Quote Originally Posted by selassie View Post
AW admired a lot of players, his problem was his rigid player valuations and procrastinations over making moves.

I agree that some of the Sven led signings such as Leno and Leichinstiner have been questionable...but Torreira and Auba have been superb signings, Guendozi & Sokratis not bad either.

Emery's favoured targets worry me TBH, Ever Banega? 31....Carrasco...not sold on him either.
When I made the comment I thought he was also behind the signing of Kolasinac, who I'm already sick of, but I can see he got to the club a few months before Sven.

Sokratis is an average defender IMO and I honestly don't think we had to go all the way to Germany to add another average CB to the fold, especially when there is an abundance of average and really good CBs already in the premiership and in the country as a whole.

In fact I've never understood why Arsenal FC has always overlooked quality CB signings already in the country- off my head their are about 10 names from other clubs I would rate over our international dross ( Cahill is included in that 10 BTW).

As for Guendozi, I think he is more of an Emery signing since he actually worked with him and he was totally unproven in any serious league before he came here. Either way, I've started seeing serious limitations with the way the boy plays and honestly don't think he should be holding a starting shirt in a serious top 4 club. Clearly I hope he gets better but I am not sold anymore.

I agree with you on all the targets the media says Emery wants- totally not impressed. However I would like him to be given the full opportunity to sink or swim with his "vision"- I really don't want any excuses of hands tied behind his back if he's still around this time next year.