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Topic Started: Dec 23 2013, 09:33 AM (3,167 Views)
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cruyff_turn
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Jan 4 2014, 11:30 AM
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I watched the interview and to me it seems as if Wenger said that Berbatov is not even being considered by the club at the moment. In other news, Lewandowski is a medical away from joining Bayern Munich and I understand that we are now making a move for Mandzukic. This isn't that far fetched, Mandzukic won't be seeing a lot of playing time with Lewandowski now in the team and may be seeking a move. Lewandowski isn't actually joining Bayern until the summer, he just went ahead and had his medical and signed the contract (weird, I know), so the Mandzukic story is a non-starter.
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cruyff_turn
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Jan 4 2014, 11:32 AM
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@cruyff, in case you missed it Wenger more or less ruled out Berbatov today.
actually good news. im sure we can sign better.
In January? I doubt it.
u sure? ur view appears to slant on pink boots thread. How so? I think we're more likely to sign a striker now, but a Berbatov-type signing looks like the ceiling for me.
There is another option: we could try to bring in Jackson Martinez from Porto. Would cost us about 34M pounds, I think? Would be a great signing.
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rasjamaican
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Jan 4 2014, 11:33 AM
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I watched the interview and to me it seems as if Wenger said that Berbatov is not even being considered by the club at the moment. In other news, Lewandowski is a medical away from joining Bayern Munich and I understand that we are now making a move for Mandzukic. This isn't that far fetched, Mandzukic won't be seeing a lot of playing time with Lewandowski now in the team and may be seeking a move.
Lewandowski isn't actually joining Bayern until the summer, he just went ahead and had his medical and signed the contract (weird, I know), so the Mandzukic story is a non-starter. Okay thanks for the clarification.
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chillyheat
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Jan 4 2014, 11:48 AM
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- Jan 3 2014, 06:26 AM
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- Jan 2 2014, 06:50 PM
I know it seems a strange thing to say about a forward but Giroud helps us massively defensively as well. He clears so many corners it's ridiculous, more than the centre backs.
A point that's underrated around here.
It's also underrated how important his aerial ability and hold up play has been to us. Saw the difference when Bendtner came on how much we missed the target man up front. To be honest I'd be ok with Giroud and Bendtner being our strikers for the rest of the season. At this point we aren't going to sign a world class striker, so there's no point in risking to upset the chemistry and upsetting a formula that has worked so far. I wouldn't mind someone like Berbatov but Giroud is not injury prone, how many games is Berbatov really going to play? Bendtner has shown he can do enough to give Giroud a rest in some games and score important goals even. As for lack of goals from Giroud, we can only hope his finishing improves. Aside from that I think Walcott and Podolski will score enough to make up for his drought.
chilly is holding tears back reading ur post. we should do everything 2 win d league.
Haha not saying we shouldn't do everything, but I'm just doubting the effectiveness of bringing in a mediocre striker. Bendtner's done an ok job as a backup. Giroud will remain our 1st choice and will play most games anyway. I'm not against signing a great player but I think we know a player like Diego Costa won't move midseason. We'll have to make do with what we have, and I don't think what we have is so bad. I suppose I have a bit more faith in Giroud than you do. If we've gone 20 games with these strikers and topped the league, we can go another 18 and do it. i hear u. would like 2 think we r done with mediocre type signing illuminated by eye opener signing of ozil coupled with huge income from improved contracts plus seasons position & form culminating in paying wotever it takes to get our striker.
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Jan 4 2014, 02:45 PM
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I watched the interview and to me it seems as if Wenger said that Berbatov is not even being considered by the club at the moment. In other news, Lewandowski is a medical away from joining Bayern Munich and I understand that we are now making a move for Mandzukic. This isn't that far fetched, Mandzukic won't be seeing a lot of playing time with Lewandowski now in the team and may be seeking a move.
Lewandowski isn't actually joining Bayern until the summer, he just went ahead and had his medical and signed the contract (weird, I know), so the Mandzukic story is a non-starter. It must be asked: is there ANYTHING that will be of interest in German club soccer? Was a one horse race before the move. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
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Jan 5 2014, 02:34 AM
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It's too bad Bendtner was injured during his goal. Aside from his one terrible performance against Chel$ea in the CoC, he's done exactly what a backup striker is supposed to do. I wonder if some (one in particular) on here will admit that they were wrong about him. Or maybe we should beat the Dzeko dead horse some more...
I'm guessing this post is directed at me, what exactly did I get wrong? that Bendtner is crap? one fluke 15 mins cameo against a relegation candidate aint gonna change my mind about this absolute liability. Dzeko? dead horse? The Dzeko issue came up just few weeks ago and as recent as 4-5 days ago his name was on everyone lips as the obvious candidate to go for THIS january. Meanwhile we've been beating the kalou>RVP dead horse for like 10 years now.
