So on the day we hear the tragic news that old boy John Hartson has cancer we also hear from the opposite end of the scale, greed.
First of all John, everyone here on Le Grove wish you well, it will be a tough fight but you’re a fighter and we are with you every step of the way, good luck mate, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Onto Ade, he whinged on that BBC interview with Garth Crooks that he can’t control what the papers say, so as he hasn’t come out and said the City rumours are untrue, we have to believe they are, if this is scotched on Arsenal.com I will be major league pissed off, as if it were untrue then this should have been bollocksed yesterday, but it wasn’t, so here goes.
So Ade, how does it feel you are every shite wannabe team’s second choice? Milan were slightly interested when Dzeko turned them down, but they never followed up on their interest. Then Man City, after being turned down by ‘has been’ Eto’o, have also turned to you, so you have been chased by two teams that wanted someone else first, have you no pride? And City aren’t even playing Champions league football!
Don’t get me wrong, I really hope this story is true, you were trouble at Monaco, you are trouble with Togo and if we keep you, you will disrupt this side no end, I would sooner you went and we bought in a world class defensive midfielder and a winger. To be honest I would swap you for that new Taylor made R9 Driver and a box of ProV1′s, but I don’t manage Arsenal, I only play football manager so that won’t happen.
Go with our blessing Ade, enjoy your money, I hope the City fans are more tolerant of your offsides than we are, but a word of advice, don’t headbutt Micah Richards, he might headbutt you back.
Arsene take the money and spend it, don’t use it for pay rises or to pay for Ivan’s new recruits, use it to strengthen the squad, but do it with class players, not more bargain basement troublemakers, make our team get excited, like they did when you signed Arshavin.
I was quite amused when Rednose was puzzled as to how the transfer market has gone ballistic, this is after he made £80 million by selling a player to Real Madrid, he is either mentally ill or quite stupid, I suspect somewhere in between after he signed happy crock Michael Owen.
Vieira to Spurs? How funny is that! Don’t hold your breath Harry, it won’t happen, once a Gooner, always a gooner.
So after yesterday’s chat about no more speculation, Adebayor has got us all buzzing, I have always rated his ability but hated his attitude and his inability to learn as well as his work rate.
Yesterdays picks as replacements were all midfield and wingers, almost none of you wanted Numchucks which does seem to be Wengers preferred choice, but many of you fancy the idea of Jeremy Toulalan, Matuidi, Cana or Inler with Hazard on the wing, an interesting debate and one that I believe will be decided before Saturday if Ade does indeed go.
Richards for Kolo and Ade plus £28mil anyone? I would! That way we could get in Nimbchucks, Matuidi, Hangeland and Hazard and still have change. The back line would be sorted then would it not, we could even sell Eboue as we would have ample cover?
I have to say though a forward line of Robinho, Adebayor and Tevez could do some damage, And finally how does it feel Shaun? You could have been a gooner once.
But Arsenal, not a penny less than £25mil and let’s hope him and Tevez enjoy playing in the Europa cup this season.
Have a great day Grovers, it could actually be an interesting one!
Spot on Bill.. the quality midfield support will make the difference… I also keep hearing that this Chamakh bloke is good at headering the ball but we don’t really use the wide men to get airbourne crosses into the box like our teams do.. we prefer to play quality football on the desk and that is when Huntelaar will be at his best in the box to finish off most fine moves aka Wengerball
Goodnight you crazy kids!!!
Oh and all you lot on here too.
have juve anounced melo yet?
MG, you can have them as long as i get the TV. Deal?
HB… if pace wasn’t an issue, I’m pretty sure Shevchenko would have done ok over here.
Pace and power is everything in the Premiership… Huntelaar can have all the intelligence he likes… but he’s too slow for Spain, and too slow for the Prem.
If he was good enough, ManU would have snapped him up as part of the Madrid deal.
Huntelaar’s going to Stuttgart.
He’s a bit slow, and doesn’t have much technique, but I’d take him over Chamakh any day of the week.
Good signing for Stuttgart though, well done them.
