JET and Lansbury are both better than Diaby.
Bartley and Miquel are both better than Squillaci.
by Arsenal Tone » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:06 pm
by Lee71*98*02 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:08 pm
Plymouth Gooner wrote:JET and Lansbury are both better than Diaby.
Bartley and Miquel are both better than Squillaci.
by She_Gunner_Wales » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:15 pm
hyperspeed101 wrote:She_Gunner_Wales wrote:WTF is going on at our academy? we used to boast one of the best in the EPL all im seeing is fail, because if we cant produce a high enough standard to progress to the senior squad then something is going badly wrong.
But the same can be said about any of the top 6 teams. Atleast we have Jack and frimpong seems like he'll be able to make a mark at some stage this season. Have been fairly impressed with him in pre-season so far.
by Bristol_Gunner » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:50 pm
Plymouth Gooner wrote:JET and Lansbury are both better than Diaby.
Bartley and Miquel are both better than Squillaci.
by Inchpräctice » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:14 pm
Bristol_Gunner wrote:As for our crop of youth, the reason we are shipping out the players who haven't kicked off from promising starts is because the under 18's we have now are considered to be better than the group that is just graduating.
Bristol_Gunner wrote:JET would have had a much better chance at arsenal if he actually had a decent work ethic and stuck with being a CB rather than switching to an attacking role.
by Bristol_Gunner » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:23 pm
Inchpractice wrote:Bristol_Gunner wrote:As for our crop of youth, the reason we are shipping out the players who haven't kicked off from promising starts is because the under 18's we have now are considered to be better than the group that is just graduating.
Not really sure I follow your logic there.Bristol_Gunner wrote:JET would have had a much better chance at arsenal if he actually had a decent work ethic and stuck with being a CB rather than switching to an attacking role.
I don't think he was ever a CB.
All this talk of him playing CB just comes from one joke in an interview with Banfield or Bould (I can't remember which) when he said he tried to convince him to switch and become a CB because one day when he played there he was quite good.
I've never ever seen him play an actual match in that position.
by Goose » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:02 pm
by gzagee » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:18 am
Goose wrote:The problem is the new 25 man squad thing, JET and some of the others who are being cleared out are now 20/21 and we just simply wont have enough space in the 25 man squad for them all as they will no longer count as U21s in the next season or two
by Bristol_Gunner » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:17 am
by Inchpräctice » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:22 am
Bristol_Gunner wrote:I also think Wenger has taken Aneke's development into account here. He is the same sort of physique and Wenger considers him a more talented player with a brighter future.
by gzagee » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:05 am
by Est83 » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:24 am
by Bristol_Gunner » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:03 pm