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mcdowell42 wrote:Wenger to assess his players in pre-season before deciding if he still wants another central midfielder. (Telegraph)
7:50pm - 6 Jul 15
Comical - it's like he still doesn't know what the players can and cant do despite them being at the club for years
You really believe that?
Personally, I filed that story away under "made up bollocks" as it's ludicrous to suggest a few pre-season training sessions and friendlies in Singapore are going to tell him something that a season of competitive football didn't.
I believe it, felt all along that it will be Cech and only Cech, the midfield area is congested, Walcott will go into the 'striker' area with Giroud and Welbeck and Gabriel was brought in last Jan to bulk up the centre backs.
Unless Wenger reacts to another gift you may aswel accept that this is it.
Looks as though Arteta has signed a one year deal. There's your defensive CM right there folks, basically Arteta has become Arsenal's condom as he will provide cover for our Coq.
rodders999 wrote:Looks as though Arteta has signed a one year deal. There's your defensive CM right there folks, basically Arteta has become Arsenal's condom as he will provide cover for our Coq.
Bradywasking wrote:If our Coq flops then we are in trouble..
Yeah, but to be fair, what are the chances that Coq will fail to live up to last seasons form, or get injured 2 days after the transfer window closes, leaving us completely exposed until January, when Wenger can finally get that emergency replacement after leaving us seriously short in our squad because we were relying on a creaking Spaniard, thus dropping numerous points, where we are 12-15 behind the league leaders and out of the title race??
Gunnersaurus wrote:I believe it, felt all along that it will be Cech and only Cech, the midfield area is congested, Walcott will go into the 'striker' area with Giroud and Welbeck and Gabriel was brought in last Jan to bulk up the centre backs.
Unless Wenger reacts to another gift you may aswel accept that this is it.
That wasn't the believe it or not question though.
Augie believes the story that wenger needs preseason training/friendlies to decide what he needs.
I don't believe this as what will he learn in preseason that 9 months of competitive football didn't tell him?
Gunnersaurus wrote:I believe it, felt all along that it will be Cech and only Cech, the midfield area is congested, Walcott will go into the 'striker' area with Giroud and Welbeck and Gabriel was brought in last Jan to bulk up the centre backs.
Unless Wenger reacts to another gift you may aswel accept that this is it.
That wasn't the believe it or not question though.
Augie believes the story that wenger needs preseason training/friendlies to decide what he needs.
I don't believe this as what will he learn in preseason that 9 months of competitive football didn't tell him?
It's surely a non-story.
You say that like it would be the first time it has happened - didn't he say something similar himself a few summers ago ?
rodders999 wrote:Looks as though Arteta has signed a one year deal. There's your defensive CM right there folks, basically Arteta has become Arsenal's condom as he will provide cover for our Coq.
I thank you, I'm here all week
He will be about as much use as a split condom as chances are when it's time to cover the Coq he will be injured himself.
I hate this attitude on Arteta. Do you even hear the stories of what he did before the Cup final last year? How he showed what it mean to wear the shirt in a cup final. You need players around a club who can be leaders and also offer advice to the young lads etc. We got rid of our older players too early a few years ago and the team was weaker for it, maybe Wenger has learnt the value of keeping some older heads like Rosicky and Arteta around.
Waste of money is also ridiculous, we're bloody rolling in it. He's hardly on astronomical wages compared to others.
