Arsenal Banter Archive September 03 2013

03 Sep 2013 23:50:01
Bendtner always scores for Denmark and is held in high regard by the fans.
Again it comes back to respect a 2 way street.
Did he try his best.
Did we give him a fair crack of whip.
He scores and plays well as he has faith placed in him he Will produce.
We need to do the same and it Will change everything.
What everyone must remember is we only 1 or 2 injury away from realting on bendtner.
He says he going to give his best and we should embrace it

Whilst he is an arsenal player we should support him. we pay his wages so we may as well play him if needed. you never know, the ozil effect may even rub off on bendtner

With Ba's proposed move having been blocked and Giroud for now being the only recognised striker. who knows it could be the year Bendtner finally lives up to the faith Wenger had in him.

We need to support him, plus we don't need out top players playing in capital one cup.

He needs to play more and speak less, some things happens for a reason, u never know may be this might be his time to become the player Wenger always thought he might be

Bendtner is never going to be clinical but playing with Cazorla, Ozil, Walcott etc. he would score goals. Assuming he was match fit and we were playing Utd say, I certainly wouldn't be too concerned if that was our front 4.

Bendtner is still an person but once or twice I've watched him when he's in the mood and he looked a real handful and was everywhere and creating chances (a la Ibrahimovic) and scoring. It was all too rare though but gives a little hope.

03 Sep 2013 23:08:27
Don't know about anyone else but I'm still buzzing with the signing of Ozil. Everyday I'm thinking WOW can't wait to see him play for us.
His signing has brought sooo much optimism in me, and I now feel assured that the club are moving in the right direction.
I also love the reaction this signing has caused with other club fans.
I have a lot of friends who are Man United and lpool fans, and now they all believe arsenal are guaranteed top 4. And that Man United could be the ones struggling for top 4.
Personally with the current squad I believe we will finish fourth, but will be much closer to first points wise.
Can't wait till the next match.
MESUT OZIL the player that returned glory to ARSENAL.

03 Sep 2013 22:38:14
Absolutely overwhelmed by Ozil deal. He is a true world class talent. In top 20 players in the world in my opinion. And to think we got him for half the price of Bale who is only marginally better. This is the world class signing we need to take us to the next level. The amount of assists he brings will increase Giroud and Walcotts goals tally by 5-10 each. All our players are chuffed to bits, what a morale booster.

Viviano another clever bit of business by Wenger. Good standard of keeper to push Szeszncy. Flaming might as well have never left. He got stuck in, communicated with back 4 and linked well with Ramsey and Cazorla. Well done Mr Wenger you prove us wrong every year.

Just another thought, I'm having a heated debate with my brother (LFC fan) over who is better, Ozil or Suarez. My personal opinion is that they are both equally as good but seeing as Suarez is older and has major personality issues (understatement) Ozil edges it. Thoughts?

With our team now I would be surprised if we didn't get top 4. Hopefully Spurs and Man U drop out in place of LFC.

Peace

03 Sep 2013 22:08:45
This was posted on Man United page by one of there fans.


There was a genuine reason why we didn't go for
ozil! David Moyes was jealous that ozils eyeballs were
bigger than his and didn't want to get into a
staring contest with him.



lol, brilliant

03 Sep 2013 21:32:02
As requested, a new poll in the way of an old one - If you had to decide on Wenger's fate, what would you do? on the voting page now.

I find it ridiculous we even have to vote on this

Just my 2 cents

There should be another option in this poll - too early to decide ask again at Christmas. You have to give him the chance now till then we will have a much better idea of how the season will pan out

Yeah he should be out, end of!

:-) been pleading 4 years now. come on Ed work your magic.

03 Sep 2013 21:10:12
So glad we didn't get sauez or rooney I know they are both very good players but as people there's little to admire about them with both having a spoilt brat mentality, half a hour stuck in a lift with either pretty sure only one of us would walk out, and after 10 mins with them I don't think I'd care that much if it was me or them survived as long as it was over. Where in Ozil not only the we have a player who absolutely as good as anyone already playing in the premier league (I think that's putting it mildly myself) but he also seems to be a pretty humble bloke too which can only be good for us and the game as a whole.

