Scottish Champions Rangers have taken Arsenal winger Nacer Barazite on trial with the view to a potential loan deal. The Dutch Under 21 international will play for the Gers in their friendly against Glentoran tonight.
Barazite has linked up with the squad in Belfast and trained with Ian Durrant’s Reserve team this morning. The Dutchman is surprisingly surplus to requirements at Arsenal and Liam Brady has moved to find the flyer a new club;
“We will have a young lad on trial for us called Nacer Barazite who comes to us from Arsenal and was highly recommended by Liam Brady and that will be a good opportunity for us and the Rangers fans in Belfast to have a look at him.”
Arsenal would accept Barazite going on loan for the season, although a straight cash deal would be preferred.
Good news for the lad. Does this mean, he still features in Arsene’s long term plans?
he might it judge who we have at the time and how he does at rangers
if he really comes into his own then I think wenger will keep him around
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Good luck to him!
I dont think anybody could doubt his talent but it looks like he fell a bit short. A move would be best for him and Arsenal.
He fell a bit short? Oh please, I will take him over Walcott any day!
Kojo, Barazite did not play well even in the Championship, and Walcott has played extremely well against Liverpool, Croatia, Barca etc
Perfect fit. Best of luck to Nacer.
“Arsenal would accept Barazite going on loan for the season, although a straight cash deal would be preferred”.
I accept a loan deal, as of a permanent deal, i would not like to see that. I think this kid has more in his locker than Theo does. If he was given same amount of time in the forst team as Theo has, then we have a real natural creative winger on our hands.
I really hope Barazite makes it @ Arsenal
Completely agree!
I’d love to have seen players like nacer given more chances, but they all seemed to go just to theo. And this policy of wenger’s must be considered a failure.
I dont mind the fact that arsenal have fallen away in recent years because I dont feel I have the right to demand that wenger goes out spending 10s of millions on new players just to stay competitive each year, BUT imo he deserves massive criticism for his handling of theo walcott. He has hindered the development of other youngsters, many of whom are much more talented (eg vela, wilshere and MERIDA – who might still be here if he’d been given more chances!), and theo just hasnt improved enough justify it.
For me, this goes against what arsenal is about. The point used to be that if you were good enough, then you;d play regardless of nationality or anything else. Wenger just seemed to make walcott his favourite player, and picked him no matter what, often stepping over more experienced players like eboue and rosicky. He really has to think about dropping him. I’d like to see him go out on loan, but his huge contract makes that practically impossible.
theo has his failings but he has also been very valuable to the team because of his PACE.
he has rescued the first team very many times in some big games just by coming on as a sub, zooming down the flanks, crossing and shooting.
i think wenger knows theo’s game hasn’t improved much, but he knows that his pace is valuable and has also, it could be said, helped to paper over some cracks in the team over the past couple of years.
theo’s pace is a ‘get out jail free card’ for the team and wenger.
@ gunner17 – I dont see it like that. WIth what we paid to sign theo and the amount he is being payed we could have shelled out on an experienced wide player years ago. Despite his pace, he is pretty ineffective. You could count on ONE hand the times he has saved us, but we will always look to pass to a guy with his pace (often when he has fresh legs compared to the oppo) and hes overall very wasteful with the passes hes been given.
If he weren’t in the firsty team squad someone else would be, and maybe they would have saved us a few times in the same period, perhaps not with their pace, but say a long range shot in the case of merida – but someone like fran might actually play WELL in the meantime (while hes not saving us). Generally, Theo is a waste of space in that meantime.
He clearly isn’t any where near the standard that Arsenal require,why do you want to block his career? Certainly no better than Anthony Stokes.
@ gunner17 – and vela has almost as much pace PLUS some real skill and crossing/passing ability, yet wenger STILL picked theo over him last season rather than trying to develop the mexican.
Also, eboue is actually more effective with his pace. He can take on several players in one move, and his delivery, although slightly erratic, is still better than theo’s. Manu saved us in at least 2 games last season, and on top of that played extremely well in a lot of matches. Can’t say the same for theo, who only really had a couple of decent games. And one of those was against barca where he scored one fairly fortuitous goal, but got shut down immediately afterwards by keita.
