News: Robert Pires is back...

Arsenal.com has some photos up of Bobby training with the boys. Swell.

 

Pires was just silly-good sometimes and I think his departure had the biggest impact on the club's ability to win. Bobby knocked in goals for fun. Arshavin is the closest player we've had to him since he left and is nowhere near as effective.

Robert Pires was magic. Watching him I sometimes wondered if Pires was the best technical player at Arsenal.

I'd like to see Nasri get a run at Arshavin's position to see if he can come good. He only needs about a third of the chances Arshavin needs to score anyways.

 

in nasri's defence, he's still a good few years younger than pires was for his best seasons. he has lots to give arsenal (and already has done surprisingly well in contributions). i have faith in nasri.
nasri's major problem is the competition he faces for his preferred cm playmaker position. we could do with losing a cm or 2 and getting some proper width in.

 

Way off base mate. Slag Arshavin off for his workrate, his physical conditioning, even his passing, but the boy usually takes his chances.

 

i'd love to see pires finish out the season with us and stay on afterward as coach (or, even better, player/coach) next season. i would LOVE to see wilshere and nasri become special projects for pires.

 

I'd say Walcott could use time with Pires more than Wilshere.

 

Fellas! Fellas! There's enough Bob to go around.

 

i agree with walcott needing more help, particularly technically (where pires excels) but they are drastically different players and i'm not sure he would be able to help as much beyond just helping walcott sharpen up his technical abilities. wilshere, on the other hand, is already quite technically gifted and can be neat and tidy . . . if he can learn to be pires like with his efficiency (i love that pires is, really, simplicity itself), he can be amazing.

walcott, on the other hand, i would love to see if wenger (and bergkamp) can coax someone like overmars to come be a coach for him. i've only seen overmars in highlights but descriptions i've heard from my dutch friend is of someone that walcott would do well to emulate.

 

I've lost count of how many times he's been put through one-on-one and he's fluffed it this season.

 

i lost count at twelve... twelve comes next after seven, right?

 

overmars was a bloody evolutionary player

one of the first winger/forwards in the prem

people diddn't have a clue when he was playing down their right

 

i wish i'd had a chance to see him play back then.

 

he was unadulterated filth

fastest dutchie ever?

 

Still our leading scorer though

 

while id personally love to see him in the shirt again, it doesnt make too much sense, imo.

 

exactly.
id rather play denilson than pires, if that says anything.

 

I'd rather play with a man down than play Denilson....

 

I'm sure RP7 could show them a thing or two about making a penalty out of nothing...

 

Or make nothing out of a penalty...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgPSY4aoGxI"]YouTube - Robert Pires - Thierry_Henry Cocking Up A Penalty[/ame]

 

i think anti was at that match.

 

Yeah, i was sitting with Rick about 6 rows behind the goal when Pires pulled that stunt.