Arsenal don’t need Yann M’Vila!
Why Arsenal Do Not Need Yann M’Vila by Adnan
Yann M’Vila – a French lad who we seem to have been linked with since the beginning of time. The youngster has been labeled the new Patrick Viera due to the fact they both play in the defensive midfield role, they are both French and not much else! Put his attitude problem aside he has got everything going for him. He’s only 21 and has got international caps for France under his belt and is undoubtedly talented. However the fact of the matter is that we do not need him.
After the departure of Alex Song the usual clamor for Yann increased dramatically. Every other comment on this site and others claimed that he would solve every problem Arsenal will or ever has faced. Our savior.
But how many of these fans have seen him play consistently throughout a season. And for those he did see play against Spain in the Euro’s would have noticed that Silva and Iniesta running rings around and therefore dominating the final third, where Spain feel most comfortable and execute their Tika-Taka style of play. I understand that Spain have world class player and you cannot expect a 21 year old to to completely halt the best attacking midfielders in the world, however what was worrying was the fact that M’Villa seemed to give up in the last half hour which resulted in him being substituted. This is definitely a characteristic of a player who will not survive in the EPL. The last youngster to have been claimed the next Claude Makelele never adapted to the EPL simply because of his lack of work rate. John Obi Mikel has certainly not lived up to those expectations.
As a regular viewer of French football I have noticed the 21 year old, as fan favorite tries to outdo himself. He tries to execute long, well timed through balls, carelessly. He keeps possession for too long and ignores quick, simple passes. This results in the young man losing possession on a regular basis. He also picks up silly cards, going into reckless, badly-timed tackles. Furthermore keeping possession and pressurizing the opposition is a key part of our game, and losing it consistently may have an impact on how the team performs overall.
Many fans have been hoping that Arsenal acquire M’Vila to fill the DM role that Alex Song has left empty. However, it is true that we did not play with a traditional DM as Song swapped the life of a hard- tackling shield for the back –four, for the more flashy role as a creative force. And he did it extremely successfully with an impressive 10+ assists last season due to injuries to Wilshere and lack of form for Ramsey. When he did come back to defend he was not decisive in tackles, reckless in challenges and shabby in clearing. Yes some say we conceded so many goals because of this but it really was not. You must not forget throughout the season we had Vermaelan, Mertesacker and all our full backs out with injuries. Thank god TV and PM were not on the injury tables at the same time or we would’ve had to play Squillaci or Djourou!
The game against Sunderland showed that the manager had different plans for this season then the last. He had all three midfielders acting as playmakers when we had possession however Arteta and Diaby would pull back and shield the back-four, acting as a shield. Arteta did a lovely job in the engine room with concise and precise tackles in defence and intelligent passes in midfield. He will be an integral part of our midfield if we hope to achieve any success this year. When Arsene Wenger said we are in the market for a DM I do not think he meant a traditional DM like Mascherano for Barca but someone like Sahin and Song- creative players who will always come to shield the centre halves.
Yann is definitely a talent and will be class and a great addition to our team; however he is simply not needed. Yes he would add depth and class to the team but with our current model in midfield and our current batch of midfielders he would simply not fit in. It’s a shame the Sahin deal did not go through because he could have easily replaced the hole which Alex Song left. But who knows, Diaby might excel in that role if I he is given the time to find form and if he does not get injured!! Let’s see what Arsene Wenger chooses to do!
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lets look at the prospects he will bring to the team should he join. he will strengthen the defense, which let us down last season. arteta can play up knowing there is a player beside him. unlike song he will be there when the opponent do the quick counter attack. his talent will be very useful to the club. if we sign him our team will only get stronger
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I too feel d same.
we dont play defensivly. wat we need is a deeplying playmaker having good passing range.
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with RVP and Song out of the team we know we won’t be hitting as much goals as last season. we must strengthen our defense so that we won’t let in as many goals as last season.
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RVP and Song has gone get rid of them,even if you continue talking it is a wastege of time. You seem to make them greater than our lovely club (AFC) even if they could have stay there would come a time to leave. We hand Thiery Henry he left but AFC is still there it is a matter of time.
praiseing RVP and Song it is as if they were nakeing wanders by them selver. Rember, how many goal Walcott rewaord RVP insteady of scoring even when he has clear space. How about Arteta who actually anf frankly speaking was behind over most matches we won. Rember when Arteta was injured in last December and at the end of the season we lost almost allthe games and hardly drew on won.
