressure to perform.
For the love of God, I hope he rejects the offer.
This has disaster written all over it.
Best case scenario would be Roma quickly make a better bid to stop him signing
second best is he rejects and Roma sign him on the cheap because they know we are stuck with him
Worst scenario is we are serious about keeping him and playing him.
There is no reason for him to sign another deal unless Edu gives him a retirement contract like he did with Willian and PEA.
by Salibatelli » Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:37 am
by KG3 » Sat Jul 31, 2021 7:50 am
theHotHead wrote:KG3 wrote:If we sign an upgrade like JWP and Xhaka is moved to the bench I wouldn’t mind the extension if true
Why would we need Xhaka if we sign another CM ? Elneny is a better CM than Xhaka, we have that Lokonga dude too, why pay to have Xhaka sit on the bench ?
by KG3 » Sat Jul 31, 2021 7:51 am
Özim wrote:What a disaster this summer has been so far, wasted 50 million on a CB who is unproven and probably not worth more than 25-30 million, signed a couple guys from weaker league who in reality won’t be ready and will only be squad players and on top of that have failed to get rid of pretty much all the players we were desperate to see the back off.
Personally I’d have brought back Saliba and maybe Mavropanos, signed someone like Aouar and possibly taken a punt on Camavinga or gone for Bissouma, probably taken a punt on Onana even though he’s been banned until October (which isn’t ideal) and maybe Aaron’s and Silva and maybe found another backup left back, Tavarez maybe ok
Then sold the likes of Xhaka, Willock, Bellerin, Lacazette, Willian, Kolasinac, Torreira, Nketiah, AMN.
What we’ve done has been shocking.
by Goonerred » Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:16 am
by Salibatelli » Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:17 am
KG3 wrote:Özim wrote:What a disaster this summer has been so far, wasted 50 million on a CB who is unproven and probably not worth more than 25-30 million, signed a couple guys from weaker league who in reality won’t be ready and will only be squad players and on top of that have failed to get rid of pretty much all the players we were desperate to see the back off.
Personally I’d have brought back Saliba and maybe Mavropanos, signed someone like Aouar and possibly taken a punt on Camavinga or gone for Bissouma, probably taken a punt on Onana even though he’s been banned until October (which isn’t ideal) and maybe Aaron’s and Silva and maybe found another backup left back, Tavarez maybe ok
Then sold the likes of Xhaka, Willock, Bellerin, Lacazette, Willian, Kolasinac, Torreira, Nketiah, AMN.
What we’ve done has been shocking.
Couldn’t agree more, anyways going into this season Arteta has been backed financially and has no Europe to worry about anything less than top four and a cup should be a sacking
by jayramfootball » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:04 am
Özim wrote:What a disaster this summer has been so far, wasted 50 million on a CB who is unproven and probably not worth more than 25-30 million, signed a couple guys from weaker league who in reality won’t be ready and will only be squad players and on top of that have failed to get rid of pretty much all the players we were desperate to see the back off.
Personally I’d have brought back Saliba and maybe Mavropanos, signed someone like Aouar and possibly taken a punt on Camavinga or gone for Bissouma, probably taken a punt on Onana even though he’s been banned until October (which isn’t ideal) and maybe Aaron’s and Silva and maybe found another backup left back, Tavarez maybe ok
Then sold the likes of Xhaka, Willock, Bellerin, Lacazette, Willian, Kolasinac, Torreira, Nketiah, AMN.
What we’ve done has been shocking.
by jayramfootball » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:06 am
KG3 wrote:Özim wrote:What a disaster this summer has been so far, wasted 50 million on a CB who is unproven and probably not worth more than 25-30 million, signed a couple guys from weaker league who in reality won’t be ready and will only be squad players and on top of that have failed to get rid of pretty much all the players we were desperate to see the back off.
