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-Blue Moon- · 12 Apr 2007, 13:16

i'm an arsenal (and derby) supporter, so i read this thread through. i think you make a lot of good points and i'd like to add a couple:
- developing youth is a great idea, but i am a little ashamed that we only have 2 brits vying for a first team place (walcott and hoyte). if he's going to develop talent, then why can't he focus in our own backyard (UK) as opposed to elsewhere? We're the 4th best club in England, and yet we have no players in the England XI - that's horrible in my opinion.
- henry needs a partner and i don't feel that anyone is suited to the way he plays. van persie is good, adebayor isnt that great (opinion) and i cant see alliadiere or walcott (i see him more as a winger) making the leap. baptista on the other hand - if he got a decent first touch like you said, he'd be a fantastic striker - with a fair amount of pace offset by his immense size and strength (he could be a tank).
- i've been watching lupoli at derby this year, he's in a similar mold to henry, but i dont think they'd work well together - in fact i heard derby's advances to add him permamnently were refused by arturo, who wants to move (and is??) to italy.
- lehmann in my opinion, is crap. i've disliked him for a long time, i don't actually feel that we have a quality keeper in him - and at the age of 37 (?) i dont think he has many seasons left in him - anticipate a problem here for the future.
- arsene not spending his budget infuriates me, we need players and i find him to be too arrogant and headstrong to admit that he should buy some talent in to help our youth develop and give us a little more depth.
- eboue - everyone raves about him, but in my opinion, as a defender, he's lacking. the powerhouse defence we've had of the past bould/adams/keown/dixon/winterburn is long gone. that makes me sad and a little frustrated.
- ljungberg has lost it, i agree - we're in need of a good winger. someone who can whip the ball into the box. i cant see any player in the youth who's capable of this. most of the youth team seem to favour the centre of the field, which will (in the future) leave us lacking.

i had other points but i cant remember them at the moment. i'll re-read and post later

-tux

oh yeah most infuriating thing with arsenal this year ...
SURE we play the most beautiful football in the league BUT FOR ****S SAKE CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE A SHOT AND STOP TRYING TO WALK THE BALL IN????

12 Apr 2007, 13:16	#6
-Blue Moon- Hello Tietäjä Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Preston, UK Posts: 290	Re: [Football] Arsenal i'm an arsenal (and derby) supporter, so i read this thread through. i think you make a lot of good points and i'd like to add a couple: - developing youth is a great idea, but i am a little ashamed that we only have 2 brits vying for a first team place (walcott and hoyte). if he's going to develop talent, then why can't he focus in our own backyard (UK) as opposed to elsewhere? We're the 4th best club in England, and yet we have no players in the England XI - that's horrible in my opinion. - henry needs a partner and i don't feel that anyone is suited to the way he plays. van persie is good, adebayor isnt that great (opinion) and i cant see alliadiere or walcott (i see him more as a winger) making the leap. baptista on the other hand - if he got a decent first touch like you said, he'd be a fantastic striker - with a fair amount of pace offset by his immense size and strength (he could be a tank). - i've been watching lupoli at derby this year, he's in a similar mold to henry, but i dont think they'd work well together - in fact i heard derby's advances to add him permamnently were refused by arturo, who wants to move (and is??) to italy. - lehmann in my opinion, is crap. i've disliked him for a long time, i don't actually feel that we have a quality keeper in him - and at the age of 37 (?) i dont think he has many seasons left in him - anticipate a problem here for the future. - arsene not spending his budget infuriates me, we need players and i find him to be too arrogant and headstrong to admit that he should buy some talent in to help our youth develop and give us a little more depth. - eboue - everyone raves about him, but in my opinion, as a defender, he's lacking. the powerhouse defence we've had of the past bould/adams/keown/dixon/winterburn is long gone. that makes me sad and a little frustrated. - ljungberg has lost it, i agree - we're in need of a good winger. someone who can whip the ball into the box. i cant see any player in the youth who's capable of this. most of the youth team seem to favour the centre of the field, which will (in the future) leave us lacking. i had other points but i cant remember them at the moment. i'll re-read and post later -tux oh yeah most infuriating thing with arsenal this year ... SURE we play the most beautiful football in the league BUT FOR ****S SAKE CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE A SHOT AND STOP TRYING TO WALK THE BALL IN???? __________________ -Blue Moon- aka LordQuashi, Behert, BeherTux, BT, TuxedoMask, tuxed0 R1-2 [VanX] - R3 [Legion] - R4 [Legion/Shogun/FORT] - R5-6 [WP/Shogun/FORT] - R7-8 [VsN] - R9-R9.5 [Seraphim/VsN]- R10-12 [WP] R13 [1up/eXilition] R14 [Orbit/scanner] R15 [eXilition] R16 [Orbit/scanner] R17 [Subh/scanner] R18 [eXilition] R19 [F-Crew/scanner] R20 [Orbit/Destiny/scanner] R21-22 [Orbit/scanner] R23-25 [In-gal-def-ho]