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by **Crouchamania** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:00 pm

I think Walcotts fee was around 12 but thats still nearly half of what our team cost. Mind u they got Baptista in a swap for Reyes and Reyes was about 14 million.

by **Paul C** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:16 pm

Scottbot wrote:Why do so many posters make so many assumptions about out young players? Take Paul Anderson, is he a 'great player?' How the hell would we know? A couple of decent performances for the youth team and the fact he arrived with a decent rep and every man and his dog seems to think he should be in the first team.

I have an e-season ticket as you know Scott, you can watch all the reserve games, etc on there and I have watched Roque, Anderson, Hobbs, Antwi quite a few times, they seem more ready than Guthrie and Peltier did last night :;):

Aliadaire is :censored:

, he's Arsenal's version of ALT and even he made Paletta look like a sunday league player, he's player well once against Birmingham but I'm not too convinced tbh

by **peterc1992** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:19 pm

thats not all arsenal homegrown talent,they bring alot of it in,we have peltier and guthrie at the moment,they havnt been unbelievable but what arsenal youngster has been unbeliavble

by **DonnieDarko** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:33 am

I agree that Aliadere is just about one of the worst strikers in the league yet he was terrorizing us.

by **Scottbot** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:49 am

Paul C wrote:I have an e-season ticket as you know Scott, you can watch all the reserve games, etc on there and I have watched Roque, Anderson, Hobbs, Antwi quite a few times, they seem more ready than Guthrie and Peltier did last night

Yeah you've got a point there mate, i guess they couldn't do any worse. I'm keen to see the likes of Anderson but i guess there must be a reason why he's not been thrown it just yet.

by **stmichael** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:25 pm

destro wrote:Just as a matter of interest the team arsenal played last night cost just over 10million. Toure 150,000 Almunia 500,000, Fabregas 2.5million, Song 2.5million, Walcot 5million ( Walcotts price rumoured to eventually be as high as 12million ). Although there are afew whos fee is undisclosed. Our team cost over 27million

Is how much money has been spent even the point? What we saw on Tuesday night was the result of 10 years' work, with Arsenal's youth set-up designed to scout and develop the best young players across the world. Rafa's been in the job 2 years, and by all accounts is even now having problems controlling the academy, which until recently would only seem to work with local kids.

think the point I was trying to make (but which didn't come across that way at all!) was that having a successful youth policy like Arsenal's isn't just about spending a lot of money on the players - it's about being able to identify them and then move quickly enough to bring them into the club ahead of all the other hundreds of clubs worldwide who are going to want to do the same.

That's what Wenger is so good at - and he's been allowed to by a board who, as far I know, handed the academy over to him lock, stock and barrel and who back his judgement when he wants to bring a player in.

From what I know, I don't think either of those things necessarily applies to Rafa's situation here.

by **peterc1992** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:28 pm

fabrgas cost more than 2.5 mil,id give near 10 mil for a talent like him,18 million for michael carrick=2.5 for fabregas,ha,no way

by **puroresu** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:54 pm

peterc1992 wrote:fabrgas cost more than 2.5 mil,id give near 10 mil for a talent like him,18 million for michael carrick=2.5 for fabregas,ha,no way

Barcelona actually taunt English clubs for always snooping at there young players. They say English clubs cant produce there own players.

Toure £150,000. What a snip!!!

by **red37** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:44 am

Interesting little interview with Steve Heighway about foreign imports and the youth system:

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NGoto/181312983?-11194

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:21 am

I've always had to be careful because I worked with a French manager here who had some very strange views of the game, didn't like anyone disagreeing with him, who bought 14 French players who all had to be sold when a new man came in.

Doesn't sound like Heighway was a fan of Houllier

Having said that, I heard that Heighway had a big row with Benitez earlier this season and was supposed to be finishing at Christmas (obviously incorrect)

by **whitebmw** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:45 am

Need to take time to improve everything.

by **Salty Sock** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:17 am

whitebmw wrote:Need to take time to improve everything.

Couldn't agree more, its a progressional thing!!
Some good input.

by **112-1077774096** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:34 am

it would appear we have another idiot in our midst

by **66-1112520797** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:09 am

peewee wrote:it would appear we have another idiot in our midst

Which one Peewee??

by **112-1077774096** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:13 am

salty sock, the usual one line stupid comments that happen with alter egos and wind ups, we already sussed whitebmw out a couple of weeks ago.

in fact they could be the same idiot

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