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Jan 5 2014, 02:58 AM
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Jan 4 2014, 11:32 AM
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Jan 3 2014, 05:53 PM
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Jan 3 2014, 02:54 PM
@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.








Agreed that his rise in form has been later in his career, but it's not completely unprecedented. As for assists, you're correct there. There would have to be a tweaking in either how he plays with others, or in team tactics when he's in. And coming from the SuperLiga, there are no guarantees for success. Still, he has the look of a player who could translate to a bigger league.
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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.
pity seeing years of abject failure rubbing off on some fans not expecting much from d market. bout time we started acting like 4th richest club on d planet instead of prodding along on d cheap...our usual way. wots wrong expecting club to sign or loan either of 2 biggest available strikers in january? dat vibrant loser mentality of yesteryear should b put 2 bed for us to pick up trophy.
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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.
pity seeing years of abject failure rubbing off on some fans not expecting much from d market. bout time we started acting like 4th richest club on d planet instead of prodding along on d cheap...our usual way. wots wrong expecting club to sign or loan either of 2 biggest available strikers in january? dat vibrant loser mentality of yesteryear should b put 2 bed for us to pick up trophy.
Ok, chilly. Why don't you offer a realistic signing Arsenal could make in January?
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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.
pity seeing years of abject failure rubbing off on some fans not expecting much from d market. bout time we started acting like 4th richest club on d planet instead of prodding along on d cheap...our usual way. wots wrong expecting club to sign or loan either of 2 biggest available strikers in january? dat vibrant loser mentality of yesteryear should b put 2 bed for us to pick up trophy.
Ok, chilly. Why don't you offer a realistic signing Arsenal could make in January?
Now that's just a loser mentality right there, cruyff. C'mon...think big!
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Jan 2 2014, 12:02 PM
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...
No it's a shame starting a player lacking match sharpness in a position where he doesn't normally play over Bendtner.
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It's urgent now. Up to you now Wenger, Stan and Ivan.

Wenger show us the man.

Stan show us the money.

Ivan bring us the man.

We got to overpay no doubt , but it might not be mission impossible.
Edited by WX_Hitman, Jan 6 2014, 11:04 PM.
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I dont think Walcott's injury should change our transfer goals which is signing a center forward, it only makes it more imperative that we make a signing this window. I think with Walcott we lose his pace and directness along with his goals. The pace and directness can be replaced from within with Ox and Gnabry but we cant replace his goals. If we sign a center forward that can come in and score 10-15 goals off the bench and starting a few games, we can compensate for the goals we would be losing from Walcott. A player like Berbatov is intruiging but I still look at a player like Demba ba that would offer something completely different from Giroud which is pace down the middle and directness as more ideal. It might be a case of waiting for Chelsea to do business and getting him on loan as the chips start to fall in place ----- that is if Chelsea would agree to loan him to us, now that it is pretty obvious that we are their title rivals.
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No possible Ba. Chelski will not let him go.
Berbs might be a stop gap measure.

Our 2 back up CF is out . Not sold on theo but at sperms game , showed us that he can be a different CF compared to Giroud. Then Bendtner , good for at least 5 more goals . That is a good 20 goals short.

RW , I am relaxed with Gnabry and Ox. But CF, we are really really short. There is only 1 man who can play that role right now. And he is our non scoring striker , or do we promote Ramsey to CF ?
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Jan 7 2014, 04:16 AM
No possible Ba. Chelski will not let him go.
Berbs might be a stop gap measure.

Our 2 back up CF is out . Not sold on theo but at sperms game , showed us that he can be a different CF compared to Giroud. Then Bendtner , good for at least 5 more goals . That is a good 20 goals short.

RW , I am relaxed with Gnabry and Ox. But CF, we are really really short. There is only 1 man who can play that role right now. And he is our non scoring striker , or do we promote Ramsey to CF ?
I agree Hitman.

We really are short now. If Wenger assumes we can manage with the players we got, i dont know what else to say.

Its time to open the cheque book, if we are really serious of winning the league
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It's not about opening the checkbook. If it were that simple Chelsea would have a proper striker signed already. Man City would have a midfielder lined up. And Man Utd would be out there spending their 200m or however much they've got.

We know it's difficult to sign players in January for 2 reasons:

1. Players don't want to leave their clubs midseason, and clubs don't want to sell important players midseason. They want to acheive their goals. Unless clubs like Malaga need $$$ desperately they don't sell their important players.

2. Following from 1, the players that are playing well aren't available, so you're left with either stop-gap solutions or gambles on injured/out-of-form players that might offer you something.

At this point, that's probably the best we can hope for. A loan or a stop-gap like Berbatov. Last January we tried a similar signing in david Villa. It wouldn't be a bad option to bring in someone like that.
A loan for Morata or a 6 month deal for Berbatov sounds pretty good.

But honestly, I'd be ok with us giving Gnabry and Ox a chance. They've done well so far and grooming them now can help us next season.

And I'd especially be ok with it if our activity now in any way hampers what we do in the summer. I don't want us to sign a mediocre striker and then not be able to sign the big one we're hopeing for.

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