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Lucas Perez and Joel Campbell are still on the books so surely with the loss of Sanchez either would be an option to recall because either are better than Welbeck or Iwobi out wide.
And before anyone says anything i'm not advocating either as a replacement for Sanchez just as a better option than the other two because i seriously can't see us buying an equivalent replacement any time in the next decade
Campbell is miles better than either of those.
That's not really saying much though is it?
Sorry, never really rated Campbell and at 25 he should be at the peak of his game now.
Unless he is playing in the world cup of course, where he stands out. To say you don't rate Campbell is laughable. When during his time at Arsenal has he actually had a chance to show what he can do? Wenger mismanagement again rather than a lack of ability from the player me thinks.
Speaking of mismanagement, we seem to be doing our best to fuck up the Aubameyang transfer. They want £60m, we are offering £50m. Where have we seen that before?
If we don't get this over the line, it's clear the club is spinning again to appease criticism (the Giroud wife situation is laughable) that they have weakened the side by getting rid of Alexis only to replace him with Mikhi.
Lucas Perez and Joel Campbell are still on the books so surely with the loss of Sanchez either would be an option to recall because either are better than Welbeck or Iwobi out wide.
And before anyone says anything i'm not advocating either as a replacement for Sanchez just as a better option than the other two because i seriously can't see us buying an equivalent replacement any time in the next decade
Campbell is miles better than either of those.
Perez was treated poorly but he was a poor signing from the start. Always looked to me as though he was far too slow to really prosper in this league at this level. Still better than Iwobi mind, who I really think will be doing pretty well if he carves out a decent Championship career for himself.
you must have been watching a different Perez to me then,the one I saw had an unreal goal return for limited starts
Lucas Perez and Joel Campbell are still on the books so surely with the loss of Sanchez either would be an option to recall because either are better than Welbeck or Iwobi out wide.
And before anyone says anything i'm not advocating either as a replacement for Sanchez just as a better option than the other two because i seriously can't see us buying an equivalent replacement any time in the next decade
Campbell is miles better than either of those.
Perez was treated poorly but he was a poor signing from the start. Always looked to me as though he was far too slow to really prosper in this league at this level. Still better than Iwobi mind, who I really think will be doing pretty well if he carves out a decent Championship career for himself.
you must have been watching a different Perez to me then,the one I saw had an unreal goal return for limited starts
Yeah Perez didn't do anything wrong given his limited game time. Quite a good little finisher imo.
Lucas Perez and Joel Campbell are still on the books so surely with the loss of Sanchez either would be an option to recall because either are better than Welbeck or Iwobi out wide.
And before anyone says anything i'm not advocating either as a replacement for Sanchez just as a better option than the other two because i seriously can't see us buying an equivalent replacement any time in the next decade
Campbell is miles better than either of those.
That's not really saying much though is it?
Sorry, never really rated Campbell and at 25 he should be at the peak of his game now.
Unless he is playing in the world cup of course, where he stands out. To say you don't rate Campbell is laughable. When during his time at Arsenal has he actually had a chance to show what he can do? Wenger mismanagement again rather than a lack of ability from the player me thinks.
Ok, to turn this round then. If hasn't "actually had a chance to show what he can do", why do you then rate him so highly?
Don't understand the animosity towards Johnny Evans. He's a good solid international defender, knows the league, won't need to adapt his game or a settling in period. If, man City and Pep Guardiola are pursuing him then he can't be completely shite.
No doubt if he ends up at City then everyone on here will be including him in the "nearly signed" team. I'm still waiting for Phillippe Mexes to sign??
Don't understand the animosity towards Johnny Evans. He's a good solid international defender, knows the league, won't need to adapt his game or a settling in period. If, man City and Pep Guardiola are pursuing him then he can't be completely shite.
No doubt if he ends up at City then everyone on here will be including him in the "nearly signed" team. I'm still waiting for Phillippe Mexes to sign??
Cos he is no better than a mustafi or a gabriel, and in a diabolical defense, we need top quality and not "solid"
Lucas Perez and Joel Campbell are still on the books so surely with the loss of Sanchez either would be an option to recall because either are better than Welbeck or Iwobi out wide.