And it’s sad that we have to envy clubs like that.
*like most team in the Prem do! + on the deck!
Pedro,
Huntelaar is a bit of a sub-RvN type player. Similar, and I think he’d still get goals in this league, but he’s not as good as RvN was.
I’ve been watching Huntelaar for several seasons now. He doesn’t have much in the way of link-up play but, give him a ball in or at the edge of the box and he is very good at putting it in the net. He’s also not a bad header of the ball. He would score more for us than say half man, half ox, Carlos Tevez would. And he’s Dutch and the dutch have something about them as footballers.
Perhaps we should sign Kezman or Alves… also exceptional scorers in the dutch league…
Oh yes… I’m resting my case.
Jimbo, I’d be a fiver that we don’t replace Ade…
Jimbo… he doesn’t have the aggression horse face has either…
I certainly agree with you on the dutch league Pedro, christ, I think I could bloody score 30 a season there!
But not everyone who scores lots in the dutch league flops – like RvN for example!
I’ll take your bet though mate – the only player I think we’ll sign is Chamakh, and I think we’d be better off holding onto our dosh, so I’d be slightly happier to lose it!
Pedro.. Shevchenko unfortunately played for the Chavs and without too much disrespect to them… they do not play one touch football as good as our game.. hence this is why I believe he flopped + a severe lack of confidence in a team full of super egos!
The nest thing about Huntelaar, and also the thing that none of our current squad offers us, is that he will probably never leave the box. Eduardo may be the coolest cat in the box but he likes to get involved with the build up…like every striker we have does.
But Huntelaar would be on the end of everything in the box. How often do we see the ball flash across the 6 yard box and noone within 15 yards of it. Its fucking annoying.
Pedro. I dunno about that. I mean there could be many factors which contributed to Shevchenko’s poor form.
Owen’s not particularly quick these days but Man Utd decided to snap him up, and Berbatov.
Don’t get me wrong, a quick and intelligent forward is far superior, but pace isn’t the only thing. As for whether he could adapt to the premiership. I dunno i guess we can only speculate. But i can’t think of a better finisher who’s within our price range
They are interviewing a security guy…
‘Is there anywhere you shouldn’t have camera’s’
‘Well, in cubicles of toilets… but if people were burning toilets down… we’d have to reassess.’
HB, I can think of a better finisher who is on the books and pretty much single handedley fired his country to the Euro’s…
But what if Eduardo is injured for most of the season… will Vela be able to step up?!
Very true Pedro – we’ve actually got the most clinical finisher in Europe!
Redbearer… what if Cesc is injured most of the season… do we need a 16mill replacement for him as well?
What if anyone is injured most of the season redbearer?? Why sign anyone – they could be injured most of the season??
I don’t think it’d be Vela who stepped up anyways, in my eyes the front three will most likely consist of VP, Eduardo, and Arshavin, and after that it’d be Bendy and Theo, then Vela next.
Cesc was injured half last season and we replaced hiim by playing Denilsong. Nice!
A… he’s not just clinical… he’s a giver as well!
15 goals and 6 assists in his first stint… that is pretty damn good.
Yeah Pedro, i agree. But he is but one player. We can’t rely on him being fit for 38 games. Another signing to replace Ade would afford us more depth.
It’s possible that our current strikers can do an adequate job, but i don’t see the harm in replacing Ade since we will have some money.
Obviously a world class DM is higher on our priority list
No we have Arshavin and Cesc in the attacking mid slot but if both were out we would be pretty fooked!
I thought everyone had agreed that Huntelaar is wayyyyyyy too slow for us, and his all round game isn’t good enough, however great a finisher he is??
Nasri and Rosicky redbearer??
We’ve got loads of striking options Bill…
RvP
Eduardo
Bends
Vela
Theo
Arshavin
Cesc
… Simpson
Not really A. You just said it and we didnt disagree so we could avoid a long debate.
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Redbearer… so only 4 players to replace Cesc… and 6 to replace Eduardo if he gets injured.
A 16mill striker would cause loads of problems.
It’s one of the few positions I am happy with… goals aren’t a problem… defending is.