I always support this boy when he plays, and will never say he doesnt have talent or potential, but you’ve got to look back at what hes done at arsenal, and I consider him to be wengers biggest mistake.
erm…jeffers!
a shame that theo “no end product” walcott got so much playing time whereas more talented players such as barazite and merida , did not.
How are they more talented, because the fact that Wenger sold Merida and is trying to get rid of Barazite shows that he did and does not see them having mutch of a future here at Arsenal mate.
@Kentpaul – merida wasnt sold, he left for free. That’s the last thing arsenal would want because he was one of the star players of his age group at international level. Those players always turn out well. The very least we would have wanted was a little money and a sell-on clause.
Of course this news on barazite leads to the idea that wenger doesnt see him having much of a future here, but considering his continued fascination with theo walcott, doesnt that make you thnk his powers of judgement are not perfect? Theo has played well over 100 games for arsenal now, but how many has he really played well in? I could probably count them on my hands.. Why has he continually been given so many opportunities, while other youngsters, who are clearly very talented, either been sent out on loan to weaker teams, or left on the bench/ in reserves. It doesnt make sense. Theo has a 60k pw contract ffs. At some point you have to look at his performances and say he has not been good enough, regardless of his future potential, he hasnt been good enough – so drop him and give someone else a chance to break through!
i cant believe how much you lot are hating on Theo, i’m gonna say it and i truly believe it, i think Theo will become world class, the only problem with Theo is he is inconsistent, once he gets that consistency he is gonna rip teams apart. IMO this team will reach its potential in a few years and then we will be unstoppable.
If he was that much better than Walcott, he wouldn’t be moving to Rangers.
If he was as amazing as some believe, PL clubs would be knocking on the door to take him like they are with Lansbury and Wilshere.
Point is, he’s obviously not first team level. Theo is. Get over it.
J, u sayn tht we’d rather sell him? with his kind o talent?
he’s done great in our youth system but he was ok at derby and hasn’t be able to make to austria for years now
JET is now ahead of him
I hope Barazite makes it at rangers this year and then comes back and fights with JET for his place in the first team
but its very unlikely now
It’s a shame but he has been there or there abouts since he was 17 and not made that push yet so it’s difficult to see where he would fit in now.
I think it’s true that his talent is undeniable but we also have to remember that he didn’t set the championship alight particularly either.
I also wish him all the best, and whilst i would like to see him at least given an oppurtunity at Arsenal, understand that he’s probably 5/6th choice in any position you can think to play him in at at 20 needs regular first team football.
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I hope barazite makes it at arsenal, but in truth, even if theo were taken out of the equation, it would still be very tough for nacer. We have so much talent coming through that I believe it will be minute details that decide who stays at arsenal and who is told to they need to move on, in some cases. I mean, is JET really much better than barazite? Probably not in terms of technique, BUT he is extremely physically strong hasn’t had so many injuries.
the coaching people at arsenal should be cautious about letting talented young players leave the club without keeping some claim on them…
wenger has his own particular tastes in players, and it seems that perfectly talented young guys who fail to meet wenger’s own requirements are beginning to be rejected by the club.
but wenger isn’t going to be at arsenal for very much longer, maybe one more contract.
when a new manager comes in, the way things are going he will find that all of the players he inherits are wenger-type players, all under 6ft tall, all puny and weak.
the arsenal coaching staff in the youth setup should think about the good of arsenal, not just what wenger wants, and they should produce all kinds of players in anticipation of meeting any future manager’s requirements.
barazite for me is a super prospect, and losing the likes of him because he doesn’t exactly fit wenger’s blueprint is sad.
I’m not sure that’s strictly true.
He promoted bendtner, and it looks like he wants to start giving chances to JET, frimpong and nordtveit. GIbbs and eastmond aren’t tiny either.
