The Arsenal Thread XXII

If it wasnt for Levy I reckon it could be a real possibility, Lloris doesnt exactly seem to be bound by the club and if he wanted to stay in England and play CL football then we would be the best option if he forced a move. Even then we'd have to pay through the nose and it definitely isnt realistic in the near future. He'll probably move abroad this summer anyway.

Kane's been their captain the last few games ffs. I don't even know who our starting captain is tbh seeing that Arteta has missed half the season

Rivals don't sell their players to each other. We haven't done business with Liverpool since 1964.

Are we not classed as rivals?

I really can't believe how Ospina has frauded his way into making people think he's a good keeper. To win the league you need either a world class goal scorer (20+ goals in the league, 25+ preferably), or a world class keeper. We have neither.

Seriously name one save that Ospina has made which you wouldn't expect a decent keeper to make, plus his size has been an issue for a fair few goals (should have done better with at least 2 of the goals vs. Monaco and Hendo's pen last week was bang on average and should have been saved seeing as he went the right way). He's clocked up comparable stats to Courtois and De Gea because he hasn't had poverty defenders in front of him and has, on the whole, played **** opposition.

De Gea and Courtois are both younger than Szs and Ospina (although De Gea is only 6 months younger than Szs), and they are already both miles better.

You know what I mean... local rivals

When was the last time Arsenal or Spurs sold a player to the other anyway? I know there's Campbell & Gallas but they were out of contract.

Rivals don't sell their players to each other. We haven't done business with Liverpool since 1964.

You lot sold Tevez to City, obvs it was said to be a high fee transfer and Ferguson didn't see him to be vital in his plans but same principle. As I said before, if we were to sign Lloris it would still have to break the bank and probably not for the 25m thats being quoted but its definitely not an impossible situation, but don't see it happening under Wenger/Levy.

Schezny was the joint best keeper with Cech last season.

lol Ospina has turned up in plenty of games; Tottenham Man City Galatasaray Aston Villa etc. I'm not saying the guy is WC or better than Court or De Gea but he's more than adequate, just because he hasn't made some overly acrobatic saves that look nice on the eye doesn't change anything.

No, the Mert deflection one was a freak goal and if there wasn't a big change in trajectory then he most probably would have saved it, he maybe could have done better on the second goal but shouldnt have been left in that kind of position by his defence anyway (don't know how his height got brought in to this, there is no proof to say he would have saved them if he was taller but less agile).

Distribution, Errors, Pass completion are stats which have little to nothing to do with the men infront of the GK yet Ospina is near level if not better than the other GKs mentioned since being first choice. Ospina has kept just 2 less clean sheets than Courtois in more than half as many games and who have have Chelsea played in the league that were any better than the teams in our fixture list recently anyway? You also say everyone else has a poverty defence but still Ospina makes more saves + catches per game than any keeper while still leading the saves per goal charts.

So? De Gea's rise was fairly rapid, whats to say Scz wont have the same development (inb4 delusion, not saying he will but, if he sorts his attitude and other mental issues he could easily be comfortably near top of the tier below De Gea and co. imo). Ospina is stellar for second choice, don't know how else to convince you that he is tbh.

Shouts of a title charge may not be absurd actually . If Chelsea get held by a draw today and then lose/draw to United next week then Arsenal definitely have a chance.

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