Everyone was saying it Stu the other day, I came on into the middle a debate where the general consensus was that he’s too slow but there were one or two saying we should sign him!
Yes A.. they can do a job there too but seem to be tied to the left flank more than AA or Cesc… but with Wilshere coming through then I would expect Wenger to move one of them inside so yeah good call.
A… too slow… too obvious.
Agreed Pedro, I’m looking to tomorrow Ade sealing the city switch, then matuidi being signed, what a day it could be!
bergkamp, henry, kanu, wiltord 01-02
bergkamp, henry, reyes, kanu, 03-04
every top team needs 4 top forwards
True Pedro, but only one of them has a record of clinical finishing. And we still don’t have a left winger so i can see Arhavin playing there more often than up front.
Admittedly we do have a lot of options up there, but no real out and out strikers except Eduardo, and Bendtner.
I don’t think it would hurt to buy someone there. Obviously Eto’o or Villa are preferable, but somewhat unattainable
Eduardo, Van Persie, Arshavin…Bendtner?
A, that’s what I’m hoping for… I’d be happy with the summers business then and confident of a sustained challenge.
Mark we’ve got more than that.
Plus… if it was now… we’d all be slagging Wiltord and Kanu off for not scoring enough goals.
Depends on the system red – in 4-4-2 Arshavin can’t play centrally in the midfield, Nasri maybe could, prob not, Rosicky likewise. We’re gonna play 4-2-3-1 though, Arshavin will be out wide left, Cesc and one of Rosicky and Nasri centrally, Wilshere will prob play centrally too, maybe Merida too if Wenger considers him as being ready this season
… and I wouldn’t class a wide player as a forward.
stu i dont really see AA as a striker, more like a pires
I dont like the idea of Arshavin being anywhere but the middle actually. I know he did a brilliant job on the left since arriving but i would just prefer him in the middle pulling the strings. He is our best option there imo.
But how do you leave Rosicky and VP out?
I see Arshavin more in the bergkamp mould than Pires. A fast, small Bergkamp-ish.
Stu, Yeah but who coulD PLAY BETTER ON THE LEFT?
Hmm I still have the opinion that if a team scores first then there is the advantage there to go on and win but obviously defensively we still have to make a priority signing in there too. But who will it be if Matuidi or Cana are not snapped up… maybe Wenger doesn’t rate either of them otherwise he would probably have signed one of them up by now! Any proposed Melo deal fell through so what’s Wenger to do next? He may even stick with what we’ve got but like most of us I too would find this unacceptable. So a DM, CB, Striker & even another winger won’t go a miss… and the money must be there to sign them if Ade goes!
Wasn’t being emphatic. Caps Lock was an accident
I know Bill. But i dont think its fair on Arshavin that he is playing out of his best position because noone else can play on the left.
Its the curse of being versatile.
In 03/04 Bergkamp got 4 goals, Wiltord 3, Reyes 2!!
lol Bill. I just thought you just passionate about your opinion. Emphasising(sp) it.
Stu, yeah but screw fair. He’s getting to play for Arsenal and doing a damned good job on the left. Wenger might just be tempted to leave him there, since we have lots who want to play SS
I would almost compae Arshavin on the left to when Rafa played Gerrard on the right. Both are better in the middle but still do a good job out wide.
I expect Arshavin to do for us on the left next season what Henry does for Barca from there, if not more
IMO Eduardo and Arshavin together will contribute to 50 goals between them. At least.
20/20 for arshavin? I dont see why not.
*provided both stay fit all season.
I’d agree there Stu – Can’t wait to see them play together!
Yeah i suppose we have a couple of options on the left.
Vela, and Gibbs can play there pretty effectively. I’m not sure if Nasri is suited to playing out there. Hey i’m not complaining. It’s a pretty nice dilemma to have.
Nite all… let’s hope we start negotiating to bring in these quality players (well those affordable ones which are left) soonest!
Adebayor will be one of, if not the, top scorer next season.
Doesnt make a difference to him where he does it but he’ll do it.
