This post is really born from some comments on my posts so I thought I'd create a whole post from my responses to it.
Fans are getting frustrated because they don't see us competing in the transfer market with the likes of Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Man Citeh. They want a marquee signing and I can understand why. People look at the signings of Squillaci and Koscielny in the summer and pound their fists together and ask why didn't we spend real hard cash and replace Gallas, Senderos and Toure?
Wenger doesn't buy ready-made players, with a few rare exceptions he wants to make them.
I don't think Squillaci and Koscielny are bad defenders. Its their first season in the premier league and its only Koscielny's 2nd season in top flight football. Koscielny wasn't bought to start every game, he and Squillaci were bought to supplement Vermaelen and Djourou and both be brought into the Premier League slowly, circumstances however have seen them play a lot more than expected. I can tell you now, Wenger never meant for them to be the first choice pairing for this season.
Koscielny is one of the best 1v1 defenders in the premiership, yes their partnership is vulnerable but it is still young in terms of games.
Now I WISH Wenger would spend twenty million on a Goalkeeper, or a defender, or sod it both!! But he will never do that. He's a coach first and a manager second. He wants to make talent, not buy it.
Thats why Henry was a great player, thats why he helped an aging Arsenal defence play on for year after year.
I certainly feel your frustrations, but we're building a great side and I'd rather be positive than negative, that just leads to the dark side.
Hang on in there gooners, we're on the cusp of greatness.
WG
the point is WE WONT BUY ANY DEFENDERS OR GOALKEEPERS.
ReplyDeletetherefore, we need to improve quality.
hard to gain,but if we did only victory we'll see.
We are a team full of perennially injured or disinterested superstars, augmented with a bunch of useless nafs, all coached by a deranged French lunatic - or so it would seem if you believe some the Arsenal FAN blogs (I use the term FAN loosely).
ReplyDeleteYet we are coming second in the EPL!!!! Forget Lourdes...this is a miracle of truly biblical proportions!!!
I'm not sure how Li'l Jack is managing it what with having to drag Denilson Clichy and whatever other foreign players the commenters choose - Give us all a break and go support Stoke if you feel that way****
**** By the way I think Jack is awesome but a perusal of some blogs seem to mirror the English press.....Jack can do no wrong (try checking how many tackles he missed and his pass percentage Monday night along with Song) and still our much maligned FRENCH CB's managed to only concede 1 goal when MU supposedly flogged us!!! What a performance!
Everyone calls for Gibbs to replace that French duffer Clichy as well.....well we keep trying but the English lad seems a little.....er.....brittle - so much for the tough English players we need so much that the bloggers keep banging on about.
Half the bogs think Diaby is the answer - the other half think he is rubbish - half the blogs think Vela is an underutilised superstar - the other half want to sell him. Half the blogs think Bendtner is the answer the rest think he is like a great Dane puppy in boots!
I love Arsenal and enjoy reading the wealth of Arsenal blogs - but to be honest I am about to start pruning my "favourites" cause its all getting too confusing.
Stop writing cock if you have nothing to write.
ReplyDeleteThank you mr Anon. I've got plenty to write, I just thought it would make a decent article to read.
ReplyDeleteI apologise for making such a disgusting decision that has irked you so.
Thank you for reading.
WG
Its probably worth mentioning that the whole of the content is mine and not reposted tripe.
ReplyDeleteIt was born from my response to some thoughtful comments on a previous article.
WG
nice post that says it all, if those fans don't get it, then they should support man citeh or chelsky
ReplyDeleteproud to be a gooner