by Power n Glory » Mon May 03, 2021 12:44 pm
by thebigbangtheo » Mon May 03, 2021 4:57 pm
by Highbury Hillbilly » Mon May 03, 2021 5:24 pm
by Paddy » Mon May 03, 2021 6:10 pm
by Arsenal Tone » Mon May 03, 2021 8:07 pm
Me tooPaddy wrote:id rather put the money towards soumare or bissouma
by thebigbangtheo » Mon May 03, 2021 8:11 pm
aniym wrote:We won't win anything with young loanees that can't get time at their own clubs.
Odegaard is OK but we gain nothing from developing him. We need players that can deliver now. It would be one thing if he was performing like Lukaku at West Brom, but he isn't.
by Highbury Hillbilly » Mon May 03, 2021 9:25 pm
thebigbangtheo wrote:aniym wrote:We won't win anything with young loanees that can't get time at their own clubs.
Odegaard is OK but we gain nothing from developing him. We need players that can deliver now. It would be one thing if he was performing like Lukaku at West Brom, but he isn't.
Whilst it won't ever carry the same weight of relevance as Hansen's famous 'you won't win anything with kids' quote, that is the danger of making statements that are overarching. I am not at odds with the sentiment or applied logic, but can't be as readily dismissive of the other side of the coin.
We sent Serge Gnabry out on loan. The same Serge Gnabry who is a main stay of European Champions Bayern Munich and the German national team. That nobody could've see that coming gets shot down by Wenger wanting him but falling foul of his own dithering and the club's poor contract management highlighted by Wolfsburg's £5M outlay returning a 600% mark-up less than a year later.
We've sent Billy Saliba out on loan. The same Billy Saliba currently receiving a steady stream of positive reviews and acclaim that haven't gone unnoticed by 2 or 3 heavy weight clubs apparently.
Yes you may indeed need a convergence of circumstances to set in motion a perfect storm where a couple of loanee's form part of a team battling it out for top honours.
But may we never forget those who choose to urinate on the rule book like Leicester City did, or that in November/December 2020, an ancient vocabulary that had long since been considered lost to civilisation and the modern world and unable to be deciphered or understood by Dr. Indiana Jones was once again spoken...'Spurs are top of the table and could win the title' (Father forgive me for I have sinned). The seismic shock of such an earth life ending event would have contained loanee's granted only one would be deemed young.
by KG3 » Thu May 06, 2021 8:59 pm
by Highbury Hillbilly » Thu May 06, 2021 9:23 pm
by Marsbar100 » Thu May 06, 2021 9:25 pm
by jayramfootball » Thu May 06, 2021 9:25 pm
aniym wrote:Not the caliber of player that should be starting an EL semifinal
by Godlop » Thu May 06, 2021 9:33 pm
by KG3 » Thu May 20, 2021 8:57 am
by jayramfootball » Thu May 20, 2021 8:58 am
KG3 wrote:Have a feeling most of our transfer budget will be spent on this RM reject