And Arshavin.
To be honest, I don't think Fabregas will go this summer. I can't see anyone matching that valuation for a player who was injured for a lot of last season.
( WHARRGARBL, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:23, archived)

Arshavin is wonderful, but I give it 2 months before he's completely Arsenalled
and refuses to shoot from outside the box, becomes a massive complaining knob end and blacks up and speaks with an african accent.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:25, archived)

I hate to admit it, but that's at least partially true.

( WHARRGARBL, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:26, archived)

I think Wenger needs a new assistant manager,
someone who can have a good influence and open up their play a bit more, get it back to how it was during the title winning seasons.

Plus, he could do a Fergie and refuse to speak to the BBC so we don't have to hear his massively hypocritical rants... like the stoke game when RVP assaulted the Stoke keeper, but wenger "did not see" that and instead ranted about how the stoke players hacked arsenal out of the game.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:29, archived)

You're right there.
I'd also say that we need to look at getting a couple of well established players. Not some youngster from a French team. We need someone who knows the ropes, especially in defence.
( WHARRGARBL, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:34, archived)

You needed Barry or Palacios

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:37, archived)

and then breaks into a thousand tiny pieces
and we have to listen to Wenger say "it is only a niggling injury, he'll be back in 3 or 4 weeks"

- see also - Rosicky and the last 18 bloody months.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 10:26, archived)