tomh621

Seems to be the Bennet of Ajax, the fans dont like him either.

I think he was correct there, Dutch football is Championship standard at best IMO. Ajax have a nice big stadium but that's about it. Even Dutch people don't talk about Dutch football much. I think that's a bit harsh. It's not as good as a few years ago with players like Suarez, Vertonghen or Eriksen, but the top teams are still better than championship standards Some have amazing academies and some of the players to come out of the Dutch league have/are world class.

What a nice gesture - must be legit!

Suit yourself! Sanchez is a different type of player and evidently far better (considering his international performances). Then again I think they've both not really played in their best roles.

Says more about our fans than reality. Complaining about links. Complaining about players we haven't signed. Complaining about what the manager might do. And all without any basis in fact. People need to get a goddamn grip. In my opinion this is one of the few times complaints have been fully justified.

Whats this obsession with Heaton?! We've got far more pressing issues to attend to before buying a keeper.

It's too early. We already know we won't be doing much until this takeover malarky is done. Still got until end of august.

rather keep Delph tbh I'd probably sell Delph for Dembele, Cabaye & Remy… dare I say…

Anything above 35 would be getting silly I reckon. Would anyone say no to 35 million for Delph? We could get 2 Delphs for that I reckon. 'Delph' is starting to sound funny now. Delph.

Id like to see him in the squad too, I was just responding to someone suggesting we sell him if he's not being used. I mostly agree that defenders dont have an impact on shot to save ratio. In a nutshell a better keeper will save more of the shots that are fired at him. But I dont agree with the percentage of crosses claimed - defenders, as well as other things, can have a significant impact on that.

He's not a winger though. Although Sterling will often cut inside Firmino always plays through the middle and often becomes a striker.

You rate Dembele and Townsend as being worth 20mil? Really? Are you Levy?! Both Dembele and Townsend have to be worth £10m each in this day and age I would have thought? Not saying I would accept it, but the valuation can't be far off? I think they're worth closer to 10 combined. Both haven't shown much in quite a while now. a] You're assuming Benteke is valued at £32m there b] Townsend is, for whatever reason, at least a £10m player in the current market. We've got people saying Fabian Delph is worth £20m on another thread - Townsend is younger, playing for a better team and also in the England squad. Delph is of much higher value/importance to us than Townsend is to spurs - dont forget that!

Send Gil out on loan. Only paid 3 mil for him and we know he's good. Sherwood may not be playing him but thats definitely not because he's shit - I think it's because he doesn't suit the style, or didn't when we were scrapping away from relegation. It would be smart to loan him out and sell him on for profit.

My step Dad works for Coral - he says bookies do all sorts of shit to get people to bet. They love slashing odds on things they know are unlikely to come off, then they get a surge of punters betting.

Ibe is breaking into the first team at Liverpool - he's decent. Borini though - no chance.

I'll be absolutely shocked if that happens. 12 million and another player yeah - but I still wouldn't want that to happen.

Willems was class for PSV last season. Got something like 12 assists as a LB. PSV have a great academy! Narsingh, PSV's right winger, looks decent too - good amount of assists and goals, he's been playing in the Dutch national side, and scored the other day for them. But obviously the prem is a massive step up - hard to say how they'd cope.

Which top class would join us? We'd have to so like Southampton have done recently. Plus if we spent all our budget on one striker snd they got injured like Benteke did, we'd more than likely be in a relegation battle. We can't be reliant on one person. Agreed. Earnings have to be spread out. 3 Decent players would get us to mid table. i get what your saying i dont think he is worth that much however we are in an age where players like bony cost 30m and its a case of well if bony is worth 30m then benteke is worth the same if not more. Bony was a January transfer though, and it was City who came knocking (probably drove the price up)

Shlopp more like. Are we trying to guarantee a get away from relegation or flirt with it some more?

Me neither. I dont think his comments were taken how he meant them though. Y'know when he said he thinks he can go a step higher? I dont think he was trying to be disrespectful to Villa, more that he has goals for himself, which is fair enough. But it's clear he wants to leave - not the arsed if he does either.

Do people think we're gunna get a new CB and will Vlaar leave? He's not exactly been great recently Vlaar….

yes but theres a reason why hes a £30mil benchwarmer...because he just isnt good enough for city/top4. The most bizarre 30mil that city have spent No he's just not good enough to replace Aguero. sooo hes not good enough for city then is he? lols Dont really understand the point youre making.. He isnt good enough for city/top4 because they tend to have pretty elite strikers (or strikers who are good at linking up) which is making him a very expensive 30m benchwarmer and really isnt an upgrade to dzeko. He looked so out of place when he played for them Costa > bony Ageuro > bony Giroud >bony Rooney > bony not good enough for top4 starting 11 Okay you go ahead and judge Bony when he's played for City 8 times - mostly as a sub. He still managed to score 2 goals and get an assist. Just because he's not as good as Aguero doesn't mean he's not good enough for City. Aguero is too good for City lol he could be in Real Madrid's first team. Although I agree he's a very expensive and unnecessary bench warmer.

yes but theres a reason why hes a £30mil benchwarmer...because he just isnt good enough for city/top4. The most bizarre 30mil that city have spent No he's just not good enough to replace Aguero.

There's plenty out there you just may not be aware of them. Who's got the time to watch 5/6 different leagues' games across Europe really?

He just really isnt for a side like Arsenal. For a villa side he is. But not for arsenal/most top 4 i think he is, giroud is nothing special IMO certainly not going to get them the goals to win them the league or influence games in the same way that the likes of costa / rooney / aguero can and either way arsenal expect way too much from him, they signed welbeck but he's rarely played up top, so giroud's back up is sanogo or campbell benteke actually has a better scoring ratio than giroud despite the injuries and playing in a much weaker team I agree. Benteke's passing at times is brilliant and I reckon he could be moulded into an Arsenal style player. Imagine Benteke with that team around him jesssssus christ.