Jeremy Wilson ‏@JWTelegraph 15m15 minutes ago
Arsenal no longer in for Vidal and MU favs for Schneiderlin. AFC wanted him in Jan but fee, plus Coq/Caz form, seems to have changed things

Trying to turn back on his words. "No longer in" hahaha.

y va marquer wrote:

Irish gunner wrote:

Is he reliable? His name rings a bell

He's another twonk. 

I think he's the guy who said we'd agreed a deal with Rennes for M'vila.

He's the one who said Higuain is a done deal. 5 year contract 30m fee.

To be fair, I think it's common knowledge there was something concrete regarding Higuain before Madrid jacked up the price.

Rohit wrote:

Ornstein just tweeted we aren't interested.

This thread was fun though.

Ornstein's word is far from gospel. He got a number of big transfers wrong over the last few seasons.

Ornstein and Wilson tweet first and foremost about things which club tells them about. Been clear that they have been instructed to say this today as they both tweeted almost simultaneously. Club probably wanted to cool things down after so many reports from foreign press.

JW knows pretty little. Most of his transfer rumours are way off the mark. The way he always backtrack things is funny though.

Yep, it's pretty obvious they've been fed that line from someone at the club.

Don't think Vidal is the right player for us, while he is a superb player would be an odd signing imo.

Clunk wrote:

Why does our "DM" need the vision to pass through the lines from deep? We have enough attacking mids to do that.

Because those attacking mids are the ones who should be on the end of those passes, not making them.

Maybe I misinterpreted his meaning, I thought Rohit meant through passes.

I believe Coquelin is very good at passing through the lines from deep. Like I said, one of the most telling example was against Liverpool. We have praised Coq through the season for that particular skill, let's not forget that.

Passing quickly and bypassing the midfield lines is what Schneiderlin is pretty good at too if you watched him enough. Always distribute it very quickly and accurately.

Gunner89 wrote:

Schneiderlin is quite simply a much better passer and much more technical player IMO.

I think his game here is severely under-rated here. He can pass the ball long and short like Arteta. Can you even imagine Coquelin pulling off a skill like that. The chest control followed by the 2 sombreros. He backs that skill, that level of passing with top class defending. I'll be honest- I am really not sure what other names are expected to be brought of a higher level. 

Yes, I can imagine Coquelin pulling off a skill like that quite easily. It's not that impressive at all really, and Coquelin is no mug.

In my opinion, Scheiderlin has the better passing range, but it's still nothing to write home about, but Coquelin has a good ability to pass the ball very quickly and crisply along the ground to get us moving forward. I also think Coquelin is better on the ball; manipulates it better and has better touch under pressure - although, again, nothing to write home about. It's decent though.

With Vidal, Coquelin and Ramsey in the middle we'd never lose a midfield battle, at least not in the PL.

Hmmm.
Where's Wenger these days?
Any chance of him being interviewed any time soon and getting asked directly about Vidal?

This Schneiderlin talk is so reminiscent of all the times our rivals signed a "proven" player who went on and proved to be absolute donkeys on a higher level. Wenger knows what he wants and he knows what these players are worth. We have money now, so if he thought Schneiderlin was definitely what we needed, he would have bought him. He has been begging for us for a few years, ffs.

Well he went in for Schneiderlin last summer so he obviously rates him.

He rates him only up until a certain point. He wont overpay from there as he knows he knows he has alternatives who can provide same results.

Buying established players from England is rarely a good idea honestly. Very few teams play good positive football, and the players become accustomed to the physical, pragmatic Anglo style of play and can't express themselves on the ball or work in tight spaces.

Thing is, if Wenger likes a player and wants him enough to be paying the reported 25m then the chances are that he'll be a good fit for the team. It is a little bit of blind faith in Wenger's scouting ability but under those circumstances it'll be a shame if we lose out just because United have deeper pockets.

marv3llous wrote:

He rates him only up until a certain point. He wont overpay from there as he knows he knows he has alternatives who can provide same results.

We'll see. After the club have shut down the Vidal story I get the feeling Wenger is going to leave midfield short again.

innervisionscm wrote:

Buying established players from England is rarely a good idea honestly. Very few teams play good positive football, and the players become accustomed to the physical, pragmatic Anglo style of play and can't express themselves on the ball or work in tight spaces.

We play in the English league. :brow:

Qwiss! wrote:

innervisionscm wrote:

Buying established players from England is rarely a good idea honestly. Very few teams play good positive football, and the players become accustomed to the physical, pragmatic Anglo style of play and can't express themselves on the ball or work in tight spaces.

We play in the English league. :brow:

If anything, it's those qualities that made Arteta such an excellent signing when our midfield was a hot mess.

Qwiss! wrote:

We'll see. After the club have shut down the Vidal story I get the feeling Wenger is going to leave midfield short again.

I fear this too.