Comments on: Koscielny Trains With Arsenal’s Youth Team

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:36:31 +0000

Barca are the stupidest club in history
the cant pay their own players and they want to sign our most important player at the lowest price possible
its is as you said laughable

J
any news if we are any closer to signing Assulin from barca or is he going somewhere else.
I think assulin can do a good job for us on the either wing or in the middle if need be and will be very helpful in FA cup and Carling cup games

By: NZGooner

NZGooner — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:49:24 +0000

Just reading about Barca and their empty wallet. After laughing for a good while I wonder if this makes any of their youngsters available at a good price. Maybe they may throw Messi into the deal just to get him off the wages bill. Makes me respect Laporta even less and that’s something

By: WillyG

WillyG — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:53:53 +0000

To JOHN….Did you forget Arsenal 2-1 vs Man Utd at Home,RVP scored the equilliser…Chelsea vs Arsenal 1-2,RVP scored 2 goals in 3 min…He scored Twice vs Tottenham this season..He also scored vs Liverpool…These are the big games I guess….The rumours of RVP wanted by Real Madrid is maybe coz he is world class…The only drawback is that he gets injured….He loves this club and was always loyal…No useless talk to the media…

By: SweetCinderella

SweetCinderella — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:31:21 +0000

I used to think the same about Maicon but he is not as good as he used to be. Ramos and Lahm arent much worse than him.
Maicons getting a bit overrated here as if he was messi.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:17:42 +0000

Manager Arsène Wenger said: “Koscielny is a central defender with great ability who performed extremely well last season for Lorient. We identified him as a very strong centre half, who has made big progress very quickly. He has shown he is mentally strong, he’s a fighter and a very strong competitor. Koscielny is a great addition to our squad.”

By: jv

jv — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:09:29 +0000

done deal, koscielny has signed!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:03:09 +0000

Maicon is a class in his own
I think there isnt a single RB in the world who even comes close to his talent
great going forward even better defending and the goals he scored are brilliant

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:01:11 +0000

“Van persie isnt up there with torres, ronaldo, messi dont delude yourself.”

wc is the biggest stage isnt it?
none of the players you mentioned above have done better than Van persie
i will acutally say van persie has done better than those three you mentioned up there

van persie is a second striker who plays off a target man I think we all know this but the truth is that 4-4-2 is outdated ine europe and this wc proved it. 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 are the new formations that are making an impact in europe. van persie is a good fill in target man but I think he will be better served as a winger who comes in and scores using his left foot

van persie started off brilliantly last year and then got injured and then came on in the tottehnham and what an impact he made. I think you are right if you say he has lived up to the talent he has and that’s mostly because he’s very injury prone but van persie is not less than torres, ronaldo or even messi FOR ME

By: john

john — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:59:27 +0000

I can only remeber the Blackburn goal when he went past 2 players in the Fa cup and score a nice goal.

He doesnt run at players he likes to create and get ont he end of chances.. Hes changed as a player.

He was better when he was younger at feyneoord he looked awesome, brilliant pace and great dribbler now hes much slower and more of a team player

By: john

john — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:56:56 +0000

Martin Angha looks like he will play right back. We dont have any good full backs and angha likes to go foward alot i was watching a few under 18 games and he looked like maicon the way he was bombin up and and down.

Hajrovic on othe otherhand looks like he can handle himself and he enjoys the rough side which a centre backs needs in the premiership

By: john

john — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:45:19 +0000

Van persie was a dribbler, was a winger not anymore he doesnt have the pace and rarely goes past players.

Hes got the body balance, trick, skill to shield the ball from players he doesnt really go past players please can someone tell me the last time he got the ball and went past 1 or 2 players than score a goal or create a chance?

Van persie isnt up there with torres, ronaldo, messi dont delude yourself.

Yh hes had injuries but he hasnt really done it on the big stage. Every time he plays against man utd, chelsea, liverpool he seems to go missing.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:34:52 +0000

I think when you are almost 6’4 you dont have to worry about attackers being physical
angha is a CB and is better as a CB than a RB but I think he will play anyhwere wenger asks him to play he likes arsenal that much
harjovic looks like he cherishes the rough stuff so another promising CB for the future

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:32:20 +0000

Van persie is my favourite player and there’s a reason for that
if van persie ever had an injury free season then you will know why

van persie will have a better season if he played on the right rather than upfront because he has skills to get past defender, he will be better playing of chamak then other people playing off him

and he will take all our free kicks and penalties so obviously he will weigh in with the goals aswell
also some of van persie best goals are when he can in from the right and curved the ball into the net from his left foot
pure delight to watch

I think if van perise stays fit then he will be considered in the same category as messi or ronaldo which is the same for robben

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:25:32 +0000

I think in a 4-2-3-1 only RVP has to play out of position not even out of posiiton he’s a second striker so playing of chamak from the right wing might be better for him
chamak and bendtner will play upfront because they are real target man
van persie on the right, vela on the left
and eduardo as I said above will be sold in my view

By: GoonerTilIDie

GoonerTilIDie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:19:58 +0000

@Danish Gooner: I agree – 12M is incredible. Lorient only paid 1.9M for him last summer. That’s a huge return for them! I heard the fee was closer to 8.5M though. Probably the numbers are made up on the spot by the media.

By: john

john — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:18:44 +0000

I am not a big van persie fan to be honest.

I dont think hes good in a 4-3-3 i think hes better as a 4-4-2 off a striker.

Hes got great control, skills but lacks pace and he goes missing for large parts of the game.

He shows flashes but doesnt really do it look at all the big games he never turns up. Hes a good striker but hes not world class.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:15:10 +0000

what is wenger going to do watch him sign the papers?
he has already spoken to the player

I think deal is done and only minor details need to be sorted out

By: arsenalfan

arsenalfan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:15:07 +0000

Van persie has been ineffective because he does not drop that deep when he plays for holland. he mostly tries to stay up top. also, robben is more selfish and kuyt not good enough to be playing as part of the front 3. At arsenal, there was a lot more pass and move when he was playing up top and robin used to drop deep to be more involved.
If Fab goes, we are definitely going back to 4-4-2. Even if he does not, Wenger might need to think again because he now has 2 tall center forwards. To make the best of Chamakh and RvP, we need to play RvP just behind Chamakh and thus revert to a more traditional formation.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:13:25 +0000

i think bc there was some truth to your story but I think our medical staff has looked at him and decided that he is ok
I like the fact that we want to be sure of what we are getting and maybe we should more of this in the future

By: john

john — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:10:29 +0000

Andrew miguel is technically good but his he physical enoug for the premiership? I dont think he likes the physical stuff.

Pique was a beast miguel i cant seem him being a pique type.

But this hajrovic has really impressed me with his technical ability but also how hes dealt with attackers physically.

Angha looks more of a full back than a centre back in my eyes.