Eddie delivers.

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Unai Emery pulled a magic trick out of his hat. He used the powers of youth to completely disguise that Arsenal hadn’t added a single first-team player to the squad this season and we’re three games into preseason.

Quite amazing to be having a 2012 like conversation after all the backroom upheaval to address exactly this.

Before I push on into the game. I’m also finding the strategy for moving certain players on a touch baffling. If we’re serious about selling anyone, why are we starting them on this tour? Mustafi and Jenkinson should both be getting their marching orders, but we have them stinking out the tour instead? Seems a very odd way to go about things.

Anyway, the game didn’t really tell us much about the upcoming season, other than it looks like it’s going to feel very familiar unless something very aggressive happens in the next two weeks.

Our defence seems to have honed its ability to leak good chances. Fiorentina were very poor but found ways to get in behind us time and time again. It doesn’t seem to matter what system we play, we’re a disaster. It obviously doesn’t help when you have Mustafi in the starting 11, but look, it’s not me putting him there.

My major worry is this: Emery has zero pedigree with defences. He averaged 49 goals a season at Sevilla. He took PSG from 17 goals, to 27, to 29. He couldn’t better Wenger’s tally last year, dropping 51 goals despite adding a keeper, 2 defenders and 2 defensive-minded midfielders. Where does the progression come from? Nothing in history to suggest he can change things.

Moving forward we looked interesting. Eddie had a really good game. He finished very well twice. Those chances haven’t been going in when it comes to competition time. I’m of the mind that he should go out on loan this season and see if he can work on his decision making. He needs to get some teeth. I know as fans we always lose our minds with kids on preseason, but the reality for Eddie is that Emery is not going to give him many chances this season because he has Laca and Auba… so maybe he should take the move out and force his hand in the back half of the year.

I also enjoyed seeing Willock on the scoresheet again. He really does have to be ready this season, at 19, it’s a big ask, but he does look the most ready. He’s focused, he has the physicality and he can be decisive. Let’s hope Emery doesn’t bottle it.

I also thought Gabriel looked sharp… he has a lot of pace and power. That long run he made was very exciting. It’ll be interesting to see what the club does with him. Can he cut it in the first team? A huge ask if we’re honest, but you never know… I guess it’s dependent on how badly we fuck our big signings.

I was watching with my dad. He made the point that we might as well give the kids a shot, because if it’s mistakes the manager is worried about… he’d not keep playing Mustafi and Xhaka. Let’s hope he doesn’t get consumed by the panic of his job situation and move away from his youth focus.

In other news, there’s hot talk that United are in for Auba for £62m. Arsenal fans are furious at the thought of us moving him on. I love Auba, I think he’s a joy to watch at times, however, if there’s huge money on the table for a 30-year-old, we should take it and progress the squad. As things stand, we’re finishing no higher than 5th this season… if £80m gets us Zaha and Pepe, we’re in a more solid grounding next season… we might also be able to kick this Tierney deal over the line.

Holding onto your best 30-year-olds when you’re skint isn’t progression in my opinion. Especially when they only have two years left on their deal.

Right, dine out on that my friends.

What did YOU think? See you in hell (comments).

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Champagne Charlie

If Edu comes in, sells Auba, and makes us saucier, id say he’s a ballhair from a bronzey outside the stadium.

It’s speculative stuff at best, Auba and Laca instagram montage incoming this season without question.

Best case scenario we get Zaha in the mix and make it a three way.

Chitom

Champagne CharlieJuly 21, 2019 22:20:41 UnaiIt’s moronic because of what happened with RvP?“ The RVP to United sale makes perfect logic in comparison to the brain fart of an idea of selling Auba to United now. For one , RVP wanted to move and there’s no proof Auba feels the same now. Two, United weren’t our direct rivals because even without RVP there was a 19 points between two clubs in the standings. Three , Arsenal were firmly grasping the CL places with or without RVP while now it’s a four way scrap and we were only 2 points out… Read more »

Chitom

Torres and Sterling aren’t good examples either.
The left Liverpool for clubs challenging for a title while Liverpool wasn’t even in the title challenge picture.

