New central midfielder ?

[Kitsonista]

Bryn was the better player last season, Sid was a passenger in some games. We always looked brighter, sharper and more energetic when the Gunner was fired up. I always look forward to watching him play. he anticipates, he marshalls and he moves well. Sid seemed content on occasions to lumber up and down the pitch and put in the odd tackle now and then. Harps was working overtime when paired with Sid. Harps has shown his true potential, Sid looks a spent force. Harps and the Gunn, best pairing in midfield.

Still I'd warm a bench for a couple of seasons for that sort of money, who can blame him. Good luck and goodbye, for every Sid supporter, he's gone - get over it.

[LongLaneYank]

I rarely read this board but please tell me nobody thinks we're better off without Sidwell or that Gunnarrsson is a better player?

Not just Bryn, but Oster, Bikey and Cisse too.

Cisse looks very good. He may take a while to settle, but he certainly has the frame, the game and looks to have the attitude to be better than sids or harper. Talismanic comes to mind.

We need to add another center mid though. Even if we'd kept sids it would have been a good idea.

[Who Moved The Goalposts?]

that is just rubbish

there have been many occasions when sidders wasnt present due to injury/fatigue and the team more than limped on without him

not sure what the difference is to now

Thankyou for your well thought out reply.

I suggest you have a look at the DVDs again. As I said, I thought he was overrated but you simply cannot question his significant contribution last season. Do we have enough to cope? Again, I don't know. But one thing for sure is that until he is replaced with equal or greater ability, we are weaker without him.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Bryn was the better player last season, Sid was a passenger in some games. We always looked brighter, sharper and more energetic when the Gunner was fired up. I always look forward to watching him play. he anticipates, he marshalls and he moves well. Sid seemed content on occasions to lumber up and down the pitch and put in the odd tackle now and then. Harps was working overtime when paired with Sid. Harps has shown his true potential, Sid looks a spent force. Harps and the Gunn, best pairing in midfield.

Still I'd warm a bench for a couple of seasons for that sort of money, who can blame him. Good luck and goodbye, for every Sid supporter, he's gone - get over it.

So in answer to my question you think B Coppell's an idiot?? And thanks to him we've under performed in the last two seasons? Would have loved to have seen what we've achieved without having to carry Sidwell and a decent manger in the last two seasons.

[papereyes]

Bryn was the better player last season, Sid was a passenger in some games. We always looked brighter, sharper and more energetic when the Gunner was fired up. I always look forward to watching him play. he anticipates, he marshalls and he moves well. Sid seemed content on occasions to lumber up and down the pitch and put in the odd tackle now and then. Harps was working overtime when paired with Sid. Harps has shown his true potential, Sid looks a spent force. Harps and the Gunn, best pairing in midfield.

Still I'd warm a bench for a couple of seasons for that sort of money, who can blame him. Good luck and goodbye, for every Sid supporter, he's gone - get over it.

Its not a case of being a fan, its a case of looking at our squad and going

1) We're a midfielder down

2) Oh, and its a good midfielder.

Coppell has said he needs to get a player in, in that position

Its jaw-droppingly, frighteningly obvious.

And yet, because of the way he left, people think we can do alright without him.

Makes no sense.

[brendywendy]

that is just rubbish

there have been many occasions when sidders wasnt present due to injury/fatigue and the team more than limped on without him

not sure what the difference is to now

Thankyou for your well thought out reply.

I suggest you have a look at the DVDs again. As I said, I thought he was overrated but you simply cannot question his significant contribution last season. Do we have enough to cope? Again, I don't know. But one thing for sure is that until he is replaced with equal or greater ability, we are weaker without him.

im not sure there is any requirement, stated or otherwise for any posts to be well thought out

in fact if you trawl through the forum you will find th eopposite is more likely to be true

and actually "thats just rubbish" is a perfectly well thought out reply to th epoint that was made about it being really obvious whenever sids was out of the team that he was missing
IMHO that is just rubbish.

oh, and oxf*rd off newbie

[brendywendy]

Bryn was the better player last season, Sid was a passenger in some games. We always looked brighter, sharper and more energetic when the Gunner was fired up. I always look forward to watching him play. he anticipates, he marshalls and he moves well. Sid seemed content on occasions to lumber up and down the pitch and put in the odd tackle now and then. Harps was working overtime when paired with Sid. Harps has shown his true potential, Sid looks a spent force. Harps and the Gunn, best pairing in midfield.

Still I'd warm a bench for a couple of seasons for that sort of money, who can blame him. Good luck and goodbye, for every Sid supporter, he's gone - get over it.

Its not a case of being a fan, its a case of looking at our squad and going

1) We're a midfielder down

2) Oh, and its a good midfielder.

Coppell has said he needs to get a player in, in that position

Its jaw-droppingly, frighteningly obvious.

