With Gallas» return to form, there is now a genuine question on who should start.
The JD - Song pairing has been solid in the past, and
with Gallas and Toure aging, it should one for the future.
, and Ive been always desperately writting to the Arsenal official website abt bringing up Toure on that post but it never happen on the pitch.We always need a tall guy at the center back which makes Djourou perfect along side
with Gallas, bring Toure up (as cptn) as CDM, and the guy is hyper active and mature and can be involved with anything from attack to pretty good defence.He can really back Arshavin, or Fab.
Arsenal haven't had much of that since Vieira left, and the contrast
with Gallas two years ago was immense.
Reports of a training ground bust up
with Gallas, followed by an apparent transfer request, and the constant # 8m links to Manchester City suggest that Toure feels it is time to move on.
N'Golo Kante shares
with Gallas an upbringing in the Paris suburbs as well as both playing for Caen early in their career.
My dream Man United XI would be Foster in nets,
with Gallas, Gibbs, Clichy and Vermaelen in defence.
Let me quote you again - «we are unable to retain the best players in our squad» - Ashley Cole swap deal
with Gallas was PERFECT.
That leaves the squad with Senderos and Djourou (and I suppose Gilberto) to partner
with Gallas at the back.
Not sure if it's «Malaria hangover,» extra weight, age catching up, friction
with Gallas, something else, or all of the above.
One player who could benefit significantly is Manuel Almunia, who always appeared to be on edge
with Gallas but shares a far better relationship with Vermaelen.
Toure's public admission that he does not get along
with Gallas suggests to me that they will never work to the level that we need them to in order to win trophies, while Silvestre's performances this season have done nothing but show up his limitations.
I hope Wenger don't make the same mistake as he did
with Gallas / Flamini, loyalty dosen't exist in football anymore, maybe for a few only.
The news is that Toure has had a major bust - up
with Gallas and that's why he wants out.
We need a good CB to pair
with gallas or Toure, thats true!!!
What are u trying to justify to
me with Gallas what is the main role of a defender to defend his goal gallas made more effort to score goals than to defend check the stats we have leaked more goals than ever since gallas has come here don't get me wrong he is not a bad player but I will listen to mourinho on defenders anytime and he said gallas is not a good center back and he played him at right back.
Part of the gripe I still have
with Gallas choice is that he was so new.
Can't they just stick
with Gallas and Mexes?!
«We were very young at those times, with the famous incident
with Gallas at Birmingham.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Defensive partners at the back for Arsenal for a number of years, it soon emerged that Kolo Toure and William
Gallas did not get along at all,
with Toure eventually feeling he had to leave the club for Manchester City to get away from the Frenchman, who was known for being a difficult personality.
Gallas (hamstring), Sagna (knee) and Bendtner (ankle) will all miss this weekend's Barclays Premier League clash
with Everton and next Tuesday's Champions League trip to Fenerbahce.
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.
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.
There was the centre - half Alex Song who was made to adapt to a DM, but he spent most of the time thinking he was an attacking midfielder along
with William
Gallas the centre - half.
Also Wenger is generally against selling to rivals
with some exceptions (RVP, Nasri, Clichy, Sagna, Cole,
Gallas)
Wenger doesn't like a player
with a sulky and impatient attitude, although he has taken them on before, notably
Gallas, RVP and currently Debuchy.
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.
Wenger once handed it to a new comer which was hardly deserved back then (William
gallas), so I suggest he should do it now again
with Xhaka.
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.
Except for that time
with William
Gallas.
Shame you linked him
with Cech and
Gallas, who at their peak were special.
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.
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.
He's also the second player to come back from International break
with an injury (third if you include Abou Diaby) and
with William
Gallas, Bacary Sagna and Andrey Arshavin still to play there's a genuine chance it could get a whole lot worse.
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.
It reads like this: William
Gallas is to complete a medical
with Spurs.
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....
Arsenal reject David Bentley's incredible opener was cancelled out by Mikael Silvestre before half - time and Arsenal then established a 3 - 1 lead
with further goals from William
Gallas and Adebayor.
When
Gallas, Sagna & Song who had long - international matches play
with more intensity than you, you know you didn't play well.
also,
with the annoucement we will be bringing in a new centerback wenger wont drop toure or
gallas from the team, they are both world class so this is the only logical way to get round it.
9 years down the line, Wenger has finally assemble a formidable defence, after years of tinkering around
with the likes of Senderos,
Gallas, Silvestre et al..
Dawson and
Gallas appeared to be feeling the weight of tension as they frequently brought the stupids
with their decision making and penchant for losing possession.
Toure's best days in an Arsenal shirt were alongside Campbell, who was very much a no1 CB, and
Gallas was best
with Terry and Carvalho calling the shots and organising, largely while he was at left back.
I went
with William
Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen (or Johan Djourou) and unsurprisingly I received a fair bit of criticism about leaving Kolo Toure out of that selection.