Chitom

Pedro, if and it’s a big if .
Sure , have the Auba / VVD swap for even money and I’ll go happily along with that.
And even then could you honestly say someone like Mustafi is mentally capable of eliminating his kamikaze defending regardless who’s playing next to him .
I couldn’t.

You want to sell Auba, fine .
But then you go along with Josh Kroenke’s patience is the order of the day approach and you don’t moan when Arsenal miss out on CL again next season.

Nelson

After watching G. Martinelli’s performance, I can imagine that he could be developed to be a striker like Jamie Vardy of Leicester City. He has the speed and the size. He would be more valuable to become a striker.

Nelson

I can’t believe Raul came up with such offer “Arsenal’s £25m offer for Kieran Tierney includes too many add-ons and is dependent on them qualifying for the Champions League”

This reminds me of our £40 m +1 offer for Suarez. Raul probably thinks that he is smart and everybody else is dumb.

China1

Pedro you wanna sell 30 goal Auba for 62m then We’ll buy 10 goal a season Zaha who isn’t even young for 10+m more than we get for Auba…

China1

There aren’t that many big clubs which sell their best players to *direct rivals for anything less than major funds (62 isn’t that much) You can talk about Atletico but they just made a fortune off griezman and outside of one season, they aren’t likely league winners anyway You can talk about Dortmund, but they aren’t normally serious league competitors with Bayern in most seasons Barca and real don’t do that Man utd don’t do that Chelsea don’t do that City don’t do that Liverpool sold Torres to Chelsea when Chelsea were a notably stronger team and again, for what… Read more »

China1

By all means if the offer is silly like close to 100m, sure or if it’s to a club outside of the country for 80m, well that’s one to look at at least But 62m to utd is absolutely bonkers 1) do you think arsenal are going to replace him with someone with similar or better output? Do you really trust our recruitment that much? We’re looking at 10 goal Zaha for 80m and you trust our guys with transfers? Lol. 2) if Auba gets a similar goal tally this season and it edges us into the CL, how much… Read more »

China1

Buying a great CB probably won’t save us 20 goals a season because the defense as a unit is a shambles. One player probably won’t be the single difference

We will still have xhaka arsing around, ozil probably stinking the place out, kolasinac at LB and a less than stellar bellerin alternating with a pretty poor AMN at right back. A top CB would be lovely but one of those alone probably won’t make a 20 goal difference to us. 10 maybe.

Moray

So we have maybe 2-3 really good
Players at the club and you want to sell one of them, in the vague hope we could then buy a couple of defenders late in the window who would improve the team.

It’s madness. We wouldn’t get more then about 60m and that’s peanuts in today’s market.

It’s not like he’s on the slide or anything.

And to Man U, who we need to pip to 3rd or 4th place? Simply retarded.

Chris

Selling Auba at this stage would be a mistake. If it was part of some master plan back on the duets day of June, then it could be understandable. As it stands we would have to replace a golden boot winner and all his contribution, and use the money wisely within 2 weeks. I know the summer is rush rush already but it would be adding another 3 rungs to the ladder for no reason. I can reason with the clubs sell to their rivals anyway because let’s be honest it does happen a lot, but I still wouldn’t be… Read more »

Chris

*first day of June

Alexanderhenry

Selling Auba is likely.
Both Josh and Emery promised significant signings and that’s the only way arsenal can raise the funds it seems.

Graham62

The legacy of Wenger and Gazidis.

Create a system whereby our better players get totally pissed off and want to leave or, because of financial mismanagement, are offloaded to keep us on an even keel. Whilst on top of this our worse players are rewarded beyond belief and consequently cannot be discarded.

Ah yes, The Invincibles.

TitsMcGee

Unai Emery pulled a magic trick out of his hat. He used the powers of youth to completely disguise that Arsenal hadn’t added a single first-team player to the squad this season and we’re three games into preseason. Quite amazing to be having a 2012 like conversation after all the backroom upheaval to address exactly this.” You don’t go ~ 15 years of being irrelevant and have people lining up to join the squad. This is what was lost of the slack-jawed rabble who refused to force out the old man after it was obvious we were never going to… Read more »

Pierre

Personally,I would think it is wiser to sell or offload our average players and keep our talented players if we want to improve as a club, unless the player actually wants to leave.. I believe that sooner or later the owner will finally put his hand in his pocket to help the club get back to the top. The reason being that there is a good chance that the team will be playing to a half empty stadium if the results and performances are not up to scratch . If we hit the ground running then there will be a… Read more »

Catalyst

A joke is what it would be if we sold our best player to man.utd AGAIN.
Can’t be doing stupid shit like that then cursing throughout the whole season.

