Friday 17 August 2012

Why it's not such a bad idea to sign the current PFA Player of the Season, Players Player of the Season, FWA Player of the Season, PFA Team of the Year, EPL top scorer, record breaker, captain, set-piece specialist, 3rd highest goal scorer in Europe, Arsenal player of the Season, Robin Van Persie, who also scores when he want.

Read the title......if that's too long, check out the bullet points below, for interests sake.
"It is not a bad idea to sign the current:

  • The PFA Player of the Year
  • The Players Player of the Year
  • The PFA Team of the Year striker
  • FWA Player of the Year
  • Arsenal's best player last season
  • Set-piece specialist 
  • Captain
  • 3rd highest scorer in European leagues behind Messi & Ronaldo
  • guy who scores when he wants & brings the song with him"
Wayne Rooney + Robin Van Persie contributed (assists [13] + goals [57]) towards 70 Premier League goals last season. Let's put that into perspective:
  • Rooney + RVP = 70
  • Spurs total goals = 66
  • Chelsea total goals = 65
  • Liverpool total goals = 47
Many people are saying "He's 29, that's too old!!"
If you are a rude person, your instant response should be: "You do realise that Van Persie is 3 months older than he was last season......the season he finished as top scorer with 30 goals & 9 assists you nincompoop!!"


If you are like me & believe that stats win arguments, the simply mention this:

  • at 29 Alan Shearer scored 23 goals & went on to play another 6 seasons, scoring 84 league goals
  • at 29, Drogba was Premier League top goalscorer with 20 goals (he scored 29 EPL goals in the season he turned 32)
  • at 29, Henry was the EPL top scorer with 27 league goals
  • at 29, Berbetov was Premier League top goal scorer (well he turned 30 during the season)
Now I know Arsenal have been through a lot already, but I'd like to raise 1 point before I depart:
Robin Van Persie born in 1983 is too old to be any good.
Santi Cazorla born in 1984 is a brilliant signing with a bright future.


In closing, I have no idea what RVP will do this season. If he plays, he's likely to score, as discussed above. Anyone can get injured (see the Ramsey tackle) so that isn't the smartest thing to say IMO. You buy a player based on either their current ability or their potential ability. Never on their potential uselessness. What I do know is that it's ridiculous to write him off as a bad buy since he outperformed everybody else in the only league we truly care about. In fact, buying the best player in your league is generally a clever thing to do. I hope both Santi & Robin Van Persie Pig bring us tons of action & very little injuries.

I, for one, would have paid £24m simply for the catchy tune - "He scores when he wants, he scores when he wants". It really is magical and I have nothing better to do with the money.

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