Nuno Tavares (20)

[Ach]

Arteta again is one of the best CM/DMs we’ve had during this era and I wasn’t really a fan of him but in terms of performances, he was better than Xhaka and Partey currently

Arteta was terrible, what on earth are you saying ?!!! He was slow and clumsy, the things that made him a quality player for Everton he did not do for Aresenal due to being deployed as a DM. Imagine getting a slow AM and getting him to anchor the Arsenal midfield defensively, which smart Alec thought that one up !!!

He was an awful CM, mediocre at best !

KG3 views on our players are hilarious

[Highbury Hillbilly]

Arteta was genuinely good in 2011/12. Shored up that disastrous midfield in a year when Fabregas, Nasri, Ramsey and Wilshere were gone.

[Arsenal Tone]

Arteta was genuinely good in 2011/12. Shored up that disastrous midfield in a year when Fabregas, Nasri, Ramsey and Wilshere were gone.

Define 'shoring up' lol

[Arsenal Tone]

Started vs watford today. Full game on arsenal.com at 3pm

[theHotHead]

Arteta was genuinely good in 2011/12. Shored up that disastrous midfield in a year when Fabregas, Nasri, Ramsey and Wilshere were gone.

I have no idea what you were watching, but Arteta didn't shore anything up in my opinion, he was a slower but equally clumsy version of Song, he didn't just look like he was running backwards - he looked like he was running backwards in treacle, when there was a counter attack.

[Goonerz]

Gonna be another Andre Santos i think, I liked Andre Santos tbf we just didn’t play to his strengths, if we use this guy right he’ll be quality

If by playing to his strengths you mean getting relegated and playing in the championship then yes, we did him a grave disservice.

LOL !!

KG3 needs to explain what these strengths are. If it is abandoning all defensive responsibility and being ok with him falling over when brushed by an opponent then no, we didn't play to his strengths.

Quite simple really he was an immense attacker better than most wingers and even Gervinho at the time, all we simply had to do was play a 3-5-2 formation and let him do his thing at wingback, the LCB and LCM would cover for him on the defensive side when needed

Andre Santos was one of the worst signing I have ever seen, together with Squillachi. Santos had as much pace as Pires. His body posture was all awkward and such a Poor defender.

The 2011/12 transfer window was such a joke. We bought some average players in it; Santos, Gervinho, Park, Arteta, Benayoun, Joel Campbell, Mertesacker, Jenkinson etc..

Wow.

Mertescaker is one of the top 3 defenders we’ve had in the emirates era put some respect on his name

Arteta again is one of the best CM/DMs we’ve had during this era and I wasn’t really a fan of him but in terms of performances, he was better than Xhaka and Partey currently

Arteta was an okay signing. Just a good midfielder, nothing amazing but I grew to like him. He was not spectacular whatsoever but he was such a solid personality on that pitch.

Imagine how bad that transfer window was, “Santos, Benayoun, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Gervinho, Arteta etc all brought in at the same time.

Average stuff..

[Ach]

Our new right back

[jayramfootball]

Gonna be another Andre Santos i think, I liked Andre Santos tbf we just didn’t play to his strengths, if we use this guy right he’ll be quality

If by playing to his strengths you mean getting relegated and playing in the championship then yes, we did him a grave disservice.

LOL !!

KG3 needs to explain what these strengths are. If it is abandoning all defensive responsibility and being ok with him falling over when brushed by an opponent then no, we didn't play to his strengths.

Quite simple really he was an immense attacker better than most wingers and even Gervinho at the time, all we simply had to do was play a 3-5-2 formation and let him do his thing at wingback, the LCB and LCM would cover for him on the defensive side when needed

Andre Santos was one of the worst signing I have ever seen, together with Squillachi. Santos had as much pace as Pires. His body posture was all awkward and such a Poor defender.

The 2011/12 transfer window was such a joke. We bought some average players in it; Santos, Gervinho, Park, Arteta, Benayoun, Joel Campbell, Mertesacker, Jenkinson etc..

Wow.

Mertescaker is one of the top 3 defenders we’ve had in the emirates era put some respect on his name

Arteta again is one of the best CM/DMs we’ve had during this era and I wasn’t really a fan of him but in terms of performances, he was better than Xhaka and Partey currently

Arteta was an okay signing. Just a good midfielder, nothing amazing but I grew to like him. He was not spectacular whatsoever but he was such a solid personality on that pitch.

Imagine how bad that transfer window was, “Santos, Benayoun, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Gervinho, Arteta etc all brought in at the same time.

Average stuff..

Arteta was a decent player but a downgrade on Fabregas and every Arsenal fan knew it at the time.
The rest other than Merts were a disaster.
Merts was probably the best I have seen in terms of reading the game since Adams, but unfortunately, he was too slow and not agile enough for the PL.

Overall that was a very poor window.
It was just one point in what was already the slump happening that sees us where we are now.

[Zenith]

He's a bit raw and mercurial but man what an athlete he is; lightning fast and fearless.

[Marsbar100]

He looks excellent

[Santi]

Haven't seen the first half but looked good for the last 30 mins going forward. Has he been tested defensively? Hopefully turns out a good purchase.

[ag6789]

Tough customer. We need more like him.

[VCC]

Good performance a whole lot to like today

[Power n Glory]

Solid performance. Pace and ability to be his man. Some good crosses driven in.

[Highbury Hillbilly]

Electric pace!

Some smart passes and cutbacks into the box too. Tierney would blast an overhead ball into nowhere if it fell to him.