KAY Boss

So should we sell Auba and replace with who exactly? We were moaning some years ago of having just an ok striker in Giroud with back ups as Welbeck and Bendtner and you are happy because of a some inepts, we should sell our 30goal striker and sign someone who we ain’t certain will be a success. Assumptions and presumptions have taken the better part of judgment. We might as well sell Laca, Auba and Leno to them.

Rainman

Everyone seems to be forgetting we still have Lacazette. He might not be as good as Auba, but still a pretty darn good striker. I think we should sell him, and use the money to address other critical areas in the team. No point having two expensive strikers, when we are sorely lacking in defence and the wings.

Fuck Man utd, they aint doing shit, with or without Auba. We dont need to be scared of “strengthening” them.

Guns of Hackney

Auba is a potential £60m commodity that wouldn’t massively be missed. He’s alright, not great. Limited and doesn’t really contribute to the team outside of a few goals. At 30, his time is almost up.

£60m could get us

2xCB
1xCB CM
CM and Attacking wing
Attacker and CB

With the youth available we have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Pierre

https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/22/eddie-nketiah-reveals-help-arsenal-idols-thierry-henry-ian-wright-10436818/

This could be the reason that Eddie showed that bit of composure in front of goal the other day…

Alexanderhenry

Catalyst

It is a joke but I don’t see any other way for arsenal to raise funds.

Auba and laca are the only players of any great value at Arsenal. Auba is pushing 30 though, so it’s more likely he goes.

As I said previously, both Emery and Josh have promised signing that fans should feel ‘excited’ about.
They got to deliver something.

Pierre

Rainman

It would help if we had a manager who knew how to set a team up defensively…

Alexanderhenry

GOH

But it would leave us with one proven striker- a return to the days of giroud having to play every single game.

Who plays up front if laca is injured?
We already have no real pace and penetration on the flanks.

Guns of Hackney

Auba is totally expendable. Laca is rubbish but one would hope he may flourish as the lone forward.

Honestly, if we lose out on £60m for Auba…well, Sanchez to city all over again.

Why not £30m from United and a defender?

Guns of Hackney

AH

One would hope with the cash we would buy another forward. Or, add another couple of attacking wings to supplement the striker. We just have to spread the goals around a bit.

Is icardi still a thing?
Raid the bundesliga. They always seem to have decent forwards.

Guns of Hackney

If someone offers you £6000 for a 12 year old Mondeo, you take it and get the fuck out of there before they come to their senses.

Valentin

Granit Xhaka on Instagram: “Sometimes it’s not about who has more talent, it’s about who’s hungrier #GX34” [IG: granitxhaka] #afc https://t.co/VdOwgSJjW0

I was going to post back.
Sometimes it really about who has talent.

Pierre

So we sell one of our strikers to fund buying a couple of defenders who will play in a flawed defensive system….

terraloon

A couple of weeks ago a statement of intent was issued from Arsenal to the effect that unless a player entering the last two years of their contract signed a new one ( If offered) then they would be sold. No ifs or buts Arsenal weren’t going to take the financial hit suffered from the Sanchez, Ramsey There is no doubt PEA is on the downslope of his career. He is still a very decent player but he isn’t the freak of nature that is Ronaldo nor is he a marketing icon . In effect any club that buys him… Read more »

Graham62

GOH

“Lacazette is rubbish”

What are you talking about?

Un na naai

if Auba gets a similar goal tally this season and it edges us into the CL, how much will that be worth for us financially? Because honestly it seems more likely that Auba gets us across the line for top 4 than a front line of iwobi, laca, Zaha – a frontline with zero elite players, and one who is only average China Our squad is already worse this year than last season. Cabellos coming in on loan will not change that. Neither will Tierney if he comes. We won’t be qualifying for the champions league come May anyway so… Read more »

Alexanderhenry

https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/22/arsenal-make-third-transfer-bid-celtic-star-kieran-tierney-10436693/

From my understanding, this means celtic will only get the full £25 million if arsenal make the CL and celtic don’t think we will.

