January Transfer Speculation and Shit

[The Emirates Gallactico]

I hate to do the old compare him with a similar player at your rivals, but Ozil needs to start looking at David Silva and the impact he has at Man City to see what he needs to start producing for us.

Very similar players and he gets regularly shunned out wide as Pellegrini plays two up front and yet still conspires to always get on the ball and be involved in their play. Regularly their best player.

I agree that behind the striker is his best position but he has to be more flexible and realise that someone as talented as him can make a significant contribution in a wide position. The team doesn't revolve around him.

By the way Ozil is apparently injured. Got a knock on his knee and is awaiting a scan on it. Whatever you think of his recent performances the last thing we need is another injury.

[Power n Glory]

Yes, I was saying he was a maddeningly inconsistent player - and he was. Then he had a good season and I said he had a good season. But I was basing it on his performances, not what the media said. IN fact now it's quite exciting to think about how he will be integrated into a team containing Ozil, Alexis, Welbeck and an ever improving Ox. Exciting to "think" about it because Wenger will find a way to make it all pointless anyway. As he's doing with players like Ozil.

It would be nice if you stopped assuming I read the papers everyday and form an opinion based off what they say. If I were that gullible, I’d have bought into the ‘Theo has no footballing brain’ bollocks. What makes you think I’m not basing my opinion on Ozil from his performances?

[Injury Time]

It would be nice if you stopped assuming I read the papers everyday and form an opinion based off what they say. If I were that gullible, I’d have bought into the ‘Theo has no footballing brain’ bollocks. What makes you think I’m not basing my opinion on Ozil from his performances?

He's gone missing for the next 10-12 weeks so he will have the same performance as Theo then

[Dein-machine]

That's why you have to have supporting forwards making the runs that will drag the defence out of shape. And in Alexis, Ox, now Welbeck and hopefully soon Walcott we have those players. But they are all engaged in a tight passing game that plods left, then plods right, then plods left again. It's child's play for a decent defence to shut that down.

EDIT: watch some highlights of Vieira, Henry, Bergkamp, Pires, Overmars all the way back to Anelka (especially Anelka). When we'd break out we'd do it as pace as a unit, 3 or 4 forward players storming up the pitch with the opposition defence going left, right, falling over their own feet. 15-20 seconds from back to front and into the net. This was when defenders could still kick you up in the air with little fear of being carded. We never dreamed of holding it up and playing it backwards like we do today. We never gave the opposition a chance to press, it was all over before they knew what was happening. Remember when we used to love the opposition getting a corner, because we knew we'd be up the other end in seconds?

yes - those were the days. Now its totally the opposite - I shit myself every time we get a corner. Are we allowed to simply hand the ball back for a goal kick?

[AFC Leveller]

I hate to do the old compare him with a similar player at your rivals, but Ozil needs to start looking at David Silva and the impact he has at Man City to see what he needs to start producing for us.

Very similar players and he gets regularly shunned out wide as Pellegrini plays two up front and yet still conspires to always get on the ball and be involved in their play. Regularly their best player.

I agree that behind the striker is his best position but he has to be more flexible and realise that someone as talented as him can make a significant contribution in a wide position. The team doesn't revolve around him.

By the way Ozil is apparently injured. Got a knock on his knee and is awaiting a scan on it. Whatever you think of his recent performances the last thing we need is another injury.

Thats what i was alluding to earlier. Silva looks dynamic, energetic and full of tricks whenever i see him and as you say when he plays wide he manages to effect the game just as well.

[Power n Glory]

He's gone missing for the next 10-12 weeks so he will have the same performance as Theo then

Played into the ground. There needs to be an internal investigation with all these injuries. It's unbelievable but not!

[Marc Overmars]

Thats what i was alluding to earlier. Silva looks dynamic, energetic and full of tricks whenever i see him and as you say when he plays wide he manages to effect the game just as well.

Difference is he's not as precious as our Mesut and thrives on responsibility.

As frustrated as I am about the injury situation at the club overall, I don't think we're going to miss Ozil much. Hopefully he comes back fitter and hungrier because I don't think he's been an effective player for us at all.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

We didn't need Cesc

[Xhaka Can’t]

The decision not to activate the clause in our transfer agreement with Barca is the most bone-headed decision our Club has made in living memory.

[Penguin]

Not really, Arsenal fans have been having a go at Wenger for years for stockpiling CAMs instead of buying in the positions we need players in. For once he didn't do the first part.

The boneheaded decision was not doing the second part of that sentence - buying a top striker and DM. If we did that nobody would give a second thought about missing out on Cesc.