keep eboue. despite not approving of his antics on occasions, he shows heart while playing for the club (unlike the number 25). he loves arsenal and thats a good enough reason to keep him as his versatility and willingness to play second fiddle to walcott and sagna will be important to ensure that we have the depth required to mount a serious challenge next season.

No offence, but among most English newspapers, the Mirror is considered one of the worst and most unreliable, if not the worst and most unreliable.

sell ade enough la. if we got 13M as claimed, selling ade at 20m odd is good enough.. then we'll have 30+M to spend on at least 2 people, sign 1 year extension for Gallas, also sign RVP, Song, Bendtner on new deals and keep eboue.



This post has been edited by sakaito: May 31 2009, 01:14 AM

major shake-up... really? if that's real i hope it's for adding players, not removing them.

Guys, if you follow the news on the Mirror, then Wenger would've sold the whole squad in the summer.

if u keep adding without removing, then your team will be unsettle. more players wanna play and creates tension instead of competition. We definitely don't want that.

Who comes out with this "major shake-up" speculation anyway? AW didn't say that.

If you ask me, "major shake-up" involves large scale selling of regulars - the nearest we saw was when Abramovich bought over Chelsea. Seriously, I do not foresee AW will sell 4-5 regulars.

I'd say, keep Eboue - I do not mind keeping Adebayor also; providing him start playing football again and STOP talking to the media unnecessarily as a PR guy or something.

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Added on May 31, 2009, 11:56 pmYes, I'm one the those who agree that we offload before we upload players! Not to mention that our promising youngsters are forcing their ways to the first teamers but the space is just ain't big enough for everybody.

This post has been edited by kimhoong: Jun 1 2009, 09:11 AM

oh yeah, we definitely need to offload some before bringing ppl in.. wth was i thinking... i probably was thinking too much about the shake up, coz the squad we have right now doesnt need to undergo a 'major shake-up' in terms of removing too many players. screw that rumour anyway

i dunno abt nick, i'd say he's not that bad of a player. i'll keep eboue, like one forumer once said he's a good utility player. a good sub i guess =)

we need to add more depth into our defensive qualities.

when glichy injured and gallas we suffered dearly in important games like the man utd, and the chelsea one.

theres no need to let anybody leave. if we keep this squad for this coming season i can actually see come chemistry building among all team members.

let's hope all stays. even silvestre

In terms of the crowded areas such as the forwards and creative attackers, yes... We probably are well stocked up in those aspects. But we probably can improve on areas in particularly CB without letting go of anyone. It would be great to have an established player challenging Kolo and Willy for their spots. Silvestre is, and will be, merely a backup utility defender; while for JD it would be great to ease him into the team in a more gradual fashion. Sendy? No signs of him returning, and even if he did, he probably didn't achieve enough at Milan to prove that he's better than any of our current options.

Nicky will stay. He's not the finished article yet, and the potential is already there to be seen. Despite a shaky start to his season, he has managed to get a decent number of goals which is not too far behind our other strikers. Granted, some of them should have came in more vital games, but he's not the only one who failed to shine when it mattered the most. I'm very pleased with his development this season, yet I must say it was partially because I wasn't expecting him to become Thierry Henry at the tender age of 20.

Eboue... good utility player, I would be one of them who called so. But it's true. He doesn't complain about the lack of first team opportunities, and we've seen that without the playacting, Eboue can be a very good player who pushes forward with great drive and athleticism.

Tabloids are cranking up once again... Like what kelvin said, if we believe everything that the media claims, we'd be selling our entire team !!

I dont mind AW sells Ade (trouble maker), Denilson (Won't have big improvement in the future), Diaby (piece of $hit). Just bring in Toure/Barry!!!

i rather sell ade than nicky. yes i know i may be biased since i really like nick and i really hate ade, but nick has been good this season and he is only 1 goal away from ade. so i say, keep nick

What i like most about Bendtner is his workrate. He may not be the most talented or deadly striker but his workrate and his willingness to drop deep to collect the ball and link up play makes him a good player to keep. Plus, he's a really good finisher in the air. There's not another player in our camp that could time the run, rise in the air and nod past the GK, as good as Bendtner does.

With Ade, he's a slightly better finisher than Bendtner. His mazy runs, the speed and his positioning. But i guess that comes with match experience. The thing about Ade, he's very seasonal. There's a period whereby he would score for instance 8 goals in 9 matches and there will be a period whereby he would run dry for 7-8 matches and looked lost in the game. What he's lacking is consistency, but of coz im not doubting his abilities when his form arrives.

This post has been edited by giotto: Jun 1 2009, 09:47 AM

You're right. Some people expect so much so soon from Bendtner. Heck, Thierry Henry didn't become Thierry Henry until aged 22-23!!

Obviously, one of the things to work on is his finishing, but don't forget Henry took 12 games before netting his first goal and he still missed quite a few sitters in his first year. I'm not saying Bendtner is the next Henry (not even close!), but judging by his footwork, creativity and ability to hold up the ball, he has the potential to be a very good player within the next two seasons.

At least Nick heads better den Ade evendou our crosses arent up to par. Nick will penetrate the defence more and waiting for passes rather than Ade staying at the wings to emulate Henry. Nick is 20 with a pink boot.

Eboue wise, i'll say keep it. Hes like Arsenal O'Shea. He didnt complains and did his job well enough. We still need his experience as well.

This post has been edited by Vinci777: Jun 1 2009, 10:03 AM

By the way, did anybody see the BPL best goals last night? No. 2 was Bentley's volley against us.

I would say bendtner did score some goals eventhough coming as sub...and his best partnership is with vela...i love to see these 2 strikers linked up and understand each other....for ade's case, i don't really know who is actually best partner for him!!

Ade when playing 4-3-3 and Nicky + Vela when playing 4-4-2.

But, when ade playing 4-3-3 i fear it would become 4-6-0 when Henry soul possesed him again.

This post has been edited by Vinci777: Jun 1 2009, 11:53 AM

All stay. add maybe a holding midfileder and a centre half. we need squad depth.

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