KG3 wrote:swipe right wrote:KG3 wrote:Watching Nketiah lead the line against Villarreal is going to be painful, worse than watching Bendtner lead the line against Barcelona in the quarter final of the CL.
Although tbf Bendtner did his job and got a goal, the team we had out especially the defence was pub level, but even so Barcelona were the best team init the world then even with our full XI we would have lost
Wenger took this lot to the Nou Camp against prime Barcelona. The man had some balls.
Almunia
Sagna
Vermaelen
Silvestre
Clichy
Denilson
Diaby
Walcott
Nasri
Rosicky
Bendtner
Nothing wrong with most of those players, in their prime they’d walk into this squad
Leno > Almunia
Sagna > Bellerin/Chambers
Vermaelen = Mari/Gabriel (although these 2 are early in their Arsenal careers and I fully expect them to improve)
Silvestre < any CB we currently have
Clichy = Tierney (Tierney's injuries working against him, clichy was more available)
Denilson > Xhaka
Diaby < Partey (early in Partey's career, but Partey is a world class CM, let see if he gets to his Athletico levels with us)
Walcott > Pepe
Nasri = Saka
Rosicky > Ceballos/Willian/ESR