It just shows that henry cant adapt to Serie A

I'm a fan of Diaby and was absolutely in awe of his resemblence to Paddy in his early games. Twisting and turning and dribbling his way into the box... great stuff. He hasn't been the same since his fracture but there's still glimpses of his brilliance; too bad he's far too inconsistent in his performance. The cameo on the left flank failed to convince anyone despite le Boss's intentions of letting him learn more skills in that position.

I still has confidence that he'll turn good, maybe not the next Paddy but at least a decent player for us. Youth shouldn't be an excuse but sadly it's undeniable that he's still relatively young. Maybe the fact that he's been here for some time now that we treat all our young players as experienced veterans and expect them to perform like players who are 27, 28 and in their peak.

kelvin: No quotes... nothing whatsoever about the Boca man... very hard to believe...

On the MOTD, thanks to whoever that posted it. I realised that this season our MOTDs have been really short and a bit boring to watch. Either it's our mediocre performance that caused it, or maybe MOTD tends to skip most of the good highlights and only focus on goals.

And something interesting about the game by Arsene:
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/-...ent-spirit-now-
Nicky has ankle injury? Maybe that could be one of the reasons why his ball control during the last few games was abysmal.
I stick by my opinion that he is more suited as an impact sub for now. Look at how he jumped for the ball when he first came on... His physique and energy would be useful in the final quarter of a game where he'll run the opponent's defence ragged.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jan 11 2009, 01:51 PM

I am merely passing on a transfer speculation. Quotes also don't mean anything at times.

But Wenger doesn't talk much on his potential rumours. And lately Wenger mentioned something about defensive midfielders. If he mentioned that, he might be confident of bringing in someone, or has already been in contact with someone.

Of course, these are all wild guess but let's just take a look and analyse a bit. Don't have to lose sleep over it though.

Well you already know how I view transfer rumours so yeah...

I am very sceptical about this Boca fella as he's a bit un-Wenger like... Maybe there were scouts watching him, but maybe the scouts were at Boca watching some 16 year old kid instead I doubt we're going for someone at 28 when Gazi's already has his hands full with a possible deal with Arshavin.

Actually, I thought another 28 year old signing, especially defensive midfielder, will be a wise move. My opinion is that since our available DMs (i.e. Alex Song and Denilson if you think he's a DM) are still learning and can't always be relied upon, such a signing would help them improve.

A lot of fans have been calling out for experience and I think such signing, especially only for about 5 million pounds, won't hurt us financially I suppose. Besides, we're really a few players away from a strong team again. What do you think, Starghazzer?

I guess all of us would love experienced players coming in to boost the team and lead the youngsters, but this rumour just seem too baseless for me. It smells too much of Rodrigo Palacio if you know what I mean.

Then again, we'll never know what Arsene and his scouts are looking for until they actually sign. Gut feeling says if we were to eye on someone it'll be from the Ligue 1

Talk to you on msn later... gtg back to S'pore this afternoon...

how many argie players in EPL? julio arca? pool's marcherano(spelling? )
remember Man Utd flop Veron? he is doing fine now in the argentina league

south america footballers can easily adapt in la liga, less physical

juve fail to make king henry flourish coz the manager plays him at wing position not centre forward

and newsoftheworld.co.uk is famous for such stories

This post has been edited by Meis: Jan 11 2009, 03:19 PM

Not really though. That's a sweeping statement at best.

Every league tends to have tough, hard players who can adapt to physical challenges. If Battaglia can match those in EPL, then he can easily be a very good player. We can't say anything about him being a flop in EPL before he experiences it.

La Liga isn't as easy as you think though. La Liga is less physical, yes, but a lot of players also flop in La Liga because of the very high technical level in the league. We don't know why Battaglia flopped at Villarreal so you can't say he'll definitely flop in the EPL because of his failure at Villarreal.

This post has been edited by kevlinefm: Jan 11 2009, 03:22 PM

it depends on how you look at it
some may say,that he cant adapt at Serie A
Henry was a 2nd choice at juventus afterall,benchwarmer
for me i think its more like wenger transforming him and giving him opportunities at Arsenal
wenger saw that "striker" potential in him and lead him the right direction
he was a winger at Juventus but a striker at Arsenal
result of it:
King Henry

maybe this will answer everyone curiosity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Battaglia

still think he is the "Special Talent" that Wenger been talking about?

ps. he is 28 years old, we might as well just keep Gilberto then

Well, how do you apply the "special talent" on defensive players? Their technique alone?

To be honest, every manager has their own criteria on defensive players. It's easier to spot an attacking "special talent", but a defensive player, i.e. a defensive midfielder is different. Hehe.

Some South American Gooners that follows South American football reckon Battaglia will be an excellent signing. A genuine ball winner and natural leader on the pitch. Stranger things have happened in football and bearing in mind we do have some transfer history with Boca signing Nelson Vivas before so I'm not completely ruling this out.

Hmm, am i the only that think that Bendtner scored on 84 rather than 86 tat kimhoong wrote?

Battaglia, 28...hmm maybe a good move or not
currently we are in short of DM option.
but when fabregas and rosicky come on, then they will be problems

i think we better stick to Diaby, although his performance is not consistent, but he's still learning his trade

If you think Diaby is a DM, you're wrong. He's an ACM who can also play behind the main striker.

Thanks

Oh, I didn't really checked on the exact time, I put it right after the match

Arsenal Vs Bolton





the actually video is arsenal vs bolton...but i made a mistake before uploading by renaming it arsenal vs portsmouth...

no worries


k enjoy...

read the star today, podolski want to go to cologne fpr only 10mil euros. Wenger can hijack this :-)

Podolski is a striker right? that what I remember I dont see why we need another striker, cause if we did get Ashavin, we will have more then enough striker, though I know AW wont play Ashavin as a striker if we get him. Let see, currently we have Ade, RvP, Eduardo, Vela, Benther and Walcott, that like 6 player that can play in that position

Though if I was playing FM, I would hijack that sales, and get the player and use him when I want or let him play in the reserve or sacrifice one of my current striker, but real life not as easy as FM life

This post has been edited by jim18992: Jan 11 2009, 06:15 PM

Podolski is a forward, a left forward. He was used as a left forward by Joachim Loew for Germany.