And before anyone says anything i'm not advocating either as a replacement for Sanchez just as a better option than the other two because i seriously can't see us buying an equivalent replacement any time in the next decade
Campbell is miles better than either of those.
That's not really saying much though is it?
Sorry, never really rated Campbell and at 25 he should be at the peak of his game now.
Unless he is playing in the world cup of course, where he stands out. To say you don't rate Campbell is laughable. When during his time at Arsenal has he actually had a chance to show what he can do? Wenger mismanagement again rather than a lack of ability from the player me thinks.
Ok, to turn this round then. If hasn't "actually had a chance to show what he can do", why do you then rate him so highly?
I've already answered your question. He excelled in the World Cup, pretty much the pinnacle of football most people would agree.
That's not really saying much though is it?
Sorry, never really rated Campbell and at 25 he should be at the peak of his game now.
Unless he is playing in the world cup of course, where he stands out. To say you don't rate Campbell is laughable. When during his time at Arsenal has he actually had a chance to show what he can do? Wenger mismanagement again rather than a lack of ability from the player me thinks.
Ok, to turn this round then. If hasn't "actually had a chance to show what he can do", why do you then rate him so highly?
I've already answered your question. He excelled in the World Cup, pretty much the pinnacle of football most people would agree.
That's not really saying much though is it?
Sorry, never really rated Campbell and at 25 he should be at the peak of his game now.
Unless he is playing in the world cup of course, where he stands out. To say you don't rate Campbell is laughable. When during his time at Arsenal has he actually had a chance to show what he can do? Wenger mismanagement again rather than a lack of ability from the player me thinks.
Ok, to turn this round then. If hasn't "actually had a chance to show what he can do", why do you then rate him so highly?
I've already answered your question. He excelled in the World Cup, pretty much the pinnacle of football most people would agree.
Don't understand the animosity towards Johnny Evans. He's a good solid international defender, knows the league, won't need to adapt his game or a settling in period. If, man City and Pep Guardiola are pursuing him then he can't be completely shite.
No doubt if he ends up at City then everyone on here will be including him in the "nearly signed" team. I'm still waiting for Phillippe Mexes to sign??
Cos he is no better than a mustafi or a gabriel, and in a diabolical defense, we need top quality and not "solid"
To be fair, we don't exactly have solid right now either.
Is Johnny Evans the defender we should be looking at? Of course not. However, I would say he is an upgrade (albeit not a vast one) on Mert, Holding and Chambers.
That's not really saying much though is it?
Sorry, never really rated Campbell and at 25 he should be at the peak of his game now.
Unless he is playing in the world cup of course, where he stands out. To say you don't rate Campbell is laughable. When during his time at Arsenal has he actually had a chance to show what he can do? Wenger mismanagement again rather than a lack of ability from the player me thinks.
Ok, to turn this round then. If hasn't "actually had a chance to show what he can do", why do you then rate him so highly?
I've already answered your question. He excelled in the World Cup, pretty much the pinnacle of football most people would agree.
So you're going to ignore anything that has happen in the nearly 4 years since when he has been on loan?
When AW started playing Campbell, I thought he was terrible and I said on these pages that he would never be a decent player. However, he worked hard in every game he played, grew in confidence and started to play well; much better than those around him at the time. He was direct, skillful, always on the move and I was surprised when he was shipped out again.
He'd definitely be a better option than Iwoeful or Welbeck at the minute.
To be fair, the dortmund Gabon striker we're after is pretty high profile!
No problem with Aubameyang, if we actually do sign him that is, but he is effectively just replacing a player who has left who was just as good as him.
To be fair, we don't exactly have solid right now either.
Is Johnny Evans the defender we should be looking at? Of course not. However, I would say he is an upgrade (albeit not a vast one) on Mert, Holding and Chambers.
I'm really not sure he is.
Are our defensive issues really so much to do with players or tactics/coaching?, although I think Xhaka doesn't help because no one can tell me what exactly he is and he lacks the ability to cover in front of a back four but he is shoe-horned into the starting 11 everytime because Wenger wasted £35M on him.
We have been told for many years that we will only go after "top top" "super super" players and spend wisely, Johnny Evans is pure panic buy.