Have to agree with you there gunner62. just don't understand how you can last half hour in a lift with them 2. you must be super human my friend lol

Just thinking! Saurez would probably eat me alive and Rooney scalp me DG, but as long as they did it in silence THINGS COULD BE WORSE

03 Sep 2013 20:49:03
Hello Eds and fellow Gooners, first time I have had chance today to put something on the banter page has I been scoffing HUMBLE PIE all day long.Thanks for the site Eds
Heybridge Gooner {Ed013's Note -No worries mate, at least your honest. I hope you had custard with it}

Same here mate, I wanted Wenger out as felt he was telling so many lies about how he couldn't sign anyone and WOW Ozil signed. I'm still pinching myself just can't believe we have signed one of the best players in the world. Lots of humble pie for me. Maybe next time I will think a little more than get frustrated with the lack of transfers, after all, that is why he is the manager and i'm here with egg on my face.

03 Sep 2013 18:42:49
Am I right in thinking that Shezza and Sagna are both in the last year of their contract?
Hopefully we can get them both tied down for the next few years. Sagna did have a dodgy patch last year but is starting to find some form again and is an important versatile defender.

03 Sep 2013 19:18:08
Yep, both run out 30.06.14, check out transfermarkt for anything like that.

Maybe that is why we got Viviano in, Wenger is still perhaps not totally 100% certain about Szczesny yet and is putting him under more pressure this season with having Viviano to see if he up's his game.

We have a option to buy Viviano next season and I can't see us really having three young keepers for that one place, something has to give there. It will be interesting to see what happens. If Wenger just wanted keeper backup I would have thought he would have gone for a old hand like Given to provide cover.

03 Sep 2013 17:55:25
Yesterday all the United fans were gutted that they'd missed out on Ozil, my question to you is: out of all the deals done by other clubs who is the one player (if any) that you wish we'd managed to sign?
For me it has to be Sakho from liverpool, he looks like a beast and in the position we could do with some cover in.

Agreed

Add him and it would have been close to the perfect window

Yep Sakho for me too

Gustavo

Fellaini, defensively strong and good going forward (but we would have to make sure he plays more defensively). great in the air so good at defending but also a threat at arsenal corners. very good under pressure and doesn't panic and a very good distributor of the ball. also he knows the prem so he would settle in straight away

Sakho, Gustavo, Navas

Yeh Sakho for me, we need another CB.

03 Sep 2013 17:22:48
GOD (DB10) has always been my favorite player ever, the greatest footballer I have ever seen with exquisite touch, vision and technique. I am so happy we now have Mesut Ozil, a player that I feel can emulate Dennis fantastic achievements with Arsenal.

My point. I feel it is time to lovingly pass over GODS chant to our new maestro :) a player who deserves it as much as Bergkamp himself.

THERES ONLY ONE MESUT OZIL

ONE MESUT OZIL

WALKING ALONG

SINGING A SONG

WALKING IN A MESUT OZIL LAND

COYG!

He has to earn it

I don't know if we can go that far. yet. DB10 is a legend, as many I've not seen a classier more naturally gifted player ever to don the famous red and white. let's hope that Ozil can emulate everything that Dennis brought to our club and maybe one day he can have a statue too, COYG!

03 Sep 2013 16:36:26
still can't beilve we signed ozil this in my opion marks a new day in arsenal chapter not only is ozil world class ( the stats say it all) but I also shows to other teams that arsenal now mean buisness and can't compete in the transfer market we do need a wrold class strker and a defender but I would imagene players be quein up to play along side ozil cazorla whilshire

03 Sep 2013 15:20:30
Hi Edz any chance you can add the polls to the mobile site please would love to get involved

{Ed033's Note - That's something to add to the to do list

03 Sep 2013 15:25:25
Still a possibility of getting Ciprian Marica in on a free as he is unattached. Would add a little depth up front. Have to hold my hands up and say I haven't seen him play though.

Would he actually be any good if we signed him?

Failing that Carlton Cole is also on a free lol

DONT GO!!!

That would be a resounding no me thinks, we already had a summer where we got rid of most of the dead wood, don't see any point in bringing in more.

Wrong post soz :/

03 Sep 2013 14:56:18
time to rate how good this window was for us. at the start of the window I said we need cb/rb, dm, gk and st.

we have signed the gk. that's good. we're sorted at that area and szczesny is also playing well. well done wenger.

we haven't got the defender. however, a couple things have changed. first, sagna has proved to be a great cb. second, flamini can apparently play rb. I think we can manage with these. however there was room for a defender. solid work wenger.

we got the dm. flamini will offer depth. ramsey is showing promising signs so maybe him paired with arteta/wilshere will be the base of our midfield. still, flamini will get plenty of opportunities and he seems to be up to it. well done wenger.

st. didn't get one. should have got one. this is confirmed by our attempt to sign ba and the decision to keep bendtner. although I love it this time we were the ones to scupper his move so it still brings smile on my face. but anyway this one wenger didn't get right.

however, at the end of the day, despite the lack of a defender and a striker, i'm going to call this a successful window. we all know why.

