Stop hating Klaus.

And stop bumping the thread with nonsense posts.

Diaby is crap defensively. Said against Stoke that while Arteta was trying to defend on his own, Diaby was strolling back leisurely from up the pitch. You can tell someone will defend him to the death when they bring up his "defensive ability". If the guy plays in the team it's for his attacking abilities, because he has no defensive game. His strength might win him a couple of 50-50s, but he has no positional sense, he's lazy, and his tackling is nothing special.

Crazy talk.

Diaby won his share of headers against Stoke and put himself about. Still don't think he's got what it takes to play in that position, his tackling is horrific and his awareness is non-existent.

Ahem Gervais.......

What They Bring to the Team

Arteta: Lies deep, provides defensive cover, accurate short range passing, long-shot ability when struggling to create, free kicks, excellent positioning, keeps us in possession.
Cons: Not enough attempts at more dangerous passing, nor enough passing range in his decision making (he has the ability, but chooses safety first too much). Not a robust physical presence.

Diaby: Provides a physical presence in midfield, well timed late runs, retains possession through close control, can carry the ball forward, provides some defensive work rate, good shot.
Cons: Often stays too long on the ball, tackling technique is sometimes lacking, lacks form and fitness, injured often.

Cazorla: Quick, close control, provides attacking flair, can shoot from any range, creative spark, two-footed, can create space over a short distance, can drop deep to help "facilitate" play in the middle of the park if necessary.
Cons: Little defensive effort, lacks physicality, shoots too often, misplaces ranged passes frequently, lacks understanding with new team mates.

Ramsey: Work rate, creative ideas, shooting technique, physically robust, defensive effort, passing range.
Cons: Execution of ideas, composure, takes too long on the ball, form, confidence, opts to contain at times when he should tackle.

...etc, etc.

Weak links seem to be Diaby and Ramsey by my reasoning. We could really use a Wilshere.

And the thread topic:
Gervais: Dribbling ability, speed, provides width, puts in a defensive effort, provides dangerous cutbacks, wins corners, The Forehead.
Cons: Confidence, shooting technique, composure, combination play is mediocre, The Forehead.
Other: Looks like a spastic voodoo zombie chicken.

...is shit.

LABFMOF. Faith. He'll soon be there.

Faith Labfmof, the Turkish super talent?

Close, but no cigar.

can't remember the last time a player pissed me off as much as gervais does. worst part is that wenger for some absurd reasons seems to rate him. biggest waste of money since jeffers.

Dislike Chamakh more, but Gervinho a very close second.

For some reason Wenger didn't seem to be bothered that he was signing attacking players that had a park-football-level ability to strike a football. Weird.

wenger only signs top top players.

weren't both chamakh and gervinho integral parts of title winning sides in france?

We should sack our French scouts as their track record is trully abysmal. Just compare their choices with Newcastle's. Sagna is the only decent one they have managed to find and that was 5 years ago. I consider Nasri to be a flawed product and in any case they should probably have chosen Ben-Arfa at the time!

Bold Tone wrote:

We should sack our French scouts as their track record is trully abysmal. Just compare their choices with Newcastle's. Sagna is the only decent one they have managed to find and that was 5 years ago.

Koscielny was a great signing. Jury is out on Giroud.

timBO! wrote:

Koscielny was a great signing. Jury is out on Giroud.

You are right but two out of how many?