‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Trina » Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:34 am

Robin van Persie has heaped praise on left-back Andre Santos for his bright start to life at Emirates Stadium.

The Brazilian defender has featured heavily since his move from Fenerbahce in the summer, slotting into the side seamlessly in the absence of Kieran Gibbs.

Van Persie has been impressed with Santos’ impact on the Arsenal first team, likening him to former Brazil international Roberto Carlos.

“When he first arrived I remember him saying he’d need five or six games to get his fitness up before things would really kick off for him,” the striker told Arsenal.com.

“It was true - he’s grown stronger and fitter in every single game, and what I really like about him is his confidence on the ball.

“He’s firstly a left-back, but he’s so much more than that - he gets the ball to his feet, plays one-twos, looks after the ball with style and plays a bit like Roberto Carlos.

“He knows how to choose between holding his defensive position and going forward - and when he goes, he is committed. I love his play.

“I remember a couple of weeks ago playing not just a one-two but a one-two-three-four with him, and that’s the kind of thing you enjoy. It’s a joy to play with him because he loves football, loves finding solutions, and I don’t really see full-backs as confident as Andre in other teams.

“We all feel that when he has the ball he will do something useful with it. You know that, even if he is faced with a couple of guys, he’ll choose the right thing.”


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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Massa » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:51 am

I do have a man crush on Santos tbh.
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Zedie » Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:51 pm

He starting to get into shape now, he seemed to fit in a lot more seamlessly than in previous games.

The guys footwork is imense though, I honestly think he has the second best control/dribbling of the ball behind rvp. If theo had his dribbling ability, he'd be the greatest!!
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Est83 » Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:47 pm

Massa wrote:I do have a man crush on Santos tbh.


You have a crush on cock!
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Massa » Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:48 pm

Just Santos, Arteta, RvP, Chamberlain...and you.
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Est83 » Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:03 pm

You would have to groom Ox thoug... that puts you in a whole other catagory of sexual deviency!
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Özilfan » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:59 pm

He's starting tonight - let's hope he shows us some Brazilian magic.

This would do:

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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby mceyhan » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:27 pm

I know Santos from Turkey. I think he doesn't have capacity as being R.Carlos but he is a useful team player .Not much.
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Arsenal Tone » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:30 pm

I always thought Clichy looked a bit like Carlos.
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby yosifun » Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:41 pm

Everyone knows he has skills on the offensive end, I'm optimistic he will be able to use his strong body to do the work on the defense too.

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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby TheLittleMozart » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:38 pm

He still looks over-weight to me. he needs to shed around half a stone atleast and work on his fitness as he loves a run forward but seens to hate tracking back.

Could be a good player for us, once Wenger works his fitness magic with him.
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Massa » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:45 pm

All good Brazilians are fat. Okay well just Ronaldo. But still
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby TheLittleMozart » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:49 pm

Its actually incredible how fat Ronaldo actually has become since hes packed in football!
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby Leody » Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:04 pm

TheLittleMozart wrote:Its actually incredible how fat Ronaldo actually has become since hes packed in football!


Fairly certain he still plays in Brazil...
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Re: ‘Santos reminds me of Roberto Carlos’

Postby TheLittleMozart » Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:32 pm

Nah he retired in Feb this year!
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