anyways the guys to go out and get are definitely hazard and banega

Kagawa with 2 goals and an assist 2 singlehandedly send 10 man japan through to the semis against host Qatar. Finished 3-2.

Clrnc wrote:

Kagawa with 2 goals and an assist 2 singlehandedly send 10 man japan through to the semis against host Qatar. Finished 3-2.

2 goals and 1 assist, you mean. Stuff of legends.

Kagawa's the new Chamakh I see. 😉

He's not the new chamakh cos chamakh was viewed as not good enough initially until popular opinion amongst other fans was "oooh man cheapskates nobody again"

He's the new Chamakh because if we get him, Klaus is gonna beany him up.

Somebody remind me what Kagawa's got to do with Vermaelen's injury setback anyways?

Honestly never heard of him till he was mentioned here. Is he a 2 goal, 1 assist per game super shooting, super passing, defender?

He's the main reason that Dortmund are leading the Bundesliga table by 12 points halfway through the season.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Admittedly a World Cup is not the best place to judge a player, but other than his Ronaldo-esque shooting technique, I didn't see anything really outstanding or special in Honda.

thought honda was brilliant. quick, great skill and really clever. that one assist he had in the world cup was pure genius.

only seen him 5-6 times, but for me he is as good as they come (bar the very best: messi, ronaldo, xavi etc).

flobaba wrote:

Somebody remind me what Kagawa's got to do with Vermaelen's injury setback anyways?

Indeed, can we take the Asian cup talk here or even open up a new thread.

both kagawa and honda are great. skillful, intelligent, hardworking. you couldnt ask for more. dortmund has a couple other players who look pretty decent. i think they're in a lot of debt, so they'd definitely listen to good offers, but yea, wenger's not gonna get them on the cheap like he wants.

Good news everybody! the defensive crisis is over! everything will be all right.

Squill's back!

Which means no new defender coming in.

Yup Wenger has decreed everyone is fit and rearing to go.

Well we are only going to bring someone in if they can improve the existing squad, and you can hardly improve on the Limping Dutchman, El Gun Jumpero, a mango butter addict, and un vieillard.

Djourou will be forever smeared with the mango butter tag. What was he thinking?

Who cares?

I fear that we are going to be left short if we don't get a defender in this month, we can't bank on Vermaelen's recovery time at the moment and we have to lower the potential impact of another break down.

If we're going to compete in four competitions as Wenger says we now will, 5 center halfs doesn't seem too many.

wenger is right, we don't need a permanent signing, but we definitely need a temporary solution CB. if woodgate is back in training, i wouldnt say no to subjecting him to a physical (not that our medical team would ever find anything) and if it checks out, taking him on loan. doubt harry would deal with us, though.

still think the optimal solution is to buy a DM.