03 Sep 2013 14:33:38
Went over to the Manchester United page and said why didn't they bid for Ozil so on and so forth then said he will be a catylyst for better things to come but one said we got him just to shut us fans up. I personally think its like the bergkamp transfer once he came others followed.

So what do you lot think just to shut us up or start of a change at the arsenal?


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After careful consideration, I don't care. We've got Ozil :-)
Joking aside it will lead to both
Flybo

I can't see arsenal spending 42.5m to 'shut us up' when they didn't seem to be listening anyway.

Not sure if it's to shut us up or if it's the signal of change. Personally I think his availability due to the Bale transfer led to this and nothing else. I still think Wenger did not have enough of a plan prior to Ozil signing and had it fallen through or Ozil chosen a move elsewhere Wenger would have been lambasted for it.
I still think we are maybe one or at a push, two signings short however, I do think that this signing will help our season massively. It really is a shame that we currently have so many injuries though as i'd like to see our fully fit 11 with a fully fit bench. Can you imagine the array of talent!

A bit of both to be honest. I don't think Arsene wanted to spend. The pressure became unbearable and the club feared a backslash. They then opted for Ozil who luckily had become disgruntled at RM.

we needed a striker more than anything in most peoples opinion but I have a feeling that it will work for the best because what we really needed is someone with that killer pass and that is what we have in Ozil.

03 Sep 2013 13:55:19
So is everyone happy? We got a new goalie with experience to challenge and push Chesney, a much needed DM in Flamini, a world class no10 in ozil and I reckon the Ox is going to step up this year, is going to be his year to shine as Gervinho&Arshavin have left. I am happy but I still think Wenger has left us short again, the big teams have squads of 22-25, 2 in each position fighting for places, I just don't think we are there and still think we lack that bit of bite. Mohammed Sissoko has terminated his contract with PSG - can still be signed, what would others think to a 6ft3 beast sitting on the bench, I am not saying he is great but woul dyou rather him on a 17yr old there in a CL QF game March when we have 8 injured?!

Just remember how good diaby was for two games before injury.

Ed was saying we can't sign him because he wasn't free agent during the last window. January maybe then? Although he will surely find a club to train at, they will then have the upper hand in signing him.

Ed is that only a rule for the prem? Would he be able to move to another league? Or get a club in France. Don't really understand the rule.

Thanks {Ed044's Note - He can move anywhere that the window is still open or when a window opens.}

03 Sep 2013 13:21:55
. First of all I would like to say how happy I am with Mesut Ozil signing and also want to apologize to those who I have might upset regards our transfers plus Mr Wenger himself. Didn't know he would pulled that one off. Fellow gooners. All good happy times at the Emirates.

03 Sep 2013 13:18:33
Absolutley cannot wait to see Ozil play for us! Amazing signing. But I would have spent the money very differently!

Sakho- £18m
Gustavo- £18m
Eriksen- £12m
Wanyama-£10m
Ceasar-£1.5

(I know its not as simple as adding numbers, as there are taxes and fees etc. but for argument sake keep it simple)

that leaves £10m left from the 70 plus £8m from Gervinho sale for a striker.

Ultimately I don't see any reason why we couldn't have signed these players. Each went to inferior teams ex. Ceasar

Each quality in their own right but most importantly would ad depth to squad. something I think will cost us later.

How would ye have spent the money? And would you have rather a spread of players or the amazing Messut "better than Bale" Ozil deal?

You might have spent the money differently. I would still have Ozil.

getting a player like him, shows ambition, in the next few transfer windows, if we go for a big player,

A) they will take us seriously
B) the selling club will take us seriously.

the good thing about this transfer window is, we only have quality players. besides Park and bendtner.

we can play the likes of Ryo, sanogo, zelalem, gnabry, eisfeld in the carling cup and rest the big guns.

all we have to do is last 4 months, not pick up major injuries and get our currently injured players back, and we can actually put up a decent fight.

its a long season, and we have the manager for it.

I know I was not happy a few days back. but I guess this is how football is. ups and down. and right now since the spurs game. its a massive UP.

lets get behind this team and our new superstar. and let's do some damage.

Totally agree that Ozil signing shows ambition, and honestly I am ecstatic.

Sickened I have to wait two weeks to see him in the red and white!

But I'm trying not to get carried away with a measuring contest.

I do think it would have been in better interest of the club to strengthen in more areas. Add quality in depth.

I think it would have given us a better chance for the year and we would be taken seriously that way also and be able to attract the big names.

Time will tell of course.

Imagine Mata in January! the Oz-Caz connection supplying the wings. And Giroud tapping in crosses all day! A man can dream!

03 Sep 2013 12:48:09
so does anyone know what our net spend actually was this summer and what has effectively been taken of the wage bill!
I'm not sure but I could easly argue our net spend was only the 25 m we have had available for the last few seasons so were was all the transfer money we were suppose to have? don't get me wrong I'm delighted with ozil and am a massive fan of flamini but were we duped again, I remember a while back wenger saying it would be 2-3 years befor we had the spending power of our rivals ( not this year)?? any opinions on this? {Ed044's Note - You have to account for taxes, agent fees etc}

Ed044 are there taxes and agent fee s invoved in all of our loaned out players or is this just sorted between the clubs? ( cause there was a hell of a lot) {Ed044's Note - There are taxes on the loan fees and agent fees for any involvement they have. This tends to be minimal with loans.}

I don't know the exact figures but we have spent less than the year we went on a trolley dash.

we got rid of deadwood, and we spent it on a world class player.

adding sensibly is the way to go. build a mental team. not just buy for the sake of it and take 3 years to get rid of a player you don't really need.

Step 1 has been completed,

Step 2 is a world class striker

Step 3 is a beast of a holding midfielder ( hence the free)

for me by next summer rosicky will wave goodbye (cazorla takes his place), Sagna could possibly do the same (we buy a better RB to cover)

Arteta becomes a Sub along with flamini, we buy a CDM, a proper beast to play alongside ramsey.

we have wilshere and ozil to rotate along with Caz,

Walcott, Ox, Poldi to rotate on the wing, so a new winger is possibly, and we def need a striker.

anyway these are just dreams now that one dream has come true. but patience is key.

03 Sep 2013 12:12:51
To be honest, I'm quite happy with our squad now. a striker, a DM, a playmaker with the qualities of Cesc and D. Bergkamp and an experienced keeper. We won't be rocking the boat or unbalancing the team too much. Ozil will fit straight in, Flamini slotted in like he'd never left and was barking orders at everyone, which is just what we need. The one advantage we have over a lot of teams is our cohesion and understanding of each other. TV5 is back in training, so I think happy days are ahead my fellow Gooners! Who knows, maybe a cheeky purchase or two in Jan to boot? Onwards and upwards.

Completely agree. Net spend actually not that much (presumably

03 Sep 2013 11:47:39
Feel like we missed out on Higuain. If we were willing to pay £42.4m for 24 yr old Ozil. Surly £30-34m for 25 yr old Higuain would have been fine.
I'd have taken Sakho as well. Flamini more than good enough for that role in midfield.
Happy enough with Viviano. Schezney will make mistakes, but I truly think that in the next 10yrs he, De gea and Courtois will be the great goalkeepers around.
Sorry boss but I think you let that those 2 slip away. Tut tut. your forgiven.

Ozil is a lot better than Higuain. "He's the best number 10 in the world" (quote from mourinho)

I thought they played in different positions

They do, but you were saying because we spent 42mil on Ozil then 30-34mil on higuain would be reasonable. I don't agree as Ozil is worth at least 20mil more than higuain.

Higuain is worth that money in my opinion. Ozil is (imo). What I wonder though is why not just pony up the 50 for Suarez if they went that high for Ozil

The very fact mourinho did not give us BA on loan, shows how much he rates ozil. the guy is going to be a beast. and he just makes others better.

remember how cesc made adebayor worth 25 million?

let that sink in and enjoy the player. {Ed044's Note - Ba was not available as a deal was agreed with another club - that fell through for reasons I don't want to try and explain here.}

Agree with Lakerville! How much will Giroud be worth with Ozil spoon feeding him!

03 Sep 2013 11:34:15
Giroud has been fab and received a lot of praise lately, deservedly so. However, if you were Walcott would you not be super happy right about now at all the through balls you are about to get onto from one Mr. Ozil. Theo will be the big winner here - 30 goals this year - yeow!

03 Sep 2013 11:11:18
See you all again in Jan then. I'll miss you all especially Mallaga and wengerism for making me chuckle the most!

03 Sep 2013 10:27:02
Scene 1, fade in, a poncey looking foreign manager is jump up and down, celebrating the obvious fall of a once great club, the boss has given him 100million to spend, he believes he has brought well.
Scene 2. Dressing room at said club after losing to their rivals
Poncey looking manager= but boss we plastered well, courageously even, but they are to strong I need another 100 million

03 Sep 2013 10:21:48
Big shout out to all the eds, blimey you lot worked hard this window, well done guys, till January then.

