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Arteta Agrees New Five Year Deal !!!

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we have to be honest with our selves that we cannot compete with the likes of chelsea and man city, manu, arsenal and even spurs on a financial level so finding good young talent keeping the best, and making a good profit on the rest, is the only way we can keep competing with them on the pitch,
moyes and kenwright have worked to get us in this position and they will have to work even harder to keep us there.
we have a team who can really compete up at the top, but we also have youth that will keep us there.
Keeping the influx of major youth prospects from all over britain and europe must now be our priority,
that and Moyes eye for a great bargain buy.
 
little curly alan ball said:
I believe you are wrong , mate .

We do NOT NEED to gamble on anyone .

Our 1st team squad is as good as any time in a generation AND we have got kids , from age 20-17 whom are the envy of our competitors .

HAVE TO are words not applicable to our current situation

Schepers hasnt proved it , yet . If he does , we'll sign him . If not , we won't .

No HAVE TO'S involved , lad .
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Agreed. For me it's about keeping the players we have more than "who do we sign"? The academy looks well stocked and that's the path to running a profitable club.
 
Hmm, thanks for all this info. I guess I'll be cautiously optimistic. I was a little bit concerned, at first, by how clearly losing Arteta would cost us - concerned that we are so reliant on a single player. Kinda indicates a weak squad. But if I look at, say, Man U... pulling Rooney and Vidic/Ferdinand out of their team, or Lampard and Drogba from Chelsea... or Van Persie and Fabregas from Arsenal, then none of those squads look much stronger than ours sans Mikel and Peanuts.

If we can keep hold of both, it's pretty much the first time Moyes will be tasked with getting players to perform to their best instead of getting them to perform above their best. Christ, I hate being optimistic...
 

Far from a totally weak squad imo- reliant on Arteta a lot at present absolutely yes, certainly in terms if a large proportion of games are not going to pass us by at Prem level right now.

The greatest fear is having to replace him prematurely before any successor we already have is ready to take up the mantle or future incoming player is here and raring to go.

Something we have to face sooner or later but far better when we are not challenged by this off the back of an 8th place finish.

We are rewarding the key players up to the level we are capable off right now but it would be nicer to say goodbye properly to Mikel in a couple of years when we may also be able to reward any key players that have lasted the distance and have that quality replacement ready from our existing squad or an outside player in and settled for when Mikel does fly the nest.
 
FinchFarmBlue said:
Far from a totally weak squad imo- reliant on Arteta a lot at present absolutely yes, certainly in terms if a large proportion of games are not going to pass us by at Prem level right now.

The greatest fear is having to replace him prematurely before any successor we already have is ready to take up the mantle or future incoming player is here and raring to go.

Something we have to face sooner or later but far better when we are not challenged by this off the back of an 8th place finish.

We are rewarding the key players up to the level we are capable off right now but it would be nicer to say goodbye properly to Mikel in a couple of years when we may also be able to reward any key players that have lasted the distance and have that quality replacement ready from our existing squad or an outside player in and settled for when Mikel does fly the nest.
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Better still - say "Thanks very much Mikel, what a servant you've been but you are now free to move on."

Which means that by then the side is so good he can't get a starting place in it :)
 
I've heard (not a reliable source mind u, my mate lives in liverpool, and he not a blue but his cousin is a massive blue.. lol sounds like my dogs cousin's aunt's wasp already) that a certain players agent was a FF today for contract negotiations... Ill apologise in advance if this is BS... as i say not mayb the most reliable of sources but pls be true
 

irishblue7 said:
I've heard (not a reliable source mind u, my mate lives in liverpool, and he not a blue but his cousin is a massive blue.. lol sounds like my dogs cousin's aunt's wasp already) that a certain players agent was a FF today for contract negotiations... Ill apologise in advance if this is BS... as i say not mayb the most reliable of sources but pls be true
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Its not going to be true, but spit the name out anyway mate.
 
chicoazul said:
Its not going to be true, but spit the name out anyway mate.
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Mikel Arteta, i no i shouldn posted it, got excited wen read the text, it more than likey a wind up, dont even no wer he wuda got info from as neither are sourced up, hindsight is wonderful thing tho, in future ill be waiting for LCAB or THT info 1st- so guys if this is utter BS again i apolgise
 
irishblue7 said:
Mikel Arteta, i no i shouldn posted it, got excited wen read the text, it more than likey a wind up, dont even no wer he wuda got info from as neither are sourced up, hindsight is wonderful thing tho, in future ill be waiting for LCAB or THT info 1st- so guys if this is utter BS
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No worries lid, I heard he might be signing soon anyway so who knows.
 
LABBY THE TOFF said:
Bally say that again in the language of the queen fella ??
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Spend money on the players we already have and continue to bring young ones through the system and we don't have to spend money on transfers. As youth players become ready to play, sell players about to hit their "sell by" date.
 

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