I think he just likes skillful, nippy players in the attack, and these guys are often short. Hleb was this type of player, but wasnt actually small.
I dont think this is why barazite has not been given many chances at arsenal, theres something else. Perhaps they dont like his injury record, or maybe they dont think he has the mentality to make it. They have been wrong before though, so I agree it would be best to keep ahold of the talent we have as long as possible
Hi, just had a quick question for Jamie or any other commenter who might have an idea about this: there is probably a very good reason that Wenger never took Nacer even to Austria, but my skills as a scout aren’t able to tell me what those reasons are. Every time I’ve seen Nacer play I’ve been impressed by his athleticism and his technical ability (shooting, dribbling, long passing). What is he bad at? Is it that his team play and awareness and passing percentage aren’t up to par?
attitude towards the training and coaches could be a reason
i think it’s unfair to say that on a website where anyone could read it if it’s just pure speculation. These idead tend to spread around even if there’s nothing to back them up. Let’s not give the boy a shit reputation when he has done nothing to deserve it.
I find it ridiculous, players like this don’t even get the chance to string 5 games together yet others who then go on to make mistakes are given chance after chance. No one can tell me favouritism doesn’t play a part.
i agree, barazite has been hard done by by the staff, but the favouritism originates with the fans to some extent too…
the crowd loves theo, so wenger knows he can play him a lot without getting much heat when he doesn’t perform.
gunner17
do you see any theo fans up here
just wait till he comes on as a sub…stick your ear out very carefully, cup it, and if you’re lucky you might just hear the overwhelming cacophony of 60,000 arsenal fans chanting something…
I have to say I agree with all the comments from you guys he really is a talented guy but hes pretty slow infact I think he would be the slowest player in our midfield where he to break into the first team.Unless you have an outstanding technic like say Rosicky your lack of pace is going to be a real problem and I think thats what puts Wenger off using him as a wide man as that position demands good pace in modern day football.
pires was slow too!!! pace isn’t everything. technically barazite is well good enough to make up for it.
Him going out on loan to Rangers is significantly better than a championship club. We should be doing a deal with Celtic or Rangers to get loaned players up there so they’ll have a chance to play in either the Champions League or Europa League. Think of how much it will help players to be playing teams like Barcelona, Inter, Bayern, etc. instead of just Millwall or Scunthorpe.
Is it any better playing against Gretna and Motherwell?
If Walcott can stay fit for a season he could still really kick on. He doesn’t need to have the technical ability and vision of Barazite/Merida to be more effective – that sort of pace can be deadly at absolutely any level. To be fair to him so far in pre-season, he is getting his head up a lot more before delivering the ball, and often it is the fault of our striker or left winger for not being in a good position to receive the ball.
I think Merida and Barazite could both have been superb Arsenal players, especially the latter, but it is all about the balance of the team and unfortunately for us it looks like they wlil have to blossom elsewhere. As long as they realise their potential somewhere I will be happy (with obvious exceptions!!).
“If Walcott can stay fit for a season he could still really kick on.”
This same excuse is made every year, though. DId he not have a good run in the side last year?
It took song about a couple of months of solid first team football I suppose to really grow into a good player. He’s further improved since but theo has had at least that amount of football before. While we continue to wait, the team continues to suffer, and other talented players continue to be stepped over so that we can keep giving everything to the golden boy.
I’ll bet eboue doesnt get 60k pw, and hes a much better player at this point!
Barazite has loads of injury problems as well.
You seem slow today bartley has gone to sheffield again!!!
i thought he was injured for 1-or 2 month
Rangers – ugh! Scottish football is as bad as the Championship for long-ball football and bone-crunching tackles. Surely the worst place for a boy with great technical ability and an eye for the defence-splitting pass to use and develop his skills. Seems a bit like sending Aliadiere to Celtic (where he didn’t get a single game) or indeed sending Barazite to Derby where, according to Robbie Savage, his pretty triangles, though very pretty in training, were no use for winning real games.
