With the first international break of the season now upon us and the transfer window finally shut, we take time out to delve into the Members data this evening. In the first of a three-part series, we assess the players by position and pick out the most pertinent stats over the opening four rounds of fixtures.
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Kokorin's Wiki page... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kokorin
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hacked
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Seems like everybody's got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first
And the truth comes second.
Just stop for a minute and smile
Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious?
Got your shades on your eyes
And your heels so high
That you can't even have a good time-
its all about the bunny
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So Arsenal didn't sign anyone...what position do you expect them to finish now in PL?
I say 4th-
3rd
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Confident they will finish above United?
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Yes
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3rd best team for 3rd place. Easy really.
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1st or 2nd
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city only real challenge
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Tempted to say 5th, City, Chelsea, United definitely above them, Liverpool could challenge them for 4th
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Was thinking on similar lines
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Wow.
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LOL
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Behind Swansea.
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Given that Manu, Chelsea and Liverpool all have their problems, 2nd is possible on current form.
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I can't see any other team apart from Man City and Chelsea for 1st and 2nd
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Jose is being a complete tool though - not a happy ship.
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Not many can. Arsenal are most likely though.
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Champions. Cech is worth the extra 20 points they need.
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I think Man City will be champions this year
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Yes no doubt about that
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1st 2nd
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You lot are all mad!! Arsenal have got goals throughout their midfield. Without a striker, I grant you they won't win the league, but they're a damn sight better than Man U!!
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A battle for 3rd with United I reckon; certainly not top 2.
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6th
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There are still Man U and arsenal fans arguing on last article after an hour
Jeez move on-
On the bright side school starts back tomorrow
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Bright side? I haven't been in school for years and the thought of school starting again still gives me nightmares.
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Or two weeks ago if you live up here
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Yeah because having an opinion is immature.
Are they still going? I'm afraid I started that.
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What are they arguing about? I've been out
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Piers Morgan @piersmorgan 1 hr1 hour ago
I'm more p****d off than Berahino.
That's how bad this is.
#wenger #afc
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Don't understand why people follow Piers Morgan.
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I don't follow, I just saw his tweets, hilarious
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Even people on here say similar stuff all the time. I don't get why it's hilarious because someone famous says it.
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This guy is a joke. He keeps tweeting so people keep talking about him. That is how social networks work
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This
When I buy Twitter I will ban him and Katie Hopkins
Oh and Ross from friends-
The only thing worse than following Piers Morgan, is not following him and still somehow having to read his Tweets.
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Haha
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Brilliant!!! Need any help raising funds?
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arsenal fans round here seem much more positive
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I'm pretty Sure Josè is going to sign Stones in january or in july, which would explain the signing of Djilobodji, he has experience, he's a fine CB that's not world class and is not going to demand to be a starter(also, he's not being paid much).
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so not a last minute panic then?
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He could have bought Garay for 18M euros but didn't. That makes me think that they're still confident that they can sign Stones within the next 12 months.
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Like Arsenal, they have one functining striker, a great midfield and a suspect defence, and a manager prone to beliveing his own legend. Might turn it around, might not.
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Mourinho's legend speaks for itself. Wenger's doesn't.
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What, the bit about going into a meltdown every few years and leaving a club in acrimony?
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Tony Barrett @TonyBarretTimes 11s11 seconds ago
Lennon to Everton a done deal.-
Hasn't the window closed?
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I've got mine open.
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Reported to FA.
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Can sign players up until 8pm if they've filled in a deal sheet or something similar by 6pm to show that a deal is close.
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wierd system, stays open for two hours to finalise deals
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they got 2 hrs extnsn ... if all paperwork kinda things and the deal are agreed and done
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Aguero -> Berahino for a hit??
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yh
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Only if it's for a hit.
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Harry Redknapp was astute in the transfer market and didn't just sign players for the sake of it - according to Merson
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No he had hundreds, sometimes thousands of reasons for signing some players
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I think it was lots of twenties.
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i was amazed at that example. he pretty much overloaded QPR with new players in every position and they're still suffering from it
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There was a guy that signed them all up that year. He had 9 QPR players in his starting line up every week. Team name "Quite poor really".
It was entertaining to check his score each week.
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Who signed Adebayot on a permanent deal?
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AVB
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rednapp is a god
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Virtually all football pundits in this country are bumbling fools. Not worth listening to the thoughts coming from their cliche filled excuses for brains.
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Will there be an article listing all the finalized loans/signings? Or perhaps a link to where I can find it?
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Most probably.
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I would say that article is nailed on to appear in the next few days.
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May write up a hot topic/article if one isn't published this evening.
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Please do!
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BBC... Sky Sports...
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I have a double pool defence.. Best way to fix it? Migs to someone? Or Gomez to Cresswell? Other?
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They will still get CS
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Especially against teams with no real forwards
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are you forgetting Fellaini? #deluded
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Migs to someone. Better to have a cheap defender who plays for liverpool.
