Today, we go to war for 3 points that’ll keep us #Top4 over the international break. Before the season started, I wrote that 9 points would be absolutely ideal from this session of games, and I still believe that. The post-break games are pretty grim, we have City, Leicester, United, and Villa in the league, as well as 3 Europa League games. Going into those games with momentum and positivity is absolutely vital.
We need a performance from the squad today. We’ve been inconsistent this season. Fulham was great, but then we realised they were shite. We didn’t show up against West Ham and scraped a win. Then we were soundly beaten by Liverpool. Our xG is looking a bit Emery like at the moment. 3 games is not a big sample, but we need to be correcting that before it corrects our points tally.
The main problem we’re having is chance creation. We’re fairly comfortable defending these days. We’re solid and tough to break down. Going forward is a different issue. There’s no clean connection from midfield to attack and our offensive playbook routines are getting a little predictable. The thing I worry about is it doesn’t look like we’re trying to solve it, it seems we’re banking on low chance high conversion approach. That’s rarely sustainable.
Sheffield United will be an interesting side to come up against. They’ve been abject so far this season, but we know they are a force on their day. They’ll not play a deep block, but they will aggressively counter us. It’ll be a game that will require creativity, they can defend really well and they will not let up with the pressure.
Our transfer business, on the face of it, looks underwhelming in the extreme. We’ve signed a lesser second keeper, Willian looks good but he’s certainly not the force to unlock our forward play, and Gabriel is 6 months away from being the man.
We basically have the same problem from last year carried over. That can’t be an excuse. We need to find ways of creating more good opportunities in attack, because it’ll be games like this that undo us this season.
If we don’t bring in suitable solves, the fans will look to Guendouzi and Mesut Ozil. It’s obvious. Especially as both are training with the first team. I hope that’s not the cloud of PR noise that a shoddy window brings, but you know it will be. From what I’ve been told, the big issue for Arsenal is that the squad is too bloated. Our wage bill hasn’t really been attacked this summer and we’ve done a very poor job moving on players. As I said yesterday, I don’t think anyone thought we’d struggle to move on players like MG and Lacazette, but here we are.
That is still no excuse for not having an 8 or a 6 at this stage of the summer.
I understand Arteta just wants Champions League level players for the now, but as I’ve whined about for the last 5 years, sometimes you need to build out talent and take a little longer to get back to the top. If our shopping list is Aouar, Jorginho, and Partey… or bust. Then that starts to look like negligence. We finished 8th, improving on our squad is not a precise science or balancing act like it would be a Liverpool or Bayern. We should be able to find an 8 for less than £40m that can do a job. We should be able to find a #6 that has the athletic profile we so desperately need.
I know I am not a scout, but Dominik Szoboszlai plays on the left, he can box to box, and he’s at a franchise that supplied the world with Mane and Werner. He’s 19 years old, he scored 12 goals last season and landed 18 assists. His buy-out is rumoured to be 25m euros. Is he blowing up the league this year? Maybe not. Would he be a better bet than nothing? Yes.
The same with the #6 position. We have no one with athleticism in our midfield. Don’t tell me there isn’t someone in Ligue 1 that we could pick up at less than £45m. Sangare/Sourmare look like talented player, clearly both need coaching, but that’s what clubs with fucked finances have to do.
There has been a real lack of creativity around our transfer business. I really, really hope this isn’t like seasons past where we break a season because our perfect choice wasn’t available. There are always options that can improve the squad, we cannot let the biggest problem of last season go unaddressed again.
That said, I think fans are forgetting that spending a shit tonne of money doesn’t always translate into points. Spurs blowing a load of cash doesn’t mean they’ll be electric. OGS dropping pound notes on Cavani doesn’t mean they’ll close the gap. Leicester are just as capable of bottling the season. What new players does is create excitement for the players, the staff and the fans. It signals progress and it creates good vibes. If we fail this summer, you’ll get the covid-lockdown histrionics and it’ll be a slog.
We will be better this season regardless of where we land with the squad. We have 20 wins out of 34 games under the new regime. The longer the process goes on, the better we’ll get. We are very well-coached, we’ll be tough to beat this season, and hopefully, we’ll find a solve externally before the window shuts, and if not, maybe we’ll have to reach for a ‘like a new signing’ type of pivot.
