Tomo

Most of the moaners here just go quiet when we are doing well, not quite on the same level as the Wenger in out in out hockey cokey.

Some quality keepers don't actually mind for some weird reason, Reina went to Bayern knowing he will never displace Neuer, Toldo and Cudicini stuck around despite their teams replacing them in the lineup with Cesar and Cech respectively, if Begovic is another one of them we will be mad not to take him, even if we have to pay a bit and offer high wages for a number 2, id rather that than a keeper that will give me shivers every time he has to play.

Arsenal fans are amusing, most of them genuinely change their opinion on a lot of things about the club (mainly whether they want Wenger in or out) based on the last match, so because their last match was a comprehensive win in a cup final they are going to pipe up all summer unfortunately, but don't worry, if we beat them at Wembley then again at Stamford Bridge with a couple of turgid draws inbetween then Arsenal fans will change their opinion of a lot of personnel at the club including Cech. Cech had a dodgy few months after Jose's return and cost us a few goals (for example Long at The Bridge and Crouch vs us), im not even joking if he makes a couple of mistakes for them in quick succession like those two examples i gave, they will be begging for Szczhesny to be put back in,

Begovic wouldn't be quite the same as having Cech as back up, but would certainly be the next best after and can play big games if need be. After 3 years of Turnbull as second choice it's quite refreshing knowing that Mou will never let us get into that situation again.

Rightly or wrongly he will have put a little dent in his legacy, even subconsciously in some cases. Ask Chelsea fans next season who's their favourite out off Drogba, Cech and Lamps and it will be interesting to see who would have formally said one of the latter two changes to Didier without even thinking.

I was open to the idea of loan nothing to lose and that, but the more I think about this, the more I am going off the idea.

He did like facing us, didn't he?

Remy did start as the number two, he started vs Palace and Marinbor when Diego got injured but then got injured himself and Drogba scored 3 in a week and by in large played well upto the Spurs and Newcastle games. As soon as Drogbas form fell off in New Year, Remy did start all the games Costa was unavailable and he was fit apart from away to Villa irrc.

We need more goals in this team, Costa, Remy, Hazard and an in form Oscar aside our biggest goal threats are in defence, we have enough decent enough player's with no goals in them, we don't need another, not as a starter anyway and if we are going for a squad filler I prefer Song.

At one time it got to the point I would have took Jermaine Beckford if it meant no more Torres.

Only thing is, Azpi isn't getting moved from left back until either Jose leaves or he declines, Jose builds his team around the back four and creating a solid platform, he's not going to move the player who hasn't made a single error leading to the opposition chance. Even if Ivan gets dropped Azpi won't move back there, we will sign a new RB.

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Even if he flops as bad or even worse it will never be another Torres debacle.

Torres wasn't that good in his prime, Danny Murphy basically summed it up, outstanding pace and power but very average technically which got laid truly to bare when he started struggling post 2010 world cup. http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2015875-fernando-torres-wasnt-massively-rated-by-liverpool-players-says-danny-murphy If he was great technically he would have still made regular positive impacts despite being past it like Eto'o did.

Footballers are in the public eye, when you build such a legacy with a club it comes with responsibility rightly or wrongly. Cech's legend status like Lamps won't be affected in the grand scheme of things, however when fans get asked who's your favorite player Didier, Lamps or Cech for example? Most will say subconsciously the player that didn't join a direct rival.

I haven't seen him lately but what I will say is for a new CM we need one who is not quite as defensive as Matic but more astute defensively than Cesc, also with a few goals in him would be nice. Does Witsel fit that bill?

We already have our young CB in Zouma, if we do that injuries to Cahill and Terry would lead to us playing two late teens/ early 20s in the back line. I don't know about anyone else but I don't want us to be too future orientated because that will end us with the unbalanced mess of a squad we had in 12/13, ee have a perfect balance now.

That was his only good game for us.

Not sure but in the all be it limited minutes they did they didn't look convincing. I think Remy will have a part to play if he stays, if he is performing better than Falcao he will be ahead of him, people underestimate just how team orientated Jose is, the reason Remy didn't play as much as he could/should have last season was he kept getting injured at the same time as Diego and Drogba surprised us October-November time and played really well and was deservedly #2 in that moment.

I think Mourinho wants to go into next season with all 3. I have a hunch that Falcao is coming because Remy and Costa together at the same time didn't work really and Costa/Falcao have previous.

Am I the only one not happy we have such tough game's so early? Mourinho is at his best when he gets top of the league and stays there come hell or high water, his teams have never been good at chasing down largish deficits like say Fergie sides were and with these fixtures at the start we might have to do just that.

That was typical Arsenal to perform when the pressure's off. I see nothing to suggest that it won't be the same old Arsenal we have seen every year since 2008, some excellent form, some terrible form, knocked out of the CL to the first top opponent's, end up 4th.

I wish thing's were looked at in context. Player's can leave and be successful elsewhere without it being a mistake to sell them. Ibra, Toure, Cesc and Sanchez have all left Barca and all have done aswell if not better for there new club's than KDB did for Wolfsburg yet did Barca fuck up letting them go? The two aren't mutually exclusive.

I agree that we should never stand still infact I preach it a lot however we won't get a striker on par with Costa anytime soon without breaking the bankHe may not be on par with those looking at thing's purely technically but as a striker and what he offers the team he is up there, his off the ball movement causes absolute havoc and is just a big a reason while we don't struggle vs the lesser sides as much as Cesc is, Atletico aren't even creating half the chances they did with Costa and neither do we when he is not playing. If he gets put wide or dropped to accommodate Falcao ill be pissed, Falcao shouldn't get ahead of Diego unless he reproduces his Leti form, and even then ill still probably prefer Costa as him upfront has brought 2 league title's in the last two years for his sides.

If Remy wants to leave to play regularly there's not much we can do. If he wants to stay however.....