by Sabre » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:05 am
Hi Tiiger
I've only seen Cahill 4 or 5 times so I couldn't tell. Arteta is a decent midfielder, from the same city of Alonso. Did pretty well in Scotland, in Glasgow Rangers scored goals as an attacking midfielder. Decent set pieces. He came to San Sebastian yesteryear, there were high expectations, but didn't manage to win the place to Aranburu. People don't agree the reason for that was tactical (new trainer seemed to preffer to play with two defensive midfielders and no attacking one) or a matter of quality (Aranburu is one of the decent local players). 6 games tops in the whole season, a waste.
So I think he's valid player, but defo not for Liverpool. Meaning that he could only be a sub for Gerrard, he could never win the place on the starting eleven. And I think he's not a player to be a sub (character, quality) so his best place is in a lower team like Everton in the starting eleven.
Sabre
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