comment by ubad9jagooner .Ramsey : don't get the hype ! (U7978)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 11 seconds ago
DCL would be a quality signing. Better than what we have. He has pace, can hold up the ball better than Laca and Auba and as we all know, a major threat in the air
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Pace, not seen that attribute. The guy is average in my books.
We are likely to lose three midfielders ( Torriera, xhaka, Gwen) and we are talking about a striker behind Kane and Rashford
I will keep Auba, Laca and bring Balogun on.
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Our strikers have done nothing since joining the club. Up there as some of our most expensive transfers in our history and we have still not achieved cl football.
Yes MF is a priority but we cant ignore the glaring weakness up top
Would DLC want to go is probably a better discussion.
We signed our strikers at bad times. We signed Giroud and then set up for Aubameyang and signed Aubameyang and then set up for Giroud. A striker like Isak makes a lot of sense in terms of the specific way he links play and dribbles. More so than a striker like Auba in this system.
We've had good players who have been terribly managed and bought with too little though to the system.
For years Arsenal fans have moaned about the club buying cheap, from Ligue 1 & 2 (who invariably failed to make an impact) rather than from the PL - despite knowing how, more often than not, it costs way more.
Now, however, the club is about to spend too much, when they should instead be saving money and buying players from... Ligue 1.
DCL scored more in the PL last season than Laca has in all his time at Arsenal, more than £72m Pepe in both his 2 seasons put together, and equalled the highest total of Giroud in less games. For £50m I would suggest it's a bargain. But sure, go ahead and buy some more overhyped French players who fail to live up to expectations.
comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 13 minutes ago
For years Arsenal fans have moaned about the club buying cheap, from Ligue 1 & 2 (who invariably failed to make an impact) rather than from the PL - despite knowing how, more often than not, it costs way more.
Now, however, the club is about to spend too much, when they should instead be saving money and buying players from... Ligue 1.
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The state of fans like the OP. Will have been moaning last week that we are broke and aren't going to sign anyone. Now is moaning we are spending too much. Also seems to think you are limited to signing one player considering his comments on the need for midfielders (of which we have been linked to many).
But, yeah, we should just go out and buy one of the hottest properties on the market. Us with no European football will surely be ahead of all the other clubs in for him...
I imagine the issue here is people are worried about signing Prem players that are of that poor standard except for costing double the Ligue 1 price
I would be quite interested to see this list of good strikers that are available for 12.5mil as well tbh.
The point is what does DCL do but jump high to head a ball.
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Oh what you mean the one thing that was desperately missed all season, within the framework of boring sh !t Artetaball anyway, that "just jump high and head the ball?"
Within Arteta's system that's all he's going to be required to do in an attacking sense. His game instruction will be "Defend defend defend, pass backwards, run and head the ball when FB/WB breaks and crosses. Footballing skills, one touch passing and creative ability in attack IS NOT required of strikers at Arteta's Arsenal. Job description for Arteta's striker is "Defends well and can reliably head the ball."
Only one season but he’s been fantastic this year in a crap team. I’d like to have him at chelsea. Not sure why arsenal would turn their noses up at him
Hope you’re well Nick, don’t see you on the haven so much these days
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 13 minutes ago
Only one season but he’s been fantastic this year in a crap team. I’d like to have him at chelsea. Not sure why arsenal would turn their noses up at him
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Or Ings
comment by Vorsprung durch Tuchel (U1641)
posted 17 minutes ago
Hope you’re well Nick, don’t see you on the haven so much these days
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Hello mate. Just had a little girl so haven’t been on much! I’ll be back on when the season is back! Gotta sort them fixtures
comment by Happy Pranks 2021 FF JA LFC Champion (U22336)
posted 4 hours, 34 minutes ago
comment by Chelsea_badger (U22493)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (U1108)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Serial WUManiser™© 🇵🇸 (U1410)
posted 18 minutes ago
"Ffs there are better strikers for a quarter of that price in the French and Spanish top flights"
Go on then. Name them
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Yaya Sonogo
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Patson Daka was one, but he's off to Leicester
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But for 25 rather than 12.5
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Leicester are very good in the market
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Not sure we'd get him for 50m, would be a good signing though.