03 Sep 2013 10:12:02
Respect to all the Eds, this window has turned out to be another historical one, I bet you that without Arsenal FC in Barcley Premier League, the league will be extremely boring. now we are still the talk of the league as always.

Please Ed, what is the situation about Park Chu Young and Bendtner, don't crucify me on this but my strong feelings tells me Bendtner will do a RVP this season if chance is given to.he will become the world greatest as he always claim if we work on his arrogance and selfishness to team mates while playing.

And lastly, Malaga Gooner, it seems your other Private Jet to convey the player from Germany will land next window?

Love you all mates! {Ed044's Note - Both remain AFC players.}

03 Sep 2013 10:04:48
Any chance on signing any free players {Ed044's Note - The transfer window is shut. If there are players who were out of contract in the last window they can still move.}

Edd can you see any player's coming in also will park be used or will he be released {Ed044's Note - There is no point in releasing Park before January as he cannot join another club. They could I guess pay off the remainder of his contract and leave him in limbo. There won't be any out of contract players joining.}

Mohamed Sissoko is a free agent :D {Ed044's Note - Maybe you should read the rules and regulations rather display your ignorance so embarrassingly proudly here.}

03 Sep 2013 09:55:48
I know that's it, but just for a bit of fun here's a mission if you choose to except it.
Free agents can still be brought in. Are there any you can think of that could come in and help out on numbers on a short term basis.

P.S we've got Ozil don't you know :-)
Flybo

Mohamed Sissoko was released by PSG today. He'd make a decent squad player. {Ed044's Note - He can't join.}

Petric or Saha. To be honest I'd rather bendtner played a few games than them. I don't think he is complete s**t but if he didn't think he was the dogs b***ocks and worked hard on his game he'd be a good player. He is still nowhere near good enough to play for us.


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How come Ed? {Ed044's Note - The rules require him to have been a free agent during the previous window - and he wasn't.}

Chris baird. rb cb dm - all rolled into one

03 Sep 2013 09:54:14
Great signing in Ozil, but I still feel we could have pushed for Suarez as well once this was almost done, we spent 42 million remaining 28 M + another 10M from Player sales and loan options, and add another 10M to 50, we could have bid for Suarez and probably got him.

Seeing we have already qualified for CL, and got Ozil it might have pushed some more buttons to get him. Ozil and Suarez we would have been winning the PL.

None of the other teams have impressed so far, utd were pathetic against liverpool (rather than Liverpool actually playing well), Chelsea played wo a striker against utd, and then you have city beaten by a newly promoted side. There is just one missing piece to this puzzel and that is a super striker, well we may go back to him in Jan who knows. Till then good times ahead can't believe have to wait for 2 weeks till I see our new no 11 in red and white.

03 Sep 2013 09:46:48
Hi Gooners

Really thrilled to see Ozil sign for Arsenal. Finally a top talent that will be a great signing for us. But, still we should have signed a striker and Central defender as well. With podoslki injured its too much pressure on Giroud. but hopefully both carzola and Ozil can remain fully fit the whole season can provide us the goals. Also we have Theo as well. oh! yes the worlds best striker is also there. hopefully this signing will be a new beginning for AFC and bring back the Glory days we all have been craving for.

Just can't understand the foolishness of spuds, they sold bale for 100 million and got players worth 110 million. This is foolishness. personally I would have used around 60-70 million and use the current squad players as well. anyways its their club and their choice but I don't think so it is wise to spend all of the bale money. its a huge risk, if they don't qualify for UCL they will be in trouble then. players they bought will like to play UCL instead and may leave as well. besides that they will loose money for UCL as well, which is far greater than europa league.

Ed, does the winner of europa league will qualify for champions league. is this rule come in affect f this season or next?

Also Jose is a person, he gave lukkaku on loan to everton but refused ba to us! u know what Jose few days back said rival clubs should sell players if the player is willing to go, when Rooney was suppose to be a target. Now what Jose, any comments you freaking person. Says "the best team lost", this guy is so ****ed up.


cheers

03 Sep 2013 09:31:35
Like everyone I am extremely pleased witht he signing of Ozil, our first Marquee signing in many years. Despite my joy with this I have to say overall I am dissappointed with the transfer window. In my opinion we are still drastically short of players and will need to strengthen again in January. Hopefully we can perform until then but in my opinion we desperately needed to sign a Striker and a defender.

Having said that congratulations to us as in the end we made the best signing in the premiership this summer and now have the strongest midfield around.

