Kim Kallstrom (official)

[Gooner23]

This has got to be Wengers biggest WUM yet

[Bumble]

Why would Spartak agree. We knew of his injury and considering he was meant to provide short term cover in midfield. why would you sign someone with any sort of injury as you need the cover now!!!!

[Alpha]

You're wrong, we do need a goalscoring striker it would make us a much better side, recently we've just looked quite toothless and struggled to get goals, this idea that our midfield score the goals and we don't need a striker is rubbish, why wouldn't you want a goalscoring striker as well to give the team another dimension?

Giroud has done quite well but he's very limited, we actually got a preview of what it would be like to have someone decent up front when we played against Spurs and looked really dangerous, Walcott missed a few that day but played well and we looked so much more potent that usual.

Maybe you got me wrong when I said we don't need a goalscoring striker . Giroud is not a Heskey . He was prolific in France . He is still accommodating himself in our system . It is not easy to do strait away what he is doing and score many goals .
Two seasons back , we had what you can call a top goalscorer in RVP . Did we get to the level we are today ? He scored around 30 for us and got us nowhere . Giroud will not score that much but , at least , we are competing for the title .
Individual and isolated performance are good but teamwork is much better in my opinion . I also think that scoring goals or defending is not an issue for us this season .Maybe talk about cover to crucial positions .

[Alpha]

No

Well ,the only reason you say No is because you are amongst those who hate him .Until now he has proved his worth . Didn't he score in FA cup when Giroud was injured and when we desperately needed a goal ?

I am not his fan but I always try to be fair . The kind of abuse he receives from his own fans can not improve his performances . And we are not doing ourselves any favour at all . We are playing with a boomerang .Which might strike ourselves . We need to support all our players as long as they pulling our jersey .

[Niall_Quinn]

Bendtner doesn't give a damn about this club. He's here because nobody else is dumb enough to pay him 52k a week. When his contract expires and the milk supply dries up he'll be gone. He's had many chances to establish himself here, he's blown them all. Useless lump. Maybe he has scored a few for Denmark but the quality of international football is very low once you look beyond Spain, Germany.

[Power n Glory]

Why would Spartak agree. We knew of his injury and considering he was meant to provide short term cover in midfield. why would you sign someone with any sort of injury as you need the cover now!!!!

I'm telling you, the guy must be gay and he's seeking asylum! He wants out of Russia and they're happy to oblige.

On a serious note, it makes no sense how this has happened but it ranks up their with the Bishoff and Park deals. I can almost understand why we'd take a gamble on injury prone young players like Bishoff and Sanogo because they're young and have potential. This one makes no sense because it's a 6 month loan and defeats the purpose of the move. The scouting network needs a real shake up. It's getting worse.

[Niall_Quinn]

Surely the worst transfer window in the history of world football? Can anyone think of a bigger farce anywhere else at any time? Park was the second worst in history, Sanogo probably top 10. You cast around for reasons why this guy even appeared on our radar, never mind landed a loan deal, and there's nothing there. No conceivable answers. But the biggest problem is not what we did, it's what we didn't do. We didn't do a single thing to suggest we are now serious about moving on as a serious contender. On the contrary, we took a giant step backwards. That doesn't mean we haven't played well this year, it doesn't mean we haven't performed well overall, it just means the good work has been setback by Wenger taking careful aim and shooting his foot off.

You can't criticise him too much for baulking at paying almost £40mill for a kid with potential, fair enough. But it's perfectly valid to criticise him for not correcting the errors of the summer by signing a striker of some sort just to provide the cover for Giroud. That's the oversight that will cost us a realistic shot at the title this year. And it's no good saying we tried hard on the last day of the window. What were we doing for the other 30 days?

Basically, what a fuck up.

[Letters]

Apparently we are trying to send the bugger back

http://www.offthepost.info/blog/2014...ff+The+Post%29

I hope we kept the receipt

[IBK]

Surely the worst transfer window in the history of world football? Can anyone think of a bigger farce anywhere else at any time? Park was the second worst in history, Sanogo probably top 10. You cast around for reasons why this guy even appeared on our radar, never mind landed a loan deal, and there's nothing there. No conceivable answers. But the biggest problem is not what we did, it's what we didn't do. We didn't do a single thing to suggest we are now serious about moving on as a serious contender. On the contrary, we took a giant step backwards. That doesn't mean we haven't played well this year, it doesn't mean we haven't performed well overall, it just means the good work has been setback by Wenger taking careful aim and shooting his foot off.

You can't criticise him too much for baulking at paying almost £40mill for a kid with potential, fair enough. But it's perfectly valid to criticise him for not correcting the errors of the summer by signing a striker of some sort just to provide the cover for Giroud. That's the oversight that will cost us a realistic shot at the title this year. And it's no good saying we tried hard on the last day of the window. What were we doing for the other 30 days?

Basically, what a fuck up.

Yup. Don't get it at all.

[Darknight02]

Wenger explains Kallstrom signing.

Interesting thoughts.

I think 4-6 weeks is purely precautionary. He'll be up and mobilising and probably training with the team.

Interesting that AW feels that when you consider the stature of the player and the quality he must see something decent in him to take that chance.

We have strong midfield options don't forget and I suppose it's fine for what he'll give us.

Anyway still disappointed without a striker or winger but I can kind of begin to understand the signing.