Ever since we appointed a Scottish manager to replace our old successful Scottish manager, we have have been doomed to decades of irrelevance like Liverpool - just as the tweet prophesied
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We all care for the club. Enjoy the summer and the world cup and relax. If we still haven't signed any of our targets going into August, then start to get worried.
Nono, there was that newbie that got promoted for about two hours, had a meltdown about us not signing anyone, and when people took notice of this message he said he wanted to leave this forum as he was pushed out.
3 CMs rotating isn't nearly as bad and being in all competitions they'll get plenty of game-time between them, considering injury issues also. I think they weren't content because you were going through bad times, when most people complain. Win titles again? Your squad players are happy with being that, whilst picking up the big wages.
Maybe i'm just Arse muppeting at the though of a christmas tree of
--Wilshere--Fabregas--Ramsey--
---------Ozil------Cazorla------
--------------?-----------------
I'll stick to FM for that it seems.
Defensively soft - they got torn apart by a number of top sides last season even playing a more defensive midfield than that (featuring either Arteta or Flamini). Plus that side would have exactly the problem they've had this season with the absences of Walcott, Oxlade Chamberlain or anyone to replace them - too many midfielders, too much playmaking, not enough width, pace or directness.
He would be deeper than all those. He would take Cleverleys place.
£27m is the amount being touted? What a steal for Chelsea!
Ah yes, remember that one now. That was quite bad too.
Try and not express your concerns in such a dramatic spackerlike manner. That post was absolutely pathetic. One of the worst I've ever read on here.
Why some people so sure he is going to the chavs? We can still sign him if Ed gives a call.
Except him and LVG won't.
Wonder why everyone's hopping on the "no Cesc, we can't get a decent midfielder" bandwagon. Whatever happened to the "support your manager" shite from last year
I'm sure LvG has someone lined up. Even if he doesn't and if he thinks we can make do with what we have, then let's give him a chance, shall we? I'm sure he can't take us below where Moyes left us.
I'm sure LvG has someone lined up. Even if he doesn't and if he thinks we can make do with what we have, then let's give him a chance, shall we? I'm sure he can't take us below where Moyes left us.
He couldn't organise an orgy in Amsterdam. I do not trust him what so ever. He's more interested in NYSE and getting us a new tyre sponsor.
Fabreas next to Matic and behind Oscar. That's pretty nifty that.
As an Arsenal fan you think I'd be disappointed at Cesc's potential move to Chelsea but I'm really not. I cut ties with him when he went back to Barcelona. I'm also experienced at watching former fan favorites jump ship to various rivals (examples not required).
I always saw Cesc as Xavi's eventual successor.
I always saw Cesc as Xavi's eventual successor.
I also think if Arsenal have decided not to buy him back, then they can't be pissed off if he joins another club. They turned him down after all.
We don't want him .The Beeb said so.
Cesc was fantastic at Arsenal, for such a young age he was putting in top performances every week. Barca have killed him tbh, Guardiola signed him and he was barely getting a run in the team due to Xavi and Iniesta. I would let Xavi take a back seat now and give Cesc the playing time he deseves but it looks he is on his way out. Big mistake if you ask me.
Wonder why everyone's hopping on the "no Cesc, we can't get a decent midfielder" bandwagon. Whatever happened to the "support your manager" shite from last year
I'm sure LvG has someone lined up. Even if he doesn't and if he thinks we can make do with what we have, then let's give him a chance, shall we? I'm sure he can't take us below where Moyes left us.
It's because people want to see big names coming to the club as that's the usual reaction from the fans when they deem an overhaul necessary. My own hope is that we sign some of the Dutch players. I'd like to see Strootman here in January or before if possible and, depending on just how well they do at the world cup, I'd like to see Daley Blind and Martins Indie. Those players alone would drastically improve some of our problem areas and fit into Van Gaal's way of playing. The current Dutch squad is not littered with outstanding talent but people are overlooking that it has some very functional members in it who would very much complement the flair players we already have at the club.
Having Van Gaal as manager will put players like RVP, Mata, Rooney, Kagawa, Januzaj in a completely new light. The whole system is going to change and we will be departing from what has traditionally been the "United way" of fast, counter-attacking football. Van Gaal's high-energy pressing off the ball (which his current Dutch side does well) will require a different sort of player to what we've been used to. I trust van Gaal with finding the right players for the job.
Franc Fabragas will be a steal at 26m in the current market if this transfer is to be believed.