03 Sep 2013 09:12:14
Hi eds and Goons

Ozil? Why? my humble opinion is. Arsene might now move back to 4-4-2 with a midfield of Santi left, Ozil and CAM, Rambo as the box to box(Flamini or Arteta for more defensive games) and Jack right(Where he plays best) that would put Theo and Giroud up top, a Striker with pace and a target man will keep defense unsettled. Remember now lads Mesut said he was convinced by Arsene and the AMBITION, so if theo doesn't work out and Arsenal are better of than Liverpool in Jan, we'll go all out for Suarez, World class and won't be Cup tied for the CL, Think Bergkamp-Henry, think Ozil-Walcott or Ozil-Suarez. Long post here lads. Now if we can get to Jan with all players back from injury we're looking at Theo, Giroud, Podolski, Santi, Ozil, Ramsey, Wilshere, Arteta, Flamini, Sagna(Who is a damn fine CB when needed!) Jenkinson, Mert, Kos, TV5, Gibbs and Monreal. That's actually a fantastic squad lads PS Let's hope Viviano(Almunia's twin bro) can push and teach Shez to be the No 1 he's capable of being. Overall things will pretty good chaps, Sorry for the long post.

COYG

03 Sep 2013 08:31:53
Woke up and had to just make sure it wasn't all a dream! Yup we really do have Ozil and the window is closed ye ha. OK we didn't quite get the numbers we were hoping for or the strength in some positions but things are looking much much more like we are getting back amongst the big boys again. While Liverpool and spurs have got stronger to try and catch us for 4th place we have gone up a gear and I really believe we will be top 3 more than I have for years. He may only be one player but the momentum he generates for fans team mates the whole club will be unbelievable. Happy happy happy

Well what can I say that hasn't been said by 100,000's of Gooners around the world? I agree with it all, it does show ambition finally, but i'm not getting too carried away, reason being, we could have had (on hindsight) possibly, Ozil, Higuain, Viviano, and Gustavo. so a bit of maths here.

42.4, 26 (we would have got him for around that after RM asked for more), loan, 17m.

=£85.4m

Bare in mind the AST released the info that our liquid cash reserve was in excess of 160m without champs league, we surely could have done this.

look at those players again and stick them in the starting 11, that's a team that could seriously challenge!

But at present I can't complain, just wonder why we found ourselves in that position. all we can do now is hope for as injury free a season as possible.

Anyone else thinking, that Ozil is a bit more important to us in terms of future transfers especially possibly Di Maria and Benzema? Surely we have to go for Di Maria in january.

The ambition has to continue. We still need players.

03 Sep 2013 07:50:35
Ozil! I literally couldn't be happier. This signing represents a change in this club, a change in the right direction. Project Emirates is complete, and now we can kick on.

I don't get some moaning still though. We have all screamed for a new CB and DMF, but surely we much look at the fact Arsenal had the second best defence in the league last season. Add Flamini to that, and a fit Verm, with an improving Jenkinson and a fully integrated Monreal, maybe doesn't need much improvement. Arsene also doesn't seem to like a dedicated DMF. He appears to like this new midfield 'pivot'. Arteta was getting the hang of this towards the end of the season, now add a bang on form Ramsey, and a warrior like Flamini, with a fully fit Wilshere (I think he will play deeper now Ozil has joined) and that position is covered. Now up top we have super Olly G, yes looks a bit short, but Walcott can cover here along with Podolski, and add Sanogo. that's 4 players for the 1 striker spot. I would have liked 1 more striker, but looking at those numbers I do think we will be fine.

Guys the signing of Ozil represents so much to this club. We mean business, we want titles, and we now have a world class player to aid us in this quest. COYG!

I could be happier, but not a lot.

£42mil is money well spent and good value in todays market. I just don't get why Madrid wanted to sell and Man U weren't all over him. I'm assuming we're all not missing something because every time I watch him he's great and his stats are great. If Wenger can get 5 more goals per season out of him then even better (his goals record is good but if it can be better he will be truly amazing).

(Trust Wenger to buy a player for a position we already have at least 3 players. He just can't help himself can he!)

I don't think we need a striker as we have Giroud, Pod and Walcott (Sanogo too). Frankly with a front 3 of Cazorla, Ozil and Walcott even Bendtner could score.

My only gripe is we needed one more defensive players. We have no defenders coming through (21-25) and also lack numbers. Surprised about not getting Sakho.

I think we will spend big in the next few windows too so there is hope going forwards there.

