Sunday 26 January 2014

Per Mertesacker - Future Arsenal Captain And Legend

Words cannot describe my love for Per Mertesacker. 

He's got me right there, right in the heart.

I maybe nearly two years older than him but I love him so much I wish he was my Dad. 

Well that might be harsh on my actual Dad so I wish he was my uncle. Or my brother. 

Or just my mate.

When he first came to Arsenal people, including many Gooners, slaughtered him. 

I felt this was very unfair. 

I've always backed him, from the start, because many foreign players need time to adapt to English football.

The man had played 42811 times for Germany too, so he couldn't be that bad right? 

It's a credit to Per that he has changed most of the doubters views. 

In fact I reckon 99% of people would now acknowledge the fact that the Big Fu*king German is one of the best defenders in the Premier League. 

Personally I'd go further. I'd say he's one of the best defenders in the world. Maybe even the universe. And not Universal Studios. I mean the real universe.

The man is probably the first name on Arsene Wenger's team sheet these days. That's how well he's adapted to English football.

I love everything about Mertesacker. 

I love how passionate he is about Arsenal. I love how good he is. But most of all, I love how he doesn't need to ask someone to reach something off of the top shelf for him in Tesco.

When RVP left the Arsenal Thomas Vermaelen took over as captain. At the time I felt that Mikel Arteta should have been given the armband.

Nowadays I think the most suitable skipper for Arsenal should be big Per Mertesacker and I hope that Wenger gives him the honour this summer.

As I've said, Per is the first name on the team-sheet week-in, week-out. He, alongside Arteta, is the most influential, and tallest, player in the Arsenal squad.

Mertesacker is a leader. A man players look up too (literally) and I think he'd be a very popular choice among the squad, and amongst Gooners.

I've read that Per, when he was a (not so little) kid, was an Arsenal fan so he has the club in his blood. He loves the Arsenal. And I love this.

He has everything it takes to become an Arsenal legend. I can see him ending his career with us. And I can see him helping us to trophies.

Get a few of them, with him here, and Per would have gone from someone people didn't rate to someone who Gooners will talk about as the man in many years time.

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Thursday 2 January 2014

Berbatov Would Be PERFECT For Arsenal

It's no secret that Arsenal could do with another striker this January. 

Giroud is knackered, Podolski is slightly short of match-fitness and Bendtner, the best thing to come out of Denmark since bacon and John Jensen, is injured.

There could be a case for Walcott having a run up top but in my very, very, very honest opinion he is doing such a good job on the right flank that he should be left there.

Many Gooners will be screaming for the likes of Diego Costa but I think you'll just be giving yourself a sore throat. You could end up sounding like AVB in fact. All croaky.

This is World Cup year. Players are playing for their places in their countries squad. Big signings, well high profile signings, are about as likely as me getting under an umbrella with Rihanna.

One player we seem to be continuously linked with at the moment is Dimitar Berbatov. Going by what I've seen on Twitter I think most Arsenal fans are against it. 

I'm one of them though that thinks it'd be a great move. And I swear, on my Makita drill, I've taken my tablets this morning too.

Berbatov is a player that I've always admired from afar. Even when he played for S*urs and Man Utd I often wondered how he'd look in an Arsenal shirt.

He is perceived as being lazier than a sloth stoned out of its mind on the best Amsterdam has to offer. But I don't think that's fair. Maybe he is a little bit lazy when it comes to tracking back but that isn't what his game is about.

Berbatov is all about quality in the final third of the pitch. That's when he comes alive. And even the most ardent Gooner cannot deny the man has quality.

Giroud has done a sterling job this season. He still has his doubters but the man has grafted his awesome physique into the ground. He needs a support act.

What a support act Berbatov could be at Arsenal. He could be the ideal short-term solution. I'm sure he would be happy with an 18 month deal and I would snap up the chance to take him.

I'm not saying bring him as a first-choice. I'm talking bring him in as a squad player to help push us onto the title this season.

Bringing in Berbatov now and then making a big, big signing in the summer is the ideal situation for me. Despite Bendtner becoming unlikely hero at present he'll be off in the summer to pull another princess. So Berbatov can take his squad place.

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