What is going on? At this rate we'll be down to the youth squad. Wenger needs to get a grip or butt out.
Walcott can run fast, but can't cross and has poor decision making. He'll score more often than not when he is clean through but that's because he doens't in those situations have to decide whether to pass shoot or cross. Personally I don't think he is such a loss, but strories of his departure (if true) are worrying only if there is no one to replace him. Also, let's recognise that there isn't much going on in football for the press to write about and so they are scratching around for stories and will make a mountain out of a mole hill. Ask any Arsenal player if they'd like to see signings being made and they'll say "Yes"; ask them what would they think if X, Y, Z left and they will say "That would be worrying". Put these two together and you can come up with a whole load of "Emirates Departure Lounge" type stories. For all his faults and stubborness, I do believe Wenger to be an intelligent man who knows what he is doing; what we don't know is what handcuffs he has restricting his options. WIth all this toing and froing I think we can discount a serious challenge for the title, but I think most fans would be happy to see signs of improvement over the last couple of years, and a recogniition of the need to eveolve the team beyond the tippy tappy stuff. Of the players who are leaving, CLichy is no big loss as I think he is a weak defender who is prone to the regular blunder. Nasri, when he is good he is very good, but he tends to be good when the team is playing well and on top, and is not someone who will regularly drive the team to victory is tough games. He dithers too much in my opinion, and lacks a directness that is needed to pressurise defences. Walcott's goes missing too often in games, and the groans of the crowd when another of his crosses are over hit are go out says it all. Even Fabragas has had a lucklustre season and has had a sullen look about him - his heart is elsewhere, and in the last two seasons during times when has been out with injury the results haven't been that bad. So, even if these guys leave, so long decent enough players come in I wouldn't be too downhearted. I can see th eteam becoming a more competive unit without these players. If I had a choice of who to keep, I'd like for the Spaniard to stay, and I'm really not bothered about the others.
Mail on Sunday? It must be true then [video=youtube;5eBT6OSr1TI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI[/video]
TenG wrote: So, even if these guys leave, so long decent enough players come in I wouldn't be too downhearted. Therein lies the problem, Wenger will not make the necessary 'decent' signings he never has and he never will. It will be more 16 yr olds, 2nd rate French league 2 rejects and the odd 'over the hill' pro eg Sol, Silvestre or Squillaci. This is our 'wonderful' manager at work remember.
I realy enjoyed that!! Quality. The Mail is worse than the red tops. I doubt the Walcott rumours are true. Journo's basically piling the pressure and negative feelings onto the club. They smell blood and sensationalise it. When we were in the poo last year they did their upmost to hit us when we were down. The bastards.
SamirNasriisourMessi wrote: Stop being so gullible. You're getting yourself worked up for no reason. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You'll have to change your name next month when Nasri has signed for Man Citeh We'll see who has been gullible then.
Walcott isn't a wiinger and never has been, it's why his crossing and decision making skills are poor. He's a striker. If Arsenal played through a focal point Striker or Attacking midfielder, Walcott could thrive making runs off them. However, a focal point needs to have a degree of physicality to win high balls and hold the ball up, a concept alien to Wenger. Unfortunately, Arsenal have been trying so hard to turn him into something he isn't that they've forgotten to concentrate on playing to his strengths. From a neutral point of view, I think it would do his career good to make a fresh start while he's still young, as much as Arsenal fans might want to keep him. He's nowhere near as influential as Fabregas or Nasri, You should be more worried about losing them because they would be a lot more difficult to replace. I personally think Walcott would be best served by a mid-table side rather than one of the top 6.
I can make an ffer for anything I want, but the owner doesn't have to sell it to me. Why do people 1) read this crap and 2) believe it?
Me, negative? Never. LOL Just how can mentioning an article about one of our players being wanted by one of our most despised rivals be construed as being negative? I remember some fans saying the rumours about Cashley were media hype and he would never leave us. Wise up You can bury your heads in the sand but the writing is on the wall for Wenger.
Loving the mass exodus at Arsenal hopefully with half the squad off to pastures greener Arsenal can do a Riverplate next season.