03 Sep 2013 06:53:55
AWB 'It's ok boss you can sell him I 'ave spent your 100 million wisely & we at last have a team to thrash The Arsenal. They won't buy any class they never do keep it in the bank. This is the year we become top club'.
Levy 'Well what went wrong? I gave you 100 million they spent zero did you hear that zero that's the amount of goals we scored today. God I 've sold the only decent player we have 'cause you think that lot are good enough. Thanks be The Arsenal never buy quality, if they did we would be in big trouble'
AWB 'Don't worry boss it will never happen we will gel soon & stuff 'em next game still we come NO1'.
Back pages 'Arsenal sign Ozil'
Levy ' AAAAAAaaaaGgggggggggggHhhhhhhhhh'.
AWB 'Oooooooppps didn't see that must find a new club'

03 Sep 2013 00:29:38
Just a quick thanks to all the Eds for all their hard work, thanks Eds! {Ed013's Note - Cheers mate}

03 Sep 2013 02:21:43
When you compare are first team and Man Utd's I don't think there is much between them.

De Gea is better than Sczeshny.
Rafael is better than Sagna.
Koscielny is better than Ferdinand.
Vidic is better than Mertesacker.
Gibbs and Evra is close. Could be argued either way. For me Gibbs.
Are Midfield is much better than theirs.
Wilshere, Ramsey, Ozil, Carzola, Flamini.
Carrick, Fellaini, Kagawa, Cleverly.

Up front they are much better than us. But at the moment are wingers are better.

I am biased but I prefer are team. Bar some of there strike force

Sagna wins it for me easy

OUR ffs. OUR. Anyway, Sagna is better than Rafael, and Per is class. Sure he's a bit slow, but his defensive sense is unmatched by anyone Man United has to offer.

Sagna wins for me
Chesney = de Gea for me too.

Problem with this is this was all true last season (we had a better midfield even without Ozil) yet they still had 20 more points (or whatever it was) than us. Hopefully they will have lost the x-factor that Fergie brought them (and maybe RVP's legs will snap too)

03 Sep 2013 01:38:55
Ozil was the second best player on Madrid and is the best player on Germany

Florentino Perez will never learn

In my wildest dreams I never imagined Ozil would play for another club after Madrid. No club in their right mind sells the best #10 in the world.

Now he enters his prime to spend his best years playing for us. Make no mistake folks, this is a game changer. Biggest signing we have made since Sol

I'm so excited. Now let him come back healthy, and let's cut out the Cesc talk once and for all

Our world beater has arrived

03 Sep 2013 07:48:19
he scored only 9 goals last seaosn. and Isco is their future. Ozil is the signing od the window though

Only scored 9 but created 20 odd so he will provide goals for giroud, pod and Walcott. great signing, would have liked a couple of more in to cover injuries but over the moon with ozil.

With this guy playing behind our striker. FRANCIS JEFFERS could have scored 20 plus a season lol

03 Sep 2013 01:01:16
And the transfer window ends.

We all know who is our new player. welcome Mesut Ozil.

Some fee. I guess wenger has put the lid on the critics for awhile.

Should we have had a striker? YES, but i'm not worried.

our starting 11 - Scz, Sagna, Per, Kos, Gibbs, Ramsey, Wilshere, Walcott, Ozil, Caz, Giroud.

we have Verm and Arteta back in 4-5 weeks. those are the most important players. defensive backup.

we will have poldi and Ox back by dec. for the major run in, and our annual new signing Diaby too.

We have Monreal, Jenkinson, rosicky, Flamini as cover. not exactly depth, but quality depth.

we have the likes of Ryo, gnabry, zelalem, frimpong, sanogo who will play in the carling cup. along with the likes of eisfeld.

the FA cup does not start till DEC, we should have our squad back fit by then.

The carling cup will see us field our youngsters to try and see how far we can go.

The champions league even with Ozil, will be daunting. the group is tough.

November will be especially tough with Liverpool at home, then Dortmund away, and then Manchester United away.

and hopefully before december rolls around we will have some fresh legs available, as we have Everton, Napoli, Man City, Carling cup ( if we still in it) Chelsea, west ham, newcastle ( 7 games in 20 days)

Then the Jan transfer window opens. and i'm not sure if we will buy anyone then, but will probably need a striker and hopefully there is an unhappy one.

From what I think will happen, We may not make the knockout round. worst case scenario. but I still fancy us over napoli. if not dortmund.

if we do get knocked out of the champions league, it may be our only hope with the thin squad. to go on an all our assualt in the second half of the season and win the title while others go deep in Europe.

My only real threat worry is mourinho. he knows how to manage a team. Pellegrini and moyes do not outsmart wenger for me and we should have the edge there, even with our limited squad.

