Stoney Fox Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 1 hour ago, gw_leics772 said: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1451999/Arsenal-news-Edu-James-Maddison-transfer-30m-sweetener-opinion-comment Arsenal chief Edu should pursue cut-price James Maddison transfer by using £30m sweetener So the gist is that they could save cash by giving us willock for £30m as part of the deal. Willock needs first team football, and he won't get it at mighty arsenal but he'll get into top 5 sides strongest position. 😀😀😀😀😀😀 I thought I was reading an arsenal fan site for those levels of delusion. Yeah, we're obviously struggling in midfield and soumare must be one for the development squad. 🤔🤔🤔🧐🤨🤨🧐🧐🙄🙄🙄🤫🤫🤫🤫 Love the bit about him being a mentor 😄 Would be a mistake to sell him. Can see him having a good season next year on the back of a pre season break. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep blue Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 1 hour ago, mozartfox said: Yep - no mid-week football means plenty of rest. ... and more time to party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 45 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said: Club tweeting how Maddison joined 3 years ago today. Surely not promoting that if he’s going anywhere. Confirmed, close the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Renard Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 I'm 50% sure this could happen, there seems to be enough rumours going around from Arsenal and Maddison's camp to make this sound credible. If we want to really strengthen the squad without CL football, then history usually tells us that we sell a player every season to fund it. I don't see why it would be any different this year, unless we've found the magic money tree! Perhaps Maddison thinks he's hit his ceiling with Leicester and wants to go and play for a fallen giant, his ego will make him think he can help resurect Arsenal. If he thinks he's had enough criticism by some of the foxes fans, then he's in for a rude awakening if he joins Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 2 minutes ago, Le Renard said: I'm 50% sure this could happen, there seems to be enough rumours going around from Arsenal and Maddison's camp to make this sound credible. If we want to really strengthen the squad without CL football, then history usually tells us that we sell a player every season to fund it. I don't see why it would be any different this year, unless we've found the magic money tree! Perhaps Maddison thinks he's hit his ceiling with Leicester and wants to go and play for a fallen giant, his ego will make him think he can help resurect Arsenal. If he thinks he's had enough criticism by some of the foxes fans, then he's in for a rude awakening if he joins Arsenal. JC himself couldn't resurrect Arsenal!😂 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 2 minutes ago, Le Renard said: I'm 50% sure this could happen, there seems to be enough rumours going around from Arsenal and Maddison's camp to make this sound credible. If we want to really strengthen the squad without CL football, then history usually tells us that we sell a player every season to fund it. I don't see why it would be any different this year, unless we've found the magic money tree! Perhaps Maddison thinks he's hit his ceiling with Leicester and wants to go and play for a fallen giant, his ego will make him think he can help resurect Arsenal. If he thinks he's had enough criticism by some of the foxes fans, then he's in for a rude awakening if he joins Arsenal. I don’t really get this point tbh. I don’t think he has a massive ego at all, no more than anyone else at least. He’ll be here at the start of the season for the simple fact that arsenal won’t pay how much we want, he’d cost more than odegaard who is their first choice. I also can’t understand anyone wanting to sell the player who is head and shoulders above everyone else in terms of creativity, we’re half the team without him. He was comfortably one of the best players in the league between December and February until he was injured, and I was so confident going into games because we had him and Barnes playing so well. If we sold him there is no way we could upgrade on him because he is so good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Fannieri Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 There is usually no smoke without fire, what we don’t know is if Rodgers and his backroom staff have identified a different formation / style of play they want to take the team forward with which means less reliance on a traditional number 10 role, also given Madders injury record over the last couple of seasons, they have may have concerns as to whether he is going to be blighted with injury problems and spend long stretches of the season unavailable. Finally we don’t really know what damage the COVID party breach did to his relationship with the Management team and fellow squad members and whether that could be playing a part in this speculation and if the club has decided to cash in and reinvest. Also there is the other side of the coin that Madders has indeed decided it is time to play for one of the more fashionable clubs, his England chances and those of some of his Leicester team mates have been very limited, and there is every chance that he will be being advised that a move to a traditional big 6 club will enhance his profile and international chances, therefore I do see this as a possibility, I also think this has been leaked to drive further interest and a possible bidding war which would suit all parties. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime_Coatsworth Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 The is typical Daily Express just making stuff up. Typical "a source tells us" bollox, they're probably just trawling the arsanal forums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Renard Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Dusty said: I don’t think he has a massive ego at all, no more than anyone else at least. I didn't say he had a massive ego! I said his ego will think he can go to a club and help lift it up, just like Maguire and many others. Edited 20 June 2021 by Le Renard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ric Flair Posted 20 June 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 20 June 2021 3 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said: There is usually no smoke without fire, what we don’t know is if Rodgers and his backroom staff have identified a different formation / style of play they want to take the team forward with which means less reliance on a traditional number 10 role, also given Madders injury record over the last couple of seasons, they have may have concerns as to whether he is going to be blighted with injury problems and spend long stretches of the season unavailable. Finally we don’t really know what damage the COVID party breach did to his relationship with the Management team and fellow squad members and whether that could be playing a part in this speculation and if the club has decided to cash in and reinvest. Also there is the other side