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Yep, they also have plenty of power and workrate alongside him if he ends up in a midfield 3 with Matic and Oscar to make up for his lack of physicality or discipline in CM.
If we sign Fabregas, Costa, Luis, and retain Courtious and Lukaku, whilst offloading Luiz and Torres I will be fairly happy.
If that 26-27m Fabregas deal is true, it actually be quite hilarious, I remember a certain pair of Woodward and Moyes being ridiculed for trying to buy him for right around that price, I don't think he's devalued a great deal in the one year.
I wonder if the £27m is fabricated by the press to draw comparisons to another transfer...
Spoilt.
Fark me....you is hard to please
To be fair I might have Fellaini over Fabregas
In a competition to see who can clean Rooneys toilet with their head the fastest after curry night!
Don't worry mate, God hates you that's why your a chelsea fan
We'll probably end up overpaying €30m for Enzo Perez who'll turn out not to be good enough. We'll expect to sign Strootman in the Winter but As Roma will turn us down and we won't get him either. Than we'll likely go through the same shit next summer.
Fully expecting us to compleltey ruin this transfer summer and have a very frustrating season again. I'll be happy if we manage to get back into the top 4, but I'am ready to give up on the hope of ever becoming a real top team again in the near future. It is very clear the priorities of the management are not focussed on sportive success, rather on maintaining useless traditions and signing high value commercial deals (not that anything is wrong wiith the commercial deals ofc), clearly signing top players isn't very high on their list, and if it is, then clearly they haven't gotten the right people/system in charge to make it happen. This club has always been about dithering and doubting, delaying problems to the next year and we are paying the price of such kind of transfer conduct (every team and their dog overtake us in the speed of doing deals, and we're left with the scraps). Highly likely we'll go trough 2 or 3 really difficult barren years, then perhaps if the Glazers sell us after that difficult period and some new owner puts in place another management we could come back to being a top club again, that or we'll end up being our own kind of sleeping giant (that constantly fecks about and screws up the most simple things) for the next couple of decades like Liverpool have been. It is starting to become very clear the Manchester United dynasty/era has come to an abrupt end or is seriously in danger of ending (with no capable people in charge to stop it).
Fully expected the club to make a statement of intent in transfermarket as soon as the season was over, fully expected some deals to be ligned up and finalised before the world cup. But we are just completley passive and are overtaken again by all other teams in the market. Fully expect that almost none of the top players we could have signed will still be available after the world cup, we'll be lucky to end up overpaying for 2nd or 3th choice in the midfield and we'll be lucky to land Shaw as the only overpaid consolation player (altough I expect we'll feck that one up aswell somehow).
I hate this club and transfer windows
absolutely superb.Well he has one year less on his contract, and it's become quite clear that the fans haven't taken to him. Whereas last year, with a new manager and the loss of Thiago, Barca were willing to give it some more time.
We'll probably end up overpaying €30m for Enzo Perez who'll turn out not to be good enough. We'll expect to sign Strootman in the Winter but As Roma will turn us down and we won't get him either. Than we'll likely go through the same shit next summer.
Fully expecting us to compleltey ruin this transfer summer and have a very frustrating season again. I'll be happy if we manage to get back into the top 4, but I'am ready to give up on the hope of ever becoming a real top team again in the near future. It is very clear the priorities of the management are not focussed on sportive success, rather on maintaining useless traditions and signing high value commercial deals (not that anything is wrong wiith the commercial deals ofc), clearly signing top players isn't very high on their list, and if it is, then clearly they haven't gotten the right people/system in charge to make it happen. This club has always been about dithering and doubting, delaying problems to the next year and we are paying the price of such kind of transfer conduct (every team and their dog overtake us in the speed of doing deals, and we're left with the scraps). Highly likely we'll go trough 2 or 3 really difficult barren years, then perhaps if the Glazers sell us after that difficult period and some new owner puts in place another management we could come back to being a top club again, that or we'll end up being our own kind of sleeping giant (that constantly fecks about and screws up the most simple things) for the next couple of decades like Liverpool have been. It is starting to become very clear the Manchester United dynasty/era has come to an abrupt end or is seriously in danger of ending (with no capable people in charge to stop it).
Fully expected the club to make a statement of intent in transfermarket as soon as the season was over, fully expected some deals to be ligned up and finalised before the world cup. But we are just completley passive and are overtaken again by all other teams in the market. Fully expect that almost none of the top players we could have signed will still be available after the world cup, we'll be lucky to end up overpaying for 2nd or 3th choice in the midfield and we'll be lucky to land Shaw as the only overpaid consolation player (altough I expect we'll feck that one up aswell somehow).
