Arsenal Sign Per Mertesacker

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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner

How can he be shit when he has played 75 times for Germany, germany are not england you have to be good the get in their side.

Just because he don't play for bayern or real ffs. Cahill is not worth more then 16 mill they were asking for.

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Easily, Germany lack quality defenders.

Remember him in 2006 the German defence was a shambles the CB partnership was the problem.

It's not the fact he doesn't play for a top club, it's the fact I've seen him and never been impressed, some of the other players we've been linked with are more promising (even this Santos bloke) but this guy gets a big thumbs down from me.

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Originally Posted by ItsMe

As slow as a barge, not particular good at defending...the only thing he has going for him is his height.

I'll be honest and say I don't understand this signing, height is great but a player has to be good at what he does too.

You can't trust Wenger with defenders though, just look at the cr*p he's signed.

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And yet you rate Cahill who has a whopping 3 caps for England and has played for Bolton for years without any interest from England or Europe's top sides.

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Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)

Yeah, but Cahill's 25 and got 3 caps for the footballing giant England.
And he's been at Bolton for the last 4 years without a sniff of interest from any of England or Europe's top clubs

Cahill :bow:

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:lol:

*Bam*

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Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)

And yet you rate Cahill who has a whopping 3 caps for England and has played for Bolton for years without any interest from England or Europe's top sides.

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It's not the amount of caps it's how they perform.

Cahill has proved he's good playing for a lesser side in England just because he doens't have 75 caps it doesn't matter.

Ian Wright never got that many caps for England but look how good he was.

I've only got bad memories of Mertersacker, going back 5 years.

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Originally Posted by ItsMe

Remember him in 2006 the German defence was a shambles the CB partnership was the problem.

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They came 3rd in the World Cup in 2006.
Fair enough if you personally don't rate him, I've no strong opinion but he's played for a decent club and is an international regular for a far better international side than England. Cahill is playing for a crap club and struggles to get near the England side.

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Originally Posted by ItsMe

It's not the amount of caps it's how they perform.

Cahill has proved he's good playing for a lesser side in England just because he doens't have 75 caps it doesn't matter.

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Well, it says something about him that no big clubs have come in for Cahill and he's not a regular for England.
The fact Mertersacker is such a regular for Germany says to me that they think he performs quite well. And frankly, Germany are a much better international side than we are.

Let's see how he does, at least he's tall and we've all thought for years our team is too small. It may help with the infamous set piece problem.

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Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)

Well, it says something about him that no big clubs have come in for Cahill and he's not a regular for England.
The fact Mertersacker is such a regular for Germany says to me that they think he performs quite well. And frankly, Germany are a much better international side than we are.

Let's see how he does, at least he's tall and we've all thought for years our team is too small. It may help with the infamous set piece problem.

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And being a kraut, he will be handy in the event of a pelanty shoot-out. ;)

Imagine you are a club that don't watch and read the English media. who would you get?

Mertesacker, 26, 2 WC played, 75 caps in the German national team which reached the top 4 both times

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Cahill, 25, 3 caps in the England national team, no WC, no CL experience, playing for Bolton.

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Originally Posted by Daniele

Imagine you are a club that don't watch and read the English media. who would you get?Mertesacker, 26, 2 WC played, 75 caps in the German national team which reached the top 4 both times orCahill, 25, 3 caps in the England national team, no WC, no CL experience, playing for Bolton.?

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Yup. I said it before and I'll say it again - I don't get the fuss about Cahill. He's good, but some here are making him sound like the fucking messi of centre backs.