A rather embarrassing glimpse into how arsenal do business it seems.

Guns of Hackney

G62

Lacazette is not a good player. Like Auba, limited.

Can’t head
Can’t find a pass
Can’t shoot
Can’t tackle
Not prolific

Apart from that, he’s okay. Plus, he has a couple of years on Auba so I would keep him until someone better is found.

Guns of Hackney

AH

It’s like me going into a Ferrari dealer, begging for a Ferrari fast and only paying the £250,000 when I become a F1 superstar.

Arsenal cant get a deal over the line.

HighburyLegend

@Graham : every Arsenal player is rubbish for GoH, so better ignore what he say.

TOLI83

Auba our top goalscorer and the joint PL top scorer.

1st time in years someone from our club managed that.

And people want to sell him.

I don’t trust we’d spend 60/70m wisely anyway.

He will get 20/25 goals plus next season and probably the season after that. We are hardly a free flowing force under Emery, Auba has done well.

Whoever likened him to a Mondeo earlier had me in stitches. Brilliant!!! Our fan base is On another level sometimes.

peanuts&monkeys

There’s no room for players like Xhaka and Mustafi even in a 5th placed PL team.

Pedro bang on when he says that these teenagers cannot be worse than Xhaka and Mustafi when it comes to the common howlers from each of these two. Sack these two ASAP. Bring in the teenagers. If we do not get 4th, let it be 8th. How does it matter? Who cares!!

Graham62

Lacazette is a good player.

Let’s keep it simple shall we.

He played with a very average midfield and weak defensive unit behind him. Lack of creativity meant that he was often left to his own devices. Was the only player who showed genuine passion last season. Will score and make goals given the opportunities. Causes fear for opposing defenders.

Your perceptions are not my perceptions.

Unai

Wenger has turned our fanbase into an accounting team, what happened to on field accomplishment? Goal scorers are rare as fuck in the prem, we have ONE, we need to retain him

GoH, Auba is limited but he does the basic expectations of a striker well, he scores goals. Lots of players have a wide range of skills but fall short on this critical point but goals are more important.

Graham62

GOH

Previous post directed at you.

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HighburyLegend

Still though, what is he on about?

Bob N16

Guns, can’t agree.

Lacazette is an excellent centre forward. ‘. Can’t pass, can’t shoot’….just words – no real substance in your criticism. Many times last season he was our best performer. Sometimes it’s easier to be negative than give credit where it’s due.

You appear to comment through a prism of negativity. There is admittedly a lot that has been sub standard in recent times but that shouldn’t cloud some positives – Lacazette is one of those. Supporters of most teams would be happy to have him in their ranks.

Graham62

Unai

It says more about about our fanbase than anything else.

Also, all this talk about Edu/Raul/Sven drives me up the frigging wall.

Freddie Ljungberg

So Fekir is going for 22m incl bonuses with a 120k a week wage, still haven’t decided if he wants to go to Betis yet. Why the fuck are we not in there, he wants to play with Laca agin so he would absolutely come here. an Attack of Everton Auba/Laca Fekir with Ceballos behind them would be absolutely devastating. When Ceballos goes back to Madrid we can evaluate our young wingers and if they’re ready we can move Fekir to Cam, if not we buy a Cam and keep him out there. Think we’re missing out on a massive… Read more »

Graham62

Bob N16

Hear hear.

A very positive take on the subject.

Freddie Ljungberg

Why is anyone taking GoH seriously? He’s just here to complain, he’s admitted many times that he’s not a fan of Arsenal anymore, if he ever was.

Less said about his other character traits the better.

Graham62

Criticising players who are clearly not up to scratch is justifiable, but to say Lacazette is “rubbish” borders on insanity.

Graham62

Freddie

Yeh but still got to give him a good old scalding every now and then.

Un na naai

Freddie

Why the hard on for Cabellos? He’s dull. Have you actually watched him? Do you watch him regularly? He’s boring. What on earth gives you the impression he will be devastating? He’s a light weight passer. Not great passes either but simple obvious passes.

Guns of Hackney

Lacazette is a worse Kaba Diawara.

