3 months, 2000 posts, 0 players - continuing Transfer Thread

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  1. kanonier

    kanonier Member+

    Nov 7, 2005
    Bloomington, Ind.
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I could go for some nachos.
     
  2. lamb

    lamb Member+

    Sep 3, 2004
    Larne, N.Ireland
    monreal has been out for 6 weeks already this season with a back problem.
     
  3. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 16, 1999
    Big City Blinking
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I prefer queso dip with jalapenos. Better way to control your chip to cheese ratio.
     
  4. OklahomaGunner

    Dec 21, 2004
    Oklahoma City
    Where would you get that from what I've said?

    I'm saying your showing your inability to look at things from another person's perspective.

    Saying 'oh he's a millionaire money shouldn't matter to him' like it does to your or I shows a lack of understanding of a simple fact that when you live around people who are millionaires being a millionaire is suddenly much less impressive and meaningful. And that's forgetting that the guy undoubtedly knows a billionaire or two which by comparison makes any millions look like table scraps by comparison.

    So yes, for you his millions are unfathomable and beyond any concern for money ever again for a guy who lives in that monetary range at all times...it's probably less so.

    Basically reality is what is around you. He lives around millionaires who drive six figure cares, live in seven figure homes and is used to having his bags carried, etc. I'm not saying that he won't have to wake up from all of that at some point - but I'm sure he isn't in any hurry to do so and is probably unaware of how rare that is.

    And again, it's six months. If this was a guy turning down playing time to sit the bench for three years, the point would be more noteworthy.
     
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  5. lamb

    lamb Member+

    Sep 3, 2004
    Larne, N.Ireland
    at his age, 6 months is a long time, and it's not about earning more money to do what he loves, it's about earning more money to NOT do what he loves.
    this is why i originally questioned his character re:football.
     
  6. leepyswetr

    leepyswetr Member

    Nov 4, 2003
    Chicago
    I just don't think his other options really require much ambition, either, so he might as well get paid while he can. If a player needs glory, or competition, or anything beyond money, to feel fulfilled, maybe training with a big team is as good as playing regularly for a small team. It's hard to get inside somebody's head, though.
     
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  7. The English Hacker

    Aug 8, 2011
    Toronto
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Did he ever proclaim to love playing though?
     
  8. gunner0007

    gunner0007 Member+

    Jul 19, 2005
    Bahamas
    Who cares about Squillaci guys. You mean to tell me all these posts are over Squillaci????? Jeez.
     
  9. InTheSun

    InTheSun Member+

    Oct 20, 2005
    The Andes Mountains
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ecuador
  10. kanonier

    kanonier Member+

    Nov 7, 2005
    Bloomington, Ind.
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Oh yeah, I'm a queso-on-the-side kind of guy, too. Otherwise your chips get soggy.
     
  11. lamb

    lamb Member+

    Sep 3, 2004
    Larne, N.Ireland
    well he apparently asked to be released, so he must have some wish to play. considering football is a confidence and determination game to some degree, players must have some love to play to drive that on. people who don't love doing something rarely make the top level of what they are doing. he's donated some money in the past to junior clubs, so he obviously has some affinity to football in general, which is why i don't understand why he has refused a move to at least 3 clubs to get back on the pitch. i guess it's possible he is hoping for something better, but i get the impression he's taken his eye off the football because of the possibility of the wage cut (and hence my questioning of him), and that's not an ingratiating thing. we'll see by 11.00pm i guess.
     
  12. lamb

    lamb Member+

    Sep 3, 2004
    Larne, N.Ireland
    re:monreal
     
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  13. Sleepy Spaceman

    Sleepy Spaceman Member+

    Nov 6, 2011
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
  14. ZIAD

    ZIAD Member

    Oct 11, 2004
    Nachoooooooooooo!!
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  15. lamb

    lamb Member+

    Sep 3, 2004
    Larne, N.Ireland
    assuming the monreal deal is true and goes through, i hope wenger is also looking at a dm/cb. if he sorts those 2 positions with solid quality players then i'll be happy that at least he tried. (though he should have done it the first week of the window).
    if monreal is all that we sign, i don't think it'll be enough.
     
  16. gogunners14

    gogunners14 Member+

    Dec 6, 2003
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    haha. this is so true. I love how we all assume that professional athletes are 100% passionate about their craft just because they are.. well... athletes. It makes no sense. Even if you don't aren't 100% dedicated to something, wouldn't you keep doing it if you are a) really good at it b) have no other marketable skills and c) make a ton of money at it?
     
  17. ZIAD

    ZIAD Member

    Oct 11, 2004
    We certainly need to solidify the defense. That is even if we have to sacrifice one of our CB's/LB's or even Arteta. We have suffered with no proper CDM and despite with all his faults we were a much better defensive team with Song in it IMHO
     
  18. lamb

    lamb Member+

    Sep 3, 2004
    Larne, N.Ireland
    yeah, like all 8-16 year olds put serious hours into playing football with the ultimate goal of making lots of money.......
     
  19. Romfordray

    Romfordray Member+

    Oct 24, 2011
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wow. That's another steal for AFC if this Monreal deal goes through. I mean Samba for 10 million versus Monreal for 6? Wenger can have his Nacho and eat it too.

    Looks like a fukkin' awesome signing on paper lads.
     
  20. lamb

    lamb Member+

    Sep 3, 2004
    Larne, N.Ireland
    i tend to agree, a good signing if it happens, though, there is one slight problem for the long term....monreal ONLY plays lb, and gibbs ONLY plays lb.
     
  21. DaPrince84

    DaPrince84 Member+

    Aug 22, 2001
    MD
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    why compare 8-16 year olds to professional athletes?
     
  22. gogunners14

    gogunners14 Member+

    Dec 6, 2003
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    I'm not saying they weren't passionate at some point, but I think because it's sport we tend to forget that it's still a job and, like all jobs, probably gets a bit tedious and tiresome after doing the same thing for 15 years
     
  23. gunner7

    gunner7 Member+

    Jul 27, 2008
    Sunshine California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Especially, when you suck at your job ;)
     
  24. GunneRy

    GunneRy Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Chicago
    I'm a Nacho man....
    [​IMG]
     
  25. DaPrince84

    DaPrince84 Member+

    Aug 22, 2001
    MD
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Benoit Assou Ekotto said this a few years ago in an interview.
     

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