I would be worried if we have Doni or Jones in goal this season. Last season, I said (BBC606) it was bad news when we were about to sign Poulsen. Also, I was not happy with Aquilani signing. He is not bad but we could have bought a better player for 20m. I closely follow serie A. There seem to be some Italian agents who love to deal with us and give us garbage.
Doni will be a disaster for us. He is going to be worse than Itandjie. Jones doesn’t even know the basics of goalkeeping. I like Gulacsi but he's gone on loan again.
I think Downing is going to be successful. I said the same think when we signed Alonso. Adam and Henderson will be fine. Doni and Jones will be just like Degen, Itandjie and Jovanovic that getting rid of them is harder than signing them.
We are still a long way from challenging for the PL title. We are still short of a good defensive midfielder. We miss Alonso and Mascherano. It is not easy to replace two of the best defensive midfielders in the world. We need a new centre back. We can’t depend on any of our current centre backs. Skrtel and Soto will gift the opponents some goals. Agger is our best CB but is injury prone. Carra is not consistent enough these days. Ayala, Kelly and Wilson are inexperienced.
We can’t depend on Ngog to score goals. He can do it against the Malaysians or the Chinese or in the reserves but will struggle against the PL teams.
Carroll is not getting the services he wants. May be Downing can provide them. Gerrard should be playing on the right as he is excellent with crossing the ball. Kuyt can play as a striker or behind Carroll or with Suarez and Carroll in a 4-3-3 formation.
The positive thing we have some exciting young talents waiting for opportunities.
Next Season
posted on 24/7/11
Funny this is if Cesc and Nasri left our midfield would still be better than Liverpool's
And taking a swipe at Arsenal is one thing but the cheek of you to call SAF deluded. It's because of him you are no longer considered a big club
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So you'll just keep two midfielders who don't want to be there then? Right ok, I'm sure that will help the morale of your already undoubtedly disillusioned players. And please explain how your midfield would still be better, that is a ludicrous statement.
Plus I don't really care if WUMs such as yourself don't see us as a big club, thankfully most people with more than half a brain cell are intelligent enough to realise that we are
posted on 24/7/11
Cesc and Nasri don't want to be here? Oh well that's news to me I must have imagined them saying they were happy at Arsenal and have no intention of leaving then. Silly me.
Speaking of silly, who in your midfield would even get in our team? Seriously. Is Downing better than Arshavin? No. Kuyt better thank Walcott? No. Lucas better than Song? No. Any of your midfielders better than Wilshere? No. I'd only have Meireles over Ramsey/Diaby and that is down to their injury problems, nothing more.
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Speaking of silly, why are you sooo obsessed with who my team does/doesn't have? Seriously.
posted on 24/7/11
Cesc and Nasri don't want to be here? Oh well that's news to me I must have imagined them saying they were happy at Arsenal and have no intention of leaving then. Silly me.
Speaking of silly, who in your midfield would even get in our team? Seriously. Is Downing better than Arshavin? No. Kuyt better thank Walcott? No. Lucas better than Song? No. Any of your midfielders better than Wilshere? No. I'd only have Meireles over Ramsey/Diaby and that is down to their injury problems, nothing more.
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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
Firstly, it has become obvious that players saying that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Ronaldo and Torres both said this, for example. It's obvious that Fabregas is going to Barcelona sooner or later. He can either stay at Arsenal with his mind distracted or get the move he wants now. Plus Wenger actually said he would rather lose Nasri on a free next season than for £20m now, which is simply ridiculous. Again, he's on his way out, and it would be better to cash in now.
On to the next point, Downing is much more consistent than Arshavin. Yes, Arshavin can pop up every now and again with something special, as we have obviously been on the receiving end of one of these moments, but I'd rather have a player who performs consistently well.
Walcott better than Kuyt?
No comment.
Song better than Lucas?
It gets even worse.
Wilshere is a very good prospect, I'll give you that. But your other claims are quite frankly scandalous.
posted on 24/7/11
You are so deluded it is unbelievable. You actually think Lucas is a better footballer than Song? Good god. And Downing more consistent than Arshavin? What is wrong with you? Can you explain why Arshavin picked up 10 goals and 18 assists last season? Seems a lot more consistent than the 7 or 8 goals or assists I'm guessing the consistent Downing picked up.
"It's obvious that Fabregas is going to Barcelona sooner or later. He can either stay at Arsenal with his mind distracted or get the move he wants now. Plus Wenger actually said he would rather lose Nasri on a free next season than for £20m now, which is simply ridiculous. Again, he's on his way out, and it would be better to cash in now."
I love your logic really. Cesc says he doesn't want to leave. Nasri says he doesn't want to leave. Wenger says neither player will leave this Summer. Yet that somehow equates to both players wanting out The famous Scouse humour, eh
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You are so deluded it is unbelievable. You actually think Lucas is a better footballer than Song? Good god. And Downing more consistent than Arshavin? What is wrong with you? Can you explain why Arshavin picked up 10 goals and 18 assists last season? Seems a lot more consistent than the 7 or 8 goals or assists I'm guessing the consistent Downing picked up.
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Yes, I think Lucas is better than Song. That's because he is. This isn't the Lucas of 2008 you know, he is now a solid player. Plus the stats for Downing speak for themselves, we brought him in to deliver service into the box, and he completed the most crosses last season. And before you say assists mean more than completed crosses blah blah blah, it's not Downing's fault if the chance he creates isn't taken.
I love your logic really. Cesc says he doesn't want to leave. Nasri says he doesn't want to leave. Wenger says neither player will leave this Summer. Yet that somehow equates to both players wanting out The famous Scouse humour, eh
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So you can honestly say that you think they are both staying, they'll both be perfectly happy with that and everything will be rosy? Plus Wenger says a lot of things that are absolute gibberish. It's not hard to see why they would be disillusioned, I mean it is obvious that he needs to swallow his pride and buy some established players, especially a goalkeeper, but he still refuses. Clichy jumped ship because he was fed up of being a loser, well if Wenger doesn't change his ways then it is likely that more players will do the same.
posted on 24/7/11
Batman ..Walcott better than Kuyt. Now I can understand when people say Arsenal fans are deluded.
posted on 24/7/11
For one time Mr Chelsea I agree with you!
This clown Batgirl is a plank, he can't fathom sarcasm either. Blinkered to the extent that he also beleives the sheit flowing through his mind to be realistic.
Arsenal are in a sheit position, yet this clown still thinks they're barca 2.0, hah.
I thought the mancs were bad
posted on 24/7/11
"Can you explain why Arshavin picked up 10 goals and 18 assists last season? "
I'm not even gonna check that fact but rather come out and say it isn't true, I think Nani and Cesc had the most assists last season and that was only about 14