You also forgot to mention running down blind alleys, giving away posession, falling over ALOT! As I say on his day he is brilliant but those days are few and far between.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
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You also forgot to mention running down blind alleys, giving away posession, falling over ALOT! As I say on his day he is brilliant but those days are few and far between.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
Exactly - Theo is great in a straight up drag race or at pushing it past defenders and running onto it but doesnt have the trickery of OX - Ox is as quick as Theo too ive heardQuote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
No he isn't.
Also
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/footbal...llow-loan-move
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We don't sign players to cover injuries though. And Diaby coming back is like 3 or 4 new signings.Quote:
It's thought that Arsenal turned to Sahin after being told Jack Wilshere will not be fit for the start of the season.
Signing Sahin as cover would be unusually belt and braces for us, unless Jack is more seriously borked than advertised.
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Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann
i dont think its jack being more injured then said but more the club want to get him back into action slowly rather then rush him back, having a player like sahin allows that and takes pressure off him to perform straight away
rumours are that we have signed cazorla for around 12 million. and according the a malaga based journalist, we havnt finished shopping at malaga either
Isnt it just the same as signing Benayoun last season?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann
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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
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Nah Sahin is good lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
Baps is coming home!Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Not according to Jose Mourinho...who i think bought Benayoun?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Very interesting. Toulalan and Rondon are also apparently unhappy with the situation.
That's probably some of their most saleable assets along with Isco.
Also, time for the Cazorla stuff to go in his thread now I reckon. Although it's slightly concerning this is now the very recently updated main article...
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...ay-with-arteta
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WUMger definitely commissioned that.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
WUMger :bow:.
He's creative with his WUMmery.
Who?Quote:
Arsenal are considering Celtic's Victor Wanyama, 21, as a replacement for Alex Song, if Barcelona make a substantial bid for the 24-year-old.
Full story: Daily Mail
Big physical beast from the SPL. Very mixed reviews on him though, some keen, some not so sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
We cant afford to let Song go. Massive player for us.
I disagree, he's the weak link in our side. He's a good player, no question of his ability, but he is NOT a DM. The sooner Wenger stops treating him as such, the better, and the way wenger has been this offseason personnel wise, i do have faith in him to rectify this soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thierrymon
The guy has a lot of massive qualities and impressive skill for his size. He just needs a bit of discipline in his movement i think. Plus he is not afraid to stick it to the opposition and show them who is boss, we need players that can do that. He is an intimidating figure.
Unless we bring in a quality replacement i dont think there is anyone in our current squad that could cover his loss.
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Originally Posted by ItsMe
I do get what youre saying but same disagree a tadge. The reason is we are not in the moneybags position that some of the others are and our building requires more time. I know we have made mistakes with the way we build ie Wenger Youth etc but I do think we are showing encouraging signs.
Last year seemed like a glut of panic buys but they stopped a rot and even though we won nothing and finished far behind we stablised as a unit IMO
Wenger first two buys and Carzorla are strong intent buys, future buildong in mind, Sahin is a quality player who we cannot spunk a shed load on at this stage but could next year as we cant buy everyone in one go like the others.
Benny was never going to get the buy after option but we should ne looking at that with Sahin, someone said 20 mil, a good season with us and we will nab him for half that.
He is also only 23 or so whicj makes even more sense. I say loans for players who we can realistically see playing for us after the spell is over, makes sense as long as we have the buy option in place.
I say bring him in if it doesnt pan out. . .move on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19034356Quote:
Wigan have beaten West Ham to the signing of Real Mallorca defender Ivan Ramis for an undisclosed fee.
The Hammers agreed a fee with the Spanish club for the 27-year-old at the weekend but he has instead joined their Premier League rivals Wigan on a three-year deal.
Ramis was wanted by Celtic in 2010 but a deal was never completed.
He becomes the Latics' second summer signing after the arrival of Aberdeen midfielder Fraser Fyvie.
West Ham :haha:.
Fat Sam :haha:.
Dave Whelan :bow:.
No way is he the weak link. He has his flaws and limitations but he's far from being the weak link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle?
Yeah Song is certainly not the weak link. Isn't it about time we stopped thinking about him as a DM anyway? For most of last season he was our only creative outlet in midfield. Of course he's still capable of doing the dirty work in midfield as well, so for my money that makes him an important member of the team.
Only thing I would say is that he needs some competition because he is prone to the odd brain fart.
As a great man once said "Song isn't a defensive midfielder, he is just our most defensive midfielder"Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
That's right, he isn't a DM, which is why he hasn't been played as one for a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle?
Have you even been watching?
He's turning into a decent box to box player. We need that in the squad. If Diaby was anywhere near Song's level we'd all be hailing him as the new Vieira. Would love to see Diaby and Song in the same squad this season because they're physically strong with good technical ability. We've missed having strength in the middle and if we have a trio of Song, Arteta and Diaby then we're on our way to having the right balance.
Okay chaps. Now that SC is sorted and Sahin likely also. What about the back 4? and a DM. Who was it that once said "Arsene Wenger is a great manager, but he only ever buys attacking players" Yeah that`s right: Alex Ferguson. Come on Wenger.......just do it. Mvilla or Wayannma plus a LB pls as Gibbs is unreliable in more ways than one and Santos is a midfielder not LB.
Oh and hurry up getting rid of the crap clogging up the squad numbers.
It's quite amazing really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
All season long AW and the players were going on about defending as a team, which for the most part, they did. More poorly on some occassions, granted, but mostly pretty well.
Song geos forward, Arteta drops in. Arteta goes forward, song drops in. Ramsey goes box to box. The wingers or fullbacks squeeze in.
Everything we're trying to do, is based on players being able to adjust to a situation. Not someone being in that position already.
If we sign Sahin and Cazorla, and you can take this to the bank, we dont need anyone else. Now the concentration should be on getting rid of the shitQuote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
I guess i can live with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavs
Think Sahin might be available for a permanent move. You'd think a lot more clubs will be interested now though.
Mourinho :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by fox sports
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...g-Arsenal.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Syn
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Originally Posted by Syn
Looks like the race is on.Quote:
Originally Posted by www.express.co.uk
Maureen all is forgiven :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by 4-3-3
He ain't going there......Quote:
Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann
the reason he is viewed as the weak link in our team is because last season he pushed forward a lot, mainly because we lacked creativity. there was no wilshere, cesc or nasri so we were increasingly flat in our attack. song has usually been the outlay from the defence to the midfield, but last season he was the link between the midfield and strikers. if it's anything the cazorla signing will hopefully do its to push song back to the defending role which we need to be bloody doing. there was a massive gap between our defence and midfield last season which plunged us into trouble so many times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle?
Sahin is an excellent player, inshallah we'll sign him. Our midfield options with him as the deep lying playmaker will be fantastic.
Ameen! :pray:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Valmer
All i want for Eid is Sahin!
exciting times ahead lads, COYG