West Ham away (PL) Match Reaction Thread

[alexander]

If he played any part at all in bringing Elneny in and bringing Iwobi on (and I doubt it) the fair play, I'll give him credit

You dont help yourself sometimes. You make many valid points through the board here, and I agree with many, but by putting things like this, its just silly.
Do you actually believe he had NOTHING to do with these two things coming about? really?
Do you think he just gets into work in the morning, goes into the office and sits and chews his toes until 5pm?

[Power n Glory]

Elneny seems like a Wenger signing of old. A quality player and one that nobody else spotted. No idea how we picked him up for cheap. Really impressed with his performances. Wenger gets credit for that move.

Players I suspect Wenger wasn't that keen on bringing in.....Welbeck, Arteta, Merts, Santos and Arshavin.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

He wasn't that much of a hidden entity he was playing in the champions league with Basel last season.

I think the idea that Wenger didn't want Welbeck is a myth, Wenger puts his faith in the Stats DNA site and that indicated that Welbeck was a player who got himself into decent scoring positions more than most.

[Power n Glory]

So you knew about him and wanted us to go for him while at Basel?

[Özim]

Wenger loves a cheap buy so it was a no brainer for him, then it's just pot luck as to whether they work out or not, we've seen plenty of average joe's come in, probability states that the more you bring in the more likely you are to find a few who are good.

[Power n Glory]

Wenger loves a cheap buy so it was a no brainer for him, then it's just pot luck as to whether they work out or not, we've seen plenty of average joe's come in, probability states that the more you bring in the more likely you are to find a few who are good.

Nah, I think Wenger often gets it right with these players. Sagna, Eduardo, Hleb, Monreal, Kos....it's the really young players that he doesn't do so well with. It's a revolving door. Bielik, Sanogo, Eisfield, Ryo...cheap punts that usually end up being sold after a few years.

[mastermind84]

We dont need Kante TBF. We already have 2 decent DM in Coq and Elmo. If we want to bring someone else in he should be a powerhouse DM, not another small mobile type.
What wee need is another manager. Will Kante stop us dithering about the opponents box for 70 out of 90 mins, especially not when hes hooked off for Ramsey or Wilshere after 65mins...or is it 72

Kante been better than Coquelin


Xhaka is also needed. Saturday shoulda showed why.

[Chippy]

Kante been better than Coquelin


Xhaka is also needed. Saturday shoulda showed why.

Coq is a squad player, no more.
Same as Kos whilst I am on the subject. Our midfield and defence still looks vulnerable. Shit against West Ham last week TBH.

[Marc Overmars]

Kante's tackling and interception stats are very, very impressive. Throw in his ridiculous work ethic and you have a top player.

I'd take him over Coq who I think is fairly average. Our midfield is tame so his aggression is welcome but I don't think it covers up the fact he is a limited player.

[Chippy]

Kante's tackling and interception stats are very, very impressive. Throw in his ridiculous work ethic and you have a top player.

I'd take him over Coq who I think is fairly average. Our midfield is tame so his aggression is welcome but I don't think it covers up the fact he is a limited player.

Coq is average. He is just another excuse for Wenger to save money! One more season of this bullshit and Wenger will be gone!