Let’s enjoy today and pray that we can make some magic happen by Monday.
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pepe what a waste of money. 30m player at best
Pedro
We don’t need to sign players over £40m to improve squad but I think this soumare links could have something to it because the president of Lille said an offer around £32m would tempt them and he is box to box
I just have this feeling we going to go for amadou diawara I don’t mind if he fulfils his potential
Everton bought in allan who only cost £23m but would been ideal for us
Creative wise I don’t know who else is out there in German or french football
No Jorginho please
Pete Ibrahim Sangare moved to PSV for 9m mate
just woke up absolutely drained out..this Auoar affair really was very heart breaking..last time I felt like this was the night we lost to Olympiakos…supporting this club is one task isn’t it? ..Only one and I repeat, only one thing can make things better – triggering the Partey RC..not even a win against Sheffiled will do anything
Same old Arsenal always cheating! (in the transfer market)
I hope Arteta will be more courageous against City. The lineup and tactics against Pool scream white flag. Can’t sit back against these teams to counter if you have no midfield suited for such. Leeds went toe-to-toe with both teams, and yes they may have a better coach but no way in hell are they even close to Arsenal in talent.
Good post. The IG story on Arsenal show Guen and Ozil looking very sharp (and a million comments saying #kroenkeout) If Arteta is saying Auoar or bust then he has to take some blame. Apart from that, we need players to perform, would be good to see the two players frozen out to play tonight against Sheffield and a more expansive formation. I think the 433 is worth going for again and a team with Ozil and Pepe and Auba is exciting. I think Laca does need to move on for his own sake but I reckon he starts tonight… Read more »
Mo and MG will be the most improved members in the squad during training and have impressed. This meant that they get a shout back in the team and why we couldn’t go full out on the Party Aour! Pedro et Al, you know this is coming Tues morning! I hope something gets pulled out of the bag but my gut is saying same old, same old!
Was really feeling optimistic about our chances to get back into the ucl and challenge at the end of last season but now it feels just different …..I think Mikel will take over the city job in a year or 2 if the club doesn’t kick on.
Top six
@Trap
I think the negativity started with the Emi sale. We were all full of belief and optimism before that one.
Kaz,
And Emi topping the keeper chart does not help either! But that’s done now, so we have to move on. 3 pts is a must like Pedro said and as this transfer window comes to a close and we have the same squad practically let’s hope Tets sauce gets revealed and the likes of saka and emr can step it up. Oh I wish Martenelli was fit. We could do with him being back and firing on all cylinders!
“I think the negativity started with the Emi sale. We were all full of belief and optimism before that one.”
If they come out of the TW with the status quo, then this particular move becomes pointless and serves no other purpose than to demoralize.
Get Partey and move on. Reintegrate Guen and Ozil and close shop and hope for the best. Guen was handled rather poorly by Arteta, notwithstanding Guen’s issues. Just swallow your pride, get him to contribute this season and sell for loads of cash next season. No sane GM will take your problems off your plate especially after making them so public in the case of Guen. Ozil is just an albatross left on our necks by Wenger. For that reason alone, he should not be allowed anywhere near this team again.
Pedro John Barnes [ex Liverpool] made an important point yesterday about Arsenal. He suggested that our priority should be to improve our spine defensively rather than focus on buying Aouar in this transfer window. I tend to agree with that perspective. Arteta is still focussing on a 3-4-3 formation, but if we are going to have a plan B and play like let’s say Man City or Liverpool with 4-3-3 we need more power and control in midfield than we offer at the moment. I doubt that a player like Aouar will offer that. I believed always that Arsenal will… Read more »
Small club mentality.. Wow got an offer 17m for 2nd keeper let’s grab it.. We spent 72m on pepe but that was only because of the way it could b paid back
.its not all about spending but we act like a small club.. Still believe Arteta will do well and the way I see him leaving is him being frustrated by the board whether in 2, 3 or 4 years..
