Ronaldinho: Beast Will Be The Beauty

"Show Pony"? Isn't that a bit harsh Paul, he has got a few medals!

A predictable headline!

It will be interesting to see how 'The Beast' does. He is certainly a powerful player (just look at the size of the bugger!)- which we have been lacking lately. My only concern is that I seem to remember, although I may be mistaken, just after we failed to sign him at the beginning of last season; during his first game for Madrid, didn't he stamp on someone's leg, or at least make a very nasty, very deliberate challenge?

Spurs fans must have known that if The beast was to come to London, given Arsenal's previous interest, Ashburton Grove would be his natural destination. They are not that dumb. Give them some credit. Not a lot, jsut some.

As far as Arsenal are concerned I believe Wenger is now facing his biggest challenge as a manager since taking the job. A lot of players have left and, thanks to a stadium loan deal in which they signed away their gate receipts for the next several years, they are going to have a major problem raising transfer revenue. We have seen evidence of this already in the fact that Baptista can't be signed to a long term deal unless Reyes is bought by Madrid first and Gallas only being signed on the back of Cole's defection. Therefore Wenger is going to have to depend on finding young talent and by bringing his existing youngsters up to speed quicker, evidenced by the amount of loan outs he has put in place. I know Wenger has been successful in spotting young talent in the past but it's interesting to note that Commoli, the man who discovered a lot of that talent for Wenger now works for Spurs, who are now signing the type of player from the French League who would have been going Arsenal's way, Zokora being an excellent example. Replacing a successful team is a difficult job, George Graham couldn't do it and Alex Ferguson is trying manfully at United so it's going to be interesting watching Wenger try, at least he still has Henry, God knows what would have happened if he had left. So Arsenal fans may have had a good run but for how much longer, will we soon be seeing a half full Emirates or should that be half empty,anyway here's hoping.

For me, the Beast is a massive addition. While he may not be able to provide the width we seem to have been lacking, he certainly will be able to shoot from distance and add some steel to the midfield. once diaby is fit again, the arse will finally start scaring their opposition in the middle of the park again like all the other great Arsenal teams have done in the past

Got to be good when the best in the world is backing him!

All the Best Baptista .I hope you help Arsenal win EPL,Champions Legue,F.A cup,Carling cup ..................................................if i have missed any other cup also