Fact.

Guns of Hackney

Lacazette is 4 feet tall.

andy1886

Okay…

So Arsenal’s player of last season is shit, and selling the golden boot winner to a direct rival is a good idea.

Nice work genius.

Guns of Hackney

Chaps

When you have an asset that has reached peak value, you sell it.

Business 101.

Un na naai

Graham

Agreed
Lacazette is hands down our only match winner. Our only antagonist. He makes things happen. Scores goals from nothing. Runs his bollocks off. Fights to win.
Maybe if our dull as dishwater manager finds a way to enhance his attributes rather the negate them then we could see a 25-30 goal per season lacazette

Don’t forget he was dropped for long periods last season when it was clear he was our best attacking player.

Another whoopsie moment from the incompetent emery who then had to reinstate Lacazette because Aubameyang on his own just wasn’t happening.

Valentin

Saka’s interview confirmed that Freddie is helping the transition from academy players into first team players. Funny how those who rubbished the idea are very quiet on that front. The most damning part of the interview is the fact that Emery does not talk to them directly. The role of the head coach implies to know his players. A easiest way is to talk to them. How will he be able to communicate with them effectively during the season if he does not know them. Unless this is a PR exercise mandated by the management and as soon as the… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Un na I don’t think you have seen Ceballos at all, seeing as you still can’t spell his name you probably haven’t even seen his youtube highlights. He would be a massive upgrade on Ozil, unlike him he can actually dribble and shoot, also has an eye for a pass. Don’t see why anyone would have a problem getting in a very promising player on loan for a year that fixes one of our problem positions, gives us time to address it next summer properly. The devastating part was more in regards to the front 3 though (or 4 if… Read more »

Unai

Graham, totally agree, we’ve turned into a right set of white flag waving pussies.

GoH, not strengthening your rivals/competitors is business 101, never give up a competitive advantage.

Vintage Gun

Hey i’ve got a crazy idea… Why don’t we just keep Auba? Infact add another year on his contract.

I don’t care that he’s 30 as as fast as he (still) is most of his goals come from his movement and speed of thought. He’s a poacher above all else so even if his rew pace declines over the next year or two, he’ll still get goals.

Not EVERY player needs to get clipped at 30.

Oh and £65m would be a nothing price.Especially in this market.

HighburyLegend

“Still though, what is he on about?”

I would say… some bad cocaine ?? lol

Guns of Hackney

Unai

Ha ha…United have been weakening us for years selling us their old shite. We got one back when we sold Sanchez to them but to really even the score, Auba would probably make us about equal.

£60m for us right now would be better than holding onto Auba.

Un na naai

Freddy

I do t have a problem with him. I’ve seen only seen highlights videos of him but I don’t see anything special there at all. I just don’t get what all the fuss is about as it looks like ZZ agrees with me
Normally a highlights reel will show the player at his best but there’s barley anything other than simple 5-6 yard passes
Just basic ball retention
As I said. A poor mans arteta
He doesn’t appear to be able to shoot dribble or tackle

So tell me what are his strengths??

Guns of Hackney

We could buy three players for one Auba. That’s better value in my mind.

Unai

Val, The most damning part of the interview is the fact that Emery does not talk to them directly. The role of the head coach implies to know his players. 

How do you extrapolate ‘not talking directly’ to ‘not knowing’?

Head coach implies head of a team, delegation is key to successful management.

Valentin

Since his return from injury, Fekir has not been the same. Gone is the burst of pace on 5 yards. He is now much more stocky. He had to hit the gym because any injury to his knee could be the end of his career. Also he is not a 10 anymore, he plays on top as a striker in the style of Aguero. From a Liverpool’s perspective he could be a stand-in for Firmino. However Arsenal has a more pressing need of a winger inside forward. Even at a reduced price, because of his high wage and serious risk… Read more »

Unai

GoH, selling them our shit?

Not sure I’d call 1 of 3 top scorers in the prem with the best goals/min ratio of the 3 shit but each to there own I guess.

Un na naai

We already tried this shit with Suarez in January. I dont see Cabellos adapting to the premier league or sealing a permanent transfer to arsenal
He’s not got enough in his locker

Marc

How old was Ian Wright when he helped us win the league in 97 – 98?

