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Arsenal Thread

If Fabregas does leave, Joe Cole could be a handy (free) purchase. I could see him thriving in a Wenger team, anywhere in a 3 behind the forward.
 
Yeah I wouldn't mind Joe Cole on a free anyway. Can't see it doing any harm and he has plenty of experience.
 
true... but he might be too old for wenger policie...hes turning 29...

but he would be a good addition but Cole is guy that if he move away from chelsea he'll want to play every week and do we have a spot for him?
 
true... but he might be too old for wenger policie...hes turning 29...

but he would be a good addition but Cole is guy that if he move away from chelsea he'll want to play every week and do we have a spot for him?

his better than nasri thats for sure
 
I may be mistaken and about to say a huge error, but i never really seen that much from Nasri.. He doesn't really seem that player that every1 wants him to be. But, again, maybe im wrong.
 
I may be mistaken and about to say a huge error, but i never really seen that much from Nasri.. He doesn't really seem that player that every1 wants him to be. But, again, maybe im wrong.

On his day, he can make a huge difference to a game. But like quite a few players in our team, he is not very consistant.

HE scored that lovely goal in the champs league last season (just gone) and thought he could take on the world after that, he kept trying to take on people and it didn't quite work.

But I think Nasri is a good player and can be a match winner on his day. he is a good sqaud player to have. But I do think he can make that step up he just needs the confidence.
 
i'm not denying joe cole's talent or quality, buuut:
now we are a ex-man utd/ chelsea has-beens graveyard?!
our attack wasn't the problem. may i remind you? it was the defence who was shocking.

about cesc i just want to say it's hard to find a great player like him who can defend too, because he can.

p.s.: sorry if i was too harsh.
 
i'm not denying joe cole's talent or quality, buuut:
now we are a ex-man utd/ chelsea has-beens graveyard?!
our attack wasn't the problem. may i remind you? it was the defence who was shocking.

about cesc i just want to say it's hard to find a great player like him who can defend too, because he can.

p.s.: sorry if i was too harsh.

We don't particularly need him (we don't need somebody in his position). So if it was between him and another player, then of course not.

But we do need more experienced players that have won things to join our club and he does fit the bill. He is also free aswell (I know he would take some hefty wage, but it might be worth it).
 
We're talking about Joe cole but are there any news that Wenger have an eye on him or its just some evo web speculation? or some wishful thinking? =p
 
Spurs and West Ham also.

It looked like he was more than likely going to spurs, but they didn't want to pay the wages he was after.
 
the Suns newspaper link us with gourcuff as the replacement for cesc, but with that chamaks deal, I doubt bordeaux will allow another of their player to us...and also that joe cole as signed for us but these are just rumours...like always
 
Poor Theo. For me he hasn't done enough of late, so it probably the correct decision, but you still feel for the lad.
 
Yes, sorry. That was a bit cryptic wasn't it?

Not sure if Wright-Phillips really warrants a place but then he does have more experience.
 
Theo hasn't done much over the last season so maybe he didn't deserve a place, but niether has Heskey?

In the first game against Mexico I thought Theo was one of the better players (I know its controversial :PP) Everybody played shit in that game.

But he had a few goes at the mexican defence, put in a few dangerous crosses, but the one thing that stood out for me was he did well coming back to defend. Whenever johnson went forward, theo would be aware of the threat from the other team and did well I thought.

He did much better than Lennon in the first game IMO. I can't see what Lennon did better than Theo in the first game?

Both matches though pretty much everybody played shit, so I think it was harsh to let Theo go on the basis of those matches. Can't see what Wright-Phillips did to earn his place either?

Anyway the proof is in the pudding, hopefully the right choice was made and England win the world cup.

And lets hope this motivates Theo on to play amazing in the next 4years (2 years for the Euros aswell) and make sure he is on the plane next time. This could be the thing that gives him a kick up the arse!
 
Well Lennon had far less time in that first game than Walcott.

And yet the one thing I remember was Lennon cutting inside from a pass or something like that and actually doing something like a cross or shot, Walcott did very little.

I'dve preferred that Theo went because you never know he might've used his pace to create something good but he's not had a great season and hasn't played particularly well in friendlies either.

But then neither has Barry and everyone in the England camp is somehow waiting on him like Rooney in '06 and Beckham in '02 as if he's some sort of messiah.

Heskey, Cole, Carrick, Gerrard, Carragher, Ferdinand, Terry and a host of others haven't had great seasons and yet they're going so I just don't get the selection process.
 
Lennon did that cutting in move and got tackled. Then the commmentators started to go on how we hadn't seen that from Walcott etc

Yet Walcott created a much better chance but played it abit too late to Rooney who was then offside. Maybe he should have taken it on his own? maybe not?

Lennon may have had less time. But if you look properly at the game Walcott actually did quite alot and more than most other players on our team.

Yet he got alot of the negativity from that game? like everybody was expecting him to score loads of goals.

I'm not saying he played amazingly well in the two games. But if you compare it to the other players on the England team in the same two matches, I think he did ok.

I really didn't see how Wright-Phillips and Lennon did that much better?

It would be interesting to see Lennons stats and Walcotts stats over the two games?
 
I think the manager knows how he wants to play and picked to fill that, the guys that will be bench and replacements have been picked from training and to fill holes...


As for Walcott he's done little to impress...
 
Lennon and Walcott both bring very similar things to the table so its wise to pick the better of the two and at the moment that's definitely Lennon.
 
yep agree with YoungGun, you always know what your going to get from Lennon, but you never know what your going to get from theo...cause he have a confidence problem, he can exceptional at time and sometime can be so useless...So with a tournament as high as WC cappello took no chance...
 
About Heskey. It's true that he has'nt had his best season, but he's massively important to the England team according to players like Ferdinand an Rooney...

A good team (or selection) is not about the 11 or 23 most gifted players, it's about team chemistry.

I do feel sorry for Walcott though...he's a very good player. If the choice was between him and Lennon, i wouldn't hesitate. Lennon was fantastic until his injury (but since i'm a Spurs fan, i'm not objective on this one).
 
Yeah I agree Lennon has played much better than Theo over the last couple of seasons in the premiership, so he deserved it overall.

But I was just mentioning on the England friendlies, it seemed like he was playing them both quite a bit, in order to make up his mind, I don't think anybody really did themselves any favours in those matches.

anyway...Theo has atleast a couple of more world cups in him, so hopefully he can play amazingly in the next few seasons :DD
 
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