exactly.

a picture special? really? the whole presentation is a bit ott, and as don said, insulting

they should gave picture special of arshavin boarding a flight to russia

But it's a standardized practice since the new web team was put in place. Why would it upset you?

It shouldn´t. I can´t for the life of me figure out why anybody has any feelings or opinions on this signing whatsoever. We are simply taking a punt on a young talented lad who is out of a contract in the summer.

Captain wrote:

But it's a standardized practice since the new web team was put in place. Why would it upset you?

the club as a whole upsets me, really. this felt like a reflection of a few thngs iI dislike about club at the moment. the fact he was signed on deadline day probably has alot to do with why the media has filled column inches over what is essentially a youth signing

its got nothing to do with signing itself rex

Get it on the website so all the 12yr old muppets can start hyping up our hot new prospect who's suddenly one of the most exciting players in Europe.

Captain wrote:

But it's a standardized practice since the new web team was put in place. Why would it upset you?

The likes of Gnabry didn't get a picture special when they joined, at least not to my knowledge.

I know it's a small thing amongst the reams of criticisms of the club but it's the patronising tone in which the club present this as something to get excited about, once again masking the fact we're too budget to sign a proper (developed) player.

Even our youth players are budget these days; we got this guy because his contract was running out and he'd suffered a long-term injury.

Gnabry is 16 mate.

Don't think he was bought to be a youth player. Sort of Merida signing or Miyaichi signing isn't it? They had picture special too.

merida was bought as a youth player, didn't play for the first team for a good 2-3 years

id say maybe he's the rosicky replacement, but apparently we're extending the tommy gun?

He is not a replacement for anybody. He is just a guy, with some talent and coming off a serious injury, whose contract was running down and we had the opportunity to pick him up for peanuts.

No one is deluded enough to think that you will replace the captain of the Czech national team with a kid that hasn´t even made his first team debut. For now at least this kid is no one.

Humble Rex wrote:

He is not a replacement for anybody. He is just a guy, with some talent and coming off a serious injury, whose contract was running down and we had the opportunity to pick him up for peanuts.

No one is deluded enough to think that you will replace the captain of the Czech national team with a kid that hasn´t even made his first team debut. For now at least this kid is no one.

A certain french manager who's lost his plot might be Seriously though, I agree with you and he looks like a low risk high possible value signing.