A decent article on Gibbs:

http://youngguns.wordpress.com/2009/01/ ... p-loaning/

i must say i was really impressed with him in the fa cup game..he even reminded me of clichy..i hope we hold on to him because he is going to be special!

He's no where near as good as Clichy.

He's better defensively, but I don't think he'll be a long term prospect.

He'll be more of a prospect than Hoyte is on the right, but once Pedro arrives, he'll be under real pressure, and will likely be third choice LB.

i didnt think he was anywhere near clichy..he is rusty i just see something special in him..dont know what it is!

gibbs scored 2 goals last night as a cm!!

http://goonertalk.com/2009/06/08/gibbs- ... -21s-rout/

If anyone has seen the highlights, the opposition keeper was shocking.

He let in two own goals, failed to clear a basic shot for a third and was beaten by a deflection.

Yeh but Gibbs is going to be class... cashley better be looking over his shoulder..... and Clichy for that matter

Although he played LB, he is not by trade a LB. He is a CM.

But could be an option if Clichy gets injured (hopefully not). Im also waiting to see the return of Traore, who is about a year ahead, and can play either LM or LB. And very very quick as well.

But both have big potential, and with Gibbs being English keeps the Spuds and Man Utd ferals off our backs for not producing enough English players.

Gibbs was a left winger before he became a LB, he's never been a CM.

Traore was a LB, but he's become more of a LW recently because he's great on offense, but not as good as some other players in defence.

both of gibbs goals were good tho..no bad gk is gona stop me from saying that...and if the gk was bad the defending was worse

davidc3 wrote:Although he played LB, he is not by trade a LB. He is a CM.

But could be an option if Clichy gets injured (hopefully not). Im also waiting to see the return of Traore, who is about a year ahead, and can play either LM or LB. And very very quick as well.

But both have big potential, and with Gibbs being English keeps the Spuds and Man Utd ferals off our backs for not producing enough English players.

I agree Traore was playing some great football last season... he has some serious pace and likes to run at defenders.... As long as we get the CB pairing sorted we are in for a great season IMO.

I reckon we're in for a good season regardless of the CD pairing.

Gallas and Toure had a lot of clean sheets.

The most important thing is to stay injury free.

Richard wrote:I reckon we're in for a good season regardless of the CD pairing.

Gallas and Toure had a lot of clean sheets.

The most important thing is to stay injury free.

As long as we sell Cesc and get a decent midfielder to play alongside Arshavin, I agree!

wtf, more like sell NO ONE (cept silv or deni/diaby) n get verm from ajax aswell as a DM to partner cesc n we're set...i think one of gallas/toure will leave...sellin cesc now is the stupidest thing we can do IMO

clayton wrote:

Richard wrote:I reckon we're in for a good season regardless of the CD pairing.

Gallas and Toure had a lot of clean sheets.

The most important thing is to stay injury free.

As long as we sell Cesc and get a decent midfielder to play alongside Arshavin, I agree!

Wait until the next season starts and you'll appreciate how good Cesc is and how much we'll miss him if he goes.

mash wrote:wtf, more like sell NO ONE (cept silv or deni/diaby) n get verm from ajax aswell as a DM to partner cesc n we're set...i think one of gallas/toure will leave...sellin cesc now is the stupidest thing we can do IMO

I have a feeling that Wenger may be looking at Veraelen to play DM.. he has been known to play there and usually chips in with a hand full of goals every season... at 6ft and being very agreesive he may be the man to play in there.. remember Petit was a left back when we signed him and he went on to be a DM even at international level.. I think Wenger has seen something in the way Song has played a CB and may be looking to utilise him there and Vermaelen as a DM option.... we will see...

Just bought a couple...

clayton wrote:Just bought a couple...

you better be kidding...
your philosophy better be some stir up, or you really should be banned from the forum.douche.

Clichy linked to Real Madrid.... If the money is right we have Gibbs and Traore as back up... will he go?

giv it another year n then sell clichy for the right price, i think gibbs will be ready soon n for all his consistency, im sick of clichy's monumental f*** ups that end up costin us big time!

I'd hold Clichy.

He's a bloody good LB, could be the best in the world.

Traore will become a LW next season, so it's really just Clichy with Gibbs as a backup.

yes clichy has his big f*** ups..but remember gibbs slipped in our most important game this yr 2..not his fault no..but it happned..i say hold clichy..gibbs time will come

every one of our defenders has made errors that have cost us this season.. It seems to look worse when Gael makes them for some reason

I actually can't think of any obvious errors that Sagna made this season, although, like any defender, I'm sure he made a few.

Clichy is still a fantastic defender, it's just he's made some high profile mistakes, like slipping over against Spurs and letting them get a draw, giving away a penalty against Birmingham last season and was at fault for the goal that Man City scored last season in the 3-1 win also.

Lol!

I'm just stirring. Seems so many of us ride Cesc like he's DB or something. Like he IS Arsenal or without him Arsenal is sh!te or some crap. I'd still love the club whether Cesc is with us or not. Matter of fact, I'd love the club more should we have Ibrahimovic or Messi and no Cesc. Ok maybe not but the point is, whoever plays for us, I'd love Arsenal the same way.

None of you really took the bait but...

Looks like he's going to Barca anyway!

No way is Clichy possibly the best LB in the world. Gibbs will push for his spot in the team next season you watch.

gibbs has been injured n will now be out for a while. so now we're missing 2 quality LBs on top of the other half dozen already injured

like i said earlier: we are cursed.

He's not been ruled out yet..... but prob will be.

november international week should be banned! cos it always us that suffers from it... the big spending clubs have more depth as they spend alot more money. us on the other hand have a world class VI but once we pick up afew injurys it all falls apart! i hope we can pull through this yr

Time for Traore to step up. I'm surprised he didn't get more of a chance earlier this season.