Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer window

Arsenal are pretty stacked mind…

 

I agree we need CB’s however I have every faith in the management team and the current squad to have a real go at West Ham, think we will see a completely new motivated team cross the white line next Saturday, if we do get a CB in great, if not, I have every faith, this is unreal and I’m loving it, best time in my 45 years supporting the lads, can’t wait haway haway haway oh and FTM

 

Agree with this, but (and this is old news) that elusive new CB would really give an additional boost of confidence I feel

 

I'm still relaxed about the CB situation, just, as I know the club are working hard to get these deals done. I (all of us) don't want to just sign a CB for the sake of it, it has to be a quality defender that improves us - sometimes that means waiting for that player. The club will have cut offs with targets, as they'll need to move on to the next CB on the list.

We all want a CB in for the West Ham game, the club will be the same however, the most important thing is getting the right player in. I was hoping to get a CB in by next weekend so they could play with Ballard tomorrow but that's not happening.

The key then is to sign them with enough time to get plenty of time with Ballard, Hume and Reinildo on the training pitch.

Someone like Lucumi has been playing plenty minutes in preseason and he's used to playing in a back 4 so i wouldn't be a concern if he didn't get much time on the training pitch with the lads.

Huggins or Seelt will likely come in if a CB isn't signed, I'd trust Huggins a lot more than Seelt. Really concerned by Seelts lack of physicality, despite his height. Huggins will struggle against Bowen but let's be honest most LBs do in the PL - the key is how we double up on him and stop him getting the ball in good positions.

It's always easy to focus on where we need to strengthen and forget about our strengths - i can our CM should dominate West Ham's, I think we can double up on them in the wide areas and isolated Fullkrug upfront

The bad news today is I'm working from home and no news ever breaks when I'm working fdom home, so I'll take the blame if nothing happens today folks

 

CBs are in high demand, every club seems to being needing a coupe of new ones, so its not just us having issues.

the club know that us where we were short at last season and wont want to be that boat again. we have a week to get a CB in and ready for WHU,

time to panic will be after the window has closed, and we failed ( hate to use that term) to get one in

 

Well I don't know, are you speaking on behalf of yourself or someone else?

 

Yep. Once again. The window is idiotic. Everybody says it every season. Our problem is the injuries. The pressure is on us to get a defender because of that and I’d be surprised if we don’t in the next few days for that reason. That said I’d be surprised if we haven’t already sorted it. Then we can play the who blinks first game.

 

I dread to think what Xhaka, Le fee, Diarra, Sadiki and Mayenda will do to them

 

Just asking a question based on the posts within this thread

 

As cover. Van Dijk and Konate are a decent starting point.

 

Could be worse, could be Noocarssell. Unable to sign anyone.

 

Can’t Sadiki play fullback?

 

Sorry, I just hadn't seen you post.

 

A purely hypothetical question to whittle away the time.

Would people rather compromise on the quality of the centre backs we bring in to make sure they’re in for West Ham and are an upgrade on Ballard and Seelt (or the back four that sees Jones at left back) or….

Would they rather wait and get the very best options we possibly could at the very last minute of the window deadline?

The former being, say, a Creswell and the latter a, say, Diakite.

 

Apology accepted

 

Well said.

 

Agree. The club have so obviously set out to try to assemble a squad to compete in this league.After the signings we've made so far,the contract extensions and management and coaching additions,it would make absolutely no sense not to complete the job. CB is clearly an area which requires strengthening and I have no doubt that diligent work is going on to achieve it.

 

I just really hope we don't have any more niggles. We are down to bare bones defensively and not a competitive ball has been kicked. We really don't want to be putting young Harrison Jones in a position on Saturday. Would be the ultimate whooping down that flank.

 

Wait.