Football : Season 2013/14 & Summer Window

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Damien

My post made a more complicated point than blaming City etc. I agree there is a middle ground but Wenger thinks the prices are inflated in the first place and it simply isn't sensible. He is right but it's not realistic, we need to buy some players.

You should say "Chelsea etc". But you say "City". Freudian slip

[thenry]

Originally Posted by Damien

But every football fan should agree with Wenger just like they should agree with Liverpool sticking up to Suarez and United sticking up to Rooney. We should want that to be how it works. We're just pragmatic so we want those players and we want Wenger to buy.

Wenger is a football romantic and we're cynical realists.

every football fan shouldn't agree with Wenger. he's going to extremes. the game in growing financially. its massive. have you seen the forecasts for Arsenal even with the devalued Emirates deal, no decent secondary sponsors. how much do clubs want to bank? 1/4 of a billion?

Liverpool and Suarez have both dug themselves a grave. Rooney needs to play.

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Originally Posted by Damien

My post made a more complicated point than blaming City etc. I agree there is a middle ground but Wenger thinks the prices are inflated in the first place and it simply isn't sensible. He is right but it's not realistic, we need to buy some players.

how much does he see inflation by? a few million? in a game thats turning over billions.

Again stop getting angry at a point I didn't make. I have said we need to sign players. £80 million for Bale? £32 million for Higuan. This isn't a 'few million' in inflation and when most clubs do not turn a profit chucking around millions as if it were nothing is part of the problem. Listen to ourselves. The game is turning over billions but most clubs aren't. Spending is out of touch with football income and is mostly driven by outside income.

Now again. Arsenal are one of the few clubs that can spend safely so we should. However Wenger is right, if not realistic, in that football has gone mad.

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Gustavo signed for Wolfsburg apparently

[thenry]

Originally Posted by Damien

Again stop getting angry at a point I didn't make. I have said we need to sign players. £80 million for Bale? £32 million for Higuan. This isn't a 'few million' in inflation and when most clubs do not turn a profit chucking around millions as if it were nothing is part of the problem. Listen to ourselves. The game is turning over billions but most clubs aren't. Spending is out of touch with football income and is mostly driven by outside income.

Now again. Arsenal are one of the few clubs that can spend safely so we should. However Wenger is right, if not realistic, in that football has gone mad.

im looking at the point. im not saying your promoting it. RM have cash reserves, they turn over a fair amount. the Spanish press were all saying 35m for Higuain when the season was ending. reports then said 25m cash. there was no bid from Arsenal and instead RM wanted a manager in place first. now Ornstien says Arsenal put Higuain on hold while looking at Suarez. for 25m we should have made a bid straight away for Higuain and then gone for Suarez as well. the money is there and the investments are wise. Wenger, the incompetnece are all differing constatnly.

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Originally Posted by Damien

Gustavo signed for Wolfsburg apparently

speculation

http://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bu...Wolfsburg.html

yesterday the same paper said Wolfsburg wasnt in the running

http://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bu...l-spielen.html

we'll find out tomorrow when Gustavo makes his statement

Hope so

[denphone]

Hull to sign Tottenham's Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23699608

Two nice signings for those up there in Humberside.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by denphone

Hull to sign Tottenham's Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23699608

Two nice signings for those up there in Humberside.

Humberside? East Riding of Yorkshire, thank you very much

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Nugget

Humberside? East Riding of Yorkshire, thank you very much

l do apoligise Sir.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by denphone

l do apoligise Sir.

Not getting lumped in with that lot north of the river, thank you very much!

Not that I care - I'm from Birmingham

[Cobbydaler]

Rickie!

[denphone]

Hello Colin and Chad are you there.

[iadom]

Really chuffed that Lambert scored, pity he doesn't have a left foot or he could have had a hat trick at the end.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by denphone

Hello Colin and Chad are you there.

We've done you a massive favour tonight. We've shown that Hart shouldn't be your number 1

[colin25]

Originally Posted by denphone

Hello Colin and Chad are you there.

I guessed 2-1..it was 3-2.

That was a poor performance by England, remembering how bad Scotland is.

If you think it was good, happy for you. Equally happy for me that England's standards has dropped so low

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Chad

We've done you a massive favour tonight. We've shown that Hart shouldn't be your number 1

Well who do you suggest Alan?.

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Originally Posted by colin25

I guessed 2-1..it was 3-2.

That was a poor performance by England, remembering how bad Scotland is.

If you think it was good, happy for you. Equally happy for me that England's standards has dropped so low

l guess you remind of a typical modern day manager in that there's a excuse at every turn.