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This poo is funny
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OMG

AW are you kidding me?more red flags for another likely trophyless season ahead.This guy is not just serious

I wouldn't say I am excited about Gervinho's imminent signing for Arsenal. I'm worried that we will have two African forwards who will be absent during the ANC. What's worse is that we will have the ACN competition in 2012 and 2013 as the CAF now want to host ACN competitions in odd number years.

I have also seen Gervinho play once or twice and Ild say I'm not too impressed.

Funny video v3. . . .imagine if it was Eboue trying to speak Chinese.

proudly9ja:

I wouldn't say I am excited about Gervinho's imminent signing for Arsenal. I'm worried that we will have two African forwards who will be absent during the ANC. What's worse is that we will have the ACN competition in 2012 and 2013 as the CAF now want to host ACN competitions in odd number years.

I have also seen Gervinho play once or twice and Ild say I'm not too impressed.

you must have seen a fake gervinho play. he is the most skilful ivorien forward.

^^ Considering the fact Kalou is the next most skilful Ivorian, that isn't much of a compliment

Truth be told, i prefer Hazard but Gervinho is a good player in his own right.

Meanwhile, is it true Nasri is demanding 160,000GBP p/w? The boy must have lost his mind.

ritchboy:

^^ Considering the fact Kalou is the next most skilful Ivorian, that isn't much of a compliment

Truth be told, i prefer Hazard but Gervinho is a good player in his own right.

Meanwhile, is it true Nasri is demanding 160,000GBP p/w? The boy must have lost his mind.

arouna dindane

gervinho will be a massive hit in the premier league - almost in the mould of odemwingie. he is a very brilliant player. if united don't have chicharito, he's the kind of player that would compliment berbatov and rooney. he was a class act in south africa last summer and during the olympics in 2008.

ritchboy:

^^ Considering the fact Kalou is the next most skilful Ivorian, that isn't much of a compliment

Truth be told, i prefer Hazard but Gervinho is a good player in his own right.

Meanwhile, is it true Nasri is demanding 160,000GBP p/w? The boy must have lost his mind.

Hazard is too big for Arsenal, He cant play for a useless club like yours.

160k? Lets go there, Shebi dem say Wengay no dey spend money

Gervinho not impressive? Well GAYYners are blind in spirit

coogar:

arouna dindane

gervinho will be a massive hit in the premier league - almost in the mould of odemwingie. he is a very brilliant player. if united don't have chicharito, he's the kind of player that would compliment berbatov and rooney. he was a class act in south africa last summer and during the olympics in 2008.

I completely forgot about Dindane.

dayokanu:

Hazard is too big for Arsenal, He cant play for a useless club like yours.

Hazard is too big for Arsenal yet he plays for Lille? Hazard is too big for Arsenal yet he said he'd love a move to Arsenal? Is your brain behind a firewall?

160,000 for Nasri, nigba ti ko ya weyrey

Gervinho is quite the player. Dont know how he'll rate as a lone striker though.  

Second year in a row, Cesc Fabregas best assit per minute, best chance created per minute in the 5 top leagues of Europe. I shake my head at people saying we should let him go.

^^ Wenger will play Gervinho wide. . . Even in a slightly disappointing season by his standards Cesc still puts his peers to shame

if its true that nasri wants 160, which i doubt,

then he really wants a move, has gone bonkers, thats probably what old red nose offered him.

WENGER SHOULD IMMEDIATELY FLOG HIM OFF TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.


afterall, even if him stay, they wont win nada, so why not.

. as for this gervinho issue, after seeing the much vaunted chamakh in action, dont hope for much from the french league. the standards there are clearly piss poor these days

4llerbuntu:

as for this gervinho issue, after seeing the much vaunted chamakh in action, dont hope for much from the french league. the standards there are clearly piss poor these days

evra, drogba, malouda, essien musta dropped from the league in planet pluto then.

160000x52=8.3millionx5years=40 million .

i reckon he calculates he too can do chamakh refuse to sign, refuse to be sold and in one year  40 million might not seem too high to new employer.

even if arsenal try to sell him he does not have to go

coogar:

evra, drogba, malouda, essien musta dropped from the league in planet pluto then.

No need to even go that far back - Sagna came from Uranus as well.

Are you even taking him seriously? I've advised him to go hug a wet transformer instead of continually spewing his pointlessly negative comments on nairaland.

ritchboy:

Hazard is too big for Arsenal yet he plays for Lille? Hazard is too big for Arsenal yet he said he'd love a move to Arsenal? Is your brain behind a firewall?

There is no brain, only a broken gramophone stuck on the same disc.

I'll be the first to admit I don't know a lot about Gervinho, but scoring 15 goals and 10 assists is not a bad return while playing for the Champions. Obviously no one can say for certain how he will fare in the league, but that shouldn't be a reason not to sign him.

ritchboy:

I completely forgot about Dindane.

Hazard is too big for Arsenal yet he plays for Lille? Hazard is too big for Arsenal yet he said he'd love a move to Arsenal? Is your brain behind a firewall?

Hello, Lille won the league, Arsenal ? ? In the last 7yrs dont know what that means

No player with ambitions would play for Arsenal even Nasri, Arshavin, Chamakh etc are regretting the move they made to that useless club

Hey Debo, I know you've been a bit critical of Clichy. I stumbled on this article doing the numbers, quite objective in my opinion.

http://www.anfieldindex.com/2685/liverpool-fc-transfer-scouting-stats-left-backs.html

Personally I deduce he needs to do better going forward. But according to their numbers he comes tops defensively.

