Burnwinter wrote:

Holy shit, hey Timbo.

Hey, mate. :thumbsup:

Sicario wrote:

Shady wrote:

Lennon says he's still injured.

The more I read about this guy, the more I think he's another Rosicky waiting to happen.

Why, it’s only a hernia, not an ACL which is worse. Hernias don’t even effect your legs.

He has Gilmores Groin, which can be a pretty horrendous injury. Two rugby players, Manu Tuilagi and Matt Tait were both out for over a year with it. Tuilagi recovered after about 12 months, played for a bit, then missed about another 6 months with it. Not sure on the exact details, but I think it’s when the muscle separates from the pubis bone, and there’s no surgical intervention that can sort it. Just rest and rehab...and hope.

Klaus wrote:

Feel terrible for the lad. That's probably his Arsenal career gone.

We really have to buy someone in January now. Get out that cheque book and sign Manolas before Real beat us to it.

Personally think that’s way, way over the top. He’s 23, has 7 or 8 years + at the top and has an injury that will mean he misses 6 months of football. ACL is still a big injury, but 100% not something that should reduce him physically, as long as A) there’s minimal residual damage to the knee, i.e it’s a straightforward ACL repair and B) he rehabs diligently.

Lacazette has surprised me by how good a technical footballer he is, after being told by all the hipsters that he was not a very good ‘footballer’, but his ability as a goal scorer has been underwhelming. Doesn’t make great runs in the box and his finishing is pretty hit and miss.

At the moment looks like he’s a bit fatigued. Premiership is relentless.

Anyone seen 89? Went to the cinema just after Christmas to watch it. I’d recommend it highly.

Johnny Evans is a good defender and would 100% improve us. His age isn’t ideal though.

Big Willie wrote:

Clrnc wrote:

We are talking about a manager who refused to cough out another 1.8m to get Arshavin over the line. In the end his own agent made up the difference from his own pockets to Zenit.

This deal is really in danger now.

The same one who refused to get Xabi Alonso because of an extra 2m.

I don’t think Wenger is very involved with negotiating fees and wages anymore.

It feels like if Dortmund has quoted us £20m we’d have bid £15m. How many top quality strikers are there, and how many are even remotely available to Arsenal? We really need to stop dicking about.

Rohit wrote:

Give Ozil what he wants really.

An immediate free transfer to a better team?

This Premier League salary rule malarkey is just a patsy imo. A line peddled by the club to explain our lack of real investment in the squad. A proper big club would buy who they want and worry about the rest later.

arsedoc md wrote:

Tim-bob wrote:

What’s the worst that can happen?

Worst would be a precedent being set of bad behavior.  Lowered bar. 
I've pictured scenarios of him causing wengers departure and all abd thought the same. ..what's the worst that can happen. 

Well, quite. We could slip slightly further into mediocrity...

He’s got a lot of upside and maybe it works out.

Like a pair of shrivelled mangos fella.

arsedoc md wrote:

This guy sounds like trouble. Too much indiscipline off the field. Can't imagine him at arsenal.

What’s the worst that can happen?

I think we can all agree that the real problem here is that there are just far too many sexay ladies knocking about, gettin us all riled up.

But Mahrez is rubbish, that’s why nobody has bought him despite him desperately wanting out for 2 years.

I’ve always thought Mkhitaryan a really good player. The fact Mourinho couldn’t get anything out of him doesn’t really perturb me.

Hopefully Tottenhams fullbacks will get knobbled/tired at some point. Rose and Walker's insane energy makes their system work.

If Kos and Mustafi both play 30+ league games this year we'll go a long way to being alright. I went to the Chelsea game, and was mightily impressed with Mustafi.

Burnwinter wrote:

MistaT wrote:

"A screaming comes across the sky"

To be honest I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate this film after Interstellar.

Don't worry, I think the bloke walking into the water will wake up at home...in his book case.

We can, quite literally, afford a number of expensive mistakes. See Theo Walcotts last contract for eg.