William
Gallas in the past season has let through some SHOCKING goals.
But, we need another defander to replace
Gallas in thge near future.
There were a lot of contrasting opinions of
Gallas in particular, some readers saying that he is incredibly important to the side and others suggesting that he is the weakest link at the back.
Arsene Wenger has admitted that he won't be rotating the central defenders anytime soon so we can count both Thomas Vermaelen and William
Gallas in, while the same can be said about Cesc Fabregas.
Retired French star William
Gallas in a shocking turnaround denies ever saying he would score an own goal intentionally.
AW being AW, his frugality will only bring as much as 1 CB the most to the team to partner 1 existing one,
gallas in my opinion.
In all honesty, I'd rather see the back of
Gallas in the centre of defence than Toure.
Not exact matches
Remember Arshavin, remember Gilberto (preferring useless
Gallas to this stalwart and destroying this guy's confidence
in the process), now the Ox, TW14 and the list goes on.
William
Gallas and Emmanuel Adebayor scored to give Arsenal a 2 - 0 win
in the Champions League third round first leg qualifier against Steve McClaren's FC Twente
in Arnhem last night.
We don't want another William
Gallas or Silvestre and I still can not forget his performance when Brazil were trashed by the Germans
in the previous World Cup.
The last time Arsenal agreed such a deal was when they sold Ashley Cole to Chelsea
in 2006, with William
Gallas leaving the Blues and joining the Gunners as part of the deal.
Wenger brought
in a 29 year old William
Gallas from Chelsea as part of the deal that saw Ashley Cole join the Blues and last term the Arsenal boss brought
in Yossi Benayoun
in on a relatively successful season long loan spell.
As far as I am concern, our defense have never again look anywhere near as solid ever since
Gallas replaced Campbell
in 2007.
The main argument
in favour of Manchester United is the strength of the defence that set the record.Chelsea got there with a full - strength reliable back four of Terry, Carvalho, Ferreira and
Gallas.
So which players are
in your Team of the Week, mohawk - sporting Willy
Gallas or Lou Ferrigno impersonator Carlos Tevez?
Players with minutes over 1000
in 04/05: Lampard, Terry, Makelele, Cech, Gudjohnsen, Ferreira,
Gallas, Duff, Tiago, Carvalho, Drogba, J Cole, Robben, Bridge, Johnson.
With 26 Premier League goals
in total, including some impressive strikes, William
Gallas fared well at both Chelsea and Arsenal as a top contributor of goals from the back.
Not featuring
in the Stoke match,
Gallas said: «Maybe we give too great importance on playing beautiful football.
I have regularly posted that I want this «manager» sacked since 2007 - 8 and the
Gallas sulk at Birmingham when we blew A FIVE POINT Prem lead over United
in early March.
In just four years at Arsenal,
Gallas had one hell of a journey at the club with on - field tantrums and being stripped off the captaincy the tip of the iceberg.
Signed from Chelsea
in a swap deal with Ashley Cole that summer,
Gallas found himself at left - back
in this game having previously complained about the position during his ugly exit out of Stamford Bridge.
The usual lot,
in other words, along with Pascal Cygan, Jose Fonte, Steve Gohouri, William Prunier, Efe Sodje, William
Gallas, and Zurab Khizanisvili, because people on the internet are hilarious.
Wenger's training is soft and not able to bring out the best
in players, Thiery Henry, Vieira, Willaim
Gallas who played under Wenger as captains and played under Mourinho and Pep Guadiola
in case of Henry confirmed last season at different fora that training under Wenger was inferior to that of Mourinho or Guadiola.
And just by coincidence I was channel surfing the other night and came across a PL review of the 2008 - 9 season (I think it was that season) and watched Cech flap at a cross letting
in Gallas behind for us to win 1 - 0.
William
Gallas also gave his opinion and had this to say, according to a report
in the Sun: «Maybe it is time to change something at the end of the season,» the ex-Arsenal defender said.
Arsenal had gone from the experience of Toure and
Gallas, to an unknown French defender
in Laurent Koscielny playing regularly
in the centre of defence.
Easily forget he also bought good CBs
in Campbell, Toure,
Gallas, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Chambers.
Talking of
Gallas - just to use as a random example for some perspective on Oxlade - Chamberlain: Willy G had a goal record of 1
in 11 for us, Ox's is less than 1
in 14.