Auba being 30 is not an issue.

Freddie Ljungberg

Un na

Are you sure you’ve watched the right player?

Because if you watch this: https://youtu.be/qShV2n6YZmo and think Arteta I honestly can’t help you.

Valentin

Sure, Fekir is a striker now…
If he’s so busted please explain the season after his injury? He had a dip in form last season but that is only natural after the failed move to Pool.
for 22m it’s a no brainer regardless of your “expert” opinions.

Valentin

Unai, Imagine, Iwobi is injured and Saka is called upon to replace him. At the same time, you want to change tactics. You need to quickly communicate to him all the instructions. How do you explain the subtle change of tactics you want him to follow? Because you have never talked to him directly before, you don’t know how to talk to him. Do you use complex words, write down on a piece of paper tactic notes, point to him? That’s why communication is so important. You need to be able to transmit the information quickly and be sure that… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

I find some of the posters on here depressing. They suggest that we get rid of one or other of our two strikers [goalscorers] notwithstanding that they scored last season 50 goals!!! For the record Arsenal completed last season with 73 goals in EPL ranking us the third most prolific team behind Man City and Liverpool. Arsenals’ problems are not in the strike positions, but elsewhere in the team. The idea that a striker is too old at “30” is daft. Professional sportsmen in 21st century can have longer careers than their predecessors provided that they are not injury prone… Read more »

Un na naai

Marc

Ian Wright hardly played once Anelka got into the team that year
Better example would be Bergkamp and Kanu in 04 although different types of players and certainly more involved than Aubameyang with the ball.

Freddie Ljungberg

Don

We won’t get an option to buy anyway so that doesn’t really matter does it?
It makes us less reliant on a semi retired Cam for a year until we can shift him on.

Also comparing our midfield options with that of Real Madrids has to be a joke right?

Valentin

Freddie, The reason Fekir failed his medical is because the insurance was not willing to cover the high risk of forced retirement caused by injury to his knee ligaments. It does not mean that he can’t play, just that if he is injured on his first game then it is money down the drain. If it was such a no brainer, Fekir would have more suitors. The fact that not one of the big clubs in UK, Spain, Germany, Italy made any offer for him tell you that they either don’t rate him or that they worried about his knees… Read more »

HighburyLegend

“The club is in a situation where nobody knows which direction to take”

Jens Lehmann nose best!!

Freddie Ljungberg

Of course you know all the details of his medical, why wouldn’t you. Did the goblins whisper it to you in your sleep because there hasn’t been any official statement like that.

For 53mil I can understand why Liverpool hesitated, for 22m we are not going to get a better player so it’s a chance worth taking. I don’t care what other teams do, we have a lot of positions to fill and not enough money to do it so picking up an absolute bargain is something we should be looking at doing.

Emiratesstroller

One suggestion being made now is that Arsenal are offering £55 million +
Jenkinson and the loan of Nelson to Crystal Palace in exchange for Saha.

If we were to offer £60 million + Jenkinson and Nelson I could see that as a
realistic offer.

On a separate matter I would not offload Iwobi, because of his versatility. I
would prefer to offload Mkhitaryan instead. Iwobi may not be the best
footballer on the planet, but there is still room for improvement.

Chitom

GOH
Arsenal don’t need three more players but an upgrade on players they do have.
In today’s market 60 m spread between three signings might get you marginal upgrades over the likes of Jenko or Elney , who shouldn’t be anywhere near Arsenal squad to begin with.

Valentin

Freddie,

There is no big secret.
He failed his medical, so Liverpool wanted to renegotiate terms, Lyon refused. Liverpool issued a statement about it. Lyon countered it via their own statement.

You may think that £22 millions he is a bargain, but The fact that nobody of notes is after him at 22 millions should tell you that this is a risk that most clubs are not willing to take.

In view of Arsenal finance taking a 22 millions punt on a single player with serious medical conditions would not be wise.

Un na naai

Freddy

He looked better in the video you sent than what I’ve seen of him for Madrid deffo.
But Suarez has a nifty little YouTube video too and he was toilet.

On the signing aspect, what’s the point then? If he does well and we can’t have him then why bother? It’s a lose lose situation. All he is is another poxy body. That’s it.