of the coin that Madders has indeed decided it is time to play for one of the more fashionable clubs, his England chances and those of some of his Leicester team mates have been very limited, and there is every chance that he will be being advised that a move to a traditional big 6 club will enhance his profile and international chances, therefore I do see this as a possibility, I also think this has been leaked to drive further interest and a possible bidding war which would suit all parties. The " other system " will be a midfield 3 of Ndidi, Tielemans and Soumare but then a more attacking right winger with Barnes the other side of Daka or Vardy. Rodgers isn't stupid though, he knows that Maddison is one of the most creative players for providing and scoring goals in the squad. The simple maths shows that we'd need to find 15-20 goals a season elsewhere and that's just to replicate what we've already done and to improve on it you need even more. There's a real dilemma with our team, we need to be better defensively but also better in attack. How we do that is the conundrum but defensive midfielders replacing attacking midfielders tends not to score more goals and if you play 2 strikers then a creative player from midfield usually has to be sacrificed and sometimes the lack of service makes the use of 2 strikers less effective. We are so close to breaking the top 4, this has been built on 4-2-3-1 and what's let us down has been injuries. We don't need a new system. I like the idea of Soumare coming in in certain games but the missing piece to this squad is a right winger who scores goals. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majaco Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 Keep,keep, keep. Hopefully, in a squad where we have enough quality that he plays often but is rotated too. If we get Daka and a rw , we have great options in midfield and attack. Ndidi, Soumare, Tielemans, Maddison, Praet, KDH, Barnes, Sowah, new rw, Iheanacho, Daka, Vardy for six positions. With the possibility of retaining one of Mendy, Choudhury, Perez. Maddison's quality is definitely something we should be aspiring to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox in the North Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ric Flair said: The " other system " will be a midfield 3 of Ndidi, Tielemans and Soumare but then a more attacking right winger with Barnes the other side of Daka or Vardy. Rodgers isn't stupid though, he knows that Maddison is one of the most creative players for providing and scoring goals in the squad. The simple maths shows that we'd need to find 15-20 goals a season elsewhere and that's just to replicate what we've already done and to improve on it you need even more. There's a real dilemma with our team, we need to be better defensively but also better in attack. How we do that is the conundrum but defensive midfielders replacing attacking midfielders tends not to score more goals and if you play 2 strikers then a creative player from midfield usually has to be sacrificed and sometimes the lack of service makes the use of 2 strikers less effective. We are so close to breaking the top 4, this has been built on 4-2-3-1 and what's let us down has been injuries. We don't need a new system. I like the idea of Soumare coming in in certain games but the missing piece to this squad is a right winger who scores goals. I don’t even think the right winger will need score goals (obviously some will help!), he’ll just need to cause enough problems to really stretch the pitch and give the other even more space. Edited 20 June 2021 by Fox in the North 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 5 minutes ago, Fox in the North said: I don’t even think the right winger will need score goals (obviously some will help!), he’ll just need to cause enough problems to really stretch the pitch and give the other even more space. Agreed, you'd want them to bring at least 10-15 goals and assists but I just want a winger than fits this team and there's players out there. It's not that hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucey Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 #Fearless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravel Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 10 minutes ago, brucey said: #Fearless Tattoo fixers on standby to change to Hapless if the Arse move comes off 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueharmie Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 I can't see maddison leaving I am sure he loves the club his reaction at Wembley proved this. And arsenal? Behave...one of the worst run clubs in the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 I think over the next week or so the rumours around Madders will die down, same as what has happened with Youri to Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 Nah cvnt is ganning nay where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 (edited) Likes to post on his Insta story about us quite a bit at the moment Edited 20 June 2021 by moore_94 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoareyaaa Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 he aint going anywhere Rodgers said we aint selling any key players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Reginaldo Posted 20 June 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 20 June 2021 Madders is a class player. Apart from the slight misdemeanour, which applies also to Barnes and Big Wes, he’s done nothing wrong and a hell of a lot right. He loves the club and we need to back him. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) Tweeted: If we somehow manage to attract James Maddison following our worst season in decades, without even having the attraction of European football, I don’t want to see posts about Leicester replacing us in the ‘big six’ ever again. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo86 Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 5 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) Tweeted: If we somehow manage to attract James Maddison following our worst season in decades, without even having the attraction of European football, I don’t want to see posts about Leicester replacing us in the ‘big six’ ever again. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nearly bit on this yesterday, different breed Arsenal fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 6 minutes ago, Simmo86 said: Nearly bit on this yesterday, different breed Arsenal fans Theyre a special breed. Its not just arsenal though, all the 'big' clubs have a self appointed idiot who spends his life commenting on the club on twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 20 June 2021 Share Posted 20 June 2021 13 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: Theyre a special breed. Its not just arsenal though, all the 'big' clubs have a self appointed idiot who spends his life commenting on the club on twitter. I think Man City fans are probably the only relatively normal “big 6” fans I have come across on Twitter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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