Hope I’m wrong
Remember the days of being bored with top 4
If we can’t get significant improvements, then I see no value in filling our squad out even further, our squads already 31 payers deep. I’d much rather blood some youngsters, I know our fan base isn’t the most patient around young players taking time to mature, but we’ve got Smith-Rowe, Willock and I think Saka could play as a No8, or we could push Ceballos further forward. We need to go for quality over quantity, it’s what makes the signings of Soares, Willian and Mari so frustrating. Players usually take 6-12 month to settle coming from abroad, why not try… Read more »
Spurs have built a new stadium which has been empty for best part of a year still spending money on new signings let alone having to sell their best players to cover costs, usmanov splashing the cash at everton, wolves spending nevermind city Liverpool and Chelsea. club is a joke we’re making fucking redundancies ffs we’ve got a squad full of frauds we can’t even give away literally can’t give away what a joke I could go on and on and on with reasons why we are a joke kroenke being the biggest example yes i get the self-sustaining model… Read more »
It should be noted that Athletico Madrid drew 0-0 yesterday at home with Villereal. Maybe they
need more creativity and goalscoring potential than we do.
Loads of people losing their shit. Just remember we are the third lowest club at chance creation. And people still want us to concentrate on defence. Flip floppers
Everton did a good job bringing in Allan a Dacoure dor £20 million each. Partey is a good player but we are going to pay £45 million for a player with no resale value. I’ll rather we got Wilfred Ndidi for £50-60 million, partey is also demanding close to 200k weekly,that’s too much for me. Mane is on 100k weekly and he is one of the best players in the EPL. There are lots of cheaper alternatives to Partey, the likes of Denis Zakaria, Konrad laimer, mikel Merino, even pierre-emile Hojbjerg. If we knew we were not going to break… Read more »
I don’t know how Liverpool do it but they get some excellent fees for there English talent like brewster and solanke I am sure they got £40m for both players
I bet if we had to move nketiah I bet we only get £15m
I don’t post often here, but I’ve known Peter or Pedro for years from block 11. I don’t know if he’s still there. Back in the day, he was the man. Nowadays he is a mug. Arteta is a clown. Emery was much better than Arteta. I can’t continue reading this AKB blog with all the praise for such a shit coach. Arsenal are destined for a 10th place finish once more with this squad and coach
Arteta is a clown. Arsenal to finish 10th. Wenger championship signings on Ronaldo salaries
“Arsenal are destined for a 10th place finish once more with this squad and coach”
Once more? Arsenal haven’t finished in 10th or lower since 1995.
Arsenal’s current weakness is well known. It is in central midfield where our current playing options are Xhaka, Ceballos, Elneny and Willock all of whom are mediocre players. The reintroduction of Guendouzi and Ozil would not improve that situation nor would the recruitment of Aouar alone have improved our control in central midfield. For a start he likes to play wide. For Arsenal to improve in that department we need a powerful box to box type of player which is why Partey was under consideration. Samesong and others talk about resale value. Frankly Arsenal’s priority is to put the current… Read more »
Pedro is right. The story of the summer is our inability to sell our unwanted players.
It’s really pretty incredible. You would have thought there would be firm offers for Torreira and Guendouzi at a minimum. Covid-19 has really messed up our plans in many ways. Our matchday revenues were among the best in the league and now other teams are running scared when it comes to forking out a hefty transfer fee in the current climate (well, at least for our players).
Well, at least we’ve won two trophies this year!
“I don’t post often here”
good stuff.
Samesong and others talk about resale value
No Emirates. I didn’t mention resale value I spoke about our low chance creation. I do agree that we need better midfielders.
Please, not Gendozy or Messabout.
Poor transfer activity under Emery, Wenger and now Arteta.
I am sure Wenger, Emery and their Immediate bosses, if Wenger indeed had any, take much of the blame, but perhaps we have to start looking at the person who has been right at the top throughout all that time and allowed things to drift so badly . I am hoping Josh can inject some energy into things, but the fact is, we have been badly run and badly owned for a long time
“I don’t post often here”
Please don’t post at all
Samesong
Apologies I thought it was you who had written post about resale.
Arsenal are not short of goalscoring options in our squad with Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah, Willian, Pepe and Martinelli [when fit].