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Keep both and get Clyne/Skrtel.
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Why triple up?
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Seriously though,what would you recomend?
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Well clearly Root was being facetious, but I would say...
I never agree with doubling up on defenders from the same team, but I'm sure Liverpool will still offer you more clean sheets than most, if not all, 4.5 defenders.
I'm also not a big fan of playing an expensive keeper. I'd rather a 4.5M rotation, but it's all personal choice.
I currently have Gomez, so I'd rather keep him. However, if your secondary keeper is non-playing (or McCarthy and he loses his spot), then you have a more difficult decision... Or you need to make 2 FTs to chance to a 4.5M rotation, which is never desirable for keeper transfers.
Don't think Cresswell is particularly assured of clean sheets. I'd personally downgrade Migs to Myhil or Butland (but the former carries a measure of rotation risk with the signing of Lindegaard).
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De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Blind - Shaw
Carrick - Schneiderlin
Mata - Rooney - Depay
Martial
Could be a lot worse, think we'll be okay this season. Have to hope LvG figures out how to get us firing. Lets not talk about what happens once players start getting injured....-
Herrera over Carrick pour moi and we'd be better...
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did you see him play as a CM vs Brugge?
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Assisted the assister for the first goal
Assisted Rooney's second
Scored the 4th-
And played beside Carrick, not Morgan
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in the second half he took Januzaj's position as a CAM which is his much better position
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Played very well CM for years at Bilbao as well as CAM his final season. And, as I say, he started next to Carrick, not Morgan who could offer much more defensive cover.
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all in the second half when he was moved into the number 10 in place of januzaj
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First goal was after 20 minutes
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he was pathetic for 45.. brilliant in the second half played further forward
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As I say, play him next to Morgan and not Carrick.
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look im just happy we are talking about central midfield options for the first time in many years without mentioning anderson cleverley 40 year old giggs or fletcher
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Which is fair, as am I. My only concern is we are too slow moving forward. Martial will help, but we need to be quick getting up to him as well.
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we do yeah no doubt
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This
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I agree if he continued to play as a CM for the rest of the game he would have gotten a second yellow, very reckless in the first half
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And that is fair. But there is an allowance for him being rusty what with limited game time. He's a much better player than just a 433 or CAM, an opinion LVG has managed to propagate about him.
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not in a double pivot.. herrera in a midfield 3 or as a 10
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that's a 4th place team at best
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Probably - 3rd the best we can hope for this season and that's pushing it.
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Such a slow team in many areas.
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Yup - feel that Rooney is a problem and I hate saying that given all the goals he's scored for us.
Need to move Mata central and get a proper winger on the right. Also our players need permission to go past players because right now we always seem to be instructed to cut inside.
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Average tbh and poor bench too
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"Lets not talk about what happens once players start getting injured...."
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Let's do that I insist
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The main issue is the slow transition to attack by Utd. Not sure whether Martial can solve that problem if teams sit deep
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I cant believe Sadio hasnt deleted his tweet. How long will his strike last? I give him until the start of October at the latest
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Does it make any difference if he deletes it?
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Yes. It shows that he acknowledges he made a mistake by tweeting that.
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Not really
Damage is done for now. Time will tell if there is a way back-
He has kept it there. It shows little remorse. Harder to come back from but we shall see. Its extremely disrespectful to the club and chairman.
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Which tweet?
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"Sad how i cant say exactly how the club has treated me but i can officially say i will never play Jeremy Peace."
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He wants to praise him but didn't want to come out as homosexual. That's how I interpreted the tweet.
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Not wishing to be pedantic, but reads like he has jeremy peace in his fantasy team as 4.5 bench fodder.
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I completely agree! If you're gonna make a fool of yourself, at least make sure you use your grammar well!!
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I don't know as he's not someone I associate with or know personally.
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I wouldn't delete it if I were him either.
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Yeah but thats because you're trouble 😉
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Yeah but still. 😎
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I would, then I'd correct the errors and post it again.
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been a hard day, finally getting off my couch, solid 12 hours of viewing of sky sports deadline day...
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Sounds awful.
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been exhausting...
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spot on, this sums up my day nicely
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LVG signs a 17 year old from the bottom team of the football league. Tears in my eyes.
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Hello guys.
What do you think about Myhill?-
personally i think he'll keep his place for now but its always a risk
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Bench
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Dench.
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He's third choice now. Things have changed
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Served me well so far. Hope he keeps his place but who really knows! Got McCarthy as sub if he misses one..
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This made me laugh quite a bit :-):
https://twitter.com/BBCSporf/status/638755335407316992?lang=en-gb-
Like it
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Lots of trolling right now on twitter about Arsenal. This is just one out of many jokes
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Me too actually.
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Martial - do we see him starting in the next three gameweeks?
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I reckon he'll start one of those.
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Yeah.
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Cups
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Hes been given the no. 9 shirt and the price tag suggests he may start. LVG will certainly give him plenty of opportunities this season
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christ feel sorry for the lad.
