Jadson was really impactful during Brazil's Copa America campaign, to the point that some people were surprised in Brazil that he wasn't called up again.

Quick obligatory run through of Youtube videos of last season and it seems he much prefers passing down the flanks diagonally (even if the killer pass option might be available). Obviously, you can't tell anything at al from Youtube highlight reels, but can't help feeling that this is part of Wenger's plan - buy many pacy wingers, get someone to spray the balls at them.

Some people will be happy we're making more crosses than trying to unlock defences all the time, I'm sure.

Cesc is gone, so we're definitely looking to change our play a bit.

As much as we can only wait until the transfer window ends before we can begin to criticise his overall policy, Arsene has shot himself in the foot in leaving it so late to conduct any business.

One week left = clubs raising prices because they think we're desperate.

Unless we have really good negotiators who can do stuff like threatening to pull out of negotiations because we have other targets, we're gonna pay even more than we would have earlier in the window.

Everton and Valencia are two cash-strapped clubs that some would wonder why we are not making more use of.

Namun, Man Utd tidak teragak-agak menjual Beckham, Keane ataupun Ronaldo. Kita jual pemain pun, Arsenal tetap kuat.

Bukan masalah menjadi feeder club, tapi kepentingan Arsenal mesti didahulukan. The club is bigger than the man.

Who says Kaka is available? Some gossip column based on unsubstantiated claims and conjecture?

Ljungberg was plucked out of the Swedish leagues and unproven in any top league, Reyes was a big money signing with potential (think Alex Chamberlain) and Gallas was part of the Cashley deal.

Apart from Pires and Petit, a lot of these buys weren't for 'experience', nor were they 'big money'. Gervinho is experienced as well, winning Ligue 1 (something Pires never even achieved, and Manu did only once). So, in your books, Gervinho would be quite close to Pires' or Petit's signing.



Setuju. Walaupun khabar anging tentang gaji Kaka hanya war-war semata-mata, anggaran tersebut besar kemungkinan tidak terlalu jauh dari kebenaran. Agak susah dipercayai sekiranya Kaka yang dibeli dengan harga yang amat tinggi seperti itu tidak mendapat gaji yang tinggi berserta sebahagian daripada bayaran pemindahannya.

Dalam hal ini, Arsene sudah menjelaskan bahawa dia lebih mementingkan pengalaman Premier League kerana dia percaya bahawa gaya permainan di Premier League amat berbeza dengan liga-liga lain. Itu antara sebab kenapa kebanyakan khabar angin yang mengaitkan kita dengan Centreback melibatkan pemain-pemain yang kini bermain di England (Samba, Cahill, Jagielka dll.)

Selain itu, Arsene ternyata lebih gemar dengan defender yang berkemampuan memulakan serangan melalui passing mereka dan pada pendapat saya, Mertesacker kurang ampuh dari segi itu.