Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
No, your argument is Arteta is pointless. It's not his fault if we don't sign players, in fact he was in the papers this week urging Wenger to get the chequebook out. Fact is we didn't sign players. So who plays in that role then? Apart from this pointless player Arteta?
That role just doesn't consist of doing whatever it is Arteta is doing.

He can do more. He can be more creative. Pirlo plays in a similar position but you don't see him being pointless.

I'm not Wenger. I don't know who else can play there. I do know that Arteta can do much more