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I'd rather take the hit with Sir Chesney, blooding him like us with Krul than with Given, a keeper destroyed by injury and not playing. They need a keeper about to hit his prime, 27-29, established and not just a good shot stopper, someone with presence in the box, a good communicator and spot on distribution, none of which Given ever had even at the height of his powers. True that, as much as I loved Shay when he was with us (now that he's left, wish nowt but failure for him), he did lack the attributes you highlighted. But I reckon he can still do a job for Arsenal, in the short term anyway. EDIT: but then again, Szeczney playing for a full season will do him a lot of good and aid his development.

Would be better than Arsenal's current options tbh.

Glad I don't follow cwarr07!

I agree to an extent but we are never going to spend the £20m required on an experienced ready made keeper. In an absolute ideal world we'd go out spend £20m on Reina and send Chesney on a real decent loan for 2/3 seasons then get most the money back on Reina, but I don't think that is feasible. A simple solution would be to sign Shay Given............

That would be legendary

Oh dear Giggsy

This.

Cruyff is understandable but Kissinger and Domingo??? Feck sake.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6968733,00.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter An opera singer??

£18 million??

Wouldn't complain if that is the case.

You need an eye transplant. Yes I do, just had a look on google images so yeah the transplant made a difference

That actually flatters her.

Exactly, I really can't see Nolan going anywhere. No club will pay the money to buy him out with 2 years left, no club will likely match his wages. He's going nowhere. Yep.

Looks like Rooney may have wasted his money there. Honestly don't see any difference!

Can't say I know much about Neil Taylor, but if he's brought in purely for backup, then by all means (I'll probably change my view if it turns out he's just like Perch......)

Fantastic

well said Wullie.

Bit of a belly on that 5th guy like....

Nail on the head!

F***ing hell, £675000 a year?!?!

Taking the p*ss I hope? No not at all........... why is Nolan even being offered a new deal ? Him and his best mate are both important players but not irreplaceable, both getting on in footballing years and are lucky to be here. I am sick to fkn death of this "rejects new contract offer" bollocks. Transfer list them then, they don't want to be here then fine, if we signed the players we want Nolan should not even be in the starting 11 anyway. Why are you having a go at Nolan for being offered a new deal? f***s sake Basically bullshit from start to end this. Barton, and especially Nolan, mean a lot for the club and the spirit in the dressing room. As well as being great/decent footballers of course. We know nowt about what the new contracts say, but you can't blame them for not wanting to sign contracts which will give them less money than they have now. And yes, they do want to be here. Which is why they're being offered new deals...but you get the feeling that they're after similar wages to the likes of Ben Arfa, Tiote, Cabaye, etc. which they shouldn't be on imo. Didn't really think this was the case but now that I think about it, it's a very plausible explanation.