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I think it'd be even better to start convincing other clubs to take our already turd players. "Hey Fat Sam, Carr really rates Willo. He can be all yours for the cool price of 5mil."

Unbelievable that we could've had a player of his caliber for so cheap.

I don't care if he turns out to be Danny Simpson 2.0, I want this cunt more than anything now.

Goddamit, fuck off everybody. Milan, West Ham probably don't even want him ffs.

Test this by bidding an outrageous amount, just to see if someone ups our bid. 'NUFC bid 18mil for Haidara you say? 19mil from us!' - Fat Sam

Yep, Leicester got themselves a nice player.

Not a chance. That level of money suggests someone you'd build your team around, someone who will lead the way to success. Cazorla, Wilshere, maybe Vermaelen are players Arsenal should build their team around. Not Walcott. Not to say he can't be a very dangerous player, nor that he isn't going to score you goals, but I think he's the archetypal "will play well against poorer opposition" player. Just don't think he's cut out to make his mark regularly against top teams, which is what you'd expect of someone on that sort of wage. Dunno if that's a clichéd observation but that's what has always struck me about him. In that sense it's a big risk giving him that much money as it implies Wenger thinks he will develop into that player. I can't see it, but we'll see. Vermaelen is definitely not worth that amount of money. He's still error prone, liable to lapses in concentration and his on the pitch decision making isn't that great. He shouldn't even be starting for them tbh, Koscielny and Mertesacker are superior defenders. Koscielny's looked rather crap this season tbh. Mertesacker much improved over last year though.

This. Walcott's not Arsenal's top player. I rate Podolski higher than him too.

Meanwhile for Lazio, Klose just keeps chugging along and netting goals. Really impressive player.

Just think of he massive bidding war that'll be had for our French players? Cabaye £40m Hba £35m Debuchy £20m Marv £10m Obertan £500m FYP.

Awful answer. I liked it. Then you're both awful people. Getting rid of Ashley deemed as success? Absolutely disgusting attitude. It's fine to say that you see success as winning XYZ, something you don't see happening under Ashley, but when your definition of success is all about your dislike for the owner? It's just shite man. Awful awful craic. Semtex in other words:

Roma is incomprehensible. Should be a dynamite squad, but so lackluster. Zeman's defense strikes again.

Won't match their stupid offer £5m fkn hell wayyyy to much That's overpriced for him though. While I agree, we're not a team that should be outbid by the likes of Norwich, it's just not a price we should be paying for a player of his caliber. £3m at the very most.

He's also not worth that much, we'd be smart to walk away.

What like? only Milan is a bigger challenge really( to me City and Chelsea are no easier or harder) and they couldn't afford Pep's toothbrush atm. Bayern have not won the CL in over a decade and Dortmund have won the last 2 leagues, its challenging enough IMO. Hardly. It's the richest club in Germany by a mile. It has access to the best talent across Europe and first class top tier management. Pep was saying when he took a year out that he might come back at a smaller club and build it up from the ground. He means us

There's some asshole in the background, been killing it the last 30 minutes This whole thing is farcical "Toronto takes a 5 minute timeout" ffs

Yeah it's not a great system. You can stream it on mlssoccer.com fyi.

How can we challenge for the title though? You must know that's impossible unless you spend mega money. It should still be the goal, even if it's not realistically attainable. I just don't accept the notion that I should be happy with a team that aims for anything less. What's the point otherwise? I suppose football itself does hold intrinsic value, but that's not enough to overcome the extrinsic value of the game either, imo.

Challenge for the league title, cups, and Europe every year. Never understood the contentment with finishing top half or making it to the semi-finals of a cup competition. Guess fans of smaller clubs have to temper their expectations with the threat of relegation ever present, but the goal of any club should be to win first-and-foremost.

Watching the MLS Draft. It's that kind of day.

One of my mates, the biggest ManU bandwagon homer imaginable, is whining on Twitter about Pep going to Germany. Trying to rationalize it, "Oh it's just temporary, Pep really wants to manage ManU. He'll be here as soon as SAF retires. Best club in the world needs the best manager in the world." The sense of fucking entitlement, goddamn son.

He's been known about for some time now though?

Yep.