Henry's Cat
You think signing in January wouldn't make a difference?
Not only have we seen evidence of this in the prem on numerous occasions, ranging from modern examples like Hull getting a pair of strikers to help keep them up, to an older example of us in 04 signing Reyes to give the team that little boost it needed, but even if they don't come in and make that immediate impact, at least you've got them for six months and they settle in so they're even better in 14/15!
The collective nervous breakdown has to be down to wenger.
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Henry's Cat
You think signing in January wouldn't make a difference?
Not only have we seen evidence of this in the prem on numerous occasions, ranging from modern examples like Hull getting a pair of strikers to help keep them up, to an older example of us in 04 signing Reyes to give the team that little boost it needed, but even if they don't come in and make that immediate impact, at least you've got them for six months and they settle in so they're even better in 14/15!
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The Ozil signing, and the subsequent impact he had, confirmed what I've been saying for years - Wenger only looks at signings from a technical perspective. He doesn't consider what impact a new signing has on his players as humans.
Thomas Eisfeld, for all we know, may be a fantastic prospect. But when he joined Arsenal, would he have had any impact on the club at all? Would the likes of van Persie, Wilshere et al have been optimistic? It's doubtful. Now imagine the boost we would have seen throughout the squad had Wenger signed Gotze, who had been linked to Arsenal repeatedly that window.
KPPR - Exactly. Psychological boost is often overlooked. Ozil gave us that too.
you need to adapt your style of play to accommodate him
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And whats style would that be? In my opinion the closest I have seen of who I think Giroud is comparable to is Lee Chapman. And so how do you build a team around a player who will never score you 20+ premiership goals? (and I know Lee scored loads for Leeds) It makes it even worse that he has two players, Arteta and Mertseacker who can only really play counter attack football. To play counter attack successfully you need a very pacey forward who can break from deep or play like crouch in holding the ball up when isolated.
That leads me to one of Wenger most glaring faults. He is too close to the dressing room. We were linked to Huntelaar and David Villa, 3 months after we signed Giroud so Wenger obviously recognised Giroud wasn't fitting the style that he wanted to play. Approaches for Higuain/Suarez/Benzema obviously only confirmed this. Why is it taking so long for Wenger to take a decision?
This is where I feel Wenger badly misses a Dein type figure on the board who can give him an alternate view and as a shareholder can also to take the pressure of Wenger when getting rid. It is obvious Wenger doesn't like confrontation. His silly press conference last year pretty much told the world that. No one has the balls at board level to 'help' Wenger in being the bad cop. The anaemic response to Giroud breaking one of the most important club rules pretty much said it all.
That leads me to one of Wenger most glaring faults. He is too close to the dressing room.
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There's a lot of evidence to back this up.
The multiple contracts offered to Diaby, for one, which tells you that he just wants to be 'Uncle Arsene' and doesn't want to deprive some of these players of a career at Arsenal.
I've always felt Wenger is a 'nice bloke', probably in a job where that's not a requirement. I suspect at a smaller club he wouldn't get away with it, but it's almost certainly why we end up carrying so much dead wood for so long.
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posted on 8/4/14
Henry's Cat
You think signing in January wouldn't make a difference?
Not only have we seen evidence of this in the prem on numerous occasions, ranging from modern examples like Hull getting a pair of strikers to help keep them up, to an older example of us in 04 signing Reyes to give the team that little boost it needed, but even if they don't come in and make that immediate impact, at least you've got them for six months and they settle in so they're even better in 14/15!
posted on 8/4/14
The collective nervous breakdown has to be down to wenger.
posted on 8/4/14
comment by Penguin - We're gonna win the FA Cup...right...? (U13630)
posted 31 seconds ago
Henry's Cat
You think signing in January wouldn't make a difference?
Not only have we seen evidence of this in the prem on numerous occasions, ranging from modern examples like Hull getting a pair of strikers to help keep them up, to an older example of us in 04 signing Reyes to give the team that little boost it needed, but even if they don't come in and make that immediate impact, at least you've got them for six months and they settle in so they're even better in 14/15!
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The Ozil signing, and the subsequent impact he had, confirmed what I've been saying for years - Wenger only looks at signings from a technical perspective. He doesn't consider what impact a new signing has on his players as humans.
Thomas Eisfeld, for all we know, may be a fantastic prospect. But when he joined Arsenal, would he have had any impact on the club at all? Would the likes of van Persie, Wilshere et al have been optimistic? It's doubtful. Now imagine the boost we would have seen throughout the squad had Wenger signed Gotze, who had been linked to Arsenal repeatedly that window.
posted on 8/4/14
KPPR - Exactly. Psychological boost is often overlooked. Ozil gave us that too.
posted on 8/4/14
you need to adapt your style of play to accommodate him
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And whats style would that be? In my opinion the closest I have seen of who I think Giroud is comparable to is Lee Chapman. And so how do you build a team around a player who will never score you 20+ premiership goals? (and I know Lee scored loads for Leeds) It makes it even worse that he has two players, Arteta and Mertseacker who can only really play counter attack football. To play counter attack successfully you need a very pacey forward who can break from deep or play like crouch in holding the ball up when isolated.
That leads me to one of Wenger most glaring faults. He is too close to the dressing room. We were linked to Huntelaar and David Villa, 3 months after we signed Giroud so Wenger obviously recognised Giroud wasn't fitting the style that he wanted to play. Approaches for Higuain/Suarez/Benzema obviously only confirmed this. Why is it taking so long for Wenger to take a decision?
This is where I feel Wenger badly misses a Dein type figure on the board who can give him an alternate view and as a shareholder can also to take the pressure of Wenger when getting rid. It is obvious Wenger doesn't like confrontation. His silly press conference last year pretty much told the world that. No one has the balls at board level to 'help' Wenger in being the bad cop. The anaemic response to Giroud breaking one of the most important club rules pretty much said it all.
posted on 8/4/14
That leads me to one of Wenger most glaring faults. He is too close to the dressing room.
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There's a lot of evidence to back this up.
The multiple contracts offered to Diaby, for one, which tells you that he just wants to be 'Uncle Arsene' and doesn't want to deprive some of these players of a career at Arsenal.
posted on 8/4/14
I've always felt Wenger is a 'nice bloke', probably in a job where that's not a requirement. I suspect at a smaller club he wouldn't get away with it, but it's almost certainly why we end up carrying so much dead wood for so long.
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