Unless this a loan move to ‘toughen up’ Barazite because he’s still part of Wenger’s plans – which is surely unlikely after so many years – it seems a sad waste. Far better for the kid to have found a permanent club in the Netherlands or France, Gemany, Spain, where his talent could flourish. Presumably no one has come in for him because he hasn’t been that visible during his time with us? Really a shame.
its top flight with cl and europa league coming into place
its 10x better than champiosnhip
Yes, good point about the CL. I’d forgotten Ranger would be in it, at least during the autumn. Let’s hope he gets some games in Europe and can strut his stuff. Then some club might come in for him in the January window?
AW invariably chooses one player over another based on what he sees in training or in the dressing room. With Barazite there may well be something that puts him out of favour with the club that we simply don’t know about.
On the surface my impression is that he’s real stellar potential, so I hope he does well at Rangers and comes back a better and proven player.
Look at Jay Simpson – not even recalled when we were going through last season’s striker crisis. Scores in the Carling, bags a brace at Barnet, and like Barazite gets left off the plane to pre-season training.
Rather than think that AW doesn’t know what he’s doing, I’d prefer to take the point that it’s me who hasn’t a clue. After all, I only see these guys 45 minutes or a game at a time.
But in Barazite’s case I wouldn’t think selling’s the right option. A loan period in a tough league where fans appreciate talent is probably just what he needs to prove himself. Maybe gain confidence too.
If Barazite really wants to make it as an Arsenal player then this might be his last chance. In any case, at least it should make one or two of those pointless Scottish PL games a tad more interesting.
barley is going back to sheffield united for a season long loan and barazite to scotland
http://www.sheffutd.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=208358
this is brilliant news for the youngsters
Agree with Eleanor – I’d rather think I’m wrong than that Wenger is. Trouble is, Wenger favoured Mark Randall for what seemed like years, taking him to Austria and giving him far more chances than Barazite, when it seemed obvious to many of us that he wasn’t nearly as talented and, what’s more, his attitude was awful – wasn’t he caught smoking on one occasion? It seemed to me that Randall, like Walcott, may have got preferential treatment because he was English?
To be honest i dont really see him being better then he is! compared to players who went into the championship and shined. that had teams wanting them back who didnt need a trail was sanuu, simpson, bendtnar, lansbury, JET. players who shined on loan. barzite had that niggle with his shoulder and never looked at his best even when he was at derby! just there is alot of players in front of him. dont no about you guys but he was once a player who everyone rated. now he is a trial for an SPL! oh well good luck to him
Gibbs didnt shine on loan, and hes the player I consider to have the highest potential of all the fringe youngsters. It’s actually debateable whether the players you mentioned really “shined” on loan as well, except JET. I think most of those players showed some quality on occasions, but were inconsistent overall. This could also be said of barazite!
All those players “shined” on loan because all the loan clubs wanted them back.
Clubs would still want them on loan this season if they are on the fringes of the first team.
I think, considering we are an English club, and playing in an English league, with rules coming into place requiring us to play more homegrown lads, English players should be given a slight advantage over foreign players (who will get into the side anyway if they are good enough).
That view might come off as a bit harsh but I think that the majority of players on any team should come from the country that they come from. Look at any Spanish or French team – the nationality of most of the players is always Spanish or French.
he’s a homegrown player
Yeah, I guess you’ve never heard of a club called Real Madrid or remember Barca before Rikaard of where is was basically Ajax ’96 plus Figo, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Litmanen, and a host of foreign players.
i really need to know what is the progress on pedro botelho.
he’s gone on loan again
Well there is clearly a reason why one has an International Hat-trick to his name and the other two merely have a handfull of Under-21 caps.
It is an awful lot of Walcott haters here. Be glad wenger is selling a foregin and keeping Walcott.
Be glad he floggs of the kids and goes for older more mature players.
