I can't understand the instant dismissal of an experienced tactically aware international defender who is an automatic choice in the German national team. This is IMHO the type of signing we have been crying out for! My only complaint is that this should have been done pretty much as soon as the transfer window opened.
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If you've never rated him in the 1st place and have said so many times in the last 5 years I don't see a reason why you would change your mind just because we happened to have signed him.Originally Posted by GB.
Samba, Cahill would have been much better IMO, proven in the PL for a start. There's other options but if we were going to go foreign he wouldn't have been my choice.
I'm going to trust the German Mangers' ratings of him more than yours. We need someone who can deal with deadball situations and this guy seems exactly what we need for that. My only concern about him is his quiet nature.
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His club form hasn't been too hot over the past couple of years, but then German players always seen to save their best for the national side.
Considering his height and experience though, you have to think he is more than good enough to make a positive impact on a team who is defensively retarded.
It's pretty obvious. If someone takes the position that EVERYTHING Wenger and Arsenal does is wrong, they can't then admit that any signing we make is any good. Even if it does mean dismissing a regular in the German national side and thinking a better signing would have been someone who plays for a team of mid-table cloggers, hardly gets a sniff of a (much poorer, relative to Germany) England set up and hasn't had any interest from any decent sides in England or Europe.
But yes, we should have had this all sorted out in June.
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No chance on the dignity, that ship sailed, but Samba could be on, 13 hours to find out.What price now, for a samba, and a piece of dignity
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