From Raj : From what you’ve seen so far
Was about to have a discussion with one of my client teams on how their trading desk might be impacted by a new European directive and naturally the conversation started with a review of the Premier League games over the weekend, and continued for 48 minutes, leaving 12 minutes for us to talk about the new legislation.
Anyway, an interesting chunk of the conversation was on which players in the Premier League who play outside of Man City, Chelsea and Man Utd would be good enough to displace any of Arsenal’s current starting XI.
There was not one player that the room unanimously agreed on! Most agreed that Kane would get in as a centre forward, but some argued he’s still only really had one good season. Most also agreed that Coutinho should find a place in the side, but not to displace Ozil in the middle or Sanchez on the left.
Lukaku, Barkley, Payet were other names that were floated. The room generally agreed that Cazorla pips Cabaye.
Wondered if you had any thoughts or any other players you think are good enough to start in the current Arsenal squad?
Myles says:
Stones, definitely.
John Stones is the most talented English centreback to come along since Rio Ferdinand.
Harry Kane has only had one great season because Spurs didn’t put him in the team till last November.
Kane proved far better than Adebarndoor or Soldado.
Peter Crouch never got a chance when he was a kid at Spurs.
But Gerry Francis always thought he could play. So did I.
Lukaku is a left-footed powerhouse who might become as spectacular and effective as Les Ferdinand.
Les wasn’t big because his handsome father is small. But he jumped higher than anybody I’ve seen.
He outjumped Colin Hendry and nodded the ball on for himself and went after the ball and got it.
For QPR at White Hart Lane, Les Ferdinand jumped six inches above the outstretched gloves of Eric Thorstvedt,
I saw that clearly from the low-angle press box one day… or maybe night.