BWoolley wrote: It's incredible how every season follows one of two patterns: - Disappointing close season, good start to the new season, team falls off due to injuries/general rubbishness in the latter half and we sweat about finishing fourth OR disappointing close season, horrendous start to the new season, panic amongst the fans and the team pulls their fingers out in the second half of the season and we sweat about finishing fourth. Despite the optimism this close season, we seem to back in pattern. Just hope we get a result from Besiktas, else the next three years could be really ugly.
It's incredible how every season follows one of two patterns: - Disappointing close season, good start to the new season, team falls off due to injuries/general rubbishness in the latter half and we sweat about finishing fourth OR disappointing close season, horrendous start to the new season, panic amongst the fans and the team pulls their fingers out in the second half of the season and we sweat about finishing fourth. Despite the optimism this close season, we seem to back in pattern. Just hope we get a result from Besiktas, else the next three years could be really ugly.
😆 Not quite.
Hmmm I'd be well up for Doug Costa
qs! wrote: BWoolley wrote: It's incredible how every season follows one of two patterns: - Disappointing close season, good start to the new season, team falls off due to injuries/general rubbishness in the latter half and we sweat about finishing fourth OR disappointing close season, horrendous start to the new season, panic amongst the fans and the team pulls their fingers out in the second half of the season and we sweat about finishing fourth. Despite the optimism this close season, we seem to back in pattern. Just hope we get a result from Besiktas, else the next three years could be really ugly. 😆 Not quite.
True that...hope it stays that way after Wednesday 🙂
@lorddulaarsenal wrote: Hmmm I'd be well up for Doug Costa
Na he'd only shine in the Portuguese league. All style very little substance.
What's he like?
Dortmund coach just said Reus will be staying for a long time.
Reus have a 25m euros release clause. At that time when Dortmund got him for just 17m euros it looked like the best bargain of that season. Now if we get him for 25m...
I will be gutted if we don't get him. Throw in Podolski for some incentives.
That clause isn't active until next season, or he'd be long gone by now. Podolski + 30m now should make them sell him.
I have a sneaky feeling that we might be in for Vidal.
I can't see it.
Me neither. Would have heard more I reckon. I suppose we were courting Ozil all last summer without anyone having a clue though. One can dream....
Didn't the Ozil thing happen super quick? Were we in contact before those last few days? Seemed to me more like we had kept Real sweet to let us know who was available whenever they decided. Looked like DiMaria or Benz for a long time.
No, both Wenger and Gazidis have said we worked on the Ozil deal with Real all summer, but had to wait until Bale moved before we could hammer it home and sell the move to Mesut.
Vidal will stay at Juve. I wonder if Wenger has his eyes on Pogba.
Ricky1985 wrote: No, both Wenger and Gazidis have said we worked on the Ozil deal with Real all summer, but had to wait until Bale moved before we could hammer it home and sell the move to Mesut.
I don't think it was decided quite that early which of Di Maria or Özil was on the market. From what I recall was reported, Ancelotti wanted to settle in and watch his squad in training, and he made the call fairly late on.
Could be completely false of course, but that's what I remember was flying around in the last week of the 2013 summer window.
That's the story.
Personally I think Ancelotti made up his mind the first day on the job. He was schooled by Sacchi. He's never cared for specialist midfielders. Di Maria showed right away that he was willing to play out of position if it helped the team. Özil was convinced that playing in his proper position was the best way to help the team.
Pretty sure Özil himself, as well as half of Madrid's players, stated their surprise about his being allowed to leave. But I suppose we'll never know.
Hmmm trying to think of potential madness.
I guess cavani is the obvious one
Could be that di Maria's move could trigger a kagawa to Dortmund, Reus to us mad sequence
Maybe we may go mental for pogba
I don't think Wenger has any madness left in him...at least not the kind that sees us buying quality players in the positions we require.
Kondogbia can play Cb and lb aswell as dm.
Only true madness can be a forward.
