Gael Clichy

[Project]

By far the best left back in the league on current form.

 

[Keith Moon]

Fantastic, my goner buddy labeled him as useless and a defensive disaster when he signed for us, yeah right...

 

[tonea2003]

mystifies me everytime i see him play, why arsewipes let him go, let alone for a bargain 7mill

 

[MAXXI]

agreed great performance again

wonderful value he is from our academy arsenal fc

lol you thick funny hehe

 

[Deleted member 14625]

Very high quality, efficient, quick, good in the air, good passing, great going forward and even better defensively! What a signing!

 

[Bill]

Outstanding yet again, always liked this lad, arsenal are idiots letting him go in favour of Gibbs .

 

[Lucky13]

Quality again yesterday , we mugged the Arse for this fella.

 

[squirtyflower]

Has been consistently good since the first game against Swansea and yesterday was excellent

 

[alky313]

Clichy>>>Gibbs>Santos

Too bad they paid £7mil for Santos.

 

[Davs 19]

Anyone got any links to Arsenal forums where they talk about him? would be interesting too see what they're saying.

Not saying much. He was always a really nice guy and we all wish him well. Not gonna lie though, he went through 2 years of terrible form which was the reason why he himself left.

Kinda like how we got Vermaelen. Ajax fans thought he was average and every pundit around (even our own Tony Adams) said he wouldn't be good enough. Next thing you know he's one of our best players and scores 7 goals in his first season.

Some players just need a change in environment.

The change of environment will have played it's part i'm sure but i think the overriding factor in Gaels great form is that he is playing with better players in a better system which allows
him to have 100% confidence to play his own game. I mean that with no disrespect to Arsenal. Going forward with the likes of RVP, Walcott, Gervinho etc they look very good. And indeed i really rate Vermaelen and Sagna with Schenzy, very solid basis for a top defence.

But Wenger gets it all wrong. As was hinted by a previous poster if you want to challange for honors you simpley cannot have two attacking fullbacks who will inevitably be caught out of
position unless you have a top defensive midfielder who will sit infront of two quality centre backs and provide cover for any positional absences. Plus if you are to play that way you cannot just have the one class CB and a dodgey weak link and i'm affraid Mertesacker, Koschelny and Squillaci are all pretty poor.

Wenger and his coaching staff should have gone nuts out to get Cahill from Bolton, M'Vila from Rennes and kept hold of Clichy. A partnership of Cahill and Vermaelen infront of the excellent Schezny with Sagna and a confident Clichy attacking down the flanks with Yann M'Vila providing cover... That would be very tasty indeed and would have had you right up there competing for the title. As it stands i think you will be in a fight to finish in the top 4.

Can't believe your criticism of Agent Wenger. He's been amazing for us, not least in sending us the best LB in the Prem for loose change by today's standards :)