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Become a Donator! | |  |  21-04-08, 04:14 PM | #1 (permalink) | | Decent Youngster Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post |  Arsenal Midfielders
I've started a game as Arsenal and am bewildered by the array of midfielders - I need help on who to keep and who to sell.
I'm keeping the attacking midfilders as I play 4-2-3-1 with 3 AMs and need them. And I'm keeing Fabregas and Gilberto Silva as my first choice pairing (I like one to be more defence minded than the other).
What about the young guys, who is good or becomes really good? I need to sell at least one as they are getting unhappy at not playing:
Abou Diaby
Mathieu Flamini
Alexandre Song
Denilson
Lassana Diarra
Thanks!
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Quote: Originally Posted by dcarterclout  I've started a game as Arsenal and am bewildered by the array of midfielders - I need help on who to keep and who to sell.
I'm keeping the attacking midfilders as I play 4-2-3-1 with 3 AMs and need them. And I'm keeing Fabregas and Gilberto Silva as my first choice pairing (I like one to be more defence minded than the other).
What about the young guys, who is good or becomes really good? I need to sell at least one as they are getting unhappy at not playing:
Abou Diaby
Mathieu Flamini
Alexandre Song
Denilson
Lassana Diarra
Thanks! | I think your first priority is to find a replacement for Gilberto as he is getting older. Keep Denilson and maybe Flamini, but I am not entirely sure about how good he gets, although many people on the forum likes him! Diaby and Diarra are good in real life, but it's probably best to sell them, there are better midfielders then them. |
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Yeah, denilson is quality | | | | | | | 22-04-08, 12:09 PM | #4 (permalink) | | Decent Youngster Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post |
OK so it looks like Denilson is worth hanging on to... I reckon that means it'll have to be Song who moves on to finance a move for a DM to replace Gilberto in the long run... unless anyone has had any great experience of Song becoming a class Premiership player? | | | | | | | 22-04-08, 05:40 PM | #5 (permalink) | | Used In Squad Rotation Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 278 Thanks: 30 Thanked 117 Times in 49 Posts |
Quote: Originally Posted by dcarterclout OK so it looks like Denilson is worth hanging on to... I reckon that means it'll have to be Song who moves on to finance a move for a DM to replace Gilberto in the long run... unless anyone has had any great experience of Song becoming a class Premiership player? | Nope, I think it would probably be better to BUY someone to replace Gilberto in the long run then getting Song to replace him, I dont think hes good enough. There are, as i have already stated, better midfielders. |
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| | | | | 23-04-08, 12:47 PM | #6 (permalink) | | Decent Youngster Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post |
That's what I meant by Song having to move on - ie I'll sell him to fund a replacement for Gilberto...
Thanks all for the advice... I guess the next question is who is a good midfielder to play alongside/behind Fabregas once Gilberto is too old? I was thinking of Nigel De Jong... | | | | | | | 23-04-08, 01:53 PM | #7 (permalink) | | Used In Squad Rotation Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sunderland Posts: 483 Thanks: 6 Thanked 24 Times in 15 Posts |
i would get rid of flamini (5mill) and maybe song. Diaby always seems to be worth around 15mill in a few seasons on my games and denilson is quality |
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Try Michael Johnson or Ever Banega to partner Fabregas.... | | | | | | | 23-04-08, 05:24 PM | #9 (permalink) | | Hot Prospect Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 52 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts |
thiago neves from Barca B.
Adilson I think is a DM.
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Keep Flamini and Denilson becasue they both can be potential stars. Flamini has a brilliant workrate and did well for me when I was managing Arsenal. | | | | | | | 24-04-08, 09:09 AM | #11 (permalink) | | Backup To The First Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In Norfolk Posts: 120 Thanks: 3 Thanked 18 Times in 14 Posts |
I was Arsenal on Update 8.02.
My midfield was:
Fabregas
Mauri (9m)
Vicente (12m)
Diaby
Denilson
Flamini
Gilberto is old, and not to great anymore. Diarra is like the 5th choice CM.
You do need to buy wingers to Arsenal as there is a limit to who plays well there. |
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Great stuff guys - thanks for all the posts. The consensus is that the two worst players are Diarra and Song, so I will sell them and get hunting for some of these replacements you mentioned! I have my eye on Ever Banega already, and it's still early enough that he is cheap.... | | | | | | | 29-04-08, 02:36 AM | #13 (permalink) | | Backup To The First Team Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 134 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts |
other alternative includes lucas biglia, distel zola or jean II MAkoun | | | | | | | 04-05-08, 03:06 PM | #14 (permalink) | | Backup To The First Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 111 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post |
Quote: Originally Posted by dcarterclout I've started a game as Arsenal and am bewildered by the array of midfielders - I need help on who to keep and who to sell.
I'm keeping the attacking midfilders as I play 4-2-3-1 with 3 AMs and need them. And I'm keeing Fabregas and Gilberto Silva as my first choice pairing (I like one to be more defence minded than the other).
What about the young guys, who is good or becomes really good? I need to sell at least one as they are getting unhappy at not playing:
Abou Diaby
Mathieu Flamini
Alexandre Song
Denilson
Lassana Diarra
Thanks! | KEEP Denilson Becomes 1 Of The Best Midfielders In The Game And Flamini I Would Sell Diarra And Loan Diaby And Song |
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I agree with the above, if trained right Denilson does become a fantastic player, on my valencia game a while back he moved for 12 million to Barca, which brought a press release of "Rijkaard secures adulation of the fans" type of screen message.
I always though Diarra would come good too, but he was a little disappointing, would probably do better in a French or German league. |
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