Captain Smirk
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Think Mou will get a winger, rumours of Mahrez have started cropping up.
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Think Mou will get a winger, rumours of Mahrez have started cropping up.
Don Draper's Hat
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Sneaky bid for Sanchez to steal him away from City would be glorious.
brokenbeans
Banned
Yeah I was just reading about this.
I would love this it's the kind of cunt move Mou would play to stop City from a massive upgrade.
Captain Smirk
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Imagine the scenes if we pulled a Keita, Arsenal have him for the last year in exchange for a reduced fee.
brokenbeans
Banned
SSN comparing Sterling and Sanchez 😀 stats and everything
Ox is a weird guy. Turns down a 150k-180k pw and Chelsea too for us. I would say he has some sort of agreement with us that we'll play him in his preferred position, but we don't even seem to be going all that hard for him. Don't even think we've put in a bid yet.
Sterling and Lacazette could be pretty good together. Is there any truth to the rumours though? He's been one of City's better players so far too right?
Sterling and Lacazette could be pretty good together. Is there any truth to the rumours though? He's been one of City's better players so far too right?
Captain Smirk
Member
Danny Drinkwater has handed in a transfer request, what a weird signing for Chelsea, another CM
brokenbeans
Banned
Ox wants a role as a CAM rather than wing back apparently
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
According to some decent sources on Twitter, LFC are still after Lemar, AOC wants Liverpool, but it's one or the other.
Please let it be Lemar, it can be my birthday and Christmas presents combined, please.
If that's true then he's an idiot to want to go to LFC.
Please let it be Lemar, it can be my birthday and Christmas presents combined, please.
If that's true then he's an idiot to want to go to LFC.
He needs to look lower down the table then.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
He must be delusional, he has a better chance of that at Arsenal than at either Liverpool or Chelsea.
I rate him tbh. End product aside, I think he's fantastic at picking the ball up and breaking through the lines to support the attack, something we massively struggle with against the bus parking teams when we're missing Lallana/Coutinho or if they're having a bad game. The more options in our squad that have that ability the better.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
*Cancels Ox Chelsea jersey*
brokenbeans
Banned
I agree stupid to turn down Chelsea.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Based on what I have seen, it's still 50/50. If we get Lemar, he's all yours. Tbh I am just glad we are now able to compete with Chelsea for players, we have been feeding on scraps for over a decade now.
I am more optimisitic about Napoli actually there.
Their main 11 is soo good right now except backline. And their depth for the mid is also great. If they can further improve the team, i can see them go further deeper in UCL and help Serie A coeffision point.( in all this recent years, literally on Juventus is bringing those point for Serie A lol.)
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Chelsea should just buy Lemar now.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
What would the Italian teams need to achieve to get that 4th UCL spot back and how soon could they do it? Bayern's 2013 win will stop counting from next year and Juve have been in 2 finals since then.
Aren't they specifically looking for English players?
Steverulez
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We were linked yesterday if Monaco indicate they're willing to sell
But we want a rwb and I'm not sure he plays there
Atomic Odin
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https://twitter.com/BSmith/status/902791843062185984
I was fine with us getting AOC but that was before the arsenal game when we all thought this window was going to be a wasteland for us. Still confident we'll get Lemar, Monaco haven't outright rejected the (pretty decent) third bid. Has to be today though.
I was fine with us getting AOC but that was before the arsenal game when we all thought this window was going to be a wasteland for us. Still confident we'll get Lemar, Monaco haven't outright rejected the (pretty decent) third bid. Has to be today though.
Atomic Odin
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Dutch Gronk
Banned
Another Spaniard. Soon we'll have a full Spanish squad.
GHG
Member
I want Liverpool to get Lemar and for Ox to be stuck at Arsenal rotting in the reserves missing out on the World Cup.
It's not like we are winning anything anyway this season, even if we somehow managed to get Lemar over Liverpool so I may as well get some entertainment out of it. It also avoids the scenario where Wenger ruins yet another young gifted player.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Atomic Odin
Member
I think you guys are better off with him than getting Sterling as part exchange but that's just me. But yes his fascination for a CM spot is bemusing when he is better off on the wings. Lemar thing is just down to Wenger and his stubbornness/ lack of action.
There's still that final €160m bid they are supposed to be preparing..
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Sterling was part of the Sanchez deal, not AOC.
GHG
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He's not going to Chelsea because he doesn't want to be a wingback when he would be a nailed on starter for a team that can potentially win back to back titles. Spoilt brat. He's played less than 10 games for us in central midfield, why does he think he will displace seasoned professionals like Fabregas, Kante, Bakayoko, Henderson, Can, Wijnaldum, Lallana, etc? Chelsea are also in the process of signing Drinkwater to fill out their CM spots.
He can't even get ahead of Ramsey, Xhaka, El Neny and Coqelain for fucks sake. Have a word with yourself lad.