The absolute best we could do? Probably not. But a step in the right direction
Half a good season in his career. No thanks.
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comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 15 hours, 55 minutes ago
Only one season but he’s been fantastic this year in a crap team. I’d like to have him at chelsea. Not sure why arsenal would turn their noses up at him
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Because Werner doesn’t play for us
21 league goals is nothing to be sniffed at. Would still prefer Isak on the margin, but I’d take DCL as he seems to be very good at the basics as well as being great in the air which is something we’ve missed for a while.
comment by Chelsea_badger (U22493)
posted 23 hours, 31 minutes ago
There is no way Everton will sell DCL for 50m
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50 million and 1 pound
comment by The Arteta, The (U18355)
posted 7 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 15 hours, 55 minutes ago
Only one season but he’s been fantastic this year in a crap team. I’d like to have him at chelsea. Not sure why arsenal would turn their noses up at him
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Because Werner doesn’t play for us
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Your forwards are even worse though? Lol
comment by The Arteta, The (U18355)
posted 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Auba worse than Werner?
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Nowadays yes. Not as a finisher but everything else. Aubameyang offers nothing when he’s not scoring.
Even then Werner 10 goals 10 assists this year in the pl and cl.
Aubameyang who only scores 13 goals 4 assists in pl and Europa
Does seem to be some weird snobbery amongst Arsenal fans with transfers, noticed it on Twitter as well, if the likes of Ben White and Calvert-Lewin with the same ability were called something like Sambi N’konraldo and playing out of the Eredivisie, everyone would be creaming their pants over the prospect of spending 50m on them. Our fans Seem to hate the prospect of signing someone we know, and love the prospect of signing someone exotic from a foreign league who no one has ever seen play past a YouTube compilation
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posted on 26/6/21
comment by ubad9jagooner .Ramsey : don't get the hype ! (U7978)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 11 seconds ago
DCL would be a quality signing. Better than what we have. He has pace, can hold up the ball better than Laca and Auba and as we all know, a major threat in the air
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Pace, not seen that attribute. The guy is average in my books.
We are likely to lose three midfielders ( Torriera, xhaka, Gwen) and we are talking about a striker behind Kane and Rashford
I will keep Auba, Laca and bring Balogun on.
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Our strikers have done nothing since joining the club. Up there as some of our most expensive transfers in our history and we have still not achieved cl football.
Yes MF is a priority but we cant ignore the glaring weakness up top
posted on 26/6/21
Would DLC want to go is probably a better discussion.
posted on 26/6/21
We signed our strikers at bad times. We signed Giroud and then set up for Aubameyang and signed Aubameyang and then set up for Giroud. A striker like Isak makes a lot of sense in terms of the specific way he links play and dribbles. More so than a striker like Auba in this system.
We've had good players who have been terribly managed and bought with too little though to the system.
posted on 26/6/21
For years Arsenal fans have moaned about the club buying cheap, from Ligue 1 & 2 (who invariably failed to make an impact) rather than from the PL - despite knowing how, more often than not, it costs way more.
Now, however, the club is about to spend too much, when they should instead be saving money and buying players from... Ligue 1.
posted on 26/6/21
DCL scored more in the PL last season than Laca has in all his time at Arsenal, more than £72m Pepe in both his 2 seasons put together, and equalled the highest total of Giroud in less games. For £50m I would suggest it's a bargain. But sure, go ahead and buy some more overhyped French players who fail to live up to expectations.
posted on 26/6/21
comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
posted 13 minutes ago
For years Arsenal fans have moaned about the club buying cheap, from Ligue 1 & 2 (who invariably failed to make an impact) rather than from the PL - despite knowing how, more often than not, it costs way more.
Now, however, the club is about to spend too much, when they should instead be saving money and buying players from... Ligue 1.
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The state of fans like the OP. Will have been moaning last week that we are broke and aren't going to sign anyone. Now is moaning we are spending too much. Also seems to think you are limited to signing one player considering his comments on the need for midfielders (of which we have been linked to many).
