Michael Carrick

[AFCG7]

Appiah has improved a lot.. at Juve he just didnt seem that good.. but for GHana he has been in top form.. not really sure about him though.
As for Carrick..i'd be surprised if we signed him for anythng over 10 million.

 

[Shadow Moses]

And where would this pinnacle of averageness play?

Defensively, I'd rather have Gilberto.

Attacking wise, Cesc gets my vote.

We already have Hleb and Rosicky that can play in the center and are miles better than him.

 

[Clrnc]

carrick? no way. Sp**s won'y sell to us on a cheap. furthermore he is not those tough tackling midfielder that can bolster our squad

 

[fabtastic]

would love to get carrick great player
even if he is a Sp**s player
they wont sell to us anyway!

 

[Legend#1]

Not as good offensively as Cesc.

Not as good defensively as Gilberto.

I do rate him.

But there are far better options out there.

 

[_scorpion_]

Sp**s will let Carrick go once they know Zokora accepts their bid......he will most likely join Man Utd simply because of the price tag.

Meanwhile, Zokora waits to hear from Arsène while Arsène waits to hear from Gurgen.

 

[Gurgen]

I thought you were Arsène's personal toilet cleaner? I'm baffled.

 

[GoonerGurjit]

Surely IF Wenger wants Zokora, then he'll get him.

 

[kamikaze80]

Not as good offensively as Cesc.

Not as good defensively as Gilberto.

I do rate him.

But there are far better options out there.

he wont be worth whatever price Sp**s are holding out for, but you could also say hes better defensively than cesc and better offensively than gilberto.

 

[Corny]

We won't sign Carrick, Sp**s would not sell for less than £12m since they could probably get that elsewhere given the inflated UK home grown market.

We can certainly spend the money better elsewhere.

 

[_scorpion_]

I thought you were Arsène's personal toilet cleaner? I'm baffled.

When I applied for the job they said it was already taken by your mother.

I guess that's where you get all your insight from.

 

[Legend#1]

Now, now ladies.

 

[kamikaze80]

careful now, you might get suspended for a week. where is tegh anyway, i thought he was supposed to be back yesterday?

 

[>YounGunner<]

We could have just bought him off West Ham when we where interested in him..


Not now. Noway.

 

[Viper]

Not as good offensively as Cesc.

Not as good defensively as Gilberto.

I do rate him.

But there are far better options out there.

he wont be worth whatever price Sp**s are holding out for, but you could also say hes better defensively than cesc and better offensively than gilberto.

It doesn't matter whether he is offensively better than Gilberto as Gil doesn't play in an attacking role. His job is to break up attacks, not to provide creativity to the team.

I also can't see Carrick fitting in our starting 11 and he'd be quite pricey.

There are better options availible for us.

 

[kooldawg]

British homegrown players are too over priced, anyone know the reason why?

 

[truth_hurts]

British homegrown players are too over priced, anyone know the reason why?

Because talented English players are few and far between making them seem special talents. Young Italian, French, Spanish talents are far less rare.

Carrick is an excellent player, but wouldn't be my choice but if we did sign him (very unlikely) - Wenger knows best.

 

[legandary]

Carrick would be bought to hold the midfield, like Gilberto does, but his vision and range of passing is far better. Honestly would not mind seeing him come to us, but it is unlikely this will happen.

I also agree that there are probably better players out there who could do the same type of thing. All i know is Gilberto needs competition and strong competition at that. I do like the guy, but i do believe he is the weakest link in a full strength arsenal team (which is nothing to be ashamed of) so i would love to see another solid def mid come in. Its a shame Diaby got injured because i believe Arsène had big plans for him, hence his huge dissapointment after the injury.

And song is not good enough in my opinion, and i am surprised we actually bought him....however Wenger Knows! And thats good enough for me.

 

[qs]

Carricks not good enough. Gilberto is a better DM and Cesc and Tom are better attacking.

Frankly he isnt fit to clean Fabs boots.

 

[otfgoon]

Carrick is a poor mans Mascherano only he will cost pretty much the same.