But it’s just two players out and two players in. It is just replacing players and standing still. This is what arsenal do, start in a weak position with fans crying out for strengthening of the squad, arsenal then lose some players and replace them with a late trolley dash. The signings are then dressed up as arsenal having ambition but the reality is it just took us back to where we were when the squad was still in need of strengthening

Agree about the back four, but the concern for me with that formation would be our midfielders. I just don't see an effective two man combination in our squad, that wouldn't leave our back four too exposed.

If we get Aubameyang (£55m) and Malcom (£40m) and get £25m plus Mkhitaryan for Sanchez and offload Walcott (£20m).....and we add all that to the £40m profit we have made in the market so far this season, we come to a grand NET spend total of £10m.

Now a club of our income, and with our needs, should be spending £100m NET this season to restructure the squad.

Arsenal too often just replace but don’t improve. If the club really want to show ambition use the remaining £90m (of my worked out budget) and buy a couple of CB and a holding mid. £30m for each gets you some decent players.

I appreciate that is a lot of figures I’ve made up but I don’t think any are far from reality, particularly the amount Arsenal should be spending on reinforcements each year.

Hey Niall, Aubameyang looking likely at this point. I've already come around from the reservations I had, with losing Sanchez to Man U we need to show we're still a club for top players. Aubameyang and Malcom in for Sanchez and Walcott would be a decent turnout from a monumental mess we've made for ourselves.

I have less faith than you. It will be Mkh + 25 and that will be the end of our buying spree. Or Sanchez goes somewhere else and we buy f... all because Wenger will tell us we could not secure our targets. Malcolm for 40 - we will offer 25. And so it goes.

By the way I am not thinking Myh is such a great deal. Mourinho wouldn't give Wenger the steam off his piss so I am pretty sure he will be another total dud. United never give us anything good - Wellbeck Silvestre (they must still be laughing about that one) as examples.

Arsenal u23’s beat Man U 4-0. Nketiah scores 2

So sad about the Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan. Also so young.
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Fair point but don't we have to have some faith in Mislintat at this point - he seems to be the man behind the moves.

Mind you, I would have recommended PAE and Mkytarian for much less than he gets paid.

My worry is that if we do all these deals now, does that increase the likelihood of Wenger staying beyond this season? Despite the boost of getting some shiny high profile players we are still left with a pedestrian midfield and a basket case defence.

Looking at yesterday’s starting line up I ask myself how many of those players are proper creative players? Only Wilshere. Then how many of them are capable of beating or dribbling past a man? Only Wilshere.
So we have one creative player and one who can beat a man and it is the same player. So maybe wenger packed the team with pass masters....Xhaka supposedly is but he’s not exactly a metronome.
Did deeper and look at the players who are genuinely comfortable with the ball at their feet. Should be all 11 but I’d say it was only half the team.

7 defensively minded players and 4 attackers of which 2 are welbeck and iwobi. Welbeck and iwobi are the sort of players who will look good in a fantastic team, but they can’t take the mantle on themselves.

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Cyril Regis dead aged 59 ... good old fashioned hustle and bustle centre forward one of the Three Degrees along with Cunningham and Batson ...... suffered a lot of racial abuse in the late 70's

Arsenal u23’s beat Man U 4-0. Nketiah scores 2 and Mavropanos made his first start

Never Chelsa perlease. Can you imagine him playing for them on the 24th in the semi at Emirates.

No way Josey.

Why would he go to them considering the state they are in...............

When Sanchez goes it could be argued our only two top class players are Özil and Lacazette

G Nev giving Wilshere some love: http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sp ... r-wilshere

The way it is going, Arsenal will soon be a "dog" in Stan's investments. As a businessman, you keep your "cash cows" and sell the "dogs".
Soon Arsenal's balance sheet will start to look bad. The recurring revenue will not be sufficient to cover the expenses.

Revenue streams depreciating and eventually lost:
1. From Champions League to Europa League, to nothing when we become a mid-table team.
2. Reduced prize money from EPL.
3. Reduced Shirt sponsorship deals.
4. Reduced share of the TV revenues.
5. Reduced match-day receipts (fans must vote with their feet).
6. No more stars to sell. Soon we will be left with none.

Stan will not have his annual 2 million dividend soon. And the revenue will soon be insufficient to fund the club without drawing from the balance sheet. Cash flow will continue to be high (Non performing manager, under performing staff, poor players with huge wages who refused to move, upkeep of stadium and the likes). Hopefully, it gets so bad that Stan will listen to offers. And at this time, we hope the Russian (forgot his name) will step in.

We ended up here because of Dein.

Has Lacazette really done enough yet to be considered top class? I like him, but I'm not sure I already see him as top class.

Not taking anything away from Jack's performance ; but it wouldn't be too hard to stand out in that shower of sh******t that took the field in Arsenal shirts .

I reckon a collection of George Graham's worst Selley , Morrow , McGoldrick , Jensen would have looked good

Would be cup-tied....

At this stage, if he's determined to stay in England (and for £350k a week I can see why!), let him go to the highest bidder (as long as its not spurs) and live with it.

I've lost the lines on the forum, anyone know how to get them back?

Has he played in any League Cup games?

Arsenal u23’s beat Man U 4-0. Nketiah scores 2 and Mavropanos made his first start

Agreed Bernard - like aspects of his play, but top class players come up with something special even when things aren't going their way. I'm not convinced Lacazette is capable of that............yet.

That said, there have been a few occasions when he's got a run into the channel, but our midfield either isn't alert enough or too scared to play the pass, and end up going sideways. So maybe not all his fault.

I certainly don't think they would have conceded the Bournemouth goals, especially the second, with that midfield. Mind you, we wouldn't have scored our goal either. So back to the 0-0 aways - happy days!!

He gets subbed every time a coconut when he is playing reasonably well , he hasn't started against several high profile sides and now the two stars who supply the service he'd needs are moving on , plus he has to listen to the Wenger dribble ... it is very difficult to produce your best when you are thoroughly p**sed off ...and I say that is the space Lacazette is currently occupying .

As you point out he's thinking "I'll make my run now " and the turkey with the ball passes it back to the centre half .