Hmmmmm, always seem wishy washy links. He's big, but I'd worry about his pace, and ability with the ball. Could be Senderosesque for us.

Yeah I know the link isn't much but I just wanted to raise the subject.
I'm not too worried about his pace and ability on the ball thats a Wengerist trait, we get fucking killed on set pieces Yak.

Hey! I just realised all our worst defenders start with an S, think about it.
Stepanovs Senderos Silvestre Squillaci......Glad we're not getting Samba.

Meh. If he was our only defensive signing for the summer i would kill someone.

Gazza M wrote:

Merde Sack

😆 Crap AND French?!!
Wenger's reaching for his check book

he'd be like cygan playing for us. cygan was a good CB, too, just not in our system.

Our system is shit.
The way we play is stupid.
Wenger out.

Fuck no.

Mertesacker, I mean.

I'd give Biggus half a season.

I'd make Gervinho Sagna and Song get haircuts, and I'd make Vermaelen grow a beard, I'd get false ones made for Wilshere and Walcott and a merkin for Oxlade-Chamberlain.

I'd make Pat Rice grow a beard. Man's a born Santa who hasn't realised it yet. With a flowing white beard, a twinkle in his eye and a hearty laugh he'd soon have our young'uns motivated.

I hope I'm not the only one who had to google 'merkin'!

NSFW by the way...

i didn't even know that thing had a name. so a merkin it is. i'd rather stick a pink one of those on Wenger.

You guys need to live a little.

LOL Burnsy.......

"In Europe, "merkin" has also been in common usage as a jocular term for an American since the 1960s (as it sounds like the half-swallowed pronunciation of "American" by some Americans, particularly President Lyndon B. Johnson"

Perhaps we could repurpose Silent Stan as Oxdash-Chamberhyphen's "merkin" and subsequently use him as Pat's beard if the budget constrains us. Kroenke's probably grey enough to pass for a Santa beard?

Captain wrote:

Squillaci Mk.II

I think you're right. I used to like Mertesacker but he's been mediocre for two or three straight seasons now. There's very little physical advantage to him too despite his size. Big, but not particularly strong. Tall, but will easily get beaten to a header by someone shorter with real ability like Vermaelen.