Super Frank Thread

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12 minutes ago, communicate said:

I don't think striker is our biggest problem. Giroud is perfectly fine for now.

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4 hours ago, Vesper said:

Anyone, and I am going to be blunt as hell on this, anyone who would say that 5th place with this team is not a success for a first year ever topflight manager, simply, and let me be clear as crystal, does not know SHIT about football.

We lost our best player, a top 5 or so in the world talent, have a 2 window transfer ban, have pure shit for strikers, crazy injuries, and have one of the worst boards (over the last 5 years) of a top 20 team, who positively FUCKED us with shit buys, horrid sales, worse non-sales, rotten cock-ups on attempted buys, AND GOT US THE FUCKING BANS in the first place.

Every top half of the table team is improved in the EPL except us. The top 6, 7 are improved dramatically, save for the dippers. 5th place would be a success, and hopefully we can nick a trophy (League Cup or FA Cup or even better, drop down via 3rd place CL group stage and win the EL again, which gives us CL footie guaranteed next year and another shot at the Super Cup.)

You fucking preach sister......awesome stuff right there and spot fucking on, my view to the bone.

51 minutes ago, communicate said:

I don't think striker is our biggest problem. Giroud is perfectly fine for now.

Defensively, I think right now transition defense is my biggest concern and set pieces. It won't be fix by playing a false 9.

 

 

 

Sorry mate but if there is one area we are lacking BIG TIME compared to practically any epl team is indeed strikers. The board has utterly neglicted that area for years and took everything for granted. Its borderline negligence what we are seeing, they didnt even have a slight foresight and vision what we need and might need in the future, hence we have been striker-less since Costa.

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 Olivier Giroud - Quintessential Targetman. Excellent at hold-up play, linking with the AMs & creating chances.

Tammy Abraham - more of a poacher; doesn't link attacks enough

Michy Batshuayi - plays off the shoulder meaning players behind him will struggle to get in behind

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31 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Sorry mate but if there is one area we are lacking BIG TIME compared to practically any epl team is indeed strikers. The board has utterly neglicted that area for years and took everything for granted. Its borderline negligence what we are seeing, they didnt even have a slight foresight and vision what we need and might need in the future, hence we have been striker-less since Costa.

let's see

buy a 23 yo striker well on his way to scoring 30 goals (he got there) and OWN him outright for £31m (Piątek) who is on a little less than £60k PW wages as well

OR

spend £15m on a SIX MONTH LOAN (fees plus wages) for a washed up 30-something Higuain, with a buy option that would put his overall cost for 2 and a half years (on his current wages of £270K PW plus loan fees and the redemption fee) AT £81m (counting all loan/transfer fees and his ridiculous 35 million quid in wages for the 2 and a half years)

Piątek's entire current 4 year contract is less than Higs makes in 11 months, wage wise (I assume we would, TBF, pay him a lot more than £60K PW, but NOWHERE near the insane £270K PW Higs was/is stealing)

In Euros

all that

KNOWING THE BANS ARE COMING (if little me knew, the bloody board certainly knew)

that is us in a nutshell

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20 minutes ago, Vesper said:

let's see

buy a 23 yo striker well on his way to scoring 30 goals (he got there) and OWN him outright for £31m (Piątek) who is on a little less than £60k PW wages as well

OR

spend £15m on a SIX MONTH LOAN (fees plus wages) for a washed up 30-something Higuain, with a buy option that would put his overall cost for 2 and a half years (on his current wages of £270K PW plus loan fees and the redemption fee) AT £81m (counting all loan/transfer fees and his ridiculous 35 million quid in wages for the 2 and a half years)

Piątek's entire current 4 year contract is less than Higs makes in 11 months, wage wise (I assume we would, TBF, pay him a lot more than £60K PW, but NOWHERE near the insane £270K PW Higs was/is stealing)

In Euros

all that

KNOWING THE BANS ARE COMING (if little me knew, the bloody board certainly knew)

that is us in a nutshell

I have no word for that. There is no language, no tongue that can explain such utter incompetence. Thats again because we have no footy folks taking the crucial decisions. This is what you get end of. I see Marina as cancer when it comes to getting players, she is good with sponsors etc, that she is. But getting players in, going for the kill and get quality additions.....its just not her forte. I dont care if its a man or woman, or an alien, as long as they know what they doing ........look at arsenal now, they brought in a couple of experienced heads, look at their buys since then, good additions, acts fast. We have none of that.

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41 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

I have no word for that. There is no language, no tongue that can explain such utter incompetence. Thats again because we have no footy folks taking the crucial decisions. This is what you get end of. I see Marina as cancer when it comes to getting players, she is good with sponsors etc, that she is. But getting players in, going for the kill and get quality additions.....its just not her forte. I dont care if its a man or woman, or an alien, as long as they know what they doing ........look at arsenal now, they brought in a couple of experienced heads, look at their buys since then, good additions, acts fast. We have none of that.

Yeah, Arsenal acted so fast the fans were still protesting against the owners at the tail end of July.

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6 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Yeah, Arsenal acted so fast the fans were still protesting against the owners at the tail end of July.

Thats because they have been starved right until they get laca and auba and this summer they have bought decently. My point is they have hired competent folks, they will only add from now on. And they will continue to hate kroenke and rightly so, he is horrible and takes much of their revenue to bolster his other adventures. The likes of Edu will only make them better in transfers.

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2 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Thats because they have been starved right until they get laca and auba and this summer they have bought decently. My point is they have hired competent folks, they will only add from now on. And they will continue to hate kroenke and rightly so, he is horrible and takes much of their revenue to bolster his other adventures. The likes of Edu will only make them better in transfers.

Around this time last month the Arsenal fans started a #wecaredoyou hastag craze aimed at the club, the fanbase from AFTV were sounding out on their own platforms about how worried they were and it was genuinely looking like they may not be even be signing anyone, it was only after that rumours of signings were really hoting up for them let alone actual signings. They didn't "act fast" atall, infact their window wasn't to dissimilar to ours from last year, ie a Madrid man signed on loan and the transfer record broke almost spontaneously close to deadline day. 

Critisising some of our decisions is one thing but I'm sorry using Arsenal of all clubs as an example of how it should be done is grass is greener syndrome at its finest.

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Let’s hope things get running soon and lamps Chelsea doesn’t go the same way as kompany’s Anderlecht, they got 2pts out of 4 games atm..

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Just now, Tomo said:

Around this time last month the Arsenal fans started a #wecaredoyou hastag craze aimed at the club, the fanbase from AFTV were sounding out on their own platforms about how worried they were and it was genuinely looking like they may not be even be signing anyone, it was only after that rumours of signings were really hoting up for them let alone actual signings. They didn't "act fast" atall, infact their window wasn't to dissimilar to ours from last year, ie a Madrid man signed on loan and the transfer record broke almost spontaneously close to deadline day. 

Critisising some of our decisions is one thing but I'm sorry using Arsenal of all clubs as an example of how it should be done is grass is greener syndrome at its finest.

No no dont get it twisted now, I was merely saying even they are getting their shit done and bring in quality. They brought in Edu and his impact is already visible.

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22 hours ago, Vesper said:

Giroud imo is a perfectly good player for us this season.