The 2015 Transfer Rumours Thread

[GoonerN5]

Schneiderlin is a far better player than Coquelin, well done Wenger you *word censored*

Fuck off now useless *word censored*

[Lee1]

As I said before, all have views on quality of targets but thing I can't accept.....City,Utd,Liverpool,Chelsea have done their business.....as they should. We have, Cech, aside, done fuck all........it's just not good enough.

[RespectTheUmlaut]

@Augie

Except I never said he is the best DM in the league did I? I said he was the best DM in the league over the period that he returned and played consistently and I stand by that. No other player in the position put in the kind of performances that he did in big games over those few months including in the FA Cup Final. No doubt you and the WUM will point out it was only Villa but it was a cup final with the pressure on against a team in a decent vain of form.

I have reservations against Coquelin but if he can produce the level over the next few seasons that he produced from the new year til the season's end then yeah, I'll be delighted with him.

[Ikechukwu1]

Schneiderlin is a far better player than Coquelin, well done Wenger you *word censored*

Fuck off now useless *word censored*

You're wrong! I know cos Coquelin got a new shiny contract, and Arsene believed in him so much all along that he farmed him around dodgy European clubs and let him run down his contract at Charlton! Some feel he was the "best DCM in the league" last season
You know how things work at our club by now though - 4-5 months of form = whole season of achievement!
I repeat: Schneiderlin ain't Vieira but, he is miles superior to any of the midfielders we have, no question.
Worse still he was desperate to join us. Deal was there to be done. Nobody knows how good Coquelin is - who remembers when Alex Song played well for 3 months and most of our fans wanked themselves silly over it? Form is temp, class perm etc

[g88ner]

Based on what I've read about him, I'm disappointed we haven't signed Schneiderlin.

A few months back I thought he was a shoe in to join us. I hope Coquelin's form hasn't stopped that deal going through, although i think it probably did

Hope we don't live to regret it.

[Ikechukwu1]

@Augie

Except I never said he is the best DM in the league did I? I said he was the best DM in the league over the period that he returned and played consistently and I stand by that. No other player in the position put in the kind of performances that he did in big games over those few months including in the FA Cup Final. No doubt you and the WUM will point out it was only Villa but it was a cup final with the pressure on against a team in a decent vain of form.

I have reservations against Coquelin but if he can produce the level over the next few seasons that he produced from the new year til the season's end then yeah, I'll be delighted with him.

So on the one hand, you "stand by" your comical assertion Coquelin was "the best DCM in the league" for a few months...but a few sentences later you claim to "have reservations"?? Which is it then! It's also so hilariously easy to smash your fiction, as I have a vivid image of Kondogbia chewing him up, then spitting him out at the Emirates, added to that 45 mins at OT in the league when he made Fellaini look like Rijkaard (go back and see what others said at the time).

But it's ok, cos he dominate Jack "Diego" Grealish against Villa.

Schneiderlin is the superior player of the two and it ain't even close.

[g88ner]

@Augie

Except I never said he is the best DM in the league did I? I said he was the best DM in the league over the period that he returned and played consistently and I stand by that. No other player in the position put in the kind of performances that he did in big games over those few months including in the FA Cup Final. No doubt you and the WUM will point out it was only Villa but it was a cup final with the pressure on against a team in a decent vain of form.

I have reservations against Coquelin but if he can produce the level over the next few seasons that he produced from the new year til the season's end then yeah, I'll be delighted with him.

So on the one hand, you "stand by" your comical assertion Coquelin was "the best DCM in the league" for a few months...but a few sentences later you claim to "have reservations"?? Which is it then!

Nothing wrong with that comment at all.

He's clearly saying he was impressed with Coquelin's form last season but has reservations over whether he can produce it long term.

I think most fans agree.

[nut flush gooner]

Coquelin will be fine next season, as long as he doesn't get injured.

If Theo signs a new contract, then we won't sign a striker. Wenger has pretty much said we don't need any more offensive players. As long as we sign that CB we desperately need I for one will be happy.

[g88ner]

Coquelin will be fine next season, as long as he doesn't get injured.

If Theo signs a new contract, then we won't sign a striker. Wenger has pretty much said we don't need any more offensive players. As long as we sign that CB we desperately need I for one will be happy.

centre back?

We signed Gabriel in January and Chambers last summer, and neither were cheap (£25m+ between them?). Plus we have Mertersacker and Koscielny on our books and none look likely to leave.

Not saying we don't need an upgrade but I'd be amazed if we sign another centre back.

[RespectTheUmlaut]

@Augie

Except I never said he is the best DM in the league did I? I said he was the best DM in the league over the period that he returned and played consistently and I stand by that. No other player in the position put in the kind of performances that he did in big games over those few months including in the FA Cup Final. No doubt you and the WUM will point out it was only Villa but it was a cup final with the pressure on against a team in a decent vain of form.

I have reservations against Coquelin but if he can produce the level over the next few seasons that he produced from the new year til the season's end then yeah, I'll be delighted with him.

