BigFatCoward Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Spockydog said: Good lad. /cdn-cgi/mirage/670f2cea4ded2ec6cfa5d958ed992658e531f63a316dfb426072e5e945206bdd/1280/https://asoiaf.westeros.org/uploads/emoticons/default_lol.gif Why is that steward 13 tops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Rice, Rice, baby. Arsenal make Declan Rice top summer target and optimistic of landing him Quote Arsenal will look to sign Declan Rice in the summer and are optimistic about beating rivals, Chelsea chief among them, to the West Ham and England midfielder’s signature. Rice is Mikel Arteta’s top target and could become Arsenal’s record signing, beating the £72m paid for Nicolas Pépé, if a deal goes through. The player is understood to be open to the potential move. Rice and Patino? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 I’ll worry about Rice when we get to summer. We were front runners on Mudryk for a month, don’t need 7 months of Rice bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 You can be sure that Chelsea will be in for Rice as well - they've been after him for a while now but West Ham's price tag scared away any suitors. Maybe United too, although our interest seems to have cooled since Solskjaer was sacked. Liverpool might be in for him too if they can't get Bellingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 16 minutes ago, Consigliere said: You can be sure that Chelsea will be in for Rice as well - they've been after him for a while now but West Ham's price tag scared away any suitors. Maybe United too, although our interest seems to have cooled since Solskjaer was sacked. Liverpool might be in for him too if they can't get Bellingham. talk about a consolation prize. Whoever gets him is going to be paying a shit ton of money more than he is worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Yeah I don't get why any of those teams would want Rice specifically. He'll do the job they expect him to, sure, but Newcastle and Brighton have proved you can find players to do it for way less than he'll command. People call him a Rolls-Royce player. He's not, he's like a really high-level Merc, maybe even a Maserati, you'd take one happily, but Rolls-Royce money? Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: talk about a consolation prize. Whoever gets him is going to be paying a shit ton of money more than he is worth. Worth having a backup option if Bellingham is your primary target since there's going to be serious competition for him - there's been reports that Real Madrid and Man City are going to be in for him as well. Then there's the home grown quota to consider as well - Liverpool are maxed out on non home grown players and Keita and Ox's contracts are up at the end of the season (haven't seen any reports about renewals), so Liverpool will need one of their midfield signings to be home grown. West Ham might soften their stance since Rice's contract expires in 2024 (the club has an option to extend by a further year) and Rice has made it quite clear that he's not renewing with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_N Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 20 hours ago, polishgenius said: The turnover of tricky pacy forwards at Aston Villa in the last few seasons has been ridiculous, and here's another. Any good, MLS fans? Wouldn't describe him as a ''tricky" forward. More a traditional number 9, powerful and strong. But obviously far from the finished article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 2 hours ago, polishgenius said: Yeah I don't get why any of those teams would want Rice specifically. He'll do the job they expect him to, sure, but Newcastle and Brighton have proved you can find players to do it for way less than he'll command. People call him a Rolls-Royce player. He's not, he's like a really high-level Merc, maybe even a Maserati, you'd take one happily, but Rolls-Royce money? Nah. We need to remake our midfield and Rice would fit well. Xhaka and Partey are both coming up on 30 and our only other midfielder in those spots is Lokonga and Elneny. I mean, would be happy for cheaper options but not sure we have any real targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigFatCoward Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Just watched the Puskas nominees, at least half of them are a bit meh. Payet or Paruallela (sp?) should win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Oh yeah, I forgot, we should buy Ruben Neves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 8 hours ago, Soylent Brown said: Okay, time to watch us get pumped by Woofs in the cup. We obviously didn't get the memo I had forgotten what a clean sheet was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Meanwhile in the Bundesliga: Bayern's quest for an emergency GK has apparently reached an end. Gladbach have reportedly reached an agreement with Omlin (Montpellier). That in turn allow Sommer to join Bayern. Medical is supposedly happening today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiedevushkikakzvezdy Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Meanwhile in the Bundesliga: Bayern's quest for an emergency GK has apparently reached an end. Gladbach have reportedly reached an agreement with Omlin (Montpellier). That in turn allow Sommer to join Bayern. Medical is supposedly happening today. So Livakovic is just going to remain at Dinamo Zagreb? That would be a real bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Big Wout is in the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Thought he was on the field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Keeping Casemiro on for that long was always gonna backfire. ffs. Puts a big dent in our chances at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, polishgenius said: Keeping Casemiro on for that long was always gonna backfire. ffs. Puts a big dent in our chances at the weekend. Pretty ideal from an Arsenal fan's POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Deserved result. Both sides had a half in which they have been comfortably better. Rashford has been invisible all game. Unlike what a lot of fans thought (or looked to think), we're just good enough for 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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