Our weakness is lack of control in central midfield. We are too often outplayed or overrun in
that department. Liverpool are not exactly loaded with creative talent in central midfield,
but they compensate for that with energy and control.
I thought deadline day panic buys were all down to Wenger dithering, yet we did it last summer under Emery with luiz and now under Arteta we’re about to do the same the only constant through the years are the owners
Woke up optimistic that we’ll have some incomings in the 11th hour tomorrow and will hold off anything I have to say until that happens or not.
Floom or doom n gloom or whatever you call yourself.stop talking bollocks.Theres obviously a reason you don’t post often & now we know why.🤫
Our season surely can’t be defined by who we buy can it?
I mean we now have a chance to see what good coaching can do over the course of a season, why the doom and gloom considering we have a “great coach” and most of the top 10 have bums and past it coaches.
Pedro spot about athleticism.
I watched Havertz Chelsea waltz past players yesterday.
And yet I see hear mentioned Buendia skill full
but limited pace and not a runner.
6 FOOT ++++ only please.
And Szobeszlai who would fit that bill.
Emirates “Arsenal are not short of goalscoring options in our squad with Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah, Willian, Pepe and Martinelli [when fit].” Disagree. We lack goals and creativity. Fundamental reason why we finished outside top 4. We scored 56 GOALS LAST SEASON. Need to up that number to 70-75. Chelsea last season conceded more than us but finished 10 points more than us. Because they scored more goals. And creativity doesn’t need to come from midfield either. Chelsea had Jorginho,Kante,Kovacic in midfield, neither of them are creative players. They got top 4 because they had Mount and Pulisic and we didn’t.… Read more »
In football,this is the order of priority.
Attack>manager>midfielders> defenders>GK
Klopp won the title with a fabinho- wijnaldum-henderson midfield.
Pep won the league with a fernandinho-,KDB-Silva midfield.
That’s their “coaching sauce”
Both those midfields have glaring weaknesses.
But they would struggle to even compete for the title if they swapped their attackers for ours.
Fantastic performance from Allan Saint-Maximin yesterday.
I think the whole TW backlash right now is less to do with not buying specific players (partey/Auour) but the lack of a cohesive plan. Pedro,, as you right say we aren’t BM or pool, only 10 players in the world can improve us, we are a squad full of holes and I bet there are numerous players in the 10-25 million bracket that can improve this sqaud. This lack of plan B is what is causing the backlash. I like partey but I’m not married to the idea of him in the midfield. Where is the whole fucking data… Read more »
Stroller,
I agree for the other 3 but how can you say that Ceballos is a mediocre player? As things stand, he’s basically our only hope of getting anything proactive happening from the middle of the pitch.
The infuriating thing about arsenal is we never add the final piece to the jigsaw, we sort an area out and neglect another then by the time we get around to it another area needs attention, we have been stuck in this 1 step forward 2 steps back cycle for over a decade when will it end.
Deploy Ceballos in a more attacking role if we are not going to sign a midfielder. Arteta should try to bury his differences with Guendouzi. He is just 21 and deserves one more chance.
Thanks Pedro, nice post. I really thought we would get rid of the dross this window. The lack of outgoings for me is actually more annoying than what looks to be the dead deals in Aouar and Partey. Sokratis, Mustafi, and Kola should all have been the priority to get rid this summer. Torriera due to his unhappiness, Guendouzi due to his attitude next. However I don’t want any panic last minute buying ala the dreaded summer we landed Andre Santos. Arteta and Edu said they only wanted top calibre incomings, so for me if we can’t get that then… Read more »
It is unrealistic to think that you can drop in Guen and Ozil from the cold and they will perform. You need chemistry and familiarization in real game environment to integrate a player. For a start, they should be included in the squad first and starting playing 10 to 15 minutes in a game for a few times. Currently, for midfielder we have as starteronly Xhaka, ceballos, and Elneny. Willock.and ESR are under study. Guen is experienced enough to backup Xhaka and Elneny.. If Arteta doesn’t want to play Ozil anymore, just paid him off and save a non_homegrown spot.… Read more »
Yea youth players to kick on, besides saka and martineli the rest are crap
Leftfootcurler
What are you talking about.
