Arsenal Banter Archive July 05 2016

05 Jul 2016 18:35:54
Wenger allowed Debuchy to leave on loan last season, to enable him to play first team football to try and secure a spot in the French Euro squad. Do you think that we may keep him at the club next season?

05 Jul 2016 19:55:45
He doesn't want to be Belerins cover and Arsene doesn't want an unhappy player in the squad so I can't see him returning.

05 Jul 2016 20:14:33
Don't know how he did on loan but for sagna to be ahead of him in euro squad, says ot all really. He looked slow and timid what bit I saw of him after his lay off, I think we are open to offers, ten bob and an orange will get him.

05 Jul 2016 21:41:27
He was a disappointed really but Belerin was class last year, clearly Debauchy had no stomach for a fight.

05 Jul 2016 14:59:58
Ed can we get an update on Barbosa?
Thanks.

{Ed002's Note - Sorry, no.}

06 Jul 2016 01:40:17
No problem, thanks for what you all do anyway!

05 Jul 2016 13:47:26
This transfer window is still days old, but it has been a bit odd for us. Usually we are linked to every player in the galaxy but this window it's much quieter. No real wild speculations or maybe people waiting for the Euros to conclude?

Wenger signed two players so far (ok maybe one and a half) but rarely does he do business this early. Full of nervous excitement and I feel a big striker will be unveiled soon. Here's to hoping.

05 Jul 2016 18:41:04
I think there has been quite a lot of noise, regarding potential signs. We have made two signings to date and Wenger mentioned that his target was 2 or 3 players.
The current squad has very little scope for addition, unless players depart. A quality forward is the main priority, unless the Japanese player is earmarked for this role, which I very much doubt. I believe Wenger will wait until late in the window to make his move. When he signed Ozil and Sanchez, both clubs needed to sell in order to pay for new acquisitions. So, if he goes for Morata, he may wait until Real make a play for an expensive acquisition and need funds.

05 Jul 2016 05:45:55
After mulling it over if you think about the clubs that Romelu Lukaku has played for and the amount of goals he has been able to score season after season I'm now starting to think he could be an awesome striker at the right club. Maybe he should! be on our shopping list. He is also familiar with the Premier League which is a massive bonus too. I think he's scored 60 odd goals in 3 seasons for 2 mediocre clubs being
West Brom, Everton not a bad return when you consider it really.
Placed in a top club like Arsenal being use to the premier league could work for us .

{Ed001's Note - remember that he was the focal point of everything for those two teams mate. His first touch is the worst in the top flight, one of the worst I have ever seen. It is terrible. In a team that is focused on tight passing in close quarters, like Arsenal, that is a severe hindrance. You could not play it in to him, let him hold it up and bring other players in to the move, like Giroud offers. It would have to be over the top for him to run onto, or it just bounces back off him. He does not have the attitude to work on his game, he already thinks he is the greatest, so you can't expect him to improve.}

05 Jul 2016 06:58:21
Ed01. Well ok mate thanks. But couldn't he be groomed into playing our way or do you think he is too set in his ways to change.

{Ed001's Note - I don't think he shows any inclination to improve himself, or his touch would not be so bad. He has a terrible, lazy, 'I am the greatest' attitude, he reminds me of Balotelli, though nothing like as bad.}

05 Jul 2016 07:00:40
By the way Ed01.
How comes you are up so early or are you abroad somewhere. I suppose we seem to imagine you must be in the UK maybe you are based somewhere else .

{Ed001's Note - I had to move abroad for sun and sea air a few years ago due to illness. I have been living in Dubai for a few years, though I am going to Spain in September to save money. It is just too expensive to live here and I have used up my savings. I am always up editing early nowadays.}

05 Jul 2016 09:43:23
It's getting silly here in Dubai. Apparently for every new visa they issue, 8 are being cancelled. Given that people pre-pay their rents and schooling, expect an exodus this summer. Ed001, if you want a beer before you leave, it would be good to say hello and farewell. And where in Spain are you going? Mallorca is my next stop when I leave the desert.

{Ed001's Note - I don't drink, luckily as it was a liver infection that made me need to come here, drinking would have finished me off. But I would gladly meet up for a drink. I am going to Andalusia to stay with my parents for a few months. You aren't stalking me are you???}

05 Jul 2016 10:50:20
I'm open to stalking 5'8" size 6 Eastern European girls and I'm fairly sure you don't comply with most of that. Dubai is surely the worst place for a liver issue, it's more boozey than the UK!