Kolo Toure [Merged]

[moomba]

For what they are worth, these are the stats from Sky spoken about earlier.

Aerial Duels
Position - 67th
Aerial Duels - 72
Duels won - 44.4%

Tackles
Position - 28th
Tackles attempted - 54
Success rate - 77.78%

Clearances
Position - 35th
Total Clearances - 222
Mins per clearance - 10.3

Passing
Position - 16th
Passing accuracy - 83.2%

 

[Chrisja1000]

when will this be done i want him on my back ?????

At least buy him a drink first !! Then maybe a nice dinner and then ask him ........ Where is the romance these days !!!

 

[alera]

We have got cover in their as well personally I think Zabs is a better player at right back and Nedum as well.

Look at it this way, worse case we end up with Toure and Upson, Keep Dunne and Nedum and we have Kompany now for defence as we have cover in midfield.

This season

Toure
Upson
Dunne
Nedum
Kompany

Last season

Dunne
Nedum
Ben Haim
Glauber Bertie
Kompany

So we have replaced Ben Haim And Bertie with Toure and Upson - Worst case. Maybe we get Lescott, Upson and Toure ! Keeping in mind the stated objective for this season is top 6 NOT TOP 4.

Who challenging for those spots have better players in central defence than us ? I would love to see someone argue Everton, Spurs and Villa have better cover overall I really would.

 

[Somud]

Somud, which three new players were you thinking of?

I was mostly thinking about Bruno Alves to partner Toure, he is the leader and take-no-prisoner type of defender who can organize our back four, his heading is superb which is what we need at the back. A goal-scoring centre-half (scores both with his head on set plays and strong free kicks). In addition to Alves, I'd like us to get Srna for our right back, as we are substantially weaker than our rivals on that position. I see Zab as a midfielder, and Micah has huge potential, but his ball playing and positional sense isn't good enough if we want to compete. So Srna with his magnificent play down the right, a clever player, great stamina and excellent crossing will give Ade and RSC the service they need and Tevez the chance to drift inwards which he likes. A box-to-box midfielder is more difficult. But I'd like to see Fernando from Porto join up. He can play DM and CM.

 

[alera]

Just want to point out on the stats posted according to the sky site Gallas has worse stats and rating than Toure.

So Gallas is shit as well then |? I am sure SSN explained this ?

Actually looking at the stats for all of Arsenals defenders Toure is rated at 6.4 thats the joint highest of any of their players (Gallas is only 6.2)

Damns lies and statistics.

 

[Marvin]

How do you know so much about players who play in distant and unrelated Leagues?

 

[Project]

Sky always seem to wheel out the stats to show how shit our new signings are :-)

 

[nhsuperstar]

just leave it mate ANT thinks he is some sort of master guru of football so it is pointless speaking to him

just put that ant twat on my foe list, it felt so good! im not telling anyone what to do but . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .do it! i like different opinions when people have the the grace wit and understanding to let other opinions be heard. but the way he's obnoxious with his "facts" (opinions) has really pissed me off the last few days, suddenly bluemoon is alot more appealable again,

good call mate. the way he goes on i would think he is about 14. like some hormonal teenager.

 

[hgblue]

Just want to point out on the stats posted according to the sky site Gallas has worse stats and rating than Toure.

So Gallas is shit as well then |? I am sure SSN explained this ?

Actually looking at the stats for all of Arsenals defenders Toure is rated at 6.4 thats the joint highest of any of their players (Gallas is only 6.2)

Damns lies ans statistics.

Must admit that I don't subscribe to the SSN bias paranoia, but I had to chuckle at the stat they posted the other day comparing our new forwards pre season against Michael Owen's. So far pre season RSC, Tevez & Ade have scored 0 goals against Michael Owen's 4. No mention of the fact that RSC & Tevez haven't even played yet, whilst Adebayor joined us mid tour and played only one game after scarcely having time to get to know his new team mates. No wonder some on here get paranoid, but I just find it amusing.

 

[moomba]

So Gallas is shit as well then |?

Last season? Well .... yes.