Whilst I have been pleased with the combination of
Gallas and Vermaelen I long for the stability we had with the likes of Adams & Bould or indeed Adams & Keown and perhaps this pair could provide that
in years to come.
That is some team and shows just how much quality
Gallas had around him during his playing career, which ultimately led to him collecting two Premier League titles, a League Cup, runners up medal
in the 2006 World Cup and countless individual accolades.
I have wanted Wenger sacked since the
Gallas sulk at Birmingham
in the 2 - 2 draw, when we blew a five point lead over United
in early March to finish second.
Namely Silvestre, Cygan,
Gallas, Djourou, Squillaci, Senderos, etc have done similar mistakes and we will see the same movie
in the next season, if Wenger is still around.
Former Chelsea defender William
Gallas has explained what he thinks is really going on
in the row between Jose Mourinho and Manchester United star player Paul Pogba.
Rafael van der Vaart (hamstring), Aaron Lennon (groin) and William
Gallas (calf) are making good progress
in their recovery from injury and could play.
Recently Younes Kaboul has looked impressive
in central defence, while his current partner William
Gallas is 33.
Arsenal Almunia 7 — Had little to do, but what he did do he did well Sagna 7 — Lost the ball a couple of times but reliable as ever
Gallas 9 — Excellent game, this season will be an important one for the Frenchman and this was a great way to start it Clichy 7 — Didn't put a foot wrong Fabregas 9 — Wonderful performance capped with a brace (Ramsey) 7 — The Welsh Cesc is coming along nicely Vermaelen 9 — An assured debut that left me forgetting about the absence of Kolo Denilson 8 — Top notch display Song Billong 8 — Solid and measured Arshavin 8 — Kept going from the 1st to the final minute Van Persie 8 — No goals, but two assists and a hand
in an other (Eduardo) 7 — Lethal finisher showed what he is all about
in his cameo Bendtner 8 — Really impressed me and is continuing to improve every game (Eboue) 7 — Helped close out the game.
Chelsea and Arsenal don't sell to each other too often due to their fierce rivalry, though a few big names such as Ashley Cole, William
Gallas and Petr Cech have moved between the two sides
in recent years.
Oh and I almost forgot the season the title was almost
in the bag when
Gallas decided to have a sit down protest on the pitch and the whole team threw
in the towel.
Gallas claimed that Mourinho has a distinct fight to win at all costs, while having failed to win a single trophy
in his time under the French boss, insisted that the same hunger is not found
in Wenger, and this is valid reasoning
in his opinion to warrant change.
Theo scored his first and second premier league goals
in a 2 - 2 draw with Birmingham, unfortunately for him the game will only be remembered for a horrific injury to Eduardo and a bizarre full - time sulk from club captain William
Gallas.
One was about that Birmingham game where
Gallas lost the plot and then had a fight with an enraged Gilberto
in the dressing room after the game.
If
Gallas runs down his contract and leaves then surely Arsene Wenger and Arsenal must begin to question the way they handle negotiations
in the future.
William
Gallas helped France qualify by scoring the decisive goal
in their 1 - 1 extra-time draw with Ireland, heading home from one yard out
in characteristic fashion after ex-Arsenal captain Thierry Henry's clear handball.
One of only a few players who have represented three top - flight London Premier League teams, William
Gallas retired from playing professionally
in 2014 after a season playing the Australian A-League for Perth Glory.
Once one of
Gallas, King or Dawson go down we have Bassong, Kaboul, and Corluka to fill
in.
We can not allow
Gallas to leave the way Edu and Mathieu Flamini did because it means we haven't learnt from previous lessons
in the past.
All things considered I suggest the manager will opt for a team consisting of Manuel Almunia
in goals, William
Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen
in the centre of defence and Sagna and Eboue starting on the right and left respectively.
Regardless of this, the reason I want
Gallas to sign a new deal is not to prove that Arsenal have learnt their lessons from the past but because I rate
Gallas as one of the best defenders
in the world and I believe that Arsenal are stronger with him than without him.
you will all just hav to make do with the french, who only sing when their winning as an arsenal fan i will cheer on our french players
in the comp with the dirty taste
in my mouth of poetic justice... anelka deflection, henry hand to foot to
gallas....
Yet Arsenal have not stayed the course
in title races past March since 2008, struggling both
in that campaign — most notoriously
in the 2 - 2 draw at Birmingham City, when Eduardo was injured and William
Gallas staged a sit - down protest — and 2010 - 11.