Re: toure agrees city move (merged)
I have gone on record as saying i dont rate toure, in fact i even said he was wank but after thinking about it over the weekend and the impending knowledge that he may actually become a blue has allowed me to re-evaluate my assesment and i have done a raggish u-turn and actually think he wouldnt be that bad a signing.
My problem with him is the same problem i have with micah, he is not a good 'defender' as such, more a player whose physical capabilities (mainly pace and strength) allow him to recover and make good challenges in situations that a more accomplished player would not allow to occur in the first place. The best defenders in the league (vidic, terry, carvalho, camelgob, skrtel, carragher and hypia, laursen before they left/retired) seem to make defending seem simple through their ability to read dangerous situations, this isnt something i really see when i watch arsenal defend.
Nevertheless he is a good player and an improvement on what we have already, i like how comfortable he is on the ball (something none of our players seem to be) and how he is happy to bring the ball out of defence. I still feel that we would need to sign either lescott or possibly hangeland to play alongside him to feel more secure at the back. These two are great in the air and good with the ball at their feet and dont seem to get flustered and give away possesion cheaply.
