Cedric Soares: 2019/20 Performances

[Eaststander74]

Lovely to see our “risk free” loan signing won’t even be taking the field until March at the earliest with a lingering knee issue.

Meh... March is in 13 days. He's hardly needed desperately. Nobody cared when we signed him, so why should we care that he's not able to play for a few weeks?

 

[Rex Stone]

Meh... March is in 13 days. He's hardly needed desperately. Nobody cared when we signed him, so why should we care that he's not able to play for a few weeks?

Actually did say when we signed him that it was worrying he’d already been out for two weeks with a knee ligament injury.

We’ve now gone from being fit for this week until out to no exact timeline.

 

[krengon]

Hopefully we benefit from this agent favour down the line..

 

[krengon]

So tall Arsène Wenger, signs an injured player in Kallstrom, everyone loves it...

this is rewriting history a bit That signing was met with anger and ridicule back then too..

I guess his contribution in the fa cup made it worth it though lol.

 

[Rex Stone]

If the club keep progressing in the FA Cup and EL there will be plenty of games to go around. I don't think Arteta sees AMN as a full back anyway, since he complained about playing players out of position there.

Judge him in May.

Is this still a “win-win” signing though?

We’re now paying money for a player who had a pre-existing knee injury when we signed him that isn’t any closer to even training let alone playing.

 

[<<reed>>]

another Kallstrom/Denis Suarez

 

[A_G]

Is this still a “win-win” signing though?

We’re now paying money for a player who had a pre-existing knee injury when we signed him that isn’t any closer to even training let alone playing.

I didn't say it was a win-win. It's a low risk signing with potential reward. Not sure how much but after what happened in the EL final last season with AMN at RB I'd be much more confident of going into an important game with Soares if Hector is unavailable.

 

[Eaststander74]

Actually did say when we signed him that it was worrying he’d already been out for two weeks with a knee ligament injury.

We’ve now gone from being fit for this week until out to no exact timeline.

I don't think this was sprung on the club. I think he was signed for when he'd be possibly needed, and we're on course for that, barring any typically hilarious Arsenal-like scenarios coming out of it

 

[Macho]

So tall Arsène Wenger, signs an injured player in Kallstrom, everyone loves it...

Not true at all

People were pissed/bewildered tbh. We had a similar situation with Amaury Bischoff as well.

I think only Benayoun was a decent risk free signing in late Wenger reign if I remember correctly.

 

[Rex Stone]

I didn't say it was a win-win. It's a low risk signing with potential reward. Not sure how much but after what happened in the EL final last season with AMN at RB I'd be much more confident of going into an important game with Soares if Hector is unavailable.

Not you personally but you only have to go back to the first pages of this post to see people saying exactly that.

My point is the same as it was in January, it wasn’t a case of either Soares or AMN. There were better options for relatively little outlay.

The fact that we signed an already injured player means we’re going to be asking Hector to play three games a week for the next month or so.

Absolute joke signing.

I don't think this was sprung on the club. I think he was signed for when he'd be possibly needed, and we're on course for that, barring any typically hilarious Arsenal-like scenarios coming out of it

Don’t we need him now though? We’re going to be playing three games a week for quite a while.

 

[Rimaal]

Idiotic signing, one of many idiotic signings by our club.
Whomever is in charge of our recruitment needs to be fired.

 

[A_G]

Not you personally but you only have to go back to the first pages of this post to see people saying exactly that.

My point is the same as it was in January, it wasn’t a case of either Soares or AMN. There were better options for relatively little outlay.

The fact that we signed an already injured player means we’re going to be asking Hector to play three games a week for the next month or so.

Absolute joke signing.

Hector and AMN is fine for the moment imo, but in the latter stages of the EL having Cedric in the mix would be better. That way you can rest Hector in the league and still have a competent player in that position so you’re not sacrificing league points either. Everything Arteta says points to him preferring genuine full backs as opposed to players out of position there.

 

[Rex Stone]

Hector and AMN is fine for the moment imo, but in the latter stages of the EL having Cedric in the mix would be better. That way you can rest Hector in the league and still have a competent player in that position so you’re not sacrificing league points either. Everything Arteta says points to him preferring genuine full backs as opposed to players out of position there.

Major fixture build up is now though. We’ve got a rearranged City game probably coming in the next couple of weeks and we’re still in three competitions.

Hector is still feeling his way back and there’s no guarantee we’ll be in three competitions whenever Soares is fit again.

 

[A_G]

Major fixture build up is now though. We’ve got a rearranged City game probably coming in the next couple of weeks and we’re still in three competitions.

Hector is still feeling his way back and there’s no guarantee we’ll be in three competitions whenever Soares is fit again.

It's not too bad really:

Feb 23 Everton
Feb 27 Olympiacos
Mar 2 Portsmouth
Mar 7 West Ham
Mar 12 EL
Mar 16 Brighton
Mar 19 EL
Mar 23 Southampton or FA Cup QF

Against that level of opposition, AMN should be fine back-up. It's after the break when Sp**s, Liverpool, City and the bigger sides in the EL will become an issue so you'd like Cedric to be in contention.

 

[Mitch]

Really looking forward to seeing him and playing for Arsenal.

 

[Make]

When is he available to play?

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

I’ve always rated Cedric. Was surprised he lost his place at S’ton. This is a clever bit of business IMO. Could potentially push Héctor.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

When is he available to play?

Late this month in 2 weeks or 3 maximum

 

[Marjorie]

Late this month in 2 weeks or 3 maximum

Reckon he could be ready for the Portsmouth game?

 

[Manberg]

Why did we pay a £5m loan fee for an injured player I don’t understand it.