Caporegime
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I haven't said Mertesacker is crap thanks very much, he isn't great though, he certainly isn't worth being our most expensive CB, Djourou and Squillaci are gash but Djourou is being kept, its as simple as that, Wenger loves him even if he'd struggle in league 2.
That means we already have Verm, Mert, Kos and Djourou, we need to get rid of Squillaci, in ideal circumstances we would have sold him before buying Mert, Wenger already made a concession by buying a replacement before having the chance to get rid of him. Once we get rid of him we have 4 cb's and are "even", as always with Wenger, it doesn't matter what you or me think, HE thinks Djourou is more than good enough, and has just given him a new contract.
If he was willing to get rid of both of those then he'd look for a 4th CB, but personally I think he'd be looking for a 4th choice CB, not someone on an expensive contract.
Mertesacker sucks in as much as, he was brought in purely because he's tall to help us do better at set pieces. he sucks in the air, he sucks in the air compared to someone a foot shorter, he's woeful in the air for someone his height. He's been poor at set pieces and while decent enough in the rest of his game, that still isn't good enough for being our most expensive CB. This is the problem with well, the EPL in general and fans. Mertesacker ISN'T brilliant, there are brilliant CB's out there, you win things by getting rid of average or even half decent players, and buying great players. EPL for years has been about settling on average players rather than moving on and bringing in great players.
Wenger at his best, get shot of Overmars and Petit, buy Pires, Lauren, etc, etc. Mertesacker is to slow, clumsy and not good in the air to ever be great for us, so we should be looking to move him on, not settle.
But most of that isn't particularly relevant, the fact is with Squillaci gone(hopefully) we'll have 4 CB's, Vertonghen may/may not be great, but we won't go for him without getting rid of Mert or Djourou, which we aren't going to do.
I think ultimately too many decisions will come down to where we finish, if we blow up again before the end of the season(or more like if Spurs stop being completely useless) and that all leads to either RVP staying or going. Who we buy, what positions we strengthen and who we can get will likely all change completely if RVP leaves.
That means we already have Verm, Mert, Kos and Djourou, we need to get rid of Squillaci, in ideal circumstances we would have sold him before buying Mert, Wenger already made a concession by buying a replacement before having the chance to get rid of him. Once we get rid of him we have 4 cb's and are "even", as always with Wenger, it doesn't matter what you or me think, HE thinks Djourou is more than good enough, and has just given him a new contract.
If he was willing to get rid of both of those then he'd look for a 4th CB, but personally I think he'd be looking for a 4th choice CB, not someone on an expensive contract.
Mertesacker sucks in as much as, he was brought in purely because he's tall to help us do better at set pieces. he sucks in the air, he sucks in the air compared to someone a foot shorter, he's woeful in the air for someone his height. He's been poor at set pieces and while decent enough in the rest of his game, that still isn't good enough for being our most expensive CB. This is the problem with well, the EPL in general and fans. Mertesacker ISN'T brilliant, there are brilliant CB's out there, you win things by getting rid of average or even half decent players, and buying great players. EPL for years has been about settling on average players rather than moving on and bringing in great players.
Wenger at his best, get shot of Overmars and Petit, buy Pires, Lauren, etc, etc. Mertesacker is to slow, clumsy and not good in the air to ever be great for us, so we should be looking to move him on, not settle.
But most of that isn't particularly relevant, the fact is with Squillaci gone(hopefully) we'll have 4 CB's, Vertonghen may/may not be great, but we won't go for him without getting rid of Mert or Djourou, which we aren't going to do.
I think ultimately too many decisions will come down to where we finish, if we blow up again before the end of the season(or more like if Spurs stop being completely useless) and that all leads to either RVP staying or going. Who we buy, what positions we strengthen and who we can get will likely all change completely if RVP leaves.
...god knows why Wenger loves his swiss defenders...a few yrs back we had Senderos playing for us lol.