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Anyone put up a list of players on international duty yet? I know it was talked about..
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Hi.....Who is best wildcard choice.....Williams or naughton.....
Is naughton as nailed on as Williams?
Both 5m.......just need to pick one.....Thanks-
I like Naught on personally
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Kinky
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Can someone update me on what happened in the transfer department the last 6-7 hours? Have been away and on my cell now with bad connection! Thanks in advance 😉
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Arsenal transferred Benzema
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Ty
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thanks man
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Neymar rejected a move to Manchester.
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Arsenal did nothing
United sealed the deal for Martial
Lennon to Everton
Dyer from Swansea to Leicester
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Arsenal welcomed a new player, their mascot Gunnersaurus Rex will be their new striker
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Your banter is on another level.
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its funny how they always big up the deadline day show as being "the biggest transfer window EVER". Well yeah, prices are going up massively every year....
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No transfer window will top the Tevez/Mascherano to west ham transfer window moves
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yeah. carroll/torres one was also quite a good one
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The one i remember most was Robinho to City on final day.
He flopped but it was the beginning of Man City as we know them now.
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Yeah... Remember people were actually surprised that City had spent megabucks on a world renowned star, and now...
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Deadline day was created to serve sky and the tv companies.
Have a big day of transfers and adverts every 5 minutes.
Advertisers pay a fortune to get air time. Sky rake in cash .
Uefa set the rules and get their cut in return. Every years "the biggest ever".
Its like the x factor. Its all just a money making gimmick.
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Why did Arsenal not sign anyone lol. Shambles
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They don't need anyone.
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they are the finished article
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Much like United then
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no we are still very much a work in progress but we are actively looking to strengthen
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Arteta's back this year.
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They could do with a striker, but it seems Wenger is happy with top 4 and quarters of Champions League. City have the league won so maybe Wenger is right to try develip what he has.
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They have a manager that can develop potential, unlike the rest.
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Walcott's gonna get off the mark this week!!
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Enjoyed this summary from a Spurs fan (on BBC):
"Chairman Daniel Levy, the so-called shrewd negotiator, catastrophically misjudged a market flush with TV cash. Teams no longer have to cave in because they just don’t need the money. Another window, yet another missed opportunity. Today’s desperate Berahino or bust shambles obscures concerns that Spurs’ overhaul of scouting and recruitment failed to find alternatives. The club site’s pathetic attempt to solve the problem by reclassifying Heung-Min Son as a striker did not play well with frustrated and furious fans"
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Son is a very good player tbf
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Can anyone explain to me why Liverpool paid £450k for a 19yr old who was top scorer at the U19 Fifa World cup yet United paid £36m for a 19yr old who scored 9 goals in Ligue 1 last season?
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ed woodward
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Because Man U are the corporate version of the Harry Enfield character "Loads 'a money".
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the same reason why liverpool qualified for the champions league and bought lallana lambert lovren and markovic and united qualified for the champions league and bought depay schneiderlin schweinsteiger and darmian.... ambition
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flair (same flair that let Pogba leave)
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Butland
Williams - Kola - Francis
Mahrez - Alexis (c) - Silva - Payet
Diouf - Aguero - Wilson
£1.9m ITB and 1FT.
My only kinda worry is the no Swansea attack for WAT.
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need gomis and ayew
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Funny enough, I ditched Gomis for Wilson last GW to get ahead on BOU's nice fixtures.
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Diouf to Gomis
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Perhaps Payet to Ayew. Payet is a good player with a good fixture coming up but I think Ayew is a better prospect over the next couple of months at least.
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Yeah Ayew's the obvious switch. I could probably gain £0.1/£0.2m off him over international's too if I bring him in now/early. We'll see though, as it stands a few of my mates have him and I'm liking the idea of Puncheon/Sako after GW5.
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Mignolet, McCarthy
Kolarov, Cedric, Naughton, Evans, Nyom
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Mignolet, Bellerin, Shaw, McCarthy
Kolarov, Cedric, Naughton, Evans, Nyom
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lool
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Any chance Lennon will be a starter? 5.8 is dirt cheap for such an attacking player
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I'm sure there was a time when people use to ask "Bale or Lennon for Spurs cover?".
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I was always blinded by the Van Der Vaart double up.
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at this point he looks like a sub, but give it a couple weeks. monitor for now. good price tho
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Doubt he'd go if he had no chance but with Mirallas and Deulofeu able to play there I'd stay clear.
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He could nail down a spot but there's competition of course. Time will tell.
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So which transfers today make a player MORE or LESS desirable than yesterday ?
i'll start with MOSES 5.3 , DYER 4.8 & LINDEGUARD 4.5-
lennon 5.8
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Moses is 5.3, get in my side boyo!
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he's the stand out one.
dyer could be a good pick at 4.8 too
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Not keen on any of those I'm afraid.
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Walcott 8.5.......
That's only half a joke.
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Harry Redknapp spent deadline day signing players while sat in his car.
