Quiet day today it seems. Just scanning the metro and they say we are lining up a bid for kondogbia according to their sources in europe (probably goal.com)
Apparently he has an 8m release clause. If thats the case why hasnt he been bought already even if he is a squad filler. Havent seen much but when i have he has been pretty impressive and can play CB as well.
Also why the need to "bid" when there is a release clause of 8m. Or is arene going to bid 5m and watch us lose another i wonder
Gustavo is a step in the right direction, our midfield should be pretty decent with him hopefully replacing Arteta.
Giroud is actually in good form. I'm not too worried about him, sure I'd like Suarez but it aint gonna happen.
What is dumbfounding though is no sign of a CB or GK. Chesney isn't good enough and I'm not convinced that the Kos/BFG partnership is up to it.
Madness.
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I like the idea of Gustavo replacing Arteta, and Wenger then gives Arteta a more advanced role where he's clearly more suited.Originally Posted by Grebbo
Ramsey.
Kos/BFG is more than good enough IMO. They deserve a full season together this time to show what they can do, rather than the odd month or 2.
Could do with a new back up though with Verm injured and Miquel on loan.
The keeper issue is a problem indeed.
You might be right. BFG just doesn't fill me with any confidence. There's always a mistake in him, same with Kos as well tbh.
Kos and BFG as a CB pairing are unbeaten for about 20 games. tehy work well together, as others have said, its the back up im worried about. need a good back up CB
unless wenger is planning on using sagna there as back up, which isnt a bad idea. he was exceptional against sunderland in that position. either way, we need either a back up CB, or a back up RB and good ones at that
Last edited by Ollie the Optimist; 12-08-2013 at 03:45 PM.
Yeah, it also worries me that we don't appear to have any desire to bring in quality back up, I know we have Verms but we definitely could do with another.
Looks like we have Sagna lined up to cover if one of BFG/Kos breaks down. Wenger is such a gambler, why he doesn't use the market to fill the gaps is beyond me.
But have they been tested? Didn't we lose every game against the big teams? Sure, they're fine against the PL cannon fodder but against the best? I'm not so sure.
Bottom line is if we have £70m we should be buying a first choice CB, not a backup. The current CB becomes the back up and we therefore have a better set of CB's. Simple.
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