What i dont get with arsenal fans is. They get angry and upset when Wenger sells decent youngsters, yet if Barazite had been promoted to the 1st team they would get angry and upset, telling wenger he is stingy cos he uses kids instead of buying players. There are alot of players in Nacers position infront of him and there are also great players coming up behind him. I dont think of Nacer as any better prospect than say Randall when he was 19. He was a huge talent, yet look at him now? He does not look better than say Bently did at that age, yet look at him now? He is a good player but he got nothing special that makes him stand out. Say whatever you want about walcott but he has outstanding speed and he got good timed runs etc. Barazit is just another technical player, decent, maybe even above averag but compare him to Wilshire or Ramsey and he just is not specia. He does not have that special thing that makes him stand out. And that is his problem. And that is why he is loaned out.
He is not English, he is not extremley good to be foreign, he can be sold.
We have got many young players and when you have alot of young players in the first team its even harder to break through you have got to be special.
For instance i look at the strikers i can only see Wellington silva breaking through or freeman. You have to be a special special player with alot of ability
Sancehz watt, rhys murphy, benik afobe are good young strikers but you need more than scoring a goal to play for arsenal first team
john
let afobe go on loan before ruling him out
that is true but that is also why those leagues are not as competitive and largely dominated by one or 2 teams for the last 10 years or so
Lets be honest barazite is a quality player but hes not ready for the arsenal first team he could develop later on in his career but we have got vela, van persie, bendtner, chamakh even jay thomas now i dont think hes better than anyone one of them.
we haven’t seen barazite play in arsenal first team to call him bad or good
if he does well at rangers then who knows hopefully he’s only going on loan and not being sold
Shame, big fan of Nacer. Never got his chance to prove himself, hope he does well
but arsenal will need to replace arshavin and rosicky in the near future…i think barazite can be a great successor to them…
Arshavin – Vela I guess if we keep the 4-3-3
Rosciky as an AM Wilshere, Ramsey and as RW Wellington SIlva
worst piece of news i have heard all month
Breaking News – Kyle Bartley back with the blades (Sheffield UTD) on season long loan. Good Luck kyle mate, im sure he’ll be back next season ready to fight for the 3rd of 4th choice CB at Arsenal.
for 3 seasons I have wonder why Theo Walcott has been given chance after chance. I now understand why. His name generates money for the club. Many people buy a shirt with his name on. He alone has probably generates millions of millions for us so we can get rid of the debt faster. He was most of the time the ONLY english player in the team. With Wilshere, JET, Lansbury, Eastmond and Frimpong being with the team this season and they will probably turn out to be HUGE players for us for years to come, Walcott’s days is over.
He is not good enough to earn so many chances for Arsenal. He is NOT good enough for the national team either.
For 3 seasons I finally understand. I will never miss Walcott. He will not take a spot in any top club in the world.
after this season you will understand why he is played before the likes of barazite
I will try hard to remember your post. I hope you don’t forget what you just said. I see no chance for him at all when he keeps messing up our play.
he creates so many opportunities that if he improves his final ball I think this kid can win it for us
I am hoping to god he improves his final ball
BTW England under 17 squad has been announced. Crewe Alexandra have 3 players in the squad whilst arsenal have Zak Ansah who isnt anything special.
Surely the likes of josh rees, jamie edge and the likes are good eough.
asnah is a brilliant poacher and although his attitude towards the club is in question his talent isnt
No Afobe or Aneke, perhaps they’re moving up to the U19s?
Really hope so
Surely arsenal could do better than Zak Ansah? hes an awful striker hopefully this new guy Phil roberts will add something different to the strikers we have got.
Although I can see his Arsenal career over, it would be great if he starred on loan then went on to storm Arsenal’s first team. Unfortunately I think that’s highly unlikely though…
its possible though
if he has a fantastic season at rangers then it will be hard for wenger to not give him a proper chance in arsenal’s first team
I still have hope for Nacer, even if he does not make it at Arsenal, his success will only further solidify the reputation of the academy. I am a bit surprised at the sheer hatred Walcott seems to recieve by many Arsenal fans. I have been frustrated by his decision making on multiple occassions as well, however, the kid has just turned 21. Do we expect these kids to peak already at this age? I think we have been spoiled by Fabregas to think all these kids should be so good so soon. There are very few Fab’s and Messi’s out there people. Let’s not forget that Henry was 23 before he became a force as well. Surely Wenger sticks with Theo because he has what cannot be taught. Electifying pace and quickness. I still think Theo’s decision making will imporve, and when it does he could be incredible. He has already had flashes of brilliance before he passed the age of 20. Also, Messi clearly stated England’s biggest mistake was not brining Theo as he was someone that teams FEARED! That pace can make a team play differently, which can give the other players more chances as the opposition is too busy worrying about Theo. I say wait until the kid is at least 23+ before we give up on him.
