Time will tell and I just hope we don't pick up more injuries. We gain nothing from this move and regardless of what you think, that one cross helped us get 3 points on the board.Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Time will tell and I just hope we don't pick up more injuries. We gain nothing from this move and regardless of what you think, that one cross helped us get 3 points on the board.
We'd still be a man short even if he was with us, he is not motivated to play here anymore so it makes no diffrence. Wenger was never going to play him again. Mentally the player has gone.
All he is is dead wood now and will not change any game this season tbh, feck him the lazy sod did not want to be here now he has his wish.
No point keeping a player is not happy.
We'll be fine after, spuds and pool our run in is not too bad unless we do the unthinkable and do Milan and go on a CL run, then we can worry about injuries. We have Adequate cover.
Last edited by Olivier's xmas twist; 25-02-2012 at 12:55 AM.
We had Clichy and Cole at that time anyways so we did not need him.
Shame really, another player with so much talent and it (for one reason or another) has been wasted. He's guaranteed to come up with a perfectly weighted pass that nobody else in our side can pull off but then look so poor for the time either side of it.
Whether Arshavin should be self-motivated or not given his (and I cringe whilst I type this because I hate the whole concept) experience is neither here nor there, as it is too much of a coincidence that yet another player with brilliant ability has gone to the shitter under us.
He made a huge difference in his last appearance for us and nobody could have predicted that. Saying he couldn't make a difference is wrong because he did and only needed a few minutes on the pitch to do it. As awful as he could be, he could produce something and in games where we're on full attack, I'd put good odds on him producing something. It's the sort of move that could have waited until the summer.
Good stuff. Happy to see the back of him. Good luck to him at Zenit and beyond.
Lets hope Miyachi continues to impress at Bolton and Oxlade and Ryo pin down the starting places on the wings. But Arshavin's departure should free up some wage funds to accommodate a winger or attacking mid. But I'm done guessing what the club will do - it'll always be the ridiculous option. Lest we forget, Alex Song can also play there.
Oi. . .not exactly over the moon being compared to you either ;-)
Fucking finally. Considering we're the "youthful" squad we have and how our strategy is youth focused and all I don't see the harm in letting some of the juniors get an odd appearance instead of the dead wood we constantly rotate at times. Hopefully the lack of the fat russian will help promote some of them to the first team squad.
I mean sure he can be magical but you're always rolling a dice that seems to have a lot of ones on it these days. I don't see much of difference between that and chucking on some seventeen year old with promise. Cheaper too.
Would have welcomed his departure if we had brought someone in, but if there is a plan (which I doubt there is) then I am willing to go along with it as I became increasingly frustrated with this guy!
At this stage of an almost meaningless, we just need to knuckle down with the personnel we have. . .time to step up cos its inly you three Gerv, Oxo and Theo
What will happen is he will go to Zenit, not play on the wing more like in the hole. . .and be fucking great again and to be honest we will only have ourselves to blame. . .or should I say Wenger
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