The Arsenal FC - Related News and Development for 2018/2019

[Coach]

And finally succeeded when he has on an Aspirin a day and has terminal dribbling...Solid signing, all jokes aside, almost as tough as Kolasinic, Beloved for hardest fullbacks in the league? Fellani in could prove the perfect Mikael Silvestre...is it too late to put a bid in for Wayne Rooney?

[Chief Ogbunigwe]

I love this signing...

Lichtensteiner is experienced, no nonsense and does not get intimidated. Reminds of our glorious FBs from a golden era.

We have tried to sign him a few times before.

Waffi, you are slacking....why are you not the first to break the news? Abi ya source don follow Wenger go?

[Waffiman]

I love this signing...

Lichtensteiner is experienced, no nonsense and does not get intimidated. Reminds of our glorious FBs from a golden era.

We have tried to sign him a few times before.

Waffi, you are slacking....why are you not the first to break the news? Abi ya source don follow Wenger go?

Na SE dey take my time right now.

I did mention this potential signing about two weeks ago.

[Chief Ogbunigwe]

I love this signing...

Lichtensteiner is experienced, no nonsense and does not get intimidated. Reminds of our glorious FBs from a golden era.

We have tried to sign him a few times before.

Waffi, you are slacking....why are you not the first to break the news? Abi ya source don follow Wenger go?

Na SE dey take my time right now.

I did mention this potential signing about two weeks ago.

what about Fellaini? If he goes on to have a blinder at the WC, then suddenly teams with deeper pockets will end this game.

[danfo driver]

I love this signing...

Lichtensteiner is experienced, no nonsense and does not get intimidated. Reminds of our glorious FBs from a golden era.

We have tried to sign him a few times before.

Waffi, you are slacking....why are you not the first to break the news? Abi ya source don follow Wenger go?

All of a sudden lichesteiner “is experinced, no nonsnse.. bla bla bla” how you guys can take this fake quack accountant seriously, is beyond me.

[danfo driver]

I love this signing...

Lichtensteiner is experienced, no nonsense and does not get intimidated. Reminds of our glorious FBs from a golden era.

We have tried to sign him a few times before.

Waffi, you are slacking....why are you not the first to break the news? Abi ya source don follow Wenger go?

Na SE dey take my time right now.

I did mention this potential signing about two weeks ago.

what about Fellaini?

Let me help the short man devil answer: Fellaini is tall like an ox, a fighter and has won the Europa league

[danfo driver]

Ogbeni, leave us alone now, kilode?
Annnri, Fiera and Wenger don comot now.

He has also moved on from that neighborhood
where he was tortured so.

[Waffiman]

I love this signing...

Lichtensteiner is experienced, no nonsense and does not get intimidated. Reminds of our glorious FBs from a golden era.

We have tried to sign him a few times before.

Waffi, you are slacking....why are you not the first to break the news? Abi ya source don follow Wenger go?

Na SE dey take my time right now.

I did mention this potential signing about two weeks ago.

what about Fellaini? If he goes on to have a blinder at the WC, then suddenly teams with deeper pockets will end this game.

I don't believe the Fellaini rumours, I think it is his Agent planting a story. I could be wrong of course, but there are too many factors that make me doubt the story.

Having said that, a free Fellaini is not a bad deal, so long as he is prepared to take Europa League wages. There are plenty if quality CMs around, if I were Arsenal I will look carefully for better deals than Fellaini.

[ohenhen1]

Arsenal don't need Fellaini. But it looks like they are going cheap this summer.

[Siddonlook11]

Hmmm ok Welcome Stephan Lichtsteiner

[Nkume]

These guys cut all Eboue's mazy runs that won us the freekicks.

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[bouncino]

Arsenal don't need Fellaini. But it looks like they are going cheap this summer.

