Gianfranco_Z 202 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Would love to! I think he'll go to Arsenal though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 He's going to Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 With Essien's decline in the last few years we have been struggling to dominate midfield and consequently games like we use to.We IMO miss some brute who will take the bull by the horns and dominate that midfield battle, which is what this guy does and he will be 22 in the summer.Is he worth taking a punt on?Already a thread.Merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Already a thread.Merged.Sorry i didn't know i looked back a few pages and could not find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I don't follow French football a lot, but from what I've seen he is good. Would really fit well into 4-2-3-1 we are probably going to play cuz of Mata. Looks Arsenal bound though...but people said that once for tiny epic beardman from Spain I mentioned above.Sorry i didn't know i looked back a few pages and could not find it.No probs, that's why I have that purple title under JT's duckface Don't go through pages next time though, just use the search, it took me a couple of secs to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeB 1,281 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 He's definitely overrated. Some may say that it's his 3rd successive season at 50+ games played... But after all those games we didn't manage to find where he's the best. He's pretty average to regain the ball and his passing game contains a lot of waste. Plus, he's unable to put the right tempo or rythm to the play. When his team has to keep the ball he tries a 60 yard diagonal etc... His runs are poor too, useless ones or ones leaving his defense exposedHe's not a DM, not a central midfielder, not a box-to-box. At the end of the day he's average in many domains, Rennes became dependent on his form and due to his poor 2nd part of the season, Rennes did one more time crash before the end of the season.I must admit I did like what he did one or two years ago because I though then there was a huge potential to fulfill. Now it seems he's just an average player, with 19 year old weaknesses at 22. I'm afraid France is likely to start with him in the midfield this summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 He's definitely overrated. Some may say that it's his 3rd successive season at 50+ games played... But after all those games we didn't manage to find where he's the best. He's pretty average to regain the ball and his passing game contains a lot of waste. Plus, he's unable to put the right tempo or rythm to the play. When his team has to keep the ball he tries a 60 yard diagonal etc... His runs are poor too, useless ones or ones leaving his defense exposedHe's not a DM, not a central midfielder, not a box-to-box. At the end of the day he's average in many domains, Rennes became dependent on his form and due to his poor 2nd part of the season, Rennes did one more time crash before the end of the season.I must admit I did like what he did one or two years ago because I though then there was a huge potential to fulfill. Now it seems he's just an average player, with 19 year old weaknesses at 22. I'm afraid France is likely to start with him in the midfield this summer...Not to mention that he is a criminal.I always love your posts seb. Every single one is gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I think he is actualy pretty good, but needs a better team because Rennes is just... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeB 1,281 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Not to mention that he is a criminal.I always love your posts seb. Every single one is gold.Thanks. :blue scalf: Yeah, he even admitted that if he didn't become a pro footballer he'd end up in jail. He's 22, has already 2 kids. He has several brawls on his account and last year his watch has been stoled by hookers in a hotel.Something surprising is that he still has a good mediatic image in France, I mean not only people see him as a fantastic player (and pick him as 1st on the game sheet...) but no one seems to care about his off-pitch scandals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeB 1,281 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I think he is actualy pretty good, but needs a better team because Rennes is just...Rennes has the best academy in France for 10 years, nearly all the current players comes from the youth academy. They have a young squad, a quite good 11 but not many susbstitutes who are average anyway. They don't have a striker for years, someone to put the ball in the back of the net. And they target Champions League football for almost 10 years and end every year 4th, 5th or 6th We can wait a little bit to make a final judgment on M'Vila, if he manages to find a club where he'd have a precise role and where he wont play every game, maybe we would see something else than these feelings that he lacks lucidity or that he's just eventually average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 If he gets into that much trouble in Rennes, he is going to die in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incometax 116 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 id bet my life, house and diablo 3 key that he is off to arsenal.lock lock lock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Freak 456 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 id bet my life, house and diablo 3 key that he is off to arsenal.lock lock lockHe should be an Arsenal player soon enough. Apparently he was just waiting for them to confirm UCL qualification for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 ive just seen that Man city are stepping up interest for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramires7 32 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 why arent we going after this guy?? does anybody know how much Arsenal is bidding for him?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 I believe Arsenal will/have bid anywhere between £16mil - £24mil. He's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramires7 32 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 wow... what is roman waiting for then... he would slot in perfectly right away... i hope we steal him from arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,158 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Why do we need him? We have Ramires/Mikel/Lampard/Meireles/Mceachran and Romeu. He is a quality player though but can't see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 This guy is a criminal. Ask seb and he will tell you all about his trouble with the the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramires7 32 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 meireles is not that good... mikel eventhough has been performing well late last season is inconsistent... essien is not his former self... if meireles and essien leaves then i think we should go for him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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