LiquidAK Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Cisse was signed half way through January wasn't he? Under Ashley, generally speaking if we haven't bought anyone by now, we won't be buying full stop. We rarely make last ditch signings. Last week of it I think, maybe slightly earlier. Don't think it was half-way though. Still, useless panicking until it's certain. If we're working on a deal for a player it may take until the last day, that wouldn't make it "last ditch", would just mean it took that long to conclude. Just seems senseless to be worrying ourselves into an early grave over nothing at this point. I'll be upset if come September we're still here though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Last day "signings" under Fat Ash, by my count: Summer 07: Beye and Faye Summer 08: Xisco and Gonzales (loan) Winter 09: Raylor Winter 10: Best Winter 11: Ireland (loan) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Last day "signings" under Fat Ash, by my count: Summer 08: Beye and Faye Summer 08: Xisco and Gonzales (loan) Winter 09: Raylor Winter 10: Best Winter 11: Ireland (loan) That isn't good that. Not exactly inspiring is it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Ireland, man. He played for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Summer 08 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Ireland, man. He played for us. He did, and some people wanted us to pay money for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Ireland, man. He played for us. Aye for about 5mins then got injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Ireland, man. He played for us. Did he? I seem to remember he was crooked pretty much throughout your loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning_Linguist Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Summer 08 Oh Man, DOn't remind me, I was at Arsenal that day when MA was caught on camera downing the beer.... Even got my picture with him after the match, Then everything went terribly wrong.... Sad times! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Summer 08 In terms of people coming in it was great, just the setup that failed. Bassong, Guthrie, Gutiérrez, Coloccini... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwegianmagpie Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 It's not like a signing late in the window has to be a late panic signing. We could well been working on at deal for some time, for it just to be wrapped up late. If suddenly AC, Debuchy or whatever player we've been tracking becomes available at the right price, I cant see it being a problem, even for Ashley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Everyone's doomsday predictions are all a bit pathetic tbh. We were all thinking the same thing last January and then Cisse popped up. By all means moan if by the end of the window we've got no-one else, but jesus-christ give it a f***ing rest for now. It's not over. Thats the point though. Ashley gambled this time last year by not signing a striker, with the hope we could go through to Jan avoiding injuries and with the players we have delivering. It looks nailed on he's gonna do that again imo, only this time we have the prospect of more games and the squad bar one player is no different. Our squad is good agreed but im a little uneasy with all this reluctance to go that extra yard to get players. Time will tell, just want it out the way now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Everyone's doomsday predictions are all a bit pathetic tbh. We were all thinking the same thing last January and then Cisse popped up. By all means moan if by the end of the window we've got no-one else, but jesus-christ give it a f***ing rest for now. It's not over. Thats the point though. Ashley gambled this time last year by not signing a striker, with the hope we could go through to Jan avoiding injuries and with the players we have delivering. It looks nailed on he's gonna do that again imo, only this time we have the prospect of more games and the squad bar one player is no different. Our squad is good agreed but im a little uneasy with all this reluctance to go that extra yard to get players. Time will tell, just want it out the way now. Ashley gambled 18 months ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Everyone's doomsday predictions are all a bit pathetic tbh. We were all thinking the same thing last January and then Cisse popped up. By all means moan if by the end of the window we've got no-one else, but jesus-christ give it a f***ing rest for now. It's not over. Thats the point though. Ashley gambled this time last year by not signing a striker, with the hope we could go through to Jan avoiding injuries and with the players we have delivering. It looks nailed on he's gonna do that again imo, only this time we have the prospect of more games and the squad bar one player is no different. Our squad is good agreed but im a little uneasy with all this reluctance to go that extra yard to get players. Time will tell, just want it out the way now. Basically the last thing you said. I just don't see the use in worrying until the deed is done so to speak. It's very possible that this time next week we'll be excited as hell because Debuchy and a striker have come in and we look set to make a real go at this season. Fair enough it'd be nice to get it done sooner, but no sense worrying just yet imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 It's not like a signing late in the window has to be a late panic signing. We could well been working on at deal for some time, for it just to be wrapped up late. If suddenly AC, Debuchy or whatever player we've been tracking becomes available at the right price, I cant see it being a problem, even for Ashley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Carroll is the only deal I can see us possibly doing and that will depend entirely on whether Liverpool blink or not. Providing there are no outgoings it won't have been a truly terrible transfer window but it does have a faint wiff of summer 2003 about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Everyone's doomsday predictions are all a bit pathetic tbh. We were all thinking the same thing last January and then Cisse popped up. By all means moan if by the end of the window we've got no-one else, but jesus-christ give it a f***ing rest for now. It's not over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Well yeh, that whole summer was a throw of the dice. Dont think anyone envisaged our signings would have been as good as they were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Everyone's doomsday predictions are all a bit pathetic tbh. We were all thinking the same thing last January and then Cisse popped up. By all means moan if by the end of the window we've got no-one else, but jesus-christ give it a f***ing rest for now. It's not over. Thats the point though. Ashley gambled this time last year by not signing a striker, with the hope we could go through to Jan avoiding injuries and with the players we have delivering. It looks nailed on he's gonna do that again imo, only this time we have the prospect of more games and the squad bar one player is no different. Our squad is good agreed but im a little uneasy with all this reluctance to go that extra yard to get players. Time will tell, just want it out the way now. Basically the last thing you said. I just don't see the use in worrying until the deed is done so to speak. It's very possible that this time next week we'll be excited as hell because Debuchy and a striker have come in and we look set to make a real go at this season. Fair enough it'd be nice to get it done sooner, but no sense worrying just yet imo. That's a positive way of looking at it and it would be wonderful for us to repeat a Cisse-esque deal in the next few days. Personally, cant see it happening. Would love to be wrong on the matter obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Afellay has asked to leave the Barça squad to conclude talks with his new club tomorrow. Whichever that is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Can't see it being us, as much as I would love to have him here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Walcott out Afellay in for Arsenal maybe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Walcott out Afellay in for Arsenal maybe? Pretty likely tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 would be another good signing for Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Don't really rate Walcott, Affelay would be a good upgrade IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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