Personally I think Clichy gets more criticisms than he should.

slimshay:

Hey Debo, I know you've been a bit critical of Clichy. I stumbled on this article doing the numbers, quite objective in my opinion.

http://www.anfieldindex.com/2685/liverpool-fc-transfer-scouting-stats-left-backs.html

Personally I deduce he needs to do better going forward. But according to their numbers he comes tops defensively.

Personally I think Clichy gets more criticisms than he should.

Interesting stats. . .I don't know how 'defensive errors' are calculated, but I would strongly argue that Clichy has definitely made more than one of them. While these should affect almost all defenders assessed, I am still not convinced.

One plausible reason for this is the type of mistakes Clichy makes - he is either caught out of position or drawn too close to the CBs, leaving a big gaping hole for an attacker to hurt us with.

That said, I would not want him to leave without an equally competent player or someone even better coming in. With all his errors he is massively experienced in the league and CL, losing that type of experience is simply not the way to go for Arsenal at the moment.

He does get a lot of flak, but I think that is mostly down to Sagna's much better performance in the same side.

Defensively, Clichy trounces Evra, Cashley, Baines & Jose Enrique statistically, who would've thought

ritchboy:

Defensively, Clichy trounces Evra, Cashley, Baines & Jose Enrique statistically, who would've thought

Well Statistics is different from reality.

Clichy in relaity is one of the worst LB in Europe

dayokanu:

Well Statistics is different from reality.

Clichy in relaity is one of the worst LB in Europe

he wasn't even the best in that statistics printed, the author just picked him. everyone loves arsenal.

i also do not know if all u overage mumus are aware that those players u listed left the french league 3 or more years ago?
understandably, english comprehension is not your forte which would explain why u missed the qualifier "these days".

not that i expect better though. since the demise of lyon as a force, which player has come out of there to light up the prem. unless u were under a rock u would remember how chamakh's transfer was much lauded by debosky and co here.

4llerbuntu:

i also do not know if all u overage mumus are aware that those players u listed left the french league 3 or more years ago?
understandably, english comprehension is not your forte which would explain why u missed the qualifier "these days".

not that i expect better though.  since the demise of lyon as a force, which player has come out of there to light up the prem.  unless u were under a rock u would remember how chamakh's transfer was much lauded by debosky and co here.

He is not a bad player but he doesnt look 'quality' enough for Arsenal. He has no speed, silky skill, stamina and killer finishing. Yes he has scored some goals but in the long term what does he offer? I mean would any other top 4 team buy him then? Even Wiltord was better cos he cud play as a winger. Smh. Wenger aka mr awoof wey dey run belle!

4llerbuntu:

i also do not know if all u [b]overage mumus [/b]are aware that those players u listed left the french league 3 or more years ago?
understandably, english comprehension is not your forte which would explain why u missed the qualifier "these days".

not that i expect better though. since the demise of lyon as a force, which player has come out of there to light up the prem. unless u were under a rock u would remember how chamakh's transfer was much lauded by debosky and co here.

You must be the Methuselah of mumus then.

Chamakh had a good first half of the season before fizzling out, something that happened to more than a few players across the entire league regardless of where they originated. To judge Ligue 1 by virtue of ONE player having a poor second half of the season in the EPL shows you should still be playing with an abacus - you are clearly lacking deductive reasoning ability despite your old age.

The Eden Hazard that many are salivating over plays in the same league you are deriding - I guess 4uller mumu methuselah knows more than the coaches of Europe.

ritchboy:

Defensively, Clichy trounces Evra, Cashley, Baines & Jose Enrique statistically, who would've thought

He might trounce many of them in terms of 'active' defending - tackling, interceptions and so on, but in terms of positional sense and leaving huge swathes of pitch for the opposition to attack, he's clearly mid range.

I still wouldn't sell him if I was Wenger, unless I was getting Baines or Enrique that is.

Clichy is more of a liability these days abeg. I have always preferred full backs who know what to do with the ball upfront. Clichy seems clueless upfield, and defensively he is not fantastic either. Lack of concentration very obvious. His athleticism cant be faulted though.

I think Gervinho is perfect for that 4-3-3 formation. Never suited Chamakh and Bendtner, And I really hope we hold on to Cesc and Nasri

^^^In the face of contrary statistics you are repeating that same old tired 'liability' cliche. He was the best defensively! I do agree he doesn't offer a lot upfront.

@Debo, he does have problem with positioning same as Gibbs, perhaps something with our system. Ass-Cole didn't seem to have it though.

However since it seems like common wisdom defense is our problem, why replace with Baines though fantastic upfront isn't so much at the back. Luis Enrique seems to be solid behind but doesn't do much upfront. I think however that's because guitterez doesn't most of the attack in front of him.

If pressed for it though, I'd go for Baines. Goals is the name of the game. Although whoever is in front of him has to work a lot harder to cover when he goes upfront.

Them no go kill me here. . . .Gervinho does not have skill?

lol v3 funny vid

debosky:

Funny video v3. . . .imagine if it was Eboue trying to speak Chinese.

that is something i'll love to see

Muki happen unto thee? You sha dey show urself because I no wan come for drill abi?

Wassup wiv that ish nah?!

dayokanu:


Gervinho not impressive? Well GAYYners are blind in spirit

Its called MY personal opinion for a reason.

I wonder why no gunner seems to be worried that we will 'potentially' lose Gervinho, Chamakh, Song and Eboue (if he stays) late January till February for the next two years - a key period in the season when we should be gaining players.

Because there is loads of football to be played before then.

mystikal:

Because it wont be the 1st time, and and there is loads of football to be played before then.

Well we've seen how it worked out in the past which is why I'm surprised many ain't worried.
Also, everyone knows the football played before January isn't much of a problem for Arsenal in terms of league position but the football played after January/February.
Anyways, I'l wait till the guy is signed and see what AW will eventually do with Bendtner and/or Chamakh