There is no list of priorities at this level.
Arsenals failing so far this season is to destabilise things by removing a key component from the team. You know who. Will argue this till the cows come home. You ignore the obvious, you’ll ultimately cock things up and suffer the consequences.
Ask Donald.
Would Liverpool have won the league with Karius, Mignolet or Adrian between the posts?
I don’t think so.
Anyone talking about CM being a weakness as if it’s suddenly happened – come on. This is Xhaka’s 5th season with us and we still have people making excuses or talking about how he’s been better under Arteta. Our lack of creativity is a problem but part of it is Arteta’s cautious approach to matches. If we are going to play with 3 at the back playing AMN at LWB at home to Sheffield Utd is just plain wrong – he’s right footed so we lose any delivery from wide especially as we’re playing Auba as the wide left forward.… Read more »
Graham
You’re beginning to sound like Pierre with your constant references to Martinez leaving. Next thing is you’ll be making comments about keepers and then accusing people of being obsessed because you never mentioned Martinez.
He’s gone forever – live with it.
“The infuriating thing about arsenal is we never add the final piece to the jigsaw,”
Well this summer we haven’t even opened the box that has the pieces in.
Graham
You are obviously talking of Martinez and I disagree.
Besides I talked about what is more important in football.
There are priorities especially if you are on a limited budget.
Let’s say Arsenal have Liverpool’s defence ,GK and midfield minus the FBs but retain our attack.
Won’t finish top 4.
Graham
“Would Liverpool have won the league with Karius, Mignolet or Adrian between the posts?”
No but if you remove Salah and mane,they won’t finish top 4
Same old same old. Throw names about pretending we’re genuinely interested in them and then what do you know, it never happens, ever! Oh they’ll pretend they were close to making these signings, yeah right. About as close as we are to living on the moon
Jay – Just because Saka and Martinelli are up there with the best youth prospects in Europe it doesn’t mean we don’t have other solid youth players in the rest of the squad.
Not all of them can be worldies, but with coaching and more minutes they will get better.
“I understand Arteta just wants Champions League level players for the now”
I’m having flashbacks to us only wanting “superquality” players.
Artetas man management has been questionable to say the least – Benched Martinelli even when he was not injured and favored Nkiteah Made the team revilve around Xhaka when he literally told the fans to fuck off Binned Saka as soon as he signed a new deal GOT RID OF THE BETTER KEEPER Dumped Ozil even though we are struggling creatively Dumped Guen for showing fight and passion Plays Auba on the left to accommodate average strikers like Nkiteah and Laca I’m not an Arteta hater but hes by no means been flawless. The FA cup win has made things… Read more »
Ancelotti, when asked about the form of james Rodriguez
““James is doing really well. A player with quality doesn’t have a problem to adapt. The quality is there.
“Football is not so complicated, the pitch is always the same, the opponents always have 11 players, the ball is the same and the goal doesn’t move.
“Football is simple.”
Must be like music to his ears for James….
Should be getting Draxler on board as plan B, revive that career and you’ve got a baller. He’s been excellent early season for PSG and was available for circa 20 mil early in the window because he’s into his final year.
Either way, the alternatives to Partey and Aouar will tell a lot about us this window.
Dani is our most adventurous passer in central midfield at the moment. When Xhaka moves the ball forward, it’s usually a switch of play or a ball over the top. Nothing wrong with that, but Dani (imo) plays more through-balls on the ground. Elneny recycles the ball sideways or backwards 6 yards – nothing more nothing less. What’s crazy to me is how Guendouzi is seemingly stubborn enough to set fire to his career when he’s only 21. He should go back to the gaffer hat-in-hand and state unequivocally that he’s prepared to work hard and try to get back… Read more »
Leftie, everyone knows defences win you titles. Liverpool sold Coutinho and signed VVD. A perfect example of this. A B2B is a viable alternative to a CAM as Stroller mentioned. Not only can they provide goals (Lampard, Gerrard, Ramsey in his hot season) but they free up the wider positions by providing a threat through the middle. Plonking a CAM in the #10 position where in this side he’d be swamped isn’t going to cut it. In the game today with the focus on pressing a CAM doesn’t have the time or space in the way they used to. Probably… Read more »
“Dumped Guen for showing fight and passion “. EXACTLY. That also kills Guen’s transfer value.