Seems like some of you think Wenger’s an idiot. To think that Wenger would field Walcott on sentimentality is silly. Like all great managers Wenger has a ruthless streak and would have dropped him if he wasn’t good enough for us – think Francis Jeffers. Even the Barca squad admitted he was the one player they feared! And to compare Walcott to Barazite is like comparing Henry to Pires. Do I have to mention that ones a striker and the other’s ….you get the drift. Finally I’d take Wenger’s opinion above any whiner!
Theo walcott is a quality player ppl just expect too much from him.
Wenger sees him in training everyday so i think hes know whos is best players and what players are not good enough for arsenal ie simposn, barazite
Walcott still is not a winger. For me he needs to be a striker. 4-3-3 doesn’t suit him and we’ll never see the best from Walcott until he is played as a striker with a partner up front ala Henry. He still doesn’t use the ball well enough to be a winger. And his end product has only marginally improved. Wneger must know something we don’t because to this point Walcott has underperformed. To me he just isn’t a winger, but wenger must see something in him that most others don’t.
Walcott isn’t even a footballer. If he as called Pierre Umbungo and was from the D.R. Congo he’d have been booed like Eboue and Song, both of which are infinitely more talented than Walflower.
Guy is stealing a living.
Anthony’s a tool everybody.
Well i am sure the average arsenal fan knows more than Messie about football yeh? The average fan knows who is a threat on the pitch and who is not. They know better than Messie and Barca who to fear and who to not fear.
This page just confirms how retardet a huge percentage of the arsenal fans are.
Walcott is 21 give the guy a break
if he improves his final ball he can be incredible (my view)
needs to see a sports head doctor .really lacks the confidence his ability deserves .
Any news on a Center Back.. We desperately need at least 1.. I request all of you guys who live in London to please take banners in favor of signing a CB immediately to a training session ( of course only if that is possible )….
carlos puyol is reported to be touting a move to the emirates . aparently he cant live without ceas .
without cesc
i hate all you anti-theo bloggists. theo was our best player in the last quater of the year, with his starring performance against barca and his goal against wigan.
THEO SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE SUPPORT BECAUSE HE UNDOUBTEDLY HAS THE TALENT BUT HE IS FAR TOO INCONSISTENT AND HAS YET TO LEARN TO IMPOSE HIMSELF ON A GAME.
Its a joke the amount of stick he gets from some. Thing is, most of those who abuse him havent even seen him plaY live and are just acting like brain dead sheep. You know? How most of the twats on the internet act.
Andrew, ever the optimist! I really hope you’re right that Barazite will shine at Rangers, but given that they’re even more long-ball-physical in their style than Derby County, and Scottish football is, on the whole, even more primitive than the Championship, I’m sad for the kid. Yes, there’s the CL, but that’s only a positive thing if he gets a chance to play in it, which I’m not that confident of. Knowing Rangers they’ll put their trust in muscle and size and will aim to hoof the ball up to a big man, not take a risk in what will be financially the most important games of their season on a little inexperienced kid.