Howdy all, has Ade gone yet?
AA23. I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
AA23… that is a bold statement… I completly disagree. Without the comfort blanket of Arsenal, I think he’s going to look distinctly ordinary and I think he might struggle to get games.
Night redbearer
Or he’ll lose his place to Santa Cruz and be gone at xmas AA23! Never know what could happen
I can only hope that we’ve let him go because the players all fucking hate him, because if its based on his ability, all prejudice aside, we’ve made a mistake.
What makes you say that AA23?
Wouldn’t say ability AA23, but potential effectiveness he could still have offered us alot. Right decision to let him go though for attitude and personality issues, and for financial reasons!
Pedro I’ll put money on him being in the top 3 scorers in the prem this season. The submancs have never struggled for goals Ade will have a field day, mark my words.
He was sold because he is a cunt and always causes trouble where ever he plays. The players probably dont hate him, but do realise he isnt good enough to win us anything and resent him because of it.
That’s true AA23, they’ve scored alot and should score more this season. It’s whether Ade can keep his place ahead of Santa Cruz though….
Ade mightn’t even start for shity. Tevez, Robinho and RSC will start. They also have Benjani, Caicedo, Bojinov, SWP. Ade will have to score in every game to keep his place.
Was he in top 3 this season? No. So why would he be in it with more players trying to keep ahead of him? More competition means less chances. Simple.
AA23… he’s had one good season. I wouldn’t bet on him being in the top 3 scorers at all… he’d be hard pushed to be in the top 3 scorers at City, let alone anywhere else!
He’s been let go because he lost his drive… his attitude was shite and we foolishly put him on #80k a week…
Good riddance.
His main attribute was hardwork… once that went, he had to go.
I think Adebayor is a world class striker, he has scored some truly magical goals, he scares the shit out of even the best defenders and he is a proper horrible player to play against.
I put a lot of our late wins last season , and the previous season too, to Ades “Blatant offsides”. Those marginal offsides stretch a team over a whole game, then before they know it he gets one right or gives someone a gap to run into and its all over.
I know I should hate him and in some ways I do, but on form he’s one of the best there is.
Or if Ethan is to be believed, and i dont see why he would lie, then Ade has really only had a great half season. 19goals in 4months and only 5 after that (in the league of course).
But I also agree with Pedro and Stu that there are other factors that are just as important and if he’s making the team worse with his attitude or playing style then he should go.
But I cant pretend he’s a shit player because he just isnt.
AA23… Kenwyne Jones scares the shit out of players… and Giovanni scores magical goals… doesn’t make either of them world class.
Ade’s goals dried up in 2008 and ultimately that cost us… and his goals were pretty infrequent this year… he is no where near world class, even on a good day!
AA23. Fair enough but to sell him to a potential rival? That could really come back and bite us in the Arse
Im sick of people saying that.
He doesnt scare the shit out of defenders. Whichever defenders said that, JT and someone else, thet said it in 07-08 when he was working his bollocks off for the full 90minutes. But he hasnt played like that in ages…nt since that season in fact.
So to say it like it still applies is wrong imo.
He does give us something extra physically… but Nik B can replace that if need be.
Come on AA23, you’re the first person I’ve ever heard refer to Ade as a world class striker, that’s MASSIVELY over the top!
At best he was an effective striker and goalscorer, but 3 or 4 levels below the top top players. His best EVER season consisted of his scoring 24 league goals, though 6 of which were against west brom, 18 is still very respectable.
We found a system which absolutely maximised his abilities, and he was effective for us, but his actual footballing abilities and overall game is very limited.
And AA23, thats not aimed at you alone. So many people say it and it always pissed me off because its just not true…anymore.
Justify it any way you like but Arsenal are weaker without the options he gave us.
That’s all I care about.
You mean Derby A, not WBA.
And the system that played to his strengths was him being the only striker on the pitch. Thus inevitably(sp) anything going forward was in his direction.
Pedro. True there’s nothing really that Nik B can’t offer us, except Ade had a little bit more composure in front of goal. Of course this is something which can easily come for him
Ha oh yeah good point stu, just substituted this years whipping boys for the worst team in prem history
What options tho AA23?
