most likely loan signings..

[BensGrandad]

FA rules do not permit a player to go out on loan until they have signed a full pro contract i.e in Theo Walcotts case after March 2006. He was going to stay on loan at Southampton but the FA would not allow it.

Arsenal have sent him away on 10 weeks holiday. This is obviously to stop Chelsea getting at him between now and then, which they are perfectly entitled to do although Arsenal have paid £5m.

 

[bigc]

oi im not a twat..whoever said that!

nearly 3 years for me to think of that witty comeback

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

FA rules do not permit a player to go out on loan until they have signed a full pro contract i.e in Theo Walcotts case after March 2006. He was going to stay on loan at Southampton but the FA would not allow it.

Arsenal have sent him away on 10 weeks holiday. This is obviously to stop Chelsea getting at him between now and then, which they are perfectly entitled to do although Arsenal have paid £5m.

why dont they just play him?

 

[bigc]

cos he's english?

 

[Gully]

Do you think he will be ready for the next World Cup?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Whoever his advisor is did a bad job, thenames Wright, Pennant and jeffers should have been uttered to him.

 

[O Lads]

Whoever his advisor is did a bad job, thenames Wright, Pennant and jeffers should have been uttered to him.

Why, Arsenal, recently give all their youngsters a chance, if he went to Chelsea he wouldnt play until around Feb 2012!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Why, Arsenal, recently give all their youngsters a chance, if he went to Chelsea he wouldnt play until around Feb 2012!

French youngsters yes.

 

[paddy]

Arsenal was the best Premiership club he could have gone to. They really look after their youngsters.

Is he allowed to play for us at the world cup at just 16?

 

[bigc]

Whoever his advisor is did a bad job, thenames Wright, Pennant and jeffers should have been uttered to him.

dont forget Upson.

and yea...thats the basis of an article I'm about to write.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I think it will be someone who is cheap.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Arsenal was the best Premiership club he could have gone to. They really look after their youngsters.

Is he allowed to play for us at the world cup at just 16?

Ashley Cole is the only one that seems to have come through their system, even players like Flamini have been purchased and then shoved into the system.

The number that leave is high, Sidwell, Spicer, Taylor, Pennant, Upson, Barratt etc.

Some are not good enough, but Sidwell, Pennant and Upson could all come back to haunt them at some point.

Even Bentley who looks a decent forward never gets a look in, they have loaned him off to Blackburn.

 

[BensGrandad]

why dont they just play him?

Not ready yet for the premiership?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

If your good enougt your old enough, and if you spend that amount on him you would hope they think he is good enough.

I hope for the sake of Theo it wasnt just to get at Chelsea for signing swp in summer.

 

[BensGrandad]

as you say if you are good enough you are old enough is he good enough, strong enough to play in the Premiership yet.

Why not bring him on a little until he has signed his pro contract he then becomes a very marketable product if he is a success in the Premier League.

 

[enigma]

Some are not good enough, but Sidwell, Pennant and Upson could all come back to haunt them at some point.

Even Bentley who looks a decent forward never gets a look in, they have loaned him off to Blackburn.

Upson was one they should have kept, but Pennant was the master of his own downfall. He would be no more than a squad player in their team now, although I think he's a great talent and could make the England squad over the next year.

Bentley isnt bad but he's hardly set the world alight elsewhere, and Sidwell is good in the Championship and possibly will be in the Premiership, but theres no way they would have needed him. He's not top 4 quality.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Upson was one they should have kept, but Pennant was the master of his own downfall. He would be no more than a squad player in their team now, although I think he's a great talent and could make the England squad over the next year.

Bentley isnt bad but he's hardly set the world alight elsewhere, and Sidwell is good in the Championship and possibly will be in the Premiership, but theres no way they would have needed him. He's not top 4 quality.

Is Hleb much better than Sidwell?

 

[Redhead]

Is Hleb much better than Sidwell?

They're different players Sidwell is more all action but Hleb is better going forward for the role they bought him for Hleb is better.

 

[enigma]

Is Hleb much better than Sidwell?

You must be joking