3 years at city (loan from city) should mean Arteta knows him. I don’t want us to be a club where the signings bypass any thought and input from the manager.
Like Soc, my biggest worry is the rumoured lack of pace. Pace covers so many mistakes.
£7.5m isn’t a lot but I’m fed up of us making stop gap or make do signings in defence. We rarely do this with strikers so why defence?
I was more excited by the Ukrainian guy we were linked with but then I’ve seen neither play

3 years at city (loan from city) should mean Arteta knows him. I don’t want us to be a club where the signings bypass any thought and input from the manager.
Like Soc, my biggest worry is the rumoured lack of pace. Pace covers so many mistakes.
£7.5m isn’t a lot but I’m fed up of us making stop gap or make do signings in defence. We rarely do this with strikers so why defence?
I was more excited by the Ukrainian guy we were linked with but then I’ve seen neither play

re Dial Square FC, this imaginary phoenix club, I'd just like to add a link explaining it as well.

https://shewore.com/2020/01/24/dial-squ ... enix-club/

Seems like the sort of signing that Hill City would make.

Fingers crossed that he turns out to be a hidden gem bargain. Perhaps Edu had some input too?

Seems like the sort of signing that Hill City would make.

Is Hill City’s stadium in the Lake District or the Pennines?

It's a rarity when it happens, but I've actually seen this guy play a few times.

Difficult to judge as he was playing in an abysmal Depor team but he seemed to be the only defender on the pitch quite often. Also it seemed to me he was the only one trying to organise people which is something we need badly. He seems to have progressed greatly in the last year or so and whilst a gamble (which anyone is frankly) he does have something about him and I hope he takes this chance with both feet. If we sign him.

Let's face it you do not find many 26 year old hidden gems these days.

I'm a bit annoyed at the attitude of some so called supporters, we have been calling for a centre back for ages, we get one and he's being wrote off as rubbish before even kicking a ball,we haven't got Upmecano money, not till summer anyway, bet these doom mongers were spouting off about Martinelli, never heard of him etc, not so noisy now are they, so let's get behind him, the team and the manager, any way must be better than Mustafi.

Is Hill City’s stadium in the Lake District or the Pennines?

I'm a bit annoyed at the attitude of some so called supporters, we have been calling for a centre back for ages, we get one and he's being wrote off as rubbish before even kicking a ball,we haven't got Upmecano money, not till summer anyway, bet these doom mongers were spouting off about Martinelli, never heard of him etc, not so noisy now are they, so let's get behind him, the team and the manager, any way must be better than Mustafi.

I'm a bit annoyed at the attitude of some so called supporters, we have been calling for a centre back for ages, we get one and he's being wrote off as rubbish before even kicking a ball,we haven't got Upmecano money, not till summer anyway, bet these doom mongers were spouting off about Martinelli, never heard of him etc, not so noisy now are they, so let's get behind him, the team and the manager, any way must be better than Mustafi.

I'm a bit annoyed at the attitude of some so called supporters, we have been calling for a centre back for ages, we get one and he's being wrote off as rubbish before even kicking a ball,we haven't got Upmecano money, not till summer anyway, bet these doom mongers were spouting off about Martinelli, never heard of him etc, not so noisy now are they, so let's get behind him, the team and the manager, any way must be better than Mustafi.

"...not be the quickest, but he reads the game well, organises the back four and shows excellent positional awareness to make up for his lack of pace."


A bit like Mertesacker then?

I know it was a while ago Soc, but Steve Bould was a 26 year-old second division player and a non-international when he signed for us.

You never know.

Little wind up merchant .... " a bit like Mertesacker "

999 , 999 ,999 Arsenal supporters would hope not .

From the clip ; he's excellent in the air , aggressive , has great anticipation ..... that makes him the polar opposite to Per .

There's a suggestion on the blog, but it's fact, isn't it.
We're going the "super-agent" way
It's just 2 different ways of looking for something.

Wenger searching remote jungles in South America and Africa for a cheap herbal cure for his rash, when he could have gone to Boots the Chemist and asked the pharmacist for a tried and tested cream.

Although for us it still boils down to the same thing...
Wait and see what happens and just hope that the itching stops

There's a suggestion on the blog, but it's fact, isn't it.
We're going the "super-agent" way
It's just 2 different ways of looking for something.

Wenger searching remote jungles in South America and Africa for a cheap herbal cure for his rash, when he could have gone to Boots the Chemist and asked the pharmacist for a tried and tested cream.

Although for us it still boils down to the same thing...
Wait and see what happens and just hope that the itching stops

Of course the optimal method would be to know all the ingredients needed to mix up this potion, and then grow them in your own back garden, so that you always have an abundant home-grown supply.

Of course the optimal method would be to know all the ingredients needed to mix up this potion, and then grow them in your own back garden, so that you always have an abundant home-grown supply.

Husband who has just come in from repairing the V8 'I read on the internet that a dash of penguin urine plus a large helping of semen from an 8 year old seal can cure anything. Wasn't easy going collecting the samples but I am resilent. I refuse to pay for anything from the bloody chemist. Hes a witch doctor.'

As much of a witch doctor as the person who makes that claim about “a dash of penguin urine plus a large helping of semen from an 8 year old seal”? Does a single ejaculation provide enough for a large helping, or do you need to combine the semen from multiple ejaculations? And why does the seal have to be eight years old? What’s different about it from a seven or nine year old seal?

I'm actually more concerned with how to obtain large helpings of semen from the seal at regular intervals

Apart from ManU I think we'd beat all of them as well over 2 legs
Last year we got to the Final and without Hazard would have won

Mustafi must go I think all agree on that
Chambers is going to be with us for the next 2 years due to his injury
Saliba, Mari, one more top class in the summer.....then you also have Sokratis and Luiz....both coming to the end of their careers and won’t want to be 4/5th choice so one would have to leave.

Hi Dray,

Not sure anyone is writing him off as rubbish. I couldn't possibly call him rubbish because I haven't seen him play, other than the Youtube highlights reel. I obviously hope he's a worldbeater.

I am intrigued by the signing but I do understand fans being slightly sceptical when by all rational thought, based on his career to date, it seems highly unlikely he will be the top, top CB we crave.

That said, CB's do tend to hit their peak later in their careers than midfielders and forwards so he could be a late developer.

Fingers crossed eh.