Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
Check the post above yours and it's the sort of argument being made for Denilson years back as if his role was essential to defensive stability. If that's what we needed, we'd be better off playing Coquelin and Song. That's more pace and power. Last season, JW player where Arteta played and was our stand out player. Never neglected his defensive duties but very good at keeping the ball moving. Great ball retention skills and distribution. Never took a back seat in games. Just saying it's possible to have a someone playing inbetween the DM and attacking midfield player and yet still stamp his authority in a game and be influential.
Coquelin is a talent no doubt, but think of the outcry if he had been used from the off, and it had failed. Fans would be screaming blue murder at Wenger for not spending.

We've been berrating the bloke for years for not adding experience, premier league experience at that, and to stop trusting in youth coming good.

Arteta has bags of experience. Has helped steady the ship, and made us more of a team. Nobody is saying he's fucking mega. Nobody is giving him praise beyond that which is rightly deserved. Everyone is just saying that he is doing a job which no other cunt as been doing for us for a long time.

There is nothing wrong with what he is doing, or for that matter, anything wrong with the way we looked to plug gaps after leaking football diarrhea for 6 months.

People say Wenger is stupid. He's not. He's a stubborn old cunt, who rolls the dice too many times. This time he didn't. He bought experience we desperately needed. The sooner people stop looking to be spoiled rotten with megastar signings the better in my opinion.

I'm looking forward to Wilshere's return, to see what this midfield can do with someone more suited to the playmaker role than Ramsey, who will be better rotating with Arteta.