Comments on: Arsenal Close in to Secure $13m Star Signing

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:02:41 +0000

You guys are funny. This is not wrestling. A 5 foot tall 100 pound defender can be perfect – as long as he is not dealing with balls in the air, of course. The main skill of a defender is to tap the ball away with his foot, requiring speed and coordination, not size. “Hard tackling” defenders give up a constant stream of penalties and free kicks.

By: stanley

stanley — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:11:43 +0000

Unless we have a strong hard tackling defensive midfielder, possibly a black hugely built one, we are only joking then. Arteta is soft, slow and gives away the ball to opposition so easily. Flamini is a no nonsense person though but how far can he go?, we need a real commander in the engine room to really contend else we may score the more and concede even more. Hope we aint using the community shield game to judge a full season EPL,Capital one cup, FA cup and UCL. Wenger complete the niceties you started by filling the blank spaces completely.

By: happisoul

happisoul — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:53:52 +0000

We are so close yet so far away!
The premier league is merciless and those who fantasise that Arteta/Flamini/Wilshire will be strong enough to deal with stronger players the whole season, are deluded. What is the problem buying the last two pieces of the jigsaw, unless Wenger has “I cannot buy the players that the fans and pundits want” syndrome? This time the fans and pundits know better than Wenger. If he does not get a DM and CB wait till next MAY as Wenger hangs his head. May be a Greek tragedy in the making. Having said all this maybe Wenger will buy William Carvalho or Sami Khedira and prove us wrong. What is Wenger trying to prove?