Quote from: Merv on September 23, 2010, 11:40:44 AMHe'll never go head to head with Michael Essien in a central midfield battle and win, Is that the same Essien who according to todays papers was rejected by Fergie when he was on a trial with them as a teenager as he was too small.
He'll never go head to head with Michael Essien in a central midfield battle and win,
Xavi and Iniesta don't do to badly. If you good enough youre big enough
I'd say give him a chance before writing him off. It's easy to say 'Championship player at best', but he did show glimpses of a special talent and I'd like to see him get some games or at least go out on loan for a few months. They seemed to like him at Blackpool.
There was an interesting stat in one of the tabloids last week about Arsenal being the smallest team in the league, Chelsea unsuprisingly the biggest. However you look at it, it doesn't hinder the Arse that much being a team of short arses.
Quote from: Crabman on September 23, 2010, 11:03:52 AMXavi and Iniesta don't do to badly. If you good enough youre big enoughI'm not sure that comparing him to two of the best players in the world really helps the argument though.