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Yes M’Vill is machenical, but lacks disclipine. He is not the type of player fits for AFC because he can cause stress in the dressing room. That why Wenger lsot his interest on the player.
Wenger is a principled manager, he could have been brought him before or to together wiht Giroud. Look what he told Santos after being involved in police chaseout for reckless driving. Guys, we need a very disclined gunner no the Baloteli and Adebayor type.
I like Yann diplay but I hate him because he can change tha atmosphere that we will kill our team spirit.
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Yeah His Disiplines Bad But When Fellaini First Come To The Prem He Got 10 Yellows In 17 Games Now look At Him Arsene Can Work on Him Trust.
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THe English football is a long and tiring one sometime playing 3 games un a week. We need more back ups to dealt with this.
M’Villa is a welcome player to Emirates and only a foooooool will say no.
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here we go again, the manchesters + chelski are challenging for trophies, can arsenal say the same? not if we dont bring in more qualities..
Go for dembele and dempsey
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U dont watch as much French football as u claim to..M’villa does not hold the ball 4 as long as u claim…Against Spain the whole french team gave up..not just M’villa and a player cannot be jidge on one game..i watch french football weekly and i admire M’villa..He isnt our savior but he is good…A quality player
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then we didn’t need wilshere, ramsey, diaby, song, fabregas, sagna, wallcot and all those youngsters who turned out to be world class either, right?
who’s to guarantee that our midfielders won’t be struck by plague again? and then what? play fabianski as DMF?
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The team looks more solid then i have seen for a while after another clean sheet thats 2 consecutive clean sheets and 1 of them against stoke so well done steve bould but i think we need a striker that can be troublesome for opposing teams weve lost that in rvp its obvious already. It will take time for pods n giroud to settle and if 1 of them get injured we only got chamak whos better off sitting in edgeware road let alone on the bench. WENGER PLEASE GET SOMEONE WHO CAN FILL RVP’s BOOTS. I dont seee these guys being an anelka rvp henry or even eduardo weve always been blessed with world class strikers but now we are left with only experience in pods SORT IT OUT!
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Until a few days ago we had a good solution for Alex Songs position…..It was Alex Song
But some Loyal Gooners were saying good ridance to him on the strenghth of rumours and gossip regarding Sahin and M’vila joining us
SHAME ON YOU. Now we have neither and it’s all guess work until deadline day.
Having said that, we looked quite solid and creative in midfield today.
Nigel De jong for me. Lets add a beast to all this beauty and pick up another 12 – 15 points by winning ugly.All the good teams do.
The goals will come but i still worry about us defensively.
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You’re right I think Song’s been treated shamefully he is a great guy who has had nothing but good things to say about the club and he was hounded out and maligned by the club and fans, all for a quick profit.
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I think we need some one to unlock tight defenses. With our slow build up play and short passing game we often have to play though tightly packed defenses to create chances. We lack a wide players who can beat a man in this situation and create an opportunity. Arshavin was that player but not anymore I’m afraid. So a quality replacement for Arshavin please Arsene.
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FAILED…….. M’vila would be more the welcome to arsenal people cant say we are not a defences team as the game we just played, and more so as we then can play artea and cazorla together and have cover at the back simple M’vila is ver much needed at arsenal so yeah pointless artical…………………………
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Rubbish! We need some steel. I dont know how many balls Diaby lost in midfield today. I watched Yann M’Vila play 90 mins yesterday and he was a beast. Tackling, passes, assist. He did it all. Unlike a lot of you I dont believe in that over hyped lack of discipline rubbish. Did you ever hear how coaches praise him? His price tag might be too much, I admit.
BUT, we need M’Vila!!!
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You have to consider also that if he was all he is made out to be, surely City or Chelsea would have already bought him?
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M`vila we should bring in but wenger won’t bring in anyone we want he will bring in if anyone a unheard of the last 2 games we should have won but we lack in every area we are just not cutting it yet hopefully we will start scoring goals to be honest we need a striker a defensive midfielder and defender to be able to compete but these players will have to be top class I know its early days yet but we are starting to drift again already and with chelsea winning 3 out of 3 isn’t helping but you can see the diffrence with buying world class players come on wenger sort this team out
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