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

Claudius

What are you guys complaining about? We have Balotelli. That's entertainment on and off the field.

Rohit

Will there be another Henry? The most 'entertaining' footballer i have seen in my time of watching football and i don't say that because he was an Arsenal player. When the greats of this footballing generation are recalled about 25 years from now, i doubt if Henry will be remembered a lot by football fans in general and if that happens it will be very disappointing. Always thought he got less recognition than he deserved.

lorddulaarsenal

I love Henry but was anyone else shocked by his physical decline? I knew he'd slow down but he slowed down more than I imagined. Guys like petrov and Danish winger kept their pace

Captain

The Sciatica fucked him good and proper.

Biggus

Carl Jenkinson wrote:
Football is less romantic these days. Full of politics and greed now.

Totally agree Dules- The worst thing about football these days is the lack of characters.
FFS you can't even rip your shirt off without getting booked, those fucking corrupt Mandrins at FIFA have dripped all the fun out of the game and try to make it a family friendly non contact sport, thats why I love Balotelli (why are so many lovable loons Italian?).

Clrnc

Carl Jenkinson wrote:
I love Henry but was anyone else shocked by his physical decline? I knew he'd slow down but he slowed down more than I imagined. Guys like petrov and Danish winger kept their pace

Tbf, I think his stamina has decreased alot but his basic pace is still there.

He would do 3 times better than what Chamakh is doing for us.

Wishlist for a striker to replace Chamakh. No need to be top guys like Cavani or Rossi, 2nd rate striker will do.

Moussa Sow, Fernando Llorente, Soldado, Reus, Mandzukic, Papiss Cisse, Matavz, Luuk De Jong, Janko.

Ricky1985

Captain wrote:
Ronaldo is not, in my opinion, entertaining and Messi isn't particularly fun either.

I think it's largely down to individual flair being discouraged in favour of disciplined team play. You hear everyone talking about attacking as a block, defending as a block, and nearly everyone plays the same system. Barcelona are the best example of that; Messi has more flair and ability in his right toe than most of the great players of the last 10 years - in my opinion - but he plays his role in a team and is incredibly effective.

Xcdude24

City would never sell to us, but would anyone want Adam Johnson?

Klaus

I would have taken him in the summer but now now. We should go for top quality instead. Hazard is the only wide forward we should make an effort to sign.

Claudius

That's the spirit, Klaus. No half measures. We brought in the veterans we've always wanted to stabilize the club. Now we need to bring in top tier talent to finish off a winning formula.

Rohit

I am really not convinced that Hazard is what we need. Great talent no doubt but at 20, no bigger a talent than Nasri was when he came here. I would love to have a 20 year old talent like Hazard/ Goetze in our squad but i believe we will get the same inconsistency from them that we got from Nasri and even Cesc when he was young. We need a David Silva, a 25 year old that is peaking but i have no idea who that player is. Signing Hazard won't make us what we all want to be right now, he will take another 2 seasons to get to the level we want him to be at in my opinion, not that i am against signing either.

lorddulaarsenal

I do feel hazard is being a tad overrated but he is a top prospect

I wish we could gt ozil

Rohit

On thinking harder, i think Captain was probably right the other day when he cited the paucity of world class players in the age of 24-30 in this generation. We had two, both just peaking and both of them left this summer.

Ricky1985

It annoys me a little when Cesc and Nasri are put into the same category. They're not really comparable at all. Cesc is one of the very best footballers on the planet, we can neither attract or afford players of his ability. Nasri's at least a couple of levels below, and there are probably a handful of players out there that we could realistically get who would match or better his level for us - Hazard being one of them, in my opinion.

lorddulaarsenal

Gervinho has replaced nasri.

Ricky another Wonderkid for you to check out is Lucas moura. He's similar to neymar.

Ricky1985

Is he the small, mixed race kid who dribbles through about 5 at a time? Think I saw him in the Brazil-Scotland game at the Emirates.

lorddulaarsenal

That's him. Not that small. He's hyped but not enough of a team player for me. As good as neymar tho.

Ricky1985

He looked crazy quick against Scotland, too.

Timbob

We havn't missed Nasri in the slightest. Getting £20 odd million for him was good business.

Top of my wishlist is a striker. Hazard, Gotze would be great, but we need another quality forward. Ideally would love to get a Rossi (I know he's injured) or a Cavani that can do good stuff wide too.

lorddulaarsenal

Rossi is injured Tim

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