Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[fakeyank]

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Hahaha, he thinks we won at the San Siro last year

[Xhaka Can’t]

Hahaha, he thinks we won at the San Siro last year

I think he means 'next year'.

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We should get Neville as a defensive coach

[Cripps_orig]

Can't see him taking a step down tbh

Anyway just read that we have a buy back clause inserted in Velas contract when we sold him. Apparently he's done well this season and he's better than Giroud. Cheeky bid? Clause is only £4m as well

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Only buy back clause I'd like to hear of is that of Cesc.

All others, whether sold or on loan can stay put, tbh.

[Cripps_orig]

Fuck Cesc. He's a ****

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Vela had plenty of promise in La Liga before he came to us, and is having it again, but for me the EPL is going to be difficult for him.

What about Flamini ? , think his legs are gone now

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Not all ****s are bad.

[Özim]

Any basis for that? Do you watch the German league avidly? He played for them for 5 years and was first choice throughout so Bremen obviously didn't feel he was playing poorly. Dduring that time Bremen were one of the better sides in the German league, they were in the top 3 several times, won a few cups and were in the UEFA Cup final. He has 83 caps for Germany who have been a pretty decent International side of late. He is arguably too slow for the PL but clearly not an average player.

Bould and Dixon were average players. Dixon's clubs before Arsenal were Burnley, Chester, Bury, Stoke (who weren't then a PL club), he was 24 when we bought him so not some kid with potential. Bould was 26 when we bought him and his previous club was also Stoke (he had spend some time on loan at the mighty Torquay). Neither got into the England team (2 caps each). Hardly world class talent. BUT, they were well coached and drilled as a defence.

IMO and many pundits he was an average defender, Hansen and co pointed out how awful he was in the World Cup in 2006 when they highlighted the CB partnership as the weak point of the defence, as for Bremen he'd had an awful season and they were all too happy to sell him on for peanuts....he's slow, ponderous, not great in the air and doesn't cover for his teammates either.

So yeah he's shit and we should have never signed him, I never wanted us to, we did and this is the result probably the worst defence we've ever had and that's saying something as we've had some pretty awful defences under Wenger.

Bould was no average players sorry, he was a very very good CB, Dixon was one of the top full backs in the country, his defensive work was superb....he may not have been the flashiest but he was rock solid in defence and was in the England reckoning for years.


Bould vs Mertersacker, no competition one knew how to defend and was very underrated, the other is an overrated barge.