WengersWingMan Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 2 minutes ago, Babylon said: Not reliable... pinch of salt. It might very well happen, but only person with a shred of credibility is John Percy and he's not said much. Algerian reporter close to Mahrez said no bid had even been made. It's exact same nonsense as last season with people trying to be first to break the story Thanks for the info, I thought it was mountain out of molehill. Out of interest what do Foxes fans put his drop in form down to? Title hangover or....?
Babylon Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 Just now, WengersWingMan said: Thanks for the info, I thought it was mountain out of molehill. Out of interest what do Foxes fans put his drop in form down to? Title hangover or....? Regretting not getting his big move, 10 other players being dog muck, manager losing the plot, teams doubling up, no support. The bloke is top draw, in a team better suited to getting the best out of his attacking he'd rip it up again. More natural ability in his toe than players like Walcott, Ox etc could dream of.
pazzerfox Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 14 minutes ago, Nickfosse said: Isn't the closest parallel Payet? Wants to leave and club don't want him hanging around souring the atmosphere. I see your point. Even more annoying that Mahrez acted the way he did, which gives leverage to the buying team.
st albans fox Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 4 minutes ago, Babylon said: Regretting not getting his big move, 10 other players being dog muck, manager losing the plot, teams doubling up, no support. The bloke is top draw, in a team better suited to getting the best out of his attacking he'd rip it up again. More natural ability in his toe than players like Walcott, Ox etc could dream of. Who is telling bellerin he isn't allowed past the half way line !!
WengersWingMan Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 1 minute ago, Babylon said: Regretting not getting his big move, 10 other players being dog muck, manager losing the plot, teams doubling up, no support. The bloke is top draw, in a team better suited to getting the best out of his attacking he'd rip it up again. More natural ability in his toe than players like Walcott, Ox etc could dream of. Obviously far more talented than those players. Although it does scream bad attitude when a player with that talents output drops off the radar the way his has He did look technically outstanding when we played you earlier in the season and in both matches last season. It kind of embodies 'great on his day' He is the kind of player you'd like to see excel whoever he plays for because he can be a joy to watch. So if you keep him hopefully his form rebounds.
Nickfosse Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 13 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: Payet refused to play for West Ham. Mahrez said he would okay with staying didn't he? Yeah, fair point. I was meaning more the implication of the statement on lowering the fee in the same way Payet's strike did. Not so drastic, but coupled with little competition for his signature, we were unlikely to get the market price.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 Just now, Nickfosse said: Yeah, fair point. I was meaning more the implication of the statement on lowering the fee in the same way Payet's strike did. Not so drastic, but coupled with little competition for his signature, we were unlikely to get the market price. But we are able to keep him if arsenals bid dosent match our Valuation. Payet literally refused to play for West Ham ever again meaning he had to be sold.
Nickfosse Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 1 minute ago, AmarteyAndChill said: But we are able to keep him if arsenals bid dosent match our Valuation. Payet literally refused to play for West Ham ever again meaning he had to be sold. We could, I agree. I just don't think we will.
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 36 minutes ago, pazzerfox said: If it is £28 million, then that is laughable. Oscar went from warming the Chelsea bench to China for £60 million, Pogba £90 million, Di Maria £59 million, Sterling £49 million, Ozil £42 million. We've had our pants pulled down again if that is the fee!! I would add, we have not only had our pants down but we have been shonked really hard without lube for that fvcking disgrace of a fee. Taking the piss and having our pants down doesn't even touch the sides that fee (if true) is a fvcking disgrace
Wymsey Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 At the end of the day, the club would be making strong profit on this, considering the amount he was initially purchased for here. Yes, he'll be a big loss, but have the confidence the recruitment team can plug this talent gap as well as possible. He was often poor under Ranieri last season gone, and starting to thing that he was one of the 'moles' that disliked Ranieri and thus didn't pull his weight as well as he has shown the season before last.
weller54 Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 2 minutes ago, Bob Weasel Fox said: I would add, we have not only had our pants down but we have been shonked really hard without lube for that fvcking disgrace of a fee. Taking the piss and having our pants down doesn't even touch the sides that fee (if true) is a fvcking disgrace Spammers only got 25m for Payet!... Similar situation here, Mahrez doesn't want to play for us anymore (looked like he didn't for the whole of last season).. There's not queues of clubs scampering to sign him either, only seems like The Arse are interested!.. Take the 28m and get the bloke gone, his attitude was disgraceful last season.. Reinvest the money into a player who WANTS to play for LCFC! ..Mahrez doesn't!
