To be fair none of those young boys ever had a chance. In 08/09 our midfield players consisted solely of under-23 players, until we signed Arshavin, they had nobody to lift themselves up to and post-08/09 Wenger went 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 and never really could set up us properly - midfielders were always exposed.
Thatâs embarrassing from Frimpon lol.
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I like Keppa alreadyâŚquality addition! And seems like a nice guy too. Can see him fitting into the squad well.
Did he mistake Julio Baptista for Marcos Senna?
MiguelâŚthe fuck he guessed Miguel
As if he said Ignasi Miquel 
I needed a Julio Pleguezuelo and Iâd be on my feet
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Fran Merida is even more impressive. Remember when that guy was the next âReyesâ?
He scored a wonder goal, I remember that
Yes against Liverpool in the Carling cup and then Insua scored a very good goal too for Liverpool.
Insua, havenât hear of that guy in a while. 
Next Reyes? More like next Fabregas
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Yeah, he was also likened to both. Fabregas because of Barca and Reyes because he was left footed(and scored a similar first goal).
In hindsight, what ridiculous comparisons. Reminds me Ceballos and fucking Cazorla. Fucking hellâŚ
I genuinely donât ever recall a comparison being made between Merida and Reyes. It was always Fabregas
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it beginsâŚ
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And so it beginsâŚ
Edit:@SuperArsenal1886 we mustâve typed at the same time 
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he looks really comfortable at all times, I trust him as our backup
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Yeah looked solid.
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seems like Chelsea had the awful version of him, good for us