Bendtner is better in the air, better at linking play, arguably just better at beating his man(but admittedly he aint great either). And since christmas time Bendtner has been working his balls off.
I thought we played nicer football when he was out… I think Nik slots into the role better, he has more vision, a better touch and hopefully… this season he’ll gain the composure needed to make it.
Eduardo and RvP up front… that excites me!
We’ve missed a striker with the intelligence and instinct of Eduardo.
By the way,,,just to expand on that, Bendtner is brilliant in the air. He wins the vast majority of long balls played his way, he has an amazing leap and aint bad at headerererering either.
Im sure ye remember this leap: http://gooners.michaelowl.info/images/divers/07_spurs_bendtner.jpg
And to make it better, he even shit out Jamie O Hara and gave the spuds a new piece of shite.
Can only hope so Pedro. If he gains confidence, I ca easily see him becoming a 1 in 2 striker, if not better. But he will need the confidence. Hopefully Ade’s departure will relieve some of the pressure on him
I’ve always been a big fan of Bendtner and have defended him many times so no need to convert me there, I love Nik.
Iv’e seen him teake some terrible caning on here though, now he’s better than Ade?
wonder how much of this is sour grapes and coping strategies.
i just think we are worse off without him in the squad and having him in a potential rival (that smashed us senseless last season…) could prove to be a very expensive choice.
Lots of things excite me this season Pedro, the composure and intelligence of Eduardo, Arshavin’s brilliance from the start of the season and in all competitions, Rosicky’s creativity and intelligence, all of the above three together linking up! Bendy and Vela’s continued development
Interestingly Bendtner has a record of 1 in 2 for Denmark. And thats for the full team, not the kiddies.
Hopefully the effect will be similar to the one we saw when Thierry left HB
Stu, yeah amazing leap. Not to mention the one against Chelski
AA23… I started the Nik B fan club… and I defended Ade most of the season.
I don’t think it’s sour grapes from anyone… we’ll all be pleased to see the back of one of the least popular strikers of the last 20 years.
Bendtner may not be our best individual striker but he is certainly the best for partnerships imo. Not sure ho to word that.
But he plays great with whomever he is partnered with. Be it Eduardo before his leg break, Vela briefly last pre season or Arshavin (although they only played up front once – against Pompey)
He has a great understanding with everyone, even Walcott said Nik would be his prefered partner up front.
AA23 I always recognised Ade as having an effectiveness and a usefulness, but I thought Bendy was better from the first minute of this season, and expected him to be first choice before xmas but it never happened. Nothing to do with sour grapes, sour grapes about what?!
Its only sour grapes when people are sad to see him go and say “well he wasnt that good anyway”. But most have wanted him gone all season so that doesnt aply here.
Stu so did VP, he said that Bendtner’s ability to see a pass is amazing, he sees things that other players just can’t understand how he knew they were there
Yeah VP too. Forgot about him.
I know many will disagree. But i won’t be surprised if Bendtner is first choice striker this season
Never heard anyone say they enjoy playing with Ade either, it must be so so frustrating. Can always potentially score a goal, but still would be such a nightmare to play with, so unpredictable and unreliable!
I know you are a Nik fan Pedro, ive seen you defending him like crazy on here when others have been absolutely slaughtering him.
Ive always felt the same about him, I think he’ll be top drawer for us and its clear that some of our better players like his style. I hope he can really step up this season.
I predicted him and Walcott to really do the business last season though which proves I know fuck all!
The one thing i didn’t like about Ade’s play is that instead of passing to a player he tended to smash it at them as hard as he could
… opposed to playing with Eduardo… who must be a dream for a creative player.
Wait AA23, Theo with the creativity of Cesc, Arshavin, Rosicky, Nasri, and VP could thrive this season, don’t write him off yet!
I hope so A
Bendtner wont start but he is 3rd choice imo.
ie Eduardo and VP up front. One gets injured Arshavin is second choice, the other gets injured Bendtner is 3rd choice.
