I'd agree the santos at the beginning of the season was a great attacking threat, but I've just not been convinced by him in recent matches, possibly due to coming back from injury. I might have to watch the wigan game again, but he just refused to go wide from what I remember, instead opting to come in all the time. I like him too - he's got great technique and looks so comfortable on the ball - but I'm just not particularly convinced tbh and I reckon gibbs is in better form atm if not injured.
I thought he had a pretty bad game against wigan, but he certainly wasn't the only one. Definitely not going to write him off based on this season.
Gibbs has been saved by Gervinho and Benayoun a lot of times when he has been out of position. Both aren't the greatest defenders, but Santos imo adds more to the team.
Santos also has got the a lot of the fans on his side by his tweets. the pictures he posts are always funny!!
Santos is hilarious. He looks like a chef sometimes. I remember his tweet : 'Good Win Gays!!' had me ROFL
How glad/upset are you guys that we didn't get Gary Cahill?
Meh, we brought Mertesacker instead who I think is a better defender. Then again, with Cahill we probably wouldn't of had to deal with 2-3 months of him getting used to the league.
How glad/upset are you guys that we didn't get Gary Cahill?
Quite glad personally. He's good but is massively overrated (as are all English players). Because Koscielny and Vermaelan are similar to his play-style, I prefer Mertesacker. Plus the media have overly exaggerated any blunders or average performances. He needed a year to settle in and I feel the lanky German will come good next season.