No. You've been wrong about Bendtner the entire time. You've claimed over and over that he's not good enough to play for a team in the top half of the table. He's good enough to be adequate backup for a team like ours and to start against the bottom half teams. I've showed it multiple times but you continue to ignore it while trumpeting how *right* you are about everything on here. And yes, the Dzeko thing is getting beaten to death. How many threads do you guys need to muck up before it's beaten to death in YOUR eyes? Same with AVB. All of you arguing about it need to get over it and move on.
oh yes I've been wrong about him the entire time, that's why throughout this entire season Wenger have been starting and playing Giroud in every game while Bendtner warms the bench, and when Giroud got injured, guess what Wenger did he picked a player who has been out for about 4 months, a player who normally plays in the LF position over Bendtner. I also noticed several clubs in England and Europe(that he's good enough to play for) have been lining up to secure the services of this player, whom the club have been trying to get rid of. Lol. Let's ignore all the other issues with Bendtner and then wonder "why aren't other clubs signing him, then?". If I really need to give you a detailed analysis, then you obviously haven't been paying attention. Just as you haven't paid attention (or willfully ignored) how I've showed...multiple times...that Bendtner is a serviceable BACKUP for our team. And that's now AND in the past. As for Poldi starting...is this the same Poldi who scored 17 goals and assisted on 11 more last season? Who led his Bundesliga club with 18 goals in 28 appearances the year past? Who's been capped 100+ times for one of the top countries in the world? Yes, there is great shame in trying that chap out at CF in front of Bendtner...
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Jan 5 2014, 02:38 AM
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- Jan 2 2014, 06:08 PM
We all know how difficult it is to land big names in January, so in terms of realistic targets, Berbatov for 2 million pounds might not be a bad deal.
Or we could continue lusting over Diego Costa, Dzeko, Lukaku, Ba, Lewandowski, etc
shouldnt b lusting if awful emirates negotiators actually do their job & stan gives out bread 2 splash. title is there 4 us 2 buy. berbs aint bad but if winning is everything we should go all out & grab costa. peace out.
But who's willing to give up their star striker in January? No one that's in with a sniff of a trophy, that's who. Costa, Suarez, Lewandowski...none of those guys are available (unless someone is willing to pay double what they're worth). January transfers nearly always cost much more than they would in summer, especially over the last few years. We have money now, but do you really see us being able to outbid someone like Chel$ea or Real if a true game changer becomes available (which won't happen anyway)?
past woeful dealings in market shouldnt hinder d present. our failures was stuff of comic relief...we didnt sign coz player back from double bone surgery is like new signing or yes we shall sign but sigh when window closes -signing no one. gotto cut dat diseased arm off from d past & think like champions today. gotto offer top dollar 2 get our man. trophies r won in d market. we gotto dispose of 4th spot mentality by beating scum & city at their own game just this once. no other way 2 pick up trophy. everybody wanna striker but we looking good topping charts but if those fuck faces doing negotiations do there job-we should pull off mini coup. hope ozil werent blip signing -then again, some say we copped him coz afc negotiators werent involved in talks as madrid thrust him at us. those guys gotto earn their money for once. Thinking like a champion doesn't mean spending 75 million for a true difference maker at striker at the expense of limiting future transactions (which it certainly would, even with our increased revenue). Especially for someone (other than Suarez...who is NOT available to us) who would be CL cup tied. Realistically, only Costa is the only player that could be seen as having a sniff of moving right now. Suarez is going nowhere. Lewandowski just signed his precontract with Bayern. Cavani? That's just media filler. He's not going anywhere. Same with Falcao.
Seriously, what are you asking the club to do here? I'm not sure you even know.
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Jan 5 2014, 02:47 AM
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@cruyff, in case you missed it Wenger more or less ruled out Berbatov today.
actually good news. im sure we can sign better.
In January? I doubt it.
u sure? ur view appears to slant on pink boots thread.
How so? I think we're more likely to sign a striker now, but a Berbatov-type signing looks like the ceiling for me. There is another option: we could try to bring in Jackson Martinez from Porto. Would cost us about 34M pounds, I think? Would be a great signing. I was a BIG advocate for signing Martinez last summer, and his season to date hasn't dissuaded me from still thinking it. We still run into the cup tied problem, and he would likely cost us more than that seeing as it's January and Porto is still in the thick of things, but he still wouldn't cost as much as the others. I wonder if he's a big enough name for some around here, though...
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Jan 5 2014, 02:49 AM
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I watched the interview and to me it seems as if Wenger said that Berbatov is not even being considered by the club at the moment. In other news, Lewandowski is a medical away from joining Bayern Munich and I understand that we are now making a move for Mandzukic. This isn't that far fetched, Mandzukic won't be seeing a lot of playing time with Lewandowski now in the team and may be seeking a move.
Lewandowski isn't actually joining Bayern until the summer, he just went ahead and had his medical and signed the contract (weird, I know), so the Mandzukic story is a non-starter.
It must be asked: is there ANYTHING that will be of interest in German club soccer? Was a one horse race before the move. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... I know. The DFB keeps trumpeting how their league is the best, most open, most self sustaining league in Europe, but Bayern is making a mockery of it all.
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Jan 5 2014, 02:58 AM
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@cruyff, in case you missed it Wenger more or less ruled out Berbatov today.
actually good news. im sure we can sign better.
In January? I doubt it.
u sure? ur view appears to slant on pink boots thread.
How so? I think we're more likely to sign a striker now, but a Berbatov-type signing looks like the ceiling for me. There is another option: we could try to bring in Jackson Martinez from Porto. Would cost us about 34M pounds, I think? Would be a great signing. He does not do enough assists and the seems to be on the wrong end of 25.
He is a finisher (in the Portuguese League), and physical, but does not bring other players into the game as much.
I like him, and he looks like a guy who could punch a hole in John Terry's face (just saying!), if needed. But for reasons above, I don't think he is a Wenger-type.
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