Recent content by rephlex

Originally I objected to this, but I can see how a noisy amount of twitter/etc fans would be frustrated to see a player like Welbeck who seemed to be used almost in the Solskjær mould of excellent performances whenever he came off the bench, and mocking him and United when he was anything other...

Problem for Rodgers, is he spent most of last season saying Stevie G can play there. The same way he said Balotelli can contribute a lot to the club and just needs a run of games to show what he can do. His post-patch interview seemed extremely poor. More and more I believe LFC's most...

Which is where he's staying if this season is anything to go by. Sanogo presumably no longer exists other than on the reserves team-sheet.

Shambles to be honest. Win the FA cup, use Ozil and Sanchez as a springboard to a proper DM, CB and Welbeck up front and I'd be over the moon. Penny pinching £2m on Manolas and not willing to spend £25m-30m on Schneiderlin - both players we could have easily got and need - will cost us a...

Actually had no idea he was dating a **** girl, although Kagawa was always good at finding space in those holes and sliding it through ..... so perhaps his natural talents were just that compatible. ;) I suppose after a year on the bench, the conversation around the dinner table about what they...

Well, fans do keep calling for Wenger to sign the big names...

Certainly quite funny if you believe the Messi quote of 'wouldn't mind moving to Arsenal', and Xavi's quote of 'We saw Arsenal as the closest side to our sort of football'. Still, you're right, certainly he dealt with it well enough. Am at the Emirates tomorrow for both games, so see you there.

Hmm, he was bought for something like 200k, so it represents a profit. I think it's more that he is a solid defender but Chambers is just better, probably 3m with a buyback put in - either that, or Jenkinson is seen as part of the bargain basement signing brigade which didn't work out and is...

Good stuff, Jonker busying himself. Can't Nastasic happening tbh.

Ah, I didn't read that far back. Also, regarding Drogba, that's a guaranteed 6 points against Wenger this season then. He always loves bullying our lot ... Plus he'll probably become a good coach.

Isn't that exactly what Charlton and Ferguson did?

The fees are pretty ridiculous mind you, I do understand the need for a 'top striker', but provided Giroud gets some more rest next season I don't see his role as making up the numbers at all. The more movement around him the better he ends up looking, and whilst his finishing is never going to...

Good calls by Wenger, even if he's only staying 2-3 years, he can't bring himself to **** up the club by spending hand-over-fist for a short term push. Remy isn't worth it considering we now have Campbell and Sanogo. I'd prefer a bit more quality if it becomes available, though would prefer...

The dificulty comes from the release clause, and the 'final amount' including a currency conversation from Euros, the additional fees involved in the transfer, and the cut which goes to Ajax (?). So whilst it is being reported as £70m+, the final value is probably somewhere in the 60s. Still a...

From what I understand the £19m figure is plucked out of thin air, as they bought him for not much less than that and he's had a superb first season. The figure seems to be closer to 25 - there really isn't much depth in the striker market right now so it's driving prices right up.