Mertesacker Signs

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:55 pm

SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:BG

Please mate, i am excited by the signing of Santos, but you seem to want to hammer him because you have seen him play......can we not judge him ourselves???

erm, no.

Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:59 pm

brazilianGOONER wrote:
SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:BG

Please mate, i am excited by the signing of Santos, but you seem to want to hammer him because you have seen him play......can we not judge him ourselves???

erm, no.

Mate your friend from Wigan is asking nicely now...please.

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:23 am

SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:
brazilianGOONER wrote:
SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:BG

Please mate, i am excited by the signing of Santos, but you seem to want to hammer him because you have seen him play......can we not judge him ourselves???

erm, no.
Mate your friend from Wigan is asking nicely now...please.

ok. i'll give you one game mate. when we concede the third goal because he was caught upfield, i'll get back to slating his defensive abilities

cdparky · Post by **cdparky** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:31 am

Rosie_titters wrote:yeah, just hope the bloke becomes a cult hero, please not another Stepanvos or Squillaci

I'm sure if he was of the quality of those 2 he would never have played 70+ games for Germany. Proven international quality at centre-back, the only shame is it is several years too late.

psychoangus · Post by **psychoangus** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:11 am

Just noticed according to .com that Per joined Arsenal from Fenerbahce on his profile page.

Who runs that f*cking website exactly?

1989 · Post by **1989** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:57 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwN3LwWo_mo

Love it when he has a go at Gomez for diving!

Also gets hit square on the face and gets on with it. Warrior.

1989 · Post by **1989** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:00 am

Werden Bremen director says:

-We'll play them in a friendly as part of the deal
-Mertesacker was happy to stay but couldn't reject Arsenal as we're his dream club

rigsby · Post by **rigsby** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:10 am

Anyone think Wenger might play Santos AND Gibbs in some games? Both can play left wing

1989 · Post by **1989** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:17 am

And that is relevant to the thread how?

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:49 am

Despite having him, we'll still not do so well with Stoke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwJWIv5laAI

Watch from 0:28

Number 5 · Post by **Number 5** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:31 pm

1989 wrote:And that is relevant to the thread how?

When they are both at the top end of the pitch and the opposition break on us, it'll be Song and Mertesaker both being one paced left at the back trying to stem the tide?

I would assume in those games, it'll be Vermaelen/Koscielny in the centre.

Relevant.

Pow.

Exiled-Gooner · Post by **Exiled-Gooner** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:01 pm

YoungGun · Post by **YoungGun** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:33 pm

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/pre ... p-reveals-

The man is genuinely proud to be a gooner and that is a huge fucking plus after all the mercenarys that have trampled over our club.

Irish Gooner · Post by **Irish Gooner** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:59 pm

I love him already, but I have trouble seeing him adapting to our style of play.

I really hope we dont persist with this stupid high line of defence, because it leaves us so vulnerable and I feel Vermaelen and Mertesacker would struggle if we continue in that way.

rigsby · Post by **rigsby** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:39 pm

The one thign we might get Irish is someone who might actually change the way we play. By signing him Wenger has obviously noted the problem. Perhaps big Per can also influence the style. He's experienced enough to organise it in his image