The Shopping List—aka We've got flipping great wadges of cash

Ricky1985

Needed somewhere to put this, please, please, please get rid of these players from my club in the summer, Arsene. Please.

Almunia
Eboue
Squillaci
Denilson
Diaby
Rosicky

And get a big, strong centeback as cover, that can be relied upon when he's needed.

goon

Will probably see 1 leave, 2 max.

Biggus

Clrnc

Not greedy, Almunia and Denilson will do

asajoseph

Don't care who we sell, but none of those would be missed much.

We still desperately need a striker.

Tony Montana

asajoseph wrote:
Don't care who we sell, but none of those would be missed much.

We still desperately need a striker.

So you wouldn't care if we sold Fabregas?

asajoseph

I meant from the list above, you pedant 😉

canuck

I can see Almunia and Rosicky leaving.

I'm done with Diaby as well.
Such a frustrating player.

lorddulaarsenal

Still like diaby meself

out denilson squillaci and bendtner

Armor

I'd keep Diaby personally but the rest of that list can do one.

I don't think we're far away from having a top squad though to be honest. 2 or 3 clever moves in the summer and i'd consider ourselves strong favorites for the title next season.

Captain

We have a top squad already.

Armor

Still lacking in one or two areas i feel before i'd be completely happy with it.

Captain

Best squad in the league easily in my opinion.

Armor

I agree, and i'm sure we'll be even stronger next season too.

lorddulaarsenal

Definitely can be improved upon

asajoseph

It's hard to say that - we may have more depth (though our 'depth' hasn't even been Premiership standard when all played at once this season), but to talk about 'depth' you also need to consider how often your first choice can play together.

It's hard to say there's a great deal of real quality in our second string if they struggle to beat even Division 1 opposition when played together - considering we've seen our youngsters and reserves demolish lower Premier-league sides, and similar standard Championship opposition in previous seasons, you have to question the quality of at least some of those bench players.

goon

Asa, City's first team minus Tevez failed to beat Notts county, would you say they lack quality? At least our second string has the excuse of not being match fit, not playing togther often as well has having a few square pegs. Cup games are different, I don't know why, but they just are.

It doesn't really matter who you are, there will always be a significant drop in quality in the second string, it's pefectly normal.

lorddulaarsenal

Wouldnt mind making a quick profit on Chamakh. May turn out decent, but I dont think he's a good fit for our squad.

canuck

Mad Dogg wrote:
Wouldnt mind making a quick profit on Chamakh. May turn out decent, but I dont think he's a good fit for our squad.

Giving up pretty quickly on him aren't you?

asajoseph

otfgoon wrote:
Asa, City's first team minus Tevez failed to beat Notts county, would you say they lack quality?

If they struggled against lower-league opposition as often as our second-stringers
have this season, I'd say they lack quality, yes. And this 'unfamiliarity' argument only goes so far really - they train together every day, all season long, it's not like they're international squads who only get together once a month.