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Maxime Gonalons

spacemanspiff

Gonalons is good for Ligue 1. He's been a big player for OL this season (currently in 3rd, but might nick 2nd from Marseille). He's 6'2 and pretty strong, so hopefully he can help us out a bit more with ball-winning and such. No idea if he's ready to step up though - Wenger seems to think so.

Irishgunner

Is there another source apart from gunnerblog?

Bold Tone

spaceman spiff wrote:
Gonalons is good for Ligue 1.

Stop right there!

Gazza M wrote:
maximum gonads

that's my contribution

You certainly have bigger nads than me as i chickened out!

Asterix

We need some more players with massive cojones.

This rumour has been picked up by a few of the "bigger" papers now, but I think I saw one of them referencing Caught Offside as a source, so I'm not giving it any credence whatsoever.

Burnwinter

Those papers have just gonalon with the rumour, I suspect.

JazzG

For those interested LeFrenchGooner on twitter has likened him to Xabi Alonso so I assume good positioning/reading and good passing. Says Capoue is more in the Vieira mould.

Burnwinter wrote:
Those papers have just gonalon with the rumour, I suspect.

Well played sir.

Klaus

Vieira wasn't renowned for good passing?

Clrnc

Haven't really watched Lyon this season, can anyone tell me if this guy is better than any of Capoue, Wanyama, Rode, Gustavo?

JazzG

Klaus wrote:
Vieira wasn't renowned for good passing?

Not what I meant!

Ray

I would say his style is quite similar to koscielny, except as a midfielder.

kamikaze

i can see this one happening. such a classic wenger move. he'd better be f*cking good.

Klaus

JazzG wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Vieira wasn't renowned for good passing?

Not what I meant!

I know. I was wondering out loud what the twitter guy meant. There's nothing Alonso can do with a football that Viera couldn't, which makes me wonder why he settled for that particular dichotomy. From what I've seen Capoue is nothing like Vieira. He's more in the Frimpong mould: Energetic and hard-working but not really an accomplished passer or capable of dictating a game.

If Gonalons is an able two-way player then by all means, bring him in. We've lacked that type of midfielder since Paddy left.

Ray

I would say he's more Gilberto than vieira.

JazzG

Klaus wrote:
I know. I was wondering out loud what the twitter guy meant. There's nothing Alonso can do with a football that Viera couldn't, which makes me wonder why he settled for that particular dichotomy. From what I've seen Capoue is nothing like Vieira. He's more in the Frimpong mould: Energetic and hard-working but not really an accomplished passer or capable of dictating a game.

If Gonalons is an able two-way player then by all means, bring him in. We've lacked that type of midfielder since Paddy left.

I think I'd rate Alonso's ability to dictate the game with his passing higher than Paddy, I think whereas Alonso would pick up the ball and ping it 40 yards Paddy would probably pick up the ball, run with it before passing. His dribbling imo was top drawer and he used that to devastating effect, he had great control even in confined space. I think that is what he might be getting at.

http://lefrenchgooner.wordpress.com/ An article he put up today comparing the two.

y va marquer

Irish gunner wrote:
Is there another source apart from gunnerblog?

DM are running with it now, they mention that he's recieved "glowing" reports from Grimandi, that we're sending scouts to watch him and that Wenger is ready to lighten the "warchest" by £10m.
No source revealed, just a generic transfer rumour report, must have read the same one in relation to about 100 different players by now.
So underwhelmed by this I haven't even looked him up

kamikaze

hopefully we're not sending whoever scouted chamakh, park and gervinho, cos he's useless.

Clrnc

I have read that this guy's passing is as simple as Denilson, everything in his locker is about protecting the defence.

In other words, out and out DM.

speedy

To be fair even Artetas passing is simple when hes playing the DM role. You can't afford stupid passes in that position of the pitch as the defense is moving up to squash the play.

lorddulaarsenal

This guy does look adept

goon

Denison's passing was simple but it is also slow.

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