i am arsenal fans but the look of it. i dont think we can win
anything this season.
1. almunia is too soft to be a great goalkeepers.
1. central defenders cant deal with aerial heights.
2. alex song is too slow and light weight to be a wordl class
defensive midfielder.
3. denilson is too slow and lightweight to be deploy as a winger
or creative midfielder.
4. rosicky is good as not having! he is on the treatment table
more than on the field.
5. theo walcott is too fast that he often left the ball behind
when he run past defender.
6. bendther, well i think he will be sold once eduardo or
asharvin join arsenal.
arsenal problem is too lightweight, lack of height, lack of
experience leadership. and arsene wenger obsession with kids.
arsenal is a top club, they shouldnt depends on yongster to fill
the starting XI. As most of the footballers are late
developers.
i share the same feeling as you. only difference is not "i think
they will not win anything" but they will not win. even in such
dire situations, arsene wenger is unwilling to spend to buy
players. and even if he buys, he is looking to get yaya toure, a
defensive midfielder, we need attacking midfields and better
defenders, not an average player who can't make the barcelona
squad. we need someone like robben, van de vaart.
in relation to your points above:
1) almunia is a good keeper. he has good reflexes, agility and
handling but lacks the most important attribute keepers must have:
positioning. that's why he always dives when people shoot into the
goal yet can't reach it. if he was in the correct spot, he could
have saved it. also arsenal is the only team in the current top 6
who has a 1st keeper who has 0 caps for the country.
2) it's not about the height, it's about the jumping ability and
other than gallas and toure and sagna, the rest are
featherweights.
3) alex who? when was alex song even meant to be an Arsenal
midfielder. he is a million miles away from world class because
although he has the stature, he cannot read the game well, we need
someone like mascherano or gilberto silva
4) just check out denilson's assists to game ratio and balk at
the paltry figure, in fact it's close to 0.1. a creative midfielder
need to string passes well and start counter attacks - again
another short featherweight.
5) Rosicky is a member of Arsenal Hospital not Arsenal football
club. He gets knocked over too easily.
6) Walcott is skilful but Arsene Wenger should put him in front
rather than on the wing so that he can contribute in terms of
goals
7) Arshavin will never come to Arsenal because of the high
asking price. Eduardo will probably come back and contribute as
much as Kanu had contributed - i.e. average. Bendtner will just be
another Bentley or Pennant - a forgotton talent who only shined in
other clubs.
just do a heads to heads comparison with the squad now and that
of 2002
seaman vs almunia - seaman. world class keeper
cole vs clichy - draw
lauren vs sagna - sagna
campbell vs gallas - campbell
adams vs toure - adams is a legend
pires vs nasri - can't tell yet. nasri is full of potential
ljungberg vs walcott - ljungberg
vieira vs denilson - vieira
bergkamp vs diaby - bergkamp
henry vs adebayor - henry
wiltord vs van persie - draw
