When did this open letter bullshit start? Everybody is doing it now, even Pepe Reina did it when no one asked for it.
Danny Welbeck | Arsenal player
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The difference here being that Falcao didnt leave a club he's been at since he was under 10 to join their direct rivals. Its a different case.
Falcao's first language isn't English either. He just 'envisaged' talking in English.
He does a lot of things when no one asks for them tbf
no worries about Welbeck lads. We will have him back in about 4 or 5 years on a bosman and he will line up front with Wilson...assuming he does not turn out to be a dud for them that is.
Ashley Cole, Adebayor? I think Fabregas will get a mixed reception though not being his fault, and based mainly cos he plays for Chelsea, not him personally.
Oh yeah forgot about those two. Players like Vieira, Toure and Clichy have left and never received a bad receptions. It was the way those guys left which left a bitter taste. In Cole's case we were to blame too imo but those other player imo treated the club poorly and the fans remember that.
A lot of the fans don't have a problem with Fabregas for leaving but joining Chelsea might mean some of them are upset.
Right now he has a few months to prove himself in his preferred position, with Giroud out of the picture. Isn't that what every player deserves? If Welbeck hashes this up, then fair enough. But if he does well, worse case scenario he will be involved in many games as a starter or a substitute, again in his favorite position.
I agree with you adex and I think he made the right move to Arsenal.
Thanks!
What are the odds in him doing his hamstring in his first match?!
It seems exactly something that would happen to Wenger
It seems exactly something that would happen to Wenger
He definitely made the right decision. I'd have liked van Gaal to show him the love but given he didn't it was the right time to move on. I reckon he'll do well at Arsenal, score more goals than he did for us. Not the new Henry, but a very good striker nonetheless. We'll see who is the better striker out of him and Sturridge now.
It'll do his England chances the world of good too.
It'll do his England chances the world of good too.
The FA Cup bit was stupid alright, other than that, standard new person at club fare, for everyone except David Moyes.
Doesn't matter lad. Just another Arsenal player now.
Yes. Well, I think we can all agree that Fergie bought RVP to win us one last title before he retired. RVP was a luxury buy, just like Falcao, it landed in Fergie's lap (totally unexpected and unplanned) and he couldn't pass it up in his retirement year (Im certain he already made his decision to retire at the end of the season regardless of who we signed or where we ended up in the table). The season before RVP came, Welbeck and Rooney formed a good partnership and Welbeck had a return of 13 goals. RVP's signing set his progress back. @RedRover
Why is the sad face in the thread title winking?
Fergie didn't retire after van Persie's first season, rather after his second, but I agree with you, too good to pass up.
Did he say anything about us when he left?
Why is everyone so convinced that he will succeed under Wenger? The last time I checked arsenal have struggled to find a decent goal scorer after Henry.Several potential strikers have failed to live up to their expectations under wenger.I think fans are clinging heavily to the narrative that since he is no longer a united player, he just might start performing well.I really do not see how he will score 25 goals or even 15 goals this season. He is a poor finisher,with a dreadful first touch. His main attribute which arsenal fans can take solace in are his speed and hard working nature.
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Yeah I cringed when I read the bit about him saying 'When we won the FA Cup'. Feck sake Danny you weren't there when they won it
How can it be a mistake to sell a player who wants to leave?
What? RVP only played one season under Fergie. Last season under Moyes was his second and this season is his third. You must think he signed in 11/12 and not 12/13 when Fergie retired!
Have you consider why he wanted to leave?
As for 'poor first touch' from whoever that was above, you wonder if some people ever actually watched him play.
Your just jealous he has managed to blank out the Moyes era.
Because he was 3rd choice, before signing Falcao? Him being 3rd choice was because 3 separate managers thought he wasn't good enough to be anymore than that.
You're absolutely right, I invented a season in there I think. My bad.
He has got a weird first touch. I remember when he first became a regular for us,the way he received the ball was so different compared to berba.
Its all good. We all wish we could blank out the Moyes era
No doubt, but good players will assert themselves and not blame the system. Kagawa and Welbeck's performances for us haven't dipped lately imo. They have been consistently average for their whole time here in my opinion.
SAF showed that he did think he was good enough by dropping Rooney for him at Madrid. Where he was our motm and only goalscorer.
When actually played up top he scores goals. He also made the team function better.
He's going to be missed. He's also going to make Arsenal better. This is a mistake, plain and simple.
Its going to be a mistake selling him to arsenal imo.
Better? Although given that the whole post talks about how he will fit in their, would have thought people would have enough sense to know it was referencing to that but who knows.
We also could have kept him and sold one of our other forwards.
I look at it differently. He was 3rd choice, which he didn't like being and wanted to move. No point keeping a player like that, therefore it was a good decision by everyone involved. Can't be mistake when it works out for everyone.
I seriously doubt United would want to sell him to rival club, we could have loaned/sold him anywhere, Southamton for an example. Probably Arsenal was his choice.
Agreed with LVG
It's all about the way they leave and act after, I agree. I hope Welbeck doesn't start talking shit, I doubt he would but stranger things have happened.
From the Arsenal fans I know, they seem pissed at Wenger about Fabregas going to Chelsea more than anything. Is that something others share?
If that was the case i don't blame him for wanting to leave and sticking up two fingers to the clubs attempt to offload him to Spurs.
He will make Arsenal better because of their severe lack of striking options, but other than his local accent in the first team squad, he will not be missed from our playing team one bit.
The reaction of his leaving is only an emotional one because of his heritage. That can't be easily demeaned, but there is some serious revisionism going on this board right now regarding his abilities and contribution to the team. Much like Cleverley, he had ample chance to make the grade. At his age, the likes of Rooney, Ronaldo, Falcao, Di Maria etc were bossing it in their teams.
welbeck's status as promising young player expired 18 months ago, that slot needs to be freed up and it's rightly been assigned to Wilson. He has no role in our squad this year, it's that simple.
Sorry but lumping him in with Cleverley is just mental. One had had repeated chances in his primary position and one has been repeatedly played out of position and lambasted for failing to compete with seasoned strikers whilst being played out wide.
My views on Welbeck are not in any way revisionist. Go back and read my posts, I've always been behind him. He's going to show a lot of people up.
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