Comments on: Arsenal lose Fabregas for 4 months, who will Wenger sign / appoint captain?

By: okoli emma

okoli emma — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:18:02 +0000

we need daviid villa to assit v.persie

By: chinedu okonkwo

chinedu okonkwo — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:16:08 +0000

we need a striker like david villa send this to arsene wenger

By: smartarenalman

smartarenalman — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:23:01 +0000

arsenal are great but i must admit we are goin 2 need some help untill ur injured players return. Arsen will need 2 buy some players of quality if we stand a chance of winning a trophy. Senna and alonso are buy long term buys and maby we sud consider loaning a winger such as pederson or lennon and perhaps a striker for long term like david villa or eto or henry and sell adeybyor

By: Pranoy

Pranoy — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:45:30 +0000

Midfield tha could replace Cesc: James Milner (Aston Villa), Charles N’Zogbia (Newcastle), Stephen Ireland and Michael Johnson (Manchester City), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa), Mark Noble (West Ham Utd.), Tom Huddlestone and Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), George Boateng (Hull City)

By: Ungit

Ungit — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:11:54 +0000

@Ahmed – While our defence is very vulnerable right now, I don’t think Senderos is the answer. I’ve never really liked Senderos because he’s way too slow, is caught out of position too often, and generally makes a lot of mistakes. Djourou is better than right now. And I’d love to see Senna signed

By: duduabego

duduabego — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:53:14 +0000

ferguson will fail miserably @ arsenal arshavin is much a better player.

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:25:27 +0000

@glenny – Senderos is missed, indeed. Not Arshavin though. Senna maybe, but something tells me he’ll fail miserably in England.

Barry Ferguson of Rangers, anyone?

By: dave stopher

dave stopher — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:24:46 +0000

I feel sorry for Cesc!! Hope he gets better soon!!!!

By: glenny

glenny — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:34:31 +0000

bring senderos back from milan,sign arshavin and sign marcos senna and ur sorted,lol!!

By: Ungit

Ungit — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:10:15 +0000

The Fabregas injury is the worst thing that could happen for Arsenal. The need for a new temporary captain is the least of Arsenal’s concerns with respect to his injury. Almunia has vice-captained well enough and Toure is a qualified candidate.

The major concern is the lack of depth in the Arsenal midfield. While I support Wenger’s youth policy, I believe it only works effectively if there is genuine experience in the side gained through age. We cannot expect a 16-year-old (Wilshere) or a 17-year-old (Ramsey) to be able to step up to the challenge in such a harsh league. Yes, there have been players capable of doing it (ie Fabregas) but those players are once in a life-time stars.

I believe Arsenal’s performance this season would be much different if we had experience in the midfield leading by exmaple. If Rosicky were fit, we’d be looking at a very different Arsenal midfield. Older, experienced players give the younger players someone to look up to as a mentor and lead the way.

With all that said, I don’t believe Wenger should follow his normal approach and sign an unknown who will flourish (ie Eduardo, Sagna). This time (and probably not the last time) he will need to sign a relatively well-known name that can provide the experience the young guns need. Xabi Alonso is obviously no longer an option because of his fine form; Benitez would be crazy to sell him. Yaya Toure’s name is always brought up, and while I’d love to sign him, I just don’t think it will happen. Apparently Arshavin was thrown into the mix but he’s not the type of player we need. We need an out-and-out fighter; someone to replace what we lost when Flamini left. Who that is? We’ll just have to see