So on the one hand, you "stand by" your comical assertion Coquelin was "the best DCM in the league" for a few months...but a few sentences later you claim to "have reservations"?? Which is it then!

Nothing wrong with that comment at all.

He's clearly saying he was impressed with Coquelin's form last season but has reservations over whether he can produce it long term.

I think most fans agree.

Thanks for breaking it down for him, mate.

[Ikechukwu1]

@Augie

Except I never said he is the best DM in the league did I? I said he was the best DM in the league over the period that he returned and played consistently and I stand by that. No other player in the position put in the kind of performances that he did in big games over those few months including in the FA Cup Final. No doubt you and the WUM will point out it was only Villa but it was a cup final with the pressure on against a team in a decent vain of form.

I have reservations against Coquelin but if he can produce the level over the next few seasons that he produced from the new year til the season's end then yeah, I'll be delighted with him.

So on the one hand, you "stand by" your comical assertion Coquelin was "the best DCM in the league" for a few months...but a few sentences later you claim to "have reservations"?? Which is it then!

Nothing wrong with that comment at all.

He's clearly saying he was impressed with Coquelin's form last season but has reservations over whether he can produce it long term.

I think most fans agree.

Please read what he said in the previous page of this thread. Which is why more than one person ridiculed the statement - he clearly said that Coquelin was "the best DCM in the league" over a 5-month period. This is clearly absolute rubbish, and was called out. Nothing wrong with believing in Coquelin, but making hilarious unsubstantiated claims (read it again pls) is farcical. Even over a 3 month period, Coquelin never has been anywhere near the best DCM in the league. Fact.

My personal fave was "his form last season was up there with any DCM in the world". Which would explain the butt-hump Kondogbia dished him out in the CL
What does that even mean "form was up there with world's best players in his position? Over a few matches Leicester league form was up there with Barca's. Over a few months Cazorla form was better than Iniesta's. Ultimately what does that mean?

[RespectTheUmlaut]

@Augie

Except I never said he is the best DM in the league did I? I said he was the best DM in the league over the period that he returned and played consistently and I stand by that. No other player in the position put in the kind of performances that he did in big games over those few months including in the FA Cup Final. No doubt you and the WUM will point out it was only Villa but it was a cup final with the pressure on against a team in a decent vain of form.

I have reservations against Coquelin but if he can produce the level over the next few seasons that he produced from the new year til the season's end then yeah, I'll be delighted with him.

So on the one hand, you "stand by" your comical assertion Coquelin was "the best DCM in the league" for a few months...but a few sentences later you claim to "have reservations"?? Which is it then!

Nothing wrong with that comment at all.

He's clearly saying he was impressed with Coquelin's form last season but has reservations over whether he can produce it long term.

I think most fans agree.

Please read what he said in the previous page of this thread. Which is why more than one person ridiculed the statement - he clearly said that Coquelin was "the best DCM in the league" over a 5-month period. This is clearly absolute rubbish, and was called out. Nothing wrong with believing in Coquelin, but making hilarious unsubstantiated claims (read it again pls) is farcical. Even over a 3 month period, Coquelin never has been anywhere near the best DCM in the league. Fact.

My personal fave was "his form last season was up there with any DCM in the world". Which would explain the butt-hump Kondogbia dished him out in the CL
What does that even mean "form was up there with world's best players in his position? Over a few matches Leicester league form was up there with Barca's. Over a few months Cazorla form was better than Iniesta's. Ultimately what does that mean?

It means he's showed that he has the potential to do that job very well. It also means that we don't know if he can do it consistently because he only did it for a few months hence my reservations.

Jeez, you're really not too bright are you?

[Ikechukwu1]

Yeah right you are. I'm enjoying your massive backing down. So "we don't know" if Coquelin can do the job consistently as you admit; yet Schneiderlin - who has done the job consistently for 2 years now (not 2-3 months please note ) isn't worth pursuing. LOL.
Fair play, that Ozil stat was possibly the funniest thing I've read this week

[RespectTheUmlaut]

Coquelin or not, I'd like to think we'd be aiming higher than Schneiderlin at £25million. Also, Schneiderlin isn't really a defensive midfielder.. he's more of a box-to-box and again, if we are signing a box-to-box midfielder, I'd rather someone of superior quality especially at the price.

[nut flush gooner]

Coquelin or not, I'd like to think we'd be aiming higher than Schneiderlin at £25million. Also, Schneiderlin isn't really a defensive midfielder.. he's more of a box-to-box and again, if we are signing a box-to-box midfielder, I'd rather someone of superior quality especially at the price.

Exactly why is everyone creaming themselves over Schneiderlin and why do we need box to box midfielders, we have Jack Wilshere who is more than capable of filling that role. I think at long last Jack may well be fitter for the forthcoming season than he has been for years, he has pledged his allegiance to the club so why piss him off?

Every Soton player that has gone to a bigger club has flopped, £25m is laughable.