Remember the internet joke doing the rounds in the summer about a certain Titus Bramble coming to the Arsenal? If you missed it some mischievous cove used Twitter to spread the rumour that the bungling Bramble was on his way to the Emirates and that Arsene Wenger was convinced it was he, not Per Mertersacker, Gary Cahill, Chris Samba or Phil Jagielka, who was the answer to our defensive woes.
My how we laughed.
Fast forward a few weeks and we’re not laughing anymore are we? Why? Because TV5 is bleedin’ crocked again and we are back to square one. Yes, the big German from Werder Bremen has provided rearguard reinforcements. But can you say, with hand on heart, that you are encouraged by the fact that we must rely on either Johan Djourou or Laurent Koscielny as his partner? To be fair, the latter is the better bet but has he fully recovered from his back injury in time for Saturday? What’s that? Seb Squillaci? Nurse, more pain-killers, please.
Which takes me back wild and inaccurate rumours (and Lord knows I know what I am talking about here) – and may I refer the honourable gentlemen to the answer I gave some moments ago (Bramble)…for we have a ready-made former international central defender in our midst. A stalwart stopper who is training with the Gunners, isn’t attached to a club and can be signed on a short-term deal until the entire medical team at the club are sectioned and TV5 is nurtured back to fitness.
Yes, step forward Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell. Dare AW do it? Hire a player that was shown the door in the summer after a stuttering spell at Newcastle United? He knows the boss. He knows the players. He knows the set-up. Is he up to it? Discuss…
Article courtesy of Carl Eldridge from the excellent Arsenal Insider
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arsene wenger said recently like: you cant just buy every time you get an injury. what would we do if mertesacker and koscielny got injured? well we may just have to buy some cover but then what if that cover gets injured? buy cahill, samba and jagielka? and what if they get injured? its just not feasible.
no team has a 1st choice sitting on the bench, they have suitable cover yes or should do, but a 1st choice? no way.
it is better this year cos we have mertesacker AND koscielny AND djourou. djourou and koscielny did excellent last year. especially with djourou spending the year before injured and koscielny having his first year in the prem. theres miquel who has done well for us and recently won the U21 euro championships with spain.
to be fair if we had vermaelen, koscielny and mertesacker injured at 1 time we would just be unlucky.
we arent man city. we cant/dont/wont pay players £50,000(man city £100,000) to sit on the bench if all others are fit.