re: Arsenal 2012/2013 Season Long Thread

I like Williams as a third choice CB. He can play the ball really well, which is what we need, and seems decent defensively. I thought Chico was the better CB for Swansea, but I liked the way Williams played. He would fit into our side more seamlessly than Mertesacker, who is an embarrassingly bad passer out of the back. If we pay 10m for him, it will be way too much though.

Koscielny has been so good the last couple of months that I don't see any way TV5 gets back into the line-up. He won't be happy being third choice, so if we do buy Williams it will mean the end of TV5, I think. On paper, a partnership between Kos and TV5 sounds awesome. They are both fast, ball playing CB's with decent aerial abilities. But TV5 is a positional nightmare, though he is a good player, if that makes any sense. If he could fix his positioning, he might make his way back into the side. But I think Wenger is ready to cut his losses.