by Remember Colo » Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:21 pm
Bodacious Benny wrote:seatonsluicetoon wrote:
No, he clearly wasn’t and up until a point neither was Ozil. But he isn’t crap, he’s just been disinterested and let’s face it, why would you be interested at Arsenal these days? They need rid of Wenger before anyone will be interested again.
Oh yeah, I think he's a quality player but been poor this season. Wenger definitely has to go, if they fail to get CL this year (and no FA cup to fall back on) then that should be game over. Their only chance of CL next season is to win the EL so they may as well focus on that and rest players for PL matches. Winning the EL and finishing 7th or 8th will be a better season than finishing 6th but not winning the EL.
It seems none of the "Big 6" clubs below City have a clear plan right now. Sure, they all spent a crazy amount again, but in many cases trading players and money between each other, with few of the players actually addressing their biggest needs, and almost all of them on the downside of their careers. Sure they'll all come out of it still being the best clubs in the country, but it seems an especially weird time in the transfer market.
As for clubs like us, it seems especially hard to make any really meaningful permanent signings because the top clubs are hoarding so much of the best talent, and the middle and lower tier clubs all have a lot of money and needs, but no reason to sell. What sure-fire players do exist at the middling clubs are all angling to get their big move and contract, and their clubs are wary of how they'd replace them anyway without spending the same amount they just received. Add in the fact everyone wants immediate results and don't want to risk buying from less heralded leagues in which the players may need more time to settle or get up to speed, and it strikes me as a really tough month to do business.
[quote="Bodacious Benny"][quote="seatonsluicetoon"]
No, he clearly wasn’t and up until a point neither was Ozil. But he isn’t crap, he’s just been disinterested and let’s face it, why would you be interested at Arsenal these days? They need rid of Wenger before anyone will be interested again.[/quote]
Oh yeah, I think he's a quality player but been poor this season. Wenger definitely has to go, if they fail to get CL this year (and no FA cup to fall back on) then that should be game over. Their only chance of CL next season is to win the EL so they may as well focus on that and rest players for PL matches. Winning the EL and finishing 7th or 8th will be a better season than finishing 6th but not winning the EL.[/quote]
It seems none of the "Big 6" clubs below City have a clear plan right now. Sure, they all spent a crazy amount again, but in many cases trading players and money between each other, with few of the players actually addressing their biggest needs, and almost all of them on the downside of their careers. Sure they'll all come out of it still being the best clubs in the country, but it seems an especially weird time in the transfer market.
As for clubs like us, it seems especially hard to make any really meaningful permanent signings because the top clubs are hoarding so much of the best talent, and the middle and lower tier clubs all have a lot of money and needs, but no reason to sell. What sure-fire players do exist at the middling clubs are all angling to get their big move and contract, and their clubs are wary of how they'd replace them anyway without spending the same amount they just received. Add in the fact everyone wants immediate results and don't want to risk buying from less heralded leagues in which the players may need more time to settle or get up to speed, and it strikes me as a really tough month to do business.