“It’s really pretty incredible. You would have thought there would be firm offers for Torreira and Guendouzi at a minimum.”
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Not incredible at all actually.
Predicted this much while talking to Freddie L a couple months ago.
Both players out of favor, neither one showed any real consistent level of performance, and some other issues as well.
Former arsenal flop, Jack wilshere can’t even make the West ham bench
Leftfootcurler Sorry but Arsenal are not short of goalscoring potential, but if your midfield lacks control and delivery then you have got a problem particularly if your team spends most of its time on the backfoot and is square and back passing the ball. What is important in football is not so much how many goals you score, but winning games and if you want to win the league not conceding too many goals. Chelsea may have scored a lot of goals last season but they also conceded too many goals as well. In an ideal scenario you need in… Read more »
Yikes, my post was a bit of a ramble. Feeling a touch despondent about the transfer window. Didn’t care as much about the ins as the outs. Emi and Mkhi (released) the only exits, right?
@Tom, yup, not a surprise at all. Many of us have been laughing at the ridiculous figures some posters have been suggesting we could sell players for. Equally the idea that you might get a transfer fee for players on stupid money is something only the terminally dense might believe.
Funny how you see people posting about how crap player X,Y or Z is and in the next breath claim that we can sell them for tens of millions.
Emirates
There is at least plenty of goals in the squad we have – I just think that A) we’ve failed to fix the glaring issue in the team B) Arteta might be over thinking things too much.
“Funny how you see people posting about how crap player X,Y or Z is and in the next breath claim that we can sell them for tens of millions.”
It really does make you wonder how people’s brains work. We have players who’s annual salary is higher than their transfer value and we wonder why we can’t sell or get a fee for them.
Andy “Leftie, everyone knows defences win you titles.” That is a myth propaganda by Fergie. His teams often weren’t the best defensively but always top 2 in terms of goal scoring. I never said defence isn’t important but attack is more important. Klopp fixed the attack first. Salah,Mane,firmino,TAA and Robertson. That’s his attack. VVD came later. VVD improved them from top 4 team to title challengers. He got top 4 by getting his attackers first. We are in the stage of going from mid table to top 4. Again,not saying that defence doesn’t need improving. But fixing the attack is… Read more »
How have Ozil and Guendouzi become our saviours? Does nobody remember that they’re both shit?
Auba is just a fool wasting his prime years at Arsenal
Very now obvious he signed because of the money, all the BS from the media he was waiting for the club ambition in the transfer market before he signed on, was just dat,utter BS
Enjoy your retirement package all the same while playing along side utter garbage.
The difference is a manager who has faith and belief in you and one who doesn’t. Same goes for Pepe; neither Emery nor Arteta have shown any faith in him. One bad game and he’s dropped. If youwant your attacking players to defend then just play more defenders. Oh wait, I guess that’s why we have 9 centre backs.
Jamie, yes just those two – Miki on a free and Emi for £15.6m according to Transfermarkt. We also got a 225k loan fee for Mavropanos.
Doesn’t even cover the £32.4m we spent on Gabriel, Mari and Runar.
Guardiola’s footballing beliefs and tactics have never been tested in a club that isn’t the richest in the land and where he couldn’t simply purchase the best players in the world to populate his team. If Tets is his master’s voice, then it will be interesting to see how things develop for him and Arsenal, as it definitely looks like we have nerry a pot to piss in. Also, how Leeds perform this year under Bielsa will also be an indication.
Jamie
Agree with much of that my super eagle friend. Will be interesting to hear from Arteta today
What a team Atalanta are when it comes to goals. No super stars there, just a team that let the ball do the work.