Bunyip Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 12 minutes ago, weller54 said: Spammers only got 25m for Payet!... Similar situation here, Mahrez doesn't want to play for us anymore (looked like he didn't for the whole of last season).. There's not queues of clubs scampering to sign him either, only seems like The Arse are interested!.. Take the 28m and get the bloke gone, his attitude was disgraceful last season.. Reinvest the money into a player who WANTS to play for LCFC! ..Mahrez doesn't! Difference is West Ham could not afford to keep Payet , we can afford to keep Mahrez. If Mahrez starts to stink the place out put him in the reserves and lets see how much he's worth next season . As I have said before he's nowhere near as good as he thinks he is and judging by the lack of clubs having any interest they must have had a look at his p*ss poor attitude during the whole of last season . Here he's a big fish in a little pond to the big clubs he's a one season wonder who could cost them dearly both in cost and attitude.
HankMarvin Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 1 hour ago, StanSP said: *one lad & one girl. and a cup?
Nickfosse Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 2 minutes ago, Bunyip said: Difference is West Ham could not afford to keep Payet , we can afford to keep Mahrez. If Mahrez starts to stink the place out put him in the reserves and lets see how much he's worth next season . As I have said before he's nowhere near as good as he thinks he is and judging by the lack of clubs having any interest they must have had a look at his p*ss poor attitude during the whole of last season . Here he's a big fish in a little pond to the big clubs he's a one season wonder who could cost them dearly both in cost and attitude. What would be the point of doing that? With FFP and the wages he is on, it would restrict our recruitment options.
Finn Claw II Posted 3 July 2017 Posted 3 July 2017 I love a forestall meltdown. Mahrez suddenly has an attitude problem worthy of Dennis Wise.... He wants to move to a big club and is angling for it. Did Kante really do anything different? Vardy last season had a very hard think about exactly the move Mahrez is potentially interested in. If Drinkwater had turned up he would be talking about 'england ambitions' If you asked me who seems the more reasonable bloke out of vardy and Mahrez it is Mahrez every time. He will be hard to replace.
TJB-fox Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 4 minutes ago, pmcla26 said: We should just pay Adam Johnson bail and get him to replace Riyad Ironic thing about this comment is that it's probably better than half the ideas I've seen on here in recent years
Dan Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 2 hours ago, Babylon said: Regretting not getting his big move, 10 other players being dog muck, manager losing the plot, teams doubling up, no support. The bloke is top draw, in a team better suited to getting the best out of his attacking he'd rip it up again. More natural ability in his toe than players like Walcott, Ox etc could dream of. This. I totally get the criticisms of him but people need to ask if we really set ourselves up to get the best from him last season. I cannot resent him for having some frustration at how much we ****ed it up. The bloke had the world at his feet 12 months ago, Premier League player of the season who could realistically have been playing for a top side but was being held back by our negative, dis-organised football. Like I say, I totally get that he isn't innocent, his body language on occasion was piss poor and his decision making wasn't anything like as good as it was last season, but I can't put it all on him. It's very typical English football mentality to single out the best player for criticism. Rather than try and build the side to get the most out of our most talented player, we try and stifle their ability. It's our natural instinct. Makes me sick some of the utter mediocrity that'll go for more than he has as well. It's absolute comedy that he could go for the same as Bolasie. Thankfully I think the £28mil is bullshit. Fourth Official are finished. I reckon they're on the wind-up this time. They've got a lot of Leicester followers hence why they'd do it.
