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One of my favorite striker. he is not athletic, He is not fast, he is not super finisher, he does not have good technique but he score goals

they (kalou+marin) are two different players, kalou suit the way we played last year under RDM but this year, it looks like we are trying to become a less direct and more attacking team so marin should fit our team better.

He is a very good dribbler but sometimes he dribble too much and his end product is awful. his cross is not great and his finishing is not great either

That is football. Result dictate everything. I remember last year when we lost to city and RDM replaced torres with drogba, even though that was a correct decision but we lost so everybody said RDM was stupid. In final, thomas muller caused us tons of problem and RDM did not do anything but we won so everybody said RDM is genius That's football

- Fire RDM - Sell hazard - Ask Terry+Lampard to retire

On paper we are a good team but not super team (don't compare us to real/barcelona) Moreover we are still in transition, last year was supposed to be our transition year but we fired avb, di matteo reverted us back to our old way so this year, I expect us to be in top 4 and do well in UCL. that's it

It really depend how you define overrated. We have not even played one competitive game yet, so just wait till december and then we can make judgment

I am not talking about determination bla2 and number of goals. I am talking about the way our team played last year. We played defensive with 10/11 man behind the ball. Remember we score 3 counter attacking goals against barca and one corner goal against bayern. This year we are trying to become more of an attacking team and bossing the game better. And that takes time

It's simple, our team need time to gel and we are champion of europe by playing long ball and ultra defensive. We are trying to become a more attacking team and that will take a while

Chalobah is still too raw, the 3rd goal was his fault

We really miss a playmaker( mata/oscar ) to boss the game for us, marin is a dribbler and lampard cannot boss the game.

We look really poor,especially in midfield

I think his skill set is better suited on the wing, he is more of dribble rather than a passer

Is it a done deal ? Really suprised of this signing, I watched him play against GB and he is clearly a no 10, we already have mata at that position but I don't mind having more good young players.

I agree, even without van persie, arsenal will still compete for the top 4. I saw Giroud in french friendly, he is a really good targetman, his lay off game is outstanding

Lampard is good passer but not good enough to be considered a passer.

He is a box to box midfielder similar to Lampard, they can pass but now well enough to become a passer.

04/05 for sure 11/12 is the luckiest

I completely agree with you, especially in term of integrating the youth. Arsenal,Manu and Barca have a system and It make it so much easier for them to play their youth player to the 1st team. Even though we won UCL and FA cup, I really hate the way we play. 10 men behind the ball + long ball to drogba. It was really ugly. I don't mind playing defensive football but at least try to win the game.

If he can make that shot 5 out of 10 times, we must sign him

I really hope that is not true. Lampard is a legend but we need to move on

I don't think sneijder will fit the way we play. He is more suited to play as no 10 and we already have mata.

He is a more direct mata. He is an attacking mid so I don't think he can play in mid. I watched him play only once (Bayern vs Dortmund), I thought he was outstanding in that game, picking the ball up in midfield and lead the quick counter. IMHO Mata is the better player but I think kagawa is better for us.

I think it's more about the performance rather than the style of football. In term of result. We have been very poor in most games. I am not talking about possesion,shot on goal, etc. If you watched our game against benfica, I tought we are lucky to beat benfica over 2 legs. We were really poor against them. Even against Bayern, ye we won but they missed tons of chances and We did not even create any chance.

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