Man atalanta just play orgasmic football…Their wingbacks are absolutely fantastic too.11 goals in 3 matches.I would like to see gasperini in the epl he looks like a solid coach
Leftie, but in fixing that attack they sold their most creative player in Coutinho (and had no interest in bringing him back this summer either). Mane and Salah aren’t especially creative, they are direct and dynamic. Firmino is no Ozil either, Klopp refers to him as his ‘engine room’ for his energy and drive in attack, again hardly something that you’d hear about Ozil.
Emirates Not blaming Arteta at all. But I disagree. We have goal scoring “potential”. Yes. Will this potential be fulfilled this season? No. Without this potential being actually translated to goals,we are not finishing top 4. To win games consistently,the most important thing is to score goals. It is important to remember that we are going from midtable to top 4. The midfield is a problem but who are they going to pass to? That has been a bigger issue. Chelsea should absolutely focus on defence and GK. Their attack is fixed. We should first of all get 70-75 goals.… Read more »
City finished ahead of Sheffield United because they’ve spent about a billion pounds…..
Andy
But Liverpool fixed their chance creation by getting immense crossers at FB.
TAA and Robertson are their creators.
Klopp spent on VVD after fixing his chance creation issues.
If your chance creation issues are already solved,why use money from the Coutinho sale to get more creators?
I am not saying we need Ozil back or something.
But every team needs 2 scorers and 2 creators.
Fix that first.
We have elite primary goal scorer (Auba) and a good secondary creator(saka, Willian)
We have a big hole at secondary goalscorer and primary creator.
Andy
“City finished ahead of Sheffield United because they’ve spent about a billion pounds…..”
Yes and with the billion pounds they mainly stock piled attackers
Arsenal got a lot of draws last season need to turn them into wins.
Will be interesting to see if Kolasinac is in the squad today..if not he’s probably off and rhat cash injection may mean Partey RC trigger
Raul sanllehi’s outgoings last summer.Yes he may push envelopes according to some here but he got things done. How many shit players have we shifted this window?We have 9cbs if you count kolasinac and a shit midfield ffs. Also,not to sound like am defending the man,but the things he is accused of amount to fraud i.e stealing from companies,how comes he has never been arrested?Or am I missing something? Alex Iwobi Left Winger 23 Nigeria England Everton FC EnglandPremier League €30.40m Krystian Bielik Krystian Bielik Defensive Midfield 21 Poland Derby County Derby EnglandChampionship €8.20m Laurent Koscielny Centre-Back 33 France G.… Read more »
There is day and night difference between James and Ozil attitude and passion. James would rather go away on loan or come to Everton to play football than sit on his ass collecting his wages & calling sick every 2 weeks “O boss I don’t feel well I don’t think I can make it this week to Burnley ” ” boss I have a bit of flu and it’s very cold and damp in Sheffield so I don’t fancy going there” “Boss my ass is hurting and I wont be ready for Stoke ” as I said I would rather… Read more »
CC – “Will be interesting to hear from Arteta today” For sure. There are some players he clearly doesn’t rate – there should have been a real push from Edu/Vinai to liquidate those assets and divert the proceeds to improving the squad, imo. If Arteta feels there’s a role for Xhaka, AMN, Cedric, or any other player this season, so be it. I’m encouraged enough by the tactical improvements I’ve seen to be confident of a strong season. 3 points later keeps the engine purring nicely. I know you don’t rate the EL particularly highly, but I’d be absolutely thrilled… Read more »
How comes every time Chelsea sell a player they get proper valuation for them Hudson odi 70 from bayern.
Is it cos they spend big ?
When we only get coppers ..
Strange init
Quoting Buzzy since he dwelt on my preamble extensively ” Artetas man management has been questionable to say the least –Benched Martinelli even when he was not injured and favored NkiteahMade the team revilve around Xhaka when he literally told the fans to fuck offBinned Saka as soon as he signed a new dealGOT RID OF THE BETTER KEEPER. ” Aour has apparently become disillusioned after seeing how Saliba who had been a kingpin in France is deemed insufficient and is being loaned out to small teams. Aour realised his National Team selection would be jeopardized. Might have got feedback… Read more »
What a goal by WHM!
West Ham outplaying Leicester………wait, weren’t the Hammers going down?
Elite Power Rankings taking an absolute hammering this weekend. Hate to see it.