I hate this club and transfer windows
You hate this club?
What are you doing here then you drama queen?
What a bellend.I've seen some very good, sensible posts by NoArroJusBeta. What the feck happened?
He;s already clarified he meant the club in transfer windows. Read ffs before having a go.
Some bellends propably don't understand that :
1/ Chelsea are in the Champions League.
2/ Fabregas prefers London for obvious reasons.
3/ According to some reports, LvG is not interested.
Blind, Clasie and De Vrij it is then.
1/ Chelsea are in the Champions League.
2/ Fabregas prefers London for obvious reasons.
3/ According to some reports, LvG is not interested.
Blind, Clasie and De Vrij it is then.
Maybe, just maybe, Fabregas' camp are leaking this 'impending-transfer-to-Chelsea' malarkey as a way of attempting to trigger us (or others) into action.
I can think of no other reason why his camp would reveal he's on the brink of signing for them, I really don't. They are big rivals of Arsenal (although not the biggest, and not even historically) and then there's the Mourinho factor, whom many at Barcelona despise. Fabregas joining Chelsea ahead of Arsenal, ourselves and even City is perplexing.
There's more to this than meets the eye, I suspect.
I can think of no other reason why his camp would reveal he's on the brink of signing for them, I really don't. They are big rivals of Arsenal (although not the biggest, and not even historically) and then there's the Mourinho factor, whom many at Barcelona despise. Fabregas joining Chelsea ahead of Arsenal, ourselves and even City is perplexing.
There's more to this than meets the eye, I suspect.
I dont need to read the last sentence to have a go. The whole post is beyond ridiculous.
And I'm not the only one to have a go cause he wrote he hate the club, whatever he meant by it, transfer windows or not.
They're not "bellends" for having legitimate concerns about our apparent reluctance to engage in talks with Fabregas' camp regarding this transfer. He's a world-class creative midfielder, proven in the Premier League and would be willing to join for a very reasonable fee. I refuse to see what its wrong with having concerns about this when the other names we're now being linked with are relative unknowns outside the Dutch league.
Not a racism issue either, by the way. It's genuinely worrying that van Gaal isn't keen on Fabregas when he's exactly the type of midfielder we should be targeting.
The post is ridiculous and deserves the stick he's getting. You highlighted the hate the club bit before having a go at him, something he's already clarified was poorly written and now what he meant.
We'll probably end up overpaying €30m for Enzo Perez who'll turn out not to be good enough. We'll expect to sign Strootman in the Winter but As Roma will turn us down and we won't get him either. Than we'll likely go through the same shit next summer.
Fully expecting us to compleltey ruin this transfer summer and have a very frustrating season again. I'll be happy if we manage to get back into the top 4, but I'am ready to give up on the hope of ever becoming a real top team again in the near future. It is very clear the priorities of the management are not focussed on sportive success, rather on maintaining useless traditions and signing high value commercial deals (not that anything is wrong wiith the commercial deals ofc), clearly signing top players isn't very high on their list, and if it is, then clearly they haven't gotten the right people/system in charge to make it happen. This club has always been about dithering and doubting, delaying problems to the next year and we are paying the price of such kind of transfer conduct (every team and their dog overtake us in the speed of doing deals, and we're left with the scraps). Highly likely we'll go trough 2 or 3 really difficult barren years, then perhaps if the Glazers sell us after that difficult period and some new owner puts in place another management we could come back to being a top club again, that or we'll end up being our own kind of sleeping giant (that constantly fecks about and screws up the most simple things) for the next couple of decades like Liverpool have been. It is starting to become very clear the Manchester United dynasty/era has come to an abrupt end or is seriously in danger of ending (with no capable people in charge to stop it).
Fully expected the club to make a statement of intent in transfermarket as soon as the season was over, fully expected some deals to be ligned up and finalised before the world cup. But we are just completley passive and are overtaken again by all other teams in the market. Fully expect that almost none of the top players we could have signed will still be available after the world cup, we'll be lucky to end up overpaying for 2nd or 3th choice in the midfield and we'll be lucky to land Shaw as the only overpaid consolation player (altough I expect we'll feck that one up aswell somehow).
I hate this club and transfer windows
Jesus.
All right, fair enough. I dont get people acting like women in menopause.
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