Arsenal FC Summer 2008 Thread

Aguero

I wish.

Hamsik to me is more a DM then a box to box midfielder ,neither Aguero and Zapata would be cheap.

he'd bust most of his budget on one player if he tried for Kun, lets be honest there's only one club that could afford him and it they don't play in red

Derby County ?

It got me thinking though. If/when Flamini leaves in the summer, Gareth Barry would be a very good replacement and someone who could work well with Fabregas in the centre.

I know most don't really care, but it would be a good English player at Arsenal as well.

with the season over, what team/line-ups do you want Wenger to play for the rest of the season.

Arsenal v Reading

Derby v Arsenal

Arsenal v Everton

Sunderland v Arsenal

Give Merida a chance , would like to see him or 6'5 guy Nacer Bazarate ?

strong teams IF chavs slip up he'll want 2nd it will avoid a few awkward qualifying games for the ECL

DS wrote:Give Merida a chance

no chance on loan at Sociedad, the league season goes on well into June

Batman wrote:with the season over, what team/line-ups do you want Wenger to play for the rest of the season.

Arsenal v Reading

Derby v Arsenal

Arsenal v Everton

Sunderland v Arsenal

Start Walcott for the majority of the games. Give Cesc, Hleb and Ade a week's rest. Lynch Epoohay. Make Toure captain until he reitres. Test out Van Persie on the right, with Theo on the left and Bendtner upfront as a Targetman. Play Song in the middle with Cesc.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:he'd bust most of his budget on one player if he tried for Kun, lets be honest there's only one club that could afford him and it they don't play in red

For the right player, I think you'd be surprised how much money we'd have. Not sure that Aguero would be money well spent anyway.

Would love to see Zapata sign for us. He'd be a replacement for Gallas over time

Aguero's buyout is set at £35m, don't know why Marcotti mentioned him seeing as Wenger would never pay that figure for anyone.

As for the line-ups over the next four games, let Walcott have an extended run in the team as a right winger with Hleb on the left. As for the rest, Wenger will probably use them wisely if they are expected to be used this summer by their countries. Wenger is close with van Basten for example, so I doubt we use van Persie unless totally 100% fit.

Us coming second will only happen if Man Utd take points off Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, if not forget it.

and the way chavs played last night why not?

For £35m, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Chelsea make a bid this summer. They've been rumours about this in the papers too.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:

DS wrote:Give Merida a chance

no chance on loan at Sociedad, the league season goes on well into June

Oh yeah , how is he doing.

DS wrote:

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:

DS wrote:Give Merida a chance

no chance on loan at Sociedad, the league season goes on well into June

Oh yeah , how is he doing.

not really sure i haven't watched too much segunda this season.

Wiki says he's played ten times and scored once. So ok, I guess.

Tweedle wrote:Wiki says he's played ten times and scored once. So ok, I guess.

Merida hasn't done too well. Some believe that he's actually regressed. As yet hasn't nailed down a starting berth at Real.

Cesc wrote:It got me thinking though. If/when Flamini leaves in the summer, Gareth Barry would be a very good replacement and someone who could work well with Fabregas in the centre.

I know most don't really care, but it would be a good English player at Arsenal as well.

he's too slow to complement fabregas's attacking, flamini is fast and energetic, like mascherano etc barry is more like carrick slightly more athletic

if you played a good team you have to bring a destroyer on to help them as manu did with fletcher when it was carrick+scholes

110% wrote:

Cesc wrote:It got me thinking though. If/when Flamini leaves in the summer, Gareth Barry would be a very good replacement and someone who could work well with Fabregas in the centre.

I know most don't really care, but it would be a good English player at Arsenal as well.

he's too slow to complement fabregas's attacking, flamini is fast and energetic, like mascherano etc barry is more like carrick slightly more athletic

if you played a good team you have to bring a destroyer on to help them as manu did with fletcher when it was carrick+scholes

bear in mind, at Villa, Barry plays alongside ReoCoker - who now plays in pretty much a Makalele, sit-back-and-break-down-play kind of role. Barry can play as more a straight dm - as he has done for England - but he's better with a bit more freedom, which is what ReoCoker allows.

Not really a destroyer ,more a runner.

If Flamini leaves of a free this summer the board deserve to be lined up and shot.

Tweedle wrote:If Flamini leaves of a free this summer the board deserve to be lined up and shot.

why the board, surely wenger recommends if and when he wants to offer a new contract. until this season how many fan would have been v disappointed to see him go? a lot lot less than today.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:

Tweedle wrote:If Flamini leaves of a free this summer the board deserve to be lined up and shot.

why the board, surely wenger recommends if and when he wants to offer a new contract. until this season how many fan would have been v disappointed to see him go? a lot lot less than today.

You think Wenger decides exactly how much money a player gets paid Frank?

Its not as though we haven't been holding negotiations Frank - its the amount that is being argued about.

for me the first error of judgement was in letting it get down to such a short period left on his contract and that i am pretty sure must be a wenger call and i do believe he is consulted over wages, albeit prob doesn't have the final say.

Well I think you'd struggle to find anyone that could have predicted that Flamini would have developed over the course of one season into one of the best DMs in Europe Frank.

Wenger's pretty good at spotting potential but he's no Nostradamus.

the fact he chose him there initially ahead of gilberto, having not given him the captaincy (surely due to the thought he may not actually be first choice) suggests otherwise

Tweedle wrote:Well I think you'd struggle to find anyone that could have predicted that Flamini would have developed over the course of one season into one of the best DMs in Europe Frank.

Wenger's pretty good at spotting potential but he's no Nostradamus.

One good season does not make a player 'one of the best ... in Europe'. Look at Eboue.

Yoda wrote:One good season does not make a player 'one of the best ... in Europe'. Look at Eboue.

can you remind the red sh¡te of this re torres