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After reading a post from Akhil_gooner about Arsenal’s overall squad, I have been thinking a lot about the future of our club and where we are going to end up this season. With the players that we have and the ones are going to bring in, I along with many fellow Gooners believe that we could actually do very well this season, and even pick up a trophy, and why not? With the fire power we have in RVP (if he stays) Podolski, Giroud, Walcott and Cazorla (soon to be completed) we really could have a massive impact this season. I would literally put money on this team bagging a trophy. We all say season after season that it’ll be our year, but we have what we need to do what needs done. But a good start to the season is vital, as well as not slipping up in January/February and towards the end of the season, scenarios that have happened time and time again. But they have happened as the squad have lacked depth, and quality depth at that. If Wenger gets Sahin also, why should he stop there, he should buy at least one or two more players and sell some of the “deadwood” at the club.
But to me, a lot of Arsenal’s players are actually really
good and shouldn’t be classed as being “deadwood”, because of the quality they
undoubtedly have, an example being Nicklas Bendtner. Big Nick is definitely one of my favourite
players at the club, I don’t know why but I really tend to like the underrated
players because I see the potential they have and see the odd little game
changing things that they do. The reason I like him and feel he shouldn’t be
sold is because if you look at his games for Arsenal, he mainly played on the
wings. It’s like putting a bonafide striker on the wing, it just doesn’t work
out. He may not have the best scoring record but playing on the wing, you
really wouldn’t. Examples of his quality are in Euro 2012 his performances for
Denmark and also the hat trick he scored against Porto a couple of seasons ago.
He does have the quality, just need to be put in his position.
A reason why I would defend the “deadwood” at the club is
because of Bosscielny, I mean Laurent Koscielny, another player I greatly
admire. In his first season a lot of fans got on his back as he was liable to
many mistakes and perhaps cost us some games. But if you look at things, in his
first season for the club, he played the majority of the games, and that is
something that is quite hard, as he also had to switch leagues. But we stuck
with the big boss and look at him now; I read a statistic that said he made the
most game saving tackles out of anyone in the league. No more needs to be said.
The point I am trying to make is that we should give some
players who definitely have talent a chance, but I see Wengers problem, there
are a lot more proven players in these positions. Now players like Bendtner and
Chamakh slide down the pecking order with the new arrivals. But even so, these
players could stay and be involved in a rotation system in case of injuries. I
refer to him almost every entry but Abou Diaby is an example of a player who
some see as being “deadwood” but actually has so much talent, and luckily for
him, Wenger has faith in the man. I noticed his flair and calm approach to
games, and how when Arsenal won games, he played extremely well, it’s just a
shame he got an injury. Tomas Rosicky is a player who has had a lot of pressure
on him due to a couple of poor performances, and didn’t he pick that form up
well. But as usual for us, injuries struck him. Ramsey seemed to impress at the
Olympics which is good news, and hopefully the Song rumours are utter rubbish!
All I all, I am pretty happy with the way the club is
moving, and if we can stay injury free and get in enough players who would give
us depth, I wouldn’t be too surprised if we win a trophy or two. And if we don’t,
this transfer season is a great stepping stone for the season after.
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