THE FINAL COUNTDOWN--Arrested Transfer Development Thread

I've seen Sanogo this past summer in the Touloun tournament and the U-20 he showed flashes but nothing that suggests he's ready to step up to a primary role as #1 at a club that allegedly wants to win trophies.

 

Who is suggesting he should be considered as a No. 1?

 

I'm tempted to think "arsene knows" about sanogo. We'll wait and see. To be fair, very few of his "unknowns turned wicked" have been flops. Only Denilson and Bendtner spring to mind.

 

Speaking of forwards, I noticed Ciprian Marica just scored for Romania. If I recall correctly, we were linked with him in July/August (then again, who weren't we linked with). He's still a free agent at the moment. Wouldn't it be worth it to bring him in on a free just for depth?

 

Arsenal.com had an interesting article the other day.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/features/49330/behind-the-numbers

Lots of good players bought, but lots of flops too.

 

His name is still floating around as a potential addition to AFC.

 

Frank Simek?

Maybe Zelalem too.

Although hanging out with Ozil all day is probably going to push him even harder towards Ze Germans.

 

I thought it was Daniel Karbassiyoon?

 

If we sign Reus I will find the nearest lamb which is not easy where I live and sacrifice it lol

 

It'll be interesting to see who's still healthy after the holiday fixtures to see who AW will go after.

 

this isn't the Shakhter Karagandy forum

 

i kinda like his post. can't we keep him?

 

You may laugh about it but this shit still happens in the world...

http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=60130

 

Talk to your local halal butcher, they will sell you a lamb to slaughter yourself.

 

Sooooo... Danglish is questioning Arsenal's transfer business?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/bonus-kenny-dalglish-mesut-ozils-2256681

In other news, Arsene requested scouting reports for bargins Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing, and Charlie Adam

 

Kenny Dalglish knows how to write?

 

I gotta say, I'm baffled by this apparently wide-held opinion in the media that we were already 'strong' in Özil's position.

 

Everyone seems to be under the impression that Wilshere and Ramsey are creative players
And that Santi is better starting in the middle than he is coming in from wide left. The latter is at least somewhat plausible

 

Our former striker, Paul Mariner, was going on and on about how Cazorla should sit on the bench with Ozil coming in because he 'can't play on the left, no pace,' on ESPNFC last week. It's like no one knows anything about Santi's career before last season whatsoever...

 

That is why Mariner keeps getting sacked rather quickly. Nice guy but not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

 

It's like no one knows that players are not glued to a specific position for 90 minutes. I mean, how many times does Gibbs act as a left-winger instead of a left-back or how many times do we see Cazorla in the middle compared to his left?

Just because on the depth chart a player is placed as a specific position does not mean that they are trapped there for the full match. There is movement in football.

 

try reading it as "comparitively stronger than in other positions" and it'll probably make more sense. his next 2 sentences lend weight to that.