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Post by Bergkamp a Dutch master on Aug 6, 2012 20:19:09 GMT
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Post by ammaar on Aug 6, 2012 20:22:09 GMT
Good lord, I hope not.
Anyone seen him play? He gets exposed so horribly defensively. He's good going forward and has a lovely shot on him, but defensively, his positional sense and speed of thought is equivalent to Jenkinson's. Very suspect defensively.
We could find someone better.
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Post by ALTBOULI on Aug 6, 2012 20:53:06 GMT
He was seen as a very hot prospect when he first came to the scene, he may not be the best defensively but I think Wenger can work with him to make him a better all-round player. He would be decent cover for Sagna at least.
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Post by ammaar on Aug 6, 2012 20:57:02 GMT
I would rather we get Debuchy. Van der Wiel is far too attacking to say the least and has very little discipline.
He wouldn't be the worst signing in the world, but I would be feeling anxious.
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Post by ALTBOULI on Aug 6, 2012 21:09:52 GMT
Not as anxious as Clichy made me feel, I think Van der Wiel is more reliable than you give him credit for and he obviously has talent otherwise he wouldn’t have won the dutch young player of the season award a few seasons back. He's still only 24 so he hasn’t reached his prime yet as a defender.
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Post by ammaar on Aug 6, 2012 21:13:11 GMT
Of course he has time to improve, but his defending leaves a lot to be desired and the Dutch league isn't particularly known for their defensive solidity. Like I said, not totally against the move should we go for him, but it wouldn't be an impressive signing for us.
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Post by Jayramfootball on Aug 6, 2012 21:37:16 GMT
Yeah - I am not sure about this guy - he does have a habit of getting horribly exposed by good wingers...
Our full backs will have to do I think - I'd prefer a DM above a FB right now.
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Post by jjsb on Aug 7, 2012 6:28:17 GMT
Anyone think that with our new signing/s that Song will be told to sit deeper now?We'll have less need for him to bomb forward and if he works on his positioning should be fine as our out and out DM.
The only positions I'm currently worries about are RB and back up to goal.
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Post by Jayramfootball on Aug 7, 2012 6:44:08 GMT
Anyone think that with our new signing/s that Song will be told to sit deeper now?We'll have less need for him to bomb forward and if he works on his positioning should be fine as our out and out DM. The only positions I'm currently worries about are RB and back up to goal. This is probably true - I still think Song could be a brilliant DM, if only he would sit deep... but concerned he may be off. If so, then we most certainly need another DM. Not sure we need another goal keeper. |
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Post by thehothead on Aug 7, 2012 10:44:49 GMT
I still think we could do with a commanding CB, I am still fearful in that position, we need a trooper right there.
For all my dissing of Song, if he were to play as a DM and not venture forward, just do the simple things right, I'd be a big fan of his because he isn't easy to get past. Not sure I want us to have overly attacking full backs, we need to get back to basics and learn to defend first .. everything else comes after.
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