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[hymppi]

how tall are cahill and jagielka?
i remember AW commenting on lack of height in our defense...

[AKBapologist]

Dann, Cahill are 6ft 2, Jag, 5ft 11 I think.


Also:
Goal reporting #Arsenal have verbal agreement to sign Scott Dann for £6m.

[Fats]

Besides it dosnt matter who we buy, they will look shit. Said it before and will say it again, we could have the best back 4 in the world and would still look casual, uniterested, bambi-like and still concede stupid goals.

You know why? We have no organisation, no team defence, no help from the midfield, a huge gulf between the defence and midfield, we play too high a line, are physically weak, are different nationalities and have no concept of what "winning" a duel is.

IMO we have one actual defender in the whole squad and thats Sagna, he is so much better than the rest its almost embarassing for him at times. (I( cant judge vermaelen as i cant even remember what he looks like) Our team will continue to concede goals while we are coached and set up this way.

Also the DM's we have with are a bit shit which doesnt help either.

Agree with most of that. Team is set up for no holds barred football of which defending is a filthy word so as said makes no difference who is in the back 4. We have fundamental issues there with Arsene.

Cahill's distribution is very very poor, so will go for Jags.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger will go for the cheapest option. The absolute bare minimum.

[hymppi]

"...Dann, who has regained fitness after missing the second half of last season through injury but was an unused substitute in the club’s Championship opener against Derby County last weekend."
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...ann-as-arsene?

yay.

[selassie]

Wenger will go for the cheapest option. The absolute bare minimum.

Yup, sad but true. I don't even think we'll buy from PL/England, I think Wenger has been working on the Jagielka & Cahill deals but because the selling clubs won't sell on the cheap Wenger will move for someone else.

I wouldn't put it past him to buy cheap from Ligue One on deadline day.

[AKBapologist]

On a positive note, given birmingham collapsed and got relegated, maybe Dann was kinda important?

Danns distribution is also much better than Cahills.

[selassie]

Out of the list Cahill would be my first choice, strong, very good in the air, mobile and not a bad passer. He has high potential too...I think he definitely has more in his locker to improve, not sure we're the right club for his development though. He's an upgrade on all our defenders bar Tommy V and has the potential to be our best defender IMHO.

Jags would be a close 2nd, good all rounder, good organiser, not too sure about his aerial abilities. At present Jags IMHO is better than all of our Defenders including Tommy V, he's getting on a bit though so I'm not sure how much use he would be long term.

Samba for me is a no, he's big but is slow...don't want him, he'd get found out in CL.

Dann...don't rate him...a club like Stoke is his level IMHO.

Mertesacker...as slow as a slug, don't want him.

[selassie]

On a positive note, given birmingham collapsed and got relegated, maybe Dann was kinda important?

Danns distribution is also much better than Cahills.

I can't comment on Dann's distribution but from what I've seen of Cahill his distribution is actually not that bad. Admittedly I've only seen him on Sky and a few You Tube clips but his distribution seems pretty good to me.

[Fats]

Why are so many people worried about how fast a defender is, especially at CB.

Two names for you Adams, Bould!!!!.

Bould couldnt catch a bloody cold let alone Joey Deacon so I am not so sure as a CB speed is a major factor.