Right chaps… it’s been a mad night for me… up at nearly one on a school night.
I’m a lunatic, of that there is no doubt!
Have a good evening!
How about if we dont replace Ade, what’s the strike force pecking order?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8148891.stm
People seen that, Newcastle really are having a bad time of things at the moment aren’t they!
Nighty night Pedro…
AA23, imo its rvp – eduardo – arshavin – bendtner – vela – theo…in that order.
Front three of Arshavin, VP, and Eduardo, then Theo, Bendy, Vela to come in, Bendy and Theo ahead of Vela though, they’re level imo
Vela won’t be ahead of theo stu, especially after spending the summer with mexico. Really is fucking up his development having to play for them in pointless matches
Stu Wenger likes to keep a balance. He likes lefties on the right, and vice versa. He also likes a powerful guy up top with a support striker. I anticipate seeing Arshavin out wide again.
I expect Bendtner to get more starts than anyone else this season
Yeah Bill. We have an abundance of right footed left siders but not many left footed right siders tho. Not a great balance.
If Ade leaving gives Vela a chance to get regular games then maybe I’m not so upset that he’s off.
So Van Persie is our main striker then, hope he stays fit… and scores more goals.
on papre we look good in that regard but if Eduardo and van P get crocked early on we’re fucked and thats not impossible.
Bill we can’t go on previous, because wenger always used to be a 4-4-2, or 4-5-1 in tough games, and now he’s bought players to play 4-2-3-1, and gradually moved into that last season. We’ve never had lefties on the right have we?? I can’t think of anyone?? Reyes played on the left as well, and so has Vela when he’s played wide.
I expect Bendy to get more starts than last season, but less than Arshavin, VP, Eduardo
But whats the order of preference A.
i would have rvp as first because he usually plays against every kind of opposition. He is tall enough to deal with stoke, bolton etc and skillful enough to play against anyone else. Know what i mean?
I don’t think there is much of an order of preference Stu. VP and Arshavin will start more or less every game, unless they need a break or Wenger feels confident and wants to give someone else a run out.
After that Eduardo will play most games, Bendy and Theo will play alot, and Vela will play a fair bit.
Would like to think Matuidi will sign after Ade is announced tomorrow, but figure we’ll have to wait until the end of the week until he or another DM is announced
A when isaid lefties on the right. i meant strikers not wingers, sorry i could have been clearer.
I mean he likes playing RVP and Eduardo on the right, and Ade and Bendtner on the left.
Even in a 4,2,3,1 i would expect Bendtner to be the one as Wenger tends to prefer a powerful player there, with RVP or Eduardo supporting from the right, and Arshavin supporting from the left
And in a 4,4,2 (4,4,1,1 whatever you wanna call it) I expect Bendtner up there with RVP or Eduardo as the Bergkamp role
Fine A, that will do.
You say Thei will get more games, which i dont disagree with, but i just think if it was between the two of them for a striker role then i think Vela would get preference.
Theo will play wide right but i think Wenger prefers Vela as a forward..proper forward.
so vp central in the front 3? Arshavin left and Eddy on the right?
Dont you think that Arshavin and Van P are better second strikers? so does that mean eddy in the middle with them two either side?
Or Nik in the centre with any two of the other three rotating around?
Or will they just all be told to do their thing and swap about at will causing absolute chaos to defences?
or will it all be a bit of a mess?
I see Bendtner as a rightie and Eduardo as a leftie in a 4-4-2 Bill. Probably the opposite to you…
Only because Bendtner aint really the best at opening his body up to shoot. He is better at shooting across the keeper and as such he plays on the right and Eddie on the left.
Ah ok Bill, I getcha. I dunno about Bendy, I don’t think wenger will play him for power through the middle, he’s preferred VP as the central of the three when he’s played it, especially towards the end of the season. I don’t think he’d play a central player for power because I expect all three to rotate loads, as Barca do, and at times Arshavin will be the central one as Messi is for Barca!
