A Rush of Good-Byes...
Thursday, 17 July 08, 01:58 PM · Comments(4)
After so long without any major transfer acitivity since the departure ofMatt Flamini to Milan and the arrival of Aaron Ramsey from Cardiff, I woke up to the news that Gilberto and Alex Hleb have left Arsenal.
The former would certainly be missed for his professionalism and humble attitude which should endear him much to the fans of his new club, Panathinaikos. I did not think the departure of Hleb would be missed by much at Arsenal.
The Belarussian should have found the net more frequently with the skills that he has but the return of just ten goals in all the matches he played would not push him into the same mould as Robert Pires, the one who many Gooners would like to the same kind of player to don the red and white (or whatever left of it) colours of Arsenal.
There are a few unknown quantity in the Arsenal side for next season. I am waiting eagerly how Samir Nasri would fit in the Arsenal style of play though he already expressed his eagerness to be working with a coach like Arsene Wenger.
Then, there are the youngsters Ramsey and Carlos Vela of Mexico. I believe Theo Walcott will be given more responsibility during the coming season by Wenger as many Gooners are hoping that he would realise more and more of his potentials that saw him taken to Germany during the last World Cup.
If Abou Diaby could do a Flamini or emulate what Marcos Senna had done for Spain during EURO 2008, that would enable Cesc Fabregas and Nasri to do more damage up-front to the oppositions. Even the Brazilian Denilson is capable of doing the same function.
The only area that really disappointed me is the Adebayor protracted transfer saga. I chose to believe in him last season despite him missing a hatful of scoring chances. Unfortunately, the reward was a demand of a hefty pay rise to be at par with the legendary Thierry Henry.
Par with Thierry? Are you for real?
Now, I really wish that he would go to Barcelona (which is quite unlikely unless Sam Eto'o makes his move too). Despite not having many opportunity I really hope Niklas Bendtner would be able to step up and relegate the Togonator to the bench.
So much to look forward to and I just cannot wait!
Up the Arse!
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I think Diaby would be far more effective in a DM role. I saw him playing LM many times last season and he looked well out of position, giving the ball away too much. Defensively (if he can stop the two-footed lunges) he has great potential, as does Denilson for the midfield. Song - I think Wenger showed by playing him as a centre back he intends to leave him there rather than DM, but who knows? I think Cesc may surprise us with a high scoring season this year, he was a little quiet last season for me, and lets not forget Robin, this could (and should) be RVP's year! What a player when fresh! Good times ahead i hope.
AFCtrue - Cesc exploded early in the season (remember the one he struck at sp*ds?) but looked tired towards the end. Hopefully he will do the same but this time will able to keep the momentum going right until May.
RVP certainly deserves any good fortune he could get this season.
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yeah.next season the younger gunners would have to step up and i believe diaby ould be in red hot form if not hampered by injury and also u forgot to mention alexander song. He looks like he could step into that role considering how well he played during the African nations cup. There would definitely be a good arsenal squad out there that could in matches but my major concern is in defence but i would love to see how arsene wenger deals with that. One more thing is that what about ROSICKY i haven't heard anything about the dude.
chisco - That's right. Alex Song's performance in defence towards the end of last season was really an eye opener. Perhaps it was a test by Arsene to see whether the young Cameroonian can step into the Flamini's role when the Frenchman did not sign the new contract offered by Arsenal.
I really hope the Czech skipper would be able to stay free from injury this coming season and score more crackers like the one against Hamburg.
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