What is this guy doing in a football ground, let alone starting games for us?!
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What is this guy doing in a football ground, let alone starting games for us?!
Ask Wenget why, not us.
He is the defensive version of Gervinho.
I fear the day both of them start for us.
I do believe Gervinho has everything it takes to improve... he just needs some right bollocking before he changes. As for Santos, I see no hope at all. He is right up there among the worst Arsenal players ever to have worn the shirt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boss
I hope he is killed.
Let him be, he won the lottery joining Arsenal, just like Squillaci, Djourou and before that Sylvestre, Swiss Tony, Eboue....Its the Wenger way, buy lots of shit defenders, train them badly, let the balls fall as they may, Shit happens.
Every time he p,as he proves he's the worst defender in football. Not sure why this isn't sinking in for Wenger. We start with 10 vs 12 when the fat, useless, uncommitted bastard steps on the pitch. Maybe that's it, Wenger likes a challenge. That would explain silvestre and squillaci too.
None of them in that list was this bad. I'll put Santos on par with Cygan in terms of scaring the shit out of Arsenal fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
Head shot and be done with it, please.
Cygan got raped by some of the best in the business. Santos would be in the pocket of a typical kid who kicks cans around the street. Worst I ever saw.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
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Thats true as well.. He is just shocking. Doesnt even try. I remember him being pretty decent last season. In fact, he had a very good game against Chelsea in our famous 3-5 win... WTF has happened since then? I wouldnt even pick him as a sub in my indoor games!
the most hated player at arsenal surely
an absolute wanker. swapping shirts with someone who is an absolute villain here, not even having the decency to wait until full time. that was the last straw.
i genuinely hope he gets knee capped and his career gets ended. never will i support this wanker while he wears our red and white.
Only we could dump a player like Eboue and end up with an even bigger clown.
I'll never criticise someone as long as they try hard, but he can't even do that.
I wouldn't say he's the worst player we've had, but he's certainly the least professional.
Terrible. Don't look at his Twitter or Instagram.... Piss boiling stuff. He's a bell end.
I stopped following him a while ago after my feed just became clogged with his shite every day. If phones were allowed on the bench I'm sure he'd spend all game on it. It takes a lot to be unanimously disliked by GW but this guy fits the bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
Hopefully he is sold in the summer (or better yet, this week) and we buy that kid from Southampton as back up for Gibbs.
Whats his twitter? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
I'm not on Twitter but sometimes look at the player tweets page on arse.com. Santos consistently tweets drivel and shit pictures, usually of him messing around pretending to train. Although the latest one of his gf is ok!Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
We deserve some decent defenders at this club. It's pathetic that we have to put up with shit defenders year after year. Santos takes the biscuit. Even Sagna who was a beast a couple of years ago has lost it. Merts has the turning speed of a double decker bus and Verm consistently gets too tight to his man and dives in.
Pathetic.
We hardly ever keep a clean sheet and that's why we're struggling.
It's the manager that's signs this sh*te to be fair, the guy you've been defending recently by saying he's the best we can get.
Not sure what he did wrong today and nowhere near as bad as made out to be but not good enough
I don't know why he isn't frozen out like Squillaci. Everyone would have picked him as the outstanding weak link before the game even started yesterday. Surely there are reserves available? I'd rather see Miquel (where is he?) or Yennaris. Even Meade. Why not?
Work permit thing? We could end up having to pay the bastard to go home and lounge on the beach if he doesn't ever play. Which would be a better option than letting him play.
Well considering we paid 6million for him and he takes home 50k per week I don't think Arsene could bring himself to write off a player so quickly. Andre Santos is a horrible Football player, he's nothing more than a panic buy, one that was brought in to paper over the cracks after Arsene "wrecked the team" 2 summers ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner
It's all very well selling players but if you don't have anybody of a decent standard lined up then well..........
That was panic buy summer after us getting thrashed 8-2, we weren't going to buy anyone if not for that, but that result put the pressure on (just like the Bradford result before we got a few wins).Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Arteta - Not been that great, but then played out of position so harsh to judge him
Mertersacker - Slow and not great in the air, not convinced with him
Santos - Can't defend, work rate questionnable, really a winger not a full back though
Ox Chamberlain - Young talent who cost a lot, one for the future really
Bennayoun - Bit part player who offered little
Add to that:
Park - Didn't play, waste of money
Gervinho - Don't need to say much about him, the opinion on this board speaks for itself
Jenkinson - Done Ok, could be a decent player
That's a pretty horrendous summer for a manager with "no money" 4 panic buys at least and a list of signings that haven't impressed, all this to replace two top class players.
He wrote off Squillaci, as I said.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
It's all too easy to write off Santos as shit, lazy, uninterested, fat and an embarrassment to the Club.
i remember seeing the guy in confederations cup several years ago and i thought who is this guy that dares to play in the spot vacated by the great roberto carlos. he had a decent tournament i won't lie so when i saw we signed him i was like ahhh...Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
but i don't know what the heck has happened...on saturday he looked terrible, he seemed winded midway through the first half...yes he didn't have the worst of games but i just expect better for a player of his pedigree. dude STARTED for a winning brazil side for god's sake. he must have learned something playing against those guys in training and stuff.
He isn't a bad player at all, he just has a very unprofessional attitude to the game. He was tweeting at 4am before the match ffs.
Early start for training, dedication that's what I like to see.
I don't think he's an embarrassment. I just don't rate him and never understood why we bought him. He's a defender and there is no denying he can't defend, he's never been known to be a solid defender either.Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
For a club that is so prudent, why gamble in the market on players?
What Wenger knows about defending you could write on a stamp, just look at the dogshite he has signed in recent years, the current defence is just awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Oh I agree. If I were Arsene I would have thrown as much money at the defence as possible, it's clearly an area he's not keen on working with so get in top class players who can organise themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arse n Wonga
When asked about Hummel he just said we're not looking at him and that Dortmund wouldn't sell, if you don't try you don't get.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
It seems to me he makes an judgment rather than bidding for a player when other clubs try their luck and sometimes get top players cut price.
He was a stop-gap signing at perhaps the only time under Wenger that we've been so badly understaffed with so little time to do anything. See also the rest of the guys who came in at the end of the same window. Santos obviously wasn't near the top of the scout recommendation list - like Mertesacker, like Benayoun - with probably the only attribute going in his favour being his tekkers. But tekkers can't cure obesity. There's no doubt they were stuck for options.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Lucky that Gibbs is starting to look the real deal. Improved defensively and in any case nobody in this league can defend. Attacking wise he's right up there. Building a nice little partnership and as a result Podolski's starting to look better now too.
An injury to Gibbs is never far away though. And when it comes, it's going to be absolutely hilarious because Santos will get abused every game. BOOOOOOOOOOO they'll say.
Yeah I really rate Gibbs too. He's really come on this season, starting to look like a very good talent. Once he sorts out his positioning and develops a bit more he'll be a class player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Synti Claus
Do not forget, Vermaelen can also play there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Synti Claus
Yeah, Wenger was responsible for the mess, he spent the summer tearing apart the team and dithering in the market. We should have had all of the departing players replacements lined up way before the old trafford debacle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner