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

Timbob

I actually quite like the idea of getting Vargas. I've not seen an awful lot of the bloke, but if signing him means we'd have a genuine box-to-box wide player again, we could go back to playing 4 in midfield and 2 forwards. 4-4-1-1. I'd like that.

Pepe LeFrits

Tim wrote:
Just Banega, Gotze and Hazard in the next 24 hours then Dules?

I'd settle for just Gotze and Hazard...

lorddulaarsenal

Gazza M

I've not seen Vargas play, but from descriptions he sounds like Valencia?

Rohit

Hazard M'Villa Cahill in that order, i will be surprised if we get even one of those names.

lorddulaarsenal

Mvila Martin and hazard!!!

Rex

We still need a CM that will make us all go WOW.

lorddulaarsenal

Eduardo Vargas for jan

Claudius

We should shut down the Red Tops section until halfway through the January window.
Coming to this section was exhausting in the middle of the summer. :-)

Pepe LeFrits

Humble Rex wrote:
We still need a CM that will make us all go WOW.

Wilshere when he returns from injury in Feb.

Rex

Hmmpf.

Clrnc

It would be criminal not to grab one of Germany's youngish talents looking at how good they are. Goetze is definitely the next world superstar.

Ozil will be flourishing at Real for years to come. There are so much talents there I would make them the favourite for euros.

goon

Aside from Gotze, Ozil who do they have that's special?

The likes of Muller and Kroos are ok but nothing amazing.

Timbob

Germany, Spain and Holland are gonna all be very strong in the euro's. If I had to put money on it now I'd get on Germany. Spain are still the most gifted team around though, possibly alongside the Argies.

Clrnc

Some of Germany team play are just amazing to watch.

I would say Muller, Schurrle and Kroos are pretty special as well oft. Not to mention, they still have plenty of talents waiting to be called up to the first team like Marin, Großkreutz, Holtby, Rudy, Gundogan, Reus, Bender etc. Added to that, they have all those young superb talents in defence which makes them a very feared team in the next euros.

Klaus

Germany have a "grown-up" generation too that is still pretty young. Schweinsteiger and Mertesacker are 26. Lahm is 27. Khedira is 23.

Timbob

Neuer 25, Podolski 26, Gomez 26, Adler 26.

Klaus

Yep. I'm backing them to win the Euros too. The one thing people should realise is that while individual quality is obviously important, it's not what Germany are built on under Löw. It doesn't really matter whether Özil and Götze are the only truly special players in the side. They still pass the ball better than anyone else; even better than Spain does. Fewer touches, less dwelling. I read an interview with Löw last year where he explained what the biggest difference between the current German side and the one he and Jürgen Klinsmann inherited in back 2004 was. He summarized it in one sentence: "0.9 seconds".

In 2004, on an average it took 2.8 seconds for a German player to pass the ball after he recieved it. In 2010 Löw had them down to 1.86 seconds. He's probably managed to trim away another tenth of a second or so since then. But that's it. The big secret. According to Löw they barely discuss tactics at all. They do very little technical training. Instead everything is centered around the Sacchi principle where they attack and defend as a team, only they do it quicker. The ability to release the ball quicker than anyone else is what creates that fluid, dynamic style of play. No one in the world does it better. You can compare it to nations like England who are still built on a slow and forceful style of play and how out of touch they seem every time they're up against quick opponents. Germany could line up with their second string in the next summer tournament and they'd still be among the best teams when everything is said and done.

lorddulaarsenal

I'd still fancy Spain over Germany at the mo but both are top. Think England are catching them quickly though

kamikaze

low for arsenal, klaus?

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