Piece of piss, group stage done

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Originally Posted by Rich

It's not that, Wes. Even in the purple patch you mention he was still showing the concerning traits that he had before joining Arsenal.

I've never seen such a big player be so weak on the ball. I can forgive the complete absence of technical ability if he was using his physical characterisics to his advantage but he's incapable.

He is quite fast but in the PL he's not as fast as the defenders he's up against. So when he does get space (which is what he needs but is very rarely afforded to Arsenal) he loses the ball. He ruins our buildup play by constantly losing the ball (or rather it sort of bounces off him at peculiar angles).

I don't think his teammates have any confidence in him at all (and they see him far more than we do) and I really cannot blame them.

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Maybe start complaining when we haven't just won our 6th game on the trot in the CL, toping the table with just one world class goal conceded.

When are you munching in Gay Paree, btw?

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Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult

Agreed. I remember a Gooner cover with a cartoon of Titi saying "Why does ze manager keep talking about banjos and the arse of a cow?"

Just watched the 3 goals again. For the first, two defenders are with Vik to Noni's left, for the 2nd two defenders are watching Vik leaving Noni free at the back post and for the 3rd, Vik takes one defender opening up space for Gabby.

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So he stands there and attracts defenders?

60 million is an awful lot of money to pay for a scarecrow.

I think we will see a change now the captain is back. If there are runs being made he will spot them.

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Originally Posted by Peter

So he stands there and attracts defenders?

60 million is an awful lot of money to pay for a scarecrow.

I think we will see a change now the captain is back. If there are runs being made he will spot them.

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Not if the scarecrow has 2 defenders on him and he knows how to drag them out of the way so that B, Noni, Leo, Gabby, Odin and Easy can keep banging them in.

Even last night when the consensus is he didn't have a great game, he took two, two and one defender away from the action for the three goals.

That is a good value scarecrow.