And yet, because of the way he left, people think we can do alright without him.

Makes no sense.

but coppell has repeatedly said we will replace him, with a player of better quality than cisse
since we already brought cisse in, have harps and bryn and possibly oyster
plus the extra player we were promised i dont think we have anything to worry about, im not sure any one here has said differently

[Hoop Blah]

Cisse looks very good. He may take a while to settle, but he certainly has the frame, the game and looks to have the attitude to be better than sids or harper. Talismanic comes to mind.

What evidence has made you come to these conclusions on Cisse?

[papereyes]

Bryn was the better player last season, Sid was a passenger in some games. We always looked brighter, sharper and more energetic when the Gunner was fired up. I always look forward to watching him play. he anticipates, he marshalls and he moves well. Sid seemed content on occasions to lumber up and down the pitch and put in the odd tackle now and then. Harps was working overtime when paired with Sid. Harps has shown his true potential, Sid looks a spent force. Harps and the Gunn, best pairing in midfield.

Still I'd warm a bench for a couple of seasons for that sort of money, who can blame him. Good luck and goodbye, for every Sid supporter, he's gone - get over it.

Its not a case of being a fan, its a case of looking at our squad and going

1) We're a midfielder down

2) Oh, and its a good midfielder.

Coppell has said he needs to get a player in, in that position

Its jaw-droppingly, frighteningly obvious.

And yet, because of the way he left, people think we can do alright without him.

Makes no sense.

but coppell has repeatedly said we will replace him, with a player of better quality than cisse
since we already brought cisse in, have harps and bryn and possibly oyster
plus the extra player we were promised i dont think we have anything to worry about, im not sure any one here has said differently

Actually, you did.

Claiming that we had enough cover with the purchase of Cisse.

By the time I got bored of it, I said that proof that my argument was closer to Coppells thoughts would be the signing of another central midfielder.

[Woodcote Royal]

for every Sid supporter, he's gone - get over it.

Judging by this thread, it would seem the pain is still very real for them.

How does that old song go? "Sid don't live here anymore"

[papereyes]

for every Sid supporter, he's gone - get over it.

Judging by this thread, it would seem the pain is still very real for them.

How does that old song go "Sid don't live anymore"

Why does it have to be made personal?

Does that ever win an argument?

[Woodcote Royal]

It was meant to be tongue in cheek.

But, the point is, as this thread proves yet again, no debate on our midfield is possible without the Sidwell die hards leaping to his defence at the very mention of his name

[papereyes]

It was meant to be tongue in cheek.

But, the point is, as this thread proves yet again, no debate on our midfield is possible without the Sidwell die hards leaping to his defence at the very mention of his name

Um, I'm sure he's mentioned before it, but it was one of your posts that appears to have set it all off. It wasn't the mention of his name that got a reaction, it was a post designed to get at those who defend him that got a reaction. Well done you.

It is inevitable that any discussion will involve him, though, for two main reasons.

1) He's a good player - arguably better than any of the options last season

2) He's a benchmark - someone that we can compare and contrast other players with.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Saying that the midfield is weak isn't about Sidwell. Nobody is saying he's irreplaceable, in fact most people seem to agree that with the addition of a more attacking centre mid to the squad we will be better off than last season. Just that at the moment, the midfield lacks those attacking qualities.

[ScottishRoyal]

It was meant to be tongue in cheek.

But, the point is, as this thread proves yet again, no debate on our midfield is possible without the Sidwell die hards leaping to his defence at the very mention of his name

Actually it seems to be the Sidwell haters such as yourself that repeatedly raise the issue and won't let it rest.

[Woodcote Royal]

Perhaps all 3 of you need some kind of joint therapy to help put things in perspective...........................

[papereyes]

Why does it have to made personal?

Does that ever win an argument?

[ScottishRoyal]

Perhaps all 3 of you need some kind of joint therapy to help put things in perspective...........................

I don't know if you're fishing, in which case it's a very poor attempt or if you are just incredibly deluded.

To any rational fan if you lose a good player, you see that they need to be replaced. The fact that the player was Sidwell is of no relevance, the player could be Lita or Shorey and people would be saying the same thing. If you lose a player from your starting line-up and do not replace them then you are weakening the side.

It's not a hard concept to understand, in fact it's common sense, or are you just too bitter to see the bleeding obvious?

[Woodcote Royal]

Why does it have to made personal?

Does that ever win an argument?

Haven't you noticed?

No one's interested in the argument anymore........................can't think why.

[papereyes]

Why does it have to made personal?

Does that ever win an argument?

Haven't you noticed?

No one's interested in the argument anymore........................can't think why.

Other than the weekly thread asking "do we need a new central midfielder" or "we don't need a new central midfielder", then you're entirely right.