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Originally Posted by Sparky***
I remember watching him at arsenal and thinking what a great player he was.
His decline has been alarming tbh. He looks absolutely nothing like the player we saw at Arsenal 3 years ago.
He looks like he's lost more than a yard of pace, and although he does work hard, any spark he had has just deserted him.
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I never liked him that much tbh. Always struck me as a scrappy and untidy player that was all pace and perseverance, obviously had ability as well and grafted his arse off, scurrying about everywhere all the time, but I never rated him that highly. I always thought his time at Arsenal was up and down at best, when he was good he was very good, but when he was bad he was terrible, and for lengthy periods too. Had been clearly on the wane for about 18 months before we bought him, although it was attributed to his contract situation and being unsettled by City.
We were all obviously delighted whenwe thought we'd pulled one over on City when we signed him, was apparent pretty bloody quickly how wrong we were..
Absolutely no question that Arsenal got the best out of that deal