
Originally Posted by
Joker
At this moment in time I'd jump at the chance of signing Parker. Unfortunately, he's not the type of player Wenger's interested in, because of his age and style of play. You saw how Wenger subbed Coquelin, who was at least making tackles and putting himself about even if he was out of his depth. Wenger doesn't like players like this this, thinking they're unsophisticated and won't fit into his "Wengerball" philosophy of pointless short passing without any cutting edge. Parker would be vocal on the pitch, he'd bang heads together and would put himself about and wouldn't make it easy for the opposition midfield. We definitely wouldn't have been so easy to play against if he was in midfield, and shoulders would not have dropped so easily because he'd demand our players to stand up and be counted.