Christopher Samba at London Colney? Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain?
on May 31, 2011 at 9:19 am..Are you having a laugh?
What is the obsession with these mediocre players we keep being linked with? Do we really lack the transfer ambition to go for a real defender. Is Samba the answer? For me, only if it’s halfway through a Zumba class and don’t get me started on that either.
There are some awesome defenders scattered across the world and the Media and Blogosphere is concentrating on Samba? Madness.
We have money to spend, Arsene knows who he wants and I will eat my own arm if we sign Christopher Samba. Yes the guy is a mountain, but he also moves like one. He isn’t technically good enough and with all the reported interest his price will have sky-rocketed.
I think we owe it to Arsene to let him sort it out. He is already making waves across Europe with the people he is willing to let go and the generated income from that will certainly be re-invested, before we even look at the transfer budget.
I will tell you this, as always the transfer’s will be surprising. Arsene has a touch of the theatre about him. He likes his drama and intrigue and he loves springing a surprise signing that noone expects.
Personally, I expect Oxlade-Chamberlain to be here by pre-season. I have it on good authority that he’s ready to sign and its just about numbers and add-ons between the two boards.
WG
Samba is one of the best in PL. You need touch and pace you have Djourou and Koscielny, end of story.
Hi WG
I really like Samba, AW might not chose him from all the other defenders available out there but I think he would add a bit of grit to our team. He’s a leader, he knows how to defend and he also knows how to score. He may not be able to do all the twiddly bits with a football we like to see but having a centre back that knows how to clear the ball is just as useful.
I think we if we were going to get him it should have been in January when we knew we were really short so it’s probably not going to happen now.
Good morning Peaches!
He certainly is a nuts and bolts defender and you know what you will get from him, but is he capable of competing against the best forwards in the world? I just think he lacks the pace and mobility to do just that.
WG
Buy him and some others to make our team stronger
Pretty much spot on! Altho I do think Samba is probably better than you give him credit for technically.
But his defensive stats do not compare well with Kozzer who just completed his first season. Could Samba had done what Kozzer did in the first leg against Barca? Quite simply no.
He offers threat at setpieces but we wouldn’t utilise him and on his own he is not mobile enough to deal with aerial assault from someone like Stoke.
It’s not really fair to compare him to kos imo. *perhaps* he couldn’t do so well against barca, although that’s just speculation at this point, but perhaps he could contribute more against the stoke’s of this world – the teams that make up about half of the PL. All you need to do to be a pretty good PL defender is be able to head the ball. Even the much-lauded Vidic got exposed against the movement of barca, particularly on the first goal, but I think it’s fair to say he does a good job in the english league. Samba also strikes me as a personality who would benefit arsenal. If we can get him, I think it would be a good signing.
That said, just because he has PL experience doesn’t mean he will immediately settle into our side. Our style offers different challenges which he may struggle with, at least in the short term.
If u said this about Samba, dat means u have not been watching Epl matches.. Samba is a genuine leader. A player with a never-say-die atitude. Something dat is missing in d current team. He dominates d ariel ball and can be utilize as a striker. He is who we need d defence 2 be absolutely ready 4 d title nxt season.
While I definitely agree he won’t be stopping the world’s paciest forwards, that’s not why Wenger is buying him. He is buying him for the Stokes, Newcastles, Boltons of this world. Wenger even said on French football he wants Prem League defenders who understand Premier league style because we have lost so many points playing against teams who play “english” football. And I can live with that.
i think it wonderful if we cld gt samba..we can play him against the likes of stoke,blackburn,wolves,bolton etc…whereas against the technically sound teams kozzer can do the job like he showed against barca
Good news!! Samba is strong, tall, hardworking depender that Arsenal lacking, go on mr. Wenger don’t miss him.
Do we just need a defender?what we need is a player with driving force,passion for winning games,team player,a goal getter,a commanding tone among fellow players………all in all a player who knows why he is been bought….i think wenger should go for him…
Sign Up Samba, he will suit are team perfectly!
can u please name some ‘awesome defenders’? I personally feel mertesacker should be bought..
Simon Kjaer
Mats Hummels
Heiko Westermann
But someone I’d love to get on a 2yr deal – Lucio from Inter.
He’s still got it.
WG
my lovly defender i could dream to be with us is subotic very great defender like tv5 accurate passing good on arieal ball,
why does everyone want samba? i think he’s slow and clumsy .. how does hat fit into arsenal??
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee get Sakho, much better than Samba – that all i have to say!
wenger should stop prolonging issues and get us players that can motivate the team and make them happy on the pitch of play
@ WG
Isn’t Subotic better than Hummels?
This article could have been one I’d wrote as I have been saying the same thing for ages. Samba would be a panic buy, he just isn’t as good as the spend merchants think he is. 10 minutes on match of the day followed by a Hansen evaluation is hardly the basis for saviour status. And the same can be said of Gary Cahill. Cahill is decent but his Englishness convinces people he is Tony Adams, Sol Campbell, Steve Bould and Martin Keown rolled into a
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