The Players That Should Have Stay At Arsenal

The windows yet to be open and there have been a lot of rumours coming out regarding who will stay, who will leave and who will come. Like always there are a few set of fans not satisfy with the lack of activities and a few are just waiting what the club will do once the transfer window open.


So as there is nothing to report regarding the transfer, I would like to look back the players who leave Arsenal. The players that shouldn’t leave Arsenal, the players might need and can be better if they stay at Arsenal. Some people might not agree with my selection and reason, but this is my opinion.

Stuart Taylor

I always rated Stuart Taylor very high and once consider the next England number 1. Winning a double with Arsenal, he is a bright prospect and even considered to succeed David Seaman. But injuries force him out of the game for a long time and eventually he unable to break into the team sheet. He was then sold.

Matthew Upson

With all the defensive problem we had especially defending high ball and set pieces, I think many fans wonder why Arsene sold Upson in the first place. He is just a defender we need to defend the aerial threat. If he still play for Arsenal, I think he can win 6 points for Arsenal just because of his better defending the high ball and set pieces.

Sebastian Larrson

He is an important player for Birmingham last season. His ball distribution is very good and he is better than Denilson. What I like most about him is his free kick ability. As I strees out on my previous blog post on how Arsenal really need somebody to scores from Free Kick, Sebastian Larrson can answer this problem. I believe if he given a chances and play more for Arsenal, he might be a better player.

David Bentley

He is the former Arsenal players that every Arsenal fans like to hate. He left Arsenal because his impatient for first team action. He might regret his action now because he just didn’t get any not at Spurs. I remember he scores against Middlesbrough by chipping Mark Schwarzer with his left foot. He has the ability and he has the desire but he lacks the patient. He likes to shoot from far out and he shows that many time and against Arsenal and he have good free kick ability. The two attributes Arsenal really need right not.

Mathieu Flamini

Restless and known as the French Gattuso, we all know how we really miss him and how he didn’t do well out. I don’t know who regret the most, the club or the player, but I just wish he didn’t leave.

Jermaine Pennant

Impatient has made him wanted a way out from Arsenal. He is a good crosser and he also can scores goal. He also good with free kick and he is fast. If he stay, I believe he will be a better players and Arsenal will sure benefits his attribution on crosses and free kicks.

Jose Antonio Reyes

Home sick has make him move away from Arsenal. He had a good left foot and he can play both as a wide man and a strikers. He is fast, scoring goals, good technical ability and good free kick takers. He didn’t do well after he move, and if he just stay he might be a very important players for Arsenal now.

Eduardo

After saw Arsenal misses a lot of chances, how I wish a predator like Eduardo are there. We saw how good he is and even cheers for him when he scores. I guess the nightmare of the broken leg and the press keep branding him as a bad guy have cost him his form. Unable to recapture the form he was in before his broken leg, he was eventually sold. If only his leg was not broken, I guess Arsenal might have winning 2 or 3 titles by now.


Arsenal now are struggling to fine right players and with the 25 man rules, the task are not easy. If only the players above just able to stay at Arsenal and fulfil their promise, Arsenal might be in a better position right now and few season previously. And maybe Arsenal are a great force of premier league by then.

Two Areas Arsenal Need A Lot Of Improvement

I’m not talking about defending and goalkeeping or any positions we are weak. I think we heard a lot of it from all the bloggers in Arsenal Blogging World.


What I’m going to bring up is the tactical play. It is not about defending corners and free kicks. All people know Arsenal are not good at defending set pieces. It is about something Arsenal are very good and been part of Arsenal play for a long time and now Arsenal just not good at it.

First thing is “Free Kick”. It is surprising to consider when we had the best left footers in premier league in form of Robin Van Persie and have many good technical players. But the stats didn’t lie is it. If I’m not mistaken, I never see any goals scores from free kick last season or a season before or I cannot remember. It is such a long time since I saw one. The fact that last goal Robin Van Persie scores from free kick are back in 2007. Theo Walcott have become close to scores this season.

How many times we saw last season when Arsenal badly need a goal and won a free kick in a promising area, only to see the ball hit the walls or kick high way to the supporters. It is more than one occasion. When Arsenal used to had a free kick specialist, Arsenal have won many games because of it. How many Arsenal have win 1-0 because of Henry scores from free kick? So many is it. Improved on this area and I believe Arsenal will gain another 6 points or even more from it.

Another area Arsenal really need to improve is counter-attack. Last time other teams are afraid to commit many players for set pieces because they afraid to concede from Arsenal counter-attack. The only time Arsenal counter-attack become effective last season is when they scores against Barcelona.

Whenever Arsenal are in position to counter-attack, the players like Nasri always slow down the play and pass sideways. Why don’t they pass it forward and make Theo Walcott run for it. That is really something Arsenal really need to improve. It will make Arsenal gain another 6 points or even more. Arsenal have been a victim of good counter-attack and now it is time for Arsenal to make counter-attack their weapon of destruction like it used to be during the Invincibles.

Improve these two areas, add more steels in defense and midfield and defend set pieces better, Arsenal will become a force to be reckoned the next season. Arsenal didn’t need a major overhauled just a bit of fine tuning.

Nasri, Don't Be Greedy

There have been report circulating around the Arsenal World that Nasri don't want to commit unless he was given 110K per week, as same as Cesc Fabregas. The question here is, does he really worth 110K a week?

The stories seems to remind me of a few of Arsenal ex-players. Adebayor, Cole, Flamini, all wanted a huge pay rise and eventually they left when tehy don't get what they demand.

Nasri has only been good this season and he already demand for more. What if he play good for 3 years, maybe he demand a salary as same as Christiano Ronaldo get from Real Madrid. Come on Nasri, show us what you got first for the next 3 season and then maybe you can demand that.

110K a week not a small amount of money. Ask all the supporters who spends their hard earn money just to watched their team play, how much they earn. Respect all the supporters. After they get to pay more for ticket price, the last thing they want to see is another player demand for more money when there are no success seen.

My message for you Nasri. Unless you give all the Arsenal supporters 2 trophies every season, then you can demand more. No trophies, no pay rise. It just as simple as that.