Hope you’re right about Walcott as well. I’ve nothing against him – he’s a nice kid and very hardworking – but it looks to me as though the talent he once had as an instinctive finisher has gone. It’s almost like, in trying to play the Wenger way out on the wing, he’s lost confidence in his shooting instincts. Perhaps he’ll eventually manage to learn the more cerebral skills, such as timing a pass, but it clearly doesn’t come easily to him and it’s taking a very long time! If Wellington does well and becomes first choice on the right, I fear for Walcott’s future.
when you’re an arsenal fan optimism is the only weapon you have
Rubbish! I’m a pessimist and I think we’re pretty good – just not sure that Walcott’s going to develop into an Arsenal-type player!
ok lets start
goalkeeping sitaution to start with we have no PL keeper unless we put Szczesny in there
then comes the CB situation we only have 3 CBs
then comes the DM situation if SOng gets injured then what
after all this comes the stupid english referees and coaches that make sure arsenal get atleast 2-3 injuries per game
then comes club like city who can buy anyone from money they didnt even make whereas we make money the right way
Oh we are going into anfield next week without any idea who our goalkeeper will be, our CBs still havent gelled, we will probably have to throw frimpong and wilshere because of the injuries to the regulars
OH we need to be optimistic
, WALCOTT WAS NEVER AN INSTINCTIVE FINISHER .
MAYBE WE SHOULD SPEND 200 MILLION , WIN THE LEAGUE A COUPLE OF TIMES , HAVE A PARTY THEN CALL IN THE RECEIVERS.
now that will be stupid
but calling us pretty good is also stupid
walcott scored over a 100 goals for afc newbury in a single season as a kid which brought about chelsea interest he was a born finisher more like he just lacks confidence
I am horrified at how Barazite has recently seemingly been overlooked and overrated in the arsenal media community. He is a monster of a player, and first response to that statement would be a comparison with Wilshere which is unfair, as no other Arsenal youngster is as effective as him. Have people forgot how his injury stopped him just as he was stepping into the spotlight?
Lets hope this is just a jion.
I am horrified at how Barazite has recently seemingly been overlooked and underrated in the arsenal media community. He is a monster of a player, and first response to that statement would be an expected comparison with Wilshere which is unfair, as no other Arsenal youngster is as effective as him. Have people forgot how his injury stopped him just as he was stepping into the spotlight?
Lets hope this is just a loan.
Looks like he played well hope things work out for him.
http://www.rangers.co.uk/articles/20100810/a-dutch-of-class_2254024_2117802
I have seen him play a few times, and more recently at Welling – he was the worst player on the pitch in my opinion. For his age, he is no where near the Arsenal first team and I think he will be moved on – totally out of his depth.
Gutted as I really hoped he would make it, good luck to him in future…
Looks like it’s going to be a loan rather than permanent. http://bit.ly/batf00
brilliant news looks like he impressed their coaching staff
this isnt the last year of his contract with us is it?
ANDREW HOW CAN WE NOT BE PRETTY GOOD WHEN WE ARE IN EUROPE AGAIN ?
look we are not spurs who are just happy to be in the CL we are arsenal and we should be a club who wants to win everything and we should have a team to win everthing
the problem is that everytime we come close to looking like the final product either someone wants a move away, someone doesnt renew his contract or wenger just over looks that flaw
Right now we have an amazing team going forward but we look defensively horrible
that’s partly because of the formation. 4-3-3 is a very attacking formation with closing down the primary way to defend
then comes our genius keepers who are brilliant shot stoppers but horrible at the basics of goalkeeping
we need a GK or give a Szczesny a chance
then comes the CB issue we have three CBs with one defender just coming back from a long term injury we need another
if we sign these two then we have a chance without its all optimism
‘but calling us pretty good is also stupid’.
Depends on your perspective. I agree with your list of our weaknesses, and I could add to it, but then there are plenty of things about us that are ‘pretty good’. We’re well run and financially sound; we play football that’s respected throughout the world; we are producing young players and our future is brighter than that of any other English club so long as we don’t fall victim to a Glazer or Hicks and Gillett. No, I don’t expect us to win the league or the CL. but then I never do, not in recent years, so I’m always pleasantly surprised that we get reasonably close. After all, only one team can win the league so it’s hardly a divine right. Some well-supported clubs have never won and probably never will. Imagine what it must be like to support Liverpool right now, or Villa. Being consistently in a CL spot without going into debt and endaging the club’s future is itself something to be pleased about and proud of. If we manage third or, at worst, fourth, I’ll see it as an accomplishment.