This summer? More like every summer

[Gooner1]

Yaya's agent says he is willing to play for £1 per week plus bonuses for any top 6 EPL side to prove Pep wrong......Arsenal should sign him pronto

[elerineye]

Yaya's agent says he is willing to play for £1 per week plus bonuses for any top 6 EPL side to prove Pep wrong......Arsenal should sign him pronto

That’ll be too easy. There’s no drama involved.

[Waffiman]

Arsenal don't need Fellaini. But it looks like they are going cheap this summer.

This summer? More like every summer

[Waffiman]

Yaya's agent says he is willing to play for £1 per week plus bonuses for any top 6 EPL side to prove Pep wrong......Arsenal should sign him pronto

That’ll be too easy. There’s no drama involved.

This is not about drama.

The real question should be how he fits into Arsenal system under Emery? What role will he play and how effective will he be?

For me, he is not needed in any offensive role because he is now a major defensive liability from these positions. We have too many offensive players that offer little defensively. Yaya will not make such a huge difference for us to consider putting him in the place of Ozil and Iwobi in an attacking midfield role.

Yaya as a box to box or CM player is not even an option because he is now a huge defensive liability in this role. The fact is, even in his prime he was not the best at tracking back, in this sense, he was no Patrick Vieira. I'd rather have Maitland Niles instead.

What about the role as one of the double pivot in a 4-2-3-1 formation. This is Emery's favourite formation and he plays it compact and tight with focus on a solid defensive base. Emery also likes one of the pivot to ideally be tall, athletic, mobile, physical and above all more defensive than attack. This pivot is not box to box and his role is to seat and do the dirty work. Can Yaya Toure play this role?

I believe he can and he did play similar at Barca, albeit in an attack minded 4-3-3 system. I think Yaya is the type of player who is a different player defensively when he has to defend the zone and space behind the ball as.opposed to defending when the ball is ahead or tracking runners when out of position.

For me, this is one position he can fit in in Emery's system. But will the club consider him given all the problems at City? I hope they do but I think they will not.

Can he play as a CD? It depends on him. He has the attributes to play there if he wants and has done so in the past. But will Emery be willing to risk him in this position?

[Nkume]

Yaya's agent says he is willing to play for £1 per week plus bonuses for any top 6 EPL side to prove Pep wrong......Arsenal should sign him pronto

For once I agree with you. We missed out on Yaya back in the day due to the useless laws in England for international players.

[juventuss]

The swiss express. You guys have got yourself a no nonsense leader.

[danfo driver]

The swiss express. You guys have got yourself a no nonsense leader.

Na so wafoolishman tok o! A no-nonsense leader, extraordinaire.

[Waffiman]

The swiss express. You guys have got yourself a no nonsense leader.

Cheers.

I must say the thought of Sokratis and Lichtensteiner, plus the rumours of us looking at a defensive CM allied with a Coach I know will employ a compact, tight defensive set up is rather appealing given the strikers we have.

But I must wait and see how the summer window progresses before making any judgements. So far so good for the post Wenger era. Way before the Coach was appointed we knew the club was after these players and these rumours are proving to be true. It is clear they want to address the main problem with the team from last season.

[danfo driver]

The swiss express. You guys have got yourself a no nonsense leader.

Cheers.

I must say the thought of Sokratis and Lichtensteiner, plus the rumours of us looking at a defensive CM allied with a Coach I know will employ a compact, tight defensive set up is rather appealing given the strikers we have.

But I must wait and see how the summer window progresses before making any judgements. So far so good for the post Wenger era. Way before the Coach was appointed we knew the club was after these players and these rumours are proving to be true. It is clear they want to address the main problem with the team from last season.

[Chief Ogbunigwe]

Yaya's agent says he is willing to play for £1 per week plus bonuses for any top 6 EPL side to prove Pep wrong......Arsenal should sign him pronto

That’ll be too easy. There’s no drama involved.

Arsenal will offer him £1 + 1p. But wait, did we even make Top 6?

[Chief Ogbunigwe]

These guys cut all Eboue's mazy runs that won us the freekicks.

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Nice to see Eboue. The current Almunia is better than the wastepipe he was during his active years @ Arsenal.