Unai

If he does well and we can’t have him then why bother?

If he helps up get Cl its job done really.

Unai

Val, if our youngsters cant take direct instruction regardless of who delivers it then we have a real problem.

Personally dont see the issue, I mean footballers are characterised as dim but I think they have a grasp of basic english and tactical fundamentals.

Un na naai

Chitom

Arsenal do need 3 more players
£30m gets you plenty in today’s market if you know where to look

Leno, papa, Torreira, guendouzi, tierney, Saliba.

All £30m or under

Jay da Silva £2m
Lloyd Kelly £13m
Targett £17m
Tielelemans £40m
Daniel James £15m
Trippier £20m

There are bargains to be had in this country too.
We are just incapable of finding them any more
Holding was our last

China1

I also agree that if Auba had been flogged right at the start of the window as part of some clear bigger plan then I would at least see what to make of it But this is arsenal. There is no genius plan. We’ve just had a direct competitor out a less than remarkable sum of money in front of our faces for our best player and we’re so accustomed to small club thinking that we’re actually considering it Let’s just bring arsenal back already. What’s even the point of all this ‘change’ if we end up in exactly the… Read more »

China1

Let’s just bring ‘arsene’ back*

Marc

Un na

Yeah but Wright was 35 ish my point is 30 is not an issue for Auba.

Unai

Holding was our last
……
Leno, papa, Torreira, guendouzi, tierney**, Saliba.

Contradiction mutch?

China1

Seriously lol if we could all be told we’d get rid of wenger, gazidis, even and half the backroom team, then a single year later we’d be having a summer like this and people excitedly talking about strengthening our direct rivals for not much cash I’d just say keep arsene because what’s the difference?

At least arsene had history that people could think fondly back on. The current regime edu aside are more of the same weak tat but without any of the rose tinted memories of yesteryear to garner support

Shambles arsenal. We really are

Un na naai

Brandt for £25m was a no brainer too.

Unai

China , wenger had years to create this mess, we should give the new regime more time to fix it.

First impressions are a bit meh but we haven’t signed a post man yet so at least we have that.

Championship here we come 😁

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Unai you fool

Our last bargain from this country

“There are bargains to be had in THIS COUNTRY too.
We are just incapable of finding them any more
Holding was our last“

China1

Unai the problem is that the new regime are performing indistinguishably from the last

Quite literally if this summer was a wenger gazidis summer no one would bat an eye lid. We’ve replaced everyone but the owner in recent years and we are doing the same dumb shit

China1

Arsenal are a 10 year case study in mismanagement and mediocrity and in all this time our grand vision for what comes next is exactly the same

The kroenkes are such cunts for allowing the club to so eagerly flush itself down the toilet.

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“China , wenger had years to create this mess, we should give the new regime more time to fix it.“ Unai you fool Not when the new regime is proving to be more incompetent than wenger was at his lowest ebb We’ve let the following players leave for nothing since wenger left Ramsey Cech Welbeck Wilshere Cazorla Lichtsteiner Koscielney Ospina Jeff Bennacer While turning down the chance to offload Ramsey and ozil for good money last season We’ve brought in Suarez and Martinelli since Sven left And dithered on everything else. The mess weneger left got wasn’t so bad when… Read more »

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Unai

When does the new regime assume responsibility for its own ineptitude? How many years? How much money spent? Does every wenger signing need to be replaced? Do Nelson, Saka, nketiah and co not count as wengerized palyers seeing as his far reaching tentacles were embedded in the youth set up?

What about Freddy per and bould??
They all played under wenger. They’ve been corrupted. All won trophies under him so surely they would only extend his vision at the club?

Unai

Ramsey Cech Welbeck Wilshere Cazorla Lichtsteiner Koscielney Ospina Jeff Bennacer With the exception of Ramsey that’s not exactly a star studded list now is it…. Didn’t see you moaning when wengers team beat Fulham 5-1 and Leicester 3-1  I’ve been moaning since 8-2 mate and 100% was last season! Am I thrilled by what the new lot have achieved? Not really. Am I prepared to accept there are mitigating circumstances? Yes. Am I prepared to give them 10 years to get it right? Absolutely not. Do find it ironic that folk who gave wenger so much time are now in… Read more »