Guest ttfn Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 8 hours ago, WengersWingMan said: Obviously far more talented than those players. Although it does scream bad attitude when a player with that talents output drops off the radar the way his has He did look technically outstanding when we played you earlier in the season and in both matches last season. It kind of embodies 'great on his day' He is the kind of player you'd like to see excel whoever he plays for because he can be a joy to watch. So if you keep him hopefully his form rebounds. "Great on his day"?! He was great for an entire season, reaching a sustained level of performance over that time which I dare say no Arsenal player has reached since van Persie's final season. He's a fantastic player who will thrive in a team with more than one creative outlet. He'd be a great signing for Arsenal, just a shame that his "fierce ambition" predictably involves more money and a move to London rather than the opportunity to light up the Champions League again.
Finnegan Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 It's funny though really. What we need are a few more Riyad Mahrez' and what Arsenal need are a few more Marc Albrightons. They'll end up with another skilful show pony with dubious mental character and we'll probably replace him with some journeyman that runs around a lot (sorry Marc.)
RODNEY FERNIO Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 Arsenal fans seem to think that £35 million plus add ons is a steal ... hope the City hierarchy are reading this.
foxfanazer Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 7 hours ago, Finn Claw II said: I love a forestall meltdown. Mahrez suddenly has an attitude problem worthy of Dennis Wise.... He wants to move to a big club and is angling for it. Did Kante really do anything different? Vardy last season had a very hard think about exactly the move Mahrez is potentially interested in. If Drinkwater had turned up he would be talking about 'england ambitions' If you asked me who seems the more reasonable bloke out of vardy and Mahrez it is Mahrez every time. He will be hard to replace. Explain?
weller54 Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 28 minutes ago, Finnegan said: It's funny though really. What we need are a few more Riyad Mahrez' and what Arsenal need are a few more Marc Albrightons. They'll end up with another skilful show pony with dubious mental character and we'll probably replace him with some journeyman that runs around a lot (sorry Marc.) At least Marc tried last season.. If it was a choice of losing Albrighton or Mahrez I'd choose keeping Marc every time over that sulking, overrated drama Queen!
Lesta Legend Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 On the basis of his attitude and his statement of intent to leave I don't want him at club, he clearly has moved on from us and we won't be seeing the same level of performance from him that's obvious. We should all want players that want to play here, he doesn't but some people seemingly can't criticise him where he probably deserves it, odd. If he'd had a better attitude and shown more class by not releasing his disrespectful statement he'd not be getting this stick, no brainer. One of the best technically gifted players ever likely to play for us, reputation tarnished by stupid attitude possible ill advised statement. But that's football no one bigger than club, he gets his 'big' move we move on.
foxinsocks Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 Mahrez did some great things for us. His decline last season is puzzling.... and i believe is not wholey coz of his desire to move to a "big" club. Basically he was tring too hard to be a big player and cooed poorly with the added attention of defenders.... so his decision making was poor and he back tracking weak. This imo, will get worse has he tries to make an impact at arse. Its like a golfer choking... as he over analyses actons that were automated long ago. Of course when we sign an unknown french player we cannot know how they will react to sucess. Kante dreamed of chelsea .... Imo not dreaming high enough. Did mahrez dream of arsenal? I doubt it. He will awaken and wobder why he has left us
Buce Posted 4 July 2017 Posted 4 July 2017 8 hours ago, Bunyip said: Difference is West Ham could not afford to keep Payet , we can afford to keep Mahrez. If Mahrez starts to stink the place out put him in the reserves and lets see how much he's worth next season . As I have said before he's nowhere near as good as he thinks he is and judging by the lack of clubs having any interest they must have had a look at his p*ss poor attitude during the whole of last season . Here he's a big fish in a little pond to the big clubs he's a one season wonder who could cost them dearly both in cost and attitude. This. If he wants a move to a club in the CL, he won't be getting one by languishing in the reserves. And if he refuses to play, we save on his wages. 8 hours ago, Nickfosse said: What would be the point of doing that? With FFP and the wages he is on, it would restrict our recruitment options. The point would be that we would be putting down a marker that other players would take note of. He signed a very lucrative contract, just twelve months ago - he should honour it until the club see fit to allow him to leave. And that should only be when we get a proper offer. Sometimes in life you have to make a stand.
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