George Graham is unsure how Arsenal will fare this season, but reckons on the face of it ‘they could go well’.
The former Gunners boss is waiting to see how quickly new signings Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla settle in into the Premier League before passing judgment on his old club.
Graham told the Sunday Mirror:
‘Maybe it’s not such a problem for Podolski, because he has been playing in Germany and that is similar to our football. He didn’t have a great European Championship, but he, for me, was played out of position, in a wide left role.
‘Giroud might find it harder, because French football is not so demanding.
‘But I have been hearing good things about their new Spanish player Santi Cazorla, so they could go well.’
However, despite Arsene Wenger adding more firepower to his squad this summer, Graham predicts the Gunners will not end the season as Premier League champions, insisting the title will remain in Manchester:
‘One way or another, the title will stay in Manchester.’
We are certainly not the favourites to be crowned Premier League champions, but I strongly believe that we will mount more of a challenge this season than the previous one.
It all depends how well our new signings adapt to the English game and our style of football.
Personally, I think Wenger has done some great business already this summer and it’s good to see he has done it before deadline day as the new faces can get used to the club’s ways and bond with their new team-mates early.
I, like Graham, don’t know what the season holds for Arsenal, it’s just too early to tell at this stage.
However, I do think we will produce a better one than we did last season and my gut feeling tells me that we WILL be lifting a piece of silverware as well.
Here’s hoping.
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Everyone seems to be thinking the title will stay in Manchester.The red faced has been using money to buy the title for years. Now he is feeling the heat from Chelsea and Arsenal.
I can’t wait for ffp to kick in. Hopefully UEFA will take action against big teams who run foul of the rules.
Btw the red faced thinks he has a divine right to win a trophy every season.Assuming he gets RVP he thinks he has a great chance to win the cl.Nothing could be further from the truth.
Hopefully he will get Barca in the final and lose.
The thing is he has has been winning. Once the winning stops,MU could go bust like Leeds. That day could not be far away.
Does George Graham have a job? Well if he doesn’t some one should shut this rambling bastard up! I know there’ll be a bunch of beer bellied daddy gooners who still tear up when Graham’s name is mentioned but personally, I’m happy that this neanderthal aged like the rest of ’em! Not only are his opinions and “predictions” shite, I’ve never once heard an accurate forecast from this p(l)undit!