Still need a LB. May as well get rid of Traore imo.
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Still need a LB. May as well get rid of Traore imo.
If Arsenal bring in a LB it would have to be a first choice LB as there is no point paying a large amount of money for a backup when they already have decent backup. Saving money I guess. Gotta let Gibbs step up to the plate about playing first team, if he can't manage it get rid next summer
He was fit on the bench against Udinese, but Wenger opted to play Sanga there out of position instead. Speaks volumes.
I'm sure an injury plagued left back and a largely unproven left back are two great additions to that position and you will be just fine in that area. Agree with me or not, I think Clichy is better than Gibbs and a lot better than Traore.
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Yep, no-ones doubting that, but it's never happened before and if you want to challenge then you can't just hope that your seriously injury prone LB stays fit enough to play 40+ games in one season.
You can't just rely on hope.
He wasn't really fit. He was on the bench as an emergency, and the 20 minutes he played with the game won were to help him back to match fitness. Even so, I don't think he's good enough. Odd that we were perfectly happy to sell 2 of our LBs this summer - tried to sell Clichy last year, and did so this year and I think the plan would've been to sell Traore to Juve but he didn't play enough for various reasons. I have to say I thought he'd bring in a back-up there but hey-ho.
Agree with Wenger on this, though - we don't know about Campbell's work-permit application (should be news today? Guessing it was rejected if we're getting PCY). CB is a necessity, as is back-up for Wilshere and a wide player to replace Nasri.
GC - a "creative. driving midfielder" = Wilshere no? Back-up (similar player if poss) for him and we're sorted! PLus we have Henri Lansbury...
Oh and this:
SianyMacalarny Siân @
@LittleDutchVA Thank you. "Buy someone! Who? NO BUY SOMEONE ELSE!"
We can try!
Do we not have plenty wingerss to replace him already? Theo, Gervinho, Arshavin:S, Ryo and the Ox?
Er well Arshavin isn't exactly world-class anymore, Theo and Gervinho will play largely on the RW (rotating if we get Hazard), and The Ox is 17. Hazard >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ryo >>>> Arshavin
Hazard >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ryo >>>> Arshavin
No ****
also this is intresting if true: from Twitter:
Hope this means we are close to buying him
Any small chance of Hazard likely just went out the window, Lille are incensed that Arsenal stole their target, and given his ability to play from wide, Arsenal have seemingly stolen Hazard's potential replacement.
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To me it seems more like Lille have priced Arsenal out of a move for Hazard so they have instead moved for someone else. Maybe not though.
Wouldn't Park be Gervinho's replacement?
That was Dimitri Payet
Ahh right, Arsenal's transfers have been so dodgy with Mata and now this.
For the first time in a long while im genuinely baffled by Wenger's dealings
Think every football fan is. He's becoming more confusing than trying to solve a Rubiks cube puzzle