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Yohan Cabaye; £10m offer
Topic Started: Aug 19 2013, 10:49 AM (763 Views)
rasjamaican
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JustOneDennisBergkamp
Aug 19 2013, 03:38 PM
rasjamaican
Aug 19 2013, 11:10 AM
I think even I would improve our "midfield" at this point.
What's your current club's asking price?
Well based on the kind of relationship I have at work, the only compensation my current employer would need is the assurance that I will never work here again.

Downsides of signing me
I am unfit
I have one good knee
I am rubbish at any level of football higher than six a side footy (should fit in quiet well with the current squad).

Upsides of signing me
I have no ambition.
I will never hand in a transfer request.
At 25, I am nearing the peak of my potential (not sure if this is an upside).
I am old enough to drink while voting.
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rasjamaican
Aug 19 2013, 04:43 PM
JustOneDennisBergkamp
Aug 19 2013, 03:38 PM
rasjamaican
Aug 19 2013, 11:10 AM
I think even I would improve our "midfield" at this point.
What's your current club's asking price?
Well based on the kind of relationship I have at work, the only compensation my current employer would need is the assurance that I will never work here again.

Downsides of signing me
I am unfit
I have one good knee
I am rubbish at any level of football higher than six a side footy (should fit in quiet well with the current squad).

Upsides of signing me
I have no ambition.
I will never hand in a transfer request.
At 25, I am nearing the peak of my potential (not sure if this is an upside).
I am old enough to drink while voting.
This all (free, unfit, rubbish at any level) sounds much too reminiscent of the Silvestre fiasco. No hard feelings, ras, but I say the club should pass on your kind offer.
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Gooner0893
Aug 19 2013, 11:34 AM
We have enough creative midfielders. We need a player who is a DM. We don't have a single DM on this team. Arsenal at his peak under Wenger had 2 DMs in Petit and Vieira, then Vieira an G Silva starting together. We need at least one to start alongside Arteta.
You can throw in Edu and maybe even Parlour to do a job there if needed. (as backup)
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jays712
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We sure aren't making any friends with this bid. Pardew has ripped us for the timing abd the amount we offered. Cabaye didn't even play today.
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jays712
Aug 19 2013, 07:19 PM
We sure aren't making any friends with this bid. Pardew has ripped us for the timing abd the amount we offered. Cabaye didn't even play today.
If we really piss off Alan Pardew maybe I'll consider this transfer window a success after all.
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jays712
Aug 19 2013, 07:19 PM
We sure aren't making any friends with this bid. Pardew has ripped us for the timing abd the amount we offered. Cabaye didn't even play today.
I dont think there is anything wrong with the price, it seems some people just enjoy paying over the odds for players for the sake of it. However the timing is all wrong and Pardew is right to be pissed. Although there might be suggestion that this bid is a reaction to last weekend's result, I think it has more to do with Arsenal wanting to do its business late in the transfer window. That way there isnt much room for the seller to haggle too much over the price since they would need to get a replacement as soon as possible if they agree to sell.
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billabog5
Aug 19 2013, 02:29 PM
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Aug 19 2013, 11:39 AM
So the player is worth about 16 million and we make an offer of 12 and it is "derisory", because they want 20 million. The newspapers are reporting this in very vague terms with no definitive sources and it is presented as fact/truth from the top. Nice one!

Cabaye is an intriguing one, we were looking at him before he went to Newcastle. He is a box to box continuity player rather than being a purely attacking or defending midfielder and. It has the ring of a move to deal with a poor midfield display [which was happening most of last year] and possibly a short-term fix for El-Lynchpin being missing.
" It has the ring of move to deal with a poor midfield display ".........PANIC BUY

" We were looking at him before he went to Newcastle" .......LOL, another addition to the "tracked" list

Cabaye is a good player, but IMO not really what Arsenal should be focusing on. The position he plays is probably the strongest suit for Arsenal

Almost as baffling as Utd bidding for Leighton Baines
You probably headed off to bed thinking that was an excellent troll. Honestly, I deserve a better effort than your best but here goes.

If we are thinking of only one game, specifically the Villa game, to focus us on a signing then I would agree that Cabayé is a panic buy. Especially if Newcastle secure a derisory amount like 20 million.

If we are looking for a more experienced continuity midfielder, and we were linked with Cabayé previously which I see you are hoping you can deny, then Cabayé is not a panic buy.
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santry_gooner
Aug 20 2013, 02:55 AM
billabog5
Aug 19 2013, 02:29 PM
santry_gooner
Aug 19 2013, 11:39 AM
So the player is worth about 16 million and we make an offer of 12 and it is "derisory", because they want 20 million. The newspapers are reporting this in very vague terms with no definitive sources and it is presented as fact/truth from the top. Nice one!

Cabaye is an intriguing one, we were looking at him before he went to Newcastle. He is a box to box continuity player rather than being a purely attacking or defending midfielder and. It has the ring of a move to deal with a poor midfield display [which was happening most of last year] and possibly a short-term fix for El-Lynchpin being missing.
" It has the ring of move to deal with a poor midfield display ".........PANIC BUY

" We were looking at him before he went to Newcastle" .......LOL, another addition to the "tracked" list

Cabaye is a good player, but IMO not really what Arsenal should be focusing on. The position he plays is probably the strongest suit for Arsenal

Almost as baffling as Utd bidding for Leighton Baines
You probably headed off to bed thinking that was an excellent troll. Honestly, I deserve a better effort than your best but here goes.

If we are thinking of only one game, specifically the Villa game, to focus us on a signing then I would agree that Cabayé is a panic buy. Especially if Newcastle secure a derisory amount like 20 million.

If we are looking for a more experienced continuity midfielder, and we were linked with Cabayé previously which I see you are hoping you can deny, then Cabayé is not a panic buy.
I simply quoted you

How else would you explain " it has the ring of move to deal with poor midfield display "

So many similarities to the panic buy saga of 2 years ago with the possible difference that this time it won't take an 8-2 mauling to get Wenger to act & he has 2 weeks as opposed to 48 hours

Funny thing is, he couldn't find any quality players before the game & was asking publicly who he should buy, surely having apparently "tracked" Cabaye he would have acted earlier if he really wanted him

When did Arsenal actually show any interest in Cabaye? I don't mean looking at him, I mean seriously enquiring , was anything going on before the shock loss to Villa?

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These last couple of weeks of the window are gonna be funny to read about on here. I'm setting the over/under on the words "panic buy" being written by posters at 75.

I said it before. The term means nothing to me. As long as we sign some players that will come in and contribute immediately than let's get the ball rolling.
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jays712
Aug 20 2013, 06:58 AM
These last couple of weeks of the window are gonna be funny to read about on here. I'm setting the over/under on the words "panic buy" being written by posters at 75.

I said it before. The term means nothing to me. As long as we sign some players that will come in and contribute immediately than let's get the ball rolling.
At this juncture, i'll be pitching my tent with the 'panic buy' team, or d'you believe we've been tracking Cabaye for 2-3 yrs?
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