We are not direct competition to them, only Man U and Chelsea are. Unfortunately we are now in direct competition with Liverpool and Spurs for 4th. It's hard to say it but thats the way it is.
If memory serves me I think the loan deadline is the end of this month...... I could be wrong though and hey Mr Samurai, what's happened to your post Wenger saga? We're waiting for the next chapter pal
I can see us strengthening further in the Jan window if things go jugs up. We are in a very fragile situation and need as much stabilising as possible. I hope we show more insight this Jan window than in previous ones and get a couple signings in. The last time was when we brought Arshavin in, and he made an immediate impact. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have made 4th..... Does anyone here think getting 4th has made us complacent?
Yes but I view it as a secondary problem. The main issue stems from being happy to finish with european qualification and not winning anything, if we hadn't had that attitude then we would have a strong squad at all times. However because Wenger/someone important at board level was happy making the top 4 it allowed them to get complacent about our squad because we have always qualified for the top 4. Does that make any sense?
Oh yeah and I would say no to Tevez because I think him and RvP would not work together in footballing terms. Both like to play as a striker dropping back in to midfield and I don't think you can have two of them in the same team.
Makes a lot of sense. I tried wording a quick response when Mr 20K made his post but couldn't put it quite an eloquently as you. Ahh OK. I'm not very positionally-aware
Lets be realistic though guys. We are 13th in the league and 9 points behind Manchester United. Any oppurtunity we get to add another world class player we should take. Teves might be a disruptive influence but that never stopped us signing Gallas or Adebayor. (who knows wenger might be the right man to calm him down a bit). He's top quality regardless of temperament.
With both RVP and Tevez upfront we would get alot closer than we currently are.(we might even challenge) Personally I'm a big fan of Tevez, he's a little fighter and the type of player that wins you games.
rumour has it is he is training with the shrews over the next 2 weeks, top of the league training and some manners could make a new man of him
Yes it does make sense. It's just a shame it has led us to this. Rather than getting bigger and better, we have stagnated and got worse because of it.
I disagree with you on this. One thing Wenger is proven in is dealing with difficult players. We all act like RVP was some saint, he was as difficult or worse than players like Ade, Gallas etc. and now he's doing just fine. Tevez would fit into our formation like a treat. He would slot into the central position and RVP on the right with Gervinho on the left. He is stronger and more hard working than RVP. He could take a couple of defenders away and allow RVP more space and freedom at the right to cut in and blast one in. RVP has played in the right position for us and country and done a great job. Also playing in the center is more physically demanding which he can handle and RVP not so well. Tevez is a team man and would combine very well with his 2 partners.
Yup spot on. Tevez would improve our team dramatically. Also when RVP picks up an injury (which is pretty damn likely given his trackrecord) most arsenal fans will be lamenting the fact we only have one top class striker.