I agree in 4-4-2 I’d like it to be someone with Bendy, Eduardo and Bendy are a great combination, as are Vela and Bendy, but I expect VP to play more or less every game, and he doesn’t seem to fit as well with Bendy.
Yeah I agree with that Stu, but I think Theo will play wide right ahead of Vela every time, wide left they’ll probably play the same amount, and centrally Vela would play more, but I think overall Theo would play ahead of Vela, with other players being moved centrally, before Vela played. He’ll certainly get a good few games this season though
I see it as being more like Eduardo through the middle with Arshavin(left) and VP(right) playing off him.
Allow both of them to play their normal role of connecting midfield and attack.
Defence
Cesc – Matuidi
Rosicky
VP – Arshavin
Eduardo
Yea Stu, But i think if you look back over previous games, you will find Bendtner more often on the left of whoever he’s with unless it’s Ade and Eduardo on the right of Ade. RVP is usually deployed on the right side to cut in. He just seems to prefer lefties on the right.
lol AA23 I expect it to all be a mess, but a very good mess, very fluid, and changing all the time, noone will have a clue how to defend against it!!
so a loose 4-3-3 Stu, I think you could be right, seems like it would work with almost any names you put into the front 3
A
I’d love it mate, I think it could work a treat, we are talking about players that would all thrive under a system like that, all intelligent enough, all with varied flair and all tick boxes that the others dont. Could be really frightening
True Bill but i think that would be because Bendtner is more adaptable than Ade so he took it upon himself to play left and let Ade on the right. Same with VP who, as you rightly say, wants to be on the right to be able to cut in with the ball.
Yeah A. In the 4,3,3 I would prefer Bendtner on the left, as i said yesterday i think he’s more threatening there. But there is always the danger that RVP can get pushed around in the middle.
But as you say they will most likely rotate to confound the opposition. I still expect Bendtner to start nearly every game he’s available for though. He’s the only one who can offer strength against physical defenders, and he’s the only one who offers aerial threat.
I dont like Bendtner out wide. He is ok there because of the effort he puts it but he is hardly skillful enough to play a wide role. Not the dazzling dribbling, flicks and tricks kind of guy.
Yeah AA23, they’ll all thrive in being given the freedom to do what they want and make things happen, could be a very exciting system. Another reason why I believe Wenger was very willing to sell ade, because he wouldn’t be on the same wavelength as the others when it comes to that system.
1: Arshavin(L) Eduardo Van Persie(R)
2: Vela(L) Bendtner Walcott(R)
Thats they way it should be imo with a fully fit squad.
1 for the prem and CL
2 for some prem and cups(fa and carling)
And anyone from 2 can easily take a place in the first one if needs be.
Stu
I think it will be the same as your line up but swapping Nik and Eddy
Nah AA23, if Eduardo is fit he will start because he is lethal.
Just as an aside I was on a man u site recently, think it was redcafe and they were quite seriously saying that our strike force is the best for the upcoming season, that was before the Ade news but they realise we are no joke in that dept.
redcafe are also shitting it at the prospect of getting matuidi, because their french fans have said he’s awesome!
Stu I agree with your team above, I’d be very happy with that.
stu
he is lethat you are right, doesnt really make a difference to be honest
Eddy starts, gets a goal or two comes off at 64 mins ,Nik comes on to kill the game…or vice versa.
Not to worried either way.
Which team is that A?
heres one for you A and Stu
Eddy gets fucked in august, van p gets fucked early september.
What now?
Easy, play Bendtner and Arshavin, Rosicky and Nasri out wide with Cesc and Matuidi or Song in the middle. Then wait until november and get the Pog on a free. Simples!
BTW how serious are the injuries.
Stu
nice one, Vela and Walcott could get a chance as well.
What role do you think Arshavin will play from now on?
I think he will play one of the wide roles or my preference would be in the middle off the striker but that aint gonna happen.
Another amusing part of my trip to redcafe was them saying they should “pry Arshavin” from us.
AA23 why would they get fucked?? It’s like saying Almunia gets fucked in Auguest, Fabianski in Sept, then what?!
Its jut a hypothetical situation A.