Vivalaraza
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He was hilarious last summer during the RVP transfer.
Stuff like this.
£30m+. More like £12m upfront LOL.
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Stuff like this.
£30m+. More like £12m upfront LOL.
To be fair to them their league form is pretty good. Very good in fact.
They've been racking up the points and have beaten the teams you'd expect them to beat. I think what will decide their fate this season is the size of Wenger's balls. Fabianski and Koscielny will fuck up sooner rather than later, does he stick with them or does he go back to the two he chucked out of the first XI.
I live my life vicariously through the rest of Football GAF.
It's why I'm constantly in fear of being arrested.
Vivalaraza
Member
Robin will be missing most of next year's CL groupstages.
Vivalaraza
Member
Still not enough to win them anything.
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oi where's Andrés? He hasn't sexually harrassed me for a while.
if they spent 90m they'd have a better team than yours.
I just read your TL.
You're right. And I don't blame him for being wrong, you need to watch all/most our games to truly appreciate The Wall. This tweet sums him up quite nicely imo:
"Barzagli is an absolute treat to watch. Vintage Italian CB. Uncompromising, hard nosed, error-free all while being fair & elegant. Class."
Went on like 30 something games without a yellow last season. He doesn't make mistakes (Bonny) or bullies players on the pitch (Chiello), he's just 'there' holding our defensive unit together.
And /doicare He's the best passer in our team
with 90.1%.
They really wouldn't. Their squad is inferior in every position except maybe in midfield (and only when Wilshere is playing) and at left back.
looooooooooooooool
Such a fucking dumb statement. Completely ignores where they'd spend the 90m, what they'd spend the 90m on, whether or not they'd have bought poorly, and our own transfer fund.
lol
How many Gervinhos, Chamakhs, Girouds, Mertesackers, Koscielnys, Podolskis, Squillacis, and Fabianskis can 90m shekels bring in.
And that's only scraping the fucking surface of how gash Arsenal could be with a budget.
Gareth Bale
Member
It should do. History has shown you can get quality players for:
£25 million on a striker
£15 million on a central midfielder
£10 million on a centre half
£10 million on a right back
£10 million on a keeper
But they won't spend that amount so it's irrelevant.
Freewheelin'
Member
I can't believe we've got the best defensive record away this season, that seems insane :lol
Chelsea spent 50m on Torres, 25m on Luiz and 30m on Hazard and still aren't better than us.
Such a blanket statement, Frylipe
I'm going by their transfer record. They always get good players by paying small amounts. They have a better midfield than yours.
With 90m, they'd get better defenders and attackers.
Gareth Bale
Member
I think it's more like they sometimes get players that will be good in 3-4 years by paying small amounts.
Vivalaraza
Member
Even if they had a better than ours they wouldn't win anything.
Do they have a better midfield than us though? Perennially crocked Wilshere, out of position Arteta and an inconsistent Cazorla.
When you have 65% possession of course you're going to concede fewer goals, the opposition can't score without the ball. That means when you do concede a goal it's normally very, very stupid (see Southampton, Spurs away)
Spurs have only given 15 goals away at home but we've scored just 22, that is utter gash, the joint lowest in the top 10 (though we have scored 29 away from home, 2nd best in the league). It's a serious problem, we shouldn't be letting teams like Wigan, Stoke and Fulham keep a clean sheet at WHL. Our strikers are so shit at the moment
Better than Benteke
When you have 65% possession of course you're going to concede fewer goals, the opposition can't score without the ball.
Spurs have only given 15 goals away at home but we've scored just 22, that is utter gash, the joint lowest in the top 10 (though we have scored 29 away from home, 2nd best in the league). It's a serious problem, we shouldn't be letting teams like Wigan, Stoke and Fulham keep a clean sheet at WHL. Our strikers are so shit at the moment
On paper Spurs have arguably the strongest team in the league (or thereabouts) if it weren't for their fucking abysmal strikers.
Vivalaraza
Member
We watch alot more of Manchester United than you do so you should probably cede to us on this one.
Arsenal's midfield is only decent when they have Wilshere playing. Any other time it's mediocre. United have had a better functioning midfield this season.
It's ridiculous to say they always get good players by paying small amounts. The only good signing they've made in recent years is Cazorla.
They have a huge restructuring job on their hands precisely because they've spent smaller amounts on players that ended up not being good enough.
£80m would get them 3 very good players. I still don't think that would be enough to cover all the deficiencies in their squad.
Edit: I see you've gotten bitchy again.
Striker
Pirlo Free
Vidal 10.5 - 12.5
Marchisio Free (doesn't count though)
Barzagli 300k
Bonucci 15m (lol)
Lichtsteiner 9 - 10m
One day, I'm going to give credit to Marry.
One day.
Honestly if we had Berbatov we would be so much better. We don't have a player who can open up a game by putting a half-chance away a la RVP, Aguero, etc.
Eh, difference between a discussion - especially when your opening statement is based on presumptuous nonsense that disregards all context for just a blanket statement - and an argument. I was happy to have it with you because let's be honest, just saying if they spent 90m they'd be better is stupid. How much have City spent and they're still 15 points behind us? Would you count Andy Carroll's fee of 1/3 of that 90m fund meaning Liverpool are 1/3 on the way towards being better than us? Just an odd way to conduct an argument.
Vivalaraza
Member
Striker
Pirlo Free
Vidal 10.5 - 12.5
Marchisio Free (doesn't count though)
Barzagli 300k
Bonucci 15m (lol)
Lichtsteiner 9 - 10m
Pogba - MUFC's heart and soul.
One day, I'm going to give credit to Marry.
One day.
lol
I know you love him, Yurt. How can you not love him, mistakes and all?
Don't think Berba would necessarily fit your playing style though, as much as he is a phenomenal lone striker. Someone a tad more proactive would be better.
Lewandowski would be a brilliant fit.
Or Macheda, take him for free.
Podolski
Arshavin
Giroud
Mertesacker
Vermaelen
Gervinho
Santos
Arteta
Park
Ramsey
That's about £70m worth of player and none of these are good enough signings for a club that wants to win the league. The jury is still out on Chamberlain because he's so young and Monrael because he only signed in January.
These are most of Wenger's recent signings. The only genuinely great player he's signed is Cazorla. The rest were punts on smaller money which have either failed completely, only patched over a hole, or failed to live up to expectations.
kingellesar
Member
I'd take Torres anyday. He'd get back to his best with Bale and Lennon feeding him. He'd be back every week.
Vivalaraza
Member
Actually we're going to flog him to that stupid German club in that shitty German league for £4m, POUNDS, not Euros you hear me Germany? fuck bayern shittest team ever, so now Arsenal have £86m to spend to be better than us.
You take that back right now. Torres couldn't finish his dinner, it would be like playing a worse version of Gylfi as a striker.
If Ade was playing like last season that would be enough, there were glimpses of that against Fulham so I hope he can do something for these last few games. I would rather have Ade up front making space for Bale and holding the ball up than Defoe just running into defenders/shooting at the keeper.
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