SPECULATION: Andrey Arshavin

[SPARTA]

£60k a week - I would not be happy with that, I don't care how good someone is, I don't want to see us playing the stupid wage chasing game and just throwing money at big name signings in the hope we can get into Europe once in a blue moon and just forgetting about the possibility of relegation.

It's paper talk. The same papers said Pog was on 60k as well, and he's on about 38k.

[Tommy Youlden's Ears]

Conversation at work.

Me: "There's talk of us buying Arshavin"
Baggies mate; "He'd do a job for you"
Arsenal mate; "No way. He's dreadfully unfit. Once down the wing and he's blowing out of his a*se".

So. Uncertain motivation, unfit and vastly expensive wages.

Why would we?

[maffff]

£60k a week - I would not be happy with that, I don't care how good someone is, I don't want to see us playing the stupid wage chasing game and just throwing money at big name signings in the hope we can get into Europe once in a blue moon and just forgetting about the possibility of relegation.

It's paper talk. The same papers said Pog was on 60k as well, and he's on about 38k.

He's already saving for the move anyway with his McDonalds vouchers.

[Elm Park Pasty]

£60k a week - I would not be happy with that, I don't care how good someone is, I don't want to see us playing the stupid wage chasing game and just throwing money at big name signings in the hope we can get into Europe once in a blue moon and just forgetting about the possibility of relegation.

It's paper talk. The same papers said Pog was on 60k as well, and he's on about 38k.

He's already saving for the move anyway with his McDonalds vouchers.

Well, that's it confirmed then. He is obviously aware that the McDonalds adjacent to the stadium has a drive-thru (gotta love Yank illiteracy!) so there will be plenty of scope for him to collect more.

[_royal]

Unsurprisingly being linked back to Zenit:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... um=twitter

[Royal Ginger]

Unsurprisingly being linked back to Zenit:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... um=twitter

Honestly, that'd be a better move for him, but he has said that he wants to play in England.

[TBM]

This story [coming to Reading] was in the metro again this morning

[noelgallagher]

Can't see this happening. If other teams go in for him, which they will, we will be further down the pecking order due to our league position.

Would be good if a deal could be sorted but honestly, don't hold your breath.

[Royal With Cheese]

We've got one surley faced Russian non-trier. We don't need another one.

Harsh I know but I don't think either of them would/do fit in. I'm hoping that Anton has learned his lesson.

[melonhead]

hard to think of many succesful russian prem players tbf

im torn between him being better than many of our players, and also not the type we need in a battle

[JordCot]

hard to think of many succesful russian prem players tbf

im torn between him being better than many of our players, and also not the type we need in a battle

It depends where we play him. It wont matter quite so much if he is lazy when playing behind a striker. He looks lazier than he is when playing on the wing which was never his best position because he is not good at tracking back

[Ian Royal]

hard to think of many succesful russian prem players tbf

im torn between him being better than many of our players, and also not the type we need in a battle

Kanchelskis? Best I can come up with.

[melonhead]

forgotten about him- ok, thats 1!

[REMTARDROYAL]

hard to think of many succesful russian prem players tbf

im torn between him being better than many of our players, and also not the type we need in a battle

Smertin and Zhirkov won Premiership winners medals with Chelsea and I would have called Pavyluchenko reasonably successful.

[melonhead]

hard to think of many succesful russian prem players tbf

im torn between him being better than many of our players, and also not the type we need in a battle

Smertin and Zhirkov won Premiership winners medals with Chelsea and I would have called Pavyluchenko reasonably successful.

really?!

i wouldnt declare any of those three a success

[The Beardy Man]

hard to think of many succesful russian prem players tbf

im torn between him being better than many of our players, and also not the type we need in a battle

Smertin and Zhirkov won Premiership winners medals with Chelsea and I would have called Pavyluchenko reasonably successful.

really?!

i wouldnt declare any of those three a success

Think Smertin did pretty well on loan at Pompey

[peterroyal76]

Kharine at Chelski Top keeper.

[melonhead]

ill give you kharine, and ill give you kanchelskis(who was born in ukraine & of lithuanian origin!)


and even if i give you pavlyachenko, zhirkov and smertin(which i dont)

im still correct that there arent many succesful russian premiere league players

[Pepe the Horseman]

How many unsuccessful ones can you name?

[melonhead]

that isnt the point i was posing i simply said there arent many succesful ones

but theres certainly more than 2
including smertin, zhirkov and pavlyachenko(135 games & nearly half as sub then flogged(ok he did score 50 odd goals )
pogrebnyak, arshavin, Bilyaletdinov,Shevchenko. a massive majority, when you assess them purely according to my own personal success criteria