Atomic Odin
Member
Yeah, I meant as in losing Ox & getting Sterling after selling Sanchez. Only because I dunno if Wenger would go after any more players.
I am struggling to see OX motivation here, no player (well very few) should ever be allowed to dictate where they will play (didn't Walcott try it at Arsenal, when he saw himself as a striker?)
Don't get me wrong, I don't see the point going to Chelsea if playing is your main aim here, as he wont be first choice there, but the same is true at LFC, if he will only play in midfield.
Don't get me wrong, I don't see the point going to Chelsea if playing is your main aim here, as he wont be first choice there, but the same is true at LFC, if he will only play in midfield.
Atomic Odin
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Transfer requests flying left right & center
https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/902804228284047360
https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/902804228284047360
GHG
Member
Imagine going home to your wife and telling her that you turned down a job offer that pays triple what you currently earn because you don't want to do the profession you're currently trained in, you wanted them to take you on and retrain you to be a lawyer or something instead.
Banter.
Banter.
Steverulez
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This idea of Ox rotting on the bench is hilarious.
We were spending £30m-£40m on him. How many players who we have spent that sort of money on have just been benched?
Moses cost £8m or something, do some maths
We were spending £30m-£40m on him. How many players who we have spent that sort of money on have just been benched?
Moses cost £8m or something, do some maths
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I think the suggestion is more that he will end up on the bench as he isn't good enough to break into Chelsea's first 11, even at WB.
I'd be happy to take Ox if it was to build up the squad size a bit - the performances at the moment are kind of hiding the fact that our squad is pretty thin if one more player gets injured now.
But if its either/or with Lemar then there is no way we should be considering Ox unless its impossible to get Lemar before the deadline. TBH I would even be happy with really pushing for Lemar and then trying to get Ox on a bosman in January, if hes prepared to reject Chelsea for Liverpool now, it might be worth it. Especially if Arsenal are asking for £40m for him
I would play most of those players in CM ahead of Ox too, but tbf to him, you don't ask you don't get. If thats what he wants then he has to back himself and make the change - this is also why I don't really fault a player for moving to a bigger team when they will probably just be a bench player
If Arsenal go for Rodgers after Wenger goes he will be worse than Moyes for United.
He's ok/good tactically but lets his ego get in the way of things, and wasn't very good at signing players.
But if its either/or with Lemar then there is no way we should be considering Ox unless its impossible to get Lemar before the deadline. TBH I would even be happy with really pushing for Lemar and then trying to get Ox on a bosman in January, if hes prepared to reject Chelsea for Liverpool now, it might be worth it. Especially if Arsenal are asking for £40m for him
I would play most of those players in CM ahead of Ox too, but tbf to him, you don't ask you don't get. If thats what he wants then he has to back himself and make the change - this is also why I don't really fault a player for moving to a bigger team when they will probably just be a bench player
If Arsenal go for Rodgers after Wenger goes he will be worse than Moyes for United.
He's ok/good tactically but lets his ego get in the way of things, and wasn't very good at signing players.
Atomic Odin
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Judging by most (well most of who I knew) Arsenal fans' opinion of him when he was with us I don't expect anything less than a riot there
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I liked Rodgers more than most, but agree with this. He would be a disastrous replacement for Wenger. He doesn't have the character for a big club.
When Spur's squad breaks up and Poch fucks off to PSG/Barca, he would be a good choice to pick up the pieces there.
GHG
Member
Lacazette would like a word.
Uhm,serie a already got the 4th spot back since this year thanks to that new cl rule,also epl was the closest in terms of ranking not bundes,but none of it matters anymore.
Steverulez
Member
He'll get his chance and games, it's up to him to prove he should stay in that position.
Conte obviously thinks he's good enough to do it otherwise he wouldn't have pushed for him
Lacazette doesn't play for Chelsea unless something happened whilst I slept and I said "we" I'm no Arsenal fan. Any top player who willingly signs for arsenal at this point is just dumb
Atomic Odin
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GHG
Member
You're a closet Arsenal fan, we all know it.
I missed the "we"
The moment when Ox goes to Liverpool only to replace James Milner as a makeshift left back.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I actually didn't know that. So why is the coefficient important then? Is the French league getting close to Serie A now?
I kind of want to fix Arsenal in FM2018 although I'm not a fan of them or any of the Premier League clubs. Or maybe take Southampton go glory although I know nothing about the club.
It will be a fucking shit day if Di Maria ever signs for Barca. Di Maria is like one of my favorite Real Madrid players ever.
It will be a fucking shit day if Di Maria ever signs for Barca. Di Maria is like one of my favorite Real Madrid players ever.
Last time I checked, the French league was catching up to the Portugese one
Monaco and PSG doing well in last years CL might have changed that though, so that could well be the case now
His Majesty
Banned
where do i get off this ride?
For the first 4 leagues it doesn'matter anymore,all have 4 teams that from the next year will have direct access to the cl without any playoff.
Wait what, the 4th team doesn't even have to qualify from next year?
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