This one is really difficult. Gibbs i think is able to recover from his mistakes alot better than Santos. However, Santos defending style is unique and it does work quite well at times. (This is actually how i defend myself in football ) At other times it doesn't (Mata ripped him a new one at one point). However, he is light years ahead of Gibbs in attacking, and he's scored more goals for Arsenal this season than Clichy has for Arsenal in 8 years!!!!

Choose wisely

You know I am going with Santos.

I think it was done when we knew very little about Santos. Now we know he's style and we can see what peeps really think.

I really like Santos he adds something different to Arsenal. Gibbs should be used against certain teams only.

Hmmm, maybe Santos as starter. And Gibbs against the bigger teams?
dunno really i mean Santos did score against Chelsea so he could still be important against big teams. Aggghh

The Verminator wrote:Hmmm, maybe Santos as starter. And Gibbs against the bigger teams?
dunno really i mean Santos did score against Chelsea so he could still be important against big teams. Aggghh

I really think Santos should be a striker in some games , we can start with a CC game.

His ball skills are just crazy love the guy.

He wouldn't be bad playing at LW. Just saying.

Gibbs is as much out-of-position just like Santos is, attacking wise Santos is helping us so much it's underrated already.

I'm pretty sure Gibbs will become a beast, he's young - but Santos edges this atm for me.

Wenger will rotate, so we'll see them both equally.

urbaNRoots wrote:Gibbs is as much out-of-position just like Santos is, attacking wise Santos is helping us so much it's underrated already.

I'm pretty sure Gibbs will become a beast, he's young - but Santos edges this atm for me.

Wenger will rotate, so we'll see them both equally.

Gibbs is just like Diaby a especial guest play one game and miss a month.

Miss Diaby. I really think that if he wasn't injured all the time, and was consistent, he could be great. But that's not part of the thread.

Keep votin fellas

If it was not for Santos goal the Chelsea game could have ended bad imo.

Its kinda hard atm because Santos has been good lately but he still needs to lose som weight and focus more on defending and Gibbs on the other hand is getting better and better every game but he is injured for most of the time. I will still go with Gibbs.

Santos slowly becomes fan new cult after king Eboue of course. I don't think we have to worry which choice since Gibbs will recover from injuries, make some cameo appearances then come straight back to medial center and chill out with Diaby, Almunia and Squillaci.

The Verminator wrote:I think it was done when we knew very little about Santos. Now we know he's style and we can see what peeps really think.

^^ True. And Gibbs won that round.

Raptorgunner wrote:
Gibbs is just like Diaby a especial guest play one game and miss a month.

This, and Santos' style, makes him first choice for me. Plus he is also in the adapting phase and can only get better. He has made our left flank oh-so-good! Add Jenkinsson's sexy crossing from the right to that, and if Chamakh gets his form back (okay here I stretched it), then we'd be scoring from crosses and headers, something we don't usually do. Makes us more potent as goal threat.

Twoism wrote:Santos slowly becomes fan new cult after king Eboue of course. I don't think we have to worry which choice since Gibbs will recover from injuries, make some cameo appearances then come straight back to medial center and chill out with Diaby, Almunia and Squillaci.

I do hope he improves his fitness in the next 2 years. Santos is 28 already, Gibbs remains the future first choice LB. Didn't we have a certain Pedro Botelho chap who also played LB? He has permanently been on loan or something right?

Is there any reason for Chamakh's form going out the window once RVP came back?

beatrixasdfghjk. wrote:Is there any reason for Chamakh's form going out the window once RVP came back?

Lack of games.. Can't think of anything else.. Oh and that scandal he had to hush up..

The scandal?
I didn't believe it, but okay ...

How about Vermaelen? Vermaelen at LB would mean more solidity, for obvious reasons, and also more flexibility as the 4-2-3-1 could shift into this:
which could help in pressing, space manipulation, and ball retention. :dance:

Now this is tough....

I just don't know. Santos has played very well of late overall and also gives us more going forward but I like Gibbs too. And Gibbs was playing well before he got injured (again), his performance at Tottenham last month was impressive.

I think Gibbs edges it for now, but I am happy with either.

obv its santos,hes B0SS

hey man,are u kidding ! lool....GIBBS is like a BOSS - not santos...anyway i voted 4gibbo coz he's just amazing imo.

Andre Santos is better in my modest opinion ..

Gibbo should start ahead of Fatso

Gibbs.