Song to Barcelona

julias wrote:Many thanks to Song for the great service and great performances that he put it. Soon Gunners will see what we have let go.

And I find it laughable that some of the Arsenal fans

a: think Wenger will replace him and spend the money received

b: complain about his bursts forward as if Diaby isn't a thousand times worse

Diaby can't tackle to save his life, is woeful positionally, holds the ball far too long and constantly does stupid crap

It's no coincidence that this season we spent £40m and sold Rvp and Song for guess what..... dun dun dun £40m

Sahin is the most we can expect and he's not even a DM anyway

Pedram wrote:

gondov wrote:okay, seriously does Song actualy have 17 sisters and 10 brothers!

This is madness.

urbaNRoots wrote:

julias wrote:Many thanks to Song for the great service and great performances that he put it. Soon Gunners will see what we have let go.

And I find it laughable that some of the Arsenal fans

a: think Wenger will replace him and spend the money received

b: complain about his bursts forward as if Diaby isn't a thousand times worse

Diaby can't tackle to save his life, is woeful positionally, holds the ball far too long and constantly does stupid crap

It's no coincidence that this season we spent £40m and sold Rvp and Song for guess what..... dun dun dun £40m

Sahin is the most we can expect and he's not even a DM anyway

A: Yeah we wont buy anymore this summer
B: Diaby is a bench player at most, not a starter

We already saw the effect of Song = clean sheet yesterday, no goal from fouls made by our great tackler in Song.

And you talk about Song as he's a DM, well he's not. If we get Sahin, he can do Song's hollywood passes so we wont miss them + isn't tactically and positionaly inept like Song was in the past two years.

danyjr wrote:Barcelona's problem last season, in my opinion:

1. Lack of aerial capability
   
2. Lack of a solid centre back
   
3. Lack of alternative 'finishers' to Messi

Rightly so they identified the addition of a LB and CB to deal with the problems that started with Puyol and Abidal's injury/health problems and the fact that Piqué had a below-standard season and was pretty much living off his name rather than quality.

1. However, the addition of neither Song nor Alba will help the Catalans in the aerial department, if anything, they are now even more vulnerable to set-pieces and crosses.
   
   
2. Song is a player who started as a centre back, moved to defensive midfield and finally became more of a central midfield. Here is an athletic player with good passing skills but poor defensive understanding and covering. Playing him as a centre back in big stages is suicidal. It must be said though, he won't be a bad replacement for the departed Keita.
   
   
3. One could hope Villa and Pedro get back to their best and start finding the net, players like Alexis to step up and more importantly, Messi keeps the goals coming. Otherwise Barcelona will be in big trouble this season as I can only see them coming up against a better Madrid side which have gained confidence after a record-breaking season.

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harhar11 wrote:Song is 1.83 m. I say that he will improve our aerial capability more than enough...

danyjr wrote:

harhar11 wrote:Song is 1.83 m. I say that he will improve our aerial capability more than enough...

Defensively yes, offensively no.

Alex Song is now officially the second Barcelona reinforcement of the summer, after a €19 million transfer deal was agreed with his previous club, Arsenal. The Cameroon midfielder has signed a five-year contract, which includes an €80 million buy-out clause.

In the end there won't be any add-ons in Song's transfer deal, as was the case with Jordi Alba. The player is scheduled to fly to Barcelona on Monday morning at 9:30 and will pose for the cameras in front of his new club. Then, at about 10:00, he will undergo the first medical check-up at the city's Barcelona Hospital, followed by a second to be carried out at Barça's sports centre, named after the club's founder, Joan Gamper.

The player will sign his new contract at approximately 17:00 hours on the same day, after which he will once again be on show outside the club's offices, this time accompanied by FC Barcelona's president, Sandro Rosell. At around 21:10, he will be presented to the rest of the squad in front of the fans just prior to the start of the Joan Gamper Trophy, which will be played against Sampdoria. On Tuesday, at midday, he will give his first official press conference as a Barcelona player.

Although essentially a defensive midfielder, Alex Song set up 14 goals last season at Arsenal and will be the ideal 'joker' in Tito Vilanova's pack.

julias wrote:Many thanks to Song for the great service and great performances that he put it. Soon Gunners will see what we have let go.

And I find it laughable that some of the Arsenal fans

a: think Wenger will replace him and spend the money received

b: complain about his bursts forward as if Diaby isn't a thousand times worse

Diaby can't tackle to save his life, is woeful positionally, holds the ball far too long and constantly does stupid crap

It's no coincidence that this season we spent £40m and sold Rvp and Song for guess what..... dun dun dun £40m

Sahin is the most we can expect and he's not even a DM anyway

vanDEEZ wrote:

julias wrote:Many thanks to Song for the great service and great performances that he put it. Soon Gunners will see what we have let go.

And I find it laughable that some of the Arsenal fans

a: think Wenger will replace him and spend the money received

b: complain about his bursts forward as if Diaby isn't a thousand times worse

Diaby can't tackle to save his life, is woeful positionally, holds the ball far too long and constantly does stupid crap

It's no coincidence that this season we spent £40m and sold Rvp and Song for guess what..... dun dun dun £40m

Sahin is the most we can expect and he's not even a DM anyway

this man deserves a rep up.