But, yeah, we should just go out and buy one of the hottest properties on the market. Us with no European football will surely be ahead of all the other clubs in for him...
posted on 26/6/21
I imagine the issue here is people are worried about signing Prem players that are of that poor standard except for costing double the Ligue 1 price
posted on 26/6/21
I would be quite interested to see this list of good strikers that are available for 12.5mil as well tbh.
posted on 26/6/21
The point is what does DCL do but jump high to head a ball.
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Oh what you mean the one thing that was desperately missed all season, within the framework of boring sh !t Artetaball anyway, that "just jump high and head the ball?"
Within Arteta's system that's all he's going to be required to do in an attacking sense. His game instruction will be "Defend defend defend, pass backwards, run and head the ball when FB/WB breaks and crosses. Footballing skills, one touch passing and creative ability in attack IS NOT required of strikers at Arteta's Arsenal. Job description for Arteta's striker is "Defends well and can reliably head the ball."
posted on 26/6/21
Only one season but he’s been fantastic this year in a crap team. I’d like to have him at chelsea. Not sure why arsenal would turn their noses up at him
posted on 26/6/21
Hope you’re well Nick, don’t see you on the haven so much these days
posted on 26/6/21
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 13 minutes ago
Only one season but he’s been fantastic this year in a crap team. I’d like to have him at chelsea. Not sure why arsenal would turn their noses up at him
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Or Ings
posted on 26/6/21
comment by Vorsprung durch Tuchel (U1641)
posted 17 minutes ago
Hope you’re well Nick, don’t see you on the haven so much these days
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Hello mate. Just had a little girl so haven’t been on much! I’ll be back on when the season is back! Gotta sort them fixtures
posted on 26/6/21
comment by Happy Pranks 2021 FF JA LFC Champion (U22336)
posted 4 hours, 34 minutes ago
comment by Chelsea_badger (U22493)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (U1108)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Serial WUManiser™© 🇵🇸 (U1410)
posted 18 minutes ago
"Ffs there are better strikers for a quarter of that price in the French and Spanish top flights"
Go on then. Name them
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Yaya Sonogo
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Patson Daka was one, but he's off to Leicester
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But for 25 rather than 12.5
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Leicester are very good in the market
posted on 26/6/21
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posted on 26/6/21
Not sure we'd get him for 50m, would be a good signing though.
The absolute best we could do? Probably not. But a step in the right direction
posted on 26/6/21
Half a good season in his career. No thanks.
posted on 26/6/21
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posted on 27/6/21
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 15 hours, 55 minutes ago
Only one season but he’s been fantastic this year in a crap team. I’d like to have him at chelsea. Not sure why arsenal would turn their noses up at him
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Because Werner doesn’t play for us
posted on 27/6/21
21 league goals is nothing to be sniffed at. Would still prefer Isak on the margin, but I’d take DCL as he seems to be very good at the basics as well as being great in the air which is something we’ve missed for a while.
posted on 27/6/21
comment by Chelsea_badger (U22493)
posted 23 hours, 31 minutes ago
There is no way Everton will sell DCL for 50m
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50 million and 1 pound
posted on 27/6/21
comment by The Arteta, The (U18355)
posted 7 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 15 hours, 55 minutes ago
Only one season but he’s been fantastic this year in a crap team. I’d like to have him at chelsea. Not sure why arsenal would turn their noses up at him
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Because Werner doesn’t play for us
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Your forwards are even worse though? Lol
posted on 27/6/21
Auba worse than Werner?
posted on 27/6/21
comment by The Arteta, The (U18355)
posted 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Auba worse than Werner?
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Nowadays yes. Not as a finisher but everything else. Aubameyang offers nothing when he’s not scoring.
Even then Werner 10 goals 10 assists this year in the pl and cl.
Aubameyang who only scores 13 goals 4 assists in pl and Europa
posted on 27/6/21
Does seem to be some weird snobbery amongst Arsenal fans with transfers, noticed it on Twitter as well, if the likes of Ben White and Calvert-Lewin with the same ability were called something like Sambi N’konraldo and playing out of the Eredivisie, everyone would be creaming their pants over the prospect of spending 50m on them. Our fans Seem to hate the prospect of signing someone we know, and love the prospect of signing someone exotic from a foreign league who no one has ever seen play past a YouTube compilation
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