‘Walcott was never an instinctive finisher’? Well, Southampton fans thought he was. Don’t know how much you watched him before he came to us, but his finishing was much talked about at the time, so I assume this, and not just his pace, was one of the reasons Wenger bought him.
we are great on the business front but we are a football club and although a club should be financially sound it should spend when the need is there and the money is there
I dont know our wage budget but this year on the transfer fees front
we bought kos for 10 million sold Eduardo for 6 and simpson will also be sold for 1 million so in total we spend 3 million that less than what a championship club spend
and you know I know and everybody here knows we need a GK and a CB
I am not expecting Chilleni and Alder
I will be happy with an unknown decent CB and a unknown decent GK I have the utmost trust in wenger’s ability to find players but he needs to buy to make us competitive
IF we dont we will stay with the CL but we wont win it
WE SHOULD EXPECT THE BEST BUT IN REALITY IF WE DONT GO DOWN THE BIG BUCK ,SUGAR DADDY ROUTE THEN WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND HOPE TO SEE WNGERS PLAN COME TO FRUITION.I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE ARSENAL RETAIN A BALANCE AND PURSUE LONG TERM STABLITY ON AND OFF THE PITCH WITH A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF FOOTBALL SUUCCESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.TROUBLE IS MANY ARSENAL FANS WERE SPOILT AND LEFT BEHIND IN YESTERYEAR .
here’s the problem we can be patient but players arent
we dont win then players start moving it happened with flamini then hleb and know it happening with Fabregas
we can try and rebuild slowly but it doesnt help these player just move on to clubs like barca, real, city whoever offers more money and where they have a better chance of winning it
and we have to start all over again and when you are a club with the size of arsenal trophies are expected
unlike most arsenal fans I can understand why we had to sell our best to balance the books but through wenger’s own admission and our financial reports we are making incredible we are doing incredibility well
and we should buy if the need is there and the money is there
koscielny was an 8.5 million confirmed by sky sports news
This shit team won at Anfield last season and theres a good chance Maschernao wont be at Liverpool by Sunday.
This over reaction to pre-season games shows how gullible and spoon fed by the twats in the media and other blogs some gooners are.
Of course we could do with more transfers and until August 31st i will be expecting them to arrive.
Win lose or draw at Anfield it wont determine where the title goes for us this season.
The chavs keep on losing this pre-season and cavalho’s off to madrid, while United are skint and aint adding to their squad, so lets have some perspective and stop the moaning for god sake!
this is not a shit team you idiot but its not a title winning team either
with the injuries we suffer are you seriously telling me that if we go into the season without buying a keeper and a CB we have a realistic chance of winning the PL trophy
I have always been an optimistic when it comes to arsenal and I hope to see fabianski become an incredible keeper, I hope we wont have 10 first team players injured for every game, I hope Song wont get injured, I hope RVP stays fit for the entire year, i hope we dont get CB injuries and be in a scenario where we have 2 CB injured at the same time.
This is what I will tell you I can hope all I want but we live in a real world and the reality is PL is won not by the first XI of a team but what backup it has
Any-one remember Arsenal in 2008.
Trust me Wenger is not stupid, The only upgrade that team had was Lehmann in Goal.
We would do well
Is there any “Young Guns” fantaasy league @premierleague.com..??
andrew , has fabianski got a brother then?
A debate i just found in another web could clear the air on whether theo is ready.now who do you see the first 11 should be with the CURRENT squad. Lets see who would rate theo.
Hi – because I am in Thailand at the moment I can’t get the England – Hungary match up – could anyone send me a link or a good website where I can watch it tonight?
Thanks
rojadirecta dot com
it has links to everything
Aren’t any links to our match – do you know any others?
it has links for everything
J has kyle bartley just signed a new long term contract?
Yeah it says so on the arsenal website story of his loan to Sheff Utd.
rangers really do need a winger so he could be good on a permanent deal