Lets be positive. let's get behind this team. nothing better than being loved by your fans, so let's roar them on. it is going to be a difficult year. but have faith. remain calm and pinch yourself while your at it.

the feeder club which we all thought we were after selling our superstars, has just bought a world class player for 42.5 mill pounds. This is why we moved to the emirates.

Hopefully sign of big things to come. Thank you wenger for alteast keeping us temporarily happy.

03 Sep 2013 00:17:56
heres a question for you all.
for the past 3 seasons which player has had the most assists in europe?. yeah that's right, you know. old froggy eyes himself, mesut ozil. I bet olly giroud is rubbing his hands together in delight

03 Sep 2013 00:06:23
the thing I like most, apart from the fact ozil is sheer class, is he will help us attract even more top players in the future, should we need them.
let's be honest, and I mean this with the utmost respect to the rest of the arsenal players because I love them all to bits, would we be able to sign top quality players with our current squad? if you was a superstar player would you have wanted to join arsenal? probably not, but with somebody like ozil in our team he will attract other great players to join, should we need them.
ps sorry if this post doesn't make too much sense, still buzzing about ozil being at the emirates.

But our current squad managed to attract ozil.

Hi waq, you are indeed right but at the same time, although i'm not bothered in the slightest, ozil was pushed out of the real madrid exit to recoup some of the funds for the bale sale, although that in no way takes the shine off the work wenger did to get him to the emirates.
but, I believe with ozil in our team we have more chance to sign quality players, after all, who wouldn't want to play with the guy and he is genuine world class. quality attracts quality.

Yes I completely agree, I believe January could be an important window for us. If we can maintain good form up to January, then with the right signings the title could be in our sight.
Good thing wenger spoke to ozil in person eh, he was offered more money at psg.

02 Sep 2013 23:53:25
Overall I think we've had a pretty good transfer window.

Sanogo is only young and could be a good player in a few years, and he was free.

Flamini looked decent against the spurs and could be a good squad player for us, and again he was free.

Viviano looks like he will be a good back up and will challenge Szczesny for the starting spot. If he impresses we can make the deal permanent too.

I don't think much needs to be said about Ozil, a truly world-class player. This is the type of marquee signing that we have all been waiting for. I'm looking forward to seeing him play for us.

I do think that we could have done with another striker, a defensive midfielder and possibly a defender. It could have been worse though, just look at Man United.

02 Sep 2013 23:47:15
First of all like everyone else, I wanted a couple more signings. But at the end of the day we have bought one of the best players in the world. Mesut Ozil welcome, welcome, welcome!!
A signing like him is a huge step forward, it gives a lift to the players, the staff and definitely the fans.
People keep saying that we haven't improved our weaker areas, but a play of ozil calibre makes a huge difference to a team.
And people seem to underestimate the significance of flamini. Who I believe is another master stroke of a signing. Signing flamini has provided cover for 4 positions, CB, RB, CDM and the bench. CB by allowing Sagna to move to RB.
I believe more signings would come in January, but am really peed off with Chelsea, who kept negotiations going for Demba Ba till the last hour before stating they didn't want to loan to a rival.
Hopefully with players coming back our squad will look more and more stronger. Giroud to keep scoring, ozil to boss the league, cazorla to provide his magic, wilshere to drive us on, Ramsey to battle, Kosc to dominate.
Come on you gunners, and once again:
WELCOME MESUT OZIL!

02 Sep 2013 23:42:29
Have to say pleased with the signing of Ozil but really disapointed that we failed to get a CB and a ST, still managed to bank the unused £££ss from the kitty unless the £42.5m was the entire transfer kitty. Get the feeling Wenger chose to spend all the money on one area which wasnt a priority thought it was on a world class player just so he can tell the fans "im not afraid to spend on a big signing" instead of having to defend his usual four £10m signings.

I guess now Walcott must be our 2nd striker while Caz or another mid takes Walcott's RW position.

Happy yet dissapointed Gooner

02 Sep 2013 23:39:04
It's been a torrid time and a nail-biting transfer window. Pleased with the signing of Mesut Ozil and the fact AW is now prepared to push our financial firepower however I do still feel a little, only a little, disappointed we didn't sign a striker.

I know Giroud has been in fine form but he's certainly not an exquisite striker. He holds play up really well but seems tentative to sometimes shoot and possesses not so good pace. Only concern is that if he does get injured then Bender and Sanogo are out back up?

Not too long until January! ;)

02 Sep 2013 23:35:44
Happy with the signing of ozil but think we could have done abit more to bring in a striker nd a centre back.

02 Sep 2013 23:28:31
Ozil, excellent. But, is Viviano really the 'super quality' that arsene said we'd only sign?