Personally I’d have brought back Saliba and maybe Mavropanos, signed someone like Aouar and possibly taken a punt on Camavinga or gone for Bissouma, probably taken a punt on Onana even though he’s been banned until October (which isn’t ideal) and maybe Aaron’s and Silva and maybe found another backup left back, Tavarez maybe ok
Then sold the likes of Xhaka, Willock, Bellerin, Lacazette, Willian, Kolasinac, Torreira, Nketiah, AMN.
What we’ve done has been shocking.
Couldn’t agree more, anyways going into this season Arteta has been backed financially and has no Europe to worry about anything less than top four and a cup should be a sacking
by Santi » Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:08 am
by DiamondGooner » Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:38 am
Santi wrote:Top 4 is a joke in itself, we aren't good enough regardless of manager. We should be looking to be best of the rest at this rate and then hope for someone to f**k up so we sneak 4th.
Either way 5th would be good progression after 2 poor finishing positions so I'd be fine with that. Need some more exciting football though.
by DiamondGooner » Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:55 am
by Santi » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:02 pm
DiamondGooner wrote:Santi wrote:Top 4 is a joke in itself, we aren't good enough regardless of manager. We should be looking to be best of the rest at this rate and then hope for someone to f**k up so we sneak 4th.
Either way 5th would be good progression after 2 poor finishing positions so I'd be fine with that. Need some more exciting football though.
Really isn't good enough.
So according to JayRam, we've sacrificed European football for what you claim is good enough as 5th place ............ which is only good enough to get us back into the Europa league!!
If that's not the dumbest thing I've ever heard, I don't know what is, not on your behalf, but on JayRam's.
Why would we give up the Europa spot for anything less than top 4, doesn't even make sense.
by Ach » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:23 pm
Özim wrote:KG3 wrote:Özim wrote:What a disaster this summer has been so far, wasted 50 million on a CB who is unproven and probably not worth more than 25-30 million, signed a couple guys from weaker league who in reality won’t be ready and will only be squad players and on top of that have failed to get rid of pretty much all the players we were desperate to see the back off.
Personally I’d have brought back Saliba and maybe Mavropanos, signed someone like Aouar and possibly taken a punt on Camavinga or gone for Bissouma, probably taken a punt on Onana even though he’s been banned until October (which isn’t ideal) and maybe Aaron’s and Silva and maybe found another backup left back, Tavarez maybe ok
Then sold the likes of Xhaka, Willock, Bellerin, Lacazette, Willian, Kolasinac, Torreira, Nketiah, AMN.
What we’ve done has been shocking.
Couldn’t agree more, anyways going into this season Arteta has been backed financially and has no Europe to worry about anything less than top four and a cup should be a sacking
Yeah no more money excuses now, he has less games than our rivals have, he needs to be right up there.
by jayramfootball » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:26 pm
Ach wrote:Özim wrote:KG3 wrote:Özim wrote:What a disaster this summer has been so far, wasted 50 million on a CB who is unproven and probably not worth more than 25-30 million, signed a couple guys from weaker league who in reality won’t be ready and will only be squad players and on top of that have failed to get rid of pretty much all the players we were desperate to see the back off.
Personally I’d have brought back Saliba and maybe Mavropanos, signed someone like Aouar and possibly taken a punt on Camavinga or gone for Bissouma, probably taken a punt on Onana even though he’s been banned until October (which isn’t ideal) and maybe Aaron’s and Silva and maybe found another backup left back, Tavarez maybe ok
Then sold the likes of Xhaka, Willock, Bellerin, Lacazette, Willian, Kolasinac, Torreira, Nketiah, AMN.
What we’ve done has been shocking.
Couldn’t agree more, anyways going into this season Arteta has been backed financially and has no Europe to worry about anything less than top four and a cup should be a sacking
Yeah no more money excuses now, he has less games than our rivals have, he needs to be right up there.
No more excuses at all. Every game we are playing this season is domestically so no tiredness excuses, we've spent big money so can't use that.
No Europe means less games so anything less than a title challenge